LAST DAY TO REGISTER Protestant Prayer Beads Class:
Wednesday, September 20 at 2pm in McCracken Hall lead by Andrew Akers. The class include kits for you to make a set of prayer beads, brief history of prayer beads in different religions and branches of Christianity, as well as discussion of how to use them in the way that suits you best. Drew has even taught this class to a Methodist church in the Czech Republic. $25 materials kit, per person.
Please register TODAY by September 14
to allow time for kits to be assembled. Please email Linda at
l
indatmarsh@gmail.com
to register or call the office at 540-886-9132. For more information see the September Tribune.
Sunday School begins this Sunday
, September 17 at 10am in the Parish House. Grades prek - 5th meet on the lower level and 6 - 12 meet on the 2nd floor.
Sunday service times change
to 7:45, 8:45, and 11am on Sunday, September 17. Sunday school will be at 10am in the parish house.
Greater August Prevention Partners
will be sponsoring Suicide Alertness and Suicide Intervention Skills Trainings in September. If you are interested in more information please see the bulletin board in the parish office hallway or contact the office at 886-9132 or
communications@trinitystaunton.org.
Benefit for New Directions Center
- “Living Behind the Mask” Gala will be on Saturday, September 30 with open bar and hor d'oeuvres at 6pm and dinner at 7pm. There will be a silent auction and music and dancing with “Everyday People.” Formal attire. Located at The Stonewall Jackson Hotel 24 S. Market Street, Staunton. Tickets $75. Reserve a table for 8 for $550. 540-885-7273.
Chic Street Man Benefit Concert
for Haiti by the Virginia Haiti Collaborative (of which Trinity is a partner) will be held on Saturday, October 7 at 7:30pm in the Francis Auditorium of Mary Baldwin University. Ticket prices: Student $15 and General Admission $20.
Join us for an evening of wit and soul with Chic Street Man who performed with Heifetz. From his website: "His songs explore a love for people, music and the planet and allow audiences to laugh, think, and feel good inside."
http://chicstreetman.com/
Concert tickets will be available at the door, unless the event is sold out. There is also a benefit dinner, a pig BBQ (with Haitian rice and lots of non-meat sides), at Emmanuel Episcopal Church at 5:00 p.m. before the concert. It is dinner for donations, no tickets required. 300 West Frederick St, Staunton, VA, call 540-886-8172 for more info.
“Taking an Outside Perspective – Coping with the Changes Dementia Brings”
Sharon DeBoever will present an Alzheimer’s caregiving program on October 3, at Grace Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall on the lower level, 6:30 p.m. (500 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro) This is a program that will focus on the changes that occur in the various stages of Alzheimer’s and some of the other dementias. The program will offer specific tips to the caregiver on how to assist themselves and the person with the diagnosis to better manage those changes throughout the disease process.
The program will also focus on value of the caregiver caring for himself/herself throughout this process. Resources for additional outside assistance will be provided.
This program is free of charge and open to the public. RSVPs will be helpful but not required in order to accommodate seating and planning for “light” refreshments. RSVP to MHAA office, voicemail or email, 540.886.7181 or mhaa@ntelos.net.
Program Presenter: Sharon DeBoever,
BS., Masters in Educational Psychology, Community Educator, Alzheimer’s Association
Pursuing the Beloved Community
The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, in partnership with other faith communities and community organizations, is convening three community conversations across Southwestern Virginia entitled
Pursuing the Beloved Community: A Continuing Conversation on Race.
Each event will feature a presentation by Dr. Wornie Reed, Director of the Race and Social Policy Research Center and Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at Virginia Tech. Following Dr. Reed's presentation, there will be question and answer time as well as informal discussion.
Save the date:
Roanoke, VA | October 25, 2017 | 6:00-7:30pm
Northwest Community Center
Wytheville, VA | November 8, 2017 | 6:00-7:30pm
Room TBA, Wytheville Community College