Friday, November 11, 2022

Message to Trinity -- Souder Funeral, Church Business Meeting, Greening the Church

 


Greetings Trinity Family,

I hope this email finds everyone doing well. We have many up-coming activities at Trinity…please check out what we have going on.

Thank you to everyone who came over on Election Day to say hi or to stay and visit with our neighbors. We made many connections with our neighbors on Tuesday.

Our Pulled Pork supper last weekend was a huge success! We raised over $3000. Thank you to all of our cooks and volunteers. We couldn’t do anything without each other.  As a bonus, the food was delicious!

DONALD SOUDER FUNERAL

Our brother in Christ, Donald Souder, passed away on Wednesday after a lengthy illness.   We will gather to remember Don and support his wife Marie on Saturday, November 13.   There will be a visitation in our church narthex starting at 11 am. The funeral service will be at 12:30 in our Sanctuary. A lunch will follow in our Education Building. Please join us to remember a dear man and support his family.

MEN’S BREAKFAST – CANCELLED IN NOVEMBER

We usually have our monthly men’s breakfast on the second Saturday of the month. This month, the breakfast is cancelled because of the many people who will be attending the funeral service for Don Souder.

In December, we will have our Men’s Breakfast on December 10 at 8:30 am.  All men are invited to join us.

TRINITY VETERAN’S SERVICE

Our annual observance of our Veterans will be on Sunday, November 13. We will appreciate our Veterans during our Sunday morning service at 10:15. At 2 pm, we will gather in our Cemetery for an opportunity to praise God, appreciate our Veterans, and remember those who have passed on. Our 2 pm gathering will be followed by a reception in our Education Building.

TRINITY ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING

Our Narrative budget was shared with our congregation this morning by Deb Clewell in the church office.  Our annual meeting to approve our budget will be held after our worship service on Sunday, November 20.  OUR MEETING WILL BE IN-PERSON AND WE WILL NOT STREAM IT ON FACEBOOK.

GREENING THE CHURCH

Everyone is invited to help us “green” our church for the Advent and Christmas season on Saturday, November 26. We will gather at 9 am. Come one and come all.

LIGHTING THE CHURCH

We have worked to expand our seasonal lights for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. We will decorate the exterior of our buildings and properties after worship on Sunday, November 27.

CHRISTMAS CAROLING AND TRINITY OPEN HOUSE

We will gather to sing Christmas Carols in the Village of Skippack on the evening of December 9 at 6 pm.  Afterwards, we will gather for cookies and hot chocolate. More details to follow.

CHRISTMAS CANTATA

Our Choir and Christmas Singers are delighted to present their 2022 Christmas Cantata on Sunday, December 18 at our 10:15 Worship service. Please invite your family, friends and neighbors to experience the Christmas story set to beautiful music.

BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE

We will gather for our annual Blue Christmas service on Thursday, the 22nd of December. This is a service for those who are struggling with the Christmas season – those who are grieving, those who are sad, and those who are lonely. We will gather to pray, to mourn, and to battle the forces of darkness…together.

CHOIR REHEARSALS

Everyone in 7th grade and up is welcome to join Trinity’s choir. We will rehearse every Wednesday at 7 pm. Ralien and our Worship Committee are excited about all of the upcoming music we will sing as we worship God together.

CHURCH CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS TEAM

If anyone is interested in joining a team to review the church’s Constitution and By-laws, please see either Bill Vogl or Pastor Amelie.

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 or in the baskets next to the sanctuary doors.

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

Personal Care (which cannot be purchased with food stamps):

Laundry soap, children's toothbrushes/ toothpaste, tissues, dish soap, DEORDORANT, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, paper towels

Food:

            Stuffing, canned peas, baked beans, canned pasta, pancake mix & syrup, canned tomatoes, cream soups

Baby Care:

Diapers

Pet Care:

Dry cat food, Litter, canned dog food

WORSHIP SERVICES

On Sunday mornings, you are invited to join us in-person and on Facebook:

Join us for our Sunday morning hymn sing at 9:45 am and our 10:15 Worship. 

If you are watching from home, you can find us at our "Trinity Christian UCC Skippack" facebook page.  https://www.facebook.com/TrinityUCCSkippack

SUNDAY BIBLE  STUDY – Now AT 8:30

We have a Sunday morning Bible Study in-person and on ZOOM at 8:30. 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

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. 

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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