Beginning Sunday, June 17th, we will celebrate the Holy Eucharist at
8:00 and 10:00 a.m. on summer Sundays.
Rite I at 8:00; Rite II at 10:00.

. . . for the irregularities in the appearance of the June Triad.
Computers can be wonderful, but they are also sometimes not altogether reliable.
--MFT

The Brown Bag Book discussion group will be reading the following books in the Fall.  So for your summer reading you might like to include

• Jesus for the Non-Religious, by John Spong (2007), for September 10
• Jim and Casper Go to Church: Frank Conversation about Faith, Churches, and Well-Meaning Christians, by Jim Henderson (2007?), for October 8
• The Hauerwas Reader, by Stanley Hauerwas (2001), selections for November 12

To Eula and Gary Martin for the gift of a violinist's chair.

To an anonymous donor for the gift of a Daylite screen mounted on
the south wall ofthe undercroft;  a Panasonic 2500 lumens model projector capable of projecting data from a computer, a DVD player, or VHS player; and a JBL Eon 10", 11Ovac amplified speaker.

To those people who have given memorials for Lee Shawver.
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A special thanks to Lila Greer for undertaking the arduous task of removing the unsightly mildew from the front siding of the Old Rectory

We will continue to need your generous help to stock the pantry during the summer months. In particular  we need diapers and baby products, trash bags, feminine hygiene supplies, and razors. We always need toilet paper, laundry soap, cleaning supplies such as Lysol or PineSol, dish detergent, paper towels. We could also use bleach and toilet-bowl cleaner.

As always, thank you so much for your help.
--Geoff and Judith

Prayers of the People - Your Prayers

Thanks be to God for all fathers! Somehow, on Fathers’ Day we did not say a prayer of thanksgiving for all those paternal figures in our lives who have blessed and continue to bless us. Mea culpa!

During our Sunday worship the Prayers of the People are your prayers. Per parishioners’ request, we have just added both the Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayers to them; I hope you will add your prayers as well. What prayers of thanksgiving, or intercessions for others’ healing or safety or …, would you like to hear in our corporate prayer? How about birthday, baptism, anniversary, or other celebratory dates? Perhaps on your way to church you heard something in the news you think needs our prayerful attention. (If something of epic proportions happens between 7 and 10 a.m. on Sunday, chances are I will not know about it!) You can add your prayers in any of the following ways:

• Call Jackie at the office (523-7559) early in the week for the upcoming Sunday
• On the “lectern” in the narthex add your prayer to the written list before the service begins--10:00 only
  (Please be kind to the intercessor by making it legible!)
• Include your prayer by voicing it yourself at an appropriate time. It is a powerful experience to hear prayers coming from all areas of the nave/chapel!

Finally, if you are leading the Prayers of the People at the 10:00 service, please be sure to check for any additional prayers in the narthex just before the service.

Thank you all.

Prayerfully yours,
Karen +

•Dr. Eugene Samter died at his home on June 16th. Please keep his wife Dorothy and family in your prayers. Information about a celebration service for him here TBA. Rest eternal grant to him, O Lord; and let light perpetual shine upon him.

•We are celebrating the baptism of Maren Patterson on Sunday, July 8th. Plan to join us for this special celebration at 10:00.

•Anny Stevens-Gleason, Miami student intern and Holy Trinity chorister, is in Australia for several months!

•Holly Amos and Chad Myers were married at Holy Trinity on Saturday, June 30th. Holly is a 2004 Miami University graduate and lived in one of Holy Trinity’s apartments. Her sister Kerry was in the wedding, and is currently a Miami student. Congratulations Holly and Chad!

•Karen Burnard will be on vacation July 4–7 and at the Kenyon Conference from July 23–28. The Kenyon Conference is a continuing education opportunity to explore the Millenial Development Goals (MDGs) with Bishops Breidenthal, Diocese of Southern Ohio, and Hollingsworth, Diocese of Ohio.

•Congratulations to Mallory Holdin, Holy Trinity’s new student intern thanks to a grant awarded us by our diocese. Mallory is currently doing an internship in Washington, D.C. WELCOME, Mallory, to your new leadership position!

Anita and Michael Dohn are physicians serving as missionaries with La Iglesia Episcopal Dominicana through the South American Missionary Society. They live with two of their four daughters in San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic.
E-mail: <DohnFamily-AT-sams-usa.org>

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Davíd is a nine-year-old orphan who lives with his Haitian grandmother in a batey (workers’ camp) about 20 kilometers from the city. She speaks only Creole, though Davíd is bilingual. Davíd has tuberculosis. His therapy requires daily shots as well as taking a complicated set of pills by mouth. The regional public health hospital referred him to the Diocesan clinic here. We provided Davíd with some clothes. We also arranged for a Creole-speaking health promoter living in an adjacent batey to give Davíd’s injections and oversee his TB therapy.

Officially, the Clinic’s community health program claims 120 volunteer community health promoters working with nearly 3,000 families (about 13,000 people). The promoters in this network were all trained as part of organized projects. They have had ongoing activities and support of various kinds over the years. They have developed into true community assets working with local community councils or the Dominican Public Health department. However, the promoter helping Davíd is not one of those 120 promoters.

There are just over three dozen “unofficial” health promoters. We have trained promoters over the years in circumstances that were not ideal—circumstances where we had little expectation that the group would survive intact to work for the community’s benefit. In some cases, we were simply asked by someone to give the training without much expectation of an ongoing program; in other cases, our judgment was that the community lacked sufficient “infra-structure,” usually meaning that there was no community organization (like a community council) to serve as a base for an ongoing community program. Our motivations for offering the training in less than ideal situations have been varied, but mostly it is just hard to turn down people who want to be trained when we have the time and resources to do it.

Nevertheless, these unofficial promoters have been well-trained, are still out there, and we know where they are. So, when a situation arises like Davíd’s, we know who might be a willing recruit to help out.

The public health regional hospital refers patients to the Diocesan Clinic because they know we can get the job done—though we may have to use some unofficial channels to do it.

Keep praying,
Anita and Michael

Philip Nelson, son of Judi and Don Nelson, graduated from Talawanda High School in June. He plans to attend Miami University where he will major in East Asian Studies with a minor in Interactive Media Systems. During the summer, he is working at Information Technology Services doing WEB sites and promotional materials for Miami. He has done a promotional video for the new Animal Rescue Center on Route 27 as well a video with second graders at the new Bogan Elementary School. Philip loves to skateboard, play video games and jump on the trampoline.

Congrats, Philip!

Geoff and I will be joining our family in Columbus for the American Heart Association Heart Walk and we are looking for sponsors. The Heart Walk raises money for research and education on heart health and stroke. This year the walk takes place on August 18. You can learn more about heart health and stroke prevention or sponsor us online by going to http://centralohheartwalk.kintera.org. To sponsor us click “donate here” and enter Geoff Blackwell as the participant name. We can also accept donations from you in person. Checks should be made out to the American Heart Association. All donations are tax deductible.

Thank you,
Stephanie Nowak and Geoff Blackwell

Many thanks to everyone who has been using gift cards for Kroger purchases. Holy Trinity received about $500 from Krogers in the first two months of using the cards. We will continue to earn 4% of purchases as long as we use them. Funds earned are earmarked for outreach. If you do not have a card and want to participate, please contact Judy Shaw (523-3493) or Linda Church (523-4356). This is an easy way to increase our ability to help people in need, locally, nationally and internationally.

This month, we ask your prayers for ministries across the diocese that help people to build self-sufficiency and dignity. Here is a recent success reported by Allison DeHart from the ecumenical Partners in Hope, which your gifts to ECSF help sustain through a grant to Trinity, Troy:

“Mike came to Troy, Ohio via a temporary homeless shelter hosted by four of Partners in Hope’s sponsoring churches and St. Joseph’s House during the cold winter months. He is a painter by trade, and has been working odd jobs earning money to pay off his debts. Partners in Hope helped him obtain car insurance so he could drive to his jobs. We printed flyers for his painting business. He has proven to be a hard worker and very skilled. We recently helped him by covering a portion of the cost of a classified ad in the newspaper promoting his painting business. He has had results and is starting to line up jobs for the summer. To express his appreciation for our help, Mike has offered to power wash and stain the deck that serves as our entryway here at Partners in Hope."

PRESENT: Karen Burnard, Rector; Susan Kay, Senior Warden; Karl Schilling, Junior Warden; Vestry Members: Chris Church, Barbara Hamilton, Glenn Julian, Anne Lodge, Lila Mason, Oliver Mogga, Diana Uhlman. ABSENT: Mike McVey, Neil Poppendeck. Also attending:  Al Lindsey, Building and Grounds Committee.

Compline was read by Chris Church prior to the meeting.

OLD BUSINESS

MAY VESTRY MINUTES – Karen Burnard called attention to the minutes of the May Vestry meeting …
TREASURER’S REPORT – In the absence of Treasurer Steve Elliott, Karen Burnard presented the Treasurer’s Report …
OLD RECTORY LIVING ROOM AND SPACE UTILIZATION – Chris Church reported …

NEW BUSINESS

EILEEN O’REILLY’S PENSION PAYMENT …
SOUND SYSTEM – Karen requested Vestry approval …
NEW HEATING SYSTEM – Al Lindsey reported on the need to replace the Church’s heating system …
CAR SEATS FOR COMMUNITY DINNERS – Susan reported that there has been concern …
NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION AT MIAMI – Karen reported …
CARPET CLEANING – Susan reported …
JULIAN OF NORWICH PRESENTATION – Anne Lodge inquired …
OLD RECTORY CLEAN-UP – Susan reported …
MUSICIANS’ CHAIRS – Karen reported …

UPCOMING

1. VPOM for June is Oliver Mogga; for July, Mike McVey.
2. Parish Picnic is June 10.
3. Summer hours (8:00 and 10:00 a.m. services) begin June 17.
4. Next Finance Committee meeting is June 19.
5. Next Executive Committee meeting is June 26.
6. No Vestry meeting is scheduled for July.

Karen closed the meeting with a prayer.

Respectfully submitted,
Ruth A. Lindsey
Parish Clerk

Gardeners who know what it means to ready spring gardens for summer worked to make a difference with weeding, pruning, clipping, and frequent watering.

Please express your appreciation to Frank Jordan, Lila Greer, Dick Nault, Sally Southard—and to Mary Poppendeck, who uses who her MU lunch hour to come and water the annuals which she and Neil planted under the Holy Trinity sign of welcome. Concerned to conserve water, Sally is watering on rare occasions only the three trees planted in 2005.

All members of Holy T who love tidied and trimmed gardens are invited Saturday, August 11, 9 am – noon, to bring tools for pruning, weeding, clipping—tools for other jobs you believe need to be done. Call Jackie at the office with any suggestions you have of work that needs doing—or call Sally at 523-5511 after August 1.

3 Mary Bausano
4 Stephanie Southard           
6 Bill Rouse
8 Judi Nelson
9 Mary Melvin
10 Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Rachel Younce, Nicole Thesz
22 Eleanor Michael
23 Bill McKinstry, Jim Reid
27 Katie Stafford, Walter Secrest
30 Iori Ganev, Hannah Cayton
31 Chris Church, Sylvia Coyle

12 James Coyle & Nancy Averett
18 Lynn & Mike Starr
21 Tom & Erica Dierling

The Triad is published monthly by

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
25 E. Walnut Street
Oxford, OH 45056
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The Rev. Karen Burnard, Rector
Susan Kay, Senior Warden
Karl Schilling, Junior Warden
Frank Jordan, Organist
Wiliam Bausano, Choir Director
Steve Elliott, Treasurer
Ruth Lindsey, Clerk of the Vestry

Jackie Engelhard, Parish Secretary (htoffice-AT-woh.rr.com)

Vestry:

Al Lindsey
Gary Martin
Lila Mason
Mike McVey
Neil Poppendeck
Judy Shaw
Rob Thomas
Diana Uhlman
Eleanore Vail

Newly elected: Barbara Hamilton, Glenn Julian, and Oliver Mogga

Robert Benson, Acolyte Coordinator
Frank Jordan, Organist
William Bausano, Choir Director
Steven Elliott, Treasurer
Jackie Engelhard, Parish Secretary

--, Christian Education Director

Pre-school (ages 3-6) Church School:
Barbara Hamilton, Anita Atkinson

Elementary (age 7-8th Grade):
Susan Fortney Harlan, Parker Moore, Kathy McCabe, Mila Ganeva

High School Youth Group:
tba

Panama Experience:
Anita Atkinson

Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, editor
(comments and corrections welcome at 513-523-6235, at the Church office and thomasrj-at-muohio.edu [address altered to foil spammers)

Deadline for August: July 20