Volume III | Number 1 | January 3, 2019
Trinit- e   Weekly Newsletter
Stewpot Annual Meeting - Jan 15th
Please mark your calendar for the Annual Meeting at the Stewpot: January 15, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. at the Stewpot If you have not been to the Stewpot in a while, we’d love to have you come take a look! All are welcome!

Also, save the date for Empty Bowls: February 17, 2019. Tickets are available for $25 at Natchez Coffee Co. on Franklin St.
Moving-Past-Go - Wednesday Evenings in the Parish Hall
All are welcome to meet in the parish hall after Wednesday evening healing service to be part of a conversation about how we at Trinity Church can more fully live into our calling as Christians by becoming more inviting to our community, more welcoming to those who venture through our doors, and better able to connect newcomers into the life and mission of our parish. A light supper will be provided at 6:15, followed by the workshop session.
The tool we will be using for this conversation with be Mary Foster Parmer’s Invite Welcome Connec t book, and it will be available for purchase in the parish office (and also at online sources). For more information, Contact Ann O’Bryant at the church. Purchase and reading of this book is not required to participate in the series on Wednesday night.
The Moving Past Go! workshop series led by the Trinity Evangelism Committee will be held January 9 th through February 13 th . The topics for each week in January are as follows:
  • January 9 - Session one: Introduction and Chapter 1
  • January 16 – Session two: Chapter 2 Invite
  • January 23 – Session three: Chapter 3 Welcome
  • January 30 – Session 4: Chapter 4 Connect
Trinity Church Annual Meeting
Sunday, January 20th

On Sunday, January 20th, there will be one service at 10:30 AM. Following the service the Church's Annual Meeting will be held in the Parish Hall. Brunch will be provided. The Annual Meeting is the Church's yearly 'business meeting'. Among the items for the meeting, four new Vestry members will be elected. Please plan to attend this important event.
Registration is now open for the Annual Invite Welcome Connect Summit
Registration is now open for the fourth Invite Welcome Connect Summit, held once again on the beautiful campus of the University of the South  in Sewanee, Tennessee! Join us June 12–14, 2019 as newcomers and seasoned practitioners from around the world come together to work, share ideas, and learn more about this powerful ministry.

In addition to plenary talks and presentations, there will be workshops introducing first-timers to Invite Welcome Connect, and workshops for more experienced practitioners who want to further explore the theological truths and practicalities of each aspect of this ministry: Invite, Welcome, and Connect.
Information on preachers, plenary speakers, workshops, and workshop leaders will be posted in the New Year, but in the meantime registration is now open!
Gospel in Glass Sunday School Class
Sunday, at 8:45 a.m. join us for another installment of the Gospel in Glass Sunday School Class!
Trinity Notecards For Sale
Full-color notecards featuring Trinity Episcopal Church are available for sale in the church office. This ECW project helps promote the church as well as Trinity’s Bicentennial Celebration in 2022. Cards and envelopes come five to a pack @ $10. They make great gifts and are useful for any sort of correspondence. Art work on the cards is by Will Smith Jr. of Natchez and New Orleans.
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Monthly Birthday Celebration
Adams County Nursing Home
The monthly birthday celebration will take place Friday, January 25th at 3 p.m. at the Adams County Nursing Home. The celebration only takes about an hour and is an incredibly rewarding experience. If you are unable to donate your time please consider making a monetary donation. Checks can be made out to Trinity Church earmarked for Santas for Seniors and turned into the church office or Melinda Ballard. Volunteers are always welcome and appreciated!
Get the latest version of the mobile app!
Directions on How to Login to the Online Church Directory
Make sure you have the latest version of the mobile app! A new version of the app launched this past summer (July 2018). If you have not reinstalled the app now is the time to get up to date! Simply uninstall your current app on your mobile device and then reinstall the app from the app store.

once the new version is downloaded put in your email and password. If you do not remember your password see the links below for assistance.

Click here if you have an iPhone or here if you have an Android to get instructions on how to log back in or how to reset your password.

if you have any questions or concerns please email them to us at [email protected] or Call 601.431.8396
(please leave a voicemail if no answer)
Bicentennial Sign Up in the Parish Hall!
The Bicentennial Committee wants to invite you to visit the parish hall and check out all of the exciting events and sub committees that are being planned for 2022!

Click here to view all of the exciting bicentennial things happening in our church! For more information contact Carolyn Vance Smith at [email protected]
Happening This Week at Trinity
If you have something for the Church Calendar, please let the church office know    here    
Serving This Week at Trinity

Sunday, January 6 - The Epiphany
( Service at 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM )

Eucharistic Ministers:
 ·    8:00 a.m  - Bruce Scarborough
·    10:30 a.m . - Adam Gwin
Lectors:
·    8:00 a.m . - Grace Steiner
·    10:30 a.m . - Paul Sullivan, Melissa Cavin
 Intercessor (10:30):  Donna Harrison
Usher Captain: Philip Carby
Greeters:  Philip and Stella Carby
Oblation Bearers: Pap and Edna Ferguson
Altar Guild: Phebe Winters
Flower Guild:  Brandi Lewis, Amy Callon Jones

To find the full Liturgical Schedule for January, please click here .
Sunday, January 6th - The Epiphany
(click on links below for readings)  

Your prayers are requested for....

Ginny Patterson, Edwin Erinne, Emmalee Cupit, Coral Byrd, Linda Dustin, Kathy Hester, Judy Coker, Linda Lundy, Antonio Cavazos, Jennifer Shane, Aurora Shane, Cheryl LeBlanc, Michael Guyer, Ashley Boutwell, Rachel Beland, Allen McCluney, Bebe Jones, Nordy Redhead, Rhonda Chisolm, Thomas Wisner, Vance Custer, Brian Mulhearn, Margarita Krause, Dylan Pressgrove, Shea Stillwell, Patsy Armstrong, Butch Brown, Pete Cantu, Kari Tippens, Corky Vess, Tucker Curry, Harry Philips and our Armed Forces.  

Please remember the home bound and those in nursing and assisted living :  Mollie Gallagher, Marie Philips, Betty Rogillio, Jean Bond, Jane Stewart, Mary Ann Jones, Marie Tillery, Burt Matheny, Dixie Miller, Jim Overton, Virginia Siddall, Jeanie Peabody, Blanca Cartwright.
A Prayer For This Week
Arise, shine, for the Light of the World has come!
Darkness covers the earth and its people,
but the radiance of God's Light 
burns away its shadows,
illuminates the smallest corner,
and heralds in the start
of a new dawn,
where hearts no longer fear,
souls might be set free,
and sister shall follow brother,
nation shall follow nation,
and kings and princes bow down in awe
before the one who comes to reign.
Arise, shine, for the Light of the World has come!
Alleluia!
Trinity Episcopal Church
305 South Commerce St, Natchez, Mississippi 39120
Phone: (601) 445-8432 | Fax: (601) 442-4939
Website:  Trinitynatchez.org