Newsletter of

The Church of the Holy Trinity

May 2015

Rector’s Monthly Message

Pentecost is coming! Pentecost is coming! We are now over halfway through this

season of Easter and we can see the red of Pentecost on our Episcopal calendars. Get

out your red shirt, your red socks, and let your hearts be ready for the remembrance of

this great feast. The Easter season is 50 days long hence the term Pentecost. The

origins of the feast predate our Christian calendar and harken back to the early Hebrew

times. It was set aside as the Feast of the Weeks, and marked 50 days after Passover. In

my own life, Pentecost signals the culmination of the Easter season, the birth of the

church, the sending of the Holy Spirit, AND it means we are right on the cusp of

summer! I love summer!

I would like to share parts of a terrific blessing for the Pentecost feast written by Joyce

Rupp, a vowed religious (a nun) and writer. May the enthusiasm of Spirit leap incessantly with you

and help you to live a vibrant life.

May the warmth of the Spirit’s fire be extended through your concern and care

for all those who need your love.

May the blaze of Spirit’s courage enable you to speak the truth

and to stand up for respect, dignity, and justice.

May the undying embers of Spirit’s faithfulness support you

when you feel spiritually dry and empty…

May the clear light of Spirit’s guidance be a source

of effective discernment and decision-making for you…

May the steady flame of Spirit’s goodness with you convince you every day

of the power of your presence with others.

May the joyful fire of Spirit dance within you

and set happiness ablaze in your life.

May the spark of your relationship with Spirit catch afire in the hearts

of those with whom you live and work.

My prayer for you always is to let that wild bright Spirit burn within you and to

always live in the joy of knowing you are God’s beloved people. Rev. Susanna+

(Taken from Out of the Ordinary © 2000 by Joyce Rupp. Used by permission of Ave Maria Press.

All rights reserved.)

Holy Trinity Times

Mark Your Calendars!

5.3 Camp Sunday 5.9 Daughters of the King Meeting. 9am 5.10 Happy Mother’s Day 5.10 Adult Forum: Appreciating Spiritual Gifts. 5.19 Adult Forum on Spiritual Gifts continues. 5.24 Pentecost Sunday 5.25 Memorial Day Church Office Closed 5.30 Norris-Keist wedding 5.31 Trinity Sunday Episcopal Visitation, Confirmation and

Parish Picnic

“Seeking God's Will: Nothing More, Nothing Less, Nothing Else.”

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From the Church Register

Baptisms: Corbin Essink, son of Kristy and Keven

Essink was baptized on April 4, 2015

Cora Stockwell, daughter of Karma and

Joshua Stockwell was baptized on April 12,

2015

Deaths: Iryl Joyce Spear died on Thursday, April 23.

Services pending. May light perpetual shine

on her.

May Birthdays

2 Jeff Gaertig

8 Jean Davie

9 Jane Burke

12 Avery Gaertig

13 Robert Hillyer, Jr.

14 Mary Ann Boman

15 Robert Koch

17 Angee Dostal

17 Kyan Machmer Frederick

17 Curt Youngman

18 Mattie Davis

20 Donna Kahler

21 Carl Danielson

21 Rev. Susanna DesMarais

23 Helen Harwager

24 Russ Gasper

24 Ciara Jenkins

27 Mary Jean Andrews

If your birthday is not on our list, please call the church

office and we’ll be happy to add you.

Phone Directory Updates:

Please add/ change the following to your church

phone directory:

Monnie Ottersberg

10250 E Mountain View;

Apt # 129

Scottsdale, AZ 85258;

negram6@gmail.com;

Cell: 480-306-5753. (Please note Apt. #)

► If you are moving this summer, please call or

email the office so we have the correct address for

your new place!

Newsletter Deadline: Monday, May 18 Please email your articles to

church@holytrinitylincoln.com for the next issue.

Like to clean house?? Yes, believe it or not, some people do indeed like

to do that. And we have just the opportunity for

you!! We will be hosting a seminarian this

summer and we need to get the apartment

ready for his arrival at the beginning

of June. Darlene will be

organizing an apartment clean

up day in the month of May.

Stay posted for more info, or

talk directly with Darlene

about it.

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St. Elizabeth’s Guild May 12

th Noon in the Parish Hall

St. Elizabeth's Guild will meet on Tuesday, May 12th, at noon. This is the yearly

Salad luncheon. We will be putting together plates of cookies for folks who are not

able to come to church. If you can, bring a salad to share, a dozen cookies for us to

take out, and maybe some extras that we can eat for dessert. This Spring lunch will be

the last gathering until September so please join us for this May meeting. Co-hostesses

are Zelda Richwine and Vicki White. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Special Thanks to: Bill Waddell for overseeing roof repairs and making sure that huge lift

was here for the roofers to use. And additional thanks to Bill for mending our

sidewalk.

Nguyet Ho and Chris Wilhelm for overseeing and coordinating our

annual spring cleanup; special thanks to Mike and Jane Janesch, Darlene

Percival, Ann Wahl who worked with Nguyet and Chris on a chilly April

morning cleaning up our grounds.

Mary Jo Tietjen for reception hospitality for multiple concerts.

Nancy Youngman and all the ringers for another year of wonderful

music

Amy Bloomquist and Nancy Youngman for a full year of children’s

ringers! YAY!!

David Bloomquist for a great adult forum on the saints in our tradition. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Congratulations Graduates!

Sam Bates, Grandson of Sally Bates, graduating from Southeast High School

Ciara Jenkins and Ian Ousley, graduates from UNL. Ian has a position waiting for him at WestPoint in

the Athletics Department and Ciara will be student teaching in Elkhorn. We wish them all the best in

their pursuits and are so thankful for their presence in the last couple of years.

Coming this summer-

Kyle Martindale!

This summer we are blessed to welcome Kyle Martindale to Church of the Holy

Trinity. He will be involving himself in every aspect of our parish and you will see

lots of him. Here’s a brief introduction to this seminarian and postulant of the

Diocese of Nebraska.

Kyle Martindale is currently attending Virginia Theological Seminary in

Alexandria, Virginia where he will be returning for his third, and final, year this

fall. His sponsoring parish is Saint Mark’s Pro-Cathedral in Hastings, where he has

been a member since his confirmation in 2000. He has been attending Saint Mark’s since his family’s move

there in 1998 when his father was called as their tenth Dean. He graduated from Hastings College in 2009 with

a degree in Political Science.

During college, and until his move to seminary, Kyle was the youth director at Saint Mark’s and served St.

Stephen’s in Grand Island for a time, along with helping with diocesan youth events. For two years before his

move to Virginia, Kyle worked in several roles at Crossroads Center Rescue Mission in Hastings and Kearney.

The care for those in need, and fervor for youth ministry have influenced Kyle’s course selection at school,

where he has focused much attention on Christian Education and Practical Ministry, working to combine these

areas with his passion for preaching.

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How You Can Help Holy Trinity in the 22nd Century? Just add a few lines to your will.

A will is one of the easiest and most effective ways to distribute your estate and it can also be a very

effective way to impact the future of this church. Income from the endowment fund is a crucial addition to our

budget. In the future your pledge through an endowment can help keep Holy Trinity vibrant and alive in

ministry. You can make a difference.

Holy Trinity has four endowment funds, a general fund, a maintenance fund, a music fund, and a youth

fund. A bequest to any of these funds helps insure that Holy Trinity will continue in ministry into the 22nd

century. Including Holy Trinity in your estate plans is as simple as adding a few words to your will and can be

a huge benefit to future generations of parishioners. In addition this entitles you to membership in the Holy

Trinity Legacy Society and your name will be added to the Legacy Society plaque in the foyer. Please call me if

you have any questions, and thank you. ~ George McCabe

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Coming this Summer ~

Dinner and a Movie on Friday Nights Movies often convey such deep truth in story and visions, truth that can shake us

and awaken new thoughts and new ways. This summer we will jump into a full-

length movie together after we share a meal together. Potluck dinners (Holy Spirit

style, meaning bring what pleases you and we’ll see how it works), then the full

showing of the movie, topped off with a short discussion around the table. The

movies will be

Selma

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Dates tba but we will start in early June.

Summer Book Group: Searching for Sunday by Rachel Saturday mornings at 9 am in the Memorial Room Like millions of her millennial peers, Rachel didn’t want to go to church anymore. The

hypocrisy, the politics, the gargantuan building budgets, the scandals—church culture

seemed so far removed from Jesus. Yet, despite her cynicism and misgivings, something

kept drawing her back to Church. And so she set out on a journey to understand Church and

to find her place in it. Centered around seven sacraments, her quest takes readers through

stories about baptism, communion, confirmation, confession, marriage, vocation, and death

that are funny, heartbreaking, and sharply honest. A memoir about making do and taking

risks, about the messiness of community and the power of grace, Searching for Sunday is

about overcoming cynicism to find hope and, somewhere in between, Church. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Adult Forums on Sunday, May 10 & 17, at 9:15 am

Appreciating Spiritual Gifts

God calls us to serve one another using our spiritual gifts. How do we discover

those gifts? Does it really matter if we can name our spiritual gifts? How can

knowing about spiritual gifts help us?

Join us for a two week exploration of our spiritual gifts and yes, YOU have

spiritual gifts and the world needs them!

ANNOUNCING CAMP CANTERBURY Join us JULY 20-24 2015 as we begin a new chapter in our diocesan

camp history! We are excited to announce Camp Comeca is now Camp Canterbury! This summer Camp

Canterbury will be held at Calvin Crest Camp & Retreat Center located just south and west of Fremont, NE.

Camp Canterbury is open to all youth entering 4th

-12th

grades. The price of camp has been reduced to

$250/camper.

On-line Registration will run May 3rd– July 3rd 2015. Registrations received after the

deadline will be charged a late fee of $50. Visit the diocesan camp website for more

information. http://campcanterbury.episcopal-ne.org/index.html or contact Noelle Ptomey

at nptomey@yahoo.com

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Holy Trinity Book Shop – Book Review

Life After College

Paperback, 151 pp., $9.99 Lessons for students in transition

By Will S. Keim, Chalice Press, 1996

You have your diploma. Your degree is in your pocket. But what happens next?

How do you hop onto life's back? What? When? Where? So many questions arise at graduation that it can be

a daunting experience.

This book of thirty-three chapters—if indeed they can be called chapters, each being less than a page in

length—offers suggestions written from a Christian viewpoint to help guide you in making decisions. Each

chapter is accompanied by a short self-test, and the book is replete with excellent advice and quotes from

famous authors. Reviewed by Marilyn Dorf _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

St. Monica's Elves need your help! As you travel this summer, please remember our donation box in the Foyer. We are collecting

shampoos, soaps, lotions, cosmetic samples, toothbrushes, cosmetic bags, etc. through November

for our Christmas Gift Outreach. For health/safety reasons, we cannot accept opened items.

Questions? Contact Elf Manager Linda Cumming at 402-488-8556.

Prayer Shawl Ministry The Prayer Shawl Ministry continues to make shawls, blankets, quilts and lap robes for the

comfort of those facing life’s challenges. One need not be a member of Holy Trinity to

receive a special gift of love. Please let us know of anyone who may benefit from a gift of

a shawl. Our next gathering will be on Tuesday, May 14 at 11:00 AM in the Memorial

Room. Questions? Please feel free to call Sue Fenster at 402-483-5327.

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HOLY TRINITY AT THE FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN

Come Join the Fun and Fellowship

The Least of These – “How will what we are doing here affect or involve people

living in poverty?” --Annual Council, Diocese of Nebraska, 2012

Holy Trinity will again assist with the Summer Backpack Program at the

Lincoln Food Bank. As in the past, the summer program begins in June

and ends the last of July. This is your chance to make a real difference for

financially stressed families in Lincoln. Join Holy Trinity’s team of

volunteers assembling backpacks of food items for distribution to needy

students from the Lincoln Public Schools. We need a minimum of six volunteers on Monday afternoons

(1:00pm – 3:00pm), dates to be announced. We can make a difference in the lives of Lincoln

families….and it is super fun as well. There will be a sign-up sheet on the table in the foyer. –Community

Ministry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Special Events: Pentecost Sunday, May 24 & Trinity Sunday, May 31 Hold on to your socks-we are having a really special May!

Pentecost Sunday is May 24th

and we will mark the celebration by wearing as much

red as you can! We want to become a sea of red to remember the coming of the Holy

Spirit among the first followers of Jesus, the moment we say the Church was born. So

think RED –not hard for Huskers fans!

Trinity Sunday is May 31st and we will welcome Bishop J. Scott Barker for his

annual visit to Holy Trinity. He has graciously consented to confirm our two youths,

Emma Gaspar and Luke Long during the 10:30 am service. Following the later

service we will convene to the south lawn for our annual Feast Day Picnic. Let’s

mark this day by wearing a rainbow of colors! Hawaiian shirts are wonderful!

To All Our Moms

Happy Mother’s Day Sunday, May 10

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Dominican Republic Missioners Seek Your Help

The NE Youth DR Mission Team Returns

to El Pedregal in June 2015.

The Diocese of Nebraska will be well represented in the mountains of central Dominican

Republic June 22-29, 2015. Eighteen youth and leaders from 5 Nebraska parishes will

once again partner with Christ Church Valdosta Georgia to complete two very important

construction projects. First, we will build another home for a church family. This

determined group will also renovate an existing building to serve the local community as

a Children’s Shelter and Pre-School.

How can you help? There’s a couple of ways you can help with this important work.

Holy Trinity is sending two missioners on this trip. Haiden O’Keefe and Rev.

Susanna will be leaving on Sunday, June 21st to be commissioned with the entire group from the

diocese at Trinity Cathedral’s 10:30 service. The next day the journey begins. We will be selling

stock certificates to help support Haiden in this work. Each share will be $10 and your return on

investment (roi) will be an invitation to a special presentation by Haiden and Mother Susanna,

with pictures and commentary and special Dominican Republic coffee brought back and brewed

just for you! We also will be supporting Haiden with a game night here at church-stay tuned for

information and date on that. If you would like to help with this, please contact Rev. Susanna; we

will gladly accept baked goodies to sell at the event, with all money going to Haiden’s fees.

Please keep our 2015 NE Youth DR Mission Team in your prayers. Second, school supplies, children’s

books (especially Spanish/English books) may be donated for delivery this June to the School of the

Mount of the Transfiguration. Finally, you may financially support this mission to change lives by sending

monetary gifts to Beth Byrne, Diocesan Director of Finance, at 109 North 18th Street, Omaha NE 68102.

Please indicate your gift is to support the NE Youth DR Mission.

Please contact Don and Melissa Peeler at 402-572-7556, or at dpeeler@cox.net or Rev. Susanna with any

questions you may have regarding this ministry or items you may wish to donate.

Prayer changes everything (and everyone)!

During our Lent series someone suggested that we start an ongoing prayer

group here at Holy Trinity. We would gather weekly for 20 minutes of silent

prayer, called Centering Prayer. (Interested in this type of prayer? Read

Thomas Keating’s book Open Mind, Open Heart for a brilliant and easily

accessible discussion on this ancient prayer form.) Something deeply mystical

happens when a group of people come together and pray silently. The idea

was that this would be an ongoing group (no end date), available to all as they

were able to attend. Are you interested? Do you have a favorite day or time

that you would like to see this happen? Please let Rev. Susanna know and

let’s see if we can make this happen. Thanks.

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Church of the Holy Trinity Vestry Minutes

March 9, 2015

Present: Rev. Susanna DesMarais, Dana Visger, Senior Warden; Darlene Percival, Junior Warden; Dick

Cumming, Treasurer; Scott Bahm, Sally Bates, Sue Everett, Jane Janesch, Zelda Richwine, Mike

Robotham, Bill Waddell, and Corey Wasserburger.

Absent: None.

Guests: Ann Wahl

Opening prayer: Mike Robotham

Bible reflection: Rev. Susanna

Approval of February Minutes

Darlene Percival moved to approve the minutes as presented. Jane Janesch seconded the

motion. The motion was approved.

Treasurer’s Report: Dick Cumming

Monthly review of Treasurers report was completed.

Rector’s report: Rev. Susanna DesMarais

Vestry Day – Discussed the Vestry Day meeting, which was held on the preceding

Saturday.

Vacant Vestry Seat – Rev. Susanna asked for suggestions for individuals to nominate to fill

the vestry seat vacated by Dana when he became Senior Warden.

Sound System – Rev. Susanna, Dana, Darlene and Mike volunteered to work on the new

sound system.

Text Message System – Rev. Susanna is going to look into the logistics of implementing a

text message alert/notification system.

Senior Warden’s report: Dana Visger, Senior Warden

No report.

Junior Warden’s report: Darlene Percival, Junior Warden

Roof – Darlene reported that she is still waiting to hear on a bid from Weathercraft to

replace the shingles on the roof. If there is no response by the end of the week, she is going

to call other contractors.

Floor – Darlene reported that we may need to mud jack to raise the dip in the falling floor.

The roof will take priority for now. She has not been able to find any reference to previous

work to raise the floor in past vestry minutes.

Misc.

Mission Statement

– Rev. Susanna touched on the discussion from Vestry Day regarding the mission

statement. It includes waffle language.

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– Rev. Susanna reviewed the ways in which the church manifested our vision

statement

Spaghetti dinner

Thanksgiving potluck

Making it easy to be involved

The “Amazing Chase”

Assisting members with technology issues

Liturgies

Bible study/adult forums

Respecting the dignity of all people (i.e. communion)

– Rev. Susanna asked What Would Jesus Want Us to Do This Year?

(WWJWUTDTY?)

We discussed that what you focus on becomes your reality

We discussed planned events for this year and suggestions for other

possibilities:

Intergenerational events

Mission trips

o Rev. Susanna is going to the Dominican Republic in June as

the clergy member with a youth mission trip.

Food-bank events

Acolyte events

Spaghetti feed expansion

VBS

Community garden

A once-a-month youth service

6th

to 12th

grade ministry events

Next meeting: April 13, 2015

Closing prayer by Mike Robotham

Submitted by Corey Wasserburger, Clerk of the Vestry

Serving In May

Sunday, May 3

Sunday, May 10

Sunday, May 17

Sunday, May 24 Pentecost

Sunday, May 31

Trinity Sunday

Altar Guild Babette D.

Roxane Graham

Jane Hanson

Nancy Stara

Jane Hanson

Nancy Stara

Sue Everett Sue Everett

Tellers Sally Bates

Bill Waddell

Sue Everett

Dana Visger

Jane Janesch

Mike Robotham

Darlene Percival

Zelda Richwine

Scott Bahm

Corey Wasserburger

8:00 AM

Greet & Usher Liz & Jim Carney Lee & Jann Horeis Roxane Graham

Marilyn Wright

Gina Fountain

Ann Wahl

Gina Fountain

Ann Wahl

Lector Brick Paulson

Nancy Coffman

Bob Hillyer

Brick Paulson Nancy Coffman

Chalice Bearer Bob Hillyer

Jack Campbell

Bob Hillyer

Jack Campbell Jack Campbell

10:30 AM

Greeters Scott & Angee Dostal Sally Bates

Pat Sim

Ann Kansier

Darlene Percival

Darlene Percival Colleen Andrews

Darlene Percival

Ushers John Streedbeck

George McCabe

Vivian Edwards

Darlene Percival

Richard & Susan

Spencer

O’Keefe Family Dickinson Family

Gaertig Family

Lector Sally Bates

Susan Spencer

Amy Bloomquist

Lisa Visger

Darlene Percival Jane Hanson

Sheppard Perkins

Larry Pankhurst

Mary Lu Long

Chalice Bearer Jane Hanson

Sue Everett

Mary Jo Tietjen

Mary Lu Long

Dana Visger David Bloomquist

Sue Everett

Mary Lu Long

Mary Jo Tietjen

Scripture Readings Available on the Web You may view or print your scripture reading from the lectionary calendar found online at: http://www.lectionarypage.net/ Click on

the Sunday that you are scheduled.