Worship by Video
The Fourth Sunday in Lent. March 22, 2020.
| Bulletin for March 22, 2020 |
Welcome To Worship at Trinity Church
Worship is at the center of Trinity’s identity. Your presence in worship is welcomed, and you are warmly invited to come and see who we are and how we worship. Whether it is for Sunday morning worship, special services during the year, or our monthly healing service on the first Wednesday evening of each month, please know there is a place for you here!
About Sunday Worship:
Our 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Holy Eucharist is a vibrant offering for all ages and includes a full choir. Services may involve standing, sitting, kneeling, sung or spoken responses, and other participatory elements that may be new for the first-time visitor. Don't worry about doing something "wrong"—you can just follow the lead of those around you or ask for assistance. Liturgical worship can be compared with a dance; once you learn the steps the dance becomes satisfying to do again and again.
We look forward to welcoming you both to worship and for fellowship downstairs in our Glover Community Room following the service.
To Enter the Church:
There are two entrances to Trinity, through the red front doors off Main Street and the other from the parking lot off Church Hill Road, by the firehouse. If you enter from the front doors, you will walk through the entrance into our worship space. Should you enter from the parking lot, you will need to take the stairs or elevator up to the second floor and follow the signs to the Sanctuary. Handicap parking and the entrance to the elevator is right behind the church.
As you enter, an usher will welcome you and hand you a service bulletin. The bulletin is a booklet that assists worshipers in participating in the service, and includes a calendar of parish events. You are welcome to sit anywhere you wish, and an usher is available to help you if needed. Let an usher know if you need a hearing assistance device.
Children are always welcome in worship. If you have a child with you, ask the usher for a pew bag. Pew bags contain paper, pencils, and other activities. There are also instructional versions of “the Sunday papers” and a soft-play area at the back of the church for our smallest worshipers.
About Sunday Worship:
Our 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Holy Eucharist is a vibrant offering for all ages and includes a full choir. Services may involve standing, sitting, kneeling, sung or spoken responses, and other participatory elements that may be new for the first-time visitor. Don't worry about doing something "wrong"—you can just follow the lead of those around you or ask for assistance. Liturgical worship can be compared with a dance; once you learn the steps the dance becomes satisfying to do again and again.
We look forward to welcoming you both to worship and for fellowship downstairs in our Glover Community Room following the service.
To Enter the Church:
There are two entrances to Trinity, through the red front doors off Main Street and the other from the parking lot off Church Hill Road, by the firehouse. If you enter from the front doors, you will walk through the entrance into our worship space. Should you enter from the parking lot, you will need to take the stairs or elevator up to the second floor and follow the signs to the Sanctuary. Handicap parking and the entrance to the elevator is right behind the church.
As you enter, an usher will welcome you and hand you a service bulletin. The bulletin is a booklet that assists worshipers in participating in the service, and includes a calendar of parish events. You are welcome to sit anywhere you wish, and an usher is available to help you if needed. Let an usher know if you need a hearing assistance device.
Children are always welcome in worship. If you have a child with you, ask the usher for a pew bag. Pew bags contain paper, pencils, and other activities. There are also instructional versions of “the Sunday papers” and a soft-play area at the back of the church for our smallest worshipers.
THE INVITATION
This is the table, not of the church but of Jesus Christ.
It is made ready for those who love Him
and who want to love Him more.
So come, you who have much faith and you who have little;
You who have been here often
and you who have not been for a long time or ever before;
You who have tried to follow and you who have failed;
Come, not because the church invites you;
It is Christ, and He invites you to meet Him here.
—The Iona Community Worship Book
This is the table, not of the church but of Jesus Christ.
It is made ready for those who love Him
and who want to love Him more.
So come, you who have much faith and you who have little;
You who have been here often
and you who have not been for a long time or ever before;
You who have tried to follow and you who have failed;
Come, not because the church invites you;
It is Christ, and He invites you to meet Him here.
—The Iona Community Worship Book
Music
Music is integral to our worship and a meaningful part of our Sunday morning service. Enthusiastic congregational singing is encouraged and supported by a fine Austin pipe organ. Our Choir of Men and Women is a talented group of adults who sing on Sundays plus other special services from September to June. With rehearsals on Thursday evenings, membership is open to all adults who love to sing and are committed to the music of the church.
Trinity's Senior Youth Choristers currently sing once a month with the Choir of Men and Women. This Choir is a member of the Royal School of Church Music in America and, as such, participates in the Voice for Life training program.
Re-Creation, a group of singers accompanied by guitar and piano, supplement the more formal choir with songs of contemporary Christian music during some of our Sunday services and our periodic outdoor services in the Summer.
The Taize Choir is a group of men and women leading worship in the style of Taizé. We gather prior to each of these prayerful (and musical) services to rehearse, then lead the congregation through the songs.
We’re very proud of our organ with its 2,369 pipes arranged in 43 ranks and made of tin-lead alloy, zinc, brass, poplar and mahogany. Our Austin Organ, Opus 2652, is the fourth instrument in the present Trinity Church building, but only the second pipe organ. The Austin organ was chosen from among the several possible builders because of a history of reliability, and because of the tonal beauty and versatility.
Trinity's Senior Youth Choristers currently sing once a month with the Choir of Men and Women. This Choir is a member of the Royal School of Church Music in America and, as such, participates in the Voice for Life training program.
Re-Creation, a group of singers accompanied by guitar and piano, supplement the more formal choir with songs of contemporary Christian music during some of our Sunday services and our periodic outdoor services in the Summer.
The Taize Choir is a group of men and women leading worship in the style of Taizé. We gather prior to each of these prayerful (and musical) services to rehearse, then lead the congregation through the songs.
We’re very proud of our organ with its 2,369 pipes arranged in 43 ranks and made of tin-lead alloy, zinc, brass, poplar and mahogany. Our Austin Organ, Opus 2652, is the fourth instrument in the present Trinity Church building, but only the second pipe organ. The Austin organ was chosen from among the several possible builders because of a history of reliability, and because of the tonal beauty and versatility.
Baptisms, Weddings & Funerals
Bearing witness to and blessing times of transition is one of the most sacred roles that clergy play in church communities. All are welcomed to consider celebrating the sacraments of baptism, marriage, or burial at Trinity. Each of the sacraments represents a presentation of our lives to God; our lives with all their uniqueness and complexities. In order to help you plan a service that will be meaningful to you, it is important that the clergy at Trinity get to know you.
If you are interested in being baptized or having your child baptized, in getting married, or having a loved one buried from the church, please contact our church office at 203-426-9070 or trinity@trinitynewtownct.org to be in contact with the priest.
If you are interested in being baptized or having your child baptized, in getting married, or having a loved one buried from the church, please contact our church office at 203-426-9070 or trinity@trinitynewtownct.org to be in contact with the priest.