Trinity Newsletter for August 26, 2021 🙏

August 26, 2021

Sharing Christ's love and grace in a vibrant community whose joyful spirit empowers people to do God's work.

Sunday Service Bulletins

Click the links below to download Sunday's service bulletins:

8:00 a.m. service bulletin (Rite I)

10:30 a.m. service bulletin (Rite II)

Good News Daily!

Click the link below to download your Good News Daily for the week:

Good News Daily - August 29th, 2021

Friendly Reminder!

For your health and the well-being of our parish family, masks are required inside the building for all groups at all times.

Welcome Back Sunday!

Everyone is invited to Trinity’s Welcome Back Sunday on August 29th beginning at 9:30 a.m. There will be activities for children, refreshments on the lawn, and an opportunity for parents to register their children and youth for Sunday school and Youth Group. We hope to see you there!

Parents may also register their children by completing and returning the registration form found here and on Trinity's website, or by completing the fillable Google form provided here.

Sunday school and Youth Group will begin on Sunday, September 12th. All activities will be held outside. For more information, please contact Sam Burton at sburton@trinity-fredericksburg.org.

Back to School:

Labyrinth Walk

Students, teachers, parents, and friends are encouraged to walk and pray at the Trinity labyrinth between and after services on Sunday, August 29th.

All are welcome to share time on the labyrinth and lift up prayers for the coming school year. Suggestions for walking the labyrinth and prayers for students and teachers will be available.

Scheduled Labyrinth events are canceled in the event of rain, but our labyrinth is always available for individual prayer or meditation time.

Book Review by the Committee for Racial Healing (CFRH)

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD., (2019), pgs. 368

A professor and researcher at Stanford University, Jennifer Eberhardt shares stories, science and suggestions for understanding and overcoming unconscious racial bias. We learn how all human brains have developed mechanisms of bias which affect everything.

No one, not even the most kind and compassionate among us, is free of bias. This information is at once liberating and oppressive.

Dr. Eberhardt shows how bias affects society; everything from housing, to education, to law enforcement, and the workplace. She concludes that our heightened interest, awareness, and desire to overcome implicit bias offers us hope. This was a truly fascinating book.

The Rev. Pam Webb's Library Donation

Our Trinity library is the grateful recipient of the large theological and spiritual collection of books and other items from The Rev. Pam Webb, a retired priest who lives in Williamsburg.

Some of us became acquainted with Pam when she was interim rector at St. George’s several years ago. We are blessed to be gifted with these wonderful volumes that are now shelved by category, waiting for folks to check them out and learn from them. You can “meet” Pam by reading Chapter 2 in Voices of Women of the Cloth by Claire Curcio, also in our library.

Thanks to Pam and to everyone else who has contributed to the Trinity library!

Caregivers' Support Group

The Caregivers' Support Group will meet Thursday, September 9th from 10:00-11:30 am in the Library.

Men and women who are caregivers of a disabled or ill adult or child are invited to attend the meeting.

For more information, Call Randall (540-207-0600), Claire (540-479-6988), or Brenda (540-226-2628).

The Health Ministry Committee

The Health Ministry Committee will hold its first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Sept. 21st at 1:30 pm in the Library.

We welcome all returning members and invite anyone with an interest in health ministry to attend.

Our first task will be to plan for our upcoming Blood Drive set for October 30th. Anyone with questions can contact Brenda Chase at (540) 226-2628 or brendachase23@gmail.com.

Tuesday Night Outreach

We need soup and cereal to replenish supplies for Tuesday night outreach – any size, any kind.

Please put them in the wicker basket in the nave. Thank you.

Altar Flowers, Sanctuary Candles, and Food Bank Donations

Making a donation in the name of a loved one, an occasion, or just to say thank you for the blessings of life. Anything is a good way to express your appreciation.

Please consider signing up for the altar flowers, the sanctuary candle, and the food bank donation. You can include on the list the name(s) or event, such as a birthday or anniversary, you wish to honor or commemorate. Thank you.

Remembering 9/11:

The 20th Anniversary

Join us for a special Holy Eucharist service, Saturday at 8:30 am on September 11th, commemorating 9/11.

Every Wednesday: Mid-Week Eucharist with Unction

Please join us every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. in the church for Eucharist with Unction.

Worship Updates

All worship services are now indoors.
Masks are now required.
We are suspending congregational singing.
Greeting before church, at the peace, and after services will be without contact.
Café Trinity is suspended until further notice.

For general inquiries, you can contact Trinity at: 540-373-2996 or parish@trinity-fredericksburg.org.

POSTPONED:

Chicken Bingo

Saturday, August 28th

5-7pm

Join us for a delicious fried chicken dinner and stay for a few rounds of Bingo!

(Yes, there will be prizes!)

Tickets include dinner and one bingo card:

Adults - $7

Children - $5

Family - $20

Extra Bingo cards will be sold during the dinner for $5 each.

We'll reschedule at a later date when Diocesan regulations permit.

Have You Thought About Joining EFM?

What happens in EFM? A group of adults read books and meet weekly to consider how God is acting in the world and in our lives.

Do you have questions? Are you curious about the Bible, church history, or theology? Then EFM might be the right fit for you.

A new group is forming on Tuesday nights from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm.

For more information or to register, please contact Mother Cynthia at cynthia@trinity-fredericksburg.org.

Office Hours

The church office is now open Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 am-11 am.

Pastoral Emergencies

If you have a pastoral emergency such as an accident, serious illness, hospitalization, or death and need to speak to the clergy immediately, please call 540-623-4802.

For general inquiries, you can contact Trinity at 540-373-2996 or parish@trinity-fredericksburg.org.

Items for the Newsletter

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Thursday, August 26th