POSSIBLE AGENCIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO RE HAITI:
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
P.O. Box 5030
Hagerstown, MD 21741-5030
Phone: 1-888-392-0392
There is a printable donation form online: doctorswithoutborders.org
OXFAM AMERlCA
Haiti Response Fund
P.O. Box 1211
Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211
617-782-2562
oxfamamerica.org
ORPHANS INTERNATIONAL
540 Main Street, #418
New York, NY 10044
212-755-7302
contact Jim Luce at: jim(AT)oiww.org
EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND (see below)
All ofthe above organizations make it possible to donate on-line if you wish.
SUNDAY
Eucharist Rite I, 8am, Chapel of St. Bede
Eucharist Rite II with music, 10:30 am, Nave
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 3-6 year-olds, Atrium
Sunday School, 6-12 year-olds, Old Rectory classroom
Refreshments, after 10:30 service, Lower Level (Please join us!)
AA, 7:30 pm, Old Rectory
WEEK OF JANUARY 24-30, 2010
Prayer Group, Tuesday 11:00 am, Old Rectory
Bible Study, Tuesday noon, Old Rectory
AA, Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Lower Level
Community Dinner, Wednesday 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., Lower Level
Choir rehearsal, Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Office closed, Friday
PRAYER CIRCLE this week: Cheryl Heckler; Jack Heitsman; Lillie Hill; Phyllis Hollenbaugh; Bill and Mary Sue Houk; Bill and Dianne Hutchinson; Frank Jordan; Glenn and Betty Julian; Susan Kay; Kurt and Marilyn Kinzler
ADULT FORUM: The Creative Word and Spiritual Response will be the topic for today. Come at 9:00 for coffee and and snacks; program begins at 9:15.
After the earthquake in Haiti, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori responded quickly, urging our “concrete and immediate prayers in the form of contributions to Episcopal Relief and Development, who are already working with the diocese of Haiti to send aid where it is most needed.” To donate to the Haiti Fund, send checks to:
- Episcopal Relief and Development
P. O. Box 7058
Merrifield, VA 22116-7058
Please put “Haiti Fund” on the memo line. Thank you!
COMING EVENTS
THIS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27: COMMUNITY DINNER at Holy Trinity.
ADULT FORUM: After a restful break for the holidays Adult Forum has resumed with a line-up of excellent programs. For three Sundays (January 31, Feb. 7 and 14) representatives from other Oxford churches will join us to share information about what their churches are doing and thinking regarding ways to cooperate to improve life for all people in our area. On the final two Sundays in February (21 and 28) we begin a Lenten Series with stories of Living and Loss – reflections on personal stories of loss such as loss of job, loss of loves ones, loss of good health. In addition to our strong contingent of regular (more or less) participants, we hope that the rest of you will join us for these consistently interesting – and often humorous – opportunities to explore how we live our Christian lives. Adult Forum meets at 9:15 on Sunday morning; coffee and snacks are available at 9:00. For more information, contact any member of the Adult education Committee: Karen Burnard, Cleve Callison, Carrie Galsworthy, Anne Lodge, Mary Melvin, Ellen Phelps, Peter Williams. — Mary Melvin
FREE JAZZ MUSIC PROGRAM: The Midday Music in Oxford series presents a free program by the Faux Frenchmen (two guitarists, a bass player and a crossover violinist from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) at the Oxford Presbyterian Church, 101 N. Main Street in Oxford at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26. This unique group of “in demand” musicians perpetuates the popular “Gypsy jazz” played in and around Paris in the 1930s, including thousands of such jazz legends as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. Information: 513-523-6969.
HOLY TRINITY PANTRY: As always, we appreciate your ongoing support of the pantry. Right now we especially need laundry detergent, dish detergent, paper towels, and shampoo. Thanks for all your past and continuing support! No time to shop? Give us some money and we’ll do it for you. (Wooden boxes for contributions are in the Narthex.) Thanks, Geoff, Stephanie, and Judith.
Holy Trinity’s Nominating Committee has submitted the following slate to the vestry which was approved by the vestry: Sr. Warden: Chris Church; Jr. Warden: Susan Kay; Vestry: Alan Burke, Carl Dahlman, Bonnie Kretschmer, Walter Secrest; Diocesan Convention Delegates: Carty Ellis, Margo Ellis, Judith deLuce, Judy Evans; Diocesan Convention Alternate Delegates: Mary Bausano, Neil Poppendeck. Election will take place at Holy Trinity’s Annual Meeting, Sunday, February 28.
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD
Annual Silent Retreat
All are welcome
Date: Jan. 29 – 31, 2010
Place: Convent of the Transfiguration
Glendale/Cincinnati
Contact person: Kathleen Carels 513-523-8614
Let your calling to mind of Jesus be continually combined with your breathing and you will know the meaning of silence.
(John Climacus, 7th century)
KROGER CARDS are again available. If you need one or want more information about how they work please see or phone Linda Church (523-4356) or Judy Shaw (523-3493). Proceeds from these cards support the Holy Trinity food outreach projects of the Community Dinner, Serve City dinner and the Community Food Pantry. Cards are available from Linda, Judy, or in the church office.
KEEP UP WITH MEDICAL MISSIONARIES in the Dominican Republic, Drs. Michael and Anita Dohn. To be good stewards of their resources they will send you their newsletters online. Check out their website – http://dohnfamily.org – and send them your e-mail so they can send you their news. THE DOHNS HAVE REQUESTED OUR PRAYERS FOR THEIR FRIENDS IN HAITI.
HOLY TRINITY RECYCLES: Containers for recycling: (1) Plastic bags; (2) batteries; (3) #1 clear plastic containers (look for the triangle with 1 on the bottom and on any detached lids); (4) fluorescent (not incandescent) bulbs are now located in the Bishop’s Foyer. Please remember that all recyclables that Rumpke takes (paper, cardboard, #1 and #2 plastic bottles, glass bottles and jars) can be placed in the kitchen & Old Rectory recycling bins.
MEDICINE BOTTLES AND ART CATALYSTS: A separate container in the Bishop’s Foyer (the largest) is for medicine bottles and craft catalysts. Mary Fahnestock-Thomas collects medicine bottles for use by clinics in needy areas as well as anything for early childhood schools in Oxford that could stimulate young minds in arts and crafts: bottle and jar lids, buttons; paper towel and toilet tissue rolls; reusable plastic containers and small bottles; fabric, ribbon and yarn scraps; spools; basically anything that can be reused creatively.
