Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 10:00 am

Sermon: "Hopes & Dreams"

Communion Sunday

We will be serving fresh gluten-free bread and fresh juice

for Communion in the sanctuary.

Fellowship Time after service

Worshiping from home?

Please have a piece of bread or cracker and water or juice

ready for Communion.

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.

10/5 - Stewardship 2026 Campaign Kick-off / Communion Sunday 10am - 11am

• Trinity Field Trip to Arts Worcester - 12pm

10/8 - Trinity to host Community Meals - 6pm -7pm (setup / prep at 5pm)

10/11 - Breakfast Fellowship - 8:30am - 10am

• Pollinator Gardens Clean-up Project - 1pm - 3pm

10/12 - Faith Formations

10/17 -Trinity's Coffee House / Open Mic - 7pm - 9pm

10/19 - Celebration Sunday - 10am - 11am

• Special music by the Handbell Choir

10/24 - Parents / Kids Night out - 6pm - 9pm

10/26 - Faith Formations

• The Williamson Family Honduras Mission Presentation - 11:30-12:15pm

10/29 Prayer Shawl Meeting - 1pm - 2pm

For More information on any of these events/dates see below sections.

Dear Trinity Church,

October is Stewardship Month – the time where we prayerfully consider, decide, and dedicate what we will give for the operation of our church in the coming year.

Stewardship is about responsibly managing the resources God has entrusted to us. 

These resources – financial, material, and otherwise – are here to serve us. They exist for our use and benefit.

During worship we will learn certain aspects about our stewardship – the importance of our hopes and dreams, how those hopes and dreams are funded, the nature of our work as “The Church of Jesus Christ,” and the treasure that is within us.  

It’ll be an exciting time as we focus on living our best life in Christ Jesus!

Grace and peace to you,

Will

Our Racial Justice statement states:

“We stand against racial profiling, police brutality, and racially discriminatory criminal justice practices. We oppose symbols and language of white nationalism.” 

Our Supreme Court has approved racial profiling for ICE. Many people of color are living with new found fear. The Bible tells us to welcome the stranger as we were once strangers in a strange land. To love our neighbor. 

During these difficult times let us come together as a church family to love and support each other. Especially, our Senior Minister. To pray for peace and work for justice in the hope that love will prevail.

Your Board of Deacons

Open And Affirming/Social Justice Team

Hello Trinity Church Community,

What an exciting start to the Fall Season we have had. September brought many blessings for us! AppleFest was a huge success, Music Ministry ensembles have started rehearsing and performing, & the Sanctuary/Sound System improvements have brought new life to our worship services. I also want to express my utmost gratitude for the outpouring of love and support everyone gave for the presentation of “Worship: the Musical”. I hope it blessed you the same way creating it did for me. 😀

Here is a look at musical happenings for the month of October:

• October 5 - Hope-themed congregation music as well as a Sing-Along Communion special led by the Adult Voice Choir.
• October 12 - Service music led by the Worship Band, and an up-lifting Special called “Look Up, Child” by Lauren Daigle.
• Kid’s Music & Movement with Mr. Scott following the worship service.
• October 19 - Special Music provided by the HandBell Choir
• October 26 - Special Music provided by the Adult Voice Choir

For the month of October, we will continue to use a musical Scripture Response in our services, as well as the re-inclusion of a Song of the Month. The praise chorus, “Thy Word is a Lamp” (#326 in Chalice Hymnal) will be our Scripture Response, and verse 1-3 of “How Firm a Foundation” (#618) will be our Song of the Month.

And it’s still not too late to join in on the joy of creating music together for the Lord. The Voice Choir and Worship Band can accommodate anyone joining through the end of the month, and Bell Choir has 1-2 more weeks open for new members until next Season. Reach out if you are interested in those opportunities.

As we enter Fall with the month of October, life seems to get faster and faster. I feel like we just recovered from the success of our involvement with Applefest, and now we are talking about Christmas in music rehearsals. But no matter how fast the revolving door of time spins us around, I hope you are able to always take time to show God’s Love everywhere you go! The Community of Trinity has a superpower: its people 

Until We Meet Again,

Scott Arnold (He/Him)

Music Director

Trinity Church of Northborough

Hope

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

October is Stewardship Month

at Trinity Church.

You will receive a pledge mailing early in October with a Stewardship letter, Trinity’s Investment Plan, and a pledge card for you to fill out and bring to Worship service on Celebration Sunday - October 19th.

Your Stewardship Team,

Tom Danforth, Joe Montana, Tim Cashmore

Trinity will host Community Meals on Wed., Oct 8th

Hello, Trinity Church!

Community Meals is Wednesday, October 8, 2025. There has been an increase in the number of guests each week and they LOVE our meatloaf meal, so I have asked for an increased amount of food. Thank you for all who participate in this labor of love.

We also need volunteers to serve. Please sign up if you can help.

Martha

Click to sign up

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.

Welcome back to Saturday Breakfast Fellowship for the fall. Our next gathering will be on Saturday October 11th. at 8:30 AM. This is a change from the original date so please make the change on your calendars.

This year, I’m starting something new. We won’t have a specific topic for discussion unless

there’s something which you want to discuss. After 15 years of leading Breakfast Fellowship (yes, 15), I’m running out of ideas for discussion.

So, we’ll gather for breakfast as usual and then talk about what ever topics come up. I’ll also have “Talking Point” cards to help stimulate ideas.

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

Welcome back children! 

We're happy to announce that "Children's Church" will be held on 2 Sundays per month going forward, the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month. This month the dates are October 12th and October 26th. 

Children's Church - The children who want to participate will leave the sanctuary with Faith Formations leaders during this time. The children's classroom is located on the 2nd floor, just outside of the sanctuary. The children will participate in an inter-active, faith-based lesson followed by a children's music time with Mr. Scott after worship service.

We hope to see you there!

The Faith Formation Ministry Team

ONA/ Social Justice Team

I realize that our team often deals with very sensitive and serious issues which is why you may not be reading this any further but wait! We work for and with you so that everyone will have the following:

What a beautiful fall we are having! Trinity is back in full swing and the energy is high!

• Mark and Rose have started a new school/work year and they seem to be thriving with the help of Jean and Mary Kemp as well as others
• The next date that we are responsible for Community Meals is October 8th. Watch for the sign-up genius which will be sent out separately.
• Food collection for the food pantry - weekly – Thank you Faith
• Worcester Fellowship Thursday Café –
• Worcester Fellowship Lunches – 
• The Williamson Family is organizing a week-long mission trip to La Paz, Honduras, in cooperation with Honduras Compassion Partners (HCP).
• Activities will include community outreach to distribute water filters, construct latrines, water pilas, and a small house. 
• Participants will eat and sleep in the mission house on the HCP campus. All ages over 12 years old are encouraged to participate. 
• Maybe other Trinity folk would like to join them! John and Grace will present an information session after worship on Sunday, October 26, 2025. More details coming!!!
• More information about HCP and mission trip activities can be found at the following links:

https://www.hondurascompassion.org/

https://www.youtube.com/@hondurascompassionpartners

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

The task that day that most needs attention is pruning back the Virginia rose shrubs in front of the building, and the rain garden next to Winterberry Way, as well as a couple of Chokecherry trees that have grown a bit tall that need to be pruned back.

This work will allow for more sunlight and space around the other beneficial plants growing around the rose bushes, and greatly improve the appearance of the garden areas. 

There will be a supply of clippers, pruners and leather gloves on hand. Feel free to bring your favorite tools from home. To help protect from scratches, please consider wearing sturdy shoes, work pants or jeans, and long sleeves. 

If you are interested, please contact John Posluszny or anyone on the Outreach Team.

Trinity Church is now a registered agency with New Life Furniture Bank. 

This means that Trinity Church is now able to refer clients to New Life Furniture Bank who are experiencing furniture insecurity. 



If you or someone you know is in need of such assistance, please contact John Posluszny or anyone on the Outreach Team.

The Exterior Restoration & Maintenance Task Force, with the assistance of the Church’s structural engineer, Structures North, is soliciting bids from prospective contractors to start planning the work to fortify the church tower and steeple and to preserve the historic appearance of the building.

The Task Force expects to hold informational meetings in the near future to update the congregation on its work.

If you have any questions or suggestions for the Task Force, please contact one of its members: Pete Carlsen, Jean Leif, Tom Danforth, Wally Corwin, Cheryl Silverberg, Beth Buckley or Tim Cashmore.

The Wise team, as part of our work to continue to become a more educated church around mental health, would like to go to Ashely's Exhibit at the ARTS Worcester, Click Here

We would like to gather a group and go together on October 5th at 12pm. If you are interested in going with our group, please email or text Lorna Van Horn at lornahelms1@gmail.com OR

508-596-1776 by Oct 1st. 

Thank you

Our Prayer Shawl Meetings will be starting up again in October!

We would love to have new people join us as we knit and chat! We provide an easy pattern so come and join in knit or crochet !

We meet once a month at Trinity with knitting/crocheting hands to make shawls for our members in need of a “hug.” Blessed handmade items are delivered right to their home to warm the heart and soul, and also comes with a card of encouraging words.

Our next prayer shawl meeting will be Wednesday, October 29th at 1:00pm all are welcome!

Our shawls and blankets have become quite popular and we need to keep on making more to comfort our members in need and the fellowship is great too!

Anyone interested in meeting over a cup of tea just once a month for one hour for a rewarding mission please contact Linda F. at: lmferraro25@gmail.com

The next date that we are responsible for Community Meals is October 8th. Watch for the sign-up genius which will be sent out separately.



Call Martha Michalewich at

(774) 258-0867 or email at martha.michalewich@verizon.net

The Blessings Boutique and Vintage Garage Shoppe are open Wed, Fri and Sat's from 10am - 2pm. Come in to shop the new holiday collector's items!  



Household and decorative item donations can be dropped off when the boutique is open.

Clothing donations are not being accepted at this time. 

The Called to Care team is available for anyone who would appreciate a friendly caring call or a check in on a home bound member. We keep in touch weekly or monthly or whatever is needed. We even make “sunshine“ house visits with a small box surprise!

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

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

Coffee or Tea on Zoom Wednesdays at 9:00am will resume in the fall.

Photo by: Sophie Ferello

October Meetups

At Coffee & Pi (π)



276 Turnpike Rd #8 Westboro

Wednesdays

10 to 11 am

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

Wreaths Across America 2025 campaign is beginning!

Northboro Junior Woman’s Club, Boros Cares 4 Troops and the Vincent F. Picard American Legion Post 234 will host Wreaths Across America on December 13, 2025 at 12:00 noon.

The Northboro Junior Woman’s Club, Boros Cares 4 Troops and The Vincent F. Picard American Legion Post 234 are beginning fundraising to support the Wreaths Across America being held in Northborough for the second time this year. We are hosting an event at the Howard Street Cemetery to bring awareness to the yearlong mission of the organization, which is to Remember the fallen, Honor those who serve, and Teach the next generation the value of freedom. 

Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, which was begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s yearlong mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. 

The wreaths are $17 each! If you would like to order one or more wreaths, please scan the QR code below or go to: www/wreathsacrossamerica.org/MA0219.

RITA OUT OF OFFICE NOTICE

Rita will be on vacation and will not be in the office

over the dates of: September 29, 2025 through October 3, 2025.

She will be back in the office on Monday October 6, 2025.

Voicemail & email will be checked periodically by Volunteer staff during her time away.

If you need immediate assistance please contact:

Lynn Garry (508) 254-5689

REGULAR OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Thursday: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Fridays - 9:00am - 3:00pm

NOVEMBER 2025 TIDINGS

If you have any information that you would like to have included

in the November 2025 Tidings,

please be sure to have it to Rita / church office

no later than Friday October 24, 2025.

TRINITY CHURCH

23 Main Street, Northborough, MA 01532

(508) 393-8156



trinitychurchnboro@gmail.com

www.trinitynorthborough.org

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