839 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, N.J. 08108

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This week at Holy Trinity: Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Lenten Bible Study with Fr. Jeffrey Kirk; 5:30 p.m., Evening Prayer and Conversation on the Conference Line; Sunday, 9 a.m., Mass for the Second Sunday in Lent; coffee hour to follow; 4 p.m., Sunday School and Youth Fellowship.

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.
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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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"Our challenges as a Christian community are not limited to clergy and buildings. We live in a world that has largely lost touch with those rituals and values inspired by Christian belief. How to speak to people probably requires that we listen to them to discern what are -- and are not -- motivating them to see the love that God has for them and the kind of life to which God is calling them."

Fr. Martin Gutwein

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The 9 a.m. Mass on Sundays during Lent is Rite I, found on Page 323 in the Book of Common Prayer.

The Mass

The leaflet for the 9 a.m. Sunday Mass can be found here.

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

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International Women's Day

Broccoli Cheddar Is
March's Soup Offering

Look what the soup crew is making for March! It's broccoli cheddar.

The soup is $4 a pint and $7 a quart. Order deadline is March 17. Pickup is March 21 from 3 to 4 p.m. and March 23 at coffee hour. You can now order and pay on Vanco (there is a processing fee when you order online) or by cash or check as always, using the order form here, with a QR code for online ordering.

Order forms are always on our Soup Page.

Sunday School/Youth Fellowship

Sunday School/Youth Fellowship meets on the first and third Sundays each month, and meets this Sunday.

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

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.

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.

Knitting & Crocheting
Every Second Sunday

Knitters and crocheters will be meeting on the second Sunday of each month during or after coffee hour in the parish hall.

If you are a novice or never tried using knitting needles or a crochet hook, we have quite a few people in our group who would help you get started on your first project.

Any questions call Sharon Wolfgang at 856-854-2643 or leave a message at the church at 856-858-0491.

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Pancakes and sausage in abundance was cooked and served Tuesday, March 4, as Holy Trinity observed Shrove Tuesday. The annual event benefits Holy Trinity's Sunday School and Youth Fellowship program.

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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Lent Madness

Take part in the annual saintly smackdown with on-line voting each day at lentmadness.org. If you’d like to order The Saintly Scorecard, the official paperback guide to Lent Madness , featuring the biographies of all 32 saints in contention for the Golden Halo, click on Lent Madness or go to Forward Movement
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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, or pay for soup or register for events, you can do so on our Vanco site by clicking here.

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Souper Bowl of Caring raised $250 for the food programs of St. Paul's Church, Camden.

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Noisy Collection Is Back

Please bring in loose change (or paper money) for this special collection each Sunday in Lent. This outreach offering will be divided between Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of New Jersey and Episcopal Relief and Development.

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All Masses are live-streamed unless otherwise noted.

Saturday, March 15, 9:30 a.m., Lenten Bible Study.

Saturday, March 15, 5:30 p.m., Evening Prayer and Conversation on the Conference Line.

Sunday, March 16, 9 a.m., Mass for the Second Sunday in Lent; coffee hour to follow;

Sunday, March 16, 4 p.m., Sunday School and Youth Fellowship.

Monday, March 17, Soup order deadline.

Friday, March 21, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., Soup pickup.

Saturday, March 29, 10:30 a.m., Outdoor Cleanup Day (Rain date April 5).

Online Giving

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

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.

Outdoor Cleanup Day

An outdoor cleanup day is scheduled for Saturday, March 29, at 10:30 a.m. (Rain date April 5.)

There will be a signup sheet in the back of the church for volunteers to chase the winter blues from the churchyard.

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.

Lenten Bible Study

There will be Lenten Bible study from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturdays from March 15 through April 5 with the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Kirk. Information on topics is available here. The readings to be discussed are the Lenten Old Testament readings from The Revised Common Lectionary, Year C.

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.