We are collecting:
- Wash clothes
- Towels
- Pillow cases
for the Loudoun Homeless Services.
Drop off at the church or contact Kim Mill: 703-501-4651 or email leesburgkim@yahoo.com
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Message from our Pastor
Advent is here! A season of waiting and expectation. I love the hymns of advent. Take time to listen to the words and appreciate this season.
This year our theme for advent is “Is it Amazon or is it Advent?” What similarities and differences are there? When do we experience waiting these days or is everything delivered within two days?
In our time and place many of us are not used to waiting. We can listen to any song at any time on our devices. We can see something we want to buy, order it and it will arrive in two days. But there are times and places where we do wait. Waiting for the birth of a child is still nine months. Waiting for a diagnosis or prognosis or someone in surgery. We know what it is like to wait. In Advent we wait, and we trust and we know the God who created the universe is with us. In our lives when we do have to wait, we trust in the one who created us and loves us to be with us in the waiting – the expectant excited waiting and the dreaded waiting.
God is with us. E m m a n u e l !
This season of expectation leads up to our celebration of Jesus’ birth.
Come Let Us Adore Him!
After the 4 weeks of waiting, join us to celebrate the birth of Jesus and sing Christmas Carols! Christmas Eve worship will be held at 2:00pm, 4:00pm, and 7:30pm this year. All services will include Candlelight and Holy Communion. Special music at 4:00 and 7:30pm. You are also welcome and invited to join us outside around the fire pit at 9:30pm to sing Christmas Carols
and hear the Christmas story. Dress for the weather and bring a chair (weather permitting). Invite your family, friends, and neighbors to join us to celebrate worship at Holy Trinity this year!
May you feel Christ’s presence in the waiting and in the joy and celebration!
God’s Peace,
Pastor Kristin Hoyer
Contact information:
410-299-4853
(I will be taking Mondays as my day off.)
Wish List for Little Blessings Preschool
Looking to spread Christmas cheer to little learners? Little Blessings Preschool could really use supplies from our wish list to create a joyful learning environment this holiday season! Shop our list here
Did you know that you do not have to purchase from Amazon? If you find the exact item at another retailer, simply mark the item off our list as purchased elsewhere.
THANK YOU for supporting our little ones and the teachers. Your generosity is so appreciated.
Women of the ELCA
Join us for our next meetings on Tuesdays, December 3 and January 7 @ 10am
WELCA’s November meeting was held on Election Day ’24. We had 10 members present plus the wonderful addition of (recently turned) 90 year old Betty Schafer, an original Holy Trinity WELCA member. Thank you to Kim Mill for being Betty’s transportation to our meeting.
Prayers were offered for a safe and positive national election as well as for Pastor Kristin’s son, Joseph, who that day was undergoing ACL surgery in Maryland.
Outreach: Sandwiches were made for the Loudoun homeless shelter and were delivered by Anne Wohlford after the meeting. The members present voted to increase our monthly number of sandwiches made to 24. It was also agreed that at our December 3rd meeting, that each member would bring 1 dozen homemade cookies to share with the men and women at the homeless shelter. We also voted to donate $150 from our treasury to purchase gifts from the Angel Tree. Pat Bailey will purchase these gifts.
Book Study: Cathy Root and Pat Bailey led the group through Chapters 4 (“Be a ‘Long Haul Hero’”) and Chapter 5 (“Pay the Role”) from our book study (Drew Dyck’s Just Show Up). A lively discussion followed. For December, we will have only chapter 6 to read – “Just Crack Open Your Bible”.
We welcome any women from our Holy Trinity congregation to join us!
Pat Bailey, President
Men’s Breakfast
Second Tuesday of Every Month
9:00 am
IHOP – 980 Edwards Ferry Road, NE Leesburg
Join friends in a great conversation and fellowship over *arguably* the best meal of the day – Breakfast!
Next meeting: Tuesday, December 10, IHOP, 980 Edwards Ferry Road, NE Leesburg
Poinsettia Dedications
Help decorate the Sanctuary with a poinsettia plant.
$15 each or 2 for $28
Bring your plant home after the 7:30 pm Christmas Eve Service or after the 10:00 am Lessons & Carols service the following Sunday. You may also opt to contribute only to the flower/decorations fund. Order forms are available at church, or you may Download and print one here: paper form.
Christmas Eve Festival Orchestra
All instrumentalists are invited to join us to enhance our worship on Christmas Eve at one or more services.
Please contact Nancy Fox if you are interested in being a part of the ensemble.
