Trinity Episcopal Church

218 East Benton Street

Aurora, Il. 60505

www.trinityaurora.org (630) 897-7283 July, 2013

Volume 13, Issue 7

Serving Aurora's Faithful

since 1849

bliss. Breaking habits, pre-

sumptions, patterns of behavior or at least reevaluating them, is part of the process towards

fulfillment. The Holy Spirit is calling, it may be in the whisper of

the wind, in the middle of the night, whenever we are centered and focus. Re-

moving the obstacles to grace, “accentuating the positive and eliminating the

negative” are foundational values we practice individu-ally and together.

Peace and Grace be with you,

Thomas+, your priest.

Father Rosa - Sanctification of Time

From the Senior Warden

There are all sorts of

calendars which keep track of important dates and events. If I ever master my smartphone, I’m told I

can use it to remember appointments, be reminded of events that are coming

up or happened in history on any day. Since retiring I often find myself asking

what day is it. With no routine of a job anymore, the freedom I have to

choose what I’ll do today is a blessing. But wandering aimlessly

day after day is unsettling besides being wasteful. My work ethic demands me to

accomplish something daily. Balancing tasks, pro-jects, duties against rest,

recreation, and just plain fun is something everyone wants to do rightly.

Motivational websites and other advice sources charge us to make to most

of our time. Indeed, the

passage of time and how we use it influences our well-being, self-esteem and qual-ity of life profoundly. To

categorize something as a “waste of time” is a truth that makes us pause and

reevaluate the situation. If this is true for individuals, how much more so for a

family, community, Govern-ment or Church. I offer two familiar

quotes to ponder: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to re-

peat it” (George Snatayana) and “Insanity is doing the same thing over

and over again but expect-ing different results” (Albert Einstein). Progress is de-

pendent upon the changes we make if we are to move forward. God is always

calling us to come up higher, closer, nearer, to enjoy happiness and

beneficence.

Their generous donation coupled with the equally generous bequests of Lucile

Kane, Richard Higgins, and Mona Knuth have brought over $500,000 to Trinity’s

coffers in the last couple of

years. (Cont pg 4)

In the Word file sent with

this newsletter, you will find a survey asking you how you would like to use the Bogvilo Estate to the best

interest of the Church.

I barely remember the

Bogvilo’s but had a chance to learn a few things about

them recently. They were a

loving couple in the conser-vative mode, wonderful people who always had time to help out at Church.

Many people still treasure the wooden carving he did for them. May God Bless

them and keep them. Thanks be to God for their

Special points of inter-

est:!

Remember, Parish Pic-nic at Chireen’s house

on July 21st, 2013. See Parish notes for more

info.

Please check out the last page of the news-letter to complete a

survey on Capital Im-provements thanks to a generous gift from the

Bogvilo Estate.

Porktoberfest is com-

ing - October 19th, 13

Inside this issue:

Recollections of Trinity -

Chireen DeKing

Page

2

Financial Snapshot

Recipe Neighborhood News

Pg 3

2/12/73 Newsletter info

From the Sr Warden (Cont) From the Parish Admin-istrator

Pg 4

From the Parish Admin-

istrator (Cont)

Pg 5

There will be no Au-

gust Newsletter.

Recollections of Trinity - Chireen DeKing

knew they were like me, an

Episcopalian. My God-

mother was in my life then

and still is. After leaving the church around 16 to cross

the river due to an uncle

being priest at that time at

St David's, seemed like the

thing to do. That also came

to be where I raised my son

from age 3 on, he was an

acolyte and had his confir-

mation at the cathe-

dral. After I married I was

away for a few years and always felt something was

missing. My godmother

had called me and told me

about another Aunt's pass-

ing and asked me if I was

attending church and I told

her no. She then said she

had met Father Charlie at

her church and she thought I

would like him. About one

year before my retirement I

walked through the doors at the corner of Lincoln and

Benton and was greeted by

the Palmquists, saw Pat

Wilson who I had worked

with many years before and

also recognized Tim Rubis

who I was currently work-

ing with. The church

looked the same, felt the

same and I knew I had come

home. They often say you circle in life and I can af-

firm that without a

doubt. Yes my childhood

included this church and

was such a strong presence

and that's exactly how I feel

today. Father Vose, Mr.

John Lewis and the congre-

gation were strong, classy

and Episcopalians, just like

me.

I have so many childhood

memories and like some of

you they include this won-

derful church. I remember as a little girl going to Sun-

day School and then later

singing in the choir. This

church like now has been

such a comfortable place for

me to be. I remember after

I was no longer in the choir

and going with my Mom we

would always sit in the

same pew. It's one of the

last places I can now go and feel her presence and con-

nection. I remember as a

choir member racing after

service to disrobe and run

down and get a chocolate

covered donut. I remember

taking the bus after

school downtown and then

walking up Benton to con-

firmation classes. I remem-

ber my Mother picking lilies

of the valley and putting them around the bun in my

hair when I sang in the choir

and smelling that wonderful

scent throughout the ser-

vice. Growing up very

English on my Mother's side

gave me the appreciation for

silver tea sets, high heels,

and white gloves so seeing

the classy ladies at church

on Sunday's was just an-other layer of that. I was at

times weary of Mr. Lewis

and his gruff bark some-

times scared me but realized

he was a teddy bear inside

and he just wanted the songs

right. Father Vose would

come to our home on visits

and the house had to be up

to snuff, his presence was

staggering and I'm sure as a

little girl I perhaps thought

he was God. I knew grow-

ing up we would have meat-

balls on Monday, pork

chops on Tuesdays, meat-loaf on Wednesdays and

round steak on Thursdays

and go out for fish fry on

Fridays. My mother and

father both worked outside

the home and my Grandma

came over everyday to send

me off to school and was

there when I came home for

lunch and after school. It

was a good childhood be-cause it was stable and basi-

cally the same things hap-

pened every week. Satur-

day night bath and hair

shampoo was in anticipation

of Sunday which of course

included church, a beef or

pork roast at 1:00 and soup

and sandwiches at 6:00

along with watching Las-

sie. Back then church was

as big a part of my life as school and home. It's just

what we did. I loved the

trumpets on Christmas Eve,

the incense and the excite-

ment for the next day. I

knew Jesus was born at

midnite and that is why we

celebrated. For Easter

I knew an Easter Lily

would be at home on the

table along with the ham and fixings. Prior to that

celebration we would re-

ceive ashes and go to the

Good Friday service which

was very somber because of

what that represented. It

was a much simpler time

but I knew where I would

be from day to day and what

was expected of me. I re-

spected my elders, I held the

door open for those and I

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Financial Snapshot

Neighborhood News

Recipe

stantial donation from

the estate of Hildur and Fred Bogvilo. Which is not included in our Endowment

Fund Balance.

Donations from wills

and trusts have greatly enhanced Trinity’s fi-nancial health this year,

Have you considered

including Trinity in

your will?

Year to Date as of 7/1/13

Income:

Pledge and Plate $31,772

Total Income $53,205

Expense

Building and Grounds $13,178

Rector Expense $7,338

Office & Admin $1,845

Loan Repayment $5,270

Total Expense $46,467

Net Income $6,737

Checkbook Balance at the end of the month = $27,772 Endowment fund Balance =

$535,262 Gross/$499,622 net (what we owe taken out.)

Amount owed on our loan against the Endowment $ 35,640

Notes:

Trinity received a sub-

Feedback Book Con-

tinues A notebook with pages

where you can enter your concerns, suggestions or positive feedback is now on

the lectern in the Guild Room. Staff will review it at

every Staff meeting and

come up with a plan of ac-tion to respond to the

items. Anyone can use it!

Cheese Ball

3 Pkg. Philadelphia Cream Cheese 1 Jar Old English Cheese 1 Jar Blue Cheese

1 Oz. Sweet Wine 1 Medium Onion, grated Mix all ingredients together

until well blended and creamy. Take a large sheet of foil and put either

chopped nuts or chopped parsley on the foil and roll

the cheese ball around on

the foil until it is coated. Cover loosely and chill at least for 4 hours; overnight is best. When ready to

serve, fold down the foil about half way. Place on a large plate surrounded by

assorted crackers. Dolores Palmquist

is schedule to be torn down before Christmas; b) the Masonic Temple is also on the teardown list but we don’t know when; (c the Garage just to the north of the Sacristy has a repair by or tear down order against it. River’s Edge Park I have heard nothing but raves about this new venue for music and entertain-ment! Aurora’s new Rav-inia! LaSalle Car Show - Aug 25, 2013 at 11:00 am. Drop by after Church!

Jimi Allen Buys the Gravity Building. Jimi Allen has been a long time neighbor and friend of Trinity. He began in shared space in a building across our parking lot 12 years ago. He is now purchasing the Gravity Building, a 15,000 sq. ft. space at 56 South LaSalle Street in Aurora. Jimi plans to rent flexible desk space to small entrepreneurs and start up businesses at a very rea-sonable cost. Jimi says, “Five years after we‘re open, there will be companies that will grow out of our building and need their own building down-town.” Participants will have access to a desk, Wi-Fi access,

lockers, printing, scanning, access to a kitchen, confer-ence rooms, member events and business mentors. The Gravity Building has been host over the years to Reid’s Automotive Garage and Coats Garage. Jimi married Katie a couple of years ago and are expect-ing their second child, possibly before you get this article. We wish Jimi the best of luck and good fortune in his new endeavor! Local Buildings con-demned. After checking with the City, we discovered that a) the house at the Southeast corner of Licoln and Benton

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From the February 12, 1973 Newsletter

From the Senior Warden (Cont from Pg 2)

distribute 28 Bibles for the

hotels and motels or 80 college or Youth Testa-ments in your area.”

From Father Paul Camm

When I came to Trinity, I made only two promises: I would follow the Canons

and that I would love you. Since then I have won some battles and lost some bat-

tles. My business is about human souls…. Perhaps Jill Adams summed it up best. ‘

‘Water still flows in the basement you know, but Trinity is alive and aglow.’”

“New Liturgy

The use of trial rite number two is postponed until March 4th, 1973. We have a substitute organist for

February. It would be unfair to her to have her learn another service for just two

weeks of work. So, we re-main with the 1928 liturgy through February.

Meanwhile, the staff is working very hard toward making the March Services

worshipful and easy to fol-low. We are sure that even those who deeply love the

‘28 liturgy will find some-

thing of true value during the 8 weeks of the trial liturgy.” And the new lit-urgy wasn’t adopted until

1978! “The Gideons

We have a nice note from

Mr. Hubert Wynberg who spoke to our adult class on January 28th. He received a

check for $30 from our Treasurer. This was the open offering for that day.

Mr. Wynberg reports that. “This money will enable Gideon to purchase and

After so many years of

pinching every penny, skimping on or putting off repairs, and being frugal, it is hard for me to put on a

new mindset and try to figure out some of the things that we can do to

make Trinity ready for the

next 100 years!

There is a survey asking

for your input into this new reality attached the news-letter asking for your

dreams and plans for a bet-ter Trinity. Please fill out

Future - a long term

plan for Trinity. Thank the Lord for His bless-ings. But we also need to

remember that God does not bless us be-cause of a 154 year old

Church. He blesses us because, though small, we have a sense of be-

longing, of sharing our Spiritual Journey to-gether, of friendship,

and of our true love for each other. Thanks Be to God!

From the Parish Administrator

ber died on June 20 and

graveside services were held on June 24 with Fr. Rosa presiding. May she rest in peace and light perpetual shine

upon her.

Radius Camp: This was

the third year that Radius

Camp was here and using

our facilities (mainly for

cooking). There were 100

teenagers at the camp and

We pray for our men

and women in uniform at home and abroad: especially Alec, Carl, Drew, John, Steven, Seth and Eric risking their lives daily on our behalf, and for their

families. We pray for our parish friends in need: Rose,

John, Sarah, Naomi, Mal-

colm, Bob, Mitch, Pam, Jackie, Kathy, Melinda,

Charlie, Ann, Fritz, Henry,

Jeanette, Barb, Chris, Pam (for health), Hannah, (for the guidance of the Holy Spirit). We ask for discern-

ment for where God is call-ing each of us and our church. We seek God’s

help in ways to serve the diverse population in our city.

Died: Audré Kesel Grometer long-time mem-

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the survey in as much detail

as possible, sign it and re-turn it to me at the office either electronically or

physically. It is in Word Format. Please add as many pages as you would like to

be able to express your wishes. Obviously we will not be able to do every-

thing, but your suggestions, coupled with a list the Building and Grounds Com-mittee has developed will

form the basis for a detailed and prioritized list of what we are going to do in the

I had the pleasure of visiting

one of the work sites-Mutual Ground and saw the work being done. They spread mulch, planting and

weeded. At the end of the camp there was a worship service that was truly

enlightening. They plan to be back again next year. Fabulous!

CROP Walk: Mark your calendars for the next CROP walk - September

22nd. Rose Cantú has vol-unteered to be our liaison. Thanks, Rose. More infor-

mation to follow. If you would like to walk and get sponsors, please call the

Church Office.

Building and Grounds:

Have you noticed all the beautiful flowers around the church? Maria Ulloa is re-sponsible for all this hard

work. Thanks! Sandwich Board: has received a grant from the

Northern Illinois Food Bank for our helping in their “Building Capacity”. This is

from Kraft Foods, a major donor to their programs. Annual Picnic: will be July

21st at Chireen and Brian's, 11:00, please bring a dish to pass, a lawn chair , you fav

beverage (cooler and ice will be provided) and your swimsuit if you would like

Trinity is a community that strives to be a thriving, vibrant, diverse community of hope that,

with God’s help, heartily wel-comes the stranger, joyously

worships the Lord in the beauty of holiness, and

lovingly serves ‘the least of these,’ a church that changes people’s lives for the better.”

to take a dip, bags game will

also be available. Pub bur-gers and bratwurst will be served. Ailing: Our Sexton, Mi-

chael Walker, has bee to Hine’s Hospital twice in the last week. The latest word

is that he has suffered a heart attack and will need surgery. Please keep him in

your prayers. Thanks! To Brian DeKing who got our new Air Con-

ditioner for the Guild Room and installed it be-fore Vestry on the 15th. It’s

EnergyStar Approved! Mucho Gracias!

218 East Benton Street

Aurora, Il. 60505

Phone: (630) 897-7283

Fax: (630) 897-8783 Web Site: www.trinityaurora.org

Serving God and God’s People

Since 1849

Trinity Episcopal Church

From the Parish Administrator (Cont)

Trinity Vestry

Senior Warden: Rob Borchert

Junior Warden: Alex Adams

David Bullis Richard Blogg

Marilou Clohessy Chireen DeKing

Ken Palmquist Kimberly Rubis

Linda Barber, Clerk