April 2007 Archives

The Memorial Service for Susan Mann to be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church by the Rev. Timothy P. Perkins, Rector.

Some of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church family may have known Susan Mann thru her visiting and her participation at RICM weekends. Susan had been staying with Jane & Spencer Williams and a member of St. Mark's parish for the last year of her life.

The Saturday morning celebration of Holy Eucharist on May 26, the Feast of St Augustine of Canterbury, will be offered In Memoriam for Susan Mann, a long-time friend of the Williams, Ramsbottom, Vasquez, and Desborough families. This will be at the regular 10 AM service time at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2024 S. Collins St, Arlington, TX 76010. The church can be reached by telephone at 817-277-6871 if you need further information.

Just a reminder to those who are planning to atend Camp Eagle that your forms need to be turned in as soon as possible, but no later than the 27th along with your check. If you have any questions about Camp Eagle, you can contact Julia Blom. Thank you.

Memory Makers will meet at 10 a.m. at the home of Virginia Burroughs, 631 E Tripp Rd, in Sunnyvale, 75182 [ Map & Directions ]. If you need further directions, please call Virginia at 972-226-0271 or Joyce at 972-278-1389.

We are having a salad luncheon, so bring your favorite dish to share. We will be focusing on plans for the coming year and we need everyone’s input to have another successful season!

The first large payment for our new property is due in less than two weeks (May 15th). We need $100,000 for a 20% down payment to avoid defaulting on the loan. Please prayerfully consider giving sacrificially toward this need so that we might keep the 6-acre parcel of land on Miller Road and continue in ministry at Canterbury House. Checks may be made payable to Holy Trinity Anglican Church with a memo for "Land." Stocks, mutual funds and other creative payment options are also possible. You may talk to any Board member for more information.

Please note that starting on Sunday May 13th, the 8:30AM Eucharist will now be held at 8:00AM. The rest of the Sunday schedule times remain the same.

Furthermore, starting on Wednesday May 9th, all Wednesday evening events will take place at Canterbury House in Rowlett. Please see our directions page if you need to know how to get there.

The Miller Road Property is now in our possession. The former owner surrendered his keys on Monday and the utilities are being restored this week. There will be a parish wide workday on Saturday, April 29 to clean, repair, do yard work and prepare the Rowlett Canterbury House (the new name of the Miller Ministry House) for regular midweek ministry activities. Volunteers are needed in numerous areas, including yard maintenance, pool maintenance, construction, cleaning, decorating, painting, hospitality (that means the workers need food) and many other areas. We will need you to bring with you painting materials, yard tools, lawnmowers, construction materials, and anything else that might be helpful. It also would be nice to have several flatbed trailers present to haul away the accumulated junk that must be removed from the 6-acre property. If you have any new or gently used furniture that you would like to donate, a list of needed items will be forthcoming soon. Also, we will have a registry of housewarming items on file at Target after April 23. We will list all of the items needed to furnish the home from $5 items to $500 items. You can simply stop by any Target and look up Holy Trinity Rowlett and purchase an item that is needed.

As many of you may know, we purchased the six acres on Miller Road on faith with no capital down payment. The bank has agreed to give us 60 days from the time of closing to come up with a 20% down payment ($100,000). To date, we have received about $15,000 in designated gifts for this purpose. But we are a long way off with only three weeks left to raise the additional $85,000. If you feel called to help us in making this down payment, please make checks payable to Holy Trinity Anglican Church with a note “Land” and either place it in the offering plate or bring it by the church office.

The Board is also in the process of reviewing bids for a Master Plan proposal for the new church facility. We should have an architectural firm chosen by May 1st and then the architect will begin to draw up plans for the congregation to review. We have also engaged the services of a capital fund raising consultant who will be assisting us in preparing the congregation for the stewardship of this upcoming project. The new church facility could cost us between $1.5 and $2 million dollars (on top of the land), so as you can see, there will be a need for each of us to give sacrificially, unless we want to keep our present space on Broadway as our permanent Sunday worship space. You will hear more about our capital campaign in the coming weeks.

On a personal note, I want to say thank you to the retiring board members (Don McConnell, Bill Richards & Tom Young) for their untiring service over the past three years. I also wish to ask your prayers for our new Board President and Chairman, Joe Beggs as he comes into this position at a time when there will be much work to be done and your prayers for him are extremely important.

Bring your yard tools, paint brushes, cleaning supplies, and a great sense of humor and let’s get the Miller Road property in tip-top shape for ministry!!

Come and go as you need to—any time you can devote will be much appreciated.

If you need directions, click here to get to an interactive map of the new location, or click here to get driving directions from the Garland Campus.

Bishop Benjamin Kwashi, current bishop of Jos in the largest and fastest growing Anglican diocese in the world, will be preaching and ministering at Holy Trinity Anglican Church at both services on Sunday, May 6, 2007. Bishop Kwashi, who has been Bishop of Jos, Nigeria for 14 years, is also the coordinating Bishop for CANA (Convocation of Anglicans in North America).

Bishop Kwashi is recognized worldwide in the Anglican Communion for his zeal and his success in reaching Muslims for Christ. His diocese, in a predominately Muslim area of Nigeria, is growing at an unprecedented rate. Bishop Kwashi will be sharing his insights about Evangelism in his diocese as well as offering prayer for healing and the laying on of hands for those who desire it. He will preside at both celebration of Holy Communion using the Nigerian liturgy. For more information, please contact the church office at Holy Trinity Anglican Church (972-240-0181) or go to our website at www.rowlettanglicans.org.

Bishop Kwashi will be present at both services on Sunday morning along with a time of celebration and fellowship in between services at 9:45AM.

Please note that this event was originally announced as happening at a tent in our Rowlett location. This is now no longer happening, and will occur at our temporary worship location in Garland.

Wanda Vassallo will perform her monologue on “Jesus, the Great Liberator of Women”. Afterwards, Annie Mead will talk to us about her experiences in Saudi Arabia. Childcare will be available. Come and bring your friends, don’t miss it!!

(an informal clay target shoot and range day)
Come join the fun and camaraderie at the 2nd MOHT Range Day. Old pros and novices are all welcome. So dust off the old shotguns, dig out the left over shells from your hunting bags and meet us for a very informal clay target shoot and range day. GPSR also has rifle and handgun ranges available for our use after the clay target shoot. This is a great opportunity to tune up your skills with your rifles and handguns!!

NOTES:

1. Cost is $10.00 for all day and if you need to purchase a mandatory lifetime range card it costs an additional $10.00. At the time of this purchase there will be a short safety and range rules orientation.
2. If you do not have access to a shotgun MOHT will provide one.
3. Bring safety glasses and ear protection. We do have some ear plugs to give away and a few safety glasses to loan.
4. A snack of juice, donuts and sausage rolls will be provided before the shoot.
5. Lady shooters are welcome.
6. The range is located at 2606 Pleasant Valley Road, Garland, TX [ Map & Directions ]
7. Any questions contact—Jim Hall @ 972-686-0466 (home) or 469-261-0729 (cell)

Please don’t park in the spaces directly in front of our neighbor businesses. We want to be good neighbors and leave spaces for other tenants. Thanks so much!