Food Closet Update:
~ The families our Food Closet serves are in need of lunch box items, small packages of fruit, tuna, energy or snack bars, etc. for school.
~ A reminder to children attending Sunday School: your class receives a sticker on the board for each food item you bring to your Sunday School room for the Food Closet.
~ Gardeners... Please drop off any fruit or vegetables in the refrigerator in the Undercroft for the Food Closet (near our Library/Meeting room). "The refrigerator is open and people can bring stuff in any time. Thanks." Jane Dempsey
Sunday School Officially begins this Sunday!
Our Christian Formation (aka Sunday School) Leadership Team really needs teachers, teacher assistants and substitute teachers. Please prayerfully consider your ability to help them. Read page 9 of the Sept. Trinity Tidings for details.
~ Also needed: Someone to lead a Junior Choir and someone to Direct/Organize our Christmas Pageant on Jan. 3rd.
~ Parents of children attending Sunday School: please take a moment to check with your child's teacher regarding snacks and juice. Thank you.
WORSHIP with US this Saturday night at our meditative, candle-lit PM Tai service; or join us this Sunday morning at our 8 am service or our music-filled 9:30 service .
TRAINING This Saturday, Sept. other :
+ at 9 am -- Learn how to serve as a Chalice Bearer at the Eucharist, AND/OR as Lay Eucharistic Visitors - taking Communion to those who are homebound, in the hospital, in nursing homes...
+ at 10 am - Acolyte training (it's also a refresher for those who are already trained) ; Crucifer (Carrying the Cross into & out of services) ; Torch Bearers (Carrying the torches in & out of services - we always need 2 at a time.); and Servers (Help Rev. Pam at the altar).
The WINGS Bake Sale is Sunday and Everyone in the Parish is invited to bake bring your best baked goods to the Undercroft this Saturday (9/19). A group of us will be pricing them at 6 pm...so if you want to stay and help, you would be most welcome! Baked goods can also be dropped off before the 8:30 service Sunday morning! The money will 1) help pay for advertising for Trinity Episcopal Church and 2) provide grant assistance for WINGS retreats. Email Cassi at cassabeth@cox.net or call her at 300-7103 if you have questions.
This Saturday is The ECC Annual Cookout - Celebrating 60 years of
The Episcopal Conference Center!!
Yes, THIS Saturday, September 19, 2009. 1pm Open house. 6pm Dinner. 7:30 Compline. Cost: Adults $15, Kids under 12 are $7, Kids under 5 are FREE!!
The waterfront will be open, there will be games, BBQ followed by Compline. They'd like a headcount for food, so please e-mail them ASAP: director@eccri.org.
THIS Sunday, September 20th, is a Special Parish Meeting immediately following the 9:30 am service. We hope that everyone will do their best to attend.
Parents should escort their children to Sunday School in Graham Hall (the building directly across the driveway from the church, upstairs), sign them in, and then come downstairs to Aldrich Hall for the Finance Meeting. We will wrap up in time for you to return upstairs to sign your children out of Sunday School.
Nursery Care this week provided at 9:30 AM by Kim Z. and Cynthia C. ..and their little helpers. (We'd love to add YOU to our list of volunteers. Contact Jen B. for more info.)
WINGS (Women in Need of Growing Spiritually - which is all of us ) will be selling delicious baked goods in the Undercroft between the services on September 20th AND after the 9:30 service.
~ Due to popular demand, The Children's Clothing Swap in the undercroft will be extended until 9/27. Each week new bags of clothing are unpacked and sorted, and many items find news homes the same day! Please take some clothes for your children. You have just two weeks to clean out your closets of gently used clothing that you no longer need (especially cold weather clothes), just drop it off and we'll sort it. Another swap is planned for the spring. Extra clothing will either be offered to the Thrift Shop or our food closet clients.
~ If you happen to also tidy up your bookshelves and find some gently read children's books to pass along, there's room on the table for gently used books as well.
Safe Church Training
A reminder to sign up for the Safe Church training on Sat. Sept 26 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. If you're planning to go, please email nstrinity@aol.com. Nancy can call and register everyone with the diocese. The class fills FAST so register now. Many thanks to all who responded already --- you're on the registration list.
Thanks!
Nancy
Weekly iGive.com Update
As of this morning, the 8 parishioners registered with iGive.com who have chosen Trinity Church as their cause have raised almost $29.65! While the numbers may seem small at first, we all search the web hundreds of times every month, and our combined efforts can truly add up. iGive.com has been helping causes raise money online since for almost 10 years.
--- Halloween is not far away: Shop at Costume SuperCenter where 4% of your purchase benefits Trinity.
--- Order business cards or checks for your checking account from 4checks and Trinity receives 10% of your order.
Please try it today - it's free! Just click here to Register, then click here to ADD the toolbar to earn a penny for each search powered by Yahoo!...it is small but adds up. You can c heck our status on Facebook. If you have any troubles or questions, please contact me. Thank you.
With High Hopes of Responding to Trinity's Financial Needs,
Renee Brannigan, 647-5106, rbrannig@hotmail.com
Mark your Calendars :
~ Sunday, Sept. 27th Enter the Welcoming Committee's Bread Baking Contest. See the Sept. newsletter for details.
~ Monday, Sept. 28 from 6:30 to 8:30 WINGS: Checking in, Prayer Circle, Dessert and Games. Sign up in the Narthex. Bring your 2010 calendar.
~ Adult Bible Study on Sunday mornings will resume in October.
~ First Sunday of October (every other month) help a small crew of Trinity parishioners to serve at St. George's Kitchen in Central Falls. Contact Phyllis Schumacher for info 647-3905.
~ Trinity's 30th Annual Turkey Supper: Sunday, October 11th. See page 11 of Sept. Trinity Tidings for info.
~ Volunteers are needed for Saturday, Oct. 10th and Monday, October 12th to park cars in our lots during the Scituate Art Festival.
~ November 13-15 WINGS Fall Retreat at ECC (Episcopal Conference Center) $150/person. Grant assistance available through Rev. Pam. Sign up in the Narthex. Give your $50 deposit to Rev. Pam by Nov. 1st to secure one of the 30 spots for you.
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