December 22, 2024

Advent 4

Celebrant - The Very Reverend Rene John
Preacher - The Reverend Dr. Peter Bridge

Weekly Announcements

 

The Lectors for the 4:00 pm Mass on 12/24 are:

Suzette Price, Cn. Terry Cooper (Chalice: Hilary Cox)fourth 29178c

The Lectors for the 10:00 pm Mass on 12/24 are:
Erica Warner, John Gummere & Sue Gummere (Chalice: Margaret Nartey)

The Lectors for the 10:00 am Mass on 12/25 are:
Virginia Harmer & Erica Warner (Chalice: Gil Williams & Virginia)

The Lectors for the 10:00 am Mass on 12/29 are:

Cn. Phil Lewis, Gail Lewis, Susan Remmers & Larry Spears (alternate) (Chalice: Phil)

The Lectors for the 10:00 am Mass on 1/1 are:
Howard Ebersole, Fay Manicke & Ellen Heath (Chalice: Judith Miller + 1 more needed)

The Greeters for Sunday, 12/29 (5th Sunday) are:

Margaret Nartey (Alternate – Karlene Blasse)

 

Any Greening of the Cathedral not completed yesterday will be finished up today after Mass; please join us if you can help!

 

This week we will be bagging food for the Food Pantry, but on a DIFFERENT DAY than usual; please join us on Friday, December 27th at 1:00 pm to help out.

 

2025 Stewardship Update – We have received $267,648 in pledges from 71 pledging families, an average of $3,769.69 per family. Thank you for your generosity! If you would like a pledge card, ask an Usher.

 

If you have not yet pledged for 2025, please consider turning in your card now – We need to assign envelope numbers and get them to everyone to use them in the new year. Also, please use your NEW box of envelopes in 2025 – DO NOT use older boxes. This ensures that all of your donations will be posted to your pledge. Envelope boxes are on the “ship table” in the Cathedral.

 

Annual Meeting NoticeOn Sunday, January 19, 2025 Trinity Cathedral will hold its Annual Parish Meeting. There will be one service, at 10:00 am, followed by the meeting. Please stay tuned for more information on how the meeting will be conducted. There are nomination forms for the Vestry on the literature table in the main hallway. If you are the Chair of a Cathedral Commission or organization that submits a report to be included in the annual meeting booklet, please turn your report in to the Cathedral office no later than January 6th. Please send your reports to Patrice D’Angelo at patriceattrinity@aol.com.

 

Trinity Altar Guild Shop Update:

The Shop will be open this Sunday!

Check out nice selection of mugs! All-year designs along with Christmas ones! $4 to $6.95.

Christmas cards & stocking stuffers too!

Weekly specials are waiting for you!

Need that unique gift?  The shop has a variety of Nativities & ornaments from around the world.

The ornament tree is waiting to get bareFree gift-wrapping! Shop locally: save gas, time & money.

½ PRICE SPECIAL: “Taste of Joy”- Recipes of Trinity Cathedral” Cookbook Sale. Now just $5 (Reg. $10). Proceeds buy fresh produce for our Food Pantry. Wrapped w/ a wooden utensil; Now $7. Great hostess gifts for holiday parties. A gift with a cause!

 

The Wednesday Healing Eucharist will be OFF on December 18th (and the following two Wednesdays are Christmas and New Year’s Day, with Mass at 10:00 am both days.) See you January 8th!

 

Let’s help our brothers & sisters WARM UP! – Do you have any coats, sweaters, or hoodies that are just sitting in your closet waiting to warm up someone? We are collecting new and gently used clean coats, sweaters and hoodies:  adult, teen and children’s sizes. New sock donations welcomed too! Please bring your items by Sunday, December 29th. Thank you in advance for sharing your gift of warmth! (Distribution day is December 30th.)

 

The next Food Pantry distribution date is – Saturday, December 28th (2nd & 4th Saturdays this month) from 9-11:00 am. Each Thursday, we distribute hot dinners “to go” from 4:15–5:30pm at the Overbrook Avenue entrance as a satellite location for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.