 Trinity Episcopal Church
1130 1st Avenue Columbus, GA 31901 (706) 322-5569
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TRINITY: HERE AND NOW
Faith. People. Tradition. Be a part of it all!
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We hope you will enjoy this issue of our weekly e-newsletter. Each week we'll keep you informed on what's happening here at Trinity - news from the week, what's coming up, and how you can be a part of it. This should reach your inbox each Friday giving you a heads up for the upcoming week beginning Sunday. We hope this helps you plan your week, and maybe even provides a little inspiration to get you through it! Be sure to "Like" us on Facebook to stay in the know between emails.
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THIS (next) WEEK
Beginning Sunday, July 5
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| On the Calendar for This Upcoming Week Sunday, July 5 - 6th Sunday after Pentecost 8:00 am HE I (Chapel) 8:00 am Prayer Breakfast 9:00 am Parish Breakfast 9:30 am Sunday School 9:30 am Trinity Choir rehearsal 10:30 am HE II (Nave)
10:00 am Bridge (Library) 10:30 am Staff
10:30 am Prayer Group
11:30 am HE II w/Healing
5:30 pm St. Francis Fund Committee
5:30 pm *NO Parish Family Dinner
6:00 pm *NO Tots & Tunes/Music Makers
6:30 pm Trinity Choir rehearsal
6:30 pm *NO Evening Prayer & Christian
Education Programs
Thursday, July 9
7:30 am HE I (Chapel)
8:00 am *NO Parish Breakfast Friday, July 10 11:00 am Daughters of the King (DOK)
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER:
The July issue o
f our monthly newsletter, 'The Messenger,' is available here.
Our weekly/monthly calendar is included.*
Serving In Worship This Sunday:
Prayer Breakfast Team: Lucy Sheftall
*Click
here to see the 2015 team calendar.*
8:00 am LEM: Bill Perkins
10:30 am LEMs: Dr. Peggy Augustine-Shorter, Jo Myers, Doug McLeod
10:30 am Lector: Bill Stahl
Clothes Closet Volunteer Team:
CLOSED
Ushers:
Team I
Acolytes: Crucifer -
Torches -
*Please serve if available!
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Adult Sunday School at 9:30 am
NEW!
General Convention: A Recap
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At the 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church that just concluded this past week, various resolutions were presented by the Houses of Deputies and Bishops to the gathered delegates for discussion and vote. Join us for a discussion of two resolutions regarding Liturgy and the Bible that have import for our common life together, and perhaps we can view a clip or two of the next Presiding Bishop!
Feasting on the Word - Led by Dr. Peggy Augustine-Shorter - Room 1 Bible Study - Led by Bill Stahl - Jordan Room - We're reviewing the life and teachings of Jesus.
Wednesday Evening at 6:30 pm
Wednesday evening Christian Education programs resume
Wednesday, September 9
. Once each month (on the 4th Wednesday) during the summer we will meet for a 5:30 pm Wednesday Night Parish Family Dinner & an Intergenerational event. See below for more details!
*The next Wednesday night intergenerational fellowship will be
July 22 at 5:30 pm. Join us then for BINGO and hotdogs with all the fixings (chili, etc...), baked bean casserole, and coleslaw.
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Wednesday Night
Parish Family Dinners
Wednesday, May 27 was the LAST regularly scheduled weekly Wednesday Night Parish Family Dinner for the summer. There will be one dinner a month over the summer on the 4th Wednesday at 5:30 pm:
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Wednesday, July 22
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Dinner at 5:30 pm. We'll enjoy a fun game of BINGO and fill up on hotdogs with all the fixings (chili, etc...) baked bean casserole, and coleslaw.
Watch for more details in the coming weeks!
COST: $6 per adult, $4 per child, & max per family is $15. *Kids age 2 & under eat FREE.*
Only those planning to attend need R.S.V.P. to Whitney in the Parish Office. Email her at [email protected] or call (706) 322-5569.
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Birthday Celebrations This Week
July
6 Sydney Flournoy
Seth Knight, III.
Rachel Riddick
Lauren Milton
8 Nell Hudson
Collie Holt
9 Mamie Pound
David Young
10 Bob Miller
Bo Rambo, III.
11 Ed Sprouse
Sarah Sillitto
David Houser
Sophia Day
*Birthday missing or incorrect? Notify the Parish Office. (706) 322-5569.
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Children's Ministries Newborn - 5th Grade
Be sure to introduce yourself to Kathryn Scoggins, our Director of Children's Ministries! You may reach her at (706) 322-5569 ext. 313 or send her an email. On Facebook? Join the Trinity Episcopal Church Children's Ministry group here! It's just one way to keep up with what's going on & coming up for our Trinity kids!
Sunday School at 9:30 am
UPDATED SUMMER CLASS INFO: Regularly scheduled Children's Sunday School is out for the summer, but that doesn't mean we won't continue to learn more about God and His word. Meet Mrs. Kathryn in the Arts & Crafts room each Sunday morning from 9:30 - 10:45 to paint, sculpt, create, and play our way through the Psalms!
Children's Chapel at 10:30 am
Ages 3 through 5th grade process out of the 10:30 service during the singing of the Gloria and go upstairs to Children's Chapel (All Angels & All Saints rooms). They will rejoin the service later for communion.
Tots & Tunes (Wed - 6:00 pm)
Musical fun & education open to kids in preschool - 1st grade. The fun is from 6:00 - 6:25 pm upstairs.
OUT FOR SUMMER!
Music Makers(Wed - 6:00 pm)
Musical fun & education open to kids in 2nd - 5th grade, from 6:00 - 6:25 pm upstairs. OUT FOR SUMMER!
KIK:Kids in the Kingdom (Wed)
Children in preschool - 3rd grade learn to love God, play, pray, create, & have fun! From 6:30-7:30 pm upstairs. OUT FOR SUMMER!
G923 (Wed - 6:30 pm)
Kids in 4th-5th grade dive a bit deeper into their faith & have a blast doing it! From 6:30 - 7:30 pm upstairs. (Want to know what "G923 means? Join us to find out!) OUT FOR SUMMER!
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Youth Ministries
6th Grade & Up
Subscribe to the Youth Ministries weekly email update and stay in the know! Contact us
at the Parish Office at (706) 322-5569 or
send us an email
and tell us you'd like to subscribe! Or click
here
to check out
the Youth's page on our website and see what's coming up - class info, schedules, events, volunteer opportunities, and more. You can also cruise by our Facebook and Twitter
p
ages.
Hang out w
ith us!
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Trinity's Worship -
Music & Arts
Sundays at 9:30 am
Trinity Choir rehearsal (High School age & up) - Choir Room
Wednesdays 6:00 pm
Trinity's Tots & Tunes/Music Makers (Preschool - 5th grade) - Trip Parker leads our tots in educational musical FUN! Email him for info. OUT FOR SUMMER!
Wednesdays 6:30 pm
Trinity Choir rehearsal (High School age & up) - Choir Room
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School Supply Drive/Blessing of the Backpacks
While you're doing your weekly shopping we hope you will consider picking up some extra school supplies for some less fortunate children. This year our school supply donation will benefit children just down the street from us at
Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy
, a Title 1 school in Muscogee County. Each year they have a large population of homeless children starting school there and parents often have to choose between struggling to buy the already discounted consignment school uniforms, or struggling to purchase school supplies.
Donation baskets will be set up in the foyer of the Parish Office beginning
Sunday, July 12
, along with a school supply list.
We will also be making one large wholesale purchase of backpacks and filling them with your donated school supplies. If you would like to help us cover the cost of the backpacks please send a check made out to Trinity with "backpack donation" in the memo section.
Be sure your children and grandchildren bring their backpacks to the 10:30 service Sunday, August 2 for the much beloved annual Blessing of the Backpacks.
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Will You Help Send Us on Our Way?
In July about 20 members of your church family and friends will travel to Nicaragua for a seven day mission trip. If you would like to make a contribution to offset some of the cost of this trip for participants please send your donation to the Parish Office (P.O. Box 1146 Columbus, GA 31902) with your check properly made out to
Trinity Episcopal Church
and in the memo section please write "Nic. trip donation." Thank you!
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The Hunt is ON in Uptown!
Our
rising 5th & 6th graders
are invited to compete in an exciting scavenger hunt in Uptown Columbus
Saturday, July 18
. Meet us at the church at
4:00 pm
. From there teams of children and adults will split up to search and explore the area! As each team finishes up we'll all rally up together and meet Mrs. Kathryn for pizza at Your Pie on Broadway.
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Wednesday Night BINGO Fun & Hot Dog Dinner
Once each month (on the 4th Wednesday) during the summer we will meet for a 5:30 pm Wednesday Night Parish Family Dinner & an Intergenerational event. The next Wednesday night intergenerational fellowship will be
July 22 at 5:30 pm
. Join us then for BINGO and hot dogs with all the fixings (chili, etc...), baked bean casserole, and coleslaw.
*Regularly scheduled Wednesday evening Christian Education programs resume Wednesday, September 9. Mark your calendars!
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Enjoy a Chilly Treat & Beat the Heat!
It's
HOT out there! Join us across the street from the church and we can beat the heat together at
Planet Pops! (Head on over and give 'em an old thumbs up and "Like"
their Facebook page for daily menu & deal updates!) Drop in for an ice cold popsicle anytime
from 1:00 - 3:00 pm on the last Saturday of June, July, and August. This is a great way to just get together and relax with other families in our church!
Bring a friend! We hope to see you...
- Saturday, July 25
- Saturday, August 29
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Looking Down the Road
Parish Retreat at Children's Harbor on Lake Martin in Alexander City, AL - Hosted by Murphy's Ministry Friday, August 7 - Sunday, August 9. *Pick up a flyer/form from inside Trinity's foyer!
Oktoberfest - Sunday, October 18.
Murphy's Ministry hosts Oktoberfest after the 10:30 am service.
*Save the date & watch for details!
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Each year parishes in our diocese send delegates from their respective churches to the Annual Council. At this two day event there are legislative sessions, elections of officers for the church, worship and Bible study, and ministry reports. It is a wonderful way to meet fellow Episcopalians and learn about the exciting ministries of our brother and sisters.
This year council will be held in the
Gwinnett Center (6400 Sugarloaf Parkway Duluth, GA 30097) in Duluth, GA on
Friday & Saturday November 13-14, 2015. The Northeast Metro Convocation will host the event. We need to send four lay delegates from Trinity. If you are interested in attending please contact Fr. Tim Graham either by email
at
[email protected]
or by calling him at the Parish Office at (706) 322-5569 ext. 302.
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The Parish Needs More Prayer Books
The parish is in need of more prayer books in our Chapel and Sunday School rooms and we hope that you will consider giving a prayer book as a memorial or in thanksgiving. A purchase of a prayer book is a wonderful memorial gift and we can write a memorial inscription inside the book. The cost for a prayer book is $25. If you would like to donate a prayer book please send a check to the Parish Office with your memorial information.
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YOUR Prayers are Needed
If you believe in the power of prayer you are invited to join the Wednesday morning prayer group. This ministry is open to men and women, young and old. All that is required is that you keep all prayer requests confidential. A prayer request is a sacred trust and names of those prayed for should not be revealed, even with good intentions.
The Wednesday morning prayer group meets every Wednesday morning at 10:30 in the parlor. Those who gather read prayers from the Book of Common Prayer and lift up the names of individuals on the prayer list. After the prayer session some of those in attendance stay for the Wednesday morning healing service at 11:30 in the Chapel, but this decision is optional.
We pray YOU will consider joining this important ministry!
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Children's Offering Update
Each Sunday Trinity's kids take up their own special offering from the other kids - and some "big kids" at heart. They alternate monthly between InReach projects for our church and outreach projects for our community.
In June the children collected $338.35 which will allow them to sponsor a game night at our upcoming Parish Retreat this August. During July the children's offering will support the purchase of backpacks and other school supplies for our annual school supply drive.
Be sure to provide chances for your kids or grandchildren to earn a few bucks during the week so they can proudly give back. Thank you for your dedication and continued support of this ministry!
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Follow Us on Instagram!
 Do you have an itchy shutter finger? We do, too! If you are on
Instagram check out the hashtag
#trinityepiscolga
. Folks like Fr. Tim (@tgdaddy) and his wife Deana (@deanamg) along with others on Trinity's staff find plenty of photo inspiration around the church. If you take a picture on your smartphone or tablet while you're at the church (or a church function away from church!) and are on Instagram, be sure to tag the photo with the hashtag shown above. Don't have that app installed but still want to see the cool photos? Click here to see what folks are snapping pictures of around Trinity!
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Flower Memorials & Thanksgivings
Our Flower Guild is dedicated to glorifying God's beauty each Sunday and throughout the week by preparing our altar flowers and greenery. The ladies on our four alternating teams work very hard at arranging the flowers and greenery and they do it with such care. They are truly a blessed and talented bunch making the most creative and simply
stunning arrangements.
If you would like to provide flowers on a Sunday as a memorial for someone or in thanksgiving, please contact Sally Walden at (706) 327-7212 or email her
here for information on pricing per altar and dates available.
Interested in joining the talented team of ladies on the Flower Guild? Call Joan Redmond at (706) 575-6689 or email her
here. You may also call Martha Davis at (706) 329-5037 or email her
here.
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 Regular Worship at Trinity During the Week
Sundays
8:00 am - Holy Eucharist Rite I (Chapel)
10:30 am - Holy Eucharist Rite II (Nave)
6:00 pm - Simple Service w/Eucharist (Nave)
Wednesday Morning
11:30 am - Holy Eucharist Rite II with Healing (Chapel)
Thursday Morning
7:30 am - Holy Eucharist Rite I (Chapel)
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1130 1st Avenue Columbus, Georgia 31901
Phone: 706.322.5569 Fax: 706.322.3190
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