839 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, N.J. 08108

856-858-0491 / holytrinity1@verizon.net

The 9 a.m. Sunday Mass is live-streamed below and on

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This week at Holy Trinity: Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Manger Mania with tree-lighting, carols and free hot chocolate, at 7 p.m. in the Plaza; Sunday, Dec. 15, Mass for the Third Sunday in Advent; coffee hour to follow; Christmas memorials, Mitten Tree and Gift-Card donations due; 6 p.m., Manger Mania Candlelight Dinner (reservations required).

Welcome to the 9 a.m. Sunday Mass with the Rev. Canon Martin Gutwein

Permission to stream the music in this service has been obtained by Holy Trinity Church from One License, License #732497-A.
Copyright Information for Service Music:
S120 Text: © The Church Pension Fund S130 Adaption: © G.I.A. Publications Setting from Deutsche Messe, Franz Peter Schubert, arr. Richard Proulx S164 Adaption: © G.I.A. Publications Setting from Deutsche Messe, Franz Peter Schubert, arr. Richard Proulx

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Sunday School/Youth Fellowship

Sunday School/Youth Fellowship meets from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. twice a month.

Activities include a children's chapel service, snacks and age-appropriate activities for those from pre-K through high school.

There will be no session Dec. 15. Instead, children and their families will join us Dec. 14 for tree-lighting and caroling.

Christmas Donations

Christmas memorials (due Dec. 15) can be donated using this form.

The 9 a.m. Sunday Mass

The leaflet for Sunday's Mass is available here.

Sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent
The Rev. Canon Martin Gutwein

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Stewardship 2025

It's time to think about our financial commitment to Holy Trinity. Click here for a letter from Junior Warden Joe Sirak; here and here for our brochure "A Joyful Season of Giving;" and here for a pledge card.

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Merciful God, increase our love to overflowing. Make your Church pure and blameless that we may greet with joy the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hamburger Barley
Is In The Freezer

Look what the soup ladies made for November! It's that old favorite hamburger barley, a hardy soup to combat the late autumn chill.

The soup is $4 a pint and $7 a quart. Payment is by cash, check or Vanco.

Order forms are always on our Soup Page.

There is always plenty of soup available in our freezer. Just call the church office for details.

Our soup ministry benefits our meals for shut-ins programs.

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Facebook and You Tube

Church events and photos are also on our Facebook page; You Tube holds all sermons since 2019.

Signup Sheets

Signup sheets for various December events are on the table in the back of the church.

Leo accepts Fr. Marty's blessing.

Just Call Them
Episcopets

Outdoors it was just raining rain, but inside Holy Trinity on Saturday. Sept. 28, cats and dogs reigned as Fr. Marty blessed all creatures great and small for St. Francis Day.

Prayer Chain Returns

The Holy Trinity Prayer Chain, which has been on hiatus for the last few years, is back.

The role of our Prayer Chain is to regularly lift people whose health or other life struggles have been brought to our attention in prayer.

Please speak to or email Theresa Chattin at theresa15@aol.com, or call Charlotte Sink in the church office at 856-858-0491.

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Boscov's Friends Helping Friends Day resulted in a donation to the church of $437. Thanks to Charlotte Sink, who coordinates the fundraising effort each October.

The Plaza was a perfect spot for Ukes and Brews to perform on Sept. 28 for Collingswood Porchfest.

Christmas Outreach

We will again be collecting gift cards for high school students in need. Just purchase a $25 card from Target, Walmart or other local stores. They'll be given to Collingswood Special Services for older kids who might not be receiving gifts. Leave them in the box in the back of the church.

We have begun collecting mittens, hats and gloves, which will be given to a community organizatioin for distribution.

Deadline for both is Dec. 15.

Pet Memorial Garden

The St. Francis Garden was an idea conceived by our late rector, Fr. Mark H. Chattin, after seeing one on a visit to a parish where he had once been the rector.

For more information, here is a link to the brochure.

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If you are interested in finding out more about The Labyrinth at Trinity Plaza, please click here for a downloadable brochure.

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Used Cards Wanted

As part of their mission and outreach efforts, Holy Trinity and residents of Premier Cadbury of Cherry Hill are reaching out to the “Upcycling Card Program” at St. John of God Community Services in Westville.

The creative citizens in the Vocational Rehabilitation/Adult Services group at St. John of God will remove the front of each card and create a new greeting card. More than 1,700 cards have been collected.

Boxes for the cards are on tables near the tower door at Holy Trinity.

Should you have any questions about this effort, call Craig Burgess at 856-667-2003 or see him at coffee hour after Sunday Mass.

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If you wish to make a pledge or one-time donation to Holy Trinity, buy our homemade soup, or support our first-responders program, you can do so on our Vanco site by clicking here.

Used-Book Sale 2024

A perfect day for a used-book sale during the Collingswood Book Festival, and hundreds came to Holy Trinity Church on Saturday, Oct. 6, to shop and buy. We netted $2,195, a record for an outdoor event.

For the second consecutive year, the leftover books from the sale were donated to BookSmiles. Read more about them at BookSmiles

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All Masses are live-streamed unless otherwise noted.

Saturday, Dec. 14, 10th Annual Manger Mania and Christmas Mart, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with tree-lighting at 7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 15, 9 a.m., Mass for the Third Sunday in Advent; coffee hour to follow.

Sunday, Dec. 15, 6 p.m., Manger Mania Candlelight Dinner.

Tuesday, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m., Vestry.

Saturday, Dec. 21, 5:30 p.m., Evening Prayer and Conversation on the Conference Line.

Sunday, Dec. 22, 9 a.m., Mass for the Fourth Sunday in Advent; coffee hour to follow.

Tuesday, Dec. 24, 5 p.m., Creche Service and Family Mass.

Tuesday, Dec. 24, 11 p.m., Festival Midnight Mass of the Nativity.

Wednesday, Dec. 25, 9 a.m., Holy Eucharist with Carols.

Online Giving

Please don't forget to keep up with your pledge. Bills still need to be paid. You can give electronically. Use the holiday season to help us meet our financial obligations and help us grow.

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Altar Flowers

There are many Sundays available for you to remember your loved ones with flowers.

Contact Charlotte Sink at the church office. The cost is $45.

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Candlelight Dinner

Help us close out our Manger Mania Weekend with a candlelight dinner at 6 p.m. Dec. 15.

Advance reservations are required. We are asking a $15 donation to cover the cost of a glazed-ham dinner.

Sign up at the back of the church or call or email the church office.

Our Mission

Holy Trinity's mission is to be a welcoming faith community that celebrates God's presence and activity through worship, education, and fellowship, and by seeking and serving Christ in all persons.

Our worship at Holy Trinity centers on weekly celebrations of the presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist.

These are the central component of our lives in faith.

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Church Chat

The Saturday folks continue to meet at 5:30 p.m. Saturdays on the conference line for conversation and Evening Prayer.

The number 856-861-3864 – PIN 924 821.

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Photos by Theresa Chattin, Carol Staszewski, Lois Harwood and Karen Sobota

Diocese of New Jersey

Holy Trinity Church is a parish of the Diocese of New Jersey, the second-oldest in the Episcopal Church, founded in 1785.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Sally French, the XIII Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, was elected in 2023.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral is at 801 W. State Street in Trenton.

The Episcopal Church

Holy Trinity and the Diocese of New Jersey are part of the Episcopal Church, founded in 1789, and headquartered in New York. The church has 6,423 parishes in nine provinces in the United States and elsewhere.

The Most Rev. Sean Rowe is the 28th presiding bishop.

Anglican Communion

The Episcopal Church is one of 165 members of the worldwide Anglican Communion, founded in 1867 in London, England.

The communion has 85 million members within the Church of England and other national and regional churches in full communion.

The Communion comprises churches founded by the Church of England.