Greetings Trinity Family,
I hope everyone is staying cozy and warm as we admire the snow-covered beauty outdoors.
We have a lot going on at the church that I want you to know about:
COVID UPDATE
On the weekend of December 6th, our Consistory had an emergency meeting and voted to discontinue our in-person worship services. We are only meeting virtually on Facebook and Zoom.
The Covid pandemic continues to peak and is worse now than when we first closed this past spring. Please know that we are consistently re-evaluating and updating our Covid practices and criteria according to official guidelines, both state and county, as well as what we consider best for our members and community. We ask you to be patient as we find our way through this bewildering time.
We feel that returning our services to an online presence
is a small price to pay to keep our congregation and friends of our church
safe. We've been informed that the next three months will be the most
critical of the entire pandemic.
Let's do our best to mask up, use gloves, distance, wash our hands, and stay home as much as possible. Hopefully we will be together again soon but, in the meantime, please stay the course and be safe.
At the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference UCC’s fall meeting, Reverend Worley recommended that all of our churches return to online-only worship services. The neighboring UCC churches who are part of the Skippack Ministerium are meeting virtually and are not meeting in-person.
UPCOMING CHANGES
On January 3, we will begin having our Sunday morning hymn sing live-streamed on facebook from the “Trinity Christian UCC Skippack” page. Our church has purchase a music streaming license as we work to make our worship opportunities as accessible as possible to our members and friends worshipping at home.
Our Blue Christmas Service will be on Monday, December 21 at 7 pm on Facebook and Zoom. There will also be a spectacular visit by the “Christmas Star” as Jupiter and Saturn align in the heavens. Please read about it further down in the email and be sure to watch the night skies on Monday.
Leo will visit the children of our church on Wednesday, December 23 at 7 pm on “Ralien Luann Besch” facebook page.
Christmas Eve Hymn Sings will be prior to each of our worship services on the 24th – at 11:40 am on Facebok, and at 2:40 and 6:40 on Zoom.
WORSHIP SERVICES
On Sunday mornings, please 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. (On January 3, our Hymn Sing will be livestreamed on the Trinity 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:
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BIBLE STUDY
We also have a Sunday morning Bible Study on ZOOM at 8:45
am. Here is the link to log in:
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BLUE CHRISTMAS—THIS WEEK!!
The Skippack Area Ministerium Pastors decided to collaborate on a Blue Christmas Service this year. This is a service for people who are having a hard time getting into “the Holiday Spirit.” – those who are grieving, those who are depressed, those who are very conscious of loved ones who we can’t gather with this year. Since we are in the middle of a pandemic, most of us may be feeling “blue” as we prepare for Christmas this year.
The service will be streamed on our “Trinity Christian UCC Skippack” facebook page on December 21 at 7 pm. It will also be live-streamed on the Trinity ZOOM worship site. Please join us.
On the evening of the 21st, Jupiter and Saturn will align in the heavens making a bright light, similar to the ancient Christmas Star. The brightest moments will be about 45 minutes after sunset (which will be at 4:39 on Monday). Please check out the skies on Monday evening before you join us for the Blue Christmas Service. Here is an article about this special event: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/jupiter-and-saturn-will-align-to-create-the-first-christmas-star-in-nearly-800-years/ar-BB1bzzF4?ocid=se
CHRISTMAS EVE
When our Consistory decided to discontinue in-person services, our Christmas Eve options were impacted. Therefore, we will still have three services, but they will all be virtual.
Each of our services will begin with a Christmas Hymn Sing led
by Ralien and Amey.
At 12 pm, we will have a live-streamed worship service on Facebook. Please log into the “Trinity Christian UCC Skippack” facebook page to participate. The service will continue to be on facebook after it is live, so if you are not available at 12, you can participate in it later.
At 3 pm and 7 pm, we will have live ZOOM worship services. Please join us by clicking this link:
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CHRISTMAS CAROL HYMN SING
This December has 5 Wednesdays. On December 30, Ralien and Amey are inviting us all to join them for a virtual Christmas Carol Hymn sing. We will join together on facebok at 7 pm. Please sent your Christmas Carol requests to Ralien and we will work to sing everyone’s favorites.
To join in, log on to “Ralien LuAnn Besch” ‘s facebook page at 7 pm on Wednesday, December 30.
MUSIC MINISTRY
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 – this month, it is a Christmas Carol Hymn Sing!
Each of our Wednesday activities will be at 7 pm. Here is the ZOOM link for our music ministry
Wednesday evening activities:
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DAILY BREAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
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's Current needs change every few weeks. This is their latest list of needs:
Personal Care: Laundry Detergent, Cleaning
Supplies *
Food: Jelly, Jam, Peanut Butter,
Mayonnaise, Ketchup, Rice, Skillet Helpers or Rice a Roni, Cookies, Chips,
Juice, Shelf Stable Milk, Stuffing, Pie Crust Mix, Pie Crust Fillings in cans,
Pet Care: Dry Cat food*
And any other items you
wish to donate would greatly be appreciated!
*These items can’t be purchased with Food Stamps.
CHRISTMAS
GIFTS FOR CHILDREN
Members
of our church are invited to purchase Christmas Gift for the children whose
families use the services of the Daily Bread.
Please drop them off at our church before Sunday!
This
year, the toy list includes:
·
Paw Patrol
·
LOL
·
OMG
·
My Little Pony
·
Super Hero Figures
·
Polly Pockets
·
Lego
·
Make Up/Nail Kits for Teens
·
Hair Dryers/Curling Irons
·
Old Spice/Axe Kits for Teens
·
Board Games for any age.
At this time, we do not need craft kits.
HYMNALS
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 BLOG
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
I will “see” you in worship on Sunday!
Many blessings!!
Pastor
Amelie
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