Make plans to sing your hearts out at this service, but before that, we need your hymn ideas! If you have a favorite Christmas hymn that you want included, please email Carrie Hansen at carrie@trinitylutheranfc.org by November 29. We will try to sing as many as we can. We are always community together.

As COVID-19 is on the rise, we want to remind everyone of a few things. First, if you are in need (prayers, food, money, etc), please reach out; as a family of faith, we are here to help one another and we have a great network of people who have offered support. If you have tested positive, please let someone in the office know, we would like to hold you in extra prayer and support you through this. If you have tested positive, have been exposed, or are living with someone who has been exposed, please do not come into the church building (even if you are there alone). And anytime you are in the building, please wear a mask. This helps keep the staff and all those using the building as safe as possible.

ADVENT DEVOTIONAL The 25 days leading up to Christmas will feature a traditional Christmas tune – with Advent lyrics, and prayers. Join Sky Ranch and congregations of Northern Colorado each day of Advent to worship and celebrate together. https://skyranchcolorado.virtual-camp.org/advent-resources/

TAIZE SERVICE on Wednesdays, December 2, 9, & 16 at 6:45 pm! We will worship around candle light, with repetitive songs, scripture and prayer, as we reflect from lament to hope. Join online each week for this experience.

LIVE NATIVITY running from December 19-24 from 4-6 pm each night at 301 E. Stuart Street, Ft. Collins. The 301 Faith Partners presents the inaugural Live Nativity! Real live people! Real live animals! Covid – Safe, Meaningful, and Accessible! Viewers will stay in their cars, sing carols, and be able to drive past the portrayal of the First Christmas. Come and create a new Christmas Tradition for you and your family!

CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIP on December 24 - 5 pm & 7 pm. We have two opportunities for worship together this Christmas Eve. At 5 pm the Family Service with Children’s Pageant – This service will be led with the 301 Faith Partners, as our kids give us the message. We sing carols, and hear the good news of the little baby where all hope and fear is swaddled and laying in a manger. O, Come all Ye Faithful (and unfaithful and searching too!) At 7 pm the traditional Candlelight and Communion!

Here are the results of the Congregational Meeting that was held this past weekend.

MFP was approved with 81 unanimous YES votes

Slate of officers was approved with 80 YES and 1 NO vote(s)

A new record! 69 turkeys weighing 1,270 lbs.!! There was also some checks. Thank you EVERYONE!!

The December Tidings is ready for YOU! Click HERE to read what is all going on at TLC.

During the COVID pandemic, training for Faith Family Housing volunteers is offered online on the following dates: December 6 from 1-2:30 pm, and December 7 from 7-8:30 pm. If you have never taken FFH training --or if you would like a refresher -- join the online program at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/346000805. The access code is 346-000-805.

The Social Eco Justice Joint Committee of 301 Faith Partners will be offering a virtual Alternative Christmas Gift Fair this year to support local and global non-profits. Shopping and gift donations will be available from November 29-December 6 through this link https://www.jotform.com/form/203195504520144a. Purchases can be picked up on December 13 at a time to yet be determined or by a mutual convenience appointment. Get your Christmas gift list ready and watch for more information from church in the coming weeks to learn about the participating non-profits and how to shop.

Joint Sunday School, with St. Paul's, has started up. We are already practicing for the Christmas pageant, followed by a lesson from Jacki and then a craft or activity led by Tiffany. If you have any questions or cannot open the link, please let Tiffany or Katie know.

Virtually on zoom click HERE

Meeting ID: 869 2085 5078

Passcode: 926423

This week bring: Just bring yourself.

TLC Book group will meet next via Zoom at 9:30 am on Monday, December 7, to discuss Albert Camus’ 1947 novel The Plague, a study of human life and its meaning in the face of a virus that sweeps through Algeria. Watch for the Zoom link in future newsletters. Questions? Call Nadine Hunt at 970-825-3730.

If you have a prayer request and want it to be on this list please contact Amanda, amanda@trinitylutheranfc.org or Pastor Rick, pastorrick@trinitylutheranfc.org.

Nancy Harrison

Larry & Sandy Dietz

Marilyn Hartig

Lyndsay Vecchio

Carol Hemken

Ryan

Barb Klaman

John Wagner

Eileen Ackerson

Sonia & Howard Nornes

Lea Seim

Helen Berneking

Kay Armstrong

Oren Anderson

Mary Ann Armstrong

Madyson Hopkins

Katelyn Miller, friend of the congregation

Melanie Eber, family friend of Lois & Howard Smith

Jaxon Wagner, grandson of Betty & John Wagner

Lilah Newton, family of Cheryl Backsen

Melvah Uecker & family, relative of Patty Heyse

Keaton Barrett, grandson of Lea Seim

Harvey Tellinghusen, brother of Nyla Anderson

WORSHIP:

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EDUCATION:

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YOUTH:

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Meeting ID:  879 6597 3059 | Passcode: 674840

OTHER:

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Directions for Zoom via Video: Click the link and join the meeting. You do not need a ZOOM account to access the link. However, you may first be prompted to download the software. This is safe, and you only need to do it once. When you click on the Zoom links, you will need to enter a user name - you can add any name you want. If you do not hear any sound, you will need to click on the bottom left to "JOIN AUDIO".

Directions for Zoom via Phone: Don’t have a computer or internet? You can still participate fully in the zoom worship services and other meetings offered through Zoom. Follow these steps, and if you run into problems, just ask one of our staff or your phone tree calling person for assistance. We don’t want you to miss you. Remember, in order to be part of the zoom call, you need to call in at the designated time (for example, Sunday worship begins at 10:30 Sunday mornings).

Directions for VIMEO: This is our Vimeo channel https://vimeo.com/trinitylutheranfc where you can access each Trinity worship service! Just click on the link and it will take you directly to the page so you can start binge watching!