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Leana Charles, daughter of Trinity employee Maggy Charles, has been awarded a full scholarship to Wheaton College in Massachusetts. Maggy, Program Manager for Mission and Service Engagement Programs, has worked at Trinity for over 25 years. Both of her children graduated from Trinity’s preschool. Leana will matriculate at Wheaton in the fall.
As I sat with them after the art project on Saturday, they were enthusiastic even as they were in the midst of hashing out ideas.
They noted that the work inside and outside of Charlotte’s Place connects people and creates relationships within Trinity. “Common experience leads to connections, connections lead to community, community leads to peace making,” observed Ken Meyers, Associate Minister at Knollwood.
They also appreciated that people could use the space to find community or a spiritual connection, depending on their needs and personal history.
“Because it’s so open-ended, it allows the people who use the space to define it for themselves,” said Corrine Causby. She wondered aloud what programs they might be able to do in a safe, neutral space and what kind of ministries that might open up.
“We’re figuring it all out,” said Alyson Jamison, “how it would work in Winston Salem.”
Although their ministry may be “transposed into a different key,” as Frank Johnson put it, Charlotte’s Place clearly inspired them with new ideas for their outreach in North Carolina.
Last week, Caroline Shaw was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her work, Partita for 8 Voices. The composition was recorded by Roomful of Teeth, which includes several current and former members of the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Shaw also occasionally performs with the Choir.
The jury describes Partita for 8 Voices as “a highly polished and inventive a cappella work uniquely embracing speech, whispers, sighs, murmurs, wordless melodies and novel vocal effects.”
Watch a Roomful of Teeth, including several members of the Choir, perform Partita here and hear the entire work here.
She visited South Africa for the consecration of an old friend, Stephen Moreo, as the bishop of the Diocese of Johannesburg.
“I met [him] during the anti-apartheid struggle back in 1987, when he was a very young priest,” said Gibson, “and he drove me all over the Diocese of Johannesburg.”
While she was there, she met with two of the South African Fellows, Nandi Tshaka and Ann Meshe whom she got to know when they visited New York last year. They still keep in touch occasionally by email, and came to hear her preach.
“They are doing very well,” said Gibson. “Both are extremely busy in the work that they’re doing.”
Trinity parishioner Adrian Dannhauser has been selected as the Lilly Fellow at St. James’ Church on Madison Ave. This competitive fellowship is part of the Lilly Endowment’s ecumenical Transition-Into Ministry Program, which provides training and support for new clergy. St. James’ is one of 45 churches around the country that participate in the program. The fellowship will last two to three years. During the fellowship, which begins June 1, Dannhauser will receive mentoring from senior clergy and participate in the full range of ministries of the church, including preaching, leading worship, and pastoral care.
Dannhauser was ordained into the diaconate in March. She will graduate from the Berkeley School of Divinity at Yale in May and ordained to the priesthood in September.
During its first Totes for Teachers collection of the year 2013, Trinity received nearly 1,000 pounds of schools supplies, enough to fill 367 totes. Each tote contains supplies for a classroom of students.
During the March 17 Sunday Eucharist, the Trinity congregation blessed the totes. They, which will be distributed to nine schools in Lower Manhattan, and will support approximately 11,000 students.
Trinity distributes Totes for Teachers twice a year, in March and August. Those who still wish to donate can continue to do so online. Click here to donate.
Trinity owns 15 buildings in Hudson Square. During the review process Trinity Real Estate agreed to donate funds to the City Parks Department to repair Pier 40 and create new recreational space for the neighborhood.
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Created: July 7, 2010
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