Volume 78 - No. 1 | January 2026 | | |
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 10:00 am
Sermon "No Gimmicks, Just Jesus"
Communion Sunday
We will be serving fresh gluten-free bread and fresh juice
for Communion in the sanctuary.
Worshiping from home?
Please have a piece of bread or cracker and water or juice
ready for Communion.
We will be receiving offerings for the Deacons Fund this Sunday in person in the sanctuary, by mail, and online through VANCO.
If you're paying by check or cash, please include "Deacons Fund" in the memo line and use the Deacons Fund envelopes in the pews.
Any donation you can provide to the Deacons Fund is appreciated.
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This service will be live streamed on Facebook.
Don't have Facebook? Don't worry, you can still view the live service from any device by following this link: https://www.facebook.com/Trinitychurchnorthborough
A step-by-step tutorial on how to access Facebook Live CLICK HERE
Have your Bible, a candle and lighter ready and create a worshipful space, maybe with a cross, a nice tablecloth, or other devotional items that are meaningful to you.
Replay on Verizon channel 31 and Charter channel 191
Sundays (previous week's) at 6pm and Thursdays at 8:00am.
Rita is here to help you. If you need technical assistance please email her at: trinitychurchnboro@gmail.com or call her (508) 393-8156
and she will walk you through each step.
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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD
Words don’t adequately express how much I am thankful for each of one you.
Thank you so much for your kindness and thoughtfulness to me during the year
and especially during the Advent and Christmas season.
I am so blessed to be Senior Minister of such an outstanding church!
The love you show to me, to one another, and to our community
makes a positive difference in the world.
Trinity shines brightly because of you!
May our light continue to shine in 2026, blessing people,
and glorifying God, whose name is Love.
MY NEW YEAR’S WISH TO YOU
“May your life be a testament to the beauty of blessings.”
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Our Annual Business Meeting is on
Sunday, January, 25 2026 at 11:30am.
Please make every effort to attend and vote at this important meeting. Lunch will be provided.
Board of Deacons
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Hello Trinity Church Community!
This past Christmas Season was a great experience for myself, and I hope it was for many of you! In addition to the wonderful special music presentations, many people came together for a night of beautiful music. The 2025 Lesson & Carols service was a wonderful presentation of what the Trinity Church Music Ministry has to offer its community. Music is a gift from God, given for all to share! Thank you to all of the performers, volunteers, and audience members for being a part of that service!
For the groups that performed, take a well-deserved break from weekly rehearsals. Hand Bell Choir and Voice Choir will resume their weekly meetings after a few weeks. See the flyer for the first rehearsals after the New Year to be ready to begin preparations for the Lent & Easter Seasons.
For the month of January, you expect to hear more solo/small group selections for Special Music moments. Song titles and dates are still being finalized. Our services will include a new “Song of the Month”. Many of you are familiar with the praise chorus, “Holy Ground”; however, the full version typically includes verses. Following the Prelude each Sunday, Pastor will lead us in a musical Call to Worship in a “call & response” style. He will be singing the verses as a solo and the congregation will respond with the chorus. You can listen to a performance video HERE. I also plan for us to continue ending our services with a “3-Fold Amen”, but we will use one of the other melodies found in our Chalice Hymnal (#314). Listen to an example HERE.
Looking forward into the New Year, I hope you might consider joining one of our music ministry groups: Adult Voice Choir, Hand Bell Choir, Worship Band, Worship Planning Team, & Volunteering for Worship. If you have any questions about these groups, you can reach out to me via email (trinitynorthboroughmusic@gmail.com).
May the New Year bring you many blessings and may we grow in generosity, kindness and forgiveness, hope, faith and love!
Until We Meet Again,
Scott Arnold (he/him)
Music Director of
Trinity Church of Northborough
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The ONA Social Justice Team wants to spread KINDNESS into the world.
Please save the date of Saturday, March 14, 2026 for our Kindness Event: Chili Cook Off.
Last year's event was a joyous event filled with food, music, laughter and fellowship. There were just over 100 Trinity folk and members of our community.
We will need your help for a successful night.
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REMEMBERING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister, deeply rooted in the African-American Baptist tradition, co-pastoring Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta with his father and drawing heavily on biblical teachings and the Black Church's cultural strength for his civil rights activism. His faith, inspired by his family of Baptist preachers, fueled his advocacy for equality and justice through nonviolent means.
I was a preteen when he led the Civil Rights Movement during the tumultuous 1960's. He was and will always be a hero of mine for his bravery to speak "Truth to Power" about the need for equal rights, and to protest march in places that needed hope. I will remember him again on Monday, January 19, 2026.
Dave C.
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Winter & snowy months are here!
With that in mind the Property Team is looking for volunteers to be added to a call list that helps out with snow removal from walkways & entrances here at Trinity this winter.
If you are willing and able to help out please contact anyone of the Property Team: Cheryl S., Wally C., Don D. or
Pete C.
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Don
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Our January gathering for Saturday Breakfast Fellowship will be on Saturday,
January 17th. at 8:30 AM.
We won’t have a specific topic for discussion this month. So, we’ll gather for breakfast as usual and then talk about whatever topics come up. I’ll have “Talking Point” to help stimulate discussion.
Everyone is welcome to come to Saturday Breakfast Fellowship for breakfast, fellowship, and discussion.
For more information or to add yourself to the Saturday Breakfast Fellowship email list, please contact Tom at tomdan4@gmail.com
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Our Pew Cushion Initiative is underway!
If you missed the announcement back in November, we are now accepting donations for new pew cushions. There are 42 cushions and the cost is $20,000. About $500 per cushion. A donation in any amount can be done via credit car on the website (look for Pew Cushions under Donations) or by check (write Pew Cushions on Memo line).
The new carpeting needs new cushions! Our beautiful Sanctuary is almost complete.
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
| | FACEBOOK LIVE - HELP NEEDED | | |
Worship Service on Facebook Live - HELP NEEDED
Can you read email? Do you ever look at Facebook? Then YOU can help us in the video booth.
We need a few people to take an occasional turn in the video booth on Sunday mornings.
We will show you how to log in and set up the computers, then just push the START button at the beginning of the service and the STOP button at the end.
If you can help us out, please talk to Scott or Jean.
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Hello Trinity Families and Children!
Happy New Year! We hope that you all had a wonderful and blessed Christmas holiday season.
This month, "Children's Church" will be held on January 11th and 25th. Babies and toddlers are welcome in the Nursery/Kids Korner, which is located on the 1st floor, with a parent/guardian. The service can be viewed via live-stream on Facebook in the nursery/Kids Korner.
We hope to see you there!
The Faith Formation Ministry Team
| | OUTREACH NEWS AND UPDATES | | Honduras trip: John and Grace Williamson will be traveling to Honduras in April on a humanitarian aid project with Honduras Compassion Partners. They welcome Trinity members to join them. More info. | | |
Worcester Fellowship Cafe
Thursday, January 8, 2026
We will be preparing lunch for about 70 people. Contact Jean Leif if you can help. jhleif@gmail.com
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NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT TEAM
(NST) FUNDRAISING
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Neighborhood Support Team (NST) fundraising
Donations are still being accepted, Please support our immigrant friends by contributing to the Trinity Church NST". This fund helps our immigrant friends get settled into their new lives here in the US".
| | EXTERIOR RESTORATION AND MAINTANENCE TASK FORCE UPDATE | | | | |
STEEPLE AND EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE UPDATE
Trinity has signed a contract with Valley Restoration LLC for Phase 1 of the steeple project, which involves the temporary removal of the spire, bell and belfry, and reinforcement of the sanctuary roof.
Phase 1 will commence shortly and is expected to be completed by spring.
The Exterior & Restoration Task Force is assessing which capital projects might be included in the 2026 capital campaign.
In order to give careful consideration to such projects, we have moved the capital campaign feasibility study to the third week in March.
As part of the study, we will invite a small group of church members to be interviewed by Jill White of the UCC Church Building & Loan Fund, our capital campaign consultant.
| | PRAYER SHAWL KNITTING/CROCHET GROUP | | | | |
Time to meet again in the New Year!
Last Wednesday of each month at 1:00pm to 2:00pm to get our fingers working again and create the warmth of a handmade shawl or blanket for those in need of the comfort that we create.
Please join us-we would love to have you.
All are welcome on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
No sign up - just come on in!
Any questions please contact Linda F. at: lmferraro25@gmail.com
| | QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMUNITY MEALS? | | BLESSINGS BOUTIQUE THRIFT SHOP NEWS | | | | |
Thrift Shop News:
The "Blessings Boutique" and "Vintage Garage Shoppe" will continue to be open on Wed, Fri, Sat from 10am - 2pm, weather permitting. Household decor, etc. and small furniture type items can be donated during regular thrift shop hours.
Gently used clothing and jewelry/handbag donations can be dropped off and placed in bags in the marked bins in the church hallway anytime.
We appreciate all of the great donations!
Thank you,
The Thrift Shop Team
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NEED A FRIENDLY VISIT?
CALLED TO CARE TEAM IS HERE FOR YOU!
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The Call To Care team would like to ask our congregation if there is anyone who would benefit from a friendly caring call from someone on our team just to keep in touch.
We can call weekly or monthly or whenever it’s needed
Please contact Linda F or Michele W if you would like to give us a name
Thank you
We are here and if you or anyone you know would benefit from a call from our team please contact Linda F. at: lmferraro25@gmail.com or Michele W. at michelewheelock@gmail.com.
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WANT TO GIVE ALTAR FLOWERS
FOR WORSHIP?
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Please click on the link below to choose a date and add a comment if the flowers are in celebration, honor or memory of an event or person.
Signup Genie will automatically send you an email reminder six days prior to the day you signed up to bring flowers.
ALTAR FLOWER SIGNUP CLICK HERE
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SAVE THE DATE
Bible Study will resume again in
February with a 7 week study on
the Lord's Prayer, starting on
Monday, February 9th.
See Pastor Will or Jean Leif
for more details.
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Coffee & Chat
on ZOOM
Wednesdays at 9:00am
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Wednesday Meetups
At Coffee & Pi (π)
276 Turnpike Rd #8 Westboro
10:00am
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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING
TRINITY CHURCH!
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We appreciate everything you do for Trinity Church!
When you give, if you're paying by check, please make checks payable to Trinity Church. Our mailing address is 23 Main St, Northborough, MA 01532.
You can also use “bill pay” and have your bank mail a check to us on a regular schedule set up by you, at no cost.
Or give online at www.trinitynorthborough.org/donate
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NEWS FROM THE
NORTHBOROUGH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
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SANCTUARY GREETERS AND
SCRIPTURE READERS NEEDED
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Trinity Church is officially a registered agency with New Life Furniture Bank. This means Trinity Church is now able to refer clients to New Life Furniture Bank who are experiencing furniture insecurity.
If you would like to help out in any way mentioned in the flyer above, please contact John Posluszny.
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If you know of someone who is hospitalized, ill, suffering from the loss of a loved one, or troubled in some way and in need of a pastoral call, please call the church office at 508-393-8156.
| | RITA OUT OF OFFICE NOTICE | | |
Wednesday, January 14, 2026. The office will reopen on Thursday, January 15, 2026 for regular business hours.
Monday, January 19, 2026. In Observance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The office will reopen on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 for regular business hours.
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Last Hurrah before Lent!
Join us in Fellowship Hall on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 for a pancake supper before the Lenten season begins.
More details to come in February's Tidings!
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If you have any information that you would like to have included
in the February 2026 Tidings,
please be sure to have it to Rita / church office
no later than Monday, January 26, 2026.
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