Summer at Trinity

Church Picnic

We kicked off our summer with a church picnic here at Trinity in late June.  It was a perfect day and we had all of our church family out for the event, bringing friends and other family members too. Butch Lewis did an excellent job at manning the grill.  He singlehandedly and joyously served up burger after burger, chicken after chicken, hot dog after hot dog. Butch is a happy cook and also provides all the cooking for our Reboot Combat Recovery program.  And there was lots of food available inside as well.  Fr. Mirabilie's wife, Inger, and Leslie dueled for the best potato salad and many others contributed delectables as well. One thing is for sure, we know how to do food!

There were lots of children running around and they had a ball (literally) in the field adjacent to the church, which had been turned into an activity center. Kids played catch with their dads, and some folks just sat out in the shade watching the kids play.

More joyous than anything else were the connections and conversations enjoyed together. Trinity has changed and grown over the last year with many new members attending. It was a good opportunity for the newer members to rub shoulders with established members and build relationships. Fred Perry, Our senior warden, was keen to capitalize on this and wasted no time recruiting people to needed duties in the church.  Meanwhile, Fr. Matt was deep in conversation about spiritual things with some of the newer members of the church. 

Trinity is growing, Not just in numbers, but in depth, in spirituality, and in service. We are amazed at what God has been doing over the last year and look forward with eagerness to what He will do in the future!

Bob's Brunch

Bob Lovo is our treasurer and all around great guy. He lives in York and his wife's family, the Sewalls, have been there since the 1700's. Bob graciously offered to host a gathering of established and recent members of the church, an opportunity to eat and have fun together. It  was hot out, so everyone was enjoying the air conditioned space inside.  Steve M. played the piano and we enjoyed more good food. Latter on Fr. Matt, Inger and our junior warden, Mike McKinnon enjoyed time outside on the deck with Bob and Jan. Bob was a great host and we really enjoyed his guest house and hospitality.

What else?

Well, After the church picnic and Bob's Brunch Fr. Matt traveled to Greenwich, NY to meet Bp. Marsh and scope out a new possible location for St. Luke's camp. 

Then, on the 4th of July weekend, Bob invited Fr. Matt  and his wife Inger to take a few days off and enjoy his guest house.  They were joined by their good friends, the Rev. Jim King and Deborah, who pastors a church in Portland.  It turned out they needed a break too. They relaxed by the jacuzzi and fancy gas fired fire pit, created some wonderful meals (Fr. Jim and Fr. Matt both like to cook) and went to the beach. 

Like most of our parishioners, the summer is time to enjoy some lakeside fun. Many of our families have a camp on a lake somewhere and, well, off they went. Mitchel invited Fr. Matt's family boating one Sunday.  Others went on cross-country rv trips too. 

In mid July Fr. Matt left for his yearly motorcycle getaway for alone time riding and camping. He is an avid motorcyclist. Once back it was time to make the final preparations for St. Luke's camp, which was the second week of August. ​The camp was great, but that will be anther story. 

Now as we wind down the summer and get ready for fall we are preparing for our next New Members Class and we are getting ready to launch our next Reboot Combat Recovery course, beginning September 21st. We've had a number of visitors during the summer and many of them are returning over and over again.  We hope to see you among our new visitors soon!