Trinity Tidings – April 2023
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son,
That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16
Fellow Parishioners:
After a long winter and lent we can all look forward with joy to celebrating Easter and spring, as well as the hope they both bring!
Fr. Terry will continue to lead us in worship on Sunday mornings. He and his wife Candi are helping our children learn to acoylote. Fr Terry will also be celebrating Holy Communion the last Tuesday of the month in he Parish Hall at 11:30am. If you haven’t had the opportunity to meet him yet, please plan to join us. Fr. Terry will lead us into Holy Week with the Liturgy of the Palms, Palm Sunday April 2 at 9:30am.
Fr. Dedde will be with us for Good Friday at 7pm for Stations of the Cross and to celebrate Easter Sunday with us at 9:30am. We hope to make him feel welcomed. Len and Dawn Gacek have graciously agreed to provide music for our Easter celebration and all your flower memorials will make the church beautiful as we celebrate the risen Lord!
Fr. Terry will be back with us beginning April 16, as we celebrate a little bit of Easter every Sunday in the breaking of the bread.
Trinity continues with our worship, outreach, fellowship and fundraising. Our Sunday School is doing great under the direction of Julia Tomaka and Carrie Kornacki. Our vestry is hard at work addressing the business of the church.
Housekeeping notes: we are still working on updating our records so we may be reaching out to you for information. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
“It’s not about the bunny;
It’s about the lamb.”
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Please join us for Worship
Sunday s 9:30am Holy Communion Service & Sunday School
Live streaming of the Sunday 9:30AM service is available. It can be viewed at any time during the week if you miss it live. A Facebook account is not required, simply log onto Trinity’s webpage and click the link at top of page.
Coming up
Palm Sunday – April 2 9:30 am – Rev. Terry Bull
Good Friday* – April 7 7 pm – Rev. Joseph Dedde
Easter Sunday* – April 9 9:30 am – Rev. Joseph Dedde
Please call the church office at 716-683-1111 if you are in need Pastoral care. This phone line will be monitored daily.
Sunday School meets during the 9:30 am service Sunday mornings. All are welcome, please join us.
Stich and Chat continues to meet Tuesdays at 10am with Eucharist the last Tuesday of the month at 11:30am.
Last call, anyone missing a white canvas bag from Snowflake Bazaar please call the church.
Prayer List
Al P, Nancy D, Paul, Linda, Rosie D, James, Mike, Andrew, Drew, Dan, Carol, Ruth Ellen, Christopher, Rose P, Lynell, Ashley, Art, Jill & Tom, Allen, Valerie W, Jack K., Bob M, Joe K, Mike, Ron, Cheryl, Diane S, Mary B, Jackie, Milton, Jackie M, Mitch F, Don M, Zoe, Francis T, Brad M, Douglas B, Melanie H, Christopher, Denise, Mary, Tom, Bev T and Trinity Church.
Vestry Summary
The vestry met March 12,2023. Fr. Terry Bull offered the opening prayer and words of encouragement to the vestry. A fire inspection will be scheduled for this month. A thank you was note was sent to the Food Pantry for their $1700 donation for the boiler repair. On going business in progress includes by-laws, active membership, updating records, LEARN and the Lancaster Youth Bureau. Trinity will resume the Postal food drive luncheon as an outreach project on May 13th.
Vestry Members
Cathi Crapa 716- 684-7416 Len Gacek 716-432-5883 Theresia Mather 716- 684-3770
Karen Walczak 716-901-6454 Chris Gregoire 716-684-9347 Maryrose Kotlowski 716-380-3641
Altar Guild
Altar Guild will be cleaning and decorating the church April 8th at 10am in preparation for Easter, all are welcome to help. A new clear sanctuary globe was purchased. Thank you all for your Easter memorials, the church should be beautiful for Easter. The plants will be labeled with your names for you to take home if you wish. The next Alar guild meeting is May 21st after church.
Women of Trinity
Women of Trinity and friends will host a luncheon at noon on April 5 at the Olive Tree. All are welcome. Thank you to everyone who supported our Lenten soup sale, you helped to make it a success, we sold 55 quarts of soup! We have 3 frozen quarts of clam chowder if anyone is interested. We will be holding our annual Mother’s Day hanging basket sale again this year. We are using the same vendor, Weeks Nursery and the orders are due by April 30, the cost will be $20 per basket. They will be ready for pickup May 1, just in time for Mother’s Day! Order forms are online and in the bulletins.
April Birthdays
14 Tommy Giza 22 Greyson Cascio
14 Karen Geblein 22 Tom Fehringer
April Anniversaries
Jack and Marlane Hodgekiss April 19,1975
Outreach
Trinity Food Pantry ‘s mailing address is PO Box 467, Lancaster, NY 14086. There is a drop
box located outside the church for your convenience and a basket at the front of church for donations.
Postal Food Drive coming up May 13,2023. As an outreach Trinity will be proving a sandwich lunch for the workers. Volunteers welcome to help make sandwiches that morning.
If you’re cleaning out your closets don’t forget the St. Pauly’s Shed in the parking lot for your used clothing donations. People in need get the clothes, and Trinity gets paid by the pound for donations, it’s a Win-Win. Thank you!!