We are welcoming all new students and other newcomers, and celebrating the start of a new academic year for all our students and teachers. Longer-standing members are encouraged to bring a dish to share. Contact Diana Uhlman, 523-4674, and let her know what you plan to bring or if you would like some additional information. Encourage new students, colleagues, and friends to attend.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Books and Brown Bag will meet on Monday, 10 September, at 12 noon
in the Undercroft. The first three books to be discussed this year are now available at Follett's: Jesus for the Non-Religious, by Bishop John Spong (Sept. 10); Jim and Casper Go to Church, by Jim Henderson (October 8); The Hauerwas Reader, by Stanley Hauerwas (November 12).
We hope to see lots of interested people there!

The Social Justice Commission
will meet Thursday, September 13, at 12:00 noon in the Old Rectory.
New members are welcome!

If you want to travel fast, travel alone.
If you want to travel far, travel together.
—African proverb

JOIN THE CROP WALK,
Saturday, 15 September, 12:30 pm
(see following notice)

Saturday, September 15, at 12:30 pm
“Traveling Together” is the theme this year: When you walk, you walk with the world; you travel together. The course is 10 kilometers. You may choose the in-town course, chich will go out Fairfield Road, through the Knolls of Oxford, and back into town on Contreras Road, or you may walk in the woods through the beautiful Bachelor Estate. Both options begin and end at Millett Hall. This year one quarter of the money raised locally will be donated to The Choice Pantry, the new social service in Oxford which helps meet our local hunger needs.
With whom are we walking? They are the 852 million people who go to bed hungry every night and who must walk to accomplish the most basic tasks just to survive.
Information, sign-up, and pledge forms are all available at the Oxford Presbyterian Church, 101 N. Main st. And you may also Walk on the Web! Sign up online at www.cropwalkonline.org

It’s hard to believe that Holy Trinity has just hosted the eighth of our “Fourth Wednesday Community Dinners.” We’re more than pleased with the good results and great vibes which grow from this project. We’ve been overwhelmed by the response from the community. Just as the inspiration spread from Faith Lutheran to us, now St. Mary’s has picked up the ball and this month has started another Wednesday Night Community Dinner.

Your response has been more than generous—from cooking and driving, and setting up and cleaning up, to keeping a wonderfully stocked “help pantry,” and greeting, visiting with, and sharing meals with our guests. We’ll have an after-church meeting (in the Library, on SEPTEMBER 9) to check in—check up—fine tune—and rev up for the fall. If you’re interested in more active involvement in this project, please come.

After our first effort, we wrote to all those who had joined in the initial dinner: “Thanks again. It’s good every now and then to get a tiny glimpse of what loving your neighbor is all about—and to be with solid, three-dimensional people who are not just ‘the other.’ Last night was a good beginning.” It all still applies.

Many thanks, Anne and Dick Lodge

There was such a turnout for the August Community Dinner that the Pantry is considerably depleted. As always we need toilet paper, laundry soap, cleaning supplies such as Lysol or Pinesol, dish detergent, paper towels, also bleach and toilet-bowl cleaner. And then there are baby items—diapers 1–4, lotion, powder, wipes—and trash bags, feminine hygiene supplies, and razors.

If you want to contribute but don’t have time to shop, give Geoff or Judith some cash (or a check to Holy T with “pantry” on the memo line) and we’ll do the shopping for you. It’s fun!

Thanks as always, Geoff and Judith

From the August newsletter of Orphans International Worldwide via Jim Luce:

Response of OIWW to the August 15th Earthquake in Peru:

The Development Staff of OIww, now based in Peru, is responding, along with the US, the EU, the International Red Cross, UNICEF, and Oxfam, to the devastating earthquake that struck the province of Ica in southern Peru on August 15th. The 8.0 quake left 80,000 people homeless, 500 people dead, and 12,000 injured. OIww, with lots of experience in caring for children victimized by such natural disasters, is caring for pre-existing orphans in this area affected by the quake. But more money is needed for food, water, clothing, blankets, tents, and other basic necessities.

Contributions may be sent to the New York office at 540 Main St. Apt. 418, New York, N.Y., 10044.

On September 9, 16, and 23, Sunday morning classes will be combined for parishioners of all ages—from the very young to the, well, not so young. Under the topic “Celebrating Community” we will explore aspects of community: Who is/are the Holy Trinity community? What do we do as a community? In what ways are worship, Holy Communion, dinners, outreach, and other activities important to our church community?

These sessions will begin in the undercroft at 9:15. Nursery care will be available for the youngest children. Everyone else is invited to participate in the combined class, which will include activities for people of all ages, and parents and children will receive further information about plans for children during their regular Church School time.

Refreshments will be available at 9:00; class starts at 9:15. For further information, please contact any member of the planning group: Roslyn Benson, Barbara Hamilton, Mary Melvin, Ellen Phelps.

Beginning on September 30th, Adult Forum will present a 4-week series examining what it means to be a member of the Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church, and Holy Trinity parish. We’ll present historical information about the development of the Anglican Communion from its English roots, history in America, and worldwide growth. We’ll also reflect on how we see our own identity at this time and place as the Communion faces some of the greatest challenges in its history. Adult Forum meets Sundays at 9:15; a nursery is available.

Suggested reading: “Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction” by Mark Chapman (Oxford University Press, paper)
Coordinators: Cleve Callison and Peter Williams

Sep. 30: The Church of England and Anglicanism
            From the beginnings through the 16th-century break with Rome; cross-currents of Protestantism and Catholicism, tradition and renewal through the centuries.
            Presenter: Peter Williams
Oct. 7: How do you understand your Anglican identity?
            Interactive session with participants reflect on how they became Episcopalians; discussion of what the church is (and perhaps more importantly) is not.
            Presenters: Cleve Callison and Karen Burnard
Oct. 14: The Episcopal Church in America
            How the Anglican tradition developed in a land without a monarch.
            Presenter: Peter Williams
Oct. 21: The Anglican Communion in the 21st century
            Doctrinal and cultural divisions threaten the very unity of the Anglican community. But what is the nature of that unity? Can it be preserved? Will it? Should it?
            Presenters: Cleve Callison and Karen Burnard

“...that virtuous mediocrity which our Church observes between the meretricious gaudiness of the Church of Rome and the squalid sluttery of fanatic conventicles”

--Simon Patrick (1626-1707), bishop of Ely

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(at)sams-usa.org >

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Our last note was about how uncomfortable I felt examining burn wounds by the flame of a single candle, leaning close to a mattress under a mosquito net.

I did not write that we knew all the children who had been in that house fire. They were regular and active attendees at the “Bible story-handicraft-sandwich & juice” activity that we ran weekly for about two years in that neighborhood.

The little girl’s burns are healing without complications, so far. ¡Gracias a Dios!

Her 13-year-old brother had been taken to Santo Domingo with extensive burns. He died within a week. He told his mother that, although he did not want to die, he knew Jesus and would be with Jesus. He reassured her that she should not be worried for him and that everything would be fine. He told her that she should keep a strong faith.

He died with tranquility. His parting testimony touched everyone who knew him in that barrio.

                            Keep praying, Anita

MINUTES OF VESTRY MEETING
HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
AUGUST 7, 2007

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

The meeting was opened by the reading of Compline by Glenn Julian.

OLD BUSINESS

• JUNE VESTRY MINUTES – There were no additions, deletions or corrections…
• TREASURER’S REPORT -- Steve Elliott reported…
• BUILDING AND GROUNDS – Al Lindsey reported…
• JULIAN OF NORWICH PRESENTATION – Anne Lodge reported…

NEW BUSINESS

• RETROACTIVE APPROVAL OF OUTREACH PAYMENT -- Susan Kay requested…
• OLD RECTORY STEPS – Susan Kay requested official recognition and thanks….
• CAPITAL FINANCING – Steve Elliott, Treasurer, presented the Finance Committee’s proposal of a capital funding plan…
• NO SMOKING SIGNS – Susan Kay reported that the Church needs to comply with the new Ohio No Smoking law by posting No Smoking signs in Church buildings…
• CALENDAR FOR 2007-08 – Susan Kay presented a Holy Trinity calendar for the current academic year, made in conjunction with the University calendar…
• OUTREACH REQUESTS – Susan presented a request from the Outreach Commission for the following allocations from Talent Sale funds…

UPCOMING – VPOM for August, Chris Church; for September, Diana Uhlman.

• Next Finance Committee Meeting, August 21, 7:00 p.m., Old Rectory
• Next Executive Committee Meeting, August 28, 7:00 p.m., Old Rectory
• Next Vestry Meeting, September 4, 7:00 p.m., Old Rectory
• Anne Lodge will read Compline for September Vestry meeting
• Needed: Volunteers to work at uptown table when students return, August 19, and volunteers for our welcoming brunch for students on September 9.

Susan Kay closed the meeting with a prayer.

Respectfully submitted,
Ruth A. Lindsey, Vestry Clerk

 

From 7 am-5 pm, hardy souls worked watering, weeding, trimming, clipping, raking, hoeing, and cleaning up. Sarah Michael, Lila Greer, Rob Thomas, Sally Southard, and Mary and Neil Poppendeck deserve your thanks. Fortunately, the day was in the high 80’s.

Please look out the Undercroft windows…walk outside…survey the vast expanse of a decades-old hedge…imagine one person trimming that hedge…imagine further dragging three massive tarps overflowing with heavy clippings from South Poplar to the back of the Old Rectory. Imagine the tiring work in the heat of the day. Please speak to Neil Poppendeck and his able aide, Mary Poppendeck, and express your appreciation. Some of us raked the sidewalks and did some dragging, but Neil and Mary initiated and completed the work.

And do remember that Frank Jordan and Mary Poppendeck watered and tended the beds of annuals.

-Sally Southard, Grounds Co-ordinator

VIOLIN LESSONS—
anyone interested in having violin lessons,
please contact Luciana Caixeta,
at 513-461-9219 or lucianacaixeta(at)hotmail.com.
For all ages (4 years old and up).

On September 26 at 12:10 p.m., Midday Music in Oxford begins its 19th season with a FREE program of bluegrass music performed by Vernon McIntyre's APPALACHIAN GRASS, a hard-driving group of five performing on banjo, guitar, bass, mandolin, and fiddle.

Oxford Presbyterian Church, 101 N. Main Street in Oxford.
Information: 523-6969.

2 Dorothy Gustafson
5 Jack Southard
8 Judy Evans
9 Bonnie Thomas
11 Rosalyn Benson
16 Mike McVey, Sam Taylor (2006)
19 Jenny Callison
23 Hayden May
28 Eleanore Vail
29 Lila Mason
30 Carty Ellis

1 Kay Calver & Parker Moore
5 Jack & Lila Greer
6 Barbara & Doug Hamilton
28 Michael & Michele Patterson

The Triad is published monthly by

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
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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 October: September 20