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We Welcome to Trinity Church all of our Visitors Today. We pray your visit with us is a blessed one THIS WEEK AT TRINITY SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER TODAY 8:00 am: Morning Prayer Rite I – Paul Miller 9:15 am:  Sunday School / No Adult Eduation / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist  Rite I- Paul Miller 11:45 am: Coffee Hour Monday 11:00 am: Feeding Program  11:00 am: Clothes Closet (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) Tuesday 8:00 am: MOT Breakfast at The Corner Café  Wednesday 10:00 am:  Book Sorting 11:00 am:  Food Closet 12:15 pm: Holy Eucharist with Healing 5:00 pm:  Book Sorting 6:00 pm:  Encore Movie Thursday 10:00 am: Bible Study 11:00 am: Food Closet / Knitters Friday  Saturday 8:00 pm:  AA NEXT SUNDAY – DAY OF PENTECOST 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist Rite I – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School /  Adult Education / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist Rite II – Fr. Hicks 11:45 am:  Coffee Hour ********************************************************************************************** PAUL VACATION – Fr. Paul will be away for Continuing Education from May 26th through June 3rd. Contact Susie with any emergencies that may arise. MAY DONATION ENVELOPES – The May outreach envelopes will be for the Peterkin Scholarship Fund to assist campers who will be attending summer camp this year. GRADUATION – Graduate Sunday is June 18 . If you have a family member who is graduating from high school or college this year, please call Susie and give her the name and school from which they will be graduating. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL – Trinity will be participating in Vacation Bible School with First Lutheran Church and Good Shepherd.  It will be held at First Lutheran starting on Wednesday June 28th and will continue each Wednesday in July (5, 12, 19, and 26).  Dinner will be served at 5:30 pm and the program will conclude at approximately 7:30 pm. each night.  There will be an adult component as well for parents or any other interested adult.  Trinity will provide at least one of the dinners and we need a few volunteers to assist with the meals and other aspects of the VBS program.  The Clergy will work together to facilitate the adult forum. PETERKIN COLLEGE AND YOUNG ADULT CAMP – The College and Young Adult Camp has been moved to the start of the Peterkin camping season, May 30 (Tuesday) -June 3. This is a chance for anyone under 40 who has been out of high school at least one year to experience Peterkin. ALTAR FLOWERS – There are still several openings for flowers for our altar as shown on The Flower Chart on the bulletin board in Trinity Hall. The two vases of altar flowers cost $50 total, which can be shared with another person, if desired. If you have already signed up for a Sunday, please remember to fill out the form and indicate whether you are giving the flowers in memorial or thanksgiving, or call the office with that information.

We Welcome to Trinity Church all of our Visitors Today. We pray your visit with us is a blessed one THIS WEEK AT TRINITY SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER TODAY 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist Rite I- Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School / Adult Education / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist  Rite II- Fr. Hicks 11:45 am: Coffee Hour 5:00 pm:  Youth 5:45 pm:  Movie Night – God’s Not Dead 2 Monday 11:00 am: Feeding Program  11:00 am: Clothes Closet (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) 5:45 pm:  Finance Committee 6:00 pm:  Vestry Tuesday 8:00 am: MOT Breakfast at The Corner Café  Wednesday 10:00 am:  Book Sorting 11:00 am:  Food Closet 12:15 pm: Holy Eucharist with Healing 5:00 pm:  Book Sorting 6:00 pm:  Music Committee Meeting 7:30 pm:  Choir Rehearsal Thursday 10:00 am: Bible Study 11:00 am: Food Closet  Friday  Saturday 8:00 pm:  AA NEXT SUNDAY – SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:00 am: Morning Prayer Rite I – Paul Miller 9:15 am:  Sunday School /  Choir Rehearsal  / (No Adult Education) 10:30 am: Morning Prayer Rite II – Fr. Hicks 11:45 am:  Coffee Hour ********************************************************************************************** DISCRETIONARY SUNDAY – Today is Discretionary Sunday. The loose offering in the collection plate goes to the Rector’s Discretionary Fund to help with items not in the regular operating budget.  PAUL AWAY – Fr. Paul will be away at continuing education and a statewide clergy meeting from May 24 thru June 3. MAY DONATION ENVELOPES – The May outreach envelopes will be for the Peterkin Scholarship Fund to assist campers who will be attending summer camp this year. OFFICE CLOSED – The office will be closed May 29th for Memorial Day. FOOD CLOSET – Substitute volunteers are needed to work the food closet when Forbes, Steve, and Bev are unable to work. If you would like to assist with this ministry contact Bev, Steve, or Fr. Paul. NORTH CAROLINA YOUTH CHOIR VISIT – The Youth Choir will be having dinner at Trinity June 15th at 5:30 p.m. before their 7:00 p.m. concert at Good Shepherd, and breakfast at 8:00 a.m. at Trinity on June 16th. Volunteers will be needed to assist with both meals. See Fr. Paul if you would like to help. Also, a couple of families are needed to house choir members. PETERKIN COLLEGE AND YOUNG ADULT CAMP – The College and Young Adult Camp has been moved to the start of the Peterkin camping season, May 30 (Tuesday) -June 3. This is a chance for anyone under 40 who has been out of high school at least one year to experience Peterkin. DAY OF REMEMBERING – Leavitt Funeral Home is sponsoring a Day of Remembering service at First Baptist Church on Monday, May 29th from 12:00 p.m. until 12:45 p.m. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. This is a special time they have set aside to pay tribute to deceased loved ones. This is open to anyone who has lost a loved one. Additional information is available on the bulletin board in Trinity Hall.  

We Welcome to Trinity Church all of our Visitors Today. We pray your visit with us is a blessed one THIS WEEK AT TRINITY FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (MOTHER’S DAY) TODAY 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist Rite I- Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School / Adult Eduation / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist  Rite II- Fr. Hicks 11:45 am: Coffee Hour Monday 11:00 am: Feeding Program  11:00 am: Clothes Closet (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) 5:45 pm:  Finance Committee 6:30 pm:  Vestry Tuesday 8:00 am: MOT Breakfast at The Corner Café  Wednesday 10:00 am:  Book Sorting 11:00 am:  Food Closet 12:15 pm: Holy Eucharist with Healing 5:00 pm:  Book Sorting 6:00 pm:  Encore Movie (God’s Not Dead) Thursday 10:00 am: Bible Study 11:00 am: Food Closet  6:00 pm Blennerhassett Stamp Society Friday  6:30 Supper Club at Reger’s Saturday 8:30 am:  DOK Book Study @ Panera 2:00 pm:  DOK  Tea/Luncheon @ Country Club 8:00 pm:  AA NEXT SUNDAY – SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist Rite I – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School /  Adult Education / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist Rite II – Fr. Hicks 11:45 am:  Coffee Hour 5:00 pm:  Youth 5:45 pm:  Movie Night ********************************************************************************************** DOK BOOK STUDY – DOK book study has been moved up by one week, to May 20th. .We will go over chapters 10 and 11. DOK TEA AND LUNCHEON – The DOK will have a tea/luncheon on May 20th at 2:00 p.m. at the Parkersburg Country Club. Please contact Dianna Quick if you plan to attend. The cost is $20.50.  GRADUATION – Graduation season is fast approaching. If you have a family member who is graduating from high school or college this year, please call Susie and give her the name and school from which they will be graduating. PETERKIN WORK WEEKEND – A work weekend at Peterkin to get the camp ready for summer is scheduled for May 19th. A suggested donation to offset costs to the camp is $75/person for the weekend; however, don’t let a lack of cash prevent you from going. Contact Daisy McBride at Peterkin to register. PETERKIN COLLEGE AND YOUNG ADULT CAMP – The College and Young Adult Camp has been moved to the start of the Peterkin camping season, May 30 (Tuesday) -June 3. This is a chance for anyone under 40 who has been out of high school at least one year to experience Peterkin. YOUTH ACTIVITIES – On Saturday, May 20th from 2:00 to 3:00 and Sunday from 4:30 to 5:45 (prior to the church movie) we will be having a table painting event for the Trinity youth.  We have made many changes to the their meeting room and would like all the Trinity youth to participate in adding their personal touch to the new table.  Also, on Saturday May 27th we will be having a roller skating event at Skate Country in south Parkersburg.  This event is from 7:30 to 9:30 and part of the regular open skate at Skate Country. Please let Terry Shaw know if you are planning to attend these events.  304-916-5281

We Welcome to Trinity Church all of our Visitors Today. We pray your visit with us is a blessed one THIS WEEK AT TRINITY FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER TODAY 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist Rite I- Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School / Adult Eduation / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist  Rite II- Fr. Hicks 11:45 am: Coffee Hour Monday 11:00 am: Feeding Program  11:00 am: Clothes Closet (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) Tuesday 8:00 am: MOT Breakfast at The Corner Café  Wednesday 10:00 am:  Book Sorting 11:00 am:  Food Closet 12:15 pm: Holy Eucharist with Healing 5:00 pm:  Book Sorting 5:30 pm:  Actors Guild (Conference Room) Thursday 10:00 am: Bible Study 11:00 am: Food Closet / Knitters  Friday  Saturday 8:30 am:  WV Music Teachers (Nave) 8:30 am – 2:00 pm 9:00 am:   Men of Trinity breakfast in Trinity Hall 8:00 pm:  AA NEXT SUNDAY – FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist Rite I – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School /  Adult Education / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist Rite II – Fr. Hicks 11:45 am:  Coffee Hour ********************************************************************************************** PAUL VACATION Fr. Paul will be on vacation May 8-May 13. Contact Susie with any emergencies that may arise.   DOK BOOK STUDY DOK book study has been moved up by one week, to May 20th, to avoid the Memorial Day Holiday weekend.  We will go over chapters 10 and 11.   MAY DONATION ENVELOPES The May outreach envelopes will be for the Peterkin Scholarship Fund to assist campers who will be attending summer camp this year.   GRADUATION Graduation season is fast approaching. If you have a family member who is graduating from high school or college this year, please call Susie and give her the name and school from which they will be graduating.   PETERKIN WORK WEEKEND – A work weekend at Peterkin to get the camp ready for summer is scheduled for May 19th. A suggested donation to offset costs to the camp is $75/person for the weekend; however, don’t let a lack of cash prevent you from going. Contact Daisy McBride at Peterkin to register. MATTRESSES FOR PETERKIN – All of the money to purchase 33 mattresses for Gravatt Hall has been raised. Many thanks to those who donated to make this ministry a possibility. PETERKIN COLLEGE AND YOUNG ADULT CAMP – The College and Young Adult Camp has been moved to the start of the Peterkin camping season, May 30 (Tuesday) -June 3. This is a chance for anyone under 40 who has been out of high school at least one year to experience Peterkin. FLOOD RELIEF COMMITTEE – The Episcopal Diocese of WV is asking if anyone at Trinity would be interested in being a liaison to the Long Term Flood Relief Committee in Roane County.  Among other things you would attend a meeting of the Unmet Needs Committee to see if there are unmet needs with which Trinity could assist.  The Diocese has some matching funds to help.  If this sounds like something you might want to be involved with, please see Fr. Paul for additional information.

You should see the new flooring in the Rectory! It is amazing and we can’t thank Rob Parrish and his crew enough for their hard work. Also the Youth area on the second floor of the Rectory is really looking good. Last month I told you about the flat panel TV for the Xbox 360 game donated for the youth; and the pool table, the video games, and a ping pong table that can be pulled out of the closet and put into use in the hallway, it is quite a space the youth can be proud of and invite their friends to come see. Now we have some new furniture donated by Rob Parrish’s mother, Judy Parrish. Terry and Tiffany have been hard at work on the youth area and it looks great! The next project Terry has in mind is for the youth to decorate a table for the room. Speaking of the youth, after some input from Bishop Klusmeyer, and discussion with Tiffany and Terry, we have decided to try a different approach with our youth program. Traditionally, the youth program, commonly referred to as Episcopal Youth Fellowship or “EYF” met on Sunday nights at the church. But it appears that times have changed and we want to be flexible as well. So, we want to try to make the EYF more events based. The events can be purely fun events or have a service theme to them as well. Tiffany and Terry would like to still meet on the Sundays before movie night at 5:00 pm to help facilitate the planning of these events. But since the program is event based there is more flexibility on which other days and times the youth can meet. Hopefully, this helps the EYF to continue to grow. Tim Northrup and Joan Ramsay are hard at work on the pictorial directory.They hope to circulate an initial draft soon for all to see. What they need the most is additional pictures.So please send us a picture to use as soon as possible. Tim also has a camera and can take your picture at Church or at Coffee Hour if you need to. This will take some effort to get this directory published. But, the good news is we will not have to start from scratch every time we need an update.Tim and Joan in coordination with our Communications Director, Jim Full, are hard at work on the second floor of the Rectory working on the directory.You can see we have a lot of exciting things happening. Please,come and be a part of what God is doing here at Trinity, and as always, bringa friend. God bless you one and all, Father Paul +

We Welcome to Trinity Church all of our Visitors Today. We pray your visit with us is a blessed one THIS WEEK AT TRINITY THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER TODAY 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist Rite I- Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School / Adult Eduation / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist  Rite II- Fr. Hicks 11:45 am: Coffee Hour Monday 11:00 am: Feeding Program  11:00 am: Clothes Closet (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) Tuesday 8:00 am: MOT Breakfast at The Corner Café 6:00 pm:  Blennerhassett Stamp Society  Wednesday 10:00 am:  Book Sorting 11:00 am:  Food Closet 12:15 pm: Holy Eucharist with Healing 5:00 pm:  Book Sorting 7:30 pm:  Choir Rehearsal Thursday 10:00 am: Bible Study 11:00 am: Food Closet / Knitters 6:00 pm:  Encore Movie Showing (Risen)  Friday  Saturday 8:00 pm:  AA NEXT SUNDAY – FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist Rite I – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School /  Adult Education / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist Rite II – Fr. Hicks 11:45 am:  Coffee Hour **********************************************************************************************

We Welcome to Trinity Church all of our Visitors Today. We pray your visit with us is a blessed one THIS WEEK AT TRINITY SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER TODAY 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School / Adult Eduation / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist  – Fr. Hicks 11:45 am: Coffee Hour 5:45 pm:  Movie Night Monday 11:00 am: Feeding Program  11:00 am: Clothes Closet (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) 5:45 pm:  Finance Committee 6:30 pm:  Vestry Tuesday 8:00 am: MOT Breakfast at The Corner Café Wednesday 11:00 am:  Food Closet 12:15 pm: Holy Eucharist with Healing Thursday 10:00 am: Bible Study 11:00 am: Food Closet 1:00 pm:  Worship Committee Meeting  Friday  Fyne Junque Sale – 8:00 3:00 and 6:00 – 8:00 Saturday Fyne Junque Sale –  8:00 – 1:00 8:30 am:  DOK Book Study at Panera 8:00 pm:  AA NEXT SUNDAY – SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist Rite I – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School /  Adult Education / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist Rite II – Fr. Hicks 11:45 am:  Coffee Hour ********************************************************************************************** HOSTS NEEDED – An Episcopal Youth Choir out of Charlotte, NC contacted us and asked if we could help host the kids if they did a concert here in Parkersburg.  They want to send at least two kids to each house.  The date is June 15, 2017. MOVIE NIGHT – Tonight is Movie Night and the movie is Risen. Food will be served at 5:45 p.m. and the movie will begin at 6:00 p.m. Please invite your friends and you may bring snacks to share.  FYNE JUNQUE SALE – April 28th – 8 am to 3 pm and 6 pm to 8 pm (evening hours are part of downtownpkb event: Merchants and Artists Walk) April 29th – 8 am to 1 pm. Lunch will be available. Please continue to bring in items to be sold and be ready to volunteer your time to help. RELAY FOR LIFE – The Relay for Life is May 18 & 19 (an overnighter). For those that want to be on the Trinity team, Hamp’s Helpers, you may either go online to sign up or see Susie for a paper registration form.  Also, if anyone has a camper that we could use (it has been known to be cold & rainy), it would be much appreciated.  Last year we had a gazebo tent, but it doesn’t keep out wind & rain and many of the tents blew over. APRIL DONATION ENVELOPES – CASA is a program where trained court appointed volunteers represent the best interest of an abused or neglected child for whom placement is being determined by the court. Volunteer, make a contribution or donate your expertise. SUPPER CLUB – There will be no Supper Club for the month of April. BOOK SORTING – Book sorting begins Wednesday, May 3rd at 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and will continue each Wednesday. Any time you can volunteer will be greatly appreciated. GRADUATION – Graduation season is fast approaching. If you have a family member who is graduating from high school or college this year, please call Susie and give her the name and school from which they will be graduating.  

We Welcome to Trinity Church all of our Visitors Today. We pray your visit with us is a blessed one THIS WEEK AT TRINITY EASTER SUNDAY TODAY 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School / Adult Eduation / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist  – Fr. Hicks 11:45 am: Coffee Hour Monday (Office Closed) 11:00 am: Feeding Program  11:00 am: Clothes Closet (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) 6:30 pm:  Youth Skating Event Tuesday 8:00 am: MOT Breakfast at The Corner Café 1:30 pm:  St. Anne’s at Trinity 4:00 pm:  Smoot rehearsal (Nave) Wednesday 11:00 am:  Food Closet 12:15 pm: Holy Eucharist with Healing Thursday 10:00 am: Bible Study 11:00 am: Food Closet Friday  Saturday 9:00 am:  Men fo trinity Breakfast – Trinity Hall 8:00 pm:  AA NEXT SUNDAY – SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist  – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School /  Adult Education / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist  – Fr. Hicks 5:45 pm:  Movie Night ********************************************************************************************** DISCRETIONARY SUNDAY – Today is Discretionary Sunday. The loose offering collected is used to cover expenses not covered in the operating budget. ST. ANNE’S GUILD – St. Anne’s Guild will meet Tuesday, April 18th at 1:30 pm.  Come, listen, learn, and enjoy with Paula Sellers our gracious hostess at the church. HOSTS NEEDED – An Episcopal Youth Choir out of Charlotte, NC contacted us and asked if we could help host the kids if they did a concert here in Parkersburg.  They want to send at least two kids to each house.  The date is June 15, 2017. FYNE JUNQUE SALE – April 28th – 8 am to 3 pm and 6 pm to 8 pm (evening hours are part of downtownpkb event: Merchants and Artists Walk) April 29th – 8 am to 1 pm. Lunch will be available. Please continue to bring in items to be sold and be ready to volunteer your time to help. RELAY FOR LIFE – The Relay for Life is May 18 & 19 (an overnighter). For those that want to be on the Trinity team, Hamp’s Helpers, you may either go online to sign up or see Susie for a paper registration form.  Also, if anyone has a camper that we could use (it has been known to be cold & rainy), it would be much appreciated.  Last year we had a gazebo tent, but it doesn’t keep out wind & rain and many of the tents blew over. APRIL DONATION ENVELOPES – CASA is a program where trained court appointed volunteers represent the best interest of an abused or neglected child for whom placement is being determined by the court. Volunteer, make a contribution or donate your expertise. YOUTH SKATING EVENT – Skate Country is having a Christian skating event scheduled for Monday April 17th.  It is being hosted by 14th Avenue Gospel Mission and open to the public FREE with $1.00 skate rentals.  The event is from 6:30 to 8:30. SUPPER CLUB – There will be no Supper Club for the month of April.

We Welcome to Trinity Church all of our Visitors Today. We pray your visit with us is a blessed one THIS WEEK AT TRINITY PALM SUNDAY TODAY 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist with Procession – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School / Adult Eduation / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist with Procession- Fr. Hicks 11:45 am: Coffee Hour Monday 11:00 am: Feeding Program  11:00 am: Clothes Closet (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) Tuesday 8:00 am: MOT Breakfast at The Corner Café Wednesday 11:00 am:  Food Closet 12:15 pm: Holy Eucharist with Healing 6:00 pm: Actors Guild in Conference Room Thursday 10:00 am: Bible Study 11:00 am: Food Closet 7:00 pm:  Maundy Thursday with stripping of the altar 8:00 pm:  Great Vigil begins Friday  – Great Vigil continues 5:30 pm:  Stations of the Cross (Nave) 12:00 pm:  Good Friday Service (nave) Saturday 11:00 am:  Easter Egg Hunt at Ann Bailey’s 7:00 pm:  Easter Vigil – 1st Lutheran Church – 19th Street 8:00 pm:  AA NEXT SUNDAY – EASTER SUNDAY / DISCRETIONARY SUNDAY 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist  – Fr. Hicks 9:15 am:  Sunday School /  Adult Education / Choir Rehearsal 10:30 am: Holy Eucharist  – Fr. Hicks 11:45 am:  Coffee Hour ********************************************************************************************** HOSTS NEEDED – An Episcopal Youth Choir out of Charlotte, NC contacted us and asked if we could help host the kids if they did a concert here in Parkersburg.  The concert will likely be at Good Shepherd.  They would like the two churches to host a dinner at Good Shepherd and need hosts for 50 kids.  They want to send at least two kids to each house.  The date is June 15, 2017.  We need to get back to them right away if we can provide homes.  So if you are willing to host, please let me know right away and how many kids you can host.  GREAT VIGIL – There is a signup sheet on the bulletin board in Trinity Hall for you to sign up for the Great Vigil which begins immediately following the Maundy Thursday service. The time slots are in 30 minute segments and you may sign up for as many as you wish. Please refer to the Trinity Times for more information. EASTER EGG HUNT – The annual Trinity Easter Egg hunt will be Saturday, April 15th, 11:00 a.m. at the home of Ann Bailey at 55th Street and River Road in Vienna. Please bring a bag or basket to collect eggs. Prizes, as well as carrots, and apples to feed the horses, are provided. We ask that each child participating bring canned goods or toiletries to help stock the Trinity Food Pantry. FYNE JUNQUE SALE – April 28th – 8 am to 3 pm and 6 pm to 8 pm (evening hours are part of downtownpkb event: Merchants and Artists Walk) April 29th – 8 am to 1 pm. Lunch to be announced later Please continue to bring in items to be sold and be ready to volunteer your time to help. APRIL DONATION ENVELOPES – No matter what the circumstances may be, a caring person can make the difference for a child who has been abused or neglected. CASA is a program where trained court appointed volunteers represent the best interest of an abused or neglected child for whom placement is being determined by the court. A CASA volunteer acts as a fact finder of the child’s best interest, providing a judge with valuable information about the child to help the court make a sound decision about the child’s future. Everyone has a gift they can share to make the difference for an abused or neglected child. Volunteer, make a contribution or donate your expertise.

By the time you read this article we will be more than halfway through Lent. What a Blessed Lent we have had so far. The Wednesday Lenten dinners and program have been very well attended.We meet for Evening Prayer at 6:00pm; dinner at 6:30; and the program beginsat 7:00. Becky Mathis-Stump hasdone an excellent job of exploring our individual gifts and how they can be used and combined to further God’s kingdom here at Trinity. We are very appreciative of Becky’s efforts and everyone that has helped to coordinate the meals and provided food.Our observance of the Stations of the Cross on Fridays has also been very well attended. We have between 16 – 20 people for the Stations and almost everyone goes out to dinner afterwards. I want to say thanks to our resident “cruise director” Lynn Fury-Prather for coordinating the reservations. We continue our efforts to restore the Rectory (the office building) and the youth area on the second floor. We finished the plaster work and painting on the first floor which also led up to the secondfloor andeven the stairway to the third. We did some clean up and organization of the youth rooms, including adding a flat panel TV for the XBox 360 game donated for the youth. With the pool table, the videogames, and a ping pong table that can be pulled out of the closet and put into use in the hallway, it is quite a space the youth can be proud of and invite their friends to come see. We are interested in some appropriate furniture, maybe a sectional couch. If you have something to donate, please contact Tiffany Deem to discuss. Of course Tiffany’s office is up there and thanks to the prior efforts of Marion Culbertson, it is quite an office for Tiffany to use as our Director of Religious Education. We also cleaned up the old “pewroom” and have put it back into use. We have it set up for two purposes right now.  The first is a“war room” so that Tiffany, Terry, and I can gather information and focus our attention on continuing to build on our youth programs. Feel free to stop in anytime and see it. The room will also be used by Joan Ramsay, who has agreed to help coordinate with our Communications Director, Jim Full the inhouse pictorial directory. Tim Northrup has donated some office furniture and computer equipment for that use. We are in the process of getting it all hooked up to our network so Joan can work on the directory.Watch for more information to come. As a reminder, we are encouraging the use of the Adams Chapel in the Rectory as a quiet space for prayer anytime the building is open. Even though we have outgrown this Chapel for our Wednesday service it is still a beautiful and spiritual space in our Church. So I encourage you to take advantage of this chapel, any time you are near the church, for prayer and quiet reflection. Feel free to close the door if you desire more privacy. You can see we have a lot of exciting things happening. Please, come and be a part of what God is doing here at Trinity, and as always, bring a friend. God bless you one and all, Father Paul