October is Stewardship Month!
During this month we are all encouraged to reflect on God’s gifts to us, and how we exercise good stewardship of all our blessings. Presentations on the parish’s mission, and the budget to support that mission, and pledging to support the budget to support the mission, will be made today during the Sunday services
. A ministry fair will be held in McCracken Hall on October 22
to showcase the various opportunities Trinity has to encourage spiritual growth and how you can use your time and talents to support Trinity’s various ministries.
Trinity’s International Mission for Education (TIME)
is our response to the challenge of ending poverty by providing educational opportunity, which allows access to information, to skill development, to job possibilities, to informed choices, to possibilities for improvement individually and collectively. If you would like to support TIME today, please write TIME on the memo line of your check or use the envelope placed at the end of your pew.
Pastoral Care Available:
On Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9, The Rev. Anne Grizzle will be available for pastoral care by appointment in the afternoon. Please contact her at 713-443-6211 or
annefgrizzle@gmail.com
.
The office will be closed on Monday, October 9 in honor of Columbus Day.
Prayer Requests Bowl:
On October 9th a glass bowl saying "Prayer Requests" will be available for our guests at Noon Lunch. It will be on a card table along with paper and pens in the back of McCracken Hall. If one of our guests has a prayer on their heart, they can write it down and put it in the bowl. If anyone sees a prayer request in the bowl, they can take it and make that prayer a part of their own prayer life. I'm inviting anyone in the congregation or visiting Trinity to use the prayer requests bowl to submit their own prayers or to take prayers out of the bowl and pray over them. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact
gingerwarrick0@gmail.com
or
ctucker59@gmail.com
.
Know Your Neighbor Potluck and Canned Food Sculpture Contest!
Sunday, Oct.22nd from 1:30-3:30 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Please bring a dish to share (no pork please) and canned food donations for the food sculpture contest. We will gather for food, fellowship, and a fun sculpture contest! Candy prizes awarded! If you can't make it to the event, you can still donate canned goods for the sculptures! Look for a box located on the main level of the Parish House. All food donations will be given to local food pantries afterwards. Know Your Neighbor is a gathering of congregants from Allen Chapel AME Church, Temple House of Israel, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Islamic Center of the Shenandoah Valley, and Trinity Episcopal Church.
"Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in!"
Our
Advent Lessons and Carols reception
will be on Sunday, Dec. 3rd. A planning meeting will be held on Nov. 8th at 10:00 a.m. in the Gooch Room. Anyone interested in helping is invited to attend. If you are unable to attend yet wish to lend your hands and talents, please email Carrie Tucker at ctucker59@gmail.com or call 540.230.0787.
Hurricane Disaster Relief in Puerto Rico: From Bishop Mark:
“I have made a donation of $2,000 to Episcopal Relief and Development from my Discretionary Fund to assist with ERD's relief efforts in Puerto Rico. I would encourage you to consider making a donation of any amount. And, of course, continue your prayers for all those affected by the destruction of the recent hurricanes. Donations may be made by credit card on the Episcopal Relief and Development website or place a check in the offering plate with Hurricane Relief on the memo line.
Orange Juice Containers needed for Altar Guild
: Please bring rinsed half gallon cardboard containers to the Parish Office. The Altar Guild uses these containers to transport the altar flowers to shut ins after services on Sundays. Thank you!
Calling all extra calendars!
Please bring your extra calendars (especially ones with nice pictures) to the copy room of the Parish House for the residents of Ritenour Rest Home.
What Keeps You Up At Night
(
WKYUAN
), the Adult Sunday School class, will meet in McCracken Hall Sunday’s at 10:00am. Grab a cup of coffee in the Foster Room and join us for heartfelt conversation. Our question will be “What do you see is a personal and/or Church (meaning Trinity) response to how a free nation deals with diversity?”Guidelines have been created by the group so that all will feel welcome to join in and participate in the discussion: 1) No one will be allowed to advocate bringing others to see their way. 2) No one will feel pressured to give up the ground he or she stands on. 3) Conversation is confidential but, you may share what has been said in class without using names. 4) You must be respectful of different views. 5) Conversations may continue for several weeks. Joe Fiechtl and Gospel du Jour will join this class to show the parallels between our life today and life in the Bible. During the week, think about the question and join the class letting us know WKYUAN. Jim Manchester, Virginia Gillock, and/or Muffie Newell will facilitate the class. For questions or concerns please contact Muffie Newell 886-9132 or
formation@trinitystaunton.org
.
A Bereavement Support Group
is forming at Trinity this fall. It is open to anyone experiencing the death and loss of a loved one. We will be using the book, " Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal" by Alan Wolfelt. We will meet once weekly in the evening ( time to be determined ) for 8 weeks. Please contact Sally Mueller at 290-4832 for more information and to sign up. Leave a message if no answer. The purpose of the group is to share our experiences and support one another. It is very relaxed and informal.
The Chronic Pain/Illness Support Group
meeting will be held Thursday, November 2
nd
from 10 to 11am in the Board Room of the Public Library. The purpose of this group is to discover our kind and loving God in the midst of pain and suffering. In this study we will use the book
A Reluctant Journey: Finding God through Chronic Pain
by Kristen Grathwol, (a native of Harrisonburg). We will explore five topics: trusting God, surrendering control, praising God in the midst of suffering, learning how to rest and grieve, and the importance community. This group is available to Trinity, Emmanuel, AME, the Temple House of Israel, and the Islamic Center of the Shenandoah Valley in Harrisonburg. Meeting dates: The first and third Thursday of each month: November 2,16, December 7, 21 and January 4 and 18. If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Muffie Newell at formation@trinitystaunton.org or 255-3152.
Office Volunteer opportunity:
Enjoy an hour or so in the office counting offering money with Laurie every few weeks!
A team of volunteers rotates this weekly task which involves counting the offering collected on Sunday mornings and received in the office by mail or in person during the previous week. The primary requirements are a cheerful disposition and legible handwriting. No math skills required, but being comfortable with counting cash and making accurate notations is helpful. Counting generally takes place on Monday mornings, but I am very flexible to work with, and we can adjust to your availability. We could use at least two more volunteers and the rotation is every 5-7 weeks. If this opportunity interests you, please contact Laurie at her office, 886-9132, or by email, admin1746@trinitystaunton.org.
Upcoming Guest Priest Schedule
October 15:
The Rev. Roger Bowen
October 22:
The Rev. Dr. John Lane presiding, The Rev. Anne Grizzle preaching
October 29:
The Rev. Canon Jonathan Harris
November 5:
The Rev. Roger Bowen
A Call for Vestry Nominations:
Please note that current regular vestry members are not eligible for nomination. Judy Armstrong, who was appointed for a one year term, is eligible. The Vestry of Trinity Church is seeking nominations for the new Vestry class of 2020. The Vestry is the main elected leadership body of the parish. There are 18 vestry seats serving 3 year terms, 6 elected each year, and a 19th vestry member chosen at random for a single year term, to give parishioners the experience of sitting on the Vestry and adding new voices to the leadership mix, without the usual pressures of election or a three-year term.
Nomination forms are available at the back of the church and online. Your nomination may be placed in the offering plate, mailed to the parish office, called in to the office (886-9132), or you may use the online Vestry Nomination form on our website which can be found at www.trinitystaunton.org on the drop down menu under “Members”. Please send in your nominations
no later than October 22.
Up to six names may be submitted. Your name is NOT required to fill out the form.
Please be sure to ask your nominees if they are willing to run before submitting their names.
Those who may nominate candidates (and vote) are (according to Canon 14, sec. 2): “All adults (16 and over) baptized members belonging to the parish, who for three months preceding have been regular worshipers in the parish and regular contributors to its financial support by pledge, subscription, or some other method by which they shall be known to the treasurer of the parish.”
The Vestry Nominating Committee, consisting of the retiring vestry members, will prepare a slate of up to 12 persons qualified to serve on the Vestry based on nominations from Trinity’s members and selections from the committee.
Voting will occur at all 3 services on November 19, or by request of absentee ballot after November 10 (and which must be returned to the church office by November 17).
