E-Letter to the Trinity Family -- October 30, 2020

 Greetings Trinity Family,

Happy Halloween and Reformation Day!  Martin Luther chose October 31 to pin his 95 Theses on the doors of the Wittenburg church so that everyone would see them when they came to worship on All-Saints day that year.  As you prepare for Halloween fun, please also reflect on this, the 501^st anniversary of the Protestant Tradition in Christianity!

I hope this email finds everyone doing well.   The leaves are changing and the world is awash in orange and red.  I pray you take note of the beauty of God’s creation when you look outdoors!

We will celebrate Holy Communion at both of our worship services this Sunday.  If you are worshipping at home, please have bread/crackers/tortillas and Juice/wine/water nearby so that we can all receive the elements at the same time. 

I hope you will all join us for worship this Sunday at either 10:15 am or 11 am.  This Sunday, we will join together in saying the Apostles’ Creed as our Affirmation of Faith.  If you don’t have it memorized, here are the words:

 

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;

And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord;

who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, dead, and buried.

He descended into hell.

The third day he rose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven,

and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty.

From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost,

the holy catholic Church*,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen. 

I personally didn’t memorize the Apostle’s Creed until after I became a minister, so don’t feel bad if you don’t know it by heart.

We continue to have in-person worship services limited to 25 people.  The service will be held in our Education Building.  We will also Facebook livestream our 10:15 am service and offer a service on Zoom at 11 am. 

We are going to have our annual Turkey Dinner as a drive-through only supper.  It will be NEXT SATURDAY on November 7, 2020 with us serving from 4 to 7 pm.  In order to have the supper, we need lots of volunteers! 

·        We need as many volunteers as possible to make pepper cabbage, potato filling, set up our space, put cold items in containers, and bake pies on Friday, November 6 starting at 9 am. 

·        We need volunteers all day on Saturday, November 7. 

o   Our cooking and food preparation volunteers are invited to begin coming in at 10 am. 

o   We need servers to help take orders and deliver them to cars from 3 to 7 pm.

o   We need our clean-up crew from 6 to 9 pm.

 

Volunteers of all ages are needed the day of the dinner.  If you are a volunteer, you are welcome to eat at church during a “break.” 

If you are able to help, please let me know or call the church office: 610-584-4054.

The order form for our delicious homemade Turkey dinner is at: http://www.123formbuilder.com/form-5673318/form

Please either use the electronic order form or call the church office to place your order: 610-584-054.

We are having a special service to honor Veterans on Sunday November 8 at 2 pm in our church cemetery at the stone cross.  Everyone is invited….both veterans and people who support those who served.  We will be masked and will observe social distancing guidelines.  Please invite friends and family members to join us for this special service.

On Sunday mornings, in addition to attending worship in our Education building, you can join us on Facebook or Zoom:

Join us for our Sunday morning hymn sing at 9:45 am livestreamed from the “Ralien Luann Besch” facebook page. 

10:15 Facebook livestream Worship.  You can find us at our "Trinity Christian UCC Skippack" facebook page.

11 am ZOOM worship.  You can login at this link:

 

Amelie Sell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Trinity Sunday Worship
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 755 6682 7269
Password: 2HcmqK

 

We also have a Sunday morning Bible Study on ZOOM at 8:45 am.  Here is the link to log in:

 

Amelie Sell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Trinity's Wired Word Discussion Group
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 769 3381 3590
Password: 7qLSWw

Here is information about Trinity’s Music Ministry: 

Wednesday music schedule:

Adult Choir - 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month on Zoom

Mission Music - 2nd Wednesday of each month on Zoom

Leo - 4th Wednesday of each month on Facebook

Special Surprise - when there is a 5th Wednesday of the month

 

Each of our Wednesday activities will be at 7 pm.   Here is the ZOOM link for our music ministry Wednesday evening activities:

Amelie Sell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

 

Topic: Trinity's Music Ministry

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87363505182

 

Meeting ID: 873 6350 5182

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If you would like to join us in-person on Sunday, November 8, please RSVP on Monday morning.  We will ask each attendee to come to church prior to 9:45 am so that we can watch Ralien and Amey’s hymn sing projected on the screen in the Education Building. 

If you would like to attend, I am keeping a list of who RSVPs until we reach 24 attendees.  You can contact me via email, at the church office (610-584-4054), or on my cell phone (314-680-0897). 

We continue to collect food and toiletry items for the Daily Bread Food Pantry.  They can be left at the doors of the church.

The Daily Bread has started their annual coat drive for kids.  They can use coats for all sizes for boys and girls.  The Daily Bread would like “brand new coats.” 

The Daily Bread's Current needs change every few weeks. This is their latest list of needs:

Personal Care: deodorant, hand soup, paper towels, napkins, laundry soap, and body wash*

Food: canned peas, creamed (cooking) soups, stuffing, pasta/potato/rice sides, juice and COOKIES please

Pet Care: Cat food and litter*

And any other items you wish to donate would greatly be appreciated!

*These items can’t be purchased with Food Stamps.

If you would like to borrow a hymnal from the church, please let me know and I will arrange for you to receive one.

Trinity now has a blog where I am posting notes to the congregation and the text of my sermons.  If you would like to read these notes and messages, you can find them at: www.trinityskippack.blogspot.com

We are collecting Shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.  You may pick up empty shoeboxes at the church.  Please drop off your filled shoe box by November 15.  I am attaching more information to this email about the boxes.

ON November 22, we are having a tour of “Dave’s Garages.”  This year, we are adhering to Covid-19 protocol and are able to accommodate a smaller group on our tour.  The cost is $40 a person and we will meet in the church parking lot at 1 pm to begin the tour.  IF you would like to participate, please call Gary.

I will “see” you in worship on Sunday!

Many blessings!!

Pastor Amelie