A Parish Profile

Trinity Episcopal Church

1011 Vermont Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
www.trinitylawrence.org
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 A Parish Profile

Trinity Episcopal Church

Please direct inquiries or applications to:

The Rev. Canon Craig Loya

Canon to the Ordinary
Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
Bethany Place
835 SW Polk Street
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1688
cloya@episcopal-ks.org
(800) 473-3563

www.trinitylawrence.org

Our Mission
Building a loving community that seeks and serves Christ in others.

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Table of Contents

The Trinity Family 7

Demographic Summary 8

Trinity’s History 9

Ministries 11

Worship 12

Communications 14

Education 15

Fellowship 17

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Table of Contents

Outreach 18

Special Events 20

Facilities 22

Strategic Plan 26

Finances 27

Leadership 32

Affiliations 34

Our Next Rector 36

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 Our Prayer
Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look graciously upon
your Church and so guide the minds of those who shall call a
rector for this parish, that we may receive a faithful pastor, who
will care for your people and equip us for our ministries; through
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

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The Trinity Family

Trinitarians are bound by faith and friendship, along with a deep commitment to
Episcopal tradition. As a downtown church with a long history in the community,
we remain devoted to serving those in need, and our programs and investments of
time, talent and treasure reflect this dedication.

Trinity’s second rector also served the University of Kansas as chancellor, and our
church’s ties to KU have endured through generations. Like Lawrence, a
quintessential college town, Trinity welcomes diversity and lively discussion. In
recent years, our connection to the campus is perhaps most evident in the
participation of KU students in our Sunday evening Solemn High Mass.

No document can truly capture a family’s personality, but we hope this profile offers
a helpful glimpse of our parish life.

Profile Committee Search Committee

Jerry Hare, co-chair Jerry Hare, co-chair
Jennifer Sanner, co-chair Janine Cox, co-chair
David Edington David Edington
John Emerson William McGillivray
Pat Kehde Debbie Pitts
William McGillivray Anne Patterson
Debbie Pitts Bruce Roberts
Bruce Roberts Sandra Weichert

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Parish Demographic Survey

Statistics 2009 Attendance Data

366 households
8 a.m. Sunday Service
(52 Services)
328 households in Lawrence
Average attendance is 42.
The range is 28 to 64.
38 households outside of Lawrence
10:30 a.m. Sunday Service
46 people live in retirement homes
(52 Services):
Average attendance is 163.
700 individuals on the mailing list
The range is 84 to 446.
Age 0-6 22
Age 7-10 22
Age 11-18 28 6 p.m. Sunday Service
Age 19-30 52 (40 Services):
Age 31-40 24 Average attendance for 40 Sundays per
Age 41-50 29 year is 62 (held only during the academic
Age 51-60 48 year).
Age 61-70 78 The range is 40 to 130.
Age 71-80 65
Age 81-90 34 Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) at all
Age 91-110 7 services throughout 2009: 245.

We do not have birth year for 290 persons

Females 362
Males 271

67 individuals not marked in computer

“Music has wonderful powers. A Rector must know the importance of our music.”

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Trinity’s History

Trinity Church opened its doors 150 years ago, in the center of a young town dedicated to
freedom and higher learning amid the tumult of Territorial Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas, was
founded in 1854 by abolitionists who were members of the New England Emigrant Aid
Society. Amos Lawrence had dispatched the settlers to Kansas to help ensure that the new
state came into the Union as a Free State. Those early townspeople created a charter for the
University of Kansas.

Not long after, Mr. Lawrence responded to a plea from an Englishman, Samuel Reynolds, to
help establish an Episcopal church in the new community. Mr. Lawrence sent a box of
church school books and a letter of support to Mr. Reynolds, who in 1858 recruited his
brother, the Rev. Charles Reynolds, from Trinity Church in Columbus, Ohio, to lead Trinity
Church in Lawrence as its first rector.

One of the earliest worship sites in Lawrence was

a thatched tabernacle of poles and grass on the
very ground where Trinity now stands, at the
corner of 10th and Vermont Streets. In 1859,
Bishop Jackson Kemper consecrated the first
church building. Already there were seven
churches in Lawrence.

Trinity Church 1859

In just two years, strife over slavery led to the Civil

War, and the Rev. Reynolds resigned to become an
Army Chaplain, taking many of his young
parishioners with him. Lawrence had long been a
target of the pro-slavery Border Ruffians from
Missouri, and on August 21, 1863, William Quantrill
and his band of men attacked Lawrence at dawn,
burning, robbing, and killing nearly 200 residents.
Several parishioners died in the raid.

The Rev. Robert W. Oliver of Pittsburgh, Pa., became

Trinity’s second rector and by March 1864, there
were only nine families and eight communicants. The
Rev. Oliver became the first chancellor of the
University of Kansas in March 1865; the University
Trinity Church 1873
held its first classes in September 1866.

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The current church opened in 1873. The Rev. John Dunn led the project to build the
Gothic-style structure, modeled after Trinity Church in Marshall, Michigan, where he also
had served as rector.

During the early 1900s, Trinity grew in membership and expanded its ministries to include
Canterbury and Haskell.

In 1955, a fire devastated the church building. The beautiful walnut interior and nearly all
stained glass windows were destroyed. As bystanders watched the firemen putting out the
last of the blaze, one of them said to the Rev. Robert C. Swift, “Mr. Swift, I’m so sorry your
church has burned.” Waving his hand toward a group of his parishioners nearby, he
replied, “There is my church.”

Church members undertook the challenge to rebuild, and in March 1956 the restored
building was rededicated. In the early 1970s, the original 1859 church building was razed,
making way for a new parish hall, classrooms and offices.

Nineteen rectors have led Trinity Church during its first 150 years. The church recently
celebrated its sesquicentennial and the completion of a major renovation.

Trinitarians dress the part for the sesquicentennial

“I was confirmed at Trinity the year the sanctuary burned.

My associations with Trinity people through the years have increased my faith”

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Trinity’s Ministries

Office Helpers
Property Team
Information Technology
ADMINSTRATION Endowment Board
Communications
C L E R G Y

Convention/Convocation Delegates
Treasurer/Finance

Education – All Ages

Trinity Environmental Stewardship
Team
DISCIPLESHIP Stewardship
Parish Library
Evangelism

Trinity Interfaith Food Pantry

Family Promise
OUTREACH LINK
Trinity Treasures
Ploughman’s Lunch
United Thank Offering
Habitat for Humanity
African Team Ministries
&

Pastoral Care
Prayer Chain
Eucharistic Visitors
V E S T R Y

Pastoral Visitors
PARISH LIFE Pastoral Care Team
Fellowship
Kitchen Hospitality
Progressive Dinner
Pancake Supper
Art Show
Wednesdays at Trinity

Ushers
Altar Guild
Greeters
WORSHIP Choirs
Lay Liturgical Ministers
Flower Guild

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Worship

Worship Services
Holy Eucharist Rite I 8 a.m. Sunday

Holy Eucharist Rite II 10:30 a.m. Sunday

Solemn High Mass 6 p.m. Sunday

This celebration of the Eucharist includes ritual singing, chanting and incense. A liturgical
choir of University of Kansas students leads the hymns, psalms and Gregorian chants, and
performs the anthems. The Solemn High Mass has attracted numerous KU students to
Trinity; with other parishioners they share dinner in the Parish Hall following the service.

Morning Prayer 9 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

at the Chapel of the Mathews Memorial Center

Evening Prayer 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays

in the Parish Hall

Holy Eucharist 10 a.m. the second Thursday of each month

at Brandon Woods Retirement Community

Organist Choir and Communicants at 10:30 Eucharist

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Other Worship Activities
Acolytes
Children from third grade through high school are
eligible to serve as acolytes at the 10:30 service. The
current acolyte corps includes children in elementary
and junior high school. Adult acolytes usually serve at
the 6 p.m. service.

Altar Guild
Three teams of volunteers prepare the altar for each service and oversee the care of all
silver, brass and linens used in worship.

Choir Choristers
The Trinity Choir has long been a source of Trinity’s elementary school-aged children
pride and joy for Trinitarians, and the are invited to participate in a choral group
group has benefited from a long association that rehearses weekly and performs once a
with accomplished faculty, staff and month at 10:30 services during the school
students from the University of Kansas year.
department of music. The Hallelujah
chorus from Handel’s Messiah is an Easter
tradition, and the Christmas Eve concert
preceding the 11 p.m. Eucharist is a
treasured celebration. A new group is the
Trinity Consort Choir, including mostly KU
students, who lead the worship music for
the Solemn High Mass on Sunday evenings
during the academic year.

Flower Guild
Parishioners arrange fresh flowers for the altar each Sunday, except during Lent. They also
decorate the church for Christmas and Easter, and they make bouquets and arrangements
for special events at the church, such as The Art Show and Mother’s Day, and for weddings
and funerals upon request.

Prayer Chain
Four teams (chains) of laypeople pray daily for the sick, suffering and troubled; for
thanksgivings, petitions, and intercessions; and for the souls of the deceased. Anyone can
request prayers from the chain.

Pastoral Care Team

Two deacons and other Trinitarians extend fellowship to those isolated by age or illness and
those who are homebound or in nursing facilities or hospitals.

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Communications

Online
Website
http://www.trinitylawrence.org/trinitylawrence_org/door/
Trinity maintains a website which includes information about the church, including a
sermon library

Facebook
Trinity maintains a Facebook account to which members may belong and post items.
Currently, there are 131 fans enjoying a daily connection to Trinity through online chat,
discussion boards, web links and photo-sharing opportunities. ‘Friend’ us at Trinity
Episcopal Church in Lawrence, Kansas

Pastoral Notes
Electronic notices regarding significant events in the life of the parish, such as marriages,
births, deaths, and calls for prayers.

Weekly E-Newsletter
The weekly summary includes a schedule of those who are preaching and serving in the
Sunday services, a prayer list, announcements and opportunities, and a calendar.

The Trinitarian
The traditional quarterly newsletter appears in both electronic and printed format.

Print
Sunday Notes
A printed version of the weekly e-newsletter is inserted in the Sunday Worship bulletin.

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Education

Adult Forum
Parishioners and special guests share information on various topics in the Parish Hall at
9:30a.m on Sundays, between the morning services.

Children’s Education
Nursery and Early Christian Awareness
The Nursery is open during 10:30a.m. Sunday service, and the infants and toddlers who
attend the Nursery can participate in Early Christian Awareness (ECA), a brief program of
songs and rhymes about God’s love using toy animals and children’s Bible stories.

Godly Play Plus

Children ages 3 through second grade attend Sunday School during the Liturgy and
Sermon portions of the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service, returning to the Nave during the
exchange of the Peace or the Offertory.
The following children’s focus group about Trinity’s new rector is an example from a recent
Godly Play Plus Class, October 18, 2009:

1. Tell us something you like about Trinity.

Mateo: I like a lot of the stained glass windows.
Emily: I like the elevators.
Jesse: I like singing in the choir
Bekah: I like acolyting and having snacks outside on the patio.
Liam: I like playing; I loved the little Sunday school class and writing on the chalkboard.

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 Anna: I loved it when there was a sheep in the church, and when we have a real pony for
the Christmas Pageant. I remember how fun it was painting the Sunday school classroom.
Mia:I like singing, doing Choristers, wearing a robe, the Christmas pageant, and making
things together.
Caroline: Sunday school is fun.
Katie: I like making crafts in Sunday School.
Lexi: I like the Christmas Pageant.
Helen: I like making banners, when we all make something together.
Atlee: I like the Food pantry wagon because we are caring for the homeless.

2. What would you like to happen, or like to see at Trinity?

Mateo: We could have a box where we put a dollar in, and then we could take the money
and give it to poor people.
Anna: We could get pictures of the people we love and make a big collage.
Liam: We could have a door to the other classroom, or a peephole.
Jesse We could have a swimming pool with a diving board. (LOTS of nodding head!)
Atlee: We could do Equal Exchange; do more helping the world.
What about a costume party?
Abby: We need more activities for the little kids.
Melanie: I want a rector who comes to see us in the Sunday school class.

3. What do you think a new rector might look like?

Sporty! Maybe a lady! with a big heart! definitely a dude!

Other Educational Programs

Christian Classics
This group meets monthly discuss classical or important new writings on Christian or
religious topics. Trinity Librarian Ruth Turney leads the group; members choose the books
for discussion.

Education for Ministry

This program is designed for laity to provide theological study and reflection rooted in the
Scriptures and traditions of the Church

Parish Library
The library holds about 4,400 books and CDs for the use of Trinity members. Topics
include reference materials, commentaries and theology of Christianity and the Church, as
well as novels and mysteries with connections to the Episcopal Church or history of
Christianity. The library is open every Sunday morning and by appointment.

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Fellowship

Sunday Coffee
After the 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services on Sundays, parishioners gather in the parish
hall for coffee and often the celebration of Birthdays and Anniversaries.

Dinner following Solemn High Mass

After the 6 p.m. service on Sundays, 30 to 40 people gather in the Parish Hall for a
fellowship supper provided by Trinity volunteers.

Pump ‘n’ Pray

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, a group of Trinity’s men meet for exercise

St. Petca’s Guild

This informal group of people who knit or sew meets twice a month, on the first and third
Monday evening. Members also contribute to the Trinity Treasures sale at the Ploughman’s
Lunch.

Trinity Treasures
A group of women, many of whom are artists, meets weekly to sew, knit, quilt and create
clothing and decorative items. These items, along with baked goods, are part of a Trinity
Treasures public sale at the annual Ploughman’s Lunch in November. Profits are donated to
local charities as part of Trinity’s outreach.

In recent years, other social activities have included a Gourmet Supper Club, Yoga Classes,
Bridge Group and Movie Group.

Trinitarians gather in the Parish hall after the 10:30 am service Kitchen volunteers

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Outreach

African Team Ministries

This annual sale of jewelry and crafts form Africa benefits charities of the Anglican bishops
of East Africa. It is held on a Sunday morning in February in the Parish Hall.

Brandon Woods Monthly Eucharist

This service is held once a month at the Brandon Woods retirement community and others
who live nearby. Usually 20-30 people attend these services

Christmas Giving Tree for Children in Foster Care

During December individual Trinity members
volunteer to provide one Christmas present each for
about 60 foster children of Douglas County arranged
by the KVC Behavioral Healthcare agency. Vouchers
for food for Christmas dinner for five families are also
provided.

Downtown Ministerial Association

This ecumenical/interfaith organization includes clergy from across Lawrence. It provides a
forum for discussion of community issues as well as opportunities for worship and action
among a diverse network of congregations.

Family Promise
In conjunction with St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, this program provides for families
who need shelter and food for a specific, limited time.

Habitat for Humanity

Trinity is an active member of the
“Building on Faith” committee,
consisting of 12 other churches.
Trinitarians support local Habitat
projects through financial
contributions and on-site
construction assistance. Two homes
were built in 2009.

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L.I.N.K. (Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen)
At noon, on the third Tuesday of every other month Trinitarians provide a complete hot
meal for over 150 people at the LINK eating site. Volunteers cook main dishes, buy fruit,
milk and desserts, serve the meal and clean up.

Pastoral Care Team

Deacons and other Trinitarians extend fellowship, including Eucharist, to parishioners who
are homebound or live in nursing facilities or hospitals.

Trinity Environmental Stewardship Team (TEST)

The Trinity Environmental Stewardship Team serves both within our parish and in
outreach. TEST has taken the lead in parish project ranging from a thorough energy audit
to use of environmentally friendly palms for Palm Sunday. Thanks to TEST, Trinity is an
inaugural member of Kansas Interfaith Power and Light and participates as a partner in
various other diocesan and statewide efforts to ensure better stewardship of our
environment.

Trinity Interfaith Food Pantry

Volunteers sort donated goods More volunteers wait to distribute groceries

The food pantry is open two days a week in the Matthews Center and served 6,814 people in
2009. With the contributions of food and money from four other member churches and
various community groups such as Bishop Seabury school, Dillon’s grocery, USPS letter
carriers, and KU students, we provide sacks of food: canned, dry and cold, to people in
need. In 2009 the Pantry gave food valued at more than $32,912.00. Every Sunday at
Trinity, parishioners’ gifts of food are received at the altar.

United Thank Offering

In 2009 Trinity collected more than $437.68 toward this worldwide outreach of the
Episcopal Church Women. In recent years Trinity’s contribution has been among the most
generous in the Diocese.

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Special Events

Advent Lessons and Carols

This evening service occurs on the second or third Sunday of Advent. in which Lessons are
read and carols sung by both the congregation and the Trinity Consort Choir. Often there
is a concert of bell ringers to begin the service. A meal is provided afterward in the Parish
Hall.

Art Show and Poetry Reading

Every two years, Trinity hosts this April celebration of the many artists
who are church members. Paintings, drawings, photographs,
sculptures are displayed and are for sale in the Parish Hall. A poetry
reading by Trinity members and other poets from the community takes
place downstairs during part of the evening. A magnificent buffet,
prepared by Trinity volunteers, is served by candlelight in the center of
the Parish Hall.

Blessing of the Animals

On the Sunday nearest the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, parishioners and the entire
community are invited to bring their pets to the front lawn of the church for the priests to
bless them. Critters have included snakes, donkeys, hamsters and, of course, cats and
dogs. This special service is a time to recognize our relationship with other creatures,
especially those given into our care.

Christmas Eve Pageant

The children of the parish present the story of the birth of Jesus Christ accompanied by
readings of portions of the Gospels. It is presented twice, once on the Fourth Sunday of
Advent and once at 5 p.m. Christmas Eve.

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Easter Egg Hunt
Following the 10:30 a.m. Easter service, the children search the lawn for treat-filled eggs
provided by the church.

Good Friday Reading of Dante’s Inferno

Volunteers participate in a continuous reading of the Inferno in the Matthews Center.

Pentecost Ladybug Release

After the 10:30 a.m. service on Pentecost, the congregation gathers on the front lawn, and
the children release thousands of ladybugs to symbolize the gift of the Holy Spirit in the
world.

Ploughman’s Lunch, Trinity Treasures Sale and Vintage Sale

Trinity Treasures display Baked goods for sale Giving thanks before the event

This well-known Trinity tradition occurs every year in November. The meal includes soup,
cheese, bread and fruit pies, and the sale offers the beautiful handmade objects produced
by the Trinity Treasures group, along with vintage decorative and household items:
handmade quilts and sweaters to elegant needlepoint ornaments and wreaths. Parishioners
also provide homemade baked goods. The proceeds (usually about $7,000) from the lunch
tickets and the sales of goods are all distributed to local charities.

Progressive Dinner
All members are invited to participate in this annual event. It begins with appetizers and
wine at a central place, then moves to private homes, with about eight people in each home;
all those attending prepare a dish for the meal, which follows a common menu and recipes.
Dessert and coffee are served at a central location. About 100 people usually attend.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

Approximately 50 people share this meal in the Parish Hall on Tuesday before Ash
Wednesday

“We can build a loving community through service activities, including LINK and the Food Pantry.
Service opportunities provide fellowship.”

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Facilities

The first church, dedicated in 1859 by Bishop Jackson Kemper, was expanded in 1865,
when the Rev. Robert Oliver was rector; he also served as first chancellor of the University
of Kansas. Because the building was structurally unsound, it was razed in 1969, making
way for a new parish hall and education center.

The current building opened on Easter 1873. This Gothic-style structure was modeled after
Trinity Church in Marshall, Michigan. The Rev. John Dunn had been rector there before he
came to Trinity in 1870, leading the project to build the new church. The nave can
accommodate 400 for worship services.
Following a devastating fire that gutted the church in April 1955, the parish family began
Operation Comeback to rebuild the church. This renovation moved the organ and choir loft
to the back of the church, replaced dark walnut woodwork with light red oak, and replaced
17 stained-glass windows. The organ, built in 1956 by Reuter, was enlarged in 1990 to a
three manual keyboard with 30 sets of pipes.

Trinity is one of several downtown churches, but the only one blessed with beautiful green
space for group activities after worship or quiet time in the Hare Family Garden dedicated
in 2008.
At the south end of the grounds, the
Matthews Center houses church offices,
Trinity Food Pantry and the Chapel of the
Holy Trinity. A former law office, this
building was acquired and renovated in
1986, and dedicated to the Rev. Robert
Matthews, who died in 1987 while
serving as rector. In 2003 the Trinity
Columbarium was installed in the
Chapel. The Matthews Center

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In 2003, Trinity formed a property committee to develop a plan for expansion of the church
building. The committee worked with a local architect to develop a master plan to address
several needs, including deferred maintenance items, expansion of the parish hall, a new
kitchen, and improved access and traffic flow. The plan was presented to the Vestry in 2004
and a capital campaign was begun. Failure of the HVAC in 2005 and the recognition that a
new roof was needed shifted priorities and forced reconsideration of the original expansion
plans. After many small group meetings with stakeholders, plans were changed to focus on
renovating existing facilities. Construction was completed in 2007.

A new elevator improved access to all three levels of the church building. Removing
partitions in the lower level created larger conference and classrooms for Christian
Education, and renovating of the upper level provided improved rehearsal space for the
music department.

From the lobby…. go upstairs…. to the Choir room

Renovations of the main level rearranged and remodeled the foyer, library and nursery, and
the kitchen received additional cabinets for storage and updated appliances. The Parish
Hall was remodeled and enlarged by knocking out a wall and enclosing the cloister.

The new Wagstaff Colonnade provides a wonderful view of the church grounds, additional
natural light, and a much more efficient flow to and from the worship center

The Wagstaff Colonnade put to good use

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Building features
Main Floor South of Nave
Large Parish Hall w/ colonnade leading to Upper Level
nave Large choir practice room
Complete kitchen w/ restaurant type Storage for choir robes and equipment
freezer and refrigerator, two stove/ovens, Two Deacon offices
two sink areas, dishwasher and abundant
storage Church Offices (Matthews Center)
Library Four private offices in separate building
Nursery Chapel with small pipe organ and
One bathroom next to kitchen Columbarium
Bathrooms off the foyer Separate area for Food Pantry
Elevator Storage area in basement

Lower Level Grounds

Large meeting room Large yard with huge shade trees
Four large Sunday school rooms Hare Family Garden with limestone patio
Two private meeting rooms and entrance to Parish Hall and Wagstaff
Two storage areas Colonnade

Looking toward the altar

Looking down from the choir loft Looking toward the choir loft

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2006-2007 Renovation
Cost: $1.2 million ($180,000 still owed)

Nave: Lower Level:

50-year roof Enlarged rooms
Carpet New ceiling
Wood floor for Altar New carpet and paint
HVAC system Renovated bathrooms

Main Floor: Upper Level:

Elevator New tile floor
HVAC Renovated bathrooms
Enlarged library
Children’s bathroom added to Church Offices
Nursery New carpet and paint
New set of bathrooms off the foyer One office enlarged
Glass enclosure and tile floor in Renovated bathrooms
Colonnade/Parish Hall
New carpet in nursery and library Grounds
Updated equipment in kitchen Built patio/garden accessible to
Parish Hall

“Trinity’s ministry is unusual because of its downtown location.

Our church is inextricably tied to the past, present and future of downtown.”

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Strategic Goals

Vestry Goals for 2010

• Update/clarify issues regarding the Endowment Board

• Devise plan to retire construction debt (approximately $180,000)

• Develop position descriptions for paid and unpaid staff

• Expand youth and children's ministries

• Develop a policies and procedures manual

• Develop a schedule for on-going facilities maintenance

• Establish stronger ties to the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University.

• Increase involvement with Canterbury House

• Increase Sunday worship attendance to an average of 300.

• Enroll 50 new members by December 2010

• Appoint a Stewardship Team to develop a year-round emphasis and oversee fall pledge drive

• Appoint a Property Committee with the new Jr. Warden as chair

• Appoint a Communications Team

• Develop an Online Pictorial Parish Directory

• Recruit a Treasurer and Appoint a Finance Committee

• Call and welcome a new Rector

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Finances

2010 Mission Plan Summary

INCOME
Pledges $360,500.00
Contributions & Offerings $62,100.00
Designated Transfers $86,400.00
Other Income $23,500.00

TOTAL INCOME $532,500.00

EXPENSES
Administration Insurance
Debt Service
$21,200.00
$12,000.00
Office $27,200.00
Facility Maintenance $19,500.00
Utilities $23,900.00
Clergy $178,500.00
Office Staff $66,200.00
Music Staff $35,800.00
Total Administration $384,300.00

Discipleship Education/Formation
Evangelism
$6,400.00
$4,300.00
Stewardship $1,000.00
Total Discipleship $11,700.00

Outreach Diocesan Apportionment

Other Outreach
$63,432.00
$50,000.00
Total Outreach $113,432.00

Parish Life Hospitality 2

Pastoral Care
$1,000.00
$200.00
Total Parish Life $1,200.00

Worship General Worship

Music Ministry
$4,600.00
$17,268.00
Total Worship $21,868.00

TOTAL EXPENSES $532,500.00

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2010 Mission Plan Details
2009 2009 2010
Budget Actual Budget

INCOME
Pledges
Pledges - Current Year $345,000 $318,372 $360,000
Pledges - Prior Year 1,000 445 500
Total Pledges $346,000 $318,817 $360,500

Contributions & Offerings

Contributions $25,000 $91,752 $32,600
Capital Contributions 12,000
Plate Offering 6,000 5,785 7,000
Plate Offering - 6 p.m. 8,500 5,293 8,500
Special Offerings 2,000
Total Contributions & Offerings $39,500 $102,830 $62,100

Designated - Transfers
Curate Compensation from Diocese $24,000 $24,000 $24,000
Transfers for Worship 5,000 4,272 2,400
Transfers for Education 12,000 12,000 5,000
* Transfers for Outreach 4,000 50,000
Transfers for Other Designated 4,070 5,000
Total Designated - Transfers $41,000 $48,342 $86,400

Other Income
G.I.F.T. $17,000
Use of Facilities 2,500 1,257 2,000
Interest - Checking 1,000 308 400
Interest - Other 2,000 998 1,300
Misc. Income 5,750 4,588 1,200
Outstanding Checks Written Off 1,564 1,600
Total Other Income $11,250 $8,715 $23,500

TOTAL INCOME $437,750 $478,704 $532,500

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 2009 2009 2010
Budget Actual Budget

EXPENSES
Administration
Insurance
Property, Liability, Umbrella $19,000 $19,581 $20,000
Workers Comp. 1,000 821 1,200
Total Insurance $20,000 $20,402 $21,200

Debt Service
Debt Service $12,000
Total Debt Service $12,000

Office
Supplies $7,000 $7,586 $7,200
Machines & Computers 9,000 8,725 10,000
Postage 2,500 2,007 2,000
Bank & Investment Fees 814 700
Publications 100 145
Meetings & Convention 1,200 1,443 1,200
Audit 3,500 3,500
Miscellaneous 1,604 2,000
Other Contracted Services 2,500 600
Total Office $23,300 $24,823 $27,200

Facility Maintenance
Maintenance & Services $10,000 $7,177 $10,000
Housekeeping/Custodial 9,500 8,290 9,500
Total Facility Maintenance $19,500 $15,467 $19,500

Utilities
Electricity $14,500 $15,127 $14,500
Natural Gas 4,500 2,701 3,600
Water/Sewer/Sanitation 2,100 2,375 2,300
Telephone & Internet 3,400 3,617 3,500
Total Utilities $24,500 $23,820 $23,900

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 2009 2009 2010
Budget Actual Budget
Personnel – All Clergy
Clergy Salaries, Housing, Social Security $124,200 $122,506 $124,500
Clergy Pension Premiums 22,356 25,093 22,500
Clergy Group Hospital & Medical 22,500 25,458 23,000
Clergy Life & Disability 600 300 500
Clergy Travel 3,500 2,236 4,000
Clergy Professional 250 432 500
Continuing Education - Priests $2,500 $2,112 $3,000
Continuing Education - Deacons 250 75 500
Total Clergy $176,156 $178,212 $178,500

Personnel - Office Staff

Office Staff Salaries $56,443 $58,211 $58,000
Office Staff Social Security & Medicare 4,300 4,453 4,500
Office Staff Pension Premiums 3,864 3,200
Continuing Education - Office Staff 477 500
Total Office Staff $60,743 $67,005 $66,200

Personnel- Music Staff

Music Staff Salaries $33,300 $33,977 $33,300
Music Staff Social Security & Medicare 2,498 2,599 2,500
Total Music Staff $35,798 $36,576 $35,800

Total Personnel $272,697 $281,793 $280,500

Total Administration $359,997 $366,305 $384,300

Discipleship
Education/Formation
Adult Education $1,000 $200 $800
Training & Appreciation 250
Teen Education 500
Children Sunday School 1,000 423 900
Vacation Bible School 1,000 1,111 900
Library 1,000 591 800
Tracts 250
Seminarian 3,000 3,000 3,000
Total Education/Formation $8,000 $5,325 $6,400

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 2009 2009 2010
Budget Actual Budget
Evangelism
Hospitality $2,750 $1,713 $1,500
Advertising & Promotion 1,500 2,547 2,800
Total Evangelism $4,250 $4,260 $4,300

Stewardship
Stewardship Emphasis $1,000
Total Stewardship $1,000
Total Discipleship $12,250 $9,585 $11,700

Outreach
Diocesean Apportionment $77,500 $77,500 $63,432
* Other Outreach 50,000
Total Outreach $77,500 $77,500 $113,432

Parish Life
Hospitality 2 $1,000
Pastoral Care 200
Total Parish Life $1,200

Worship
Altar Supplies $2,000 $915 $1,000
Worship Materials 1,000 153 600
Nursery 1,750 1,555 3,000
Total General Worship $4,750 $2,623 $4,600

Music Ministry
Materials $1,250 $1,843 $838
Choral Scholars 9,165 7,000
Consort (6 p.m.) 7,680 10,190 7,680
Equipment/Instrument Maintenance 250 1,260 1,500
Choristers 250 233 250
Total Music Ministry $9,430 $22,691 $17,268

Total Worship $14,180 $25,314 $21,868

TOTAL EXPENSES $463,927 $478,704 $532,500

INCOME/EXPENSE ($26,177) $0 $0

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Leadership

Trinity Episcopal Church Staff

Interim Pastor The Reverend Ronald D. Pogue

Curate The Rev. Paul K. McLain

Deacons Dick B. Tracy, Rita V. Tracy, Stephen L. Segebrecht

Music Director Henry Heller Smith

Music Director Emeritus Dr. James Ralston
Organist Mark Stotler
Organist Elizabeth Stephens
Children's Choir Director Susan Ralston

Administration Ruthie Townsend

Bookkeeper Patty Johnson
Librarian Ruth Turney

Priest Associate The Rev. Charles I. Granger Jr.

Priest Associate The Rev. Dan Northway

Vestry Members
Ellen Tracy, Senior Warden
Ann Rosenthal, Junior Warden
Church Treasurer
Maria Thompson, Clerk
Donna Griffin, Garth Myers, Kent Tomlinson, Dave Edington, Mark Holmberg, Joan Ring,
Micah Seybold, Patricia Henshall, Debbie Pitts, Dan Ward

Trinity's NE Convocation Delegates

Nancy Kelley, Charlotte Mueller, Austin Turney
Alternate: Ruth Turney

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Seminarian
Trinity has a long tradition of encouraging parishioners and others in discernment and
education as deacons and priests. The church currently helps sponsor Peter Doddema, who
studies at Virginia Theological Seminary.

Trinity Episcopal Church Endowment Board

Jerry Hare, Chair
Joanne Feist
Onva Boshears
Bruce Roberts
Ted Haggart
The Church Treasurer serves as non-voting member

As of December 31, 2009, the Endowment Fund had a value of $195,000. The
Endowment Board can spend as much as 50 percent of earnings for each year. Any
amount greater than 50 percent must have Vestry approval. Because of the stock
market plunge of 2008-’09, the board decided not to distribute funds to any
community organization. In recent years, recipients have included: Habitat for
Humanity, Ballard Community Services, Warm Hearts, Trinity Food Pantry, Trinity
Capital Campaign II, Woman's Transitional Care Services and Heartland Medical
Clinic.

“At other churches somebody was always trying to save me. When I came to Trinity, I asked the Rector
if he was going to try to save me, and the Rector said, ‘You’re already saved.
We’re just lettin’ you know about it.’

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Affiliations

Bishop Seabury Academy

Bishop Seabury Academy is a coeducational, private, Episcopal-affiliated school in
Southwest Lawrence, serving 118 students in grades 7-12.

Canterbury House at the University of Kansas

Canterbury House serves as the presence of The Episcopal Church on the KU campus,
providing opportunities for worship and community service among Episcopal students,
faculty and staff. Located on Louisiana Street, just northeast of the KU campus, Canterbury
House is home to five peer ministers and a pastoral intern. The campus missioner (priest)
maintains an office in the house, and a chapel is attached.

Haskell Indian Nations University

Trinity offers a ministry of welcoming incoming and returning students to Haskell Indian
Nations University by offering rides to campus for students arriving by bus or train at the
beginning of each semester. Many Haskell students arrive from Indian reservations around
the U.S. with limited means and they are very appreciative of these rides to campus. This
ministry gives Trinitarians an opportunity to get to know students at Haskell and to begin
developing relationships that have led to students becoming active in the life of Trinity and
to Trinitarians becoming active in the life of Haskell.

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church

In 1990, Trinitarians assisted in establishing a new mission on the western edge of
Lawrence, an area of immense growth. That mission became St. Margaret’s, and the two
parishes through the years have collaborated on special children’s summer programs,
including music camp and vacation Bible school. St. Margaret’s rector, the Rev. Matthew
Zimmerman, and his family belonged to Trinity in the 1980s, before he left Lawrence to
attend seminary.

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The Diocese of Kansas

In 1837 Bishop Jackson Kemper conducted the first Episcopal services in Kansas territory
just 34 years after Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Louisiana Purchase that brought the
area that would become Kansas into the United States. The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
was formed in 1859, and six years later, Bishop Thomas Vail was elected the first bishop of
the new diocese. He described the circumstances he found in Kansas in one of his early
journal entries.

“Without church buildings, and with very few public halls in which all have an equal right,
in a country so new, the services are necessarily somewhat irregular, and the attendance
somewhat uncertain; while the constant journeying and in all weathers involves much of
exposure and fatigue. But the pioneers of the church, like the pioneers of the States, toil
and suffer for those who shall come after.”

We are the grateful beneficiaries of the toil and sufferings of these rugged and deeply
faithful pioneers who went before us. In our 150th year as a diocese, we take humble pride
in their exceptional accomplishments in Christ’s name. Hospitals, schools and social service
agencies were founded to heal, educate and empower “all sorts and conditions” of men and
women. Parishes were formed throughout the diocese to meet the spiritual needs of each
village and town and our mission remains the same; “To gather, equip, and send disciples of
Jesus Christ to witness to God’s reconciling love.”

Today, 12,000 people in 45 parishes, two social service agencies, two campus ministry
centers and a parochial school work with an uncommon unity in the pursuit of this
compelling mission. A gifted diocesan staff serves as a helpful resource to the clergy and
parishes of the diocese. Small enough to be personal, large enough to be effective, the
Episcopal Diocese of Kansas is a generous partner with the wider Episcopal Church and the
worldwide Anglican Communion. The diocese enjoys strong mission partnerships with
dioceses in Haiti and Kenya, and we have discovered that our focus on mission helps to
overcome our differences on the issues of the day. We believe we are positioned to move
forward together in strength, and the imperative “to know Christ and to make Christ
known” is as crucial to us now as it was when pioneer wagons first wheeled their way
across the broad prairie.

This is the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas…and we invite the most faithful and gifted clergy in
The Episcopal Church to consider joining us in this exciting and important endeavor.

Faithfully,

The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe, D.D.

Ninth Bishop of Kansas

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Our Vision for Trinity’s next Rector

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Following a survey and extensive group discussions among parishioners, the Profile and
Search Committees have identified these personal characteristics as the most important for
Trinity’s next Rector: communication skills, personal warmth, compassion and a sense of
humor. Of course, Trinity’s small group discussions included a broad range of comments,
but a few stand out as recurring themes:

Our church would welcome a leader who works first and foremost as a
priest rather than a CEO. We seek a priest who will offer sermons
relevant to daily life and continue Trinity’s strong tradition of helping
the community through the food pantry and other programs. Pastoral
care and spiritual guidance also are vital to our parish family.

Trinitarians overwhelmingly favor traditional liturgy and worship, as

evidenced not only by the survey results but also by numerous
comments regarding the preservation of the Sunday evening Solemn
High Mass.

But Trinity still faces a challenge in offering programs for students in the upper grades of
elementary school as well as junior high and high school. Currently there is no Sunday
school for children beyond third grade, and for several years, Trinity has lacked a youth
group. Virtually no teenagers regularly attend the church. While new families have joined
Trinity in recent years, their children have not yet reached the age for these programs, but
the members in small group discussions repeatedly voiced a need for such programs,
enabling families to “grow” with Trinity and the church to attract new teenagers and their
families.

This dearth of programs for older children and teenagers relates in part to an administrative
need. Although Trinitarians place the rector’s role as a priest first on their list of priorities,
members recognize that a talented administrator is necessary to create programs with
staying power. If our leaders clearly value diverse educational programs for youth, for
example, then we are more likely to inspire a succession of strong volunteers to sustain
them.

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The list of duties for any rector is large, especially in a mid-size parish with a limited
staff. With the financial assistance of the diocese, Trinity has been able to have a
curate for the past year. His guidance in partnership with our interim pastor has
proven vital during our transition. The two-year agreement with the diocese extends
through December of 2010. The vestry hopes to continue in the arrangement with
the diocese if another curate is available when our present curate is called to
another place of ministry.

We also firmly believe that the blessings for our new rector and our parish family will be
plentiful as well. We look forward to welcoming our 20th rector—and continuing to expand
and strengthen our vibrant community of faith.

Our Prayer

Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look graciously upon

your Church and so guide the minds of those who shall call a
rector for this parish, that we may receive a faithful pastor, who
will care for your people and equip us for our ministries; through
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

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