October 1, 2023

Pentecost 18 - Proper 21

8:30AM - Holy Eucharist Rite I
10:00AM - Holy Eucharist Rite II (with Blessing of the Animals)
Celebrant - The Very Rev. Rene John, Dean
Preacher - The Rev. Chris Cox, Deacon

Weekly Announcements

Last chance to attend today’s CAST piano concert with Richard Alston! $25 ($10 for students!) You can purchase tickets online at https://bit.ly/ClassicallyBlack, or get them from Bobbie Powell or a member of CAST today at church. Please come out and support our music ministry.

NOW is the time to make your contribution to our 19th Annual Bishop George E. Councell Memorial Golf Tournament – our biggest fundraiser of the year! Can you contribute a $20 bottle of wine for the cork pull? How about purchasing a dinner ticket to join us for the awarding of The Bishop’s Cup? Enjoy dinner with Bishop Sally French, fellow parishioners and the golfers who come out to support our Cathedral. See Willie Coleman or call the Cathedral office.

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Trinity parishioner John Gummere will be showing his paintings in a solo exhibit at the Trenton Social, October 6 – 31, with an opening reception Friday October 6, 6pm – 11pm. The Trenton Social is located at 449 South Broad Street, near US

1 and Sacred Heart Church. 10% of any sales will benefit Urban Promise Trenton. John’s work is online at be.net/JohnGummere — if you have any questions he can be reached at 215-817-8531.

UrbanPromise Trenton: Always looking for folks willing to donate an hour per week to work with the children! Areas of need include reading, financial literacy for grades 5-6 (curriculum provided), and crafts. We have all materials nee

ded for these activities and can obtain more as needed. Contact me at: gbkoenig@verizon.net or (609) 273-3351 ~ Georgia Koenig

Join us for Sunday Hospitality! – Enjoy coffee, cold drinks and snacks each week. On the first Sunday of each month, we will have cake to celebrate all of our congregants’ birthdays for that month. If you would like to help out with Hospitality hour, please speak with Larry Spears on Sundays.   

The next Food Pantry distribution date is – Saturday, October 14th (2nd & 4th Saturdays this month) from 9-11:00 am. All food contributions to the Pantry are welcomed, along with monetary donations to purchase additional food from the food bank and local groceries.

Each Thursday, we distribute hot dinners “to go” from 5:00–6:00pm at the Overbrook Avenue entrance as a satellite location for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.

The Cathedral is currently offering communion with both Christ’s Body and Blood. You may choose to receive only the host at this time. Should you choose to receive the wine, one vessel will be offered for those who want to sip the wine from the common cup. Another vessel will be offered for those who wish to receive by intinction (the host dipped in the wine.) Please note only the Chalice Administrator will intinct the host. (Diocese of New Jersey revised protocols.)