Friday, December 11, 2020

E-Letter to the Trinity Family from December 11, 2020

 



Greetings Trinity Family,

I hope everyone is doing well this beautiful Friday afternoon!  The skies are sunny and bright! Despite the chilly weather, please take a good look at God’s creation when you are outdoors.

We have a lot going on at the church that I want you to know about:

COVID UPDATE

Last weekend, 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.

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. 

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 Worship Services

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/75566827269

 

Meeting ID: 755 6682 7269

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+13017158592,,75566827269# US (Washington D.C)

+13126266799,,75566827269# US (Chicago)

 

Dial by your location

        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

        +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)

        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

        +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)

Meeting ID: 755 6682 7269

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kih56ueDN

 

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT DECORATING & CRAFT GATHERING

Our Advent bags included church Christmas ornaments.  Everyone is invited to join together on Sunday, December 13, from 2 to 4 pm to a virtual decorating party.  You can color or paint your ornaments, color your Advent packet or Coloring Bible, make Christmas decorations or do other crafts. Even if crafts are not your thing, join us so that we can have an opportunity to visit together. 

Here is the login for our gathering:

 

Amelie Sell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

 

Topic: Trinity "Family" Ministries

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82854155123

 

Meeting ID: 828 5415 5123

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+13126266799,,82854155123# US (Chicago)

+16468769923,,82854155123# US (New York)

 

Dial by your location

        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

        +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)

        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

        +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)

        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

Meeting ID: 828 5415 5123

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kftTi4frM

BIBLE STUDY

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
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76933813590?pwd=Nzc0MkthZFBkdmVNTGYycjVtRXkwUT09

Meeting ID: 769 3381 3590
Password: 7qLSWw

BLUE CHRISTMAS

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. I will also try to live stream it on the Trinity ZOOM worship site.  Please join us. 

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. 

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:

 

Amelie Sell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

 

Topic: Trinity Worship Services

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/75566827269

 

Meeting ID: 755 6682 7269

One tap mobile

+13017158592,,75566827269# US (Washington D.C)

+13126266799,,75566827269# US (Chicago)

 

Dial by your location

        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

        +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)

        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

        +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)

Meeting ID: 755 6682 7269

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kih56ueDN

 

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

 

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

One tap mobile

+13017158592,,87363505182# US (Germantown)

+13126266799,,87363505182# US (Chicago)

 

Dial by your location

        +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)

        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

        +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)

        +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)

        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

Meeting ID: 873 6350 5182

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbetKNjam4

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.

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

BIRTHDAY ANNOUNCEMENT

Rita Dickey is tuning 80 on December 17!  Her girls are asking for Rita to be showered with cards.  If you are able to send her a card, her address is PO Box 402, Skippack, PA 19474.


I will “see” you in worship on Sunday!

Many blessings!!

Pastor Amelie

 

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