839 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, N.J. 08108

856-858-0491 / holytrinity1@verizon.net

Sunday Mass is at 9 a.m. and via Facebook Live below and also on

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This week at Holy Trinity: Friday, 4 to 5 p.m., soup pickup; Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Evening Prayer and Conversation on the Conference Line; Sunday, 9 a.m., Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Lent with the Rev. Canon Martin Gutwein; 4 p.m., Sunday School and Youth Activities, St. Michael's Chapel.

Welcome to the Mass for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, with the Rev. Canon Martin Gutwein.

Masses streamed since the start of the pandemic on March 15, 2020, remain available on Holy Trinity's Facebook Page.

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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Successful bidders are urged to pick up their MaxSold Auction items Saturday in the Great Hall.

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Palm Cross Workshop

The Altar Guild will be meeting on Friday, March 31, to make palm crosses for Palm Sunday and you are invited to join us in making these for our communicants.

Just bring a pair of scissors and look for us upstairs in the meeting room at 7 p.m.

Our work will take about one hour.

Please join us.

The Sunday 9 a.m. Mass

Here is the link for the leaflet for the Fifth Sunday in Lent. Click the "plus" sign to the right of the "Holy Trinity" tab at the top of the page to create a new tab so that you can toggle easily back and forth between the livestream and the leaflet.

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent
The Rev. Canon Martin Gutwein

Click on the photo above to make an online donation. You can also pay for soup, special collections and Holy Days using the Vanco site.

Lent Madness 2023

Above is the current week's "Saintly Smackdown" bracket.

Click on the bracket, and it will take you to Lent Madness site, where you will be able to see the winners and losers since the beginning of this year's competition on Feb. 23 and to cast your vote for the day's face-off.

If you, like me, have a difficult time reading small type, click here for a larger-type PDF of the bracket, which is updated Mondays, and here for a larger-type version of the Holy Week schedule (below).

It's Split Pea with Ham

The soup ladies are back in the kitchen -- this time to make the tummy-warming split pea with ham as their March offering. Click on the headline to reach the Soup Page. There's always soup in the freezer, at $4 a pint and $7 a quart -- all to support food programs for shut-ins. Pick-up is Friday, from 4 to 5 p.m., or at coffee hour March 26. Call the office to see what else is available.

Noisy Collection Begins

The Noisy Collection is back for Lent, so don't forget to bring your spare change -- paper money is just fine. Donations will go to Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of New Jersey and to Episcopal Relief and Development.

Click here for Easter Memorials

Our 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.

Several members of the parish, including vestry members Sue Verzella, Theresa Chattin, and Robert Staszewski; former vestry member Pat Penney and former senior warden Yvonne Bones, and Megan Woods, a graphic artist, were involved in the creation of the memorial garden.

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

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 3,100 have been collected thus far and have been delivered to the folks at St. John of God.

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.

More than 3,100 have been collected thus far; Craig has cards for sale.

Prayer Chain Returns

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

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

The group plans to meet regularly, via telephone conference line to ensure lists are kept up to date and to share their experiences.

We all know the profound effect prayer can have on our own lives and on the lives of those for whom we pray.

If you would like to be part of this newly forming at-home ministry, please speak to or email Theresa Chattin at theresa15@aol.com, or call Charlotte Sink in the church office at 856-858-0491.

The twice-monthly Sunday School/Youth Fellowship Program is under way from 4 to 5:30 p.m. two Sundays every month (this Sunday is the next one).

Activities include a children's chapel service, followed by age-ppropriate activities for children and youth from pre-K through high school.

If you are interested in helping, or have children or grandchildren who might be interested in attending, please contact Theresa Chattin through the church office.

Ukrainian Relief Efforts

To provide humanitarian aid to those fleeing the violence in Ukraine, Episcopal Relief and Development will provide cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needed assistance during and after the crisis.

Click on the blue-tinted link to donate in a secure manner.

All Masses are live-streamed unless otherwise noted.

Friday, 4 to 5 p.m., Soup Pick-up; also at coffee hour on Sunday.
Saturday, all day, auction item pick-up; 5:30 p.m. Evening Prayer and Conversation on the Conference Line.
Sunday, 9 a.m., Mass for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, with the Rev. Canon Martin Gutwein; coffee hour to follow; soup pickup; 4 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Activities, St. Michael's Chapel.

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Good Book Club

The Good Book Club has moved back to the Worship Page.

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Envelopes Are Here

The new 2023 envelopes are at the back of the church. Questions: contact the treasurer, Debbie Cruz, at 609-707-5158.

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The Souper Bowl this year raised $199 for the food programs of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Camden.

Our Supply Priests

We wish to thank the Rev. Canon Martin Gutwein, the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Kirk and the Rev. Dr. Patrick Close for filling in at Sunday Masses and special services.

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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.

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. Click here

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Feeding First Responders

We continue to bring lunch frequently to the police and fire personnel in Collingswood in partnership with the Rotary Club as we have done since the pandemic began in 2020.

Financial donations to offset the costs of this effort are always welcome, whether by mail, in the plate, or through Vanco.

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 (parishioners who normally attend 5:30 Mass) continue to meet at 5:30 p.m. Saturdays on the conference call line for conversation and Evening Prayer.

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

Please join us.

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.

Food Pantry for March

We accept donations for the Collingswood Food Pantry, which is run by and housed at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church and serves Collingswood and Haddon Township residents.

For March, we are accepting laundry detergent.

Please leave the donations in the proper bin in the tower.

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. William H. (Chip) Stokes is retiring. and will be succeeded June 24 by the Rev. Canon Dr. Sally French.

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. Michael B. Curry, elected in 2015, is the 27th presiding bishop and primate of the church.

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 Most Rev. Justin Welby, the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, is the spiritual head of the Communion, comprising churches founded by the Church of England.