Christmas Ornament Party: Pairs and Spares Ornament Party is being held this year on Friday December 10th, 7:00 pm, at the home of Sandi and Eric Lawson. Everyone is invited to attend, just bring an appetizer and each person is asked to bring a wrapped ornament. If you are planning to attend please call Sandi at 485-5050 to let her know. The Lawsons live at 25 Willowbrook Drive, located on the hill behind the old LazyBoy Store at Lakeview and Grand Central.

Christmas Flowers !!!! It is time to get your requests in if you are wanting to give Christmas Flowers or Greenery in memory or in thanksgiving of a loved one or love ones. Please makes checks payable to Trinity Episcopal Church and send to Linda Branter, Rt. 2 Box 221, Washington, WV 26181 as soon as possible. Please include who the flowers are in memory of or the person or circumstance for which they are being given in thanksgiving.

Trinity Workday and Brass Polishing !! This coming Saturday December 11th, from 9 am until noon the Building and Grounds Committee will be holding a workday at the church. All are invited to bring your toolboxes and come help out !! Also the Altar Guild will be having the Brass Polishing this Saturday from 9am till noon. All members of the Altar Guild are asked to plan to attend to help get the church shining and beautiful for Christmas ! IT IS ALSO A WORK DAY! ALL COME.

The “Christmas Card Board” is up in Trinity Hall. If you want to send a Christmas wish to your church “family” or friends, just drop a card in the mail and it will be posted !

The Jesse Tree and What it Means to Us:

Message from Good Shepherd’s Adopted Families Christmas Project:

The l999 Adopted Families Christmas Project at Good Shepherd is underway. Families have been interviewed, appointments to shop have been set and inventory is building. We are looking for volunteers to set up on Monday, December 13 and/or to work some part of the day at the store on December 14, 15, 16. If you would like to join us for a few hours any of these days, please call the Good Shepherd Church office at 428-1525 or Sally Morgan at 295-0480.
Good Shepherd wants to let our friends at Trinity know how much we appreciate the help they have given us through the years on this major project .

PLEASE NOTE: If anyone is planning on submitting their 2000 pledge on or before Dec. 31st of this year please include a note making it clear to us that you are pre-paying your pledge. (Good tax benefits in this. Also helps our cash flow.) This way the Treasurer will handle things in accordance with your wishes.

 

In Memoriam A Memorial Fund has been established in memory of 15yr old Jamie Hill. If anyone would like to contribute please send your donations to : Jamie Hill Memorial Fund St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 111 Waring Street Summerville, SC 29483

 

Connie’s Corner TRY SOFTER A young boy traveled across Japan to the school of a famous martial artist. When he arrived at the dojo he was given an audience by the sensei. "What do you wish from me?" the master asked. "I wish to be your student and become the finest karateka in the land," the boy replied. "How long must I study?" "Ten years at least," the master answered. "Ten years is a long time," said the boy. "What if I studied twice as hard as all your other students?" "Twenty years," replied the master. "Twenty years! What if I practice day and night with all my effort?" "Thirty years," was the master's reply. "How is it that each time I say I will work harder, you tell me that it will take longer?" the boy asked. "The answer is clear. When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way." -Anonymous (found in print in the book "Zen in the Martial Arts"by Joe Hyams) Peace, Connie

   

Please hold these people, events and circumstances in your daily prayers. Also, we encourage you to always say a prayer for those unknown persons who have no one to pray for them. By-the-way, please remember to renew prayer requests weekly.

Tom Patrick, Nellie Taylor, Alex Northrup, Bill Mildren, Sr., Donna Tyo, Mazie & Gene Smith, Maggie Crofton, Gladys Fitcher, Julia Batten, Julia & Shirley Davis, Elsie Reed, Dick Smith, Mary Glen Rice, Sarah Jane Yates, Selden Stone, Faye Watson, Gene & Periene Oeland, Betty Stout, Michelle Turner, Ann Johnson, Charlie Cope, Corinne Aymar, Andrew Hunt, Don Northrup, Mimi Seaman, Marjo Hiehle, Luis Monegro, Richard Tucker, Lexi Grant-Snider, Justine Eby, Larry & Lulie Bellew, Noah & Levi Larimer, Alice Hensley, Sherry Evans, and Harriett DeHoff.

Our prayers and sympathies to the family and friends of Ruth Greer as we receive the news of her death. May her rest be this day in peace and her dwelling place in the paradise of God.

  

Ministers for Sunday, Dec 12, 1999 Chalice Bearers:  Sue Ellen Johnson, Carol Olson, Jennifer Currey, Eric Lawson Lectors:   Sue Ellen Johnson, Charlotte Dauphin, Reed Belasco Ushers:  Tom Gyongyosi, Mike Matheny, Jackie Nicholson, Paul Nicholson Acolytes: Lanae Daily (Captain), Anne Renner, Camille Currey, Megan Gyongyosi Coffee Hour: Michael and Diane Hensley Proper for Sunday, December 12, 1999 Isaiah 65:17-25, Psalm 126, 1 Thessalonians 5:(12-15) 16-28,  John 1:6-8, 19-28 Altar Guild for Dec 9-15 Sat. Dec. 11 Susie Fitcher, Paula Sellers, Sunday, Between: Jennifer Currey, Clean-up: Julie Matheny and Betty Nicholson, Tues., Paul Miller, Wed. Betsy Smith

 

Outreach Items of the Month Coffee 2oz instant Sugar 1lb. granulated Please place in basket at the back of the church Call DRE Connie Waterman and sign up to help out with Godly Play !!!! (422-3362)

Student of the Month: Congratulations to Andy Lawson who was named Student of the Month in his kindergarten class at Madison Elementary School!! Beanie Baby Raffle Winners : The winners of the Beanie Baby Raffle held during the Book Sale are: Shawn Sandy, Scarlet Sheppard, Linda Brantner, Timmy Fox, Susie Fitcher, Kathy Kafka, Kristel Brookover, and Carter Currey. Christian Family Radio TUNE IN TODAY!

Any information for the Times needs to be to the editor by noon on Sundays. Notes may be left in the mailbox at the church or sent by email to BCurry@trinitytimes.com. Cookbooks Available!! Food For Thought Cookbooks are still available. These books were put together several years ago and contain recipes contributed by Trinitarians. Please contact Betty Rodda if you would like a copy. Cookbooks are $8.00 each.

The Third Sunday in Advent:
         Lighting of the Rose Candle

     The pink (or rose) candle calls to mind Mary the of Our Lord. It is lit, by custom, on the third Sunday of Advent, though in most years the lesson about Mary is on the fourth Sunday. It represents joy — profound joy like the joy expressed in what we know as the Maginficat: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord….”

 

 

Stir up thy power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let thy bountiful grace and mercy speedily help deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end. Amen Book of Common Prayer

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