Author Archive: Leesa Bell

ACE: Adverse Childhood Experiences

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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events in a child’s life that can have negative and lasting effects on health and well-being.

Adverse Childhood Experiences have a strong and cumulative impact on the health and functioning of adults.
The toxic levels of stress or trauma experienced by a child is linked to poor physical and mental health throughout life. What if we could alter that progression? We can and this training will show us how.
All of us want to enable in our children the ability to thrive.
How do we do that? How are we a care giver to children that show signs of ACE and unusual stress levels? How do we engage in relationships from co-workers to family members that have behaviors that reflect adverse childhood experiences?  This training will focus on the development and progression of ACE’s and how it affects all of us in our interpersonal relationships. It will help us look at relationships and situations in a completely different way and enable us to create positive change.
Who should attend: Our Church leadership (Staff, Team Leaders, and Church Council) are strongly encouraged to attend one of these sessions. Also, anyone who wants to attend is also welcomed. Anyone who is a care provider would benefit from this training.
Dates and Times:
Saturday January 25
      9:00 AM -11:00 AM
Thursday January 30
      7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Please sign up at the Welcome Center
If you have any questions please see Pastor Gerry

 

Building Puentes in Puerto Rico

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The Metro DC Synod and The Del/MD Synod are arranging an opportunity to help the people of Puerto Rico rebuild after Hurricane Maria and the recent earthquakes. There are three weeks to sign up from July 26 to August 15. If you are interested in this rewarding mission experience, contact Pastor Gerry.

Busy Fingers Ministry

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Holy Trinity’s Busy Fingers group is a needle crafting team which provides a prayer shawl ministry for those in sorrow or dealing with a chronic illness. The group also provides baby blankets for the newly baptized, and scarves for our college students. We usually meet the first and third Saturday of the month.  Although our in-person meetings have been on hiatus due to COVID, we hope to start getting together again soon.  Not a needlecraft expert but interested in learning? Come join us!  Please contact Sandy Phillips (mikephi@verizon.net) or Gretchen Luebbe (gmluebbe@verizon.net) for more information.

Backpack Buddies

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The Backpack Buddies Program is in need of the following specific donations:
Individual servings of ravioli
100% juice boxes,
Rice Krispie bars
Cheez -Its
Thank you for your continued support of this program in partnership with Frederick Douglass Elementary School.
Childhood hunger is a very real problem and we CAN make a difference each week with our food and financial donations! Questions? Contact Pat and Roger Bailey at baileyva@mac.com

Since 2012, Holy Trinity has successfully partnered with Frederick Douglass Elementary in Leesburg by providing Christmas gifts through our Angel Tree outreach program. Our Social Ministry Committee has expanded this collaboration with Douglass by joining together with them in their Backpack Buddies program. In Loudoun County there are over 11,000 children that are food insecure. Food insecurity is defined as the “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food.” At Frederick Douglass, there are nearly 90 children classified as “food insecure”. Every Friday, the Backpack Buddies program sends home a bag of individual serving-size foods sufficient for the weekend needs of these children.  Holy Trinity members and Little Blessings families are asked to consider donating different foods from the Backpack Buddies list of needed items. Please place the items in the shopping cart in the Gathering Area. Social Ministry members will deliver these to Frederick Douglass for inclusion in the weekend backpacks.

Congregational meeting

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The Semi-Annual Congregation Meeting will take place on Sunday, January 26, 2020 during the Christian Education Hour (following worship). We have some administrative matters to take care of and we will approve the budget for 2020.
High School Youth and Sunday School Teachers are encouraged to attend the meeting. Immediately following worship, Pre-school through Middle School children and youth will enjoy a movie day in the Faith Fellowship Hall complete with popcorn and other snacks!

Brass Extravaganza Concert

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Saturday Morning Brass Project
Sunday, January 26, 7:00PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
The Saturday Morning Brass Project is an ensemble of 8+ cracker-jack players – trumpets, horns, trombones, euphonium, tuba. This is a return performance after several dazzling concerts at Holy Trinity in the past, including celebrating the 5th anniversary of the pipe organ. Their exciting program this year will include an organ/brass selection for audience sing-along.
Director is Dr. Andrew Bluhm, trumpet. The concert is free. Donations welcome.

Lift Every Voice

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Honoring the Goals
of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 19, 4:00PM
Leesburg Community Church
835 Lee Avenue, SW, Leesburg
Several of our Holy Trinity singers will be part of this year’s 5th choral tribute, either in the Loudoun Chorale, the coordinating group; or singing along with the Leesburg Presbyterian Choir, under the direction of Terry Sisk.
The festival brings together music from throughout the county.
Free admission. Donations benefit Mobile Hope and Loudoun Hunger Relief.
Plan to attend this lovely and meaningful festival in what now is a traditional event after its start at Holy Trinity several years ago.

Preschool Open House

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Do you have a little one that is ready for preschool next year? Come visit Little Blessings Preschool during our Open House on January 16th from 9:30-11:30 to meet our administration and teachers, tour our classrooms and learn about our programs.  If you are not able to make the Open House but would like to visit the preschool, please contact Heather Robért at 703-777-8514 or PreschoolDirector@holytrinityleesburg.org.

Field trip

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On January 4, 2020 at 9:30 AM, we invite you to join the confirmands when we go to the Washington Cathedral and the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.
Both of these churches are rich in history and it will be fun to explore the National Cathedral President’s tomb, tower observatory, the Darth Vader gargoyle, the crypts, and more!
All are welcome! We will need drivers. Please bring $10 for admission and $15 for lunch at the Basilica. We will return to Holy Trinity at 3:00 PM. Please let Pastor Gerry know if you would like to go and if you would like to drive.

Adult Sunday School

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As Advent approaches and during the four weeks of Advent, we will look at the book of Isaiah as it provides many wonderful readings about the promise of a Savior for the nations. Isaiah gives us Jesus the titles of “The Prince of Peace, Immanuel, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.” Join us for this discussion of Isaiah’s beautiful witness in the Old Testament.