ADVISORY/Bishop of New York and Henry Schacht, Noted Business Leader, to be Centennial Speakers for Church of The Holy Trinity.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 1998--The Church of the Holy Trinity will host The Right Reverend Richard E. Grein, Bishop of New York, and Henry B. Schacht, former chairman of Lucent Technologies and chairman of the board of trustees of the Ford Foundation as the first two speakers in the Church's Centennial lecture series on "The Examined Life: Exploring the ways our faith will be expressed in the challenges of the next century."

Bishop Grein is known for his energetic, thoughtful and systematic approach to challenges. As Bishop of New York, he has totally revamped and decentralized the mission structure, putting an emphasis on support of parishes. He will speak at Holy Trinity on Wednesday, November 4th at 7:30 p.m. The topic of his address is "Who is Jesus Christ for Us as We face the Next Millennium?"

Henry Schacht is widely respected as a thoughtful leader in both business and philanthropic endeavors. He served as the first chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies from October 1995 to October 1997 and is currently a director and senior advisor to that company. He also serves on the board of numerous other public companies, including the Chase Manhattan Corporation, Johnson & Johnson Corporation and ALCOA. He is a member of The Business Council, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Management Executive's Society, the US-Japan Business Council and is a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a Fellow of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He will speak on Wednesday, November 11th at 7:30 p.m. and the topic of his presentation is "The Christian in Tomorrow's Marketplace."

Both events are open to the public free of charge. They will be held in the Church's auditorium at 316 East 88th Street, between First and Second Avenue. The lectures are preceded by dinner in the auditorium from 7:00 p.m. on, for a fee of $5.00.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Your coverage of these events is invited; interviews can be arranged with both speakers, and with The Rev. Herbert G. Draesel, Jr. who was installed at Holy Trinity in 1986 as its fifth rector. Under his leadership, the Church has developed a wide ranging program of community service and outreach. The Holy Trinity Neighborhood Center (HTNC) addresses the problems of the hungry, the homeless, the elderly and children. Together, HTNC's seven programs serve nearly 2000 people annually. The programs, funded through a combination of special fund-raising events, foundation grants and individual and corporate donations, include a Saturday Soup Kitchen, Holiday Dinners and Children's Christmas Party, an After School Program, Summer Day Camp, Homeless Shelter, and an AIDS Support Residence and Ministry.

Background on The Church of the Holy Trinity:

The Church of the Holy Trinity is an Episcopal Church at 316 East 88th well known for its extensive community outreach and its outstanding program of music, dance and theater. The Church is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of its consecration in 1989 with a yearlong series of events that began this Fall. Other events scheduled include a Festival of the Arts in January, a Parish Musical in March, a special Palm Sunday performance of Mozart's Requiem and a Centennial Exhibit of Church memorabilia in April.

The Centennial Year will culminate in a weekend of festivities May 7 - 9, 1999. The Church's annual May Fair will be held over this weekend and a parish reunion with former rectors, clergy assistants and parish staff, former vestry members and past and present parishioners invited to join in the celebration. A special service on Sunday, May 9th will celebrate the Church's consecration 100 years ago.

The Church of the Holy Trinity, consecrated in a festival service on May 6, 1899, was built as a gift of Serena Rhinelander as a memorial to her father and grandfather. The complex is a stylistic hybrid designed by the New York firm of Barney and Chapman. It was described by them as combining "the repose of the English Church, and the picturesque detail of the French." The Church itself is cruciform in shape, with an octagonal apse and open-timbered oak ceiling. The New York Times described the Church in a 1993 article as "a tranquil mid-block enclave, far removed from the thundering trucks on Second and First Avenues."