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TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH • 430 JULIANA ST., PARKERSBURG, WV 26101 • 304.422.3362 • TRINITY-CHURCH.ORG

JULY 2018

T H E S TA F F The Very Rev. Paul L. Hicks, 


RectorTiffany Deem, 
Dir. Rel. Ed.Susie Fitcher, 


AdministratorJim Full, 


Dir. CommunicationsPaul Miller, 
Treasurer

Devin Sudman,ChoirmasterAllan Zipf, 
Organist

T H E V E S T R Y 2018

Becky Mathis-StumpLarry NutterKatie Perrine

Dennis Ramsay

2019Margaret Burdette

Barbara Full

2020Kim CouchBob Harris

Justin Warren

TRUSTEESCharles AllmanForbes HiehleDenny PratherLarry Tucker

T I M E S E D I T O R Barbara Full Photo by Paula Oliphant

Summer is well underway, but we still have a lot of exciting events going on at the Church. For example, the First Lutheran Church has invited us to join them for their Monday evening golf league this summer. Several of our parishioners have played and report how much fun they had. We have also invited the Luther-ans to join us for our Movie Night to return the favor.

Speaking of our interaction with First Lutheran, a few have asked me why we are doing so much with them. The easy answer is because they in-vited us to. But it is a little more than that: the Episcopal Church is in full communion with the Lutheran Church. Which means that I can serve in their church and Pastor Ian can serve in ours. Additionally, it has been a bless-ing to combine and share some of the activities and services with them. For instance, this is our second year for having Vacation Bible School with them and for two years we have com-bined (with other churches) for the Easter Vigil services. The main bene-fit is that these examples when done together, offer a bigger and better event than if done separately. And we have made great friends along the

way. So, we will keep looking for opportunities to serve God to-gether in the fu-ture. Pastor Ian has always been very ecumenical.

The follow-up question is: “Why are we not doing more with our sister church Good Shepherd?” We are cer-tainly willing to work together with our fellow Episcopalians and have done so in the past. Good Shepherd is in-volved with the Vacation Bible School and had been invited to participate in the Easter Vigil. Mother Marjorie and I have spoken about additional oppor-tunities, but she feels that they have several programs going on in their church and wish to concentrate on them at this time. Other new and exciting oppor-tunities here at Trinity include our new evening activities. We have added a prayer bead service at 6:00 pm on Tuesday evenings followed by an evening Bible/Book Study at 6:30. These were added for those parish-ioners and guests that cannot partici-pate in these activities during the day

A Word from Your Priest

From Chuck Guyer:Food cost for May was $637.30, supply cost was $107.37, for a total of $744.64.We served 378 meals for the month, with a food cost per meal of $1.69, supply cost of $0.28 for a total per meal cost of $1.97. We had a total number of 41 helpers preparing and serving for the month, with an average of 10 per week.

“Thank you to all of our wonderful helpers!!”

Monday Feeding Program

because of work or other schedule con-flicts. We have started a Saturday Evening Eucharist Service we are calling our “Rite 3” service. It is really a Rite 2 service that offers some contemporary music such as selections from the Pe-terkin songbook and the Lift Every Voice and Sing song book and others. The atmosphere is a little more casual and we hope to bring some new families to our church. But keep in mind all are welcome! We even have a baptism scheduled for this service on June 30!

Continuing our 175th celebration, please make plans to attend our “Her-itage Dinner” on October 12. The Bishop

will join us for the dinner and then will be with us on Sunday to celebrate our ser-vices. The church is looking to cover the cost of the hotel ballroom and entertain-ment. We are expecting to keep the ticket cost for dinner to about $26 per plate. As you can see, we have a lot of exciting things happening here. Please come and be a part of what God is doing at Trinity, and as always, bring a friend.

God bless you one and all,Father Paul

Sunday worship attendance: 8:00, 10:30 May 6: 25, 55 (total 80) May 13: 28, 98 (total 126) May 20: 19, 60 (total 79) May 27: (one service) 96 Average May, 2018 — 95 Average May, 2017 —88

Wednesday 12:15 service: 7, 10, 15, 9, 11 Prayer Bead: 10, 10, 12, 9, 8 Crisis Intervention — help with: electric-9, water-3, gas-1, prescriptions-1, Food Closet — 26 adults, 12 children Clothes Closet —18

Trinity by the Numbers May

Evensong and High Tea June 3

Work Day

Congratulations, Graduates!!

High School Graduates Will Couch, son of Kim and Blair Couch, and grandson of Cheryl Harb and George Lantz graduated from Parkersburg High School, and will be attending Fairmont State University this fall majoring in Architecture.

Abby Stanley, daughter of Susan and Steve Stanley, and granddaughter of Judy and Steve Stanley, graduated from Parkersburg High School. She will be attending Marshall University in the fall.

Allison Nichole Tucker, daughter of Tara and Robert Tucker, granddaugh-ter of Linda and Larry Tucker, gradu-ated from Nitro Senior High School, and will attend High Point University to major in Neuroscience as a mem-ber of the National Science Fellows.

Abigale Elizabeth Darnell, daughter of Paula Oliphant,graduated from High School and will be attending Radford University in Virginia.

Skye Oliphant, daughter of Kevin Oliphant, and granddaughter of Rae and Kevin Oliphant graduated from High School and will be attending WVUP this fall.

George Hines, son of Jo-Jo and Chris Hines, grandson of Cheryl Harb and George Lantz graduated from Park-ersburg High School, and will be at-tending WVU in the fall, majoring in Education.

College Graduates Gage Oliphant, son of Paula and Kevin Oliphant, grandson of Bonnie Enoch , and Rae and Kevin Oliphant graduated from Marshall University with a degree in Biology. Gage and his sister Gracie will both be working in California at St. Dorothy Episcopal Church Camp as Camp Counselors. In the fall Gage will move to Florida for eight months to get his masters in diving.

Caroline McKnight, daughter of Pe-tey and Mac McKnight, and grand-daughter of Ann Bailey has graduat-ed from T.C.U.

Rachel McCoy, daughter of Terri and Bill McCoy, granddaughter of Cara Bowen, graduated from Fairmont State University.

Reuel Shock Zinn, son of Aimee Shock and Reuel H. Zinn, and grand-son of Susan and Butch Shock grad-uated from WVU in Aero Space Engi-neering on May 12th.

We are now accepting books for the 2018 book sale.

We cannot accept the following type books: • library books • textbooks • cassettes • VHS tapes • reference books • medical textbooks • magazines (except for cooking magazines) • Readers Digest Condensed books • mildewed books or boxes. Please drop off books in Trinity Hall. The book sale commit-tee will be there to assist you on Tuesdays from 5:00-6:30 pm and Wednesdays from 10:00-11:30 am. We are unable to come and pick up your books. We appreciate and thank you for your cooperation and donations. God’s blessings!

Book Sale News

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PENTECOST 9Discretionary Sunday

10:00 am — Bible Study 11:00 am —Food Closet 6:00 pm — Blenn. Stamp Soc.

Trinity Times Deadline

11:00 am — Feeding Program 5:45 pm — Finance 6:30 pm — Vestry

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8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm — Prayer Bead Ministry (Adams Chapel) 6:30 pm — Bible/Book Study

10:00 am — Bible Study 11:00 am —Food Closet, Knitters 5:00 pm — Actors Guild (Tr. Hall)

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8:00 am — Eucharist 9:15 am —Sunday School 10:30 am — Eucharist 5:30 pm — Youth 5:45 pm — Movie Night

8:00 am — Eucharist 9:15 am — Sunday School 10:30 am — Eucharist 5:30 pm — Youth

11:00 am — Feeding Program

11:00 am — Feeding Program, Clothes Closet

10:00 am — Book Sorting, Food Closet 11:30 am — Prayer Bead Ministry 12:15 pm — HE & Healing 2:00 pm — Cal. meeting 5:30 pm — VBS (1st Luth.)

10:00 am — Bible Study 11:00 am —Food Closet 11:00 am -1:00 pm — Hearts for the Homeless Reception

8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm - Blenn. Stamp Soc.

10:00 am — Bible Study 11:00 am —Food Closet 6:30 pm — Bldg comm.

10:00 am — Book Sorting, Food Closet 11:30 am — Prayer Bead Ministry 12:15 pm — HE & Healing 5:30 pm — VBS (1st Luth.)

10:00 am — Book Sorting, Food Closet 11:30 am — Prayer Bead Ministry 5:30 pm — VBS (1st Lutheran)

8:00 am — Eucharist 9:15 am — Sunday School 10:30 am — Eucharist 5:30 pm — Youth

9:00 am-2:00 pm — Vestry Retreat 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm — Narcotics Anonymous Speakerfest (T.Hall) 5:30 pm —Saturday Evening Eucharist 8:00 pm — AA

5:30 pm — Saturday Evening Eucharist (Fr. Gene) 8:00 pm — AA

8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm — Prayer Bead Ministry (Adams Chapel) 6:30 pm — Bible/Book Study

8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm — Prayer Bead Ministry (Adams Chapel) 6:30 pm — Bible/Book Study

8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm — Prayer Bead Ministry (Adams Chapel)

9:00 am — ECM breakfast, T.Hall 5:30 pm — Saturday Evening Eucharist (Fr. Gene) 8:00 pm — AA

WV DOK mtg - Bridgeport 5:30 pm — Saturday Evening Eucharist 8:00 pm — AA

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8:00 am — Eucharist 9:15 am — Sunday Sch. 10:30 am — Eucharist 11:30 am — Coffee Conv. 5:30 pm — Youth

8:00 am — Morning Prayer (P. Miller) 9:15 am — Sunday School 10:30 am —Morning Prayer (P. Miller) 5:30 pm — Youth

Father Paul @ General Convention 7/2 — 7/14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Camp Vaudeville 7/9-7/17(Upstairs In Ed. Bldg.) 8:30 am-12:30 pm Father Paul @ General Convention 7/2 — 7/14 - - - - - - - - - -

11:00 am — Feeding Program

B I RT H DAYS 1. Kelli Marteney2. Sue Ellen Johnson3. Linda Bennett

Kelly Thomas4. Wendy Ralsten6. Fr. Paul Hicks

7. Jordan Farnsworth9. Allan Zipf

10. Paula Sellers12. Tiffany Orem Deem13. Jean Jackson15. Abigail Darnell

20. Abby HayhurstJacob MillerGary Vincent

23. Larry Tucker24. Gavin Fury25. Camille Currey

25. Katharine Nutter26. Jim Full27. Blair Couch28. Bill Mildren30. Joan Ramsay31. Charlie Allman

A N N I V E R SA R I E S 8. Linda & Jack Dowling

10. Dianne & B.J. Hess21. Sarah & Andrew Patrick23. Karen & Tim Northrup27. Denise & Everett Orem28. Liza & Richard Adams

4th of July Office Closed

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PENTECOST 9Discretionary Sunday

10:00 am — Bible Study 11:00 am —Food Closet 6:00 pm — Blenn. Stamp Soc.

Trinity Times Deadline

11:00 am — Feeding Program 5:45 pm — Finance 6:30 pm — Vestry

PENTECOST 7

8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm — Prayer Bead Ministry (Adams Chapel) 6:30 pm — Bible/Book Study

10:00 am — Bible Study 11:00 am —Food Closet, Knitters 5:00 pm — Actors Guild (Tr. Hall)

PENTECOST 10

8:00 am — Eucharist 9:15 am —Sunday School 10:30 am — Eucharist 5:30 pm — Youth 5:45 pm — Movie Night

8:00 am — Eucharist 9:15 am — Sunday School 10:30 am — Eucharist 5:30 pm — Youth

11:00 am — Feeding Program

11:00 am — Feeding Program, Clothes Closet

10:00 am — Book Sorting, Food Closet 11:30 am — Prayer Bead Ministry 12:15 pm — HE & Healing 2:00 pm — Cal. meeting 5:30 pm — VBS (1st Luth.)

10:00 am — Bible Study 11:00 am —Food Closet 11:00 am -1:00 pm — Hearts for the Homeless Reception

8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm - Blenn. Stamp Soc.

10:00 am — Bible Study 11:00 am —Food Closet 6:30 pm — Bldg comm.

10:00 am — Book Sorting, Food Closet 11:30 am — Prayer Bead Ministry 12:15 pm — HE & Healing 5:30 pm — VBS (1st Luth.)

10:00 am — Book Sorting, Food Closet 11:30 am — Prayer Bead Ministry 5:30 pm — VBS (1st Lutheran)

8:00 am — Eucharist 9:15 am — Sunday School 10:30 am — Eucharist 5:30 pm — Youth

9:00 am-2:00 pm — Vestry Retreat 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm — Narcotics Anonymous Speakerfest (T.Hall) 5:30 pm —Saturday Evening Eucharist 8:00 pm — AA

5:30 pm — Saturday Evening Eucharist (Fr. Gene) 8:00 pm — AA

8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm — Prayer Bead Ministry (Adams Chapel) 6:30 pm — Bible/Book Study

8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm — Prayer Bead Ministry (Adams Chapel) 6:30 pm — Bible/Book Study

8:00 am — Men of Trinity breakfast @Corner Cafe 5:00 pm — Book Sorting 6:00 pm — Prayer Bead Ministry (Adams Chapel)

9:00 am — ECM breakfast, T.Hall 5:30 pm — Saturday Evening Eucharist (Fr. Gene) 8:00 pm — AA

WV DOK mtg - Bridgeport 5:30 pm — Saturday Evening Eucharist 8:00 pm — AA

PENTECOST 6

8:00 am — Eucharist 9:15 am — Sunday Sch. 10:30 am — Eucharist 11:30 am — Coffee Conv. 5:30 pm — Youth

8:00 am — Morning Prayer (P. Miller) 9:15 am — Sunday School 10:30 am —Morning Prayer (P. Miller) 5:30 pm — Youth

Father Paul @ General Convention 7/2 — 7/14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Camp Vaudeville 7/9-7/17(Upstairs In Ed. Bldg.) 8:30 am-12:30 pm Father Paul @ General Convention 7/2 — 7/14 - - - - - - - - - -

11:00 am — Feeding Program

B I RT H DAYS 1. Kelli Marteney2. Sue Ellen Johnson3. Linda Bennett

Kelly Thomas4. Wendy Ralsten6. Fr. Paul Hicks

7. Jordan Farnsworth9. Allan Zipf

10. Paula Sellers12. Tiffany Orem Deem13. Jean Jackson15. Abigail Darnell

20. Abby HayhurstJacob MillerGary Vincent

23. Larry Tucker24. Gavin Fury25. Camille Currey

25. Katharine Nutter26. Jim Full27. Blair Couch28. Bill Mildren30. Joan Ramsay31. Charlie Allman

A N N I V E R SA R I E S 8. Linda & Jack Dowling

10. Dianne & B.J. Hess21. Sarah & Andrew Patrick23. Karen & Tim Northrup27. Denise & Everett Orem28. Liza & Richard Adams

4th of July Office Closed

Trinity’s Day with the Fire Department

A Facebook post from our Senior Warden Becky Mathis-Stump:

Thanks to Trinity Episcopal Church and the Parkersburg Fire Department, I spent my morning helping local homeowners receive smoke alarms. While it's WAY outside my com-fort zone to knock on the door of a stranger's house at 10 am and chat with them, if I hadn't participated, I would have missed: (1) the opportunity to encounter gracious men and women who will sleep easier tonight knowing they and their families have an extra layer of fire protection; (2) the excitement of boys and girls who wanted to see the fire truck and talk to the firemen; and (3) the childlike enthusiasm of adults (myself included) who were able to ride a fire truck. Sometimes, being out of a comfort zone has a really cool return.

A COLORFUL LOOK AT TRINITY’S PAST

by Paul Miller

What do St. Stephen, George Washington, and R. A. Gibson, Trinity’s fifth rector, have in common?

Robert Atkinson Gibson was born in Petersburg, Virginia  in July 1846 to Churchill Gibson, an Episcopal clergyman. Gibson attend Hampden–Syd-ney College, but interrupted his studies at age 18 to volunteer with Vir-ginia's First Rockbridge Artillery, not returning to Hampton–Sydney until af-ter the surrender at Appomattox in 1865. After graduation, Gibson enrolled at the Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained deacon on 24 July 1870 by Bishop Francis Whittle of Virginia.As deacon, Gibson worked to revive parishes in southeastern Virginia. On 4 July 1871, Bishop John Johns of Virginia ordained him to the priesthood, after which Gibson served as assistant to the Rev. Joshua Peterkin (father of our first bishop) at St. James Episcopal Church in Richmond. The Rev. Mr. Gibson arrived in Parkersburg to become the fifth rector of Trinity in October 1878 while the parish was in the process of constructing our current church building. While here, Gibson helped supervise the con-struction of Trinity Hall (formally opened in October 1881), the Bishop’s Residence, and a Chapel at Tavennerville. After nine years at Trinity, Gibson accepted a position as rector of Christ Church in Cincinnati, Ohio and continued until 1897, when his native dio-cese called him back to assist Bishop Whittle as Bishop Coadjutor, being consecrated on November 3, 1897. Upon the death of Bishop Whittle in 1902, Gibson became the sixth bishop of Virginia.

St. Stephen on far left. Bishop Gibson on Washington’s right

Bishop Gibson is most remembered as seeking to repossess, restore, and reopen many colonial churches which had fallen into ruin. He also built many churches and chapels in the Blue Ridge. In addition, most of Vir-ginia's black parishes were founded during his episcopate. As part of his duties, In June 1918, Bishop Gibson consecrated the newly constructed Grace Episcopal Church in the Plains, Virginia.

So, back to our original question: What do St. Stephen, George Washing-ton, and R. A. Gibson, Trinity’s fifth rector, have in common?

In thanksgiving for his ministry, the people of Grace Church in 1920 in-cluded the recently deceased Bishop Gibson, St. Stephen, George Washington, and seven others (all with halos!) in their Te Deum stained-glass window above the altar. A more complete story (and picture) of the window can be found here: https://www.gracetheplains.org. Look under “Welcome.”

Our July topic will be the new Saturday service and how it’s responsive to our desire to reach younger families (as was revealed on the survey) and how all the parish can help.

Save the Date

Church Picnic August 5

@City Park (More information later)

Coffee Conversations With the Senior Warden, Becky Mathis-Stump The first Sunday of each month at 11:45

July — Faithlink August — Crisis Intervention September — Trinity Food Closet

October — Feeding Ministry & Thanksgiving Dinner for Families November — Christmas Outreach

Look for envelopes in each Sunday’s bulletin as well as in this issue of The Trinity Times.

FaithLink assists primarily individuals who are 60+ or those with a physical disability or chronic illness to main-tain their independence. The mission is accomplished by linking individuals to a community of volunteers who can offer supplemental, non-medical care, and/or referring individuals to comprehensive service organizations.

Many heartfelt thanks for the kindnesses and prayers we received at the passing of Roger’s mother.   It was very helpful to feel love from our church family when we needed it.  Roger and Paula Sellers

Dear Trinity Family, Thank you for the beautiful flowers. They were of great cheer when I was in the hospital. Sincerely, Lynn Van Fossen

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Movie Night

July 15, 5:45 Popcorn,

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drinks

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