SEEDS September 28, 2022

Fighting World Hunger

After some sustenance from our friends at Old Parish and a short prayer, our Hunger Fighters embarked on a glorious walk Saturday. We celebrated the Crop Walk after church on Sunday and were able to raise over $2,000 for this hunger relief effort.

Thank you to all who participated and donated.

See some of the best Crop Walk photos on our Instagram. page.

Anonymous Generosity

Why is this pastor so happy?  Arriving in the parish hall this morning was a brand new GE dishwasher!  We would like to offer a huge thanks to the very kind Dishwasher Fairy for the gift of this sorely needed appliance.  It will be put to good use, now that we are back to worshiping in person. Thank you.

 Prepare the Way

The next Women’s Bible study will be on Friday, October 14 at 1 pm at the parish hall. We will continue the series on 'Multiple Meanings of Scripture.'

The focus of the session is 'Prepare the Way of the Lord'. The Bible story is from Luke 3: 13-17. Please let Imelda or the church office know if you plan to attend.

OKTOBERFEST

Thanks to Big Elm, Thrivent and volunteers from

First Congregational Church of Sheffield and Christ Trinity Church,

we are once again holding

Oktoberfest, a celebration involving:

Great Food. Great Hymns. Great Beer.

We will be gathering in the large brew room amidst all the beer vats!

The hymns and the brats are free.

Big Elm brews will be available for purchase.

Your generous donation at the door will support

Appalachian Trail Magic 2023!

If you are unable to make it to the festivities, please consider supporting the magic by clicking the button below.

If you have a favorite hymn that you would like us to sing at Oktoberfest, you may donate for that hymn for $50.  Bring your title and donation to church by Monday, October 3.  

Fuel your generosity

September 30th is the last day to take advantage of this free Thrivent offer. (Details are via the red button below.) Thrivent offers everyone the benefits of their network of advisors. But as a Thrivent client with membership, you'll be part of an organization driven by a higher purpose, helping you make the most of all you've been given. You'll be part of a local Thrivent Member Network and get immediate access to exclusive membership benefits, including programs to help you fuel your generosity. This translates into SEED money to help launch some of our special Christ Trinity Church outreach programs.  

Hot Dog Church (pictured above), The Crop Walk Celebration Lunch, Beer & Hymns, Appalachian Trail Magic, the Christmas Bake Sale and Broadway Cabaret all are launched with Thrivent's help. Some of these are fundraisers for organizations like Church World Services; others are for community service - like Memorial Day when we feed the entire community during Hot Dog Church. Submit your application today and start enjoying all the benefits of membership and the knowledge that you are helping to create kindness..

The annual membership fee is $19.95. Your fee will be waived for the first year.

Join more than 2.3 million Thrivent clients with membership, and experience all that a Thrivent membership has to offer. Click below to get started.

Old-fashioned Christmas Bake Sale

Do you see how happy these bakers are? They just found out that Christ Trinity Church will have an old-fashioned Christmas Bake Sale on December 10th beginning at 10:00.

This will be in addition to our online Christmas Bake Sale, for which the pick-up will be the same day. This year the Bake Sale will involve music, friends, shopping and Christmas cheer, 

New date:  Chesterwood on October 22

In October, the OWLES will visit Chesterwood in Stockbridge, the home and studio of Daniel Chester French, in this year of celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial. Because Berkshire residents can go half price on weekends in October, we are now scheduled to go on Saturday, October 22, and meet at the site at 10:45 AM. We can have an escorted tour at 11,included in the price of admission, which will be $10, or maybe $9, if the senior rate is halved. All are warmly welcomed at OWLES’ events. Contact co-leaders Nancy King or Liz Wells or the church office.

Broadway Cabaret

Back by popular demand, and after a sold-out performance last year, Broadway Cabaret will return to Dewey Hall on December 3 & 4. 

Subscribe to Seeds, as this is where tickets sale notifications will first appear.

Live a life nurturing others

It seemed fitting this week, the day after her funeral, that we would undertake a reflection on Queen Elizabeth II. Dame Maureen Lipman referred to the Queen as the “mother yeast” of Britons’ daily bread, meaning that she nourished a sense of identity and supported growth and creativity, while also helping to maintain a predictability and stability that allowed people the freedom to explore and thrive, or at least to hang on. The Archbishop of Canterbury, and other faith leaders talked about her habit of daily prayer and regular worship and a sense she had that God had appointed her to her position, and that she was answerable to God for her work as monarch.

God, you are the mother yeast of our lives

We are rising to realize our own potential and personhood

We come together in awe and wonder at the life of Queen Elizabeth II

We pray that we may also live a life nurturing others in Your service. 

AMEN

September in review

This photos of our beautiful Memorial Garden are included to represent the very successful Alcoholic Anonymous retreat that took place here on Saturday.  The 70 AA members loved our parish hall, our sanctuary, but especially the garden, where small breakout groups met and single meditators reflected.  The retreat was led by an outstanding spiritual leader from California and the day turned out to be perfect in every way.  We will welcome them back again next September.

In addition to our regular 10:00 worship with music and the choir, we also offer a spoken Episcopal Rite II Eucharist at 8:00 am, where we use the Book of Common Prayer. Our 10:00 service is live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube. We look forward to seeing you at 8 am or 10 am, this and every Sunday!

CALENDAR

EfM meets on Tuesdays using a hybrid format.

Women's Bible Study October 14^th at 1:00 in the parish hall.

Graveside service for Bill Wood on October 16^th at 2:00.

Oktoberfest

Beer & Hymns returns indoors to Big Elm Brewing on Silver Street

6:00 on October 21^st

New Date for OWLES visit to Chesterwood 10:45:  October 22^nd

Swords to Plowshares 11:00 - 2:00 on November 12^th

at The Guthrie Center

Broadway Cabaret at Dewey Hall

December 3^rd & 4^th

Christmas Bake Sale and online order-pickup in the Parish Hall

December 10^th

These dates are subject to change and more events are in the works that will be added to the calendar as soon as details are confirmed.

Jack informs us that his lovely wife has CoVid and asks that we refrain from visiting her at this time.  We will try to keep you updated.  Healing prayers are being sent for them both.

Christ Trinity Church 413-229-8811

180 Main Street

PO Box 127

Sheffield, MA 01257

Rite II spoken services at 8:00 on Sundays

Livestreamed services at 10:00 Sundays:

Facebook and our YouTube channel

Questions you may have about us will probably be answered at:

ChristTrinityChurch.org

The best way to get a message to the office is via email: christtrinitychurch@gmail.com



If you have a loved one who you would like us to remember in our Sunday prayers, please email us Monday morning before 10:00.