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Saints Alive!

Beyond

Trinity to God

You are the light of the world. ~ Matthew 5:14

You are invited …

To be a Saint Alive! To point beyond Trinity to God! Yes, Trinity is im-portant. Yes, we want to cele-brate what we do at Trinity, and yes, we also want to look beyond Trinity to the God to whom our worship is directed, our outreach is offered, and our gifts are rendered.

This is a special, personal invitation to all of you to cele-brate what we do at Trinity that points beyond us to God.

What are the things we love that bring us closer to God?

What do we do here that points us toward God?

What do we do outside Trin-

ity that points us toward God?

What do we do for others that points us toward God?

What do we do that makes Christ‘s light shine in us and illuminates the world?

Sound audacious? Sound up-roarious? Sound impossible?

Come and see! Sunday Sept. 11, 2011, immediately following the 10 a.m. ser-vice (snacks during the event; Soup Sunday to fol-low).

Everyone is welcome to this

fall Homecoming Event to be-come Saints Alive! and point beyond Trinity to God

All are welcome: all interests, all spiritualities, all ways of be-ing and praying!

(Even our youngest mem-bers are welcome, although very small children may be more comfortable in the nurse-ry or Godly Play, depending on age. Children attending may need a little help from parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles to write down a few thoughts.)

Come and see!

There will be food. There will be fun. There will be Saints Alive! Beyond Trinity to God!

And the light will shine in the church long after this event.

Live as children of light – for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. ~ Ephesians 5:8b-9

Blessings!

Nicolette+

Ninth Issue, September 2011

In this issue

Birthdays p. 8

Calendar p. 6-7

Christian Formation p. 4-5

Lay Schedule p. 6-7

Liturgical Notes p. 8

Parish People p. 11

Red Door Rally p. 3

Vestry Nominations p. 2

Rector’s Reflections

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We ask that you continue to pray for us. During the first two weeks of August, the Nominating Com-mittee completed phone/Skype interviews with selected candi-dates. This involved about 14 hours of meetings and inter-views over a two-week period. Prior to the phone/Skype in-terviews, each candidate re-ceived short biographies of all the Nominating Committee members (with photos) so that they would have some idea who they were talking to. They were all very appreciative of this; we thank Nicolette for suggesting it to us. We thoroughly enjoyed these interviews; it was very ex-citing to finally put a face to all the written materials we have

received from each candidate. We have also viewed ser-mons that the candidates sent to us. After the interviews were completed, we reviewed every-thing and winnowed the list. We then began scheduling face-to-face interviews. The next step, where teams of two Nominating Committee members visit the candidates in their home parishes, has begun. When these visitations are complete, we will be scheduling candidates to visit us here at Trinity. The interviews have gone very well; we have a wonderful-ly strong group of candidates and we are very excited about the future. In closing, we would like to

share a prayer that Shannon Gemeinhardt, our chaplain, found in the search packet from Trinity‘s last rector search 23 years ago. Prayer of Trinity Church

Praise be to God, our Lord, Creator of the Living Church; We thank You for Your serv-ants who founded this Parish; We ask Your guidance in con-tinuing Your mission in Cov-ington today; Deliver us from divisive temp-tations; Fill us with Your Holy Spirit so that this congregation may grow in stewardship, faith, deep fellowship, love, hope, and service;

This is an exciting time in the life of our parish. While the Vestry class set to rotate off this year has had the pleasure of working through this time of transition and preparation to call our next Rector, the next Vestry class (which will be elected for 2012-2014) will have the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with our new Rector in setting the course for the next phase in the life of Trinity Church. This is truly a wonderful opportunity for you to be directly involved. We would love to see an abundance of candidates for Vestry this year. We cannot im-agine a more positive develop-ment than to have so many people running for Vestry that

we have to invoke a run-off election. Trinity by-laws al-low for a run-off election in the event more than 15 are nominated for election -- surely there are more than 15 parishioners who are excited about and want to play a key role in our future! We challenge and encourage each of you to consider running for Vestry this year. The timeline below gives a general guide to the process. Please stay tuned for more de-

tails on the nomination forms/process, and feel free to speak with any member of the elec-tion committee if you have any questions. Sept. 18 (Red Door Rally): Of-ficial launch of election process Oct. 23: Deadline to submit nomination forms. Nov. 6: Run-off Election (if needed) Nov. 13: Candidates speak at Adult Forum Nov. 20: Annual Meeting for Election of Vestry Vestry Election Committee: Greg Gemeinhardt, chair Mary Ann Weiss Charlie Pangburn Paula Wolfe Mulford Martin

Report from the Nominating Committee

Vestry election is coming soon

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The Red Door Rally was be-gun in 2009 as a way to start the church year and inform members – new and old – of what activities are available at Trinity. This rally allows new-comers especially to see where they might fit in to the Trinity community and help live out our Christian call to service. This is the yearly opportunity to find out what is new or what volunteer needs may be com-ing. This year, the presentations of many of the ministries, activ-ities, social and outreach groups which emanate from this parish will be displayed for all to examine on Sept. 18 in the May Room following the 10 a.m. service. Since food is al-ways a draw, this year, there will be a simple grill out and

refreshments to encourage at-tendance. Representatives of each par-ticipating group will be on hand to explain their particular activity. Displays and literature for some of the groups will be available. Upon entering, each parishioner will be given a ―goodie bag‖ with some pre-

stuffed take-home infor-mation packets. The Nur-ture Committee is encour-aging everyone to make special effort to wear nametags for the day. The Nurture Committee is also considering offering at-tendance prizes as an in-centive to participate. All Trinity groups are invited and encouraged to participate. The May room will be set up on Saturday,

Sept. 17, and participating groups are encouraged to bring their materials on Saturday or early on Sunday morning. If your group has not been con-tacted or would like more infor-mation, please contact Jim Swearingen or Karl Lietzenmayer.

Karl Lietzenmayer

Rehearsals for the Trinity Choir begin the Wednesday af-ter Labor Day, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. If you would like more in-formation about singing in the choir, ask any choir member. If you are interested in singing this season and did not sing last season, please contact John Deaver (859-431-1786) so that there is music and a seat for you. Rehearsals for the Trinity Church Brass Ensemble will begin on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 12:20 p.m. The ensemble plays for major feasts of the church year, the December Midday Musical Menu, special services,

and periodic preludes to Sun-day morning services. Rehears-als last 40 minutes. For more information, please contact John Deaver (859-431-1786).

Midday Musical Menu: The first concert of the 31st season will be on Sept. 21 at 12:15 p.m. Lunch is available from 11:30 a.m. for $7. The concert will feature Rebecca Schaffer Wells, clarinetist, and Lauren Picarillo, bassoonist, perform-ing the music of Beethoven, the Beatles, Led Zepplin and oth-ers. Concerts are 30 minutes in length and are free. Bring a friend!

Summer thank-yous: Thanks to Paula Wolfe, Peggy Lietzenmayer, and Anita Car-mack for substituting this sum-mer during the Director of Mu-sic's vacation and continuing education. Thank you to those who provided special music this summer: Kristin Cirulli, Lew Clements, Elise Hyder, Karl Lietzenmayer, Peggy Lietzenmayer, Ken Moore, Me-ralyn Taylor, an ensemble from the Trinity Choir, and all those who sang on the two Sundays of the Summer Choir. We are blessed with many talented pa-rishioners.

John Deaver

Red Door Rally kicks off church year

It’s an all-new musical season at Trinity

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Look for many new programs

this fall at Trinity when you

think about Christian For-

mation.

In our children's formation

programs, we have just com-

pleted a two-year program. Ju-

dy Clements and Amy Milburn

attended the Christian For-

mation Conference at Kanuga

and came back with many new

ideas. With prayerful consider-

ations, and after talking to

many experts at the conference

as well as other conference par-

ticipants, we have decided up-

on new programs.

On Saturday, Aug. 13, Judy

Clements, Amy Milburn and

Linda Robinson attended the

Christian Education Day at

Christ Church Cathedral in

Lexington. It was very informa-

tive and we felt reassured that

we have made the best deci-

sions for us at this time.

The youngest ones

We will continue to offer

nursery care for infants to 2-

year-olds in the room on the

first floor. The toddlers, up to

3 years old, will remain in the

room next to the restrooms on

the second floor.

Toddlers

Children who are three be-

fore Oct. 1 through kindergar-

teners will participate in Godly

Play during worship. Children

should be dropped off in the

room just past the restrooms

on the first floor by parents be-

fore going to church. Children

may be picked up by the par-

ents after the breaking of the

bread.

After the service has con-

cluded, the children may go to

the all-purpose room on the se-

cond floor. Here they will sing

a song and have a snack. At the

end of song and snack, they will

return to their classroom to

participate in a new program

called Weaving God's Promises.

Elementary grades

Children in grades 1-3 will

participate in Children's Wor-

ship I (located in the room past

the restrooms on the second

floor) and children in grades 4-

6 will go to Children's Worship

II (located in the room at the

top of the stairs). Children will

follow the second cross from

the church and go to the all-

purpose room on the second

floor, where they‘ll sing togeth-

er before going to their class-

rooms. They will return to the

sanctuary to sit with family at

the time of the offertory.

These students will be using

"Celebrate the Good News"

program, which follows the

Gospel reading for each Sun-

day. At the conclusion of the

service, these students may join

the younger children for song

and snack. They will then go

back to the classrooms to use

Weaving God's Promises.

Continued on

following page

It all begins

on Sept. 18

Our Christian For-

mation programs for

the fall begin on Sep-

tember 18. Everyone

– parents, grandpar-

ents, godparents and

parishioners – is in-

vited to join us in ful-

filling our Baptismal

Covenant as we help

young Christians grow

in the knowledge and love of

God and in their responsibili-

ties as members of His

Church. Come discover what

―head, heart and hands‖ is all

about.

Christian Formation has new look for Fall

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Christian Formation has new look for Fall Continued from

previous page

Youths

There will be a new class for

7th and 8th graders in the up-

stairs room on the right past

the restrooms. Students in

grades 9-12 will meet in the

EYC room in the basement.

The program for both groups is

lectionary-based and is de-

signed to help students connect

the text with their lives through

a series of open-ended ques-

tions.

Adult education

Adult formation will have a

new look for this fall. The tra-

ditional Adult Forum will be

presenting three programs this

fall. On other Sundays we will

have a new program called

Round Tables.

Round Tables will offer sev-

eral different opportunities

each Sunday for people to ex-

plore. You may choose to ex-

plore all Round Tables or you

might stay with a particular

one. Round Tables will include

topics such as the gospel read-

ing for the day, one of the other

readings of the day, corre-

spondence table, sharing our

stories, sharing favorite things,

just good conversation, con-

temporary issues, and looking

at the Book of Common Prayer.

You need to simply show up

on Sunday and decide what you

want to do for the day. There

are no long term commitments.

Adult schedule

(subject to change)

Sept. 11 Saints Alive! Beyond

Trinity to God!

Sept. 18 Red Door Rally

Sept. 25 Round Tables

Oct. 2 Adult Forum -- What Is

Family? discussion led by Dr.

Joan Ferrante

Oct. 9 Round Tables

Oct. 16 Adult Forum -- Trinity

Rectors: A Historical Journey

led by John Lucas

Oct. 23 Round Tables

Oct. 30 Adult Forum — Ethel-

dreda: The Life and Afterlife of

an Early English Saint present-

ed by Dr. Paul Reichardt

Nov. 6 Round Tables

Nov. 18 Vestry nominee

speeches

Nov. 20 Annual meeting and

election results

Nov. 27 Advent Wreath mak-

ing (no church school classes,

but nursery and toddler sit-

ters will be available)

Dec. 4 Round Tables

Dec. 11 Readings of Christmas

selections

Dec. 18 Christmas carol sing

Dec. 25 Christmas

What do we mean by Chris-

tian Formation? Is this just

new words for what we used to

call Christian Education?

The Charter for Lifelong

Christian Formation was

adopted by the General Con-

vention of The Episcopal

Church in 2009. The Charter

states that lifelong Christian

Faith Formation in the Episco-

pal Church is lifelong growth in

the knowledge, service, and

love of God as followers of

Christ and is informed by

Scripture, Tradition and Rea-

son. The Charter divides this

journey along the paths of

God's invitation, inspiration,

and transformations.

Christian Formation can be

identified with the phrase

"Head, Heart, Hands." It is not

enough to have one or two of

these parts, but all three should

be present and will be at one

time or another. Each can lead

to the others and occupy no

special order. For example, we

know certain Biblical stories,

but do we really take them in-

side of ourselves and live them?

Sometimes the ―hand‖ part

comes first and the other two

follow; at other times the

―heart‖ leads the way; some-

times we learn the lesson in our

‗head‖ then the other parts fol-

low.

When you hear the words

Christian Formation, remem-

ber there are three parts, and

you jump in where you are

most comfortable and then

strive for the other two parts.

Judy Clements

What is Christian Formation?

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Lay Ministers Schedule September 4 Lector: 8:00 am Cathy Barwell 10:00 am John Bickers Intercessor: 8:00 am Koren Schrand 10:00 am Jill Bickers Lay Eucharistic Minister: 8:00 am Paul Reichardt 10:00 am Cliff Daly, Paula Wolfe Bread: Robert Horine Oblation Bearers: Cahill Family Ushers: Gary Gabbard, Diane Gabbard Acolytes: Zach Robinson, Allyson Johnson, Kendall Kelley, Jayne Bullock Chimer: Jim Adams Altar Guild: 8:00 am Amy Heilbronner, Heidi Toelke 10:00 am Audrey Board, Dorothy Taylor Counters: Brenda Israel, Sylvia Jordan Lay Eucharistic Visitor: Mulford Martin, Liz Blincoe September 11 Lector: 8:00 am Paul Reichardt 10:00 am Hilda Weaver Intercessor: 8:00 am Amy Heilbronner 10:00 am Jim Adams Lay Eucharistic Minister: 8:00 am Ellen Hackman 10:00 am Diane Gabbard, Gary Gabbard Bread: Esther Parton Oblation Bearers: Chris Kelley Family Ushers: Lisa Edwards, Robert Edwards, Mark Herrick, Brenda Israel Acolytes: Morgan Milburn, Emily Russ, Sylvia Powell, Owen Powell, Sophia Montello Chimer: Kristen Cirulli Altar Guild: 8:00 am Heidi Toelke, Rita Schmitt 10:00 am Audrey Board, Dorothy Taylor Counters: Robert Edwards, Gary Leach Lay Eucharistic Visitor: Sylvia Jordan, Pam Boyle

September 2011 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group

Parish

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Weekend

4 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist

Cathedral

5 LABOR DAY

OFFICE CLOSED

Domain

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7 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir

8 9 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group

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11 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 am Church School 12:15 Soup Sunday 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting

12 5:30 pm Nurture Commission 7:00 Vestry

13 7:00 pm Daughters of the King

14 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir

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16 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group

17 Set up for Red Door Rally 3:00 pm Cooking for Outreach Dinner

18 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 am Red Door Rally 11:15 Church School 12:20 Brass Ensemble 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting

19 6:00 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry

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21 12:15 pm Midday Musical Menu 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir

22 7:00 pm ECW Board Meeting

23 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group

24 5:00 pm Fall Parish Mixer

25 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 Church School 12:20 Brass Ensemble 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting

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27 6:30 pm Experienc-ing Benedictine Spirituality (advance registra-tion) 7:00 pm Daughters of the King

28 10:00 am Books and Beliefs 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir

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September 2011 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group

Parish

3

Weekend

4 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist

Cathedral

5 LABOR DAY

OFFICE CLOSED

Domain

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7 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir

8 9 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group

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11 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 am Church School 12:15 Soup Sunday 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting

12 5:30 pm Nurture Commission 7:00 Vestry

13 7:00 pm Daughters of the King

14 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir

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16 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group

17 Set up for Red Door Rally 3:00 pm Cooking for Outreach Dinner

18 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 am Red Door Rally 11:15 Church School 12:20 Brass Ensemble 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting

19 6:00 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry

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21 12:15 pm Midday Musical Menu 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir

22 7:00 pm ECW Board Meeting

23 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group

24 5:00 pm Fall Parish Mixer

25 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 Church School 12:20 Brass Ensemble 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting

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27 6:30 pm Experienc-ing Benedictine Spirituality (advance registra-tion) 7:00 pm Daughters of the King

28 10:00 am Books and Beliefs 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir

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September 18 Lector: 8:00 am Amy Heilbronner 10:00 am Tedd Good Intercessor: 8:00 am Koren Schrand 10:00 am Diane Gabbard Lay Eucharistic Minister: 8:00 am Paul Reichardt 10:00 am Lisa Edwards, Robert Edwards Bread: Pam Boyle Oblation Bearers: Speicher Family Ushers: John Bickers, Pat Mohney, Don Will, Greg Gemeinhardt Acolytes: Justin Bullock, Claire Bickers, MacKenzie Robinson, Helen Wharton, Grace Gabbard Chimer: Sally Davidson Altar Guild: 8:00 am Rita Schmitt, Kim Hope 10:00 am Norma Terry, Amber Terry, Virginia McCain Counters: Jim Kells, Joe O‘Brochta Lay Eucharistic Visitor: Mary Ann Weiss September 25 Lector: 8:00 am Koren Schrand 10:00 am Shannon Gemeinhardt Intercessor: 8:00 am Amy Heilbronner 10:00 am Keith Johnson Lay Eucharistic Minister: 8:00 am Ellen Hackman 10:00 am Debra Taylor, Mary Ann Wolff Bread: Sylvia Jordan Oblation Bearers: Mitchell Family Ushers: John Lucas, Bonnie Lucas, Larry Vannasdall, Karen Vannasdall Acolytes: Julia Bullock, Heath Parton, Ken-dall Kelley, Sophia Montello, Allyson Johnson Chimer: Karen McKim Altar Guild: 8:00 am Kim Hope, Koren Schrand 10:00 am Norma Terry, Amber Terry, Virginia McCain Lay Eucharistic Visitor: Liz Blincoe

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Liturgical Notes September 4 Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 149; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20 Prayer Cycles: Anglican—The Diocese of Seoul (Korea). Diocesan— St. Hubert‘s Church, Clark County, Bryant Kibler, Priest-in-Charge, Charles Ellestad, Supply Priest. The Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory of John Habig by Kathye Habig Nippert. Liturgical Notes September 11 Exodus 14:19-31; Psalm 114; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 Prayer Cycles: Anglican—The Diocese of Sittwe (Myanmar). Diocesan— St. Michael‘s Church, Lexington, Laurie Brock, Rector. The Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory of Richard and Agnes Streeter by Carla Gesell Streeter and Tom Streeter

Liturgical Notes September 18 Exodus 16:2-15; Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 Prayer Cycles: Anglican—The Dioceses of Southeest Florida and Southwest Florida. Diocesan—St. Andrew‘s, Lexington, Carol Ruthven, Rector. The Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory of John Allen Will by Don Will and Don Neff. Liturgical Notes September 25 Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 Prayer Cycles: Anglican—The Diocese of Southern Virginia. Diocesan—St. Francis‘ Church, Flemingsburg, Marvin W. Suit, Vicar

September Birthdays 1-Ann Milburn, Mary Ann Weiss 3-Laura Mitchell, Sandy Thomson, Linda Robinson 4-Steve Harris, Lily Diebold, Andrew Mitchell, William Mitchell 5-William Garrison, Kevin Tienda, Ariana Staggs 7-Connor Reichardt 8-Mark Allen, David Schrand 9-Heath Parton, John Wharton, Thomas Shaffer 10-Elizabeth Blincoe, JoAnn Brown, Bob Clare, Chase Wulfeck 11-Cliff Daly 12-Cove Heilbronner, David Fogle, Kevin Hall 13-Joni Finnell, Mitchell Mohney, Darry Rhine 14-Alla Holland, Cynthia Deatherage, Peyton Korte, Laurel Brickler Tienda 15-Charlie Hollar

17-Gary Austin 18-Annalise Scheper, Charlie Thiemann, Benjamin Stump 19-Bonnie Smyth 20-Katherine Terwort, Robert Williams, Gelene Speicher 21-Hannah Meacham, Jeanine Schilling 22-Joe O‘Brochta, Amanda Stucker, Wesley Adams 23-Robert Shaffer, Jr. 24-Mary Ellen Hackman, Elizabeth Hill 25-Marjory Meanwell, Butch Clements, Christine Gorczyk 26-Emily Russ, Eric Tienda 27-John Allnutt 28-Margaret May, Wellington Lee, Hilda Weaver 29-Katherine DeWitt, Stephanie Huber, 30-Tyler Lucas, Helen Wharton

AROUND THE PARISH: Prayers and sympathy to George Gressle with the death of his brother, David.

Save your pull tabs for Ronald McDonald House! Trinity is collecting pull tabs from sodas to help

support children and their families at Ronald McDonald House. A large plastic container can be found in the

kitchen to place your tabs in, marked with a pull tab sticker. Every little bit helps! Last year $16,000 was

raised for RMH from pull tabs. Elise and RMH appreciate your support!

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Fall Parish Mixer

The Episcopal Church Women (ECW) is throwing a parish party and everyone‘s invited. This free event will feature music, wine and beer tasting, light food and, of course, lots of congenial company. It‘s 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. Child care will be availa-ble. Please sign up at the table in front of the May Room.

Our Vestry has approved in principle the idea of creating a small Memorial Garden for rest and reflection and for the in-ternment of the ashes of Trinity parishioners who so desire. This will be a meditative place; a place that reminds us of loved ones who came before us. In the artistic tradition of Trinity‘s stained glass windows and carved wood altar furnish-ings created more than 125 years ago, the Memorial Gar-den will enhance the west gar-dens near the transept hall doorway with a metal and stone artwork. Using the design of Andrew Piaskowy, architect and Trinity member, the Memorial will fea-ture a wall hanging by metal-artist Paul Lashua incorporat-ing carved stonework by Karen Heyl, whose work can be seen at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and other locations in our area. Trinity members could choose to be interred in this specially designated part of the church grounds surrounded by attractive plantings, meaning-

ful artwork and a comfort-able place to sit. This plan honors both previous in-ternments and future ones. A search for funds is underway and, with suc-cess, it is hoped that the Memorial wall piece can be installed and dedicated in early 2012. Pavers, two benches, new landscaping and a replacement interi-or name plaque will com-plete the memorial. If you have questions or would like to participate in the effort to make the Memorial Garden a reality, please contact a member of the committee. Please note that the committee members are committed to Trinity‘s current needs and in-

tend that this project not de-tract in any way from the up-coming stewardship campaign. Memorial Garden Commit-tee: Gay Smith, Ann Bullock, Jane Beuttel, Mary Ann Weiss, Andrew Piaskowy, Judy Adams and Jim Adams

Memorial Garden proposal approved

Above: Archi-

tectural ren-

dering of a

completed

Memorial Gar-

den.

Left: The lime-

stone carving

that will be

supported by a

metal frame

and adorn the

side wall of the

Garden.

On Sept. 8, the Taft Museum of Art‘s ―Tour of Tiffany‖ will visit Trinity Church to view the St. Michael/Lovell stained glass window, which was created by artist Louis Comfort Tiffany. The unique multiplate win-dow depicts a military figure of St. Michael. The tour is in conjunction with the museum‘s In Compa-

ny of Angels: Seven Rediscov-ered Tiffany Windows, an ex-hibit that runs through Sept. 11. An earlier tour visited Trinity on July 21. The Taft‘s Tiffany guided tour also visits Christ Church Cathedral, Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church and the Church of the Advent in Wal-nut Hills. For more infor-mation on the tour, call the museum at 513-684-4515.

John Wolfe

Taft checking out Trinity’s glass

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Trinity's Outreach Committee has partnered with four other donors to fund a new play-ground at Covington‘s John G. Carlisle Elementary School. Andy Piaskowy, our resident ar-chitect, designed a wonderful multi-purpose covered pavilion. It was completed earlier this year and is in use by the school and the neighborhood. Trinity also does a collection for school supplies, and we fi-nance purchases for the nurse's

office and the family resource office. Both offices have a steady

flow of students with needs. Linda Tabeling

This photograph shows part of the new playground at John G. Carlisle Elementary

School as seen through the new all-purpose pavilion.

Carlisle

playground

project

complete

Each year the Diocese of Lex-ington has a special offering for diocesan ministries on Bishops‘ Funds Sunday. This year the of-fering at Trinity will be Sept. 25. There are five funds, one to hon-or each of our former bishops:

Bishop Burton Fund - pro-vides scholarships for seminari-ans; Bishop Abbot Fund - new and continuing missionary work in the Diocese; Bishop Moody Fund - special projects at Cathedral Domain; Bishop Hosea Fund - contin-uing education for people in the Diocese; Bishop Wimberly Fund — youth and young adult minis-tries; Bishop Sauls Fund– Reading Camp and other literacy pro-grams.

Gifts may be designated for a single fund or undesignated to be divided equally among all the funds. Checks should be made out to the Diocese of Lexington and

placed in the offering on Sept. 25 or mailed to the Diocesan office at: P.O. Box 610, Lexing-ton, KY 40588-0610, Atten-tion: Episcopal Church Women Bishops‘ Funds.

What better way to honor Bishop Stacy F. Sauls, sixth bish-op of Lexington, than with the Bishop Sauls Fund for Reading Camp and Literacy Programs? Reading Camp was born in 2001 when Bishop Sauls shared with the Diocesan Convention his vision for a ministry to serve children in the Appalachian re-gions of the diocese. Thirty-eight children attended the first read-ing camp at the Cathedral Do-main. Enthusiasm for the mission and fun of Reading Camp spread. Currently there at six camps in the Diocese of Lexing-

ton, one in South Africa and plans for more. There are also Reading Camps in Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia. The Reading Camp program is an intensive remedial summer program for at-risk children who are at least one grade level be-hind in reading. The program focuses on literacy skills in a camp setting for children com-pleting the third and fourth grades. The goals are threefold: (1) to encourage a love for read-ing, (2) to teach skills for effec-tive reading, and (3) to instill self-confidence.

Diane Gabbard

New fund honors Bishop Sauls Bishops’ Funds Sunday slated

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When I learned that The

Chimes was running a story

about John G. Carlisle Elemen-

tary School, Trinity‘s multi-

faceted year-round outreach

project, one of the first parish-

ioners who came to mind was

the venerable Mulford Martin.

At 90 years of age, Mulford still

acts as a Lunch Buddy, a men-

toring program at John G. Car-

lisle, where adults eat lunch

weekly with an underprivileged

student. This year‘s student,

Mulford says proudly, will

graduate to Holmes Middle

School.

Mulford‘s long life has been

filled with like accomplish-

ments. Born and raised in New

York City, except for three years

in England, he graduated from

Trinity School and attended

New York University, where he

sang at Town Hall with the Glee

Club. Shortly after moving to

Vermont in 1942, he was draft-

ed and served in Europe, seeing

action at the end of the Battle of

the Bulge and in Germany. Af-

ter VE Day, while awaiting his

return to the U.S., he attended

Shrivenham American Univer-

sity in England.

Returning to the University

of Illinois, he earned his degree

in civil engineering and then

joined a subsidiary of Armco

Steel Corp. (now AK Steel) in

Middletown, Ohio. He designed

highway construction products

and steel manufacturing build-

ings, writing the first structural

frame design program on the

new corporate IBM1620 com-

puter.

Mulford is the father of five

children: Ford, Tom, Steve,

Elizabeth and Joe. The family

attended the Church of the As-

cension, where he was a choris-

ter, children‘s chaplain and

Church School Superintendent.

To help the boys, he became

involved with the Boy Scouts of

America, first as a Cubmaster

and later as a Scoutmaster,

earning the Order of the Arrow,

Wood Badge and finally, the

Silver Beaver Award, the high-

est honor bestowed at the Scout

Council level.

He also joined the Lyric The-

ater and performed in several

light operas, once as Eronius in

A Funny Thing Happened on

the Way to the Forum.

After marrying Carol, he

moved to Kentucky and, in late

1988, Mulford says, Trinity

Church became their second

home. He has sung in the

choir, and used his engineering

training to serve as Buildings

and Grounds chairman for our

historic building. He has also

served several terms on the

Vestry and continues to serve

as a lay minister, lector, inter-

cessor, chimer and the head of

the counting team. He has now

accepted the directorship of the

Lay Eucharistic visitors, sched-

uling and training volunteers.

It‘s not unusual to see Mulford

doing several of these activities

on the same Sunday.

Passing his energy and lar-

gesse onto the next generations,

his stepdaughter is Joni Fin-

nell, a Trinity 0utreach activist,

and his grandkids Lindsay,

Kelly and Kyle have been active

in Trinity youth and in the dio-

cese.

When first referring to Mul-

ford, I used the adjective vener-

able. Dictionary.com defines

venerable as ―commanding re-

spect because of great age or

impressive dignity; worthy of

veneration or reverence be-

cause of high office or noble

character,‖ and as a title be-

stowed on ―Anglican archdea-

cons.‖ I can‘t think of a better

word to describe this great spir-

itual gift in our parish.

Jim Gard

Parish People

Trinity grateful Mulford Martin

doesn’t know when to ‘retire’

Carol and Mulford Martin

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Mark your calendars! Trinity’s next SOUP SUNDAY will be Sept. 11.

Bring soup, desserts, fruit, bread, etc. to share. Contact Judy Clements

to volunteer to help with setup or cleanup.

Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington, Kentucky

Mission Statement

Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Covington serves a diverse community. We are com-

mitted to the celebration and worship of Jesus Christ in a parish nurtured by education and

fellowship. As Christ’s servants, we strive to share God’s love, and our resources, in the great-

er community.

Website: www.trinitychurchcovky.com E-mail address: info@trinitychurchcovky.com Office address: 16 Fourth Street, 859-431-1786 or 859-392-2360. FAX. 859-392-2361

The Right Rev. Stacy F. Sauls, Bishop of Lexington The Rev. Nicolette Papanek, Priest The Rev. John Deaver, Director of Music Judy Long, Administrative Assistant Tony Milburn and Mary Ann Weiss, Wardens

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