For almost 30 years I have been privileged and honored to bake our Holy Trinity communion bread. Your gift of Donna Sinclair's book on The Spirituality of Bread will travel with me now as a treasure in memory of this service.  Thank you for your gracious acceptance, love and blessings. I will miss you all.

Peace,
Mary Jo McMillin

 

For a very generous gift of money to support the Dominican Republic Mission, and for memorials to Dorothy Buchholz.

There is an interfaith Vacation Bible School being held in Oxford for children ages 5–12 July 18th-20th, with a fantastic theme: children will have the opportunity to learn about Bible stories while doing science-type exploratory/hands-on activities! General information can be accessed on the internet via a VBS site on “power groups,” and there are a lot of great graphics.
Ellen Phelps has specific site info.
Ellen will also be calling you to see if your children are interested in attending (and/or talk to her at Church on Sundays for more info); she plans to lead a group herself.

P.S. Karen is checking to see if some of our Youth Group students might be able/interested to help lead a group at this exciting kind of VBS—so talk to her about this!

The Holy Trinity Gardens Committee is asking volunteers to set aside two hours of their time to assist with fall grounds clean-up on Saturday, September 6, 2008, at 10:00 am. Between now and then, there will be some professional trimming done. Put us on your calendar.

We always need toilet paper, paper towels, garbage bags (30 gallon variety) and laundry detergent. If you can’t shop but want to contribute, write a check (“pantry” on the memo line) or give us some cash and we will happily shop for you. As always, your generosity is crucial to the success of the pantry. —Geoff and Judith

N.B. Summer Sunday services are at 8:00 am and 10:00 am.

Also, the Church office is open 9:00–1:00 Monday through Thursday, but closed on Friday until sometime in August. Stay tuned.

Please lend a hand to Holy Trinity hospitality the evening of July 3rd. That night the Oxford Fourth of July parade will end at the corner of Walnut and Poplar—what an opportunity to let our light shine!

We'll be dishing up ice cream, offering H2O, and sharing brochures. Come join in the fun. Dick Nault, Barbara Hamilton, and I would love to hear that you’ll be with us to share

Holy T H O S P I T A L I T Y

on the corner where we live and move and have our being. See you here July 3rd!

--Karen

Hello Holy Trinity!

I was just ordained a deacon on June 14th! I will be arriving soon and I am excited about my assignment at Holy Trinity. The Holy Spirit has great things in store for us as we minister together in the name of the Lord.

I am a member of Church of Our Saviour in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati. I live in the Westwood neighborhood of Cincinnati. By the time you read this I will likely have resigned from my 20+ year career with the Internal Revenue Service and be preparing to enter my last year of seminary studies at Bexley Hall in Columbus. 

I’ve been a delegate to the DSO conventions for the past two years and volunteered at General Convention in both 2003 and 2006. I am a member of Integrity and helped to organize the Episcopal presence at this year’s Pride Festival/Parade in Cincinnati.

Ministry has been a central part of my life since my faith became centered around my newly discovered personal relationship with Christ during my freshman year in college. I’m extremely excited about coming to Oxford and pray that my time here will be blessed with the faith experience of our college students at Miami. Go RedHawks!

You can expect to learn more about God’s incredible walk with me as I work those stories into my sermons! God now invites us to walk along a common path for awhile. In our walk together we will encounter Jesus in each other and in those we are present to. 

God’s blessing upon our time together!

Rev. Dcn. Thomas J. Fehr
Seminarian for the Diocese of Southern Ohio
Bexley Hall Seminary - Columbus, OH Campus
tjfehr@gmail.com
513-662-1781 (home)
513-312-2614 (cell)
2614 Mustang Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45211-5100

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Anita and Michael Dohn are physicians serving as missionaries with La Iglesia Episcopal Dominicana through the South American Missionary Society. They live along the southern coast in San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic.
E-mail: < DohnFamily@sams-usa.org >
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Driving here causes me stress. Driving through busy intersections when the traffic lights aren’t working causes me a great deal of stress. But the fact is that the electricity is often out or a bulb is burnt-out in the traffic light (and won’t be replaced for weeks). Probably only about one-fourth of the time are the traffic lights functioning. And, of course, it is not customary here to follow the “suggestion” given by the light anyway if one’s judgment suggests a different action. Obviously, this is one cross-cultural difference that has been a difficult adjustment for me. 

Orderly traffic gives me a sense of safety and security.  I know there are others who like the freedom to drive as they see fit. I suppose that for many drivers here, the traffic signals (especially if poorly timed and a surprise when you find them working) are more a source of irritation than a source of order and security.

I have found that the Christian walk gives an order to life that provides a sense of safety and security for me. I have also found that obedience to a call to mission, which clearly fits into the order of a Christian life, has landed me in a place where I have to deal with disorderly traffic, different concepts of punctuality, and inability to order a day because of the unpredictability of so many things. How do I cope? I’d like to say that I’ve learned to relax, be flexible, and go with the flow. But that would not really be the truth (just ask my family). I sense order in knowing that for now, to the best of my ability, I am walking the path set before me, trusting in the Lord to keep me safe and direct me. “Thy Word is a light unto my path.” At least there is a guidebook.

Sporadically when the traffic lights aren’t working, the local traffic cops will fill-in … don’t get me started on the problems with that option!

Keep praying,
Anita

At present I have six lovely shawls available. There are two styles: one can be used as a shawl or a lap robe; the other is a triangular shape that is convenient for smaller women as a shoulder wrap. The colors are just delightful and many prayerful hours are represented. These are meant to be given out, so please let us know of anyone who is grieving, ill, or would just like a short visit and a treat from one of our “angel knitters.” Of course with summer heat on its way, it is difficult to think of a shawl for warmth. but a shawl for comfort and smiles is always welcome. We wrap the shawl in tissue paper, place it in a gift bag, and attach an appropriate card (designed by Glenn Julian) with a special verse. The card is attached to the bag with a piece of the yarn from the shawl. If you know of anyone who would enjoy one of these beautiful creations of love, please call me at 523-8149. Two members of the knitting group will deliver the shawl or you can deliver it yourself if you like. Our needles are flying or in some cases limping along. However, we all know that the prayerful thoughts of the knitters are what counts in our creations. I look forward to lots of calls…

--Dorothy Samter

 

From Co-op America (coopamericanews@coopamerica.org):

Good news! The use of solar power is growing fast, averaging 40 percent growth per year since 2000, with nearly 3000 MW of power (the equivalent of three conventional power plants) installed globally in the last five years alone.

The even better news is that solar shows no sign of slowing down, and it's entirely realistic to expect that solar power will represent 10 percent of total US electricity generation by 2025!  And with the growing scale of solar, it is becoming increasingly affordable—cost competitive with other forms of electricity generation in some areas of the country today. It will be cost competitive in most areas of the country no later than 2015.

[Full text available online, including suggestions for helping solar along. Go to www.coopamerica.org ]

Lest we forget:

Rumpke operates a curbside recycling program under contract with the City of Oxford. Please help the City reduce the stream of waste going to landfills. Place your recyclables in the red, 14-gallon container that Rumpke supplies to residential customers for your use. If you do not have a red bin and you have residential service, please contact the Utility Department at 524-5221 and a red bin will be delivered to you. Place the recycling container by your garbage cans on your scheduled pickup day.
Note: The red container belongs to Rumpke Recycling and should be left at the residence when a customer moves out.

Acceptable Items:
#1 or #2 plastic bottles—no lids—labels okay—rinse and flatten
Clear/colored food storage jars—labels okay—rinse
Aluminum & bi-metal cans / Steel food/tin cans / Empty aerosol cans—no lids or tips—labels okay
Newspaper / glossy inserts / junk mail
Magazines / Telephone books / Computer Paper
Brown grocery sacks / Cereal boxes
Corrugated cardboard, broken down

NON-Acceptable Items:
#3,4,5,6,7 lids and caps / Oil jugs / plastic bags / film
Butter or Cool Whip containers / Pizza boxes / Styrofoam
Paint cans / Coat hangers / Steel scrap
Window or drinking glass / Broken glass / Light bulbs

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