The Episcopal Church in Swarthmore
About Trinity Episcopal Church
Lenten Study Series
Wednesday Evenings 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Soup & salad dinner with reflections & discussions.
Presented by:
- Episcopal Community Services
- Christ Church, Media
- Church of the Redeemer, Springfield
- Trinity Church, Swarthmore
Facilitator:
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Michael Giansiracusa, MA, D.Min.
Development Officer for Volunteer &
Parish Relations, Episcopal Community Services
Week 1 — February 24
Church of the Redeemer, Springfield
Biblical Stories of Discipleship and Service: The cost and the risk
- The Rich Young Man
- The Good Samaritan
- The Beatitudes
Week 2 — March 3
Trinity Church, Swarthmore
Christ-centered Service: The Courage to change and grow
- Willingness to see myself in the story
- "We have the gift, the poor have the need becomes we have the need, the poor have the gift"
- What is the gift of the poor?
Week 3 — March 10
What makes our Church Episcopalian?
- Baptism, Eucharist, and Social Justice
- Our Worship is ended, the Service begines
- Body of Christ for the Body of Christ
Week 4 — March 17
Church of the Redeemer, Springfield
Two feet of Christian Discipleship
- Charity to Justice
- Symptom to dis-ease
- What to Why
- Visible to Invisible
- Effect to Cause
- Personal to Structural
Week 5 — March 24
Trinity Church, Swarthmore
The world beyond my World
- Film on Justice theme (Poverty, war, environment)
- Fair Trade/Just Wage
- Next Steps
- Commissioning Prayer Service
Help For Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti
Shortly before sundown on Tuesday, January 12, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti. The quake was centered about ten miles west of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. At least 28 aftershocks of magnitude 4.0 or greater shook the country in the hours immediately following the quake.
“Even under ‘normal’ circumstances, Haiti struggles to care for her 9 million people. The nation is the poorest in the western hemisphere, and this latest disaster will set back many recent efforts at development,” said Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori in a statement Wednesday morning. “I urge your concrete and immediate prayers in the form of contributions to Episcopal Relief & Development, who are already working with the Diocese of Haiti to send aid where it is most needed.”
To donate to the Haiti Fund, visit www.er-d.org or call 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to Episcopal Relief & Development, PO Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058. Please put “Haiti Fund” in the memo line of all checks.
Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)
Trinity is participating in the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN). Anyone interested in serving homeless families and looking to see life in the world and faith in Christ come together are invited. Please contact the Parish Office for more information.
The Trinity Swarthmore Acolyte News
Bella Englebach puts together an important news blog for the Acolytes. See the link on the education page
Partners in Ministry
Partners in Ministry works on the Swarthmore College campus to provide an ecumenical Protestant ministry to Swarthmore students. Founded by five local churches and the Friends Meeting, Partners has grown dramatically. Partners supports the Rev. Joyce U. Tompkins as a full-time ecumenical Protestant minister. For more information or to make a donation, please see Lin Urban.
Subscribe to the Friends of Trinity email list
The Friends list is an email list server based on Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager. The Friends email list provides a way for Trinity members and friends to discuss events at Trinity Church and keep in touch. If you'd like to join the discussion, send a blank email with the subject, "Subscribe" to friends-request@trinityswarthmore.org. Be sure to send it from the computer you wish to use to participate in the email discussion. Alternately, visit the list website.