Greetings Trinity Family,
I pray that everyone in our extended church family is doing well. We have a lot of things happening in-person and on-line at Trinity. I hope you will be a part of our upcoming activities and worship opportunities!
You no longer need to RSVP for our in-person worship service on Sunday morning at 10:15. Please join us!
YOUR COOKIE DONATIONS ARE NEEDED!
Each year, Trinity packs 110 bags filled with Christmas gifts for the seniors who use the services of the Daily Bread Community Food pantry. When these bags are shared, they are accompanied by homemade cookies. We need your cookie donations! After your cookies are baked, please place them in bags by flavor, three to four cookies to a bag, depending on the size of the zip lock. We need all cookies no later than Sunday, November 28th, at noon.
If you are able to come help pack the gift bags and cookie tins, we will gather on Monday, November 29th at 2 PM.
HOAGIE SALE
On November 20, we will have a hoagie sale. Please mark your calendars and plan on hoagies for lunch. You may pick up your hoagies between 10 am and 1 pm. We are serving ham and cheese, Italian, or turkey and cheese hoagies. We will have walk-in sales of hoagies tomorrow! We are serving Ham & Cheese, Turkey & Cheese, and Italian.
CONGREGATIONAL BUSINESS MEETING & GREENING OF THE CHURCH
Our annual business meeting when we approve our 2022 budget will be on Sunday, November 21 immediately following the 10:15 worship service. After the meeting is over, we will decorate the church for Advent and Christmas. We need everyone’s help and our plan is to be done with both the meeting and decorating by 12:30 pm.
ADVENT TUESDAY STUDY—LIFE SHARED
Last winter, we Tuesday evenings became our set aside time for adults in our community to explore our faith together. On December 7, 14, and 21, we will gather together for a 7 pm conversation on Zoom. Our topic is called “Life Shared” and consists of three sessions to encourage and equip Christians to share our faith with others. Often, we are shy about talking to others about our faith. This brief class helps us to have simple tools to talk about our faith with others. Please let Pastor Amelie know if you would like to join our group.
WINTER COLLECTION DRIVE
Trinity is a collection site for local effort to collect winter items for local community members. The collection bin is on the porch of the Education building. Requested items are gift cards to local supermarkets, cleaning supplies, new socks and undergarments, laundry soap, diapers, personal care items, coats, hats, gloves, blankets, and books for children and babies. The items will be distributed to local Montgomery agencies including the Daily Bread Food Pantry. The collection will be ongoing until December 16.
WINTER TUESDAY STUDY—GOD-AT-WORK
Christians in the 21st century are often in settings where we are in the minority. Our co-workers, friends, and family members are not always people who prioritize their faith. Starting on Tuesdays in January, we will begin a 12 week course called “God-At-Work: Live Each Day with Purpose.” The course combines videos with discussion. The video host is Ken Costa, a Christian who works in the banking industry. The course focuses on learning to integrate your faith and work and becoming an agent of the kingdom of God in your workplace. The teachings of this course are helpful for people who are retired and who don’t have traditional occupations in addition to 9 to 5 workers. The course will begin meeting over Zoom on January 4 and will continue to March 22. Please let Pastor Amelie know if you would like to join our course.
BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE
We will gather for our Blue Christmas Service on the 17th of December at 6 pm. This is a service for those who are struggling with the Christmas season--those who are grieving, those who are sad, those who are lonely. We will gather to pray, to mourn, and to battle the forces of darkness.
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:
Children’s
cereal
Peanut
Butter & Jelly
Side Dish
Kits (hamburger/tuna helper)
Stuffing
Juice
Chips/Cookies
Muffin
Mixes
White rice
GIFT CARDS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
The Daily Bread Community Food Pantry is working to support the families whose homes were damaged in the flooding caused by Hurricane Ida. Many people have been left homeless as a result of the devastating floods that ravaged our area several weeks ago. In an effort to help those that have been affected, the Daily Bread is collecting $25 gift cards for Target, Walmart and local restaurants. They are asking that we write notes of encouragement to go with the gift cards. Please do not seal them. The gift cards can be dropped off at the church or placed in the offering plate.
Thank you for your generosity!
GIFT BAGS FOR SENIORS!
For over ten years our congregation has provided a Christmas gift for each of the seniors that rely on the Daily Bread Community Food Pantry. Once again this year we would like to provide a gift bag filled with toiletries, snacks and some kind of entertainment for each senior. Our gift bags have been very popular with the seniors, and they always look forward to getting them.
To keep every bag the same, the committee will purchase the items for the bags. If you would like to contribute a monetary donation, you can either mail a check made payable to Trinity Christian UCC to PO Box 538, Skippack, PA 19474, or you can drop off a check or cash to the church office. Please indicate in the check memo, “senior gifts.”
The children of our congregation will help decorate the gift bags during Sunday School. If any adults wish to participate in decorating them, please contact Nancy Gallagher.
Our other long time tradition is baking homemade cookies for the seniors. We need at least a dozen cookies for each of the 110 seniors. If you are able to bake, please contact our church secretary, Deb Clewell, and let her know. We will need the cookies bagged by flavor, three to four cookies to a bag, depending on the size in a zip lock bag. We need all cookies no later than Sunday, November 28th at noon.
We will be packing the gift bags and cookie tins on Monday, November 29th at 2 PM. If you are interested in helping, please contact Nancy Gallagher at (610)584-1468.
This is an important and worthwhile outreach to our neighbors in need. For many of them, this gift bag and cookies will be their only Christmas gifts. Thank you again for your generous support!
REOPENING COMMITTEE
We are now singing hymns in worship!! And, we are not taking temperatures.
We are keeping a list of the names of attendees for contact tracing purposes.
The decision was made to continue to wear masks during our in-person services, until the children have the opportunity to be vaccinated. We are still socially distancing and having sanitizer available. Thank you to everyone for their concern and diligence during this time.
Hopefully it won’t be much longer before all restrictions are lifted and everyone is vaccinated.
LUNCH BUNCH MEETS WEEKLY!
Lunch Bunch is our Tuesday afternoon Bible Study. Everyone is invited to join us on Tuesdays at 12 pm. Please bring your own lunch. (In the past, we had a potluck lunch, but for now each person will bring their own food.) Lunch Bunch typically studies the portion of the Bible that will be the focus of our worship service on the upcoming Sunday.
NEED TECH-Y VOLUNTEERS
We are looking for volunteers who are willing to learn how to live-stream the worship services. If you are willing, please let Bill Vogl or Pastor Amelie know and we will show you how to do it. There are a few steps involved, but most computer users will be able to easily learn the process.
GIVING TO TRINITY
Although things are not fully back to normal, Trinity’s expenses have continued throughout the pandemic. We know that everyone’s work-life has been disrupted during this time and we don’t expect everyone to be able to contribute to the church in the amount you were able to contribute in the past. If you have the means to contribute to the church, you may drop off your offerings during the Sunday Morning service, at the church office, or you may mail it to our address: Trinity Christian UCC; 2009 Church Road, PO Box 538, Skippack, PA 19474
DON’T GIVE UP MOVEMENT
Our Outreach committee is inviting everyone in our congregation to join us in sharing messages from the “Don’t Give Up” movement. This outreach was started to encourage people who are considering suicide to not give up. We have yard signs, postcards, stickers, and business cards with messages that say things like “You are Enough” and “Your Mistakes Don’t Define You.” These messages are especially important right now as many people are struggling with their mental and emotional health after the many months of our pandemic. Please pick up yard signs at church and other signs to promote this message of love for our neighbors. Here is more about the movement: https://www.dontgiveupsigns.com/
WORSHIP SERVICES
We now have in-person worship services in our sanctuary. We are maintain social distance guidelines and wearing masks.
We are no longer offering a ZOOM worship service.
On Sunday mornings, you are also invited to join us on Facebook:
Join us for our Sunday morning hymn sing at 9:45 am live-streamed from the Trinity Christian UCC Skippack facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/TrinityUCCSkippack
10:15 Facebook livestream Worship. You can find us at our "Trinity Christian UCC Skippack" facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/TrinityUCCSkippack
SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY
We have a Sunday morning Bible Study on ZOOM at 8:30 am. This is a new meeting time. 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
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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