Blue Christmas Service
A Service of Remembrance and Hope
Trinity’s annual Blue Christmas Service, a service of remembrance and hope, will be held today, December 15th, at 5pm in the church.
Not feeling the spirit of Christmas cheer? You are not alone! Many are experiencing challenging times, whether from illness, joblessness, loss, or loneliness. Right now, all of us are suffering from the terrible effects of a prolonged pandemic. Don’t we all know what it is like to feel melancholy in the midst of holiday celebrations?
This beautiful and comforting service is reflective, accepts where we really are, and holds out healing and hope. You will find this service meaningful and peaceful, no matter where you are this Advent season.
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Greening of the Church
You are invited to stay after the 10:30am service this Sunday, 4th Sunday of Advent, to help the Parish Life Commission with the “Greening of the Church."
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Nativity Christmas Pageant
Calling all children to participate in our Nativity Christmas Pageant at 3pm on Christmas Eve in the Courtyard. Please come to Children’s Chapel at 10:30am this Sunday in the Parish Hall to rehearse. All ages are welcome! We have parts for sheep, donkey, innkeeper, angel, shepherds, and the Holy Family and other familiar characters. Please contact Anne Stefan this week at c 281-798-6835 or dstefan@swbell.net if your child wants to participate. We want them to be involved even if they cannot make the rehearsal this Sunday. Parents can rehearse them at home. We also have parts for non-readers.
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Food Pantry Sunday
This Sunday is Food Pantry Sunday at Trinity. Please look for our poster and basket in the Narthex where you can put your food items and/or checks to The Helping Center Food Pantry. The following is a list of food items that the Helping Center needs:
- Grape jelly in plastic containers
- Peanut butter, Strawberry Jelly
- Flour, sugar, cooking oil
- 100% whole grain cereal
- Milk, Eggs, Butter, cheese
- Canned or boxed ready-made meals
- To-go breakfast items
- Ketchup, mustard, mayo
- Personal hygiene items
- Ramen noodles, Chips
- Toilet Paper, Plastic bags
- Canned corn, Canned meat
- Small juices
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Favorite Advent Hymn
Listen or sing along to this lovely and familiar Advent hymn as illustrated with the beautiful stained glass windows.
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Advent Prayer
Holy and Gracious God,
Deliver us from the limits we place on ourselves and on others.
And therefore on you our God. Amen.
from Seminary of the Southwest's Advent Meditations and Prayers
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Compassion
Compassion is costly. In a world of turmoil and pain, it is easy to feel pity for those who suffer. But compassion is different from pity. Pity is a feeling; compassion is an action. Compassion brought Jesus into our world to experience our joys and griefs, our life and death. Compassion is how Jesus effected our salvation. Compassion calls us, too, as the Body of Christ, to live alongside others in solidarity – to enter into their experiences and work to transform lives with the love of God that has been poured into our hearts in Christ Jesus. by Susan Brown Snook, from Advent Word calendar
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Sunday Schedule
8:30am . . . . Holy Eucharist in Person
9:15am . . . . Adult Christian Education
10:30am . . . Childrens Chapel
10:30am . . . Holy Eucharist in Person
For the most up-to-date worship guidelines, please visit our website: LINK.
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Save the Date
Dec. 15 . . . Blue Christmas - 5pm
Dec. 24 . . . Christmas Eve Services -
....................3pm, 5pm and 8pm
Dec. 25 . . . .Christmas Day Service 10am
Jan. 23 . . . . Rev. Nan Celebration
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On-line Worship
Each Sunday, we livestream the 10:30am service of Holy Eucharist.
It will be available on Trinity’s Youtube page beginning at 10:20. Anytime after 10:20am click on the above YouTube link to go to Trinity’s YouTube channel. There you will see “ Live” or “Live Now” and click on it to join the service. If it is not there, refresh the page after a couple of minutes.
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Adult Christian Education
This Sunday, beloved parishioner and vestry person, Pam Link, will lead us in a fun discussion of favorite Christmas traditions. Please join us in person or by zoom.
Meeting ID: 835 7141 3203
Passcode: 000383
Please join us in person at 9:15am on via zoom with the link HERE...........
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Adult Christian Education Recordings
Did you know that most of our Sunday morning Christian Education classes are recorded and available for viewing on our Youtube page? Click here to view classes on Chartres Cathedral, the Gospel of Luke, and more.
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Order Poinsettias for Christmas
Donating a poinsettia for the 2021 Christmas altar décor is a wonderful way to honor loved ones. The cost of each red poinsettia is $9.00. The sign-up sheet is in the narthex. Be sure to include who your donation is in thanksgiving for or in memory of. All names turned in by Tuesday, Dec. 21st will be printed in the Christmas service bulletins. You may make checks payable to Trinity Episcopal Church with “poinsettia” in the memo line. Drop your check in the collection plate or turn it in at the office. We encourage donors to pick up the plants after the church services on Sunday, December 26th, 2021.
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Christmas Eve Schedule
3pm- ..Holy Eucharist with Children’s
................Nativity Play- in the courtyard
5pm- .Festival Holy Eucharist, Rite 2-
................in the Church
8pm- .Festival Holy Eucharist, Rite 2-
................the the Church
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Trinity Serving the Community
Members from Trinity's Ministry and Outreach present a check to Meals on Wheels, pictured with their representatiave Dori Yeater.
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Overview of Micah
Watch this overview of the book of the prophet Micah from the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) as prepared and taught by bible project.org
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Longing
How might your relationship with God change if you were to recognize that all you desire is rooted in a deep longing which only God can fulfill? Imagine prayer undertaken not out of a sense of duty or obligation, but as a response to the deep longing God expresses for us. by Br. David Vryhof, SSJE
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Burnet County Hunger Alliance Feeding Children During Their Christmas Break
The Burnet County Hunger Alliance’s (BCHA) historically helps St. Peter’s Blessings by providing an extra bag of food for Marble Falls ISD students during the Christmas two-week break. Food pantries and community kitchens are often closed for a week between Christmas and New Year’s Day and the Hunger Alliance identified the opportunity to help feed children. Dennis Reed, a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, spoke at the November meeting of the Alliance to explain the church volunteers deliver food to school counselors every Thursday in plastic bags for 200 children. School children picked up the food on Friday to take home.
The child-friendly food is donated for students and not their family. The children are frequently left at home while their parents work and the food allows them to prepare easy meals. HEB is no longer allowing the church to order food because of their supply chain issues. St. Peter’s Blessings’ volunteers order food on-line and use several sources to receive 200 of the same food-product. Volunteers are creative and may order different kinds of foods than ordered in the past. Trinity Episcopal Church and Fellowship Baptist Church funding allows the Hunger Alliance to donate $5 per child and the coalition’s volunteers bag the food for the two-week break.
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Birthdays
12/16/21. . . . Joe Hull
12/16/21 . . . .James Dudley
12/18/21 . . . .Dave Allard
12/19/21 . . . .Joe Paterson
12/20/21 . . . .Lee Parmeter
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