Trinitarian

The Newsletter for the Congregation & Friends of Holy Trinity Sloane Square

Volume 5 Issue 2 www.holytrinitysloanesquare.co.uk July-September 2009

Thanksgiving and Confirmation

Mark Sylvester

Here at the church of Indeed, in more And so it seems

the Holy Trinity we are puritanical times when appropriate that at
very fond of the signs and symbolism our service on the
number three. were frowned upon, feast of Pentecost -
Throughout two the number three was at which the
millennia of Christian secretly incorporated celebrant and
history it has been into buildings, artwork preacher was the
symbolic of that very and correspondence n e wl y instituted
Blessed Trinity of our by those who knew the B i s h o p o f
title, and upon which power of iconography. Kensington, the Rt
our faith resides. Revd Paul Williams -
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we incorporated the Graham, the church a token of our thanks.

threefold celebrations wardens and a
of thanksgiving, committee led by PCC The themes of Holy
baptism and member Stephen Trinity's fabric and
confirm ation. Morrison, ensured that Christian life were
we now have a church neatly drawn together
Al l thr ee s pe ak we can safely hand on in Bishop Paul's
eloquently to the to future generations. sermon, in which he
health of this wonderful spoke of the light
church, which is now Of course, none of the flooding through our
sound in both structure repair work would have newly cleaned
and spiritual life. been possible without windows, as a mirror
It is a strange our ever-generous of the light of the
coincidence that over patron The Earl Holy Spirit flooding
the past decade as, Cadogan, and on that into those who were
under the rectorship of Pentecost Sunday to be baptized and
Bishop Michael Lord Cadogan was c o n f i r m e d .
Marshall, the mission presented with a
and ministry of Holy painting by Antonia After the sign of the
Trinity gained new life, Rolls, showing the Earl Cross was made on
the fabric of this and Countess on the their foreheads by
venerable building was chancel steps along the Bishop, all the
succumbing to the with Chr ist who candidates for
ravages of time. Only appears to have baptism were taken
the swift intervention of stepped out of the to the font, while the
Bishop Michael and Fr great east window, as Holy Trinity Choir
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making one 'drink of

“Christ allowed
the Spirit'(1Cor. 12:13).
himself to be
baptized by John as
Following the baptism,
the ideal example for
the Bishop moved to
everyone”
the Sacrament of
Confirmation, which
involves the laying on Mark Sylvester is a
sang Bainton's 'And I Member of the PCC,
of hands and anointing
Deputy Churchwarden
saw a new Heaven' with Chrism oil. It and Server.
adapted from the bestows the gifts of the
Revelation of St John Holy Spirit and perfects
and including the one’s bonds with the
words "and God Church. In the Acts of
himself shall be with the Apostles when St
them and be their Paul met disciples in
God." Ephesus who had only
received the baptism of
The cleansing with the John the Baptist, he
waters of baptism is at laid hands upon them
the centre of this and 'the Holy Spirit
wonderful Sacrament. c am e on them .'
Baptism, from the
Greek baptizo meaning Before the end of the
immersing or service all those who
performing ablutions, had been baptized and
has its origins in confirmed were given
Jewish ritual and was lighted candles,
adapted by John the symbol of Christ as the
Baptist to symbolically 'Light of the World', as
baptize Jews for the choir sang the
repentance in the River Nunc Dimitis, the Song
Jordan. Christ allowed of Simeon from the
himself to be baptized Gospel of St Luke. He,
by John as the ideal like those newly
example for everyone baptized and
and by so doing confirmed, could
purified the waters of proclaim; 'For mine
baptism. St Paul eyes have seen thy
speaks of baptism as salvation.'
cleansing of sin and
incorporating one into
the body of Christ,
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Trinity Arts Festival

1st – 7th June 2009
Caroline Macdonald Haig
Janine Gillion

Well. We did it. all our artists had Before the week
worked tremendously began painters,
The T r i n it y Arts hard at what was sculptors and a
Festival, billed to genuinely a collective jeweller were invited
‘...celebrate our creator effort. to lunch at the
God through the Rectory. By getting
creative gifts He has
given to His people’
started with a great
party on Tuesday
evening, 2nd of June.
Over 200 people
attended. Wine flowed
and paintings were
bought. And at 7.30pm
p r o m p t , t h e
performance started.
To a background of
paintings and
sculptures hung and
placed around the
church, in drama,
dance, music and
poetry Holy Trinity’s
celebrated windows,
gloriously restored,
were the centre piece
and inspiration for the
week. We were
delighted by the
response to the work,
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to meet one another
before the exhibition,
friendships were
formed which have
deepened over the
week. This is the
primary reason for
doing something like
this, that it should
foster community and
for us the process is as
important as the event.
We want to say thank
you to the home team
at Holy Trinity who
seem to make all the
behind the scenes
work look so effortless
which is only possible
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through their written in 1890 by
dedication, expertise Edward Burne Jones
and team work. (the great East
W indow) praises
Before becoming a Sedding, the church’s
priest, Father Rob was architect, after his
an actor (he met the first visit to the site:
lovely Janine at drama ‘I cannot tell you how
school). He opened much I admire it. I felt
the evening by that the East and
becoming, in turn, the West windows should
three artists who be filled with
designed the windows. thousands of little
A little research in the bright figures. What
V&A and Kensington arches, what
Library turned up some surprises in the
of the actual words whole church – I do
written by or about congratulate you.’
them at the time they
were working. A letter
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Sir William Blake Our attention then connections with

Richmond, (three north turned to the now. We Holy Trinity. They
windows) fashionable are so thankful for the came together to
artist, in a letter of beauty of our church blend art, dance,
1905 describes a part and so thankful for the music, song and the
of the centre window, gift that Chelsea has spoken word into a
‘Christ ... rides over been given through the single response to
London, which generosity of the thank God for the
symbolises the hope Cadogan family and creative gifts he has
that this great city may the craftmanship of given us.
some day rise to the the great artists who
value of beauty, and are celebrated within it. Artist, pianist,
set aside money- However, Holy Trinity vocalist, actor,
making and ‘society’ as is a living place where priest, poet, art
the chief aims of life’. all are welcome to h is t or ia n , s tr i ng
quartet and dancer
Christopher Whall, sang, spoke, played
(two south windows) a and danced to lift our
stained glass maker “We are so thankful for hearts and call us to
through and through the beauty of our celebrate.
created the most church…”
individual windows of This has been a very
all. In his book Stained enjoyable experience
come in, find peace, and we look forward
Glass Work published and explore a
in 1905 he wrote ‘Art is to many more. If you
relationship with God. would like to join us
peace. Do things It is also a place
because you love to support and help in
where creativity and any way please
them. If purple is your craftmanship lives on
favourite colour put contact us through
to encourage us in our the Church office.
purple in your window. journey.
If green, green. If
yellow, yellow. Flowers Along with our fine
and birds because you artists we thank the Caroline Macdonald Haig,
Art Director of Trinity Arts
love them. Search performing artists who
always for the inspired us so much on Janine Gillion, Trinity Arts
spiritually sublime the evening of June Co-ordinator
through art, enjoyed 2nd who joined us from
without any intellectual Intermission at St
or spiritual pretentions. Saviour’s which is the
Celebrate the colour theatre church in
and life of everyday Walton Place. All are
leisure.The enjoyment professionals in their
of life.’ own fields and have
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Scenes from the Trinity Arts Exhibition

Evening
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Schubert Festival 2009

Andrew O’Brien

On September 4th we Lepper, the Barbirolli Arts aims to

enter the fifth year of Quartet, Nash celebrate the arts
the Chelsea Schubert Ensemble, London and attempts to touch
Festival, a festival of Bridge Ensemble as something of the
classical chamber well as a host of prize- transcendent beauty
music, song and art. winning young artists. that God has given
The first concert will us. This church is not
feature the young up The festival has now only a historical
and coming Solstice become a branch of building, but a living,
Quartet with a ‘Trinity Arts’, an breathing cathedral
programme of important part of the for worship, with the
Schubert, Haydn and life of Holy Trinity, and arts being at the
Mendelssohn as well generally in the vibrant heart of the matter.
as an art exhibition. community that is The festival has
This year we present Chelsea. T hrough grown year on year
another outstanding concerts, lectures, and last year’s
programme featuring exhibitions and festival received
Julian Lloyd Webber, t h e a t r i c a l outstanding reviews
Liz Watts, Simon performances Trinity in the press as well
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as features on BBC the opportunity to
Radio 3 and Classic attend all other
FM. We drew record events free of
audiences and in charge. In previous
turn have clearly years, many
become an important students who have
part of the late participated in the
s umm er London festival have gone on
music season. to perform at the
Wigmore Hall, Royal
As a music festival Festival Hall and
we strive not only to also win some of the
promote the genius world’s most
of Schubert but also prestigious music
those whom he was prizes. This year
influenced by and in
turn those whom he
influenced. We seek “2009 will also see
to encourage young the launch of the
up and coming Schubert Song
performers through Prize”
recital opportunities,
one to one coaching
and master classes, Sarah Walker, Julian
cultivating a desire Lloyd Webber and
for continued musical Gareth Owen have
and intellectual agr eed to run
growth throughout student master
their lives. We have classes. Some of our
now built strong past visiting
bonds with the Royal professors have
College of Music, the included Ian
Royal Academy of Partridge and
Music, the Guildhall Graham Johnson.
School of Music and Further outreach
Drama and Trinity work includes school
College. Many w o r k s h o p s ,
students have been particularly at our
invited to perform in own Holy Trinity
master classes as School.
well as being given
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2009 will also see the
launch of the
Schubert Song Prize
with prizes donated
by Mr Philip Carne in
memory of his son.
Schubert is surely the
father of song. In his
short life he
composed over 600
songs, a corpus that
was to revolutionise
the song genre and
influence all
composers who were
to follow, from
Schumann and
Brahms through to
Britten and the
current generation of
composers.
The best festivals are
about celebrating
great music as well
as bringing great
performers to the
locality, so come and
join us for what
promises to be a
fantastic celebration
of music and the arts.
Andrew O’Brien,
Director of Music at
Holy Trinity
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Sunday Schubert Series

This year saw the re-launch of the Sunday Series under the
umbrella of Trinity Arts, a continuation of the Trinity Arts and Crafts
Guild. The recent John Ireland (once assistant organist at Holy
Trinity) series has proved an enormous success and my thanks go
to the John Ireland Society, Father Rob, Janine Gillion, Bojana
Dimkovic, Michael Brough, Caroline Macdonald Haig and Oliver
Lallemant for their support and contributions to this series. Ireland’s
music is intensely personal in style and has always attracted a
devoted following among discerning music lovers. This series
celebrated 130 years since his birth and his great contribution to
British music.
The Sunday Schubert Series will continue on the last Sunday of
July, September, October and November.

Schubert Festival Dates

Friday 4th September - Friday 18th September

Opening Concert at Holy Trinity on the 4th of September at 7.30pm.

Solstice String Quartet and an art exhibition to compliment the music
of the festival.

Haydn quartet in D op 76 no 5 , Mendelssohn quartet in A minor op

13, Schubert quartet in A minor D 804 'Rosamunde'
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HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

GIFT DAYS
Friday 3rd Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July

The Rector and the Clergy Team, together with members of the
congregation will be in and outside Holy Trinity on these days to
receive financial gifts to support the ministry and mission of the
Church.

There will be refreshments served in the courtyard, live music,

including organ recitals, guided tours of the church building and
other activities.

The Gift Days will conclude with a Thanksgiving Choral Evensong

at 4pm on Sunday afternoon. We will be relying upon your support
to make our Gift Days a great success.

THE BIG BREW

Saturday 11th July
This is a Diocesan Fairtrade Day - for action!

There will be a café in the courtyard from 11am until 3pm.

Free Fairtrade drinks will be served.

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Holy Trinity Sloane Square

Sloane Street
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Office Phone: +44 (0)20 7730 7270

Office Fax: +44 (0)20 7730 9287
e-mail: info@holytrinitysloanesquare.co.uk
Website: www.holytrinitysloanesquare.co.uk

Rector & Area Dean of Chelsea: The Revd Rob Gillion

rector@holytrinitysloanesquare.co.uk

Assistant Priest: The Revd Graham Rainford

email: priest@holytrinitysloanesquare.co.uk

Awareness Foundation (formerly the TFCC)

Director: The Revd Nadim Nassar

Office phone: +44 (0)20 7730 8830
Email: director@awareness-foundation.com
Website: www.awareness-foundation.com

Morning & Evening Prayer is said daily, Monday to Friday, at 9.00 am & 5.00 pm, Saturday 10.15 am & 4.00 pm
The Eucharist is celebrated on Wednesdays at 6.30 pm, and Thursdays at 1.10 pm
On Sundays, the Eucharist is Said at 8.45 am, and Sung at 11.00 am.