Trinity Newmarket Singers

There will be music; there will be dancing, and joy, and excitement, and pride.  Saturday, June 13th is the York Pride Festival, and the highlight is the Pride Parade which passes by our church on Main Street.  Sunday, June 14th will be our Affirming Anniversary Service, led by the Affirming and Inclusivity Team, of which I am Chair.  Trinity’s Pride Parade Participation 2026          The parade is scheduled to start at 4:00pm and end around 5:30pm. Marchers assemble starting at 3:00. Hospitality table is to be set up around 2:00, and tear-down is at 6:00. Thousands of people (25,000 estimated) will be in Newmarket for the Pride Festival, and they will pass by our church on Main Street. Every year we have been a welcoming presence on our lawn. I'm so proud of my church! Let’s show them that we are a welcoming Affirming church! And, it’s a prime location for watching the parade. Come join us! Please come and see me (Renate) a...

 

A lovely afternoon in lovely company ending a lovely season of singing together! It was so nice that the air conditioning was good and strong. I had prepared a no-bake treat, date brownies. They're made of dates blended with peanut butter and cocoa, a little flour and cinnamon and then pressed into a muffin cup, then topped with melted dark chocolate with a little butter. Frozen briefly and kept cold in the refrigerator. Yum! Little clementine oranges, nice and cool were also perfect for a hot afternoon.  Summer is coming and it's already hot outside, time for pools and cottages and slow afternoons on the porch or deck. Summer activities often feel like an escape, a vacation even for a few hours. Love was a good theme for our last time together for the season. One of the themes of love songs that we encountered in the past and noticed again today was that the world sometimes disappears when you're with your lover. Just being together can be an escape. Love can take you away...