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Serving This Week
8:00 am - Sunday Service - Rite I
Acolyte - Val Folden
Lector - Karla Snellings
Eucharistic Minister - Karla Snellings, Joanne Beck
Healing Prayer Minister - Marti Harrington
Vestry Member - Val Folden
10:30 am - Sunday Service - Rite II
Crucifer - Victoria Haase
Torch Bearer - Samantha Bathgate, Hayden Bathgate
Gospel Book - Caroline Haase
Lector - Andrea Marcinkevicius
Eucharistic Minister - John Tyler, Tom Rotella
Vestry Member - Destine Bradshaw
Digital Ministry - Matthew Brewer
Healing Prayer Minister - Andrea Marcinkevicius
Parish Shepherd - Beth Schroeder
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From the Interim's Desk
Dear Trinitarians,
As we find ourselves in what may be considered a post-pandemic reality, our Bishop has given us a new customary with revised guidelines for the administration of Communion. Therefore, we are reinforcing some Eucharistic practices while making some minor changes to the manner by which Communion is offered and received at the Altar rail.
The corporate bread/wafers received by many will be distributed by the clergy. If you choose to receive, please extend your hands, and place an open palm on top of the other. The clergy will place the bread/wafer in your palm.
If you need/desire a gluten-free wafer, please hold one hand over the other with palms down. The clergy will present you the paten for you to take a gluten-free wafer. Clergy distributing the bread/wafers with gluten must refrain from touching gluten-free wafers so as to not contaminate them.
If you choose not to receive communion, but rather desire a blessing, please cross your arms across your chest and the clergy will offer you a blessing.
For the wine, a silver chalice known as the common cup, will be offered by a clergy person or lay chalice bearer and received in the traditional manner (i.e., sipping directly for the cup) by each communicant. The silver chalice will then be carefully wiped with a purificator (inside and outside edge), rotating the chalice after each person receives.
A second ceramic chalice is offered for intinction. Now here’s the change: To minimize the number of fingers/hands potentially coming in contact with the wine, the communicant will hold up their bread/wafer to the lay chalice bearer. They will dip the edge of the bread/wafer into the wine and then carefully place it back in the hand of the person receiving.
If you attempt to dip your own bread/wafer into the ceramic chalice, the clergy or lay chalice bearer have all been instructed to cover the chalice with their free hand to prevent you from doing so.
Please understand the spirit of caution for which this change is being made.
++ If you are gluten-intolerant, you are invited to receive the wine from the common cup. No sipping will be permitted from the ceramic chalice. ++
This will be our practice here at Trinity. If you visit other Episcopal churches, you may find different practices. In all instances, please take the care and caution needed for yourself to commune with God. Receiving in one kind (foregoing the wine) or “by intention” (touching the base of the chalice without consuming wine) is considered a Full Communion.
Please see the Interim Rector with any questions or comments.
Thank You,
The Rev. David M. Crosby,
Interim Rector
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Interim Rector's Office Hours
Tuesday: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Wednesday: 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Thursday: 1:30 pm -3:30 pm
Friday: 9:30 am -11:00 am
+ Appointments are encouraged and will be honored.
++ Drop-ins could miss me if pressing needs (pastoral care needs, meetings) take me away from the church.
+++ 3rd Wednesday each month, I am out, volunteering at the Washington National Cathedral.
Peace & Cheers,
David+
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In Celebration of
Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept. 15-Oct. 15
A Remembrance by Linda Falter
When you think of the many significant contributions to our country by the Latino community, does the word “wisdom” come to mind? It does for me. My Mexican-American mother raised her children with many wise sayings and colorful stories. In fact, Latino culture reserves a very important role for wise women, otherwise known as “Abuelas.” The word literally means “grandmother,” but it embodies so much more: devoted prayer, sacrificial love, a watchful eye over all—not just family, but a wide circle of others, young and old. Most especially, the downtrodden or troubled.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, and my mother’s memory, I’d like to share a few of her wise sayings with you. Imagine you are setting out with Victoria on a glorious fall day. (Victoria was her American-given name, but in Mexico she was called “Luz,” meaning “Light.”) Today, you are visiting elderly neighbors, simply to talk—but more importantly, to listen. “He who refuses to listen to the aged, will not live to be old,” she tells you as you cross the street, climb the hill, and knock on the door. The house has a peculiar smell, the visit seems to drag on, but no matter. After a time, the neighbor's husband walks in and begins to bicker. You both politely take your leave, and on the way Victoria remarks, “In Mexico we have a saying, ‘El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.’ It means, ‘Respect for the rights of others is peace.’” Enough said. As you come up to her door, you catch a whiff of fresh-baked bread through the open window and she immediately invites you to stay for lunch. But first, some maintenance weed-pulling in the flower bed, before it’s completely over-run. “We have to, every day,” she laughs, mostly at herself, ‘Lazy people always work twice as hard in the end…” Only half-done, she abandons the garden in favor of hospitality, good food, unhurried conversation.
I wish everyone could have an abuela in their life. Perhaps you will meet one someday. Until then, I will leave you with one last saying, one that has sustained me through countless difficult times through the years. It was my mother’s go-to whenever a call to faith and integrity was needed, and it goes like this: “He who does not know God will bow down to anybody.” Do you have a difficult decision ahead? Learn to know the mind and heart of God first, and you will have all you need; you will be ready when you are called upon to take a stand.
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Joys and Challenges of Aging Group
The Joys and Challenges of Aging Group will meet Monday, September 23rd, in the Lounge at 10:30 am.
All are invited.
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Blessings in a Backpack:
Food is a School Supply!
Blessings in a Backpack thanks our Trinitarians for keeping kids fed this school year!
We've sent 450 food bags to Rocky Run Elementary school so far!
THANK YOU for your generosity! It costs about $450 a week to do this.
So far, we've paid $ 2,475.60 and collected $930.10 through August to keep this vital gift going.
We'll need to raise another $4,000 to get through this Fall/Winter '24 school year for these children.
Again, thank you all for your generosity! Please keep giving to this worthy cause. You can give through the Trinity website at trinity-fredericksburg.org through our Online Giving (accessacs.com) portal or in the collection plate with the checks marked to BIB.
John Henze and Leigh Morris,
Coordinators
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Lost and Found:
Prescription Sunglasses
Lost: Prescription Maui Jim sunglasses ($700 cost to replace) in a black triangular case.
Please contact Mandy Anderson at (540) 846-1260 if you locate them.
Thank you!
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Lectio Divina Fall Series
This fall let’s spend some time together with the Benedictine practice of Lectio Divina which means Holy Reading. Lectio is not Bible study but rather a way of reading and engaging scripture, letting the words speak directly to you in a very personal way.
For this fall series we will not only read from sacred scripture, but also from the writings of Desmond Tutu, Thomas Keating, Rumi, Jan Richardson and Maya Angelou.
The group will meet every Thursday morning from 10-11:30 am in
the Lounge (except October 17th, when we will meet in the
Sanctuary) beginning September 26th through October 31st.
Registration is not required and prior experience with Lectio is not necessary. The practice is simple and there will be those of us in the group who will assist and guide you. So come as you are able. The only thing you need to bring is an open and gracious heart.
-Tom Rotella
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Animal Welfare Ministry
To celebrate St. Francis Day, Sunday, October 4, the Animal Welfare Ministry requests dog and cat food to give out at our food pantry and to assist area animal shelters.
Both wet and dry food are welcome.
Let’s fill up the red wagon in the narthex on October 4 to honor St. Francis, so we can feed the pets of our neighbors in need at our food pantry and help the shelters care for animals waiting for adoption.
Thanks,
The Animal Welfare Ministry
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News from Trinity Library
News from the National Episcopal Diocese and the Virginia Episcopal Diocese is now available in the Trinity library.
The latest state and national Episcopal news releases are located in a rack
attached to the side of bookcases as you enter the library. A statement from a member of the Virginia Reparation's Task Force; a letter from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry urging President Biden to move forward with a ceasefire plan in Gaza, and information about the Nov. 2 investiture service of President Bishop-elect Sean Rowe are among the library's current releases.
Newly-acquired fiction and non-fiction books continue to be added to the library's collection. Following are a few examples:
Jesus in Beijing, by David Aikman, an account of how Christianity is changing
China.
Rules for Commuting, by Iona Iverson, a cheerful story of a group of eclectic
London metro commuters traveling regularly together from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station.
The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, a wayward sister returns home and the dark
history of a family's influence on a small Southern cotton town emerges.
1666, by Lora Chilton, tale of history, culture, and resilience as tragedy strikes the Patawomeck Indian Tribe.
Continuing to be on special display at the racial healing collection bookcase is a copy of A Brief History through the Lens of Racial Justice and Healing, a lively,
thoroughly-researched booklet produced by Trinity's Racial Healing Committee.
It is a must read for anyone interested in the history of the church set in the broader context of the Fredericksburg community at-large. While some have chosen to read the history in the library, it is available for check-out.
Selby McCash,
Library Committee
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Items for the Newsletter
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