Resuming In-Person Worship!

Dear Trinity Family!

I’m so excited as I write to you… I can hardly wait to "open the church” on September 12th. We will come together in one service at 10:30 a.m. to worship inside in our sacred space! It’s been 18 months since many of you have been in the church for a worship service and I have yet to celebrate a full service in the church so yes! - I’m beaming with joy and counting the days! I would like to encourage each of you to attend as it’s going to be an exciting day at Trinity and a great opportunity to bring a friend. Here is what you can expect:

· We will have an Easter like service with a full liturgy, including music (full choir and brass quartet) at 10:30 a.m. in the church. I know that some of you may be a little nervous moving back inside, but rest assured we will have an option for everyone. For those who feel more comfortable worshiping outside we will open the doors of the church so that folks can fully participate in the courtyard (speaker outside so everyone can hear).

· After the service we will have a coffee hour like no other. I’m encouraging everyone to bring something to share as we gather in the courtyard for fellowship.

· In addition, we will have our Ministry Fair in the courtyard highlighting the many wonderful opportunities to get involved at Trinity this year. I ask you to begin praying now about your important role in the joy of serving in one of these ministries… We all have a part to play in making Trinity a wonderful place.

· FOR THE KIDS. The Vogels have generously offered to provide a bounce house for the day, so get ready to have some fun!

Grace and Peace to you as we come to God with Open Hands – ready to give and ready to receive.
Rev. Jonathan +

Christmas at Trinity 2020

As we continue to monitor the weather we have decided to switch up the Christmas Eve plans. The weather coming in is going to be nasty and rainy all day long so here is what we will do:

Christmas Eve 12/24/20 - The Holy Eucharist and Blessings will be distributed from 2-4pm in the church. Please don't all come at 2 but plan to space your selves out across the 2-hour window. We will have an Usher at the door giving you instructions on how to come in, receive, and exit.

Christmas Eve Virtual Service with music 12/24/20 - will go live at 5 pm. You will receive an email direct to your inbox at 5 pm (if you're on our list. DM us your email address if you'd like to be added). You can also find the service on our website, Facebook, and Youtube.

Trinity Kids Christmas Eve Service 12/24/20 - will also go live at 5 pm. You will receive an email direct to your inbox at 5 pm. You can also find the service on our website, Facebook, and Youtube.

First Sunday of Christmas 12/27/20 - We will celebrate the first Sunday of Christmas at 10 am with our Children's Christmas Pageant. If your children are in the performance (or would like to be) have them at the church no later than 9:30am so they can line up and be ready to go. We will also distribute Communion after the pageant at the front doors of the church (instruction given during the service).

I look forward to seeing you all at these different options! This may not be the Christmas Eve we wanted but it's certainly the one we need. I hope you all feel blessed by the offerings and know that I am praying for you tonight. If you need me don't hesitate to call or email me.

Grace, Peace, and Merry Christmas!
Jonathan

Christmas Services

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES 
4:00pm Family Service 
Celebration of the Holy Eucharist 
Featuring the Children’s Christmas Pageant 

8:00pm Festival Service 
Celebration of the Holy Eucharist 
With the full Trinity choir, soloists and strings 

11:00pm Candlelight Service 
Celebration of the Holy Eucharist 
A more quiet and contemplative liturgy, a cappella music 

CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE 
10:30am Celebration of the Holy Eucharist 

Children's Christmas Pageant

The Christmas Pageant will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 24th during the 4:00pm service. We would love every child to participate. Please join us on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 9:30am, for practice and to get your costumes.

On Tuesday, Dec. 24th we will meet in the Parish Hall at 3:30pm, in costume. We will all go over to the church together and after the pageant the children will sit with their parents for the remainder of the service. After the service they can return their costumes to the parish hall. Looking forward to seeing all the youth of the parish at the practice on Saturday, December 21 at 9:30am . Any questions, call the church office 540 592-3343.

The Joy of Mission - Mission Sunday

The Joy of Mission – Mission Sunday, Nov. 17

On Sunday, November 17, we welcome the Reverend Dr. Titus Presler to help us celebrate Mission Sunday, a day to consider the Joy of Mission: Building Companionship over Boundaries of Difference. Picking up on that Sunday’s apocalyptic gospel, he will preach at both services on the theme, ‘Dreadful Portents: Mission amid the World’s Turmoil.’ He will also lead the morning’s Adult Forum at 9:15.

Titus Presler is an Episcopal missiologist with experience in India and Zimbabwe. Most recently he was principal of Edwardes College in Peshawar, Pakistan. He is president of the Global Episcopal Mission Network (www.gemn.org) an association of mission activist dioceses, congregations, agencies, seminaries and individuals.

Educated at Harvard College(A.B), General Seminary (M.Div.), and Boston University (Th.D.), he was the academic dean of General Seminary and president of the Seminary of the Southwest. He has also taught at Episcopal Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Gaul Theological College in Harare, and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He specializes in mission theology and gospel-culture interactions. Former rector of St. Peter’s Church in Cambridge, Mass., he was a researcher for the Global Anglicanism Project and a consultant for the Anglican Indaba Project. Earlier he worked with our Interim Rector Ed Miller at All Saints’ Church in Belmont, Mass.

An honorary canon in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, Presler is a visiting researcher at Boston University School of Theology. He is vicar of St. Matthew’s Church in Enosburg, Vermont, and coordinates Green Mountain Witness, the evangelism initiative of the Diocese of Vermont. Among many publications, he is author of Horizons of Mission in the New Church’s Teaching Series, and Going Global with God: Reconciling Mission in a World of Difference. He blogs at TitusOnMission.wordpress.com and can be reached at: tituspresler@post.harvard.edu.

Baptismal Font Restoration Begins

Thanks to the generosity of a number of parishioners with a special interest in the restoration of the historic baptismal font, the full amount of the cost of restoration ($25,000) has been raised. The font will be taken to Rugo Stone after a baptism on September 8 and hopefully returned in time for the next baptism on November 3.

The restoration will include the addition of wheels under an improved base so that the font can be safely moved from the side of the church to the center aisle for baptisms.

The font, likely made in the early 20th century, was given in memory of three members of the Dulany family all named John Peyton. They lived between 1788 and 1904. Some of their descendants are still parishioners.

We are grateful that it will be possible to continue the long tradition of generations of parishioners being baptized in this font.

Easter at Trinity

Please join us for celebratory services on Easter Sunday 2019! Find our services below:

Easter Day
Sunday, April 21
6:00 am Community Sunrise Service (Outdoor Chapel at Trinity Church)
8:00 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I with special music and brass accompaniment
10:30 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II with special music and brass accompaniment
12:00 pm Easter Egg Hunt

Interested in what Trinity is doing during Holy Week? You can find all that information by CLICKING HERE.

Holy Week at Trinity

Palm Sunday
April 14
The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. Luke
8:00 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:30 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Both services will begin in the courtyard, weather permitting

April 15, April 16, April 17
12:00 pm Holy Eucharist

Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 18
6:30 pm Agapé Supper
7:30 pm Holy Eucharist & Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday
Friday, April 19
12:00 pm Good Friday Liturgy
7:30 pm Good Friday Liturgy

Easter Day
Sunday, April 21
6:00 am Community Sunrise Service (Outdoor Chapel at Trinity Church)
8:00 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:30 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II
12:00 pm Easter Egg Hunt

Spotlight on Easter Sunrise Service

The first of Trinity’s three Easter services will take place at 6 AM at the Outdoor Chapel.

Those wishing to make their way to the Outdoor Chapel together should plan to meet in the church parking lot at about 5:50 to walk to the Outdoor Sanctuary together with Ed. Please bring a flashlight as it will still be dark. If you are concerned about walking to the Outdoor Sanctuary, the Trinity van will be available to transport you to the service. The van will depart the church parking lot at 5:55 AM on Easter Sunday.

Our worship service begins at the Council Ring where the fire will welcome worshippers, and our prayers begin. After we light the Paschal candle, the congregation will process to the cross for the rest of the worship, and hopefully will greet the rising sun. The service consists of readings, songs and a homily. Communion will be celebrated at the 8 AM and 10:30 AM services only.

Please invite your friends and neighbors to this service, as it is a great opportunity to encourage ecumenical community worship. Also, after the service has been concluded, please feel welcome to return to the council ring and linger by the fire for coffee, hot chocolate, juice, donuts and Easter fellowship.

He is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed! Alleluia!

EcoPalms for Palm Sunday

This Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019, you will receive a different type of palm. The church has invested in a product called “EcoPalm”. Unlike the strip palms you normally receive, this year’s palm will be a frond as shown in the picture. Purchasing this product provides several benefits

Promote Social Justice

• Harvesting palms is an important source of income but gatherers receive a low price

• Gatherers will receive a higher price for their “fair trade” palms improving their income.

Promote Environmental Stewardship

• Palms protect valuable natural forests because they provide income to forest communities.

• Palms will be “sustainably” harvested and managed protecting the palms and the forests they need for shade.

Why a "Fair Trade" Palm?

• To improve income and living conditions for  the communities gathering the palm.

• To protect the palms and  the important forests from which they are gathered through sustainable harvest programs.

Did You Know?

• Approximately 308 million palm fronds were consumed in the United States in 1998.

• Palm purchases for Palm Sunday may be worth up to 4.5 million dollars/year.

• A congregation of 1,100 to 1,500 members will order approximately 700 palm fronds for Palm Sunday services.

• Palm gathering actually protects valuable natural forests.

• At least half of the farmers in the Central Peten of Guatemala earn additional income from harvesting fronds and, more than a quarter of household heads support themselves exclusively by collecting fronds.

• Each palm plant produces 2 to 5 harvestable leaves over a 2 to 4 month period.

Join us on Palm Sunday and know that your palm frond has been sustainably harvested and provided important income to the farmers.

Flower Guild Decorating

On Sunday mornings we decorate the church with beautiful flowers, given to the glory of God.

Often families and/or individuals choose to donate the flowers in honor or memory of a loved one, or in celebration of an anniversary or a special day.

The cost is $135. Please contact Betsey in the church office (540.592.3343 or betsey@trinityupperville.org) if you would like to donate flowers.

Currently the following dates are available in 2019:
February 3, 24
March 3
May 26
June 16, 23
July 7, 28
August 4, 11
September 15, 29
October 27
November 3, 24
December 15, 22

Christmas at Trinity

Christmas Eve Services 

4:00 pm Family Service 
Featuring the Children’s Christmas Pageant and celebration of the Holy Eucharist. 

8:00 pm Festival Service 
With the full Trinity Choir, soloists, and strings and the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. 

11:00 pm Candlelight Service 
A more quiet and contemplative liturgy, a cappella music, and the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. 

Christmas Day Service 
10:30 am Celebration of the Holy Eucharist 

The Church Office will be closed from Noon on Dec 21 and reopen on Jan 2. 

Important Upcoming Dates 

December 2: Advent Wreath Making after 10:30 Service 

December 5&6: Christmas Auction Set up 

December 7: Christmas Auction Shop & Bid 5-7pm 

December 9: Christmas Auction after 10:30 Service 

December 14: Musica Viva 7:30pm 

December 15: Men’s Breakfast - 8am - Men’s Bible Study - 9am 

December 16: Lessons and Carols - 4pm 

December 17: Vestry Meeting - 6:30pm 

December 22: Pageant Rehearsal - 9am 

December 22: Flower Guild Decorates - 10am 

December 24: Services at 4pm, 8pm, 11pm 

December 25: Service at 10:30am 

December 30: Services 8am & 10:30 Baptism(s) 

Holy Week at Trinity

During Holy Week, the Holy Eucharist will be offered at noon on March 26, 27, and 28.

Palm Sunday March 25
8:00 AM Holy Eucharist Rite 1
10:30 AM Holy Eucharist Rite II
Both services will begin in the courtyard, weather permitting

Maundy Thursday March 29
Agape Dinner at 6:30 PM
Chili (A vegan chili will also be served) 
Worship at 7:30 PM
Holy Eucharist Includes Stripping of the Altar And a Service of Foot Washing 

Good Friday
Worship Service 12:00 Noon

Prayer Vigil
Thursday, March 29 at 10:00 PM - Friday, March 30 at 10:00 AM 

Easter Day Services

Sunrise Service
Sunday, April 1
6:20 AM
At the Outdoor Chapel of Trinity Episcopal Church

Sunday, April 1
Holy Eucharist & Celebration Worship
8:00 AM
10:30 AM 

Flower Guild for Easter

All members of the Flower Guild are invited to help decorate the church for Easter.

We will meet at the church at 9 am on Saturday March 31.

Please bring flowering branches (forsythia, dogwood, etc.) as may be available. Thank you.

The Flowering of the Cross

The flowering of the cross has been traced back to the 6th century. It is an especially striking and beautiful way to symbolize the new life that emerges from Jesus’s death on Good Friday. Traditionally before the Easter Sunday service, the cross is covered with real flowers and the top draped in white. The entire cross is covered with flowers and is placed prominently at the front of the church to symbolize the new life in our risen Lord to all the worshippers present on Easter Sunday morning. The contrast between the starkly bare cross that worshippers have seen for 40 days and the living flower cross of Easter Sunday dramatically and visually represents the new life that we are celebrating after witnessing the very instrument of death and endings transformed by Christ's rising.

This year, as you come to Easter Sunday Service, pause by the cross and add some flowers to it. You can bring flowers from your garden, or you can place flowers from the bucket provided by the Flower Guild. The Sunday School children and Youth Group are encouraged to participate.

Ash Wednesday 2018

February 13
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Feast
5:30pm

February 14
Ash Wednesday Worship
12 Noon & 7:00pm

“For dust you are, and to dust you shall return”

— Genesis 3:19 

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 marks the beginning of Lent, a season of reflection and introspection in preparation for Holy Week and Easter. 

Lent begins with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. On Ash Wednesday we will have 2 services, one at noon and one at 7:00 PM. We encourage everyone to participate. 

The services will include both the Holy Eucharist and the imposition of ashes. During the imposition of ashes, the rector will take ashes (from the burning of the previous year’s Palm Sunday palms) and will make the mark of the cross on each congregant’s forehead. The imposition of ashes is a reminder of our mortality, and our total reliance on God. 

Epiphany at Trinity

Epiphany Saturday, January 6, 2018 6:00 PM Dinner (This is a free catered dinner. All are welcome!) 7:00 PM Celebration of the Holy Eucharist

Sunday Service Flowers

Currently the following dates are available in 2018:
January 21
February 11, 18 and 25
March 4, 11 and 18
April 8 and 22
May 6 and 27
June 10 and 17
July 8 and 29
August 12
September 16 and 30
October 7 and 28
November 4 and 25
December 16, 23 and 30

On Sunday mornings we decorate the church with beautiful flowers, given to the glory of God. Often families and individuals choose to donate the flowers in honor or memory of a loved one, or in celebration of an anniversary or a special day.

The cost is $135. Please contact Betsy in the church office (540-592-3343 or betsy@trinityupperville.org) if you would like to donate flowers.

Christmas at Trinity

Christmas Eve Services

8:00am Fourth Advent Service
Typical Sunday worship service with celebration of the Holy Eucharist

4:00 pm Family Service
Featuring the Children’s Christmas Pageant and celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

8:00 pm Festival Service
with the full Trinity Choir, soloists, strings, and the celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

11:00 pm Candlelight Service
a more quiet and contemplative liturgy, a cappella music, and the celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

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Christmas Day Service

10:30 am Celebration of the Holy Eucharist

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The Flower Guild will decorate for Christmas on Friday, December 22, at 10am. If you would like to participate, please bring holly and greens for arrangements!

Important Upcoming Dates

December 8: “Traditions of Advent” 6p
December 15: Musica Viva Concert 7p
December 16: Men’s Breakfast 8a | Mammovan 9:30a
December 17: Lessons and Carols 4p
December 18: Vestry Meeting 6:30p | Last day to donate to Toys for Tots (in Cox Hall)
December 19: Advent Evening Prayer 6p
December 20: Correlli Concertino 7:30p
December 23: Pageant Rehearsal 9a
December 24: Services at 8a, 4p, 8p, 11p
December 25: Service at 10:30a
January 6: Dinner 6p | Epiphany Service 7p

Church Office Closed Dec. 22 (@ noon) - Jan. 1

Worship Fair and Thank You Luncheon

YOU ARE INVITED TO A Worship Fair and Thank You Luncheon
Saturday, November 18, 2017
10:30 am—2 pm

All members of the Altar Guild, Flower Guild, Ushers, Lay Readers and Lay Eucharistic Ministers are invited to gather for instructional refreshment of their duties and a Thank You luncheon for your dedicated service. Persons interested in serving in one of these capacities are also invited to attend to learn more about how they can participate in these service ministries. Please call Betsy in the church office (540-592-3343) if you are participating and will be attending the luncheon.

Flower Guild
10:30-11 am

Altar Guild
11-11:20am

Ushers
11:30-Noon

Lunch
Noon-1pm

Lay Readers
1-1:30pm

Lay Eucharistic Ministers
1:30-2pm