YOUTH NEWS & EVENTS
The JUNIOR YOUTH GROUP meets this Sunday at 12:15 p.m. in Jamison Hall. We will eat lunch together and finish stuffing Easter Eggs. We will also have time to work on the mural and play games. Parents and youth, remember that our meeting starts at 11:30 a.m., right after Sunday school. We will be finished at 1:30 p.m.
There will be no CLUB 45 meeting in April as our regular meeting date falls on Easter Sunday. Club 45 will meet Sunday, May 19. More information to come later.
The YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S LENTEN PROGRAM, Creation Care and Creativity. The mural is taking shape! Mandy and Sam hope your youth and children can join us tonight evening as we learn and discuss how we can help care for creation and work together to create a work of art using plastic bottle caps. The mural, to be completed by Earth Day, will be displayed in the church, location to be determined. For more information, contact
Sam Burton
.
FLOWERING THE CROSS – If you plan to attend the 9:15 service on Easter Sunday, please bring flowers to place on the cross during the service. This is a long-time tradition at Trinity that is part of our Easter celebration. Additional flowers will be available for those who need them.
EASTER EGG HUNT – Please join us after the 9:15 service on Easter Sunday for our annual Easter Egg Hunt and Reception on the lawn! There are separate egg hunts for three different age groups.
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Very young children up to age 3 will meet inside the red main doors of the church; their hunt will be in the grassy area in the front circle by the big holly tree.
· Children in preschool through first grade will meet at the glass doors between the two buildings (in the Ida Beck chapel); their hunt will be in the area between the driveway and the parking lot around the Memorial Garden.
· Second through fifth graders will meet inside the church by the monk’s door; their hunt will be on the hill in front of the church by the sign.
Cake and lemonade will be served outside on the lawn after the Egg Hunt. Come join us!
YOUTH GROUP MEMBERS – We will hide the eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday morning, April 21st, starting at 9:20 a.m. Please meet in Jamison Hall in the 4
th
and 5
th
grade classroom at 9:10 a.m. if you would like to help with this event. If you have any questions contact
Sam Burton.
SHRINE MONT, May 10-12, please get your registration form and check for $60.00 (made out to Trinity Church) to Sam Burton
by this Sunday, April 14
. For more information,
click here
.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL – Are you creative? Do you like sharing the word of God with children? Are you ready to have a week of fun, art and storytelling? If so, I could use your help with VBS! If you are interested in helping with VBS this year, please contact
Sam Burton
. We need to start planning soon if we’re going to have VBS this summer.
TRINITY NEWS
The meal for this week’s LENTEN DINNER will be soup.
The CAREGIVERS' SUPPORT GROUP will meet tomorrow, April 11, from 10 - 11:30 a.m. for our monthly meeting. Men and women who are caregivers for a disabled or ill adult or child are invited to attend the meeting. Call Randall (540-207-0600), Brenda (540-226-2628) or Claire (540-479-6988) for information.
VESTRY NOMINATIONS – Four members will be elected to the Vestry at Trinity’s Annual Meeting on April 28 at about 10:00 a.m. after the 9:00 a.m. service. Serving as a leader for Trinity is an important ministry. If you think of someone with the gifts for Vestry service, please contact a member of the Nominating Committee – Prudence Jarvis, Sally Marcus, George Cox, or Harry Dickinson – or pick up a nomination form from the table in the church entryway. Copies of the Vestryperson Responsibilities are also on the table with the nomination forms.
The CASUAL ADULT ED Class meets from 10:20 - 10:50 a.m. on Sunday mornings. We are examining The Way of Love in our meetings. Join us this Sunday for the session on "Go" and on April 5th for the last session on "Rest".
PRAYER PARTNERS - Here is a suggested prayer you might use to conclude Lent as you pray for your Prayer Partner - "Holy Spirit, you are the Comforter and the Advocate. We all need your tender mercies. Give them in abundance to (Name) and to those he/she loves. In Christ's Name, Amen."
PRAYER PARTNERS REVEAL PARTY - Save the Date, Saturday, May 4th, after the 1st Saturday Eucharist! Want to know who has been praying for you? Read more
here
...
ALTAR FLOWERS - The price to donate altar flowers for a Sunday has changed to $32.50! There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board across from the office for those that wish to donate for a particular Sunday. Make your check out to Trinity and put in the offering plate or send to the office.
This year’s Easter Offering will go to cover the expense of Trinity’s participation in our annual Rise Against Hunger meal packing event. The combination of your generosity and the hard work of many Trinitarians and guest means that we have packed tens of thousands of meals for hungry people all around the globe.
As is traditional, this year’s Good Friday Offering will go to the work of the Diocese of Jerusalem.
The Annual Meeting will be at 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 28. Here’s our schedule for that day:
8 a.m. Rite I Eucharist
9 a.m. Rite II Eucharist
10 a.m. Annual Meeting
11:15 a.m. Rite II Eucharist
