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Hello!

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.

 
THIS (next) WEEK                                                      Beginning Sunday, June 28
  
 
 

On the Calendar for This Upcoming Week 

Saturday, June 27

 1:00 pm    Beat the Heat @ Planet Pops! 

                    (until 3:00 pm) 

 

Sunday, June 28 - 5th 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)

  6:00 pm   Evening Worship  

 

Monday, June 29

 10:00 am    Bridge (Library)

 10:30 am    Staff 

 

Tuesday, June 30

11:00 am    Clergy visit Spring Harbor 

 

Wednesday, July 1

10:30 am    Prayer Group

11:30 am    HE II w/Healing 

  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 2

   7:30 am    HE I (Chapel)

   8:00 am    *NO Parish Breakfast 

 12:00 pm    *NO Parish Life Committee mtg.

 

Friday, July 3 - PARISH OFFICE CLOSED

CLOSED FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY

 

Saturday, July 4 - INDEPENDENCE DAY


 

 

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER:  The two part June 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: Murphy's Ministry/Katie Damke
*Click here to see the 2015 team calendar.*
              
8:00 am LEM: Bob Miller
10:30 am LEMs: Sarah Riddick, Harlan Price, Jo Myers
10:30 am Lector: Cecil Calhoun 

Clothes Closet Volunteer Team: Murphy's Min.
Ushers:  Team IV
Acolytes: Crucifer - 
Torches -
*Please serve if available!
Adult Sunday School at 9:30 am
Continued... Episcopal Show & Tell  - Have you ever heard a word or phrase mentioned that sounded funny and pertained to worship in the Episcopal Church but had no idea what it meant? Episcopal Show & Tell is a rundown of some common and not so common words and phrases that pertain to our worship life together. There will be a small glossary provided, along with pictures, and in some cases you can see and touch an item that we'll come across in the glossary. Let your inner child come out to play and ask questions about liturgy that you've always wondered about! Join the clergy in Room 2 upstairs at 9:30 am. 

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.
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:

 

  • Wednesday, July 22  - 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.  

 
Birthday Celebrations This Week 
June/July
28     Mimi Smith
         Frances Boyce
         Meg Perkins
         Grant Janke
July
2      Michael Dudley
3      Jim Fay
        Natalie Page
4      Claudia Garrard
 
*Birthday missing or incorrect? Notify the Parish Office. (706) 322-5569.
 
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!
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!

 

 


 


 

 

 
Trinity's Worship -
Music & Arts
Take note of our weekly schedule and join us! Professor Joseph Golden from Columbus State University's Schwob School of Music is our Organist & Choirmaster. Contact him by email here if you have any questions about Trinity's music program, adult choir, or rehearsal times.

Mr. Paul Culp is our Associate Organist & Choirmaster. You may contact him by email here.
  
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
IN THE WORKS
Beat the Heat With Us!
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, June 27
  • Saturday, July 25
  • Saturday, August 29

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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!

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!  
AROUND THE PARISH
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.
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!

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.    

 

Throughout the month of May we collected funds to purchase devotional books for our children to use and thank you gifts for our Sunday School teachers.

 

During June, the children will collect money so they can sponsor a game night at our upcoming Parish Retreat this August.

    

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!
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!
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. 

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)
 SUBMIT PRAYER REQUEST 
Stay Connected
1130 1st Avenue Columbus, Georgia 31901
Phone: 706.322.5569     Fax: 706.322.3190
www.trinityepiscopalchurch.com