SUNDAY, May 11: Pentecost and visit from Bishop Breidenthal; Confirmation and Reception of 6 members of Holy T. Wear red!

SUNDAYS:

Sunday Eucharists, 8 am (Rite I, Chapel) and 10:30 am (Rite II, Nave)

Adult Forum, 9:15 am, Undercroft (see below)

Church School, Sunday 10:30 am, School Rooms

Nursery, Sunday 10:15 am, Undercroft

COMING UP:

Prayer group, Tuesdays, 11 am, Old Rectory

ECW, Tuesday noon, ??
Choir Rehearsal, Thursdays, 7:30 pm, Undercroft

Rector's Day off, Fridays; office open

If you need a ride to church for the 8:00 or 10:30 services, please phone Roz Mandell at 513-524-9836.  It would be most appreciated if we had another volunteer with a low car for this endeavor.

Sunday parking is FREE at the City Parking Garage. Parking is also available in the Hillel lot.

CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Message from the Bishop:  “We heartily encourage you to be most generous in your offering today.  The loose offering will be contributed to the Episcopal Visitation Fund, created to assist seminarians with their education.  Please feel free to write a check to this fund, making it payable to The Diocese of Southern Ohio, with Episcopal Visitation Fund on the memo.  Thank you!

Adult Forum Program today:  Bishop Briedenthal will be our guest for an open discussion from 9:15 to 10:15.  The bishop is making his first visit to Holy Trinity today.

Special thanks to the following people who make our Pentecost worship experience a multi-lingual one.  The Acts reading will be read first in English and then as follows:   

2:1-4         Middle English     (Cleve Callison)

2:5-6         Bulgarian     (Mila Ganeva)

2:7-8         French     (Alan Burke)

2:9-10       German     (Mary Fahnestock-Thomas)

2:11-12     Greek     (Jenny Callison)

2:13-14     Italian     (Peter Williams)

2:15-16     Latin     (Sarah Michael)

2:17-20     Spanish     (Elaine Brandner)

2:21           Sudanese     (Oliver Mogga)    

HELP URGENTLY NEEDED!  There is a need for two new people to take over the leadership of the cooking project for Serve City.  These people plan the menus and do the shopping for the cooking for the Hamilton homeless shelter, which takes place the 3rd Thursday of each month.  The leaders also recruit persons to help cook, to bring desserts, and to transport the food to Hamilton.  For more information, or to volunteer, call Karen or Ginger Smith or Betty Julian.  Without help from you, this project could come to an end.  Please give it some thought!

“Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive:  The National Letter Carriers urges you to take part in their annual food drive on Saturday, May 10.  Place non-perishable food donations by your mailbox, and your letter carrier will pick them up while delivering your mail.  All donations go to Shared Harvest Foodbank and are distributed to its network of local food pantries, soup kitchens and other emergency food programs.

Books and Brown Bag discussion group will next meet to choose which books to read for next year on Monday, 12th May, at 11:30 a.m.in the Undercroft.  Please think of books you might like to discuss and bring it/them to the meeting with you.  All are welcome.

The Oxford Chapter of Habitat for Humanity will hold an information and organization meeting at 7:00 on Tuesday, May 14 in the LCNB Community Room.  Please come to hear the latest local Habitat news and to indicate how you will help in planning and constructing new homes.  Questions?  Contact Mary Melvin, 523-8752.

Oxford Caregivers' Support Group and the Senior Center is planning to recruit and train Volunteer Respite Caregivers in the near future.  If there is anyone who would be interested in using a volunteer caregiver to provide respite care (e.g. 2hrs/week) for their loved one, or being a volunteer, please contact Sandra Sebastian, tel: 523-5148 before May 15.  On 21 May there will be a meeting of several agencies to decide  how to best provide such a service in Oxford.  Thank you.

June 1:  Several members of the congregation have expressed an interest in going to Westerville to support those parishioners of St. Matthew's who remained loyal to the Episcopal Church when others seceded in protest over the church's consecration of Bishop Robinson in Vermont.  These loyalists have been worshipping in the Westerville Fire House while disputes over ownership of St. Matthew's property were resolved by Bishop Bridenthal.  These disputes have been resolved, and June 1st is their first day back into their proper worship space.  If you would like to go to Westerville to express support and solidarity with the loyal people of St. Matthew's in worship on June 1st, please tell Susan Kay of your interest (and make sure she writes it down).  We'll figure a time for departure from HT later.  Also, if you are willing to drive, please make that known as well.

Annual Parish Picnic:  Sunday, June 8, from 9 a.m.-1:00 p.m., in Pfeffer Park.

Kroger Cards are available from Judy Shaw and Linda Church. $2.50 each.

Coming in May. Bishop Breidenthal will make his first visit to Holy Trinity on Pentecost Sunday, May 11, confirm/receive those candidates are currently preparing for this event.

Volunteer needed:  Does anyone have an hour to an hour and a half a week to help the Family Resource center?  They receive far more clothing than they can use.  The excess goes to Goodwill in Hamilton.  There is no lifting involved.  Helpers at FRC load the trunk and back seat and a Goodwill worker unloads.   For more information talk to Bonne Brown (523-2204).  Since she is moving the beginning of June, a replacement is needed.

Holy Trinity Pantry:  We continue to need toilet bowl cleaner, dish washing liquid, laundry detergent, toilet paper and paper towels. If you haven't time to shop but would like to contribute somehow, some cash or a check (made out to Holy Trinity with “pantry" in the memo line) would allow us to do the shopping to maintain the inventory.  As always, thank you for your generosity.  Geoff and Judith.