THE CHIMES September · Evensong on Sunday, September 24, 2017, at 4:00 p.m. Choral Music will...

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TrTR

Dear Trinity Community,

My heart has been deeply troubled by all the

violence the last half of August. There have

been white supremacists clashing violently

against those opposing them, police getting

ambushed and lots of hate spewing between

all manner of perspectives.

Jesus calls us to love our neighbor as

ourselves.

All of humanity was created in God’s image

and likeness and proclaimed “good” upon its

reality and birth. This means that each

human being is created in God’s image! Each

and every one of us no matter our skin tone,

religion, gender orientation or identification,

social status, health or any other identifier is

a perfect representation of an aspect of

God! How can one part of God’s creation

look at another part of God’s creation with

disdain and hatred?

Have you ever looked into the eyes of

someone and seen God in them? I am

privileged to feed you communion and greet

you afterwards each Sunday. I get to look

into your eyes and see the face of Christ

before me. When I meet our guests who

come to Food of Faith I get to see the face of

Christ before me. When I hear the stories of

individuals challenged by their internal

selves not matching their external selves I

get to see the face of Christ before me.

When I join with the children in singing

songs and talking about God I get to see the

face of Christ before me. When I visit a home

parishioner who is weak in body I get to see

the face of Christ before me. When I

encounter the cashier and bag packer at the

grocery store I get to see the face of Christ

before me. When I see a mother dealing

with her child who’s having a temper

tantrum I get to see the face of Christ before

me.

Wherever we go, whoever we encounter we

have the opportunity to see the face of

Christ before us.

White supremacy is not of God and has no

place in the Church. Violence against

another human being is not of God and has

no place in the Church. Hatred of another

human being has no place in the church.

Conversations that respect the dignity of the

person whose opinion differs from

ours/mine is Kingdom living. Joining together

to pray for those who hate us is Kingdom

living. Listening to the story of someone who

is different from me is Kingdom living.

Jesus died on a cross to oppose the violence

and hatred in the world and to show God’s

immeasurable love to humanity. Just as

Jesus was enraged by people abusing their

power, we, too, can be enraged at the

actions and intentions of those that are

violent, hurtful and/or hateful and do all we

can to make things right that are wrong.

THE CHIMES September 2017 Trinity Episcopal Church 815 N. Grant St. Bay City, Michigan 48708 Volume 20 Issue 8 (989) 892-5813

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Alvin Toussaint Herring, a community

organizer and leader, posted, “Extreme hate

will yield to radical love. Make it so.”

We have the perfect example of love lived

out radically in the person of Jesus. Shortly

before Jesus was arrested he said this to his

disciples, “This is my commandment, that

you love one another as I have loved you. No

one has greater love than this, to lay down

one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:12-13).

Imagine what the world would be like if each

of us loves every person in the sacrificial way

in which Jesus loved.

In Christ’s love,

Rev. Sue

A Letter from the Standing Committee

Written by The Rev. Dan Scheid

“For you were called to freedom, brothers

and sisters; only do not use your freedom as

an opportunity for self-indulgence, but

through love become slaves to one another.

For the whole law is summed up in a single

commandment, ‘You shall love your neighbor

as yourself.’” – Galatians 5: 13-14

The Apostle Paul’s exhortation was delivered

to the Galatian Christians, a people

struggling to understand the role of law in

light of their experience of Christ, arguing

amongst themselves about how the message

of love in Christ could be reconciled to the

framework they had been living under for

generations, the law of the patriarchs.

The events of last weekend in

Charlottesville, Virginia bring to mind these

words from Paul. We are a country and a

people and a Church still struggling with the

legacy of the Civil War and the social order it

upended. Our cultural landscape is marked

with the very real monuments of the

legacies of slavery and racism that our

country was built upon – we see them

memorialized in statues, coursing through

the lead-poisoned veins of our children in

Flint, and brought forth through the words

and actions of the hate-filled.

As Christians, we know that the Lord’s

commandment to love our neighbor is

always in the forefront of our identity, and

that any actions to denigrate, debase, or

otherwise diminish one another are not of

God. White supremacists and other groups

seeking to suppress others based on dubious

classifications such as race have no claim on

the Christian gospel and they have no basis

in Jesus. Their message of segregation and

subjugation must be refuted by those of us

who call Jesus, Lord.

The prayers of the people of the Episcopal

Diocese of Eastern Michigan are with those

terrorized by the actions of white supremacy

in Charlottesville and with people

everywhere who are oppressed,

endangered, or otherwise threatened by

those who claim Christ in the midst of

hatred. In their stead we claim hope and

compassion for all.

Kyrie Eleison,

The Standing Committee of the Episcopal

Diocese of Eastern Michigan

Beth Barkley, Secretary

Stephanie King, Vice President

The Rev. Sue Rich

The Rev. Dan Scheid, President

The Rev. Lydia Speller

Bill Thewalt

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BISHOP SEARCH UPDATE

When there is no active bishop in a diocese

The Standing Committee becomes what’s

called the ecclesiastical authority. This

means that The Standing Committee retains

all duties of a bishop except those which

require a bishop (confirmation, ordination,

etc.)

The Standing Committee is commissioned to

secure a bishop for the interim and to

oversee the search process for a new bishop.

Two options are being explored. One option

is to contract an Assisting Bishop - The

Standing Committee would retain the

ecclesiastical authority and assign very

specific tasks to a bishop, usually retired or

in a nearby diocese for a very specific period

of time. The second option is to elect a

Bishop Provisional – the Standing Committee

would interview and nominate one

candidate to the diocesan convention, which

votes yes or no. The elected bishop would

assume the ecclesiastical authority for a

specific period of time.

Updated information on the transition can

be found at www.eastmich.org and click on

Transition.

The Standing Committee is comprised of six

elected members, three laity and three

clergy for a term of three years. Rev. Sue was

elected to this group at last year’s diocesan

convention.

SYMPATHIES

Our sympathy goes out to the families of

Ardath Timm, Edna Brown, Jean Stoltz and

Priscilla Reitler.

to Jill Bourdreau on the death of her

grandmother, Donna Rose Boudreau on

August 7, 2017.

THANK YOU

to choir volunteers who were able to sing for

the two funerals in August. They are Kurt

Carlstrom, Mary K Freel, Cathy LaBerge,

Mickie Leibrand and George McPeak.

to the Hool family, Bobbi Hunter, the

Leibrand family and Jett and Shelley

Whitehead who hosted coffee hours the end

of July and in August.

Mickie Leibrand, Monica Borrello and Nancy

Mayhew for leading worship or preaching

during Rev. Sue’s vacation.

Melissa Krzysik, Jon Schugars and families for

providing the Food of Faith meal on August

13 and to Ed Benisz, Faith Culler, Pat Maxim,

Nancy Mayhew and Martin Nelson for

serving and cleaning up.

Cathie Leibrand, Mickie Leibrand, Martin

Nelson and Matthew Smith for weeding and

tidying up the flower beds.

You may have noticed some changes to our

sanctuary. The brass items on the high altar

(candlesticks, vases, tabernacle door,

tabernacle light and floor candlesticks) have

been sent out for polishing and refinishing.

When they return they will be bright, shiny

and only need a damp cloth to be cleaned.

They should be back sometime this month.

WELCOME

to Sarah Willard, Dan, Sam, Gabriel, Cecilia

and Levi Keeler

to Joe Doyle

to Emily LaPrairie and her son Joey

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CONGRATULATIONS

to Ken Fowler who has been inducted into

the Hall of Fame at John Glenn High School

for his many years of coaching on the

football staff.

FRIENDS OF MUSIC

Exultate Deo Chamber Choir will sing Choral

Evensong on Sunday, September 24, 2017, at

4:00 p.m.

Choral Music will include “Magnificat and

Nunc Dimittis in F” (The Queens’s Service) by

C. V. Stanford (1852-1924) and “Thou Wilt

Keep Him in Perfect Peace” by S. S. Wesley

1810-1878). The Stanford canticle settings

were written in 1872 while the composer

was a student at Queen’s College in

Cambridge. They are the composer’s first

canticle settings and are an important step in

the evolution of canticle settings. They are

among the first to use an independent organ

part where the organ plays such an

important part in the composition.

The Wesley anthem is an important part of

the Anglican canon. It was written in 1850

while the composer was the organist at

Winchester Cathedral. It is a short, full, five-

part setting of verses from a wide range of

sources (Isaiah 26, Psalm 119 and 129,

Matthew 6, and 1 John 1). It is laid out in

rondo form and combines both contrapuntal

and homophonic sections. It is one of

Wesley’s most perfect achievements.

Organ music will be “Romanza, Op. 17, No 2

by Horatio Parker (1863-1919), “Te Lucis

Ante Terminum” by John Rutter ( b. 1945 ).

and “Marcia Eroica” by C. V. Stanford.

Congregational hymns will include “Prepare

the Way, O Zion (Bereden veg for Herran), “O

Gladsome Light” (Le Cantique de Siméon),

and “On Jordan’s Banks” (Winchester New).

Nicholas Schmelter will be the organist for

the service. We are blessed by his support

of our work. Nicholas is Director of Worship

and Congregational Life at First Presbyterian

Church in Caro, MI. He is a frequent

recitalist and well known throughout the

region for his support of organ and choral

music. He is also an adjunct faculty member

at Saginaw Valley State University. Nick is a

graduate of Central Michigan University

where he studied with Dr. Steven Egler.

Friends of Music will host a reception

following the service. Please help us spread

the word about this special service.

SEPTEMBER CHORAL MUSIC

3 Pentecost 13, Ordinary 22 A

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

David Booth

A Blessing

Martin Shaw


Sing to the Lord a New Song

Robert Lau

A New Commandment

Malcolm Archer


Come, Down, O Love Divine

William Harris


Teach Me, O Lord

Thomas Attwood

Panis Angelicus

Cesar Franck

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Trinity Episcopal Church

Friends of Music

2017-2018 Season

September 24, 2017

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

Exultate Deo Chamber Choir

October 29, 2017

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

The Trinity Choir and Guests

November 19, 2017

4:00 p.m. - Choral Evensong

The Trinity Choir and Guests

December 3, 2017

4:00 p.m. Advent Lessons and Carols


January 6, 2018

10:00 a.m. Holy Communion

The Feast of the Epiphany Mass

Trinity Choir and Guests

January 21, 2018

4:00 p.m. Contemplative Evensong

Rayechel Berger, Soprano

The Women of the Choir

February 2, 2018

The Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas)

7:00 p.m. Holy Communion

The Senior Choir and Guests

February 25, 2018

4:00 p.m. - Contemplative Evensong

The Men of the Choir

March 25, 2018

4:00 p.m. - The Music of Holy Week


April 22, 2018



May 20, 2018



July 1, 2018

4:00 p.m. - Patriotic Concert


The American Guild of Organists

The Anne Frisby Fitzhugh-Saginaw Chapter

of the Daughters of the American Revolution

MUSIC OPTIONS

Senior Choir rehearsals begins on Thursday,

August 31, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the choir

room. We are always looking for new

singers. Membership is open to all that have

sung in a choir, have pitch recall, work

towards rhythmic accuracy, and want to

serve Trinity in weekly worship.

Help is available for people who want to

sing. We have room for new sopranos, altos,

tenors and basses. We are in need of one or

two more altos to balance the choir.

For more information contact Bob Sabourin.

[email protected]

989-631-4996 = home phone

Choristers’ rehearsals will begin on Tuesday,

September 5, 2017. Choristers is open to

children who know how to read (usually

second grade and older) and want to learn to

sing and read music.

4:30 p.m. boys.

5:30 p.m. advanced girls, beginning girls by

appointment.

You do not need to be a member of Trinity

to participate in our music program.

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Trinity Church

Her People, Her Building

Then and Now

Trinity’s Trivial Pursuit Answers

Question: How many times is the Crucifixion

portrayed (other than in the Stations of the

Cross)?

Answer: The Crucifixion is portrayed two

times – the central panel of the High Altar

reredos, and in the border of the Baptism of

Our Lord window.

Question: How many angels are portrayed in

Trinity’s stained glass?

Answer: Looking very carefully, there appear

to be 22 representations of angels in Trinity’s

stained glass.

Ten angels are portrayed in the “Children’s

Window above the High Altar”, two angels

are found above Jesus in the Munich-made

window facing center, the Epiphany and

Baptism of Our Lord windows have many

small angels. We must remember that the

“winged man” with small blue wings is a

symbol of the gospel writer, St. Matthew

and is not an angel. Remember that the

borders hold many details including an angel

holding the star of Bethlehem and also the

angel in the Garden of Gethsemane who

holds a cup for when Jesus says “Let this cup

pass from me (meaning His suffering and

death), yet not My will but thine (the

Father’s) be done.”

Question: How many times is St. Joseph, the

foster father of Our Lord portrayed?

Answer: Two times. St. Joseph is portrayed

twice: Once, in the “Christmas/Epiphany”

window, and then in the round medallion

portraying the Holy Family with Elizabeth

and her son John at the bottom of the

Children’s Window above the High Altar. This

scene is most likely the Presentation of Our

Lord in the Temple.

Question: How many times is Mary, the

Virgin Mother of Our Lord portrayed (other

than the Stations of the Cross)?

Answer: Five times. Mary is portrayed in the

Crucifixion panel in the High Altar reredos, in

two round medallions in the window above

the Altar (the Annunciation, and the

Presentation), the Christmas/Epiphany

window, and the Magnificat window.

Faithfully submitted by the Historical Guild

SUNDAY SCHOOL/VBS PROJECTS

In place of a 24-hour lock-in for Vacation

Bible School this summer we had a full

evening of fun, food, singing and service. We

were taught two songs by those who

attended Camp Chickagami and we will be

singing them on a couple Sundays soon. We

did two outreach projects. First, we made

two cozy blankets to send to Project Linus, a

group that provides the comfort of a blanket

to children who are seriously ill, traumatized

or otherwise in need. And second, we wrote

letters of thanks and encouragement to

Milton Mapu, a WWII Pearl Harbor survivor,

who is going on an honor flight on

September 9 and has no family left. Our in-

reach project was to fold up all the tables in

the parish hall, clean and put them back in

place. The children also came up with the

year’s Noisy Offerings.

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NOISY OFFERINGS are gathered on the

second Sunday of each month when the

children carry tin buckets around the

congregation at announcement time to

collect change (and bills, too!) that make a

noisy and joyful offering to a pre-determined

group. September 10th’s offering will go to

Glacier Camp, a Lakeview, Montana church

camp where the dock collapsed during a

memorial service and 40 people were

injured.

ST. ELIZABETH’S GUILD will meet at Bob

Evans on Wilder on September 12th at

12:30. We hope all will be able to come.

TRINITY’S TREASURER TO RETIRE

Steve Beckert will be retiring as Treasurer

at our Annual Meeting on January 28,

2018. We have one person who is in

conversation about taking over the

largest portion of the position and are

looking for one or two additional

volunteers to do some of the smaller

portions of the job. Steve is very eager

and interested in providing support over

the next four months during the

transition. Thank you for your

consideration to this very important

position.

Michael Newsham

Alex MacGregor

Pat Middleton

Amy Middleton

Alex Hunsberger

Tod Meisel

Sue Suchodolski

George Middleton

Gary Krzysik

Lon LaBerge

Kurt Carlstrom

May Falvey

Catherine Leibrand

Charles Leibrand

Eric Mulholland

Monica Borrello

Allen Laskowski

Katharine Freel

Gregory & Sharon Scharich

Patrick & Anne Trahan

Jett & Shelly Whitehead

David & April York

Tony & Michelle Hunsberger

Alex & Joyce MacGregor

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The ANNUAL CHURCH PICNIC will be held

on September 17th, in Carroll Park, at

10:00a.m. for worship followed by the

picnic. The church will provide hot dogs,

buns and ice water. As you are able,

please bring a dish to pass and your own

plate and silverware it would be

appreciated. We will have games

organized for the kids.

LOOKING AHEAD

The Harvest Dinner will be held on

October 17th from 5:30 until 7:30. This

dinner will serve our Pot Roast dinner,

squash, green beans, mashed potatoes

and gravy, salad and dessert.

Entertainment will be provided by our

Trinity Band. We hope you will be able to

come so put it on your calendar.

The Christmas Bazaar will be held on

November 4th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. If

you want to sign up a table to sell your

crafts or if you know of anyone who

would like a table, please call the office.

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WORSHIP

Sunday – 10:00 AM - With Music Wednesday – 11:30 AM - Without Music

Food of Faith 2:30 P.M. NEW OFFICE HOURS Monday - Thursday 9:00AM– 4:45 PM CLOSED FOR LUNCH 12:30 – 1:15 PM Friday - Closed

CONTACT US Telephone: (989) 892-5813

e-mail: [email protected]

Web Site: www.trinityepiscopalbaycity.org

Facebook: Trinity-Episcopal-Church-Bay-City

VESTRY

Adam Culler - Sr. Warden Tod Meisel – Jr Warden Pat Maxim – Asst Jr Warden Jett Whitehead - Clerk Kurt Carlstrom Faith Culler Susan Hoyle Cathy Leibrand Amy Salazar Steve Beckert Treasurer CLERGY

The Rev. Susan C. Rich STAFF Mr. Robert C. Sabourin Organist/Choir Master Ms. Melissa A. Krzysik Office Manager Mr. Terry J. Oliver Sexton CHURCH SCHOOL VOLUNTEER STAFF Faith Culler Dawn Moulthrop-Brady Sean Brady Bruce Sherbeck Pat Trahan Dee Mulholland Chimes Editor Pat Maxim Chimes Editor

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Trinity Episcopal Church

815 North Grant Street

Bay City, Michigan 48708

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