SATURDAY JULY 31
5 PM - Holy Eucharist
SUNDAY AUGUST 1
8 AM- Holy Eucharist, Said
10 AM - Holy Eucharist, Sung
Rev. Marshall K. Shelly, Interim Rector
Hank Ramsey, Warden
Barbara England, Warden
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SUNDAY WE WELCOME OUR OWN MICHAEL GOW as lay preacher. Next week we will have a guest preacher, Mr. Sean Slack of the Diocese of Pennsylvania and a recent graduate of the General Theological Seminary. Mr. Slack is a candidate for Holy Orders and has been preaching this summer in several churches in the Philadelphia area. Please welcome him, both to the pulpit and to our fellowship after worship!
CHILDREN’S CHAPEL LEADERS: We are in need of Children’s Chapel Leaders for the upcoming school year. We also need a Sunday school teacher for the 6, 7 and 8th grade class. If you are able to help out with this important ministry, please see Robin.
AS THE VESTRY BEGINS TO WORK through what the Matawan Children Center’s closing will mean for the parish, our search for a new rector and what it means to be a church in the midst of change, please consider joining one of the initiatives outlined by our Senior Warden: 1) volunteer for the planning committee that will explore new tenant relationships and how we use the program space vacated by the Center; 2) consider not only increasing your pledge/giving, but also join our stewardship and finance groups; 3) join the Evangelism task group, under Jennifer Alaimo’s leadership as we seek to grow the church and expand our proclamation of the Gospel to the Matawan area. If you feel God calling you to any of these ministries, or perhaps you are feeling a call to a ministry that is yet to be named, please speak to any Vestry member, or Father Marshall as we all seek to “Ask, discern and thank” with our leadership the great work going on in the parish today.
SUMMER SATURDAYS will continue for the month of July…AN INFORMAL HOLY EUCHARIST WILL BE HELD AT 5 PM EACH WEEK IN THE CHURCH. ALL ARE WELCOME, BRING A FRIEND!
A REMINDER ABOUT OUR PARISH GARDEN! Each family/household/group is asked to sign  up for a week of stewardship care over our Parish Garden. At this point, many of the weeks of this year’s growing season are covered, but there are still slots available. Sign up in the Narthex and speak to Paul Zahray for details. We hope to bless the garden next week after Sunday’s 10 AM liturgy and thank you in advance for your assistance as we grow food for the St. Mark’s food pantry. Click here to learn more.If you choose to sign up to water and weed the garden for a week, here are some guidelines:
Check the garden on Sunday, and at several times during the week. Make sure the beds stay well-watered. We have had a run of dry, hot days and the plants need our care in order to thrive! Watering is best done in the early morning or early evening. When you schedule your visit, try to arrange it so that your watering is done during those time periods. Watering in the midday sun is not good for plants…or for people for that matter!
For folks offering Compost service: please make sure that all “offerings” on Sunday are placed in the tumbler in it's NEW LOCATION, just adjacent the Parish Garden. Please remember to bring your compostables to Church on Sunday and put them in the tumbler and give the tumbler a good turn or two before you leave for the day (and at least once during the week). If the tumbler is full, then use the rolling buckets to draw some of the compost off and put it in the bin we are erecting on the back part of the property.
The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. -- Isaiah 58:11
THE SEARCH FOR OUR NEXT RECTOR. The Profile Committee is preparing a parish survey that all members of Trinity Church will be invited to complete in the coming weeks. The input received will be a very important part of our search for a new rector. In addition to the survey, the committee will also be inviting interested parishioners to take part in focus groups. The schedule for these activities will be announced in the near future.
CALLING ALL VIDEOGRAPHERS. Are you adept at shooting and editing digital video? The Profile Committee is looking for a few creative techies to produce a Trinity video that will become part of the Parish Profile we will make available to potential candidates for rector. Please contact committee chairman Fred Tuccillo if you are interested.
SHOPPING GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE: Trinity’s Vestry is selling Shoprite and Stop and Shop grocery store gift cards in increments of $25.00. If you shop at these stores please consider purchasing packets of the gift cards through us. In return Trinity receives a small percentage of every card you purchase. Please see Meredith Twyman (10 AM) or Pam Gunter (8 AM) if you have any questions and would like to participate in this new ministry.
THE TRINITY CALENDAR. If you have a Trinity event you need to place on the calendar, please email Fred Tuccillo or let the office know so we can let the parish and wider community know what is happening at Trinity!
HELP WRITE OUR HISTORY: See how your recollections of Trinity's important milestones can help us tell the story of our church. Click here to participate.
ST MARK’S FOOD KITCHEN - Please remember to bring an item of non-perishable food with you each time you come to Trinity for worship, a meeting, on an errand or in service to Christ. Every week, the large basket in the Narthex is presented at the Altar with our monetary offerings and then is taken to the Food Pantry for distribution. A continuing special request: small bags and regular cans of pet food (dog and cat). Thank you!
SAVE & BRING your aluminum tabs from soda cans, cat food, etc to church. Nellie Grob is collecting them in support of Ronald McDonald House.
BRING YOUR OLD EYEGLASSES TO CHURCH as Dana Nguyen is collecting them for the Lions’ Club Recycle for Sight, New Eyes for the Needy and other programs. Donations can be left in the basket provided in the Narthex over the next few weeks.
THE ALTAR FLOWERS AND AUMBRY CANDLES ARE GIVEN TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN THANKSGIVING AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS
PRAYER LIST We ask your prayers throughout the week for:
Alexis, Amil, Anita, Frank Bares, Vincent Barone, Jack Beasley, Jr., Pete Bellew, Penelope Bermel, Bernard, Rich Bethel, Bill, Bob, William Boyd, Barbara Brakowski, Robert Buonacore, Dave Burke, Laura Cinqugrana, Pat Moran Coen, Mildred Condon, Fred Confessori and family, Danny, Rocque Dameo, Marie DeLorenzo, Matthew DeVico, Donna, Eleanor, Elaine Eltringham, Barbara England, George Erceg and family, Anna Esposito, Dawn Foxxe, Rob Friedlander, Peter Goldsmith, Randall Goldsmith, Ronald Goldsmith, Wendy Goldstein, Gloria Grau, John Grau and family, Nellie and Eddie Grob, Cameron Taylor Healey, David Hermanson, Norma Hinds, Stockton Hopkins, Byron Horn, Ellis Horoldson, John Implezino, Aimee Isaacs, Richard Johnson, Marion Karcanes, Mary Kest, John Kinely, Marie and John Kirby, Sheila Leech, Sue MacAuther, The Rev. Denise Mantell, Paul Marks, Bill Martin, Bonnie McCullough, Cynthia and Frederic McFarland, Terry McNeil, Michael, Marion Milgate, Gary Montalbano, Mary Mulhall, Linda Myers, Gabrielle Nicholson, Nick, Debbie Palmer, Beatrice Parker, Christine Pasquarosa, Ronald Paxton, Wendy Pease, The Rev. Anna Powell, Lillian Punch, Jill Ratcliffe, Peg Ratcliffe, Billy Reed, Mark Reigelsperger, Sylvia Rodriguez, Grace Rowe, Bill Sakowski, Dot Scheetz, Shirley Shaw, Patricia Shelton, Bob Siler, Fred Slee, Lois Slee, Walter Stamm, Gerald Tanner, Bonnie Waitt, Kevin Waitt, Florence Wallace, Virginia Wallace, Barbara Weber, Laurie Weber, Murphy Wolfe and family, Carolyn Woodrow, Yvette and Jason, Zeb, and our troops and their families. May all those we remember in prayer be illuminated by God’s grace, spirit and love
If there is someone you want to add to our list please contact the office by Tuesday for the following Sunday bulletin. If someone recovers, please call the office so we can remove their name. Thank you.
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