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Notes from Trinity August, 2017
Trinity Parish
Staff
Dr. Steven McDonald, D.M.A.,
Music Director
Master of Ceremonies – Bob Ryan
Master of Ceremonies – Ron Furrer
Senior Warden Ross Donnell
Home – 913-652-9784
Junior Warden Ron Furrer
Home – 816-213-3412
Elizabeth Thompson, Treasurer
Janie Burgett, Secretary
Rector’s Thoughts
Please note the new schedule that identifies when
we can expect Morning Prayer and when we can
expect Holy Communion.
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“Well-Travelled Reflections” is set aside for
such volunteer offerings for which I am very
grateful. These offerings may often be anonymous.
Announcements
Vestry Meetings are held at 12:00 am on the second
Sunday of each month in the Undercroft.
Preliminary Liturgical Schedules for the upcoming
month are available on the table in the Narthex on
the second Sunday of each month.
We are now collecting food for the Salvation Army
in Grandview. They are very appreciative of the
quality and quantity of food donated by Trinity.
Please be generous.
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Program on September 11th.
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Well-travelled Reflections
The Feast of Corpus Christi
So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; John 1:53
The Feast of Corpus Christi, which is translated as the Body of Christ, is traditionally Celebrated on the
Thursday after Trinity Sunday. However, both the Roman Catholics and Some Anglo-Catholics Celebrate
the Solemnity on the Sunday following Trinity.
The Solemnity was promulgated by
Pope Urban in 1264 to increase the devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and to offer another celebration of
the Holy Eucharist that was not tied to Holy Week.
Now we have all the history out of
the way there are several questions for us to consider not least of which is how this Solemnity can and
should affect your life as a Christian.
First, we might consider what at
first seems to be a simple question? If we are Celebrating the Corpus Christi that is the Body and Blood of
Christ in the Sacrament of Holy Communion, is that the only Corpus
Christi we are honoring on this day?
That may seem to be an odd question. I just explained that in 1264 the day was set aside right
after we had celebrated the most Holy Trinity to increase our devotion to the Sacrament, but we also
understand the Corpus Christi to be not only the Sacrament, but also the
Body of Christ that is the Church
and the Body of Christ that is the Glorified Resurrected and Ascended
Body of Christ that sits at the right hand of the Father.
If all this seems a little confusing
let's consider this analogy. Just as with the Blessed Trinity we work very hard at trying to consider how
the three is one and is the one in three. So too now we are trying to consider the celebration of the
unknowable. Rather just as with the Blessed Trinity we can perceive
the manifestations or energies, but not the actual inner life or the Blessed Trinity.
Now with the Body of Christ we find
the same difficulty. We can and do believe in all three of the
manifestations of the Body of Christ, but we certainly cannot explain them. So this day of Celebration is
one that Like Trinity Sunday we Glorify the Mystery and worship the
Divinity.
My favorite reflection connected to Corpus Christi is this:
We gather as the Body of Christ, the Church, to be feed the Body of
Christ, His Body and Blood so that we can grow ever more into the
fullness of the Glorified Body of Christ as He sits at the right hand of Father as Our Sacrifice for sin and
our supreme example of what a human is to be and how we are to act.
Anonymous
Religion is not a way of looking at “certain” things; It is a “certain” way of looking at all things.
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Pray for those in Adversity
Julie Aghanya Linda Allen
Christian Atwood David Bagley
Brad Bamman Norman Behymer
Eleanore Carder Katherine Cooper
Madie Crumkamp Carroll Culmsee
Jane Culmsee Carson Delk-Calkins
Shanna Donnell Brian Duncan
Alec Martin Anthony Evans
Kristen Falk Christy Faris
Cindy Forrestal Gene Funk
Karen Glaser Jess Harnell
Fr. Guy Hawtin Charlotte Hawtin
Sue Hodgkiss Donna Hurley
Steve Inhow Gordon Inman
MaryAnne Jackson Fr. Jim Krehemker
Nathan Kuhn Callie Lubke
Kirsten Marsh Audrey Martin
Yvonne Martin Christopher Masters
Jenny McCoy Michael Mgbike
Terrie Nichols Jessica Noland
Adeline Okonkwo Fr. Michael Orr
Jack Rowan Bp. Stephen Strawn
Michael Summers Sharon Syrcu
Elizabeth Tybinkowski Donna Walden
Alberta Young
Pray for those who are Shut-in
Winnie Furrer Fred Goodwin
Gordon Inman Hod McIntosh
Peggy McIntosh Marcella Shull
August Anniversaries
08/02 Jamie & Elizabeth Thompson
08/16 Dwight & Cindy Sutherland
08/18 Michael & Nancy Jackson
08/19 Ed & Debra Fullington
August Birthdays
08/19 Fr. James Krehemker
08/20 Eleanore Carder
08/24 Hod McIntosh
08/25 Deb Downard
08/26 Dody Ryan
Pray for those in the Military
and Law Enforcement
Tom Austin Chad Bainbridge
Derek Benz Justin Biggs
Berry Brown Will Calkins
Antoinette Covington Kelly Colins
Randy Denwiddy Ed Fullington
Kyle Gavin Robert Gavin
Ben Jakaitis John James
Jonathan Kincaid Curtis Langley
Ben Overesch Michael Tolle
Christopher Sutherland Ed Ziembinski
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Music at Trinity
Music at Trinity, August 2017 Dr. Healey Willan was the subject of last month's
music column, and this month we consider the life
and work of another great contributor to Anglican
church music of the 20th century, Ralph Vaughan
Williams.
Vaughan Williams was born in 1872, and spent
much of his early life devoted to the study of
English folk music, with its emphasis on singable
melody, and to the great Tudor choral church music
of the 16th century. Out of these endeavours came
two of the hallmarks of RVW's own music, namely
tunes that were both distinctive and memorable, and
a keen sense of finding just the right harmony to
support the melody. His great hymn tunes are well
known to us (or should be!): Sine Nomine ("For all
the saints"), Down Ampney ("Come down, o Love
divine"), and Salve Feste Dies ("Hail thee, festival
day"), all of which combine stirring melodies
utterly appropriate to their texts. Likewise, RVW's
harmonizations for the existing tunes of Christe
Sanctorum ("Father, we praise Thee) and Vigiles et
Sancti ("Ye watchers and ye holy ones") serve to
bring even greater emphasis to both the melody and
words. RVW was a strong advocate for unison
singing, and he is very careful to indicate which
parts of his hymns should be sung in harmony. This
method insures a foundation of strong
congregational singing, but with the inclusion of
contrasting choral harmony as well.
In addition to creating some of our finest hymns,
RVW also served as editor of The English Hymnal
of 1906. This was the first British hymnal to move
away from the more Evangelical hymnals then in
use, and one which would incorporate more of an
Anglo-Catholic or "high church" ethos. As well as
adding many plainchant hymns for congregational
use, RVW also tried to eliminate a number of
overly-sentimental Victorian hymns as being
unworthy of worship. He was mostly successful in
this, but some tunes were retained and consigned to
an appendix, which RVW named his "chamber of
horrors"!
Vaughan Williams' many compositions for the
church include hymns, settings of canticles, large
works with orchestra, and a particularly beautiful
unaccompanied setting of the Mass. He believed
that communal singing was the backbone of a
nation's musical art, and both his Bach Choir and
Leith Hill Singers were comprised of volunteer
singers. Interestingly, although RVW's father was
an Anglican priest, the composer remained a
committed agnostic throughout his life. He
contributed enormously to both the quality of
church music, and to increasing the level of its
performance.
Steven McDonald
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Liturgical Assignments
Faith is not about everything turning out okay; Faith is about being okay, no matter how things turn out. The frailty of a faith is shown by culture’s effect on it; The virility of a faith is shown by its effect on culture.
Date 8/6/2017 8/13/2017 8/20/2017 8/27/2017
Christian Day Transfiguration Trinity 9 Trinity 10 Trinity 11
Altar Guild Florence and Nancy Elizabeth and Dody Elizabeth and Dody Janie and Linda
Greeters Bob Nield Herb Coale Linda Allen Ed & Debra
Color White Green Green Green
8:00 AM Service Morning Prayer Holy Communion Holy Communion Morning Prayer
Celebrant Ron Furrer Fr. Paul Kolisch/Ron Furrer Bp. Stephen Strawn/Ron Furrer Ron Furrer
Epistler/Server Dwight Sutherland Dwight Sutherland Dwight Sutherland Dwight Sutherland
10:15 AM Service Morning Prayer Holy Communion Holy Communion Morning Prayer
Celebrant Bob Ryan Fr. Paul Kolisch/Bob Ryan Bp.Stephen Strawn/Bob Ryn Bob Ryan
Epistler/Server Rein Stall Rein Staal Rein Staal Rein Stall
Sermon Bob Ryan Fr. Paul Kolisch Bp. Stephen Strawn Bob Ryan
Sunday Services for August 2017
Date 8/24/2017
Christian Day St. Bartholomew
Altar Guild Elizabeth and Dody
Color Red
Service Time
Celebrant Bob Ryan
Epistler/Server Ron Furrer
Sermon
Weekday Services
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July Pictures We had the blessing of a wedding and two new
members! Welcome you two. 😊
We met Father Pinto and Dora and they have agreed
to join our church. We feel the blessings shining
down on us from our Lord God.
And of His fullness have all we received, and grace
for grace. John 1:16