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Serving This Week
8:00 am
Acolyte - Karla Snellings
Lector - Karla Snellings
Vestry Member - Brenda Chase
10:00 am
Crucifer - Brennan Gray
Lector - Robin Barrett
Intercessor - Chris Brantley
Vestry Member - Chris Brantley
Digital Ministry - Dave Hosaflook
Ushers - Mike Frye and Bruce Davis
Parish Shepherd - Holly Feliciano
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Blessing of the Animals
All animals (great or small!) are welcome for a blessing on October 2nd!
Due to rain, the blessing will take place in Barber Hall.
Our 8 am service will be pet-free, and our 10 am service will feature the blessing of the pets.
SPCA Food Donations
We will also be collecting food for dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens to donate to the FXBG SPCA.
Please bring pet food and place it in the back of the church or in the Narthex. All donations will be taken to the SPCA on October 10th. We'll be accepting donations through October 9th.
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Welcome to Trinity!
A Hospitality Conversation
Trinity is known as a friendly and welcoming place.
The first people we meet on Sunday are ushers and greeters, ready to welcome old friends and make new ones.
Join us on Saturday, October 15th, 9- 10:30 am in the Sanctuary! At this Ushers/Greeters training, we'll talk about the theology of hospitality and ways that we can be even more welcoming.
This meeting is for people who have been ushering for years and for people willing to help new people feel comfortable at trinity.
Kids can serve as greeters and ushers, adults can serve as greeters and ushers, and you can, too!
All are welcome!
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Friday Night Fire Pit and S'mores was a Hit!
We had so much fun eating S'mores by the fire! What a way to spend a Friday night! That you all for coming!
Join us for our next Friday Night Fire Pit and S'mores October 14th from 7-8:30 pm!
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Wednesday (Mid-Week) Eucharist
Wednesday (Mid-Week) Eucharist will resume October 19th.
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What Are You Most Grateful For?
Let's give thanks for the blessings in our lives. When you get a chance today, take a moment to pause and think about what you are most grateful for.
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Announcement Deadline Day
All announcements are due by Monday at 5 pm. Please send any announcement you'd like featured to news@trinity-fredericksburg.org.
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Trinity's Italian Dinner
Top off your holiday weekend on Monday, October 10th from 5:30 until 7:00 pm at Trinity's Italian Dinner in Barber Hall.
Specially prepared lasagna with braised beef short ribs (meatless lasagna available) and a special dessert will highlight this year’s event. Delizioso! Garlic bread, meatballs, salad, pasta (including gluten free) topped with your choice of homemade tomato or Alfredo sauces and beverages for all ages will provide a memorable evening of good food and fellowship.
There is no charge for the dinner; donations will be accepted. All proceeds support the outreach efforts of Trinity's Brotherhood of Saint Andrew Chapter. Mangia! Mangia!
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RESCHEDULED:
A Day of Reflection:
Loss and Grace
A Quiet Day sponsored by Trinity and Open To All
Our "Quiet Day" event will be rescheduled until further notice.
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Fall Lectio Divina Series with Tom Rotella
Come and join me in the ancient practice of Lectio Divina whose roots trace back to St. Benedict in the 6th Century.
Lectio is a sacred way of reading and engaging scripture, letting the words speak directly to you in very personal and often profound ways. For this series, however, let’s think out of the box a bit. We will not only read from scripture, but also from contemporary writings, poems, song lyrics, all of which can uplift and connect us to the Divine (and we hope St. Benedict won’t be spinning in his grave.)
We’ll make time for reading, silence, prayer and sharing, understanding that everything we share in group is confidential. The group will meet in the Lounge every Thursday morning from 10-11:30 am beginning October 6th and ending November 17th.
Registration is not required. Just drop by as you can. I will supply copies of each week’s reading so you don’t have to bring a thing with you expect an open heart.
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Doodling with Jesus
with Alice Berecka
Zen, n. = a state of meditative calm, a feeling of peace and relaxation
Doodle, v. = to make designs on paper
In this Zen Doodle workshop, you will learn a simple, 8-step process that will allow you to doodle your way into a state of zen, no artistic skills required!
You will discover that anything is possible, one stroke of the pen at a time.
Follow along with Alice Berecka via Zoom and join with parishioners from Trinity Episcopal Church and All Saints' Episcopal Church on Saturday morning, October 8th at its NEW time 10:00 am (EST)/9:00 am (CST) as we use simple materials to create small works of art such as those pictured here.
All are welcome! To sign up, click here.
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Trinity's Red Cross Blood Drive
Trinity’s annual Red Cross Blood Drive will be Saturday, October 29th from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm in Barber Hall.
Those of you who donate on a regular basis may want to adjust your schedule to accommodate that date.
All are welcome to sign up by visiting redcrossblood.org.
In other health news, the Health Ministry Committee will sponsor blood pressure checks on Sunday, October 9th between the services. Flu shots and the latest Covid vaccines are available at your local pharmacies. For your own health please avail yourself of any of these services.
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Blessings In A Backpack Update!
Our Trinity Blessings in a Backpack project would like to thank our generous parishioners for their donations and volunteer efforts!
Each Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in Barber Hall, a faithful group of six to twelve people help pack bags for 90 Rocky Run Elementary School students to meet their weekend nutritional needs. This group includes Claire Curcio, her granddaughter Maggie Lacy, Kathleen Carroll, Paige Kerby, Michael Hubbard, Carol Walker, Mary Ann Myrand, Judy Owens, Alva Windham, John Henze and Leigh Morris
On Thursday mornings, Jim Ripley and John Henze take turns delivering the bags to Rocky Run.
Each child receives a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese ($1.00) and a healthy, non-perishable collection of snacks from Optimum Foods, including pepperoni meat sticks, sunflower kernels, savory herb crackers, cheese sticks, Gogo Squeez yogurt, whole grain grahams crackers and Kellogg's Fruit Loop pouches ($2.98).
At $3.98 a week, this helps the children come to school nourished and ready to learn on Mondays. We will also include treats for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's Day.
This effort costs at least $360 a week, so your donations are crucial to continuing this ministry, and we thank you for all your support!
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Trunk-Or-Treat at Trinity!
Join us for Trunk-Or-Treat at Trinity on Saturday, October 29th from 4-6 pm!
Decorate your trunks, bring candy, and bring kids for a fun evening or spirited fun!
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Sunday School Continues
Sunday school continues this Sunday, October 2nd at 9:15 am in Jamison Hall. Children and youth will go directly to class, there is no community gathering this week.
Parents if you have not yet registered your children for Sunday school the registration form may be found here and on the church website. The Sunday school and Youth calendar may be found here.
We hope you and your children will join us as we go All Aboard with Jesus! If you have any questions, please contact Sam Burton at sburton@trinity-fredericksburg.org.
Fun Stars will meet Sunday, October 16th! Please note this is a change. We are postponing our time together because of the forecast for this Sunday. We’re having a picnic at Riverfront Park! Our picnic is right after church from 11:30-2:00 p.m. at Riverfront Park, 713 Sophia Street. Parents please drop your child(ren) off at Riverfront Park at 11:30 and pick them up from the park at 2:00. Please have your child bring a bag lunch and drink. There is a playground, otter statues to hunt for, and we will walk down to the landing on the river so have your child wear something that is okay to get dirty. A permission slip may be found here. If you have any questions please contact Sam Burton at sburton@trinity-fredericksburg.org.
Fun Stars is a fun ministry for children in second and third grade. It provides them with an opportunity to be with their peers in a social atmosphere. We meet outside of the regular Sunday school class every other month to provide time together in a relaxed, informal setting. Fun Stars spend time doing fun activities and participate in community service projects.
Halloween Costume Collection - Trinity’s Sunday school will be collecting gently used and new Halloween Costumes from Sunday, September 25th to Sunday, October 23rd. There will be bins for donated costumes located in Jamison Hall foyer, Barber Hall, and the narthex.
Gently used and new costumes will be donated to the Friday Friends program at Cedar Forest Elementary School in Spotsylvania. Cedar Forest is a Title 1 school serving 800 Kindergarten thru 5th grade students with greater than 50% of their students receiving free or reduced lunch. Additionally, Cedar Forest serves multiple developmental preschool classes. Please keep the Cedar Forest Friday Friends in your prayers. If you have any questions please contact Sam Burton at sburton@trinity-fredericksburg.org.
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News from Trinity's Library
Big News!!!
We are ready to roll out our new online catalog. Before I explain further I wish to thank Ally Arendt on behalf of the Library Committee and the entire parish for her work to create the database and maintain it as books are added and withdrawn from the collection. Ally will demonstrate the database to the parish in the Lounge on Sunday, October 23rd from 9:15-9:45 am.
Please stop by and see what we have to offer. The online database, which we will now call TrinityCat, can be accessed through any of your personal devices that connect to the Internet. At Ally’s demonstration we will pass out a flyer with simple instructions on how to access and use TrinityCat.
Extra copies of the flyer will be available in the magazine rack in the library. I think you’ll find TrinityCat very user friendly. While it will show you the books we own at any given time, it will not display what is checked out since we have no mandated loan periods like public libraries. But most likely the book you wish to borrow will be on the shelf when you visit the library.
So mark October 23rd on your calendar! This is a huge step forward in providing you with good library service. I hope you’ll think so, too. I was also going to tell you more this week about the library’s plans for a “bookmobile,” but I will save that for a future newsletter article.
-Tom Rotella, Chair, Library Committee
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Items for the Newsletter
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All items for the Trinity newsletter need to be submitted by Monday at 5:00 pm. Please send all newsletter items to news@trinity-fredericksburg.org. Send as workable documents and NOT PDFs. If you want your group's meeting date on the calendar, send it as a newsletter item to be included.
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At the bottom of the events page, you'll find a complete calendar of all our upcoming events so you can invite a friend and plan ahead!
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