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GETTING OUR DUCKS IN A ROW FOR JEEPFEST
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Toledo Jeepfest, held early in August each year, celebrates decades of Jeep’s partnership with the City of Toledo. The Toledo Assembly Complex began in 1904 as a bicycle factory. Willys-Overland purchased the facility in 1910 and converted it to an automobile assembly plant, and the plant began producing Jeeps in the 1940s.
What does this history have to do with Trinity? The answer is this: the celebration of “all things Jeep” will take over downtown Toledo this year from August 1-4. The Vendor Midway will occupy much of downtown including Adams Street in front of Trinity. The “outdoor refreshment area” extends all the way to Jackson Street. Trinity will essentially be inaccessible during Jeepfest, and staff members will be working from home.
NO SUNDAY MORNING service will be held on Sunday, August 4. The Rev. Gayle Catinella, Rector, and the people of St. Michael’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4718 Brittany Rd, have graciously offered to welcome Trinity people who want to attend their morning service at 10:00 am. (We hosted them when the Toledo Marathon closed the street in from of their church.)
We will offer an EVENING SERVICE at 5:00 pm at Trinity. It will be a full service with Holy Eucharist, great music, and coffee hour following. Because Jeepfest officially ends at 12:00 noon on Sunday, we’re confident that parishioners will be able to access the Four Seagate garage to park.
And, if you didn’t get the duck reference in the headline to this article, it’s about the craze that has been sweeping the worldwide Jeep community. The act of placing a rubber duck on someone's Jeep—called Jeep "ducking" and/or "Duck Duck Jeep"—began with one person from a small town in Ontario, Canada. She unknowingly started a movement of kindness, fellowship, and recognition with that first rubber duck she placed on a Jeep.
So, there will be Jeeps aplenty in Toledo the first weekend in August along with a “paddling” of rubber ducks.
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A DUCKY WAY TO SUPPORT TRINITY'S BREAKFAST PROGRAM!
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Jeepfest is right around the corner (see article elsewhere in Topics) and downtown Toledo will soon be full of Jeeps and awash in rubber ducks. (also see article elsewhere in Topics.)
So, we thought, how can our signature ministry benefit from all of the ducks migrating in our direction while keeping it in Trinity’s spirit of fun? The answer – a split-the-pot raffle benefiting Trinity’s Community Breakfast program.
We’ve caught a few of the rubber ducks and crammed them into a transparent plastic container. For a $5.00 donation, participants get to submit a written guess of how many ducks have flocked to fill the container. We can’t bill you, so we ask you to make a donation using cash or use our web-based donation kiosk.
We’ll run this for two weeks – this Sunday morning, July 28, around the 10:00 am service – and next Sunday, August 4, around the 5:00 pm service (yes, we are once again pointing you to the article elsewhere in Topics).
Hope you like the idea. To be honest, it doesn’t get us down, it quacks us up!
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AUGUST 23-25 TOLEDO PRIDE!
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Interested in volunteering?
August 23: Friday Night Potluck
August 24: Pride Booth
August 24: Parade
August 25: Hospitality @ 316
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CALLING ALL HOSTS!
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Are you a born host? Do you love creating community around a table with a delicious meal? Then Parish Life wants YOU! Trinity's Pop-Up Dinners are coming back, and we're looking for hosts wanting to create fabulous dinners and host new and old friends in the Trinity Community. You can sign up here, and the Parish Life Team will be in contact soon.
| WHO IS JESUS ANYWAY? |
Grab a snack at coffee hour and join us in the Walbridge Room as we begin to explore who Jesus is, using Diana Butler Bass’ book Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence as a springboard. (Here is a video of the author introducing the book if you’d like to learn more.)
These discussions are open to everyone, whether you have read the book or not, whether you can attend all the sessions or not, whether you know who Jesus is to you or you have no clue. Here are some questions to ponder for this week (Jesus as teacher; Jesus as friend):
- What has been your understanding of Jesus throughout your life? How have you seen that change over the years?
- “Jesus calls us friends. God reaches toward us, not as a fearsome master or judge, but a friend, beckoning us to reach back” (p. 16 of the book). Do you view Jesus as a friend of yours? Why or why not?
- Which of the teachings of Jesus is most compelling or attractive to you? Which teaching is most challenging or frustrating? Why?
The rough schedule for the rest of the sessions: July 28: Jesus as Savior
August 4: No session August 11: Jesus as Lord August 18: Jesus as Way
August 25: Jesus as Presence September 1: Bonus session: The Universal Jesus If you have any questions, contact facilitators Jolene Miller and Amy Saylor. Bring your questions, we’ll bring ours!
| WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE PLAZA?
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Sunday, August 11 @ 11:15 a.m. My Brother's Place
What's Next for the Plaza? Come help plan what our next steps will be to continue bringing our plaza to life. What furniture do we need? Could we plant one more bed this fall? Maybe hostas in the bed along the side of the Four Seagate building, which only gets shade? Other ideas? What uses do you envision for the plaza? Let's celebrate the progress we've made and the wonderful volunteers that have made it happen, and think together about what's next.
| PRIDE DONATIONS |
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Through August 18 we are asking for donations of 8oz water bottles and hard candy for Pride! You can drop them off at our “drop off station” by the columbarium. PLEASE, no chocolate as it tends to melt in the August sun. Any chocolate donated will be considered a tithe for our Director of Operations. If you have any questions please contact our Director of Community Engagement through email at, george@trinitytoledo.org
| COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY |
Sunday, August 18 1:00-3:00 p.m. Epworth United Methodist Church, 4855 Central Ave. Presentation of the City of Toledo’s Comprehensive Plan for Neighborhood Safety
Malcolm Cunningham, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety & Engagement (MONSE), will provide an overview of the City of Toledo's new Comprehensive Plan for Neighborhood Safety. Malcolm will host an interactive forum after the plan presentation. Many people from the community have been working on this plan over the past year, and it is bearing fruit in reducing gun violence. Come learn about the positive steps our community is taking! Free, open to all. Sign up here.
Download information flyer here.
| Diocesan Office for Mission Peace and Justice |
Click here for the resources page.
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| TRINITY PRAYER LIST
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Did you know that Trinity has an active prayer list? If you’d like prayers for yourself or for someone you know, you can request them by contacting the Trinity office (trinity@trinitytoledo.org or 419-243-1231) or our interim rector, Stephen Applegate (in person or via email at stephen@trinitytoledo.org).
At the moment, all prayer requests are shared only with a small intercessory prayer group who, along with parish clergy, offer recurring prayers for each request. This is not a closed group. If you want to join Trinity parishioners who’ve committed to the practice of regularly praying for others, ask Stephen about joining the prayer team.
When a request is received, it remains on the prayer list for four weeks before it’s taken off. Requests can always be renewed or submitted again. However, having an “expiration date” will prevent the list from overflowing with prayer requests that are out of date.
| BOOK CLUB
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Book clubbers! We’re taking a bit of a hiatus for July and August but add this to the late summer reading list so it’s fresh in your mind for discussion on September 8. Stay tuned for sign up and zoom information. (*Our library has print, ebook and audio copies.)
| TRINITY@HOME LIVE-STREAM |
Trinity@Home is now a live-stream of Trinity’s 10:00 am in-person service with an interactive chat.
www.trinitytoledo.org/live
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EPISCOPAL NEWS SERVICE
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