This week at Holy Trinity: Today, 8 p.m., Maundy Thursday Mass; all-night vigil in the chapel will follow; Friday, Noon, Good Friday service; Saturday, 8 p.m., Great Vigil of Easter; Sunday, 9 a.m., Mass for the Feast of the Resurrection; Easter egg hunt to follow.
Sunday School/Youth Fellowship will next meet at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 7 in St. Michael's Chapel.
Activities include a children's chapel service, snacks and age-appropriate activities for those from pre-K through high school.
This outreach offering will be divided between Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of New Jersey and Episcopal Relief and Development.
Here is the leaflet for the Mass. Just 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.
Booklets that will walk you through the stations are located on the table at the back of the church.
If you’d like to stop by on a weekday to walk through or meditate on them, please contact Charlotte in the office to arrange a time when she is in the office. If you are planning on attending the 7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday service or participating in the all-night vigil in the chapel following the service to the next morning, the stations will be in place during those times also.Look what the soup ladies are making for March! Yes, it's split pea.
The soup was prepared March 22.
The soup, at $4 a pint and $7 a quart, is a welcome sight (and YES, the photo is exactly what it will look like, so what you see is what you'll be eating, and eating, and eating).Payment is by cash, check or Vanco.
Order forms are 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.
"I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry." - John 6:35.
Hundreds of books remaining from the Nov. 11 Used Book Sale were donated to BookSmiles. Learn more about the wonderful work of this local nonprofit at BookSmiles.
Lent Madness has begun.
Read about the 32 saints who will vie for this year’s Golden Halo and get ready to cast your vote each day.
Complete information is at Lent Madness
The winner was St. Paul's Church in Camden, which is receiving $200 for its food programs.
The Souper Sunday collection on Feb. 11 was the big winner, and $100 of that was dropped in the pot for "Pitchers and Catchers Report This Week," meaning spring (that is, baseball) is right around the corner.
Three bags of mittens, scarves, hats, and socks were given to the Neighborhood Center and Seeds of Hope in Camden.
Additionally, over $300 in gift cards to local stores were delivered to Collingswood Special Services this year.
Thanks to everyone who made donations to these outreach projects this year.
Members of our Sunday School and Youth Fellowship received Holy Communion for the first time on Sunday, Jan. 21.
It was a joyous day despite the cold and snow and a special coffee hour with individual cakes for each followed.
Theresa Chattin, parish verger and Sunday School co-coordinator, led children and parents in a rendition of "Fishers of Men," reflecting the day's Gospel reading."
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 member Sue Verzella and senior warden Robert Staszewski; former vestry members Pat Penney and Theresa Chattin; 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.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.
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.
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 that lists are kept up-to-date and to share their experiences with prayer.
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.
Today. 8 p.m., Mass for Maundy Thursday.
Tonight to Friday morning, All-Night Vigil in the Chapel.
Friday, Noon, Good Friday Service.
Saturday, 8 p.m., Easter Vigil.
Sunday, 9 a.m., Mass for the Feast of the Resurrection; Easter Egg Hunt to follow.
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.
Our annual Boscov's event Oct. 18 raised $220.
A $5 shopping pass from the department-store chain entitled shoppers to a 25 pct. discount that benefited area nonprofits including Holy Trinity,
Thanks to Charlotte Sink and Karen Sobota for all their efforts, including the day spent at Boscov's to sell passes.
The Feb. 29 fundraiser spaghetti and meatball supper by Troop 179 netted about $750. The scouts send their thanks.
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.
Financial donations to offset the costs of this effort are always welcome, whether by mail, in the plate, or through Vanco.
Today, March 28, 8 p.m.: Maundy Thursday followed by all- night vigil in the chapel.
Friday, March 29 , Noon, Good Friday Service.
Saturday, March 30, 8 p.m., Great Vigil of Easter.
Sunday, March 31, 9 a.m., Feast of the Resurrection; Children’s Easter Egg Hunt to follow.
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.
The number 856-861-3864 – PIN 924 821.
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.
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.
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.