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Dear Trinity,
We are happy to have our youth and adults back from their hard work on the youth mission trip! Maria and Troy made a great team on this ramp! We are excited that it also looks like a giant tic tac toe board in preparation for this Sunday's game: Tic Tac Toe!) Rev. Bill will be in the pulpit this Sunday!
Get Ready for worship:
Worship Bulletin
Livestream Link
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Sunday
All morning: Gallery T's summer show
10:00 a.m. Worship in the Sanctuary (ushers needed)
11:00 a.m. Lemonade on the Lawn
11:00 a.m. Young Adult Gathering
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Get Ready for Fall! Mark your calendars and sign up now | |
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Kickoff Sunday!
Make plans to kick off the fall at Trinity! September 8th is the beginning of our fall worship schedule and Sunday School for children. It's also a day to connect or reconnect with Trinity's various ministries and small groups. Join us for contemporary worship at 9am in Calvin Hall or traditional worship at 11:15 a.m. in the sanctuary. During the Education Hour at 10:10, the children will start Sunday school while the adults are invited for bagels and conversation in the Narthex. Representatives from Trinity's ministries and small groups will be there to share what their groups do and welcome others to join in!
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Save the Date: Fall Retreat Oct. 18-20
Mark your calendar now for the Trinity Fall Retreat at Massanetta Springs in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains (2-3 hours from Arlington). There's plenty to do, like outdoor games, board games, and Russ Scholls’ world famous obstacle course. Or kick back and enjoy quiet contemplation or a good book surrounded by the fall foliage. Whether you’re a long-time member or still getting acquainted, the fall retreat is the perfect way to get away while deepening ties within the Trinity community. Details and sign-up to follow in early September.
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September Voice Assembly: Sign up today!
Join VOICE Sunday, September 29 from 3:15- 5 PM at Fairfax High School, when VOICE and its allies hold an Assembly in support of the creation of additional Behavioral Health Programs for Youth. Please let RJM know you are coming by emailing dancampbell@aol.com. Click here for more details. We also invite you to the September Virtual "Act on Addiction" 2 Day Virtual Summit in the evenings Sept 17th and 19th. Click here for more information:
Inova Health's Act on Addiction 2 Day Virtual Summit
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Field Trip: Sunday, September 21st National Cathedral
Mark your calendar: Saturday, September 21: The Racial Justice Ministry is sponsoring a trip to the National Cathedral for a tour of the ‘Now and Forever Window’ that was recently installed. We will meet at Trinity at 10am and car pool to the Cathedral.
The tour will be led by a docent who specializes in the history of this window. Please sign up here . Click here for more details.
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Sunday School: Now is the time to register!
Help us plan for the number of teachers we need! You don’t want to have sign up in the fall rush of paperwork to complete…sign up your children for Sunday school today! Use this link to register.
Confirmation Class: Sign up today!
This is a membership class for 8th-12th Graders. If you are interested in taking part in the class register using this link For more information contact Keeley
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Changes to Staff
We have changes in our office staff as Courtney, our office manager, has left for a new job. We are finalizing offers for both a bookkeeper and office temp (while we finalize the new Operations Manager position, which we have been working on for the past several months). We ask for your patience as people adjust to new roles and the staff collaborate to make Sunday worship happen. You can still use the office email, it will be forwarded to the office temp. Speaking of which, this is Courtney's last chance at a parody...so click here. (ior is that just a link to sign up to usher??? hmmm)
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Three Weeks Left! Young adult gathering
(in the Atwood Room upstairs)
This is a drop-in group so come any time after worship through August 18th! ! This is for young adults age 18-24 who want to gather and share faith questions and/or experiences that have come up along your life journey. Come join us after worship in the Atwood (middle room on the 2nd level) for relaxed fellowship and faith together! Luke Bultena and Michelle Edwards will be there to facilitate. Anytime you’re in town, just come as you are to hang out with us!
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Connect via Church Connect | |
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Social Media Photograph Release Form
The Outreach ministry would like to be able to use more photos of Trinity members in action on our website and social media platforms. We respect that some people would prefer to not have their images on public platforms, so we are asking for a simple photo release from each Trinity household. To sign the release, you can use the Church Connect link to the right and scroll until you see the Photograph Release Form.
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Church Connect: Trinity’s Official One Stop Shop!
Looking for the calendar, announcements, bulletin, giving platform? We now have a one stop shop for Trinity members called Church Connect, which you have already used to sign up for the online directory! Church Connect is your secure portal to the bulletin, directory, enews, giving, sign ups, announcements, prayer requests and more! You can link it (like an app) on your phone, or bookmark on your computer (it is called “Connect”)! In the fall we will be using this portal regularly for members and visitors so access it now and get ahead of the game! How do you access it? Just go to tpcarlington.churchtrac.com To put the webpage on your phone (like an app) for easier access here are some simple instructions. If you have questions or need help contact Courtney Desautels or Patrick Merkel.
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In Case You Missed It...past announcements | |
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New online tool for coordinating meals and rides
The Pastoral Care Ministry has launched a new online tool for coordinating meal deliveries or rides for Trinity members who are recovering from illness, surgery, have welcomed a new baby, etc. We have discontinued our “Lotsa Helping Hands” online platform and replaced it with our new Meal Train site, which we hope will be more user-friendly and help us to more easily spread the word about pastoral care needs within the church community via the weekly e-news. You can just click on the link and sign up for a day to help!
Meal trains are a tangible way we can care for one another in our Trinity family during challenging moments of our lives. If you would like to request meals for yourself, your family, or to let the pastoral care ministry know about a potential recipient we should contact, please reach out to Gillian McClelland, Trinity’s meal train coordinator at gillian_mcclelland@yahoo.com. And please keep an eye out for upcoming opportunities to provide a meal!
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Caregivers Support Group Forming
Are you caring for someone with a long-term illness or declining health? Maybe you are in the sandwich generation, juggling the needs of your children with the needs of your aging parents. Maybe your spouse or child has a diagnosis or on-going health or mental health issue that weighs on your mind. Come join a support group. This weekly Zoom call with other caregivers, Pastor Judith, and Katherine Nichols (Commissioned Ruling Elder), is a place to talk about what is going on, get strength from each other, and pray. Weekly zoom call on Thursdays 2-3 p.m. beginning June 6. Contact Judith or Katherine to get on the email list.
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Summer Sabbaticals
This summer Carol Feather Martin and Ben Stewart are on sabbaticals. Carol’s sabbatical will be through September 2nd. Ben will be on sabbatical through August 30th.
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Online Directory! Signup, Sign in and Update.
We are excited to announce that Trinity now has an online directory, called Church Connect. But to make it work, we need members to create accounts and update their information. As well as access to the directory, members will also have access to their Church giving, and have one place where they can easily see upcoming events and get involved. This is a great tool to help us keep connected and help us support one another but to make it work, we need you to signup, sign in and update.
For the link and step-by step instructions click here. Questions? Ask Patrick Merkel.
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Caregivers Support Group Forming
Are you caring for someone with a long-term illness or declining health? Maybe you are in the sandwich generation, juggling the needs of your children with the needs of your aging parents. Maybe your spouse or child has a diagnosis or on-going health or mental health issue that weighs on your mind. Come join a support group. This weekly Zoom call with other caregivers, Pastor Judith, and Katherine Nichols (Commissioned Ruling Elder), is a place to talk about what is going on, get strength from each other, and pray. Weekly zoom call on Thursdays 2-3 p.m. beginning June 6. Contact Judith or Katherine to get on the email list. Here is the Zoom link.
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Childcare at Trinity
We welcome you to worship today! Children are always welcome in worship. If you prefer we offer childcare for children through age 8. The older children can be dismissed after the Children’s Moment to the child caregivers at the back of the sanctuary. You can pick them up after worship in Room 11, which is in the far end of the preschool hall, by the playground doors. At Godly Play our trained staff engages the children from age 3-8 with crafts, stories, and activities that have a Christian theme and sometimes we go to the playground. We also offer care for our very youngest children in Room1 and 2 in the preschool hallway (the first two rooms by the ramp). We have a room for infants and non walkers as well as a room for toddlers through age 3, though sometimes these rooms are combined depending on numbers. If you have questions, please ask an usher or pick up a childcare brochure on the table in the Narthex.
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Livestreaming Worship Tips
We want to make the experience available to as many as possible. If you would like to livestream the worship service, please click the link in the enews which takes you to the livestream page. You will see the different worship service options to click on the page. If there is a technical difficulty, please click here to see options. We will not offer livestream when we have outdoor worship.
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