Join us between 10 am and 5:00 pm on Saturday and 1:30 to 5:00 pm on Sunday. Reverend Henry Scadding, the orgininal rector will be wandering the building greeting guests. Guided and self-guided tours will be available along with some child-friendly materials. Organ demonstrations and recitals will take place throughout both days. The Penthelia Singers will perfom two half-hour concerts on Saturday (May 25th) at 11am and again at 1pm. A new feature this year will be the availability of food and beverages for sale at modest prices. http://www.toronto.ca/doorsopen/2013/
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The Oasis Series are evening services of Music and Reflection to nourish the justice-seeking soul held on the last Friday of the month at 6pm. Join us this Friday to walk the Labyrinth accompanied by the music of Michael Franklin outside. We will gather in the church to begin with some singing and reflection. We will return to the church at the end to share in a light supper. Next service is Friday, September 27th at 6pm. 
Hear low-income people speak from experience, HT member and housing advocate Michael Shapcott outline the rich-poor gap, and a powerful call to respond to poverty in Turning the Tide, a new video produced by the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Social Justice & Advocacy Department. It’s meant to kick-start discussion around poverty and homelessness, and encourage action. Many parishes are already planning events to show it, with a User’s Guide found at Social Justice and Advocacy web page. You can watch this 18-minute video at http://www.youtube.com/tordio135. Evening services of Music and Reflection to nourish the justice-seeking soul. We gather just after Earth Day and not far from World Water Day so we will listen to music and poetry, we will sing and reflect as we honour the ground and water on which we stand and renew our commitment to be stewards of creation. The Casual Bluegrass Band will be our musical guests.
Sherman Hesselgrave Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto 17 March 2013 Isaiah 43 Psalm 126 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8
Stop dwelling on days gone by and brooding over events long past. I am about to do a new thing; at this very moment it is unfurling from the bud— can you not see it? —Isaiah 43
Thornton Wilder wrote that the “whole purport of literature…is the notation of the heart.” [The Bridge of San Luis Rey, p.16] In seminary, I took a course entitled Evil and Recovery: A Christian Perspective on Shakespeare. One of the most dramatic themes in literature, and well represented in the canon of this great documentarian of the [...]
Sunday, March 24 10:30 AM Palm Sunday Service with children’s program Thursday, March 28 6:00 PM supper & service with children involved Friday, March 29 10:30 AM service with children’s program 2:00 PM Ecumenical Good Friday Walk http://www.goodfridaywalk.ca/ Saturday, March 30 8:00 PM Great Vigil of Easter Service Sunday, March 31 10:30 AM Easter Day Service with children participating Holy Week services are bilingual – led by members & clergy of San Esteban & Holy Trinity We are the hosts of the Toronto Homeless Memorial. Homeless Memorial takes place at noon on Tuesday, March 12 to remember the 700 plus individuals who have died on the streets of Toronto. This short memorial takes place outside of Church of The Holy Trinity and is followed by a light lunch inside the church. Last month’s memorial generated a bit of media attention as the 700th name was added to the memorial in the midst of a shelter bed shortage. Here are a couple of related stories http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2013/02/20/homelessness_takes_a_tragic_toll_in_toronto_goar.html The Ecumenical Good Friday Walk for Justice planning team is again offering an opportunity to connect the meaning of Jesus’ suffering on the imperial cross of the first century to the contemporary suffering of victims of the empire’s powers-that-be in twenty-first century Canada/Toronto. The Walk, often attended by three to five hundred people, begins at 2 pm at Church of the Holy Trinity, to the west of the Eaton Centre, and makes a public witness at a few “stations” before making its way to Dundas Square and then back to Holy Trinity, closing at about 4:30 with a simple soup and bread meal. Plan on coming Good Friday afternoon to be in solidarity with those being crucified today, including youth, aboriginal people, [...]
February 22 at 6 pm – Seeking Justice, Finding Spirit! Church of The Holy Trinity beside the Eaton Centre hosts the monthly Oasis service of music and reflection to nourish the justice-seeking soul. This month we will engage in conversation based on the gathered community’s passions for justice balanced with silence, prayer, and music. These service are followed by a light supper and opportunities for conversation. Join us and invite your friends!
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