Trinity Episcopal Church |
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For the Week of:
Dec 23 - Dec 30, 2007 |
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| The Mission of Trinity Episcopal Church is to be an open and diverse Christian family dedicated to serving God and all creation by fostering spiritual growth through worship, prayer, education, service, stewardship, and celebration.
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 Greetings!
Below are the weekly announcements of events and activities of Trinity Church, Hattiesburg, MS. Information about our parish life together for the forthcoming week, as well as special events, programs and new ministries are highlighted here. I hope you enjoy receiving this information. And - just for fun - check out the picture at the bottom. Can you guess whose picture that is?
Bill
Rector,
Trinity Episcopal Church
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ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SERVICES
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Sunday, December 23: 8 a.m. Spoken Eucharist, Advent 4
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Sunday December 23: 10:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist with music, Advent 4
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Sunday, December 23: 6:00 p.m. Children and Family Christmas Pageant.
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Monday December 24: 4:00 p.m., Children and Family Holy Festival Holy Eucharist with music
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Monday December 24: 10:00 p.m. Music Program
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Monday, December 24: 10:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Festival Holy Eucharist with Music
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Tuesday, December 25: 10:30 a.m. Contemplative Holy Eucharist
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Special Guest Lecturer in the Rector's Forum, 12/23
Dr. Mark Wagner, USM Assistant Professor Department of Philosophy and Religion, will be the guest lecturer at the 9:15 a.m. Rector's Forum on Sunday the the 23rd. THE FORUM WILL BE IN THE CHAPEL. Dr. Wagner is an expert in Islam. The topic will be "The Crusades."
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CHRISTMAS PAGEANT 6 P.M. SUNDAY DECEMBER 23
Mrs. Betsy McIntire and Mrs. Martha Ann Curry and their crew have been working so very hard to create a wonderful Chrsitmas Pageant. Many of our children and youth will participate in this stellar performance. The pageant will be at 6 p.m. (not 4 p.m.) on Sunday, Dec 23. There will be much music, a delightful telling of the Christmas Story, no sermon, and no communion. Please come, and please bring a friend or a relative. This is a chance for us to let the community and our neighbors experience the feeling and joy of the Trinity family.
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JODY BURNETT TO OFFICIATE AND PREACH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30
Jody Burnett will be back from VTS to serve as the Officiant and Preacher on Sunday, December 30 while Fr. Bill will be out of town. Morning Prayer will be said at both the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. services that Sunday. There will be NO ADULT RECTOR'S FORUM ON THIS DAY.
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Sunday
December 23
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Choir Rehearsal, 9:15 a.m.
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Rectors Forum (Old Choir Room), 9:15 a.m.
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Adult Study (Library), 9:15 a.m. Dr. Mark Wagner, USM Assistant Professor Department of Philosophy and Religion, will present a class entitled, "The Crusades."
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Rehearsal with Fr. Bill for ALL Children for the Family Holy Eucharist, Monday, 9:15 a.m.
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Christmas Pageant Rehearsal, 9:30 a.m.
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Godly Play (Room 3), 10:15 a.m.
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Catechesis (Room 4), 10:15 a.m.
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EYC, 12 noon
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Christmas Pageant. 6:00 p.m.
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Monday
December 24
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Children and Family Holy Festival Holy Eucharist with music, 4:00 p.m.
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Music Program, 10:00 p.m.
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Christmas Eve Festival Holy Eucharist with Music, 10:30 p.m
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Christmas Day Potluck
Following the 10:30 a.m. Christmas Day service, we will have a Potluck Christmas Dinner similar to what we did for Thanksgiving, except that the main course will be ham. The church will provide wine. If you would like to participate in this potluck, please (1) call the church at 601-544-5551 so that we will know how many to plan for, and (2) contribute a dish in one of the following categories:
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Potato, sweet potato, or yam side dish
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Hot vegetable side dish
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Hot Casserole
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Green salad
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Fruit Salad
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Cranberry, pickle, olive, or other such side dish
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Dessert
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Non-wine beverage
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Wednesday
December 26
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The Office will be closed
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No Holy Eucharist and Healing Service this day
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Fr. Bill out of town (call the office in case of an emergency. Pastoral emergencies will be handled by other priests on call).
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Friday
December 28
- No events scheduled for this day
- Fr. Bill out of town (call the office in case of an emergency. Pastoral emergencies will be handled by other priests on call).
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Saturday
December 29
Fr. Bill out of town (call the office in case of an emergency. Pastoral emergencies will be handled by other priests on call).
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Sunday
December 30
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Jody Burnett will be the officiant and preacher at morning prayer at both services.
NO RECTOR'S FORUM THIS DAY
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Fr. Bill will be out of town from Dec 26 through Jan 1. Please call his cell phone (601) 329-3538 if necessary. For emergency pastoral care, call the office (601) 544-5551.
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FUTURE EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
An Inconvenient Truth coming in Lent. We are currently assembling the materials to do an adult study of Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth during the Rector's Forum. A study guide will be provided. The film puts forth the argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenges facing our global civilization. In order to be sure we prepare sufficient study materials, please email Bill at wgstroop@earthlink.net if you are interested in participating.
Breadbasket is a multi-denominational effort of eleven churches to stock a food pantry. Every week, all year long it supplies a few days of inexpensive basic groceries to up to fifteen needy families in the Hattiesburg area. Each Sunday of Advent, beginning December 2, a basket will be in the narthex for your donations of nonperishable food. Trinity will be furnishing the green beans (we need 90 cans) and powdered Great Value orange juice (we need 42). These items are needed by Wednesday, December 12. The boxes will be packed with the staple items on Sunday, December 16 at 2 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church and delivery of the boxes will be on Friday, December 21 at 2 pm from Westminster Presbyterian Church. If you would like to take part in this very rewarding service ministry, call Karen Shappley at 601-268-6962. Families are encouraged to take part and children are especially encouraged to help.
If you would like more information about this ministry or would like to help distribute food during Trinity's weeks of service, please call Karen Shappley at 601-268-6962.
Open dates for 2008 Altar Flower memorials are:
January 6 |
September 14 & 21 |
March 30 |
October 5, 12 & 19 |
April 27 |
November 2 & 16 |
June 15 & 29 |
July 13 |
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Jody Burnett's Purse
If you are interested in helping Jody Burnett while he is in seminary, you can write a check to Trinity Church and put in the envelopes provided in the pews that have Jody's name on it. If you give cash, please indi-cate your name and address on the outside of the envelope. You do not have to put Jody's name on the memo line of your check. Just put it in an envelope with Jody's name on it. Contributions designated to a specific individual on your checks are not tax deductible. Jody would like to acknowledge your gifts, so we will provide him with names and addresses but not amounts. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the church office. |
 WHO IS THIS?
For the next several weeks, we will be publishing a picture here each week. They will be pictures of current parishioners from a "few" years ago.
(Last week's picture was of Bill Stroop)
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I hope you find this weekly announcement bulletin from Trinity Parish, Hattiesburg helpful and informative. It is intended to provide you with news of the parish and upcoming activities for the weekend and next week in our community.
See you in church on Sunday!
The Rev. Dr. Bill Stroop
Trinity Episcopal Church |
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