Easter Trinity Essentials, from Trinity Episcopal Church

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TRINITY

ESSENTIALS

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weekly guide

to what's on

at Trinity!

HEADLINES

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We invite you to

be part of Good Friday

& Easter @ Trinity! ...

Journey with us through sorrow and pain, joy and hope, as we retell through word, song, music, prayer, and sacrament, the events of the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Trinity, there is a place for you.

You can download your copy of our Holy Week & Easter

schedule here or scan this QR code with your cell phone.

Join us tomorrow for

GOOD FRIDAY

@ TRINITY

Guest Homilist:

The Rt. Rev. Ted Gulick, Jr.

Visiting Bishop, The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia

EASTER DAY @ TRINITY

Sunday March 31st

The Resurrection of Our Lord

Worship @ 6:30am,

8:00am, & 10:30am

Please note that there is no 5:00pm service taking place on Easter Day.

Music on Easter Sunday: On Easter Sunday morning, at the 10:30am Eucharist, the choir and a small orchestra will help us celebrate the Resurrection with Franz Schubert's "Mass in G". As a special treat, the choir will sing the movements of the Mass in place of the service music usually sung by the congregation, a full Choral Eucharist, plus Randall Thompson's beloved anthem, "Alleluia".

THIS WEEK

@ A GLANCE

Download & print a copy of the weekly calendar here

COMING SOON

@ TRINITY

New @ Trinity! Beginning next Wednesday, April 3rd, 5:30pm - 7:00pm. Meeting at the Middleburg Community Center.

Join us for Alpha! We're extending an open invitation to anyone who'd like to come along to renew & refresh their faith and spiritual life. Some of those joining this course will be on our confirmation / reception track, but the invitation is issued to everyone who'd like to participate.

Register for adult Confirmation/Reception and/or to take part in Alpha! See the image below for more and register here or 540.592.3343.

A Spring Program from the Blue Ridge Singers, including a concert here at Trinity, on Sunday, April 28th, 3:00pm. All are welcome!

Trinity, amazing music, in beautiful surroundings.

BIG NEWS!!! An exciting announcement from Rev. Jonathan Adams, the Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville Virginia.

The Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour is BACK this year!!

Make your plans now for Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday May 25th & Sunday May 26th, to join us on the 65th Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour for a day filled with equestrian elegance, rural charm, and the timeless beauty of Hunt Country!

Whether you're a seasoned rider, a horse enthusiast, or simply captivated by the grace of these magnificent animals, this event promises something for everyone!

Stay tuned for more details and get ready to trot along on an unforgettable journey through this historic equestrian landscape! - all for a good cause to support the outreach programs of Trinity Episcopal and give back to the community far and wide.

NOTICE BOARD

@ TRINITY

Please note that the Trinity Church Office is closed on Monday, April 1st for the Easter break. We reopen on Tuesday, April 2nd, 9:00am.

2023 Annual Giving Statements were e-mailed to everyone back in January, but don't worry if you can't locate yours. Did you know that you can view, download and print your Annual Giving Statements from your cell phone using the Trinity Church App?

Alternatively call or e-mail us and we'll send you another copy. 540.592.3343 or email here

Trinity Village members will meet for a planning group meeting on Sunday, April 14th, @ 9:00 am, at Peard House, Parlor. All are welcome to come along and to be part of our local in-reach ministry. Contact Sabine Bibb for more information. sabinebibb@me.com or 571-437-9953.

Please note that both our Senior and Junior Wardens have new e-mail addresses as follows:

Brett Bibb, Senior Warden: seniorwarden@trinityupperville.org

Jonathan Catherwood, Junior Warden: juniorwarden@trinityupperville.org

Please amend/update your e-mail address books. Thank you.

Please look out for Renew & Restore letters which have been sent to many of our generous givers during this past week.

We are so grateful to those who read our appeal in Trinity Essentials last week and responded magnificently and brought forward or brought up to date their pledge payments! Please will you join them? These are vital at an exceptionally expensive time for Renew & Restore as we undertake some of the largest and most costly renewal and repair projects at Trinity.

You can help by making Renew & Restore pledge payments each and every month here.

If you have 2023 pledge payments outstanding we'd be really grateful if you could bring them up to date as soon as possible. Givers will be receiving a written reminder during the next few weeks.

If you've committed to make a 2024 annual gift, we'd love to talk to you about scheduling that for some time soon. Call Sophia Mirra, Director of Finance & Stewardship if you can help with this. 540.592.3343,

Your help and support is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

2023 was a record year for Outreach financial support from Trinity Church to those most in need!

For 2024 the Trinity Outreach Committee is renewing and redoubling its efforts! There will be an special Outreach discernment meeting on 7th April from 9:00am - 10:00am in the Peard House. Parlor. All who are interested in Trinity’s Outreach work are welcome to attend. Future working group meetings for Outreach will be held on 21st April from 11:45am-12:45pm and 5th May from 11:45am-12:45pm.

Please contact Ben Baker here or Melissa Saunders here with any questions you may have, and please continue to pray for our important outreach work here at Trinity. Thank you.

We've introduced services of both Morning and Evening Prayer at Trinity as follows:

Each Monday: Morning Prayer, 9:00am

Each Monday: Evening Prayer, 4:45pm

Each Thursday: Morning Prayer, 9:00am.

Each Thursday: Evening Prayer, 4:45pm.

This short, spoken service takes place in the side chapel of Trinity Church and lasts no longer than 15 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and take part.

If (as occasionally will happen) no one from the staff team is available to lead these times of prayer please continue by using the simple one-page, laminated guide which you'll find left in the side chapel at all times. This will guide you through the sections of this short service and includes page numbers and information on how to locate the scripture readings for the day.

We hope that these additional times of prayer will help to further bring a sense of focus for God's work here and to provide a rhythm to daily life and work at Trinity, which is not only a place of worship and pilgrimage for many, but a place of work, and home to several people who live on campus.

We apologies for the additional speakers and wires now in place in the church (they will remain in place for some time to come). Our sound system (which was already scheduled for a major upgrade) has failed and we have a temporary system in place until a new installation is complete.

If you would like to help towards the costs of the new sound system please give to our Renew & Restore capital campaign here. We continue to invite your support and gifts to our capital campaign as further projects are added to the list of works that are required here at Trinity, and as costs continue to rise. If you have yet to make a gift to Renew & Restore please give today! Thank you.

Are you All-In @ Trinity for 2024?

All-In for Stewardship is our 2024 Stewardship Campaign @ Trinity!

Everyone should now have received a pledge information pack either in person at church or through the mail. We're now asking everyone to return a completed 2024 pledge form as soon as possible so that we can begin 2024 with certainty and confidence in our annual budget. Please note that we still need you to complete a new 2024 Pledge Form even if you have simply rolled on your automated online giving over from 2023. Thank you.

In your pack you'll find a reflection from Fr. Jonathan on what it might mean to be "All-In" at Trinity; some great testimonials from some of our generous givers; amazing facts and figures about the difference your giving is making here; a helpful article looking at what is actually means to "make a pledge"; and a step-by-step guide to Pushpay our online church giving and management system.

You can read your digital copy of our All-in for Stewardship brochure here.

You can make your 2024 pledge online, in writing, or in person. Make your pledge here and make sure you're all in at Trinity for 2024!

Trinity, there is a place for you.

Please be aware that major construction work is continuing at a number of locations at Trinity and extra care should be taken at all times when on the Trinity campus or within the buildings.

Thank you for your cooperation and support during these significant developments and improvements at Trinity.

Look out for our new style welcome cards which you'll find in each pew and at the back of the church. If you're new at Trinity, please complete a card and place it in the offering plate or hand it to one of our church greeters as you leave the service. That way we can connect with you and formally welcome you and your family to Trinity and answer any questions you might have. Trinity, there is a place for you.

We're pleased to announce that we're now able to accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express card payments at the Parish Office for payment of general goods and services.

Please note that this does not concern financial gifts and giving which should continue to be given in the usual ways, if at all possible, using our online PushPay service. Thank you.