Trinity Essentials

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ESSENTIALS

Your quick & easy guide to what's on at Trinity!

Two-Week Edition - 9 & 11 September

HEADLINES @ TRINITY

MAKING A DIFFERENCE!

IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY

MORE THAN EVER BEFORE!

Back in 2025 Trinity Church (along with the other three churches within Upperville), was a founding partner of the new Piedmont Region of Tree of Life Ministries.

So many great things have been happening as this amazing ministry continues to grow and develop. We're excited to share some recent highlights with our readers! ...

FOOD BRANCH: We continue to make connections and increase our deliveries to partners who most need our love and support... 5 new deliveries in Berryville have just started, Please continue to bring food to church each Sundays for the pantry = please leave donations in the food basket in the church vestibule or on the porch of Trinity Thrift & Boutique.
LIFESKILLS BRANCH: We recently completed a bible based emotional resilience class that was well attended... and now w're planning for additional classes.
SHELTER BRANCH: Our "Working Hands" Ministry: We are excited to have recently received a $10K grant to continue this ministry... plans are underway to use those funds. Trinity Church volunteers were "hands-On at our last property project at Marshall, and we've got lots more projects coming soon!
HEALTHCARE BRANCH: We are offering together a free Dental Clinic (cleaning) for up to 40 children to be held in Marshall on Saturday, October 10th.
RELIEF BRANCH: Plans are being made for a Community Christmas event on Wednesday, December 16th. This will be held in conjunction with the December Community Meal, which is held each month at Cox Hall, Trinity Episcopal Church.
ACROSS PIEDMONT: We're excited that as we continue to grow this ministry, more people continue to join us as volunteers (we have volunteer leaders for all five of our Ministry Branches - amongst them members of the Trinity Church family), and other churches are joining with us from across the region! We are now serving from Marshall to Berryville, and everywhere in between!

We are grateful for the all the support that the Trinity Church family are providing to this growing and varied ministry, in so many different ways, which is impacting our community more than ever before!

If you are interested in getting involved, would like to know more, or have any questions about our work and ministry, please e-mail Paul Smith here or Jim Gemmer here. They'd love to hear from you!

WHAT'S ON

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SUMMER SERVICE SCHEDULE

Please note our Summertime service times continue each Sunday as follows:

9:00am: Holy Eucharist, Rite II
9:00am: Trinity Tots Nursery
9:00am: Trinity Kids, Lower Level, Cox Hall
5:00pm: Sanctuary - Celtic Evening Prayer & Eucharist
This schedule of Sunday services continues throughout the summer until and including September 13th.

12:00noon: Mid-week service of Holy Eucharist, each Wednesday

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Click the button below to view the online Trinity calendar

CALENDAR

PLEASE NOTE

Groups will soon begin to regather for a new fall program.

Please contact the Group Convener or the Trinity Church Office to check if you are unsure when your group restarts.

FALL @ TRINITY

Advance notice of dates @ Trinity!

Please add to your fall calendar! Please also see the images below for additional event listings!

Sunday, September 13th - 10:00am to 12:00noon: Shredding Unit @ Trinity Parking Lot. Bring your unwanted papers and documents to be shredded. Sponsored by Atlantic Union Bank. See advertisement.
Sunday, September 20th - Kick Off Sunday @ Trinity: 10:30am All Together Service with Blessing of the Backpacks. 11:30am: Annual Ministry Fair, Bishop's Garden; 12:00noon: Trinity Cookout! (No 5:00pm service on 9/20).
Sunday, September 27th - Jesus & Jabs @ Trinity! Our annual vaccination clinic following both 8:00am & 10:30am services, At Cox Hall, and supported by Safeway.
Sunday, October 4th - Blessings of the Animals, 10:30am, Church
Sunday, October 11th - Fall Adult Formation Program begins: Life Together. 9:15am - 10:15am, Cox Hall.
Saturday, October 24th, 3:30pm to 5:30pm - October Fest @ Trinity!
Sunday. November 1st (All Saints Day) - 5:00pm. Choral Evensong with prayers for the faithful departed.

Join Trinity Singles this coming Sunday, September 6th, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Middleburg, for Rock & Popsicles! E-Mail Jule Weir here to let them know that you're coming along!

September 11th, 2026, marks the 25th anniversary of the atrocities of 9/11.

As a church we will mark this solemn occasion with a commemorative memorial service, including readings, prayer, and times of silence, for personal and collective reflection.

Please join us on Friday, September 11th, 12:00noon, at Trinity Episcopal Church.

The Atlantic Union Bank Shredding Truck will be at Trinity Episcopal Church on Sunday, September 13th, from 10:00am to 12:00noon. Bring your old and unwanted papers and documents to the church parking lot for this free shredding service. Thank you to AUB for their support of this event.

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Trinity Men's Breakfast gather for a new season and a new program! Details in the image...

We invite students of all ages to join us for a special Blessing of the Backpacks on Sunday, September 20th, 10:30am, as part of our All-Together "Kick-Off" service at Trinity. Bring your backpack for a blessing!

Sunday September 20th is a red-letter day in the Trinity Church calendar! It's our program year "Kick-Off" Sunday. Join us for one All-Together service at 10:30am (please not the time! - there are no other services on 9/20); followed by the Annual Ministry Fair and Cook-Out in the Bishops Garden from 11:30am. See the image below for more information. See you there!

For the third consecutive year, we're delighted to be working with Safeway Pharmacies to offer this service again at Trinity Church. From 8:45am through the morning of 9/27, at Cox Hall.

We're excited to share a new Trinity Men's Breakfast program to this fall!...

Our Fall Faith Formation Program kicks off on Sunday, October 11th, 9:15am, Cox Hall, with an introductory session to Dietrich Bonhoffer's amazing book "Life Together".

This will be followed by the opportunity to join one of at least four small study groups, meeting at various times and locations across our area, before we conclude our series with an all-together gathering on Sunday, November 21st, 9:15am, back at Cox Hall.

This promises to be a great opportunity for study, discussion, faith formation, and fellowship! Details of small group dates, times, venues, and how to sign up will follow soon. Look out for more information and plan to join us! There will be an opportunity to find out more and to sign up to a study group at our Annual Ministry Fair on 9/20.

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The first Sunday in October can only mean one thing @ Trinity! ...

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Trinity Kids has regathered for a new program year! We invite all our younger Trinity members aged 3 + years to join them at 9:00am each Sunday, at Cox Hall, Lower Level, for fun, friendship, and faith! (we switch back to our usual 10:30am meeting time from 9/20).

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There is an open meeting this Sunday, September 6th, 10:45am, at Peard House, Parlor, to explore restarting Trinity Village, our in-reach and pastoral care ministry. This is a hugely valuable and very important ministry of service that includes visiting, meal-trains, helping the sick or housebound with grocery shopping or offering rides to important appointments, such as doctor or hospital visits.

If you'd like to know more and feel that you might like to support or be involved within this ministry, please come along to this informal meeting on 9/6 or speak further with Rev. Jason.

Cool, Refreshing, Summer. Church...

With Cookies & Lemonade!

Be part of a great welcome and hospitality ministry at Trinity Church and sign up for Cookies & Lemonade, each Sunday (up to & including 9/13) at 10:40am, immediately following the morning service. If the weather is great, we'll gather in the church courtyard.

We'll provide the lemonade and we'd love it if you could share your favorite cookies and serve the church family! Sign up online here or call the Trinity Church Office on 540-592-3343.

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As is usual tradition and practice the Trinity Church Office will be closed for the Labor Day Federal Holiday on 9/7.

BRING-A-CAN-TO-CHURCH!

Our permanent food collection baskets are now in place in the church vestibule and on the porch of Trinity Thrift & Boutique. Whenever you come to church or visit Trinity Thrift & Boutique please bring a can of food (any variety) to donate to our food collection appeal for the new Piedmont Food Bank, based out of Upperville Methodist Church.

Please check "Best Before" dates on all items before donating. Please do not items past their due date. Thank you!

Fall Program opportunities from our friends at The Community Music School of the Piedmont ...

OUTDOOR SANCTUARY

Works in connection with Phase One of our Outdoor Sanctuary enhancement and improvement project continue. These include clearing and removal of invasive undergrowth species within the woodland areas, bush hogging of selected grassland areas, and the start of an ambitious tree planting program. We are delighted to be working with our selected contractors Virginica LLC.

During the next few months please take extra care when walking in the Outdoor Sanctuary and keep dogs under control. Please stay away from machinery and active works areas which could pose a danger to you and your pets. Thank you.

More information is displayed at all entrances to the Outdoor Sanctuary. This project has been made possible through the support of the Gerald B. Lambert Foundation and is honor of the life and legacy of Rachel (Bunny) Mellon.

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE!

Works to extend and remodel the Trinity garage building are making great progress! The completed project will provide additional vehicle garaging, storage, and a dedicated workshop space to support the maintenance and management of the Trinity Church Campus including the Outdoor Sanctuary. We are delighted to be working with our selected contractors Kwon Construction.

It is intended that in the near future, with completion of this project, all maintenance and equipment storage facilities will be relocated to this one, single location at the east of the campus, a change which we hope will help support our vision for a neater, safer, and more cohesive use of our beautiful campus. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

This project has been made possible through the support of the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation and is honor of the life and legacy of Rachel (Bunny) Mellon.

If you would like to get on the Trinity Singles Evite list, send your email here. Pass the word about this new group to your single friends, all are welcome, you do not have to be a church member to attend. This is not a dating club. This group was created to help foster community among Christian Singles in the area.

WE ARE GOD'S HANDS IN THE WORLD!

Trinity Outreach Update - Summer 2026

We're having a great year of support for Trinity Outreach Ministries! The Outreach Grants Committee and Trinity staff want to share more about the many organizations that benefit from our parish’s charitable grants and other gifts. Outreach funds are made possible by the generosity of Trinity congregants and the greater community, via direct donations and annual fundraisers: Hunt Country Stable Tour, Online Christmas Auction, and Trinity Thrift & Boutique.

In 2025, Trinity’s Outreach Planning and Grants team allocated $121,181 to charitable organizations and individuals/families facing hardships. Trinity’s 2026 budget for Outreach grants is $140,000! Read more here about how we use these funds to support people who most need our love and support - locally, regionally, nationally, and across the globe. Thank you for your amazing generosity and support!

OURDOOR SANCTUARY LOOKS TO THE FUTURE!

Through the munificence of the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation, Trinity Church has received a generous grant award for the revitalization and improvement of the Outdoor Sanctuary at the Trinity Church campus.

In total the grant package is worth $5m, including $1.5m of match funding to be raised by Trinity Church and its wide community of support. The grant is intended to further the legacy of Rachel (Bunny Mellon) and the things that were most important to her during in her lifetime, especially concerning Trinity Church and campus and her passion for environmentalism and ecological conservation and restoration. This follows on from an initial development award from the Lambert Foundation of $180,000 which has funded development of vision and scoping documents, and outline development plans and ideas.

We are truly grateful for the creativity, wisdom, and discernment of the Trinity Church Outdoor Sanctuary group, who, for 18 months have worked with Nelson Byrd Woltz (landscape architects) to bring this project to fruition. With the agreement and support of the Vestry detailed proposals and contracts for year 1 works are now underway, with more exciting developments to follow over the next 5-year period. This major funding also includes the provision to create a new dedicated endowment fund for future maintenance of the Outdoor Sanctuary.

We look forward to this cherished and beautiful part of God's creation playing a significantly enhanced role in the overall ministry of Trinity Church - both spiritually and practically. Watch our social media platforms and other communications for more exciting news to follow.

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It is a much-loved tradition and practice at Trinity to offer dedications of flowers within the church that are arranged each week by members of Trinity Flower Guild.

Dedications are invited in memory of family or friends, or in honor of a special event, celebration, person, or anniversary Details are printed within the service bulletins on the Sunday falling closest to your chosen date. A selection of dates throughout the year have become available and we invite your participation. A donation of $150 to Trinity Church is requested towards the cost of flowers for each week

Please call the Church Office on here or e-mail Gina Hammond here to request a list of dates available for dedications. Thank you.