Proper XVII - September 1, 2019

Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE  INCLUSIVE  CREATIVE  DOWNTOWN

Holy Eucharist: Rite II  Twelfth Sunday  after Pentecost XVII Proper   September 1, 2019 10:00am 

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Welcome to Trinity Episcopal Church Good morning and “welcome home” to Trinity! Whether you are new to our community or have found yourself coming back again and again, we want you to know you are both welcome and wanted here among us. For some, church is as comfortable and familiar as a good pair of jeans, or like coming back to your childhood home (if it is one filled with good memories). For others, church might be like visiting a foreign country where you experience unfamiliar language or customs. And then, sadly, for some, church has become equated with feelings of hurt, shame or rejection. We get all of that and believe church can be different. We are a diverse community of seekers, believers, and doubters held together by the hope that together we are better, kinder, and more courageous when we stand side by side and face into the challenges of our lives and in the world together.

We challenge the practices of our tradition that have at times kept others out and instead embrace Jesus’ mandate to welcome all, no exceptions, as a core value. And, we get that if people are brave enough to walk through the doors of a big gothic-looking church in downtown Toledo we better be serious about being explicitly progressive, inclusive and creative in all we say and do.

We love our Episcopal tradition, AND we love people from all walks of life even more! It is our hope and prayer that together we will navigate our way through each gathering, worship service, opportunity to serve, class, meal and social time together with humility, grace and laughter all infused with radical hospitality.

So thank you for being here today; for trusting the yearning that brought you through those ancient doors.

May we all find our way into the heart of God’s love as we make room for each other at the Table of love set for us week after week.

Welcome Home!

May you never forget you are loved, Lisa Tucker-Gray

The Holy Eucharist SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

The Season after Pentecost is not actually a season with a single common focus, but is simply the weeks between the Day of Pentecost and the First Sunday of Advent. It is often called “Ordinary Time.” These weeks hold both the slower pace and peaceful quality of summer months and the quicker pace and flurry of activity in the early fall. These are our “ordinary” days, in which we live the Christian faith in our daily lives. During these weeks, as the liturgical scholar Leonel Mitchell puts it, we celebrate “the time in which we actually live — the period between the Pentecost and the Second Advent.” Two thousand years after the first Pentecost, the church still lives in this “in between” time before the fulfillment of time in Christ’s second coming. You might also hear these weeks called “the long, green season,” referring both to the green color of the vestments and altar hangings for these weeks as well as to the summertime of year in which many of the weeks fall in the northern hemisphere. After Pentecost we settle into the growing season, nourishing the seeds planted at Easter and putting down roots in our faith.

-From Daily Prayer for All Seasons 2

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liturgy of the word  Prelude Gathering Song

As I Went Down to the River to Pray Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

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George H. Allan LEVAS #196

Welcome Collect of the day Celebrant: People: Celebrant:

( From Prayers for an Inclusive Church)

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us pray.

Inviting God, laying open your table to the deviant and deranged, setting a place for the foreign and unwanted: overturn our tables of power and teach us to receive bread from strange and wounded hands; through Jesus Christ, the One given for all. Amen.

(Please be seated for the Lessons.)

The First Lesson Reader:

Sirach 10:12-18

A reading from Sirach.

The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord; the heart has withdrawn from its Maker. For the beginning of pride is sin, and the one who clings to it pours out abominations. Therefore the Lord brings upon them unheard-of calamities, and destroys them completely. The Lord overthrows the thrones of rulers, and enthrones the lowly in their place. The Lord plucks up the roots of the nations, and plants the humble in their place. The Lord lays waste the lands of the nations, and destroys them to the foundations of the earth. He removes some of them and destroys them, and erases the memory of them from the earth. Pride was not created for human beings, or violent anger for those born of women.

Reader: People:

Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s People.

Thanks be to God.

The psalm

Psalm 81:1, 10-16

The Psalm will be spoken by everyone.

( From Psalms for Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness)

Sing in unison to the Most High, our strength; shout for joy and join the celebration!

Raise a song, sound the great bells, the flute and the harp.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, and on all the feast days.

Who among you will listen to the voice of the Beloved?

How many will open their heart?

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All you too stubborn to hear, who follow your own counsel, will know fear and loneliness.

“Oh that my people would listen, that, as friends, you would walk in my ways!

Your fears would soon flee and your hearts would overflow.

You, who turn your back on Love, will know only momentary pleasure,

During “Ordinary Time”, rather than use the standard NRSV scripture translations for our Psalms, we will be using Nan Merrill’s transliteration of the Psalms. The complete book of Psalms is titled: Psalms for Praying- An Invitation to Wholeness.

your reward will soon be spent.

I would satisfy your hunger, and, with streams of Living Water, you would live in the joy of heaven here on earth!”

The second Lesson Reader:

Hebrews 13:1-8,15-16

A reading from Hebrews.

Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers. Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you." So we can say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?"

Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Reader: People:

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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Gradual

You Are Loved

Stars Go Dim

(Please stand as you are able.)

The Gospel Officiant: People:

Luke 14:1, 7-14 The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.

Glory to you, Lord Christ.

On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the Sabbath, they were watching him closely.

When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, `Give this person your place,' and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, `Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."

He said also to the one who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid.

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But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

Officiant: People:

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Sermon

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray

Affirmation of Faith

(Please stand as you are able.)

from Shore to Shore

We believe in God, the creator of all life and beauty, who blesses our journey.

We believe in Jesus Christ, who lived as a friend and savior to all he met as he traveled, and who ate and laughed, wept and celebrated with them in love.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, who rides on the gentle breeze, who strengthens our bindings, and who offers hope eternal.

We believe in the church, which stands open to all travelers, and bears witness to the everlasting love of God. Amen.

The Prayers of the People Intercessor: People: Intercessor:

People: Intercessor: People: Intercessor: People:

Women’s Uncommon Prayer

Open our lips, O Spirit, that we may proclaim your benevolent truth and call for justice in our communities, in our congregations, and in the world.

Spirit, open our lips.

Open our minds, O Creator, that we might dream a Church reconciled, a Church that knows your love so abundantly it bursts with a passion for ministry, a desire to give completely, and seeks only to give back.

Creator, open our minds.

Open our hearts, O Giver of Gifts, to be transformed by compassion, so we will serve others with humility, integrity and urgency as your servants.

Giver of Gifts, open our hearts.

Open our eyes, O Sanctifier of Life, to the hurts and needs of others. Teach us to see where our abilities and resources can be used for good.

Sanctifier of Life, open our eyes.

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Intercessor:

People: Intercessor:

People: Celebrant:

Open our hands, O Spirit, to be your instruments of witness. Help us work without caution, serve without recognition, and proclaim justice, love and kindness, in your name.

Spirit, open our hands.

Open our memories, O Redeemer of All, as we tenderly remember those who have asked for our prayers, including those on our Prayer List…and those we now name aloud and in our hearts…

Redeemer of All, open our memories.

God, your love is free, your compassion unconditional, and your mercy infinite. You shower upon us gifts abundant. Grant that we may know and trust these gifts discovering the joy they bring. In the name of the Risen Christ we pray. Amen.

The Confession of Sin & Absolution Celebrant:

Enriching Our Worship

Let us confess our sins to God.

(Silence may be kept.)

Celebrant and People: God of all mercy, we confess that we have sinned against you, opposing your will in our lives.

We have denied your goodness in each other, in ourselves, and in the world you have created.

We repent of the evil that enslaves us, the evil we have done and the evil done on our behalf.

Forgive, restore, and strengthen us through our Savior Jesus Christ, that we may abide in your love and serve only your will. Amen.

Celebrant:

Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through the grace of Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life.

The Peace Celebrant: People:

The peace of the Risen Christ be always with you.

And also with you.

Announcements

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Liturgy of the Table

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Offertory sentence Offertory

Worn (Kwame Addo, soloist)

Eucharistic Prayer Celebrant: People: Celebrant: People: Celebrant: People:

Tenth Star North

Enriching Our Worship Prayer 3

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Celebrant: All thanks and praise are yours at all times and in all places, our true and loving God; through Jesus Christ, your eternal Word, the Wisdom from on high by whom you created all things. You laid the foundations of the world and enclosed the sea when it burst out from the womb; you brought forth all creatures of the earth and gave breath to humankind.

Wondrous are you, Holy One of Blessing, all you create is a sign of hope for our journey; and so as the morning stars sing your praises we join the heavenly beings and all creation as we shout with joy:

Sanctus

Holy, Holy, Holy

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Grayson Warren Brown

Celebrant: Glory and honor are yours, Creator of all, your Word has never been silent; you called a people to yourself, as a light to the nations, you delivered them from bondage and led them to a land of promise. Of your grace, you gave Jesus to be human, to share our life, to proclaim the coming of your holy reign and give himself for us, a fragrant offering.

Through Jesus Christ our Redeemer, you have freed us from sin, brought us into your life, reconciled us to you, and restored us to the glory you intend for us.

We thank you that on the night before he died for us Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, gave it to his friends and said: “Take, eat, this is my Body, broken for you.

Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper Jesus took the cup of wine, said the blessing, gave it to his friends and said: “Drink this, all of you: this cup is the new Covenant in my Blood, poured out for you and for all for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

And so, remembering all that was done for us: the cross, the tomb, the resurrection and ascension, longing for Christ’s coming in glory, and presenting to you these gifts your earth has formed and human hands have made, we acclaim you, O Christ: Dying, you destroyed our death.

Rising, you restored our life.

Christ Jesus, come in glory!

Send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these gifts of bread and wine that they may be to us the Body and Blood of your Christ. Grant that we, burning with your Spirit’s power, may be a people of hope, justice and love. Giver of Life, draw us together in the Body of Christ, and in the fullness of time gather us with all your people into the joy of our true eternal home.

Through Christ and with Christ and in Christ, by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, we worship you our God and Creator in voices of unending praise. AMEN.

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The Lord’s Prayer Celebrant:

(The New Zealand Prayer Book, from the Anglican Church in Aotearoa)

And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say:

Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!

The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world!

Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!

Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth.

With the bread we need for today, feed us.

In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.

In times of temptation and testing, strengthen us.

From trials too great to endure, spare us.

From the grip of all that is evil, free us.

For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.

The Fraction: Breaking of the Bread

Invitation to Communion (Please be seated until you are invited to come forward to receive communion.)

We welcome ALL to come forward to receive Communion as a sign of God’s love in and for our lives.

To receive the bread (or gluten-free wafer), please put your hands together, palms up. To receive the non-alcoholic wine, you may either drink directly from the cup or dip the bread in the cup before eating. If you are unable to come forward and wish to have Communion brought to you, please inform a greeter.

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Communion Hymn Communion Hymn

The Post Communion Prayer

I Know My Redeemer Lives Give Me Jesus

Nicole Coleman Mullen LEVAS #91

(Please stand as you are able.)

Gracious God, lover of all, may we who have been your guests at this communion reveal your love to all the world.

May we be no longer your servants, but know your will and be your friends.

You give us your life, may we be worthy of it; you give us yourself, may we embody you. Amen.

Blessing

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Sending song

Blessed Be the Name of the Lord

Matt Redman

Refrain will be sung between verses, offered by a soloist.

(sung twice)

Dismissal Celebrant: People:

Alleluia! Alleluia! Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Please join us in the back immediately following the service for coffee and conversation.

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Trinity

HOMECOMING Sunday, September 22, 2019 Trinity welcomes everyone to our inaugural Homecoming celebration, beginning with a continental breakfast at 9:00 and worship at 10:00, both in the Sanctuary.

We’ll move upstairs to My Brother’s Place for lunch, catered by Cynthia’s Catering. Following lunch, we’ll move back down to the Sanctuary for a community art project, created by Jupmode, live music, and a keynote address by Erin Wiley, LPCC.

Come find your home at Trinity!

9:00-10:00 10:00-11:15 11:30-12:15 12:30-1:30 1:30-2:30

Continental Breakfast, Trinity Sanctuary Worship, Trinity Sanctuary Catered Lunch, My Brother’s Place Community Art Project, Trinity Sanctuary Live Music with the Amelia Airharts Keynote Address, Erin Wiley, LPCC

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Come to church Sunday Evening!

Sunday, September 29, 2019 5:00-6:00 Over the years we have learned that Sunday morning is a nearly impossible time to get to church because of Race for the Cure. We have done different things that day including walking as a group, holding a prayer service out on the plaza and last year, we went and worshipped with another Episcopal Church. This year we are going to try something new. We will be gathering for an evening service and we hope you will join us.

We will be using Marty Haugen’s beautiful musical setting of Holden Evening Prayer for the first part of the service and then we will come to God’s table of Love set for us once again and share Communion with one another. It will be lovely to be in our worship space in the evening and we will light candles and sing together giving thanks for another week and for all those who participated earlier in the day for the Race for the Cure, all those we have lost, and all who have survived or struggling with a difficult diagnosis.

Following the service, we will have a light reception to share some relaxed time together before making our ways home. Please mark your calendars and plan on joining us.

Sunday Servers on Sept. 29 5:00 Worship: Lectors: Jeff Albright & Hugh Grefe Chalice Guild: Scott Dibling Altar Guild: Scott Dibling Bread Baking: Taylor Tennant Greeters: Lucy Russell & Keith Sparrow 6:00 Hospitality: Elizabeth, Jolene & Donna

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Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE

INCLUSIVE CREATIVE DOWNTOWN

Vestry Leadership Alice Todd, Senior Warden, Darrell Cousino, Junior Warden Greg Shumaker, Trust Fund Liaison, Jane Bueche, Treasurer Roberta Durham, Clerk, Becky Roth, Administration Commission Chair Dennis Degnan, Property Commission Chair, Robert Meeker, Finance Commission Chair Jeffrey Albright, Donna Steppe, & Jamie Paul, Asst. Treasurer

Parish Staff The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector Nate Leonard, Director of Music & the Arts Heather Meyer, Director of Operations and Community Development Lynzi Miller, Next to New Manager & Communications Coordinator Nick Zurawski, Sexton Copyright Info: All printed music from The Hymnal 1982, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, My Heart Sings Out, Wonder, Love, and Praise was used by permission through purchase of riteseries.org.

All other printed music is used by permission through purchase of CCLI #11294600 All printed music from Gather was used by permission through purchase of onelicense.net License # A-700000 Fraction Reprinted under: OneLicense.net A703037 Text & music: John L. Bell Performances by: 6th Edition & Nate Leonard A version of the Lord’s Prayer offered The New Zealand Prayer Book, from the Anglican Church in Aotearoa Confession, Absolution and Eucharistic Prayer from Enriching Our Worship Affirmation from Shore to Shore Prayers of the People a version from Women’s Uncommon Prayer pg.334 by Devon Anderson, 2000 Psalm from Psalms for Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness by Nan C. Merrill, 2007 Opening Collect from: Prayers for an Inclusive Church by Steven Shakespeare, 2009 Bulletin Images: The Need To Show Off: A Reflection on The Gospel Of Luke 14:1, 7-14 By Fr. Michael Barrow, J.C., 2016

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH PROGRESSIVE INCLUSIVE

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Proper XVII September 1, 2019

Trinity Episcopal Church Progressive  Inclusive  Creative  Downtown 316 Adams Street, Toledo, OH  www.trinitytoledo.org

Trinity Pages Serving this week & Next: Sunday, September 1 9:00-9:45 Free Community Breakfast 10:00-11:15 Worship 11:15 Coffee & Conversation Monday, September 2 Next To New Shop CLOSED AA Meeting CANCELLED

My Brother’s Place Sanctuary back of Sanctuary

Every Sunday we come together to connect, grow and serve as we walk the way of love.

It takes many hands and hearts, and all are invited to get involved as soon as possible in ways that help grow your faith.

Trinity Offices Closed

TODAY (9/1)

Next Week (9/8) 10:00 Reader Guild: Roberta Durham Bob Meeker Gary Franklin Chalice Guild: Scott Dibling Wayne North

Tuesday, September 3 12:00-1:00 AA Meeting 6:15-7:15 Admin Commission

Lower-level Walbridge Room

Wednesday, September 4 10:00-11:30 Staff Meeting 12:00-1:00 AA Meeting 12:10-1:00 Midweek Eucharist

10:00 Reader Guild: Hugh Grefe Amy Saylor Pat Squire

Staff Conference Rm Lower-level Chapel

Chalice Guild: Mary Beroske

Thursday, September 5 9:30-3:00 Next To New Shop Open 12:00-1:00 AA Meeting

Lower-level Lower-level

Friday, September 6 12:00-1:00 AA Meeting 6:00-7:00 Food for Thought (PBJ Making)

Lower-level My Brother’s Place

Saturday, September 7

Trinity Offices Closed

Sunday, September 8 9:00-9:45 Free Community Breakfast 10:00-11:15 Worship 11:15 Coffee & Conversation

My Brother’s Place Sanctuary back of Sanctuary

Birthdays 9/7 Sheilah Wilson 9/25 Sue Smitley 9/18 Chelsea Schumacher 9/28 Mary Wabeke 9/19 Kim Knuff 9/30 Brooke Aey Anniversaries 9/21 Charles & Gail Abood 9/28 Sue Smitley & Keith Sparrow

Altar Guild: Kyle Grefe Bread Guild: Jolene Miller Greeter Guild: Sande & Stan Johnson

Altar Guild: Jamie Paul Bread Guild: Becky Roth Greeter Guild: Jeffrey Albright Paula Mayes

Hospitality Guild: Hospitality Guild: 9a Kim, Nancy, 9a Kim, Nancy, & Mike B. & Mike B. 11:15a Dennis & Amy 11:15a Amy Burris

Order your flowers today at www.trinitytoledo.org!

Welcome Flowers provided by: Schramm’s Flowers 3205 W. Central Ave. 419-535-0065

TODAY Sunday 9/1, 11:15 – Coffee & Conversation - Please join us for refreshments and fellowship following service in the back of the Sanctuary. All are welcome and wanted!

Monday, 9/2, Trinity Closed for Labor Day – The Trinity offices, Next To New Thrift Shop, and daily noon AA meeting will be closed in observance of Labor Day. Wednesday, 9/4, 12:10 – Midweek Eucharist Returns – Midweek Eucharist will meet weekly on Wednesdays at 12:10 in the Chapel.

Thursday, 9/5, 7:00 – Welcome Back Choir! - Choir practice begins Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:00 in the choir room! Our choir will return to Sunday worship on Sept. 15!

Friday, 9/6, Normal Business Hours – Trinity office will resume our regular Friday business hours on Sept. 6. The Trinity office is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 to 4:00.

Sunday 9/22, 9:00-2:30, Trinity Homecoming – Trinity welcomes everyone to our inaugural Homecoming celebration, beginning with a continental breakfast at 9:00 and worship at 10:00, both in the Sanctuary. The day will include community art, our blessing of Homeless Jesus, a catered lunch, live music, and a keynote address, by Erin Wiley, LPCC. Come find your home at Trinity!

Friday 9/27, 7:00, PB& J and Cabaret – Join us at Trinity Episcopal Church for a FREE show beginning at 7pm. In collaboration with THE Modern Dance Co. and our ministry partner, Food For Thought, this cabaret will highlight THE Company artists and vocal performers and collect donations of peanut butter or jelly for FFT’s Friday night sack-lunch making events!

Saturday 9/28, 8:00pm & Sunday, 9/29, 3:00pm, ACT’s Escaped Alone - Trinity’s building partner, Actors Collaborative Toledo, is presenting Escaped Alone in the Chapel on Sept. 28 at 8:00pm and Sept. 29 at 3:00pm . The show will be directed by Trinity’s own Jeffrey Albright; tickets can be purchased at act419.org.

Sunday 9/29, 5:00pm, Holden Evening Prayer - Trinity will hold our Holden Evening Prayer service at 5:00 on September 29, as Sunday morning accessibility to our building will be vastly limited with Toledo’s Race for the Cure events happening. We will still be serving our 9:00 community breakfast! You can find event information about Race for the Cure at http://www.info-komen.org/site.

Please remember those who have asked for our prayers: Don Albright Sr. Tishie Bozeman Terry Kahler Sheilah Wilson Sandy Spang Stella Hallem Claire Wilson-Opfermann Susan Doyle O’Connor Dominic Shamas Gladys Johnson John L Johnson Tanya Webb Michelle Black Stephanie Dennis Joni Zechman Rose Smith Veronica Moss Ethel Mathey Heather Meyer To have your name or the name of someone you love on the Prayer List, sign the prayer book at the Prayer Station.

There are many times when it would be appropriate to reach out to Lisa including: -You or your loved one has been hospitalized -You or your loved one would like time to talk confidentially -You have a question about baptism, marriage, confirmation or membership -You would like to explore different ways of getting involved in our community -You would like to schedule coffee or a meal Lisa is available by phone or email and will respond as able; at lisa@trinitytoledo.org or by cell at (734)834-0132.