Author Archive: Leesa Bell

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.

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.

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.

Lasagna Potluck Lunch

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In celebration of Consecration Sunday, we invite you to join us for our Lasagna Potluck Lunch after Worship this Sunday. We look forward to having this meal of celebration of what we are as a community of faith.

Mobile Hope

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Each month we prepare and serve hot meals on the Mobile Hope bus in Lucketts, VA. Mobile Hope is a local non-profit that supports children and young adults (24 years of age and younger) who are precariously housed, homeless, or at risk, living in Loudoun County. They work to change the future one child at a time, providing clothing, food, hygiene items, medical referrals, housing referrals etc.
Wednesday, November 20, 6:00—8:00 PM:
Prepare meals in the kitchen at HTLC
Thursday, November 21, 6-7:30 PM :
Distribute meals on the Mobile Hope Bus in Lucketts
Cookie bakers are also needed each month to bake cookies in their home and deliver to the church on Mobile Hope delivery Thursdays!
No experience is required and all are welcome!

Join us in mission!

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If you view the church community as an organism that shares its faith in Jesus Christ and you believe that our community has done that with you, then we welcome you to join with us on that common mission. In 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 Paul writes:
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body – Jews or Greeks, slaves or free – and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many.
We invite all people that are part of our extended family to consider joining our mission of sharing faith in Jesus Christ. We know that you will be helped by our faith and we know that we will be helped by yours. We will be having a membership meeting on November 24, 2019 at 12:00 and we will install new members during worship on December 1, 2019. If you are interested, please let Pastor Gerry know.

Stewardship Campaign & Consecration Sunday Luncheon

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John 15:4: ‘Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.’
This is our theme for our 2019 Stewardship campaign. Please pray and think about what it means for you to abide in the vine and how you are called to support our church financially. Everyone in our church community will be doing the same.
This week you should have received the stewardship packet in the mail. Please look it over and join with us as we reflect on the gifts we have been given. We will have a temple talk today and on the 17th.
On Sunday November 17, 2019 we will have a Consecration Luncheon Celebration after worship. This year, we are planning a lasagna (or Italian) Potluck Lunch. Sign up at the Welcome Center for items that you may wish to bring. We look forward to having this meal of celebration of what we are as a community of faith. Please mark the 17thof November on your calendar and join us.

Guys Night

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Come hang out with Holy Trinity Guys at Buffalo Wild Wings on Friday, November 15, 2019 from 7:30 to 10:00-ish. The Caps will be playing the Montreal Canadians (eh) on the big screen. Do you know that there are many young families and young adults who are part of our congregation, but we never get a chance to meet each other, other than Sunday. We’ll take this opportunity to share a beer, see Pastor Gerry in his Caps jersey (maybe), and meet some good guys. Be a part of what is good about our congregation: its people. Hope to see you there. Go Caps!