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In Thanksgiving and Memory
WORSHIP SCHEDULE: We hold one Sunday service held at 10:00 a.m.
Interested in becoming a CHALICE BEARER? Or how about a WORSHIP HOSPITALITY MINISTER? We need folks to help make and keep Holy Trinity a warm and friendly place.
Youth Groups meet on every other Wednesday evening at 5:30 pm. All youth, grades 3 and up, are cordially invited to attend. Meetings open at 5:30 pm with a dinner in St. Margarets Hall and end at 7:00 pm. For meeting dates, please contact Cadence or Drew Smith at nbroadsmith@comcast.net or 215-368-2579.
Youth Group will resume in the Fall.
Confirmation Class: Classes will resume in the Fall.
A Word from Father Rivers:
We are using the lessons appointed for July 4th, Independence Day, which means we are not using the lessons appointed for this Sunday, Proper 9, in the Revised Common Lectionary. That set of readings continues through the material about King David, this time dealing with the manner in which David became the king recognized by everyone following Sauls death in battle, which we read last week. Here is what we are missing:
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said, "Look, we are your bone and flesh. For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The LORD said to you: It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel." So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
David occupied the stronghold, and named it the city of David. David built the city all around from the Millo inward. And David became greater and greater, for the LORD, the God of hosts, was with him. (2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10)
David is the one, then, who selected Jerusalem to be the capital of the new nation. His son, Solomon, is the one who built the first temple (the 1st was destroyed by the Babylonians 586 BCE; its replacement was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE) in Jerusalem, as the site for the Arc. The temple is/was located slightly to the north of the location of Davids buildings, higher up on the same ridge of land. Jerusalem had been a center of religious activity since well before David and Solomon made it a center for the Hebrew people.
A Brief History of The Church of the Holy Trinity: Pat Brownback has written a brief history of the Church (see below). We are incorporating this information into our Worship Booklets as well.
January 5, 1885: The first service is held in Freeds Hall, Main Street, Lansdale, conducted by a deacon from The Church of the Messiah, Gwynedd.
1890: The present church building is erected at Fourth and Broad Streets, built by Philadelphia architect, Samuel Milligan, using plans adapted by Mr. Weems, an English architect from St. Giles, the parish of Stoke Poges. St. Giles was built in 1222 and is the final resting place of the Penn family, founders of Pennsylvania. St. Giles was made famous by Thomas Greys Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard.
1903: The rectory is constructed.
1930: The parish hall (St. Margarets Hall) is built.
1946: Holy Trinity is granted parish status by the Diocese of Pennsylvania.
1957: The parish house is enlarged and an educational wing is added.
1965: The church building is extended and the altar is moved away from the wall, enabling the celebrant to face the congregation during the Eucharist. The linear communion rail becomes semi-circular and the choir is moved to behind the altar. A modern stained glass window depicting a descending dove is installed behind the baptismal font. The dark wood in the nave is replaced by light wood. In recent years, chairs have replaced the pews.
1990: The former Guild Room, located between the narthex and St. Margarets Hall is transformed into a chapel. Later in the 1990s two new stained glass windows are added to the nave and the rose window is replaced.
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