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July, 2011
In God’s hands are the caverns of the earth by the Rev. Charles Dupree
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orning prayer has played an important part in my life since I was very young. At the beginning of this office we would often say Psalm 95, also known as the Invitatory. There’s a line in Psalm 95 that has always captured my imagination: “In God’s hands are the caverns of the earth.” As a kid, I used to imagine what this might look like. How big must God’s hands be to hold caverns? This is before we had the National Geographic Channel—before I really knew how large caverns could be. “Wow,” I marveled, “God has some big hands.” To this day, I can’t help but wonder how large God’s fingers would be if they, indeed, held some of the largest spaces on earth. The power of this image (for me, at least) is not that
God, literally, is holding the geological wonders of the world. The power of the image is that God is big enough to hold the enormity of our lives. This image helps me to remember that God is willing and able to handle the things that seem larger than life. Our world is filled with overwhelming events. Navigating our health care system and our insurance can seem like an uphill climb. Learning new technology can seem like a mountainous hurdle. Looking for jobs, applying for jobs, interviewing for jobs can feel like wandering around in the dark. Taking care of our families, preparing for what’s next, making sure everyone is safe and cared for — these can seem like jobs of epic proportions. Yet, somehow, God manages to find her way into
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There are caverns on the earth yet to be explored. There are places deep within the earth that are still being shaped and formed. The same is true for each of us. There are places deep inside of our souls that are still being shaped and formed by God. We are works in progress
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The Rev. Charles Dupree CLERGY ASSISTANT
The Rev. Virginia B. Hall DEACON
The Rev. Connie Peppler PARISH ADMINISTRATOR
Janet Brinkworth BOOKKEEPER
Mona Baker ADULT EDUCATION/NEW MEMBERS
Ross Martinie-Eiler DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Danica D’Onofrio
COORDINATOR OF YOUTH MINISTRIES
Jessie Gutgsell DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
Marilyn Keiser ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Jeffrey Smith
CHURCH MUSIC INTERN
Elaine Sonnenberg
the midst of them. If we stop long enough to look, we’ll find that God is there, holding us in his hands. No matter how complicated things are, no matter how overwhelming the changes and chances of the world might seem, no matter how many times I think I’m shouldering the weight of the world, I remember that God is holding up even my deepest, darkest, most cavern-like places. According to an article I read, stalactites and stalagmites are created by minuscule mineral deposits left by single drops of water. They form at a rate of roughly one cubic inch per 100 years. The tallest known stalagmite is 220 feet high. The early images of our brothers and sisters helped them make
sense of a chaotic, mysterious world. Caverns were, and still are, places of mystery. There are caverns on the earth yet to be explored. There are places deep within the earth that are still being shaped and formed. The same is true for each of us. There are places deep inside of our souls that are still being shaped and formed by God. We are works in progress. The progress can seem slow — or it may seem out of control. Life is huge; God is more huge. God’s hands, those wonderful mysteries, are delicate enough to shape the tiniest of butterflies, and strong enough to hold the deepest of caverns.
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Mike Peppler, Jim Shackelford
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Susan Williams PEOPLE’S WARDEN Kelly Carnahan Spencer Anspach Jim Cripe Shannon Gayk Richard Hvale Chris Johns Jonathon Karty Todd LaDow Randy Loyd Nancy Rayfield Earl Singleton Anne Stright Larry Taylor CLERK Janet Stavropoulos
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Fall programming preview By Ross Martinie-Eilera starts August 28 with the three-service schedule. LITURGICAL FOUNDATIONS with Father Charlie Dupree will meet at 12:45 p.m., following coffee hour, on October 1 and December 4. FORUM
BREAKING BREAD YOUNG
ADULTS GROUP continues on
the first Fridays of the Month, August 5, September 2, October
7, November 4 and December 2. autumn dates for TRINITY INC., our ministry for newcomers, are September 14, October 12 and November 9. There will be an autumn conversation on The Anglican Covenant, probably on October 16. Our
MOVIE NIGHTS & BOOK GROUPS
will continue this fall, and Marilyn Keiser will lead a Hymnody course in November. Dates are TBD. Trinity Topics
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EDUC ATI O N : YOUTH
Welcome, Jessie Gutgsell It is with great enthusiasm that Trinity welcomes Jessie Gutgsell as our part-time Coordinator of Youth Ministries. Jessie was graduated in May from IU with a degree in harp performance. She is a postulant for Holy Orders in the Diocese of Indianapolis, and is taking some time off before beginning her seminary studies. Jessie has been a familiar face to the youth this year as one of their Sunday School teachers. Jessie brings a wealth of ministry experience to her new position, and we are looking forward to her spiritual creativity, energy and continued dedication to Trinity’s youth! She officially began her youth coordinator ministry on May 22nd. You may contact Jessie at jkgutgse@ umail.iu.edu
Trinity goes to Haiti
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he Episcopal Diocese of Haiti is the largest diocese in the Episcopal Church of the United States. As of 2008, 83,698 people were reported to be members of this diocese. As you know, an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, destroying its Cathedral (Holy Trinity) along with many schools and churches. The Diocese of Indianapolis and Trinity Bloomington have a long history with Haiti. That relationship continues as we try to partner with schools and churches that are still picking up the pieces of their lives. In mid-July, members of the diocese, along with three persons from Trinity, Bloomington, will go to Haiti to find out more about how we can help. Specifically, we hope to form a partnership with a school near Portau-Prince.
Schools and churches very often occupy the same building, so to build one is to build the other. We don’t know what this partnership will look like at this time. While in Haiti, we will have conversations with diocesan leaders who will tell us more about how our resources of time, talent and treasure might be best put to use. I hope that Trinity will be a strong leader in this budding effort. You can start now. Pray! Please hold Connie Peppler, Matthew Cole and Charlie Dupree in your prayers, as well as all of those who continue to offer support to the people of Haiti. Pray that the Spirit will guide us and our conversations, that we may carefully discern how God is calling us to help our brothers and sisters.
Reaching out to Bedford Poem submitted by Norm Crampton; photos submitted by Mother Virginia
Who will say, looking at a wall, newly painted, “Good wall,” or “Good intention, poor technique”? Painting a wall is burnishing a barrier, Making inmates happier, perhaps, and painters Happier, perhaps, or indifferent. Linking the two May come later but only by grace, Not by paint.
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OUTREACH
Outreach on the move... Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself? — BCP Baptismal Covenant, p. 305
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s summer unwinds and families relax a bit from tight school schedules, we want you to know that while our Outreach projects do take a slight breather during the summer months, we still have exciting news to share. We hope you will enjoy Marie’s story of the bell ringers or Norm Crampton’s reflection on painting as a way to begin our new “local mission” project at St. John’s, Bedford. As we build on this new relationship, watch for what’s coming next and see how you might be involved. A church the size of Trinity with all its resources has a unique ability to help smaller mission churches.
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Connie Peppler and Jennifer Lloyd continue to keep an eye on volunteers for Sunday afternoon meals and our Circles program, ensuring we have enough cooks and volunteers. Although our menus might adjust for hot summer days, hunger does not diminish. Have you dropped off a can or two of staples for the Monroe County United Ministries drop box? Erin Thompson and her team continue to organize our end-of-the-month diaper ministry by keeping the cupboard stocked and looking for extra volunteers. You can see, we are busy behind the scenes. But that’s not all. It’s not too early to be thinking about fall and winter activities. Here’s what’s coming: JULY An exploratory trip with our Diocese to see what might be ahead for us in Haiti
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Backpacks for school with the Salvation Army AUGUST Each/One Feed One food drive for MCUM. OCTOBER – NOVEMBER Coat Drive, United Thank Offering, Interfaith Winter Shelter, Christmas Gift Bags Are you curious? Want to know more? We’d love to talk with you and share our enthusiasm for the ways in which Trinity looks beyond our four walls and seeks to serve Christ in all persons. Please contact your Outreach Steering Committee or visit us on the Web: trinitybloomington.org Faithfully, Outreach Steering Committee Virginia Hall, Randy Keko, Connie Peppler, Marie Shakespeare, and Earl Singleton JULY
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Trinity handbells visit St. John’s O
n May 22, Trinity’s handbell choir worshipped with St. John’s congregation in Bedford, contributing prelude and offertory music. St. John’s, like Trinity, recently celebrated its 100th birthday, and its historic sanctuary reverberated beautifully with the sound of our bells. We wish Trinity’s family could hear how marvelous the handbells ring in St. John’s acoustics! We were welcomed most warmly by Father Charlie Carpenter, and by the small but very active congregation. EVERYBODY greeted us at the passing of the peace and at the luncheon reception. Elaine Sonnenberg gave the parish’s many youthful members the chance to ring together after lunch. The parish hall looked fresh and inviting with its new paint job. Thanks to all who helped at the work day on
Saturday, May 21. We look forward to sharing more activities with our friends in Bedford.
More Trinity Outreach Grant Recipients by Marie Shakespeare
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s the summer days lengthen and I enjoy the Farmer’s Market and my own gardens, I am continually reminded of the beauty, bounty and generosity of Bloomington. Be inspired by these profiles of some of the 13 applicants who received Trinity Outreach Grants in support of work that reflects our baptismal promise to “seek and serve Christ in all persons,” sharing our bounty with those in need:
Middleway House Food Program LAUREN TAYLOR
a day all year long, in addition to providing nutritious morning and afternoon snacks to children utilizing their daycare and youth services programs.
OASIS MICHAEL COLONGIONE MIKEGIONE@GMAIL.COM
Organized Assistance So Inmates Succeed (OASIS) provides re-entry assistance to ex-offenders. OASIS is staffed entirely by volunteers (as reported by sponsoring parishioner Hal Taylor), who will use the grant money to provide work boots, clothing and bus passes for ex-offenders seeking jobs.
LAURENTAYLOR@GMAIL.COM
This grant, sponsored by Mary Ann Keko, provides more than a month’s worth of food for Middleway House shelter residents, who are women and families fleeing domestic violence. This emergency shelter serves meals to 30 guests three times
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Shalom Community Center GED Program FORREST GILMORE, FORREST@ SHALOMCOMMUNITYCENTER.ORG
Deacon Connie Peppler sponsored this application to support the GED preparation program offered this
spring at Shalom Community Center. The instructors for the program are provided by MCCSC, and Shalom asked our assistance in paying the GED test fee for up to 15 students. Trinity wholeheartedly supports Shalom’s ministry to Bloomington’s homeless community, believing that education is one way to break the cycle of homelessness.
Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project MICHAEL LEWIS MWPP@PAGESTOPRISONERS.ORG
Volunteers from Trinity (including Rev. Virginia Hall who sponsored this application) were very moved by the mission and effectiveness of this program to acquire and mail books to inmates in jails, prisons and federal institutions in 16 states. The Outreach grant money pays for approximately one month’s worth of postage (the organization’s major on-ongoing expense).
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PA S TOR AL C ARE
Growing in grace and wisdom Will you continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers? —Baptismal Covenant, BCP, p. 304 By the Rev. Virginia Hall
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hether it is the day you received your first driver’s license, the time you were shocked because you were carded at a restaurant for a drink, looked into the mirror and saw your first gray hairs or felt a pinch in your back after a day in the garden, each of us sooner or later has to admit: I’m getting older. Am I an elder or a senior? Am I “over the hill” or a Sage? Who am I? So what’s next? Is it all up hill or down hill? Is it good or bad? Is it a burden or an opportunity? What we do know is that although we can’t stop the aging process, it is natural. We do have a choice of how we will face whatever situation we are in and to have an opportunity to impact those we love. Trinity’s Pastoral Care team wants to be on your side — whatever side you are on — as we launch a variety of opportunities to look at some very real questions facing many in our own congregation and in the larger community. Baby Boomers are retiring like flies —some dying, some thriving. Economics play a bigger and bigger role in the choices we have to make as our government’s purse strings close tighter and as housing choices become more difficult. Social Security and Medicare can no longer be assured to be our safety net. With a combination of learning, fellowship, communion and prayer, Pastoral Care will begin to dig a little bit deeper into our faith and spirituality with a sharing of stories, guest speakers, book studies, times for fellowship and prayer. In the coming months as we will ponder some of the following topics: Aging and Spirituality: How has my spirituality changed… or has it? Aging Parents: How do I care for them?
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legal, medical and financial choices must I make? When I die...what will happen to my body? Who decides? Facing our fears: Who and what are my resources? Telling our stories to our children Living alone and asking for help If you have a special interest, questions or suggestions for topics you would like to address, please don’t hesitate to call Connie Peppler or Virginia Hall, co-conveners of this ministry for Sages, at 812-336-4466.
READING LIST
Summer is a great time to read. Here are a couple of suggestions easily found at Amazon. com or watch for book reviews to follow in the fall. But When You are Older by Donald X. Burt No Wrinkles on the Soul by Richard L. Morgan Out of the Skin Into the Soul Dorothy A. Doherty and Mary Colgan McNamara The Gift of Years by Joan Chittister
Look with mercy, O God our Father, on all whose increasing years bring them weakness, distress, or isolation. Provide for them homes of dignity and peace; give them understanding helpers, and the willingness to accept help; and, as their strength diminishes, increase their faith and their assurance of your love. This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen (BCP, p. 830)
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Seek and Serve… “In the name of Jesus Christ, you are to serve all people, particularly the poor, the weak, the sick and the lonely.” (BCP 543) by Deacon Connie Peppler
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t was 9 years ago, June 29, 2002, that I received this charge from Bishop Waynick as I was ordained to the Holy Order of Deacon in the Episcopal Church. So began a formal commitment and challenge that changed my life forever, bringing with it joys, excitement and frustration. It has been and continues to be a role that stretches me and puts me in constant conversation with Christ, His prodding me and my pushing back because He is calling me to do something I am not at all sure I feel like I want to do. I am sure you all can identify with that knack of nagging persistence that Christ has in our lives. But, Deacons, isn’t that what our lives are supposed to be about? Doing what Christ calls us to do whatever that may be? Yes, and deacons have been doing this a long time in the history of the church. The order of deacons began as direct assistants to the bishops in the very early church. The deacon was responsible for distributing the alms to the poor and sick, overseeing finances of the church, distributing bread and wine to those unable to participate
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in early church services. Many have been martyred along with their bishops and some as lone servants to Christ. There are deacons who have been canonized. Carrying on that traditional relationship to the Bishop, deacons today, ordained by the Bishop, are assigned to the parishes at the prerogative of the Bishop and are under the Bishop’s direction. Deacons “belong” to the diocese serving the whole church within the diocese while also working in collegial relationship with their rectors. Deacons are ordained for life and are often identified as ‘vocational deacons’ although this particular term is being phased out. One point of confusion is the concept of “transitional deacon.” The practice has been for a seminary student to be ordained as a deacon. After a period, usually 6 months or more, ordination to the priesthood may occur. The ministry of the deacon is to be a servant: a servant to those in need, to the Church, to the community. Deacons are challenged to bring the world outside within the walls of the church and help the church see what the real work of the church is. Most deacons work in the lay world at some sort of job or profession and thus they are directly connected to both worlds. Deacons serve in non-stipendiary staff clergy, which reinforces the role of the deacon as an icon of service and servant ministry.
Deacons are expected to continue their education and personal faith growth through classes, reading, retreats and training experiences. Deacons are integral in the life of the church due to their many roles and activities, symbolizing the life of Christ as a servant. As ordained ministers, deacons are servant leaders supporting others to identify their own gifts and ministries for service and stretching the comfort level of others. While deacons serve in a limited role liturgically, they enable the presider to fully engage in the Great Thanksgiving of the Eucharist with minimal distractions. The deacon sets the table, receives the oblations and offertory as a representative of the people, the congregation. As the representative of the people the deacon leads the Prayers of the People. The deacon symbolizes the prophet focusing on justice and mercy, emphasizing the void between what is and what is possible in God’s abundance and calling attention to what all of us can do. The deacon proclaims the Gospel in the midst of the congregation, bringing the Word to the people down where it can be felt, breathed and lived. There are 13 ordained deacons in the diocese of Indianapolis, with five more in the formation process. Some of the deacons in this diocese are retired; some have full-time jobs as well as their work in the church; some serve in their community, others on diocesan commissions, and some even work for the National Church. No matter their jobs or their work, they are to be icons of the servant Christ Trinity Topics
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Soul food: On midweek Eucharist by Shannon Gayk
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hurches in the southern city where I grew up knew how to eat. Like most of the other Protestant churches in town, Wednesday nights were fellowship meal night at the suburban Methodist church my family attended. People came for physical and spiritual nourishment and southern soul food: green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and fried chicken with a healthy serving of Christian fellowship. At Trinity, our communal life is nourished by our weekly Sunday morning meal; we are fed physically and spiritually by word and the sacrament. And as we listen and participate in the liturgy of the word and prayer, we cultivate our hunger for goodness, beauty, truth and justice. We gather and give thanks on Sundays as a way of honoring Jesus’
resurrection but also as a way of reminding ourselves of our callings as we prepare to return to our labor on Monday morning. Yet many may not know that Trinity also has Wednesday meals that provide mid-week resting stops for nourishment and renewal: a Eucharist at 12:15 and an early evening contemplative Eucharist at 5:30. Smaller, more intimate, and rather shorter than our Sunday gatherings, each Wednesday offers the opportunity for midweek spiritual nourishment. The later service has only been part of our communal life since the beginning of Lent. Based on lectio divina (divine reading), this Eucharist is quiet, candle-lit, and contemplative, offering a bit of space to linger on scripture, to voice our concerns in prayer, to remember our baptisms and call to service in the
washing of hands, and to receive the body and blood of Christ. The service uniquely invites us to contemplate the place of the sacred in our weekday lives though communal lectio. In the medieval spiritual theology from which lectio divina comes, reading is often compared with eating. Ruminating on the word is literally “chewing the cud.” We chew on the Word on Wednesdays when we hear the same gospel passage read three times, each followed by silent reflection, and then share with each other how we were challenged or nourished by it. We gather to rest our souls and to feed our spirits but also to be encouraged that, as the liturgy puts it, “the God who shakes heaven and earth, whom death could not contain, who lives to disturb and heal us, [blesses us] with the power to go forth and proclaim the Gospel.”
Sirens send Confirmation service to hallway by Kelly Carnahan
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ancy Rayfield was late for confirmation the evening of May 25. When she quietly opened the doors and peaked in to assess the situation, no one was there. “I couldn’t figure out what was going on! Was I really that late? Was it rapture?” Nancy wondered. “It was obvious people had recently been there—I could even smell candles.” She eventually discovered the service in progress in the back hallway. The tornado sirens sent the congregation to a safer part of the building—twice. “We made it work. We Episcopalians understand processions,” said Spencer Anspach. Ultimately, seven people were confirmed: Julie Parmenter, Isabella Douglas Pratt, Catherine Brassell, Jim Cripe, Destiny Pence, Ross Martinie-Eiler, and Ben Williams. Diane Singleton was received.
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STEWARDSHIP
Parish meeting explores debt by Richard Hvale
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ore than 60 Trinity parishioners gathered in May at parish meeting that focused on the financial aspects of the restoration and renovation of the church and the Capital Campaign that supported it; the recently signed mortgage; and the Second Century Fund. On hand to provide information and answer questions were members of the Vestry and the Finance Commission, along with Father Charlie and (anyone else?). Susan Williams, the Rector’s Warden, and Kelly Carnahan, the People’s Warden, took participants through a discussion of Trinity’s Capital Campaign and renovation effort, outlining the parish’s extensive planning process and the division of the building project into three phases. Susan explained how costs were incurred during the planning and building processes, describing the anticipated costs of the first phase of renovation and the amount of funds expected as a result of the Capital Campaign. The need for a loan to make up for costs not covered by pledges was acknowledged early on, it was noted, and communicated to the parish before the project began. Kelly provided a comparison of actual costs and estimated expenses, providing examples of activities that incurred higher-than-anticipated costs. These included structural issues discovered once construction began, for example, and the immediate need for a new roof on the Education Wing, an improvement originally slated for a later phase. Kelly also outlined costs not part of the construction project, such as furnishings and fittings, moving and temporary office fees, and communication systems. Following the discussion of the Capital Campaign and renovation, Finance Commission member Jane Martin described the terms of Trinity’s newly acquired mortgage to pay costs not covered by funds raised during the Capital Campaign. The mortgage makes it possible for Trinity to reduce the principle rather than just
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pay the interest of the loan. It is anticipated that Trinity will draw on the Second Century Fund rather than on income derived from annual pledges and plate offerings to make the mortgage payments. Randy Lloyd then explained the Second Century Fund, which aims to ensure the future of Trinity by providing money to maintain the building and to pursue other major initiatives. After paying off the mortgage, Trinity can draw on the Second Century Fund to pay for capital improvements without the need for another Capital Campaign. The Second Century Fund already has money in it because extra funds that were available after the construction was completed were deposited into this fund. Also, some parishioners have made pledges toward this fund, and money from this fund has been used to make payments on the construction loan. Father Charlie led a discussion in which he asked those in attendance to name issues related to excitement, concern and hope for Trinity. Here are the thoughts expressed most frequently:
Excitement: There
was no tense dialogue during this May 4th Parish Meeting. Trinity has competent leadership. The new building caused us to change as a parish.
Concern:
Trinity’s budget is not balanced. The challenge of maintaining the building. The uncertainty about the interest rate after the recently negotiated rate expires in five years.
Hope:
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Second Century Fund will transform us. We will pay off the debt in five years. We realize the abundance in our lives.
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PAR ISH LIFE
Popular 2011 Easter Brunch recipes By Chris Johns
CHILLED MARINATED ASPARAGUS
SOUTHERN CORN PUDDING
INGREDIENTS
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DIRECTIONS
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Serves 8 | Prep time: 20 min.
2/3 cup packed brown sugar 2/3 cup cider vinegar 2/3 cup soy sauce 2/3 cup vegetable oil 4 teaspoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon garlic powder 2 pounds fresh asparagus, trimmed 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted 1. In a saucepan, combine the brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, oil, lemon juice and garlic powder. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer; uncovered for 5 minutes. Refrigerate until cool. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, bring ½ inch of water to a boil. Add asparagus. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 3-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and rinse in cold water. 2. Place asparagus in a large resealable plastic bag; add marinade. Seal bag and turn to coat; Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight, turning occasionally. Drain and discard marinade. Place asparagus on a serving plate and sprinkle with pecans.
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Serves 8 | Cooking time: 1 hr., 30 min.
3 eggs ½ cup melted margarine ½ cup white sugar 1 (16-ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained 2 (15-ounce) cans cream-style corn 2 teaspoons cornstarch ½ cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F 175 degrees. Grease a 9x13 baking dish; set aside. 2. Beat eggs until flurry in a large bowl. Stirring constantly, pour in melted margarine. Stir in sugar, whole kernel corn and cream-style corn until well-combined. Dissolve the cornstarch in the milk; combine with the corn mixture. Stir in vanilla. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. 3. Bake in the preheated oven until the pudding is puffed and golden, and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
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COMMUNITY SPIRIT
More good news T
his month, we are playing catch-up, printing July birthdays that didn’t make it in the last issue because of the change from a monthly publication. From this point forward, three months of birthdays and anniversaries will be printed each quarter. In the October issue, look for “good news” to cover November, December, and January.
July JULY BIRTHDAYS
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Lisa Ritchel Nola Bloemendaal Jim Heath Joe Furniss Chloe Lohrmann Emily Hughes John Moore Rick McMullen Alexandra Watts Wendy Elliott Margaret Jones Gretchen Martin Kimberly Goy Ted Thieme Peter Delevett Paul Martinie Eiler Shirley Beheler Marilyn Keiser Susan Williams Ginny Stockton Micah Savytskyy Jason Goy Wendy Meaden Catherine Wilson Sarah Phillips Cripsian Elliott Emily Moran Elizabeth Hershey Brad McMullen Elaine Sonnenberg Betsy Birch Rita Cripe Mma Afoaku Brenda McNellen Elisabeth Hosey
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Pat Bayer Rachel Auer Sarah Read Jeffery Schauss Ben Brabson Roger Herzel Linda Davis Julia Byers Allegra Hale Deb Cowdell-Slikkers
JULY ANNIVERSARIES
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Mel & Emily Hughes Paul & Wendy Elliott Luiz & Patricia Lopes Adam & Karen Sweeney Stanley & Hilary Hamilton Richard Hvale & Catharine Hoff 22 Stan Stockton & Moya Andrews 29 Rex Hume & Linda Richards 31 Todd & Alex May
August AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
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Richard Burke Kate Emblom Ben McMullen Madi Gregory Catie May Lucy Bowling Joe Boes Larry Taylor Ruth Witten Michael Duff Owen Neuburger
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Thea Hosek Thomas Meaden Adam Hale Olivia Hurley Henry Fuchs Marci Bryan Reva Shiner Anneliese Van Arsdale Chuck Watson Anne Stright Susie Reynolds Erin Baker John Briddell Cindy St. Leger Karrah Moore Jon Kitto Larry Davis Andy Houlik Ritchey Hildy Sherwin Nancy Rayfield Beverly Jones Robert Conrad Bruce Douglas Doug Horn Debbie Satterfield
AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES
2 Gates & Pat Agnew 8 Jeannie Denning & Marcia Kazmierzak 10 Bill & Libby Tilghman 10 Archie & Jeanne Smith 14 Jim & Ruth Witten 14 Tom & Sara Wood 16 Ken Dau-Schmidt & Betsy Birch 21 Prince & Sheila Butler 21 Michael & Amber Moore 22 Richard & Ann Burke Trinity Topics
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22 Verlon and Ruth Stone 27 Randy and Mary Ann Keko 26 Donald & Judy Granbois
September SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 9 12 13 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 23 23 24 24 24 25
William Sylvester Cameron Butler Brach LaDow Don Hossler Caroline Snapp Quinten Satterfield Larry McMahan Georgia Parham Ruth Stone Kris Frampton Oleksandr Savytskyy Beverly Carson Millie Fleming-Moran Nick DauSchmidt Barbara Hughes Ann Burke Gloria Hasler Margaret Birchler Harper Schramm-Kelley Jonathan Hossler Mary Alice Crampton Jill Wood Nicholas Stright Marcia Kazmierzak Bob Bayer Isabella Douglas Tarry Curry Sandy Sheehan Heather Lake Randy Keko Laura Mills Cynthia Brabson Norman Furniss Mary Sue Hosey Andrew Ludwig Naomi Gorman Freddie Diamant
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Katie Watson Susan Young Joan Hershey Thomas Ritchel Marilyn Gregory Betty Yoder Henry Cooper, Jr. Sarah Laughlin Dominic D’Onofrio
SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
7 12 21 29
William & Shirley Behler Bob & Ginny McNellen Randy & Jennifer Lloyd Mike & Debbie Satterfield
October OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
1 Polly Alexander 1 Gordon Hershey 1 Jordan Richardson 3 Aaron Hosey 5 Earl Singleton 5 Andy Hoover 7 Janette Fishell 7 Paul Macy 9 Terry Cosgray 9 Trevor Snow 10 Sally Foltzer 11 Jeffrey Sroufe 12 Ken Dau-Schmidt 12 Pamela Terrell 12 Darlene Cook 13 Bob Brown 13 Matt Lloyd 13 Katherine Sylvester
14 Jackson Sweeny 16 Joey Tartell 18 Wesley Martin 20 Kelly Carnahan 20 Patricia Lopes 20 Ian Harvey 20 John Gusan 20 Linda Johnson 20 Caelan D’Onofrio 21 Karen Van Arsdale 22 Vicki Baker 22 Stan Stockton 24 Mary Young 24 Lisa Robertson 24 Matthew McCarty 24 Kevin Andrews, Jr 25 Stanley Hamilton 26 Isabel Planton 26 Wilber Bewley 27 Ingelore Welch 27 Gregorio Lopes 28 Rosella Roberts 28 Stephen Reed, Sr. 31 Sara Harvey 31 Ryan Butler OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES
8 Kevin & Kelly Andrews 10 Steve Hinnefeld & Theresa Malone 23 Hank & Mary Young 25 Deb Cowdell-Slikkers & Faith Slikkers 25 Peter & Molly Delevett
Is your July, August, September, or October birthday or anniversary missing from Topics? Please call or e-mail Janet Brinkworth, our parish administrator, at (812) 336-4466 or admin@ trinitybloomington.org
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Book review READING OBAMA: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Traditio, by James T. Kloppenberg, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. (2011). ISBN: 978-0691-14746-8 (265 pp.) plus an essay on sources (20 pp.) and an index (9 pp.)
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ames T. Kloppenberg is an American historian, teaching at Harvard. His primary interest is intellectual history, and usually he has written about the development of intellectual thought over specific eras, or in specific geographical locations. He has written this intellectual biography of Barack Obama, by interviewing Obama’s former professors and classmates, studying Obama’s books, essays and speeches, and reading every article Obama published in the three years that he was involved with the Harvard Law Review (88-89, 89-90,90-91). Kloppenberg sees Obama as one of possibly only seven philosopher Presidents in our history (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Barack Obama.) Kloppenberg proposes that Obama is a philosophical pragmatist, a follower of a uniquely American system of thought that developed at the end of the 19th Century. Most of us know of this philosophy from the works of William James, John Dewey (a favorite of teacher education colleges in the 20th Century) and Charles Sanders Pierce. Philosophical pragmatism embraces the notions that we are constantly thinking about and devising ways to successfully navigate the world in which we live. We develop methods of testing our plans and of debating what we learn from our experimentation. “This is a philosophy for skeptics, not true believers” (Kloppenberg). This is a difficult book for those of us with skimpy educations in philosophy, political science, and history. I googled many items to refresh my memory or to learn something new and developed a short glossary of terms (fourteen items) in the process. The “Introduction” to the book is well worth reading. It helps the reader to develop an image of the emergence of Obama’s personal thought from his personal experience and from the dynamics of American history, especially recent political history. There are four chapters in the book. ‘The Education of Barack Obama” gives the reader an overview of Obama’s early education and experiences, from childhood through law school. It shows, as well, the particular significance of one of his undergaduate professors, thus giving wonderful support to all teachers of PAGE
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under- graduates. “From Universalism to Particularism” focuses on Obama’s development during the intellectually turbulent years at the end of the 20th Century. “Obama’s American History” locates his thinking within the much wider historical context,of American democratic theory and practice (notably John and John Q. Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, T. and F. D. Roosevelt, and Wilson) as well as within the ideas of the philosophical pragmatists. The last chapter, “Conclusion: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition” tries to put this all together. Undergirding Obama’s politics “lies a sustained engagement with America’s democratic traditions” and Kloppenberg’s book tries to connect all the dots. This is an excellent book. Well worth the effort to read, and mark and hopefully understand Obama a little bit better. I recommend it very highly to anyone trying to understand our current political situation. — review courtesy of Barbara Bloom Trinity Topics
July, 2011
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Bardonner twins doing well at home
Ken and Veronika report that, as of May, 2011, the Bardonner babies were just over 7 lbs. and doing very well at home for almost a week. They were due to be born May 11.
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Daughters of the King volunteers for Pages to Prisoners Daughters of the King volunteered at the Pages for Prisoners work site on July 6. Volunteers wrote letters, packed books, and helped verify addresses. The work site is on Rogers and 4th St. Pages for Prisoners is one of Trinity Outreach Grant recipients. Karen and Steve, organizers of the Pages for Prisoners project; Mother Virginia; and Mary Ann Keko and Heather Lake CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
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