Author Archive: Leesa Bell

Sunday School Updates

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Thank you to all who have completed their Sunday School Registration for 2021-2022!
If you have already registered, there is one slight change, Sunday School will run from 9:45 – 10:45am. This allows for better transition time to and from worship!
We are very excited to welcome everyone back to in-person Sunday School!
Classes started Sunday, September 19th, but there’s still time to sign up!
If you prefer a completely Virtual option, there is an opportunity to sign up for that too on the registration form

ELCA Youth Gathering 2022

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THE ELCA YOUTH GATHERING IS COMING IN 2022!!
MINNEAPOLIS JULY 24 – 28TH, 2022
The Youth Gathering is a combination of classy faith presentations in the evening with nationally known speakers, civic service to the community, and interactive displays and informational booths surrounded by arcade and team games in a massive civic arena.
The whole event is well-planned and designed to meet high schoolers where they are at and nurture their faith in Jesus Christ and curiosity toward their many possible responses to it.
ELCA YOUTH GATHERING
INFORMATION FORUM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 2021
Want to know more about the ELCA Youth Gathering?
We will have a forum on the ELCA Youth Gathering Sunday, October 17th during the Sunday School Hour for parents and students. (This is for students who are in high school)
At this meeting, Ann Keigher will share her experience of when she attended the 1999 ELCA Youth Gathering in St. Louis. We will also talk about all aspects of the gathering and why it’s worth our effort to have our youth attend. Also, Nancy Fox will share her plans regarding Youth Ministry on Sunday Nights in the months ahead.
Please stop by if you have any interest to learn more about one of our best activities as a church or if you have youth who would like to attend.

October Festival & Baked Goods

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Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 12:00 AM-5:00 PM
Holy Trinity will be hosting our Fourth annual October Festival.
Children’s Games and activities
Leesburg Fire Truck
Music
Beer
Pretzels
All are welcome!
We are in need of bakers for our October Festival:
If you would like to provide a baked good, please feel free to bring it to the church next week and leave it in the Big Kitchen, OR bring it on the day of the Festival, no later than 11:00 am.   We thank you in advance for your support.

God’s Work. Our Hands.

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Sunday, September 12th

God's Work. Our Hands.

Save the date!

God's Work.  Our Hands.  is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor.

Service activities offer an opportunity for us to explore one of our most basic convictions as Lutherans: that all of life in Jesus Christ – every act of service, in every daily calling, in every corner of life – flows freely from a living, daring confidence in God’s grace.

Each fall we join with Lutherans all over America to do God's Work.  Our Hands.   We hope you enjoy these photos from our last event.

Carpool Fleet

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Do you have a car and some spare time?
HTLC is looking for volunteer drivers to help get some of our congregation members back and forth to services on Sunday mornings, appointments etc. If you would like to be added to our Carpool Fleet List as a volunteer driver, please contact Adrienne Elko at the Church Office and she can coordinate with the members who are in need of a ride.
703-777-4912

Holy Week & Easter

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Holy Week & Easter Schedule at Holy Trinity

Good Friday: April 2nd at 7:00pm
Indoor Service
Easter Sunday: April 4th at 8:30am & 10:30am
Indoor Services in the Sanctuary
Radio Drive-In Worship Service
with Holy Communion
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Plan to arrive early to make sure you get a seat. We have a capacity limit based on our COVID safety plan.
(We do have an overflow contingency plan)
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Easter Egg Hunt at 12:30pm (weather permitting)
(*All Indoor Services will also be broadcast on FM100.9 for those preferring to remain in their cars.*)

Wednesday Night Lenten Series

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Amidst Our Neighbors

Don’t forget to tune in for our weekly Lenten Bible Study Series called
“Amidst Our Neighbors” on Wednesday nights at 7:00pm.
Next week’s theme on March 24th will be:
“Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love.”
Please join us for the Zoom Meeting or view the video on YouTube at Pastor Gerry’s YouTube page sometime during the week. We hope that the time we spend together edifies our faith in Jesus Christ as we learn from him how to live amidst our neighbors.

A note from Pastor Gerry:

I never knew when the first time I ate crabs. I was young and I remember people telling me how to open a crab, but exactly how old I was, I do not know. I do know that we were not wealthy so it was not a common treat. It was a very special treat and one that was usually a special occasion that we were invited to. My dad’s company had a company crab feast at Sandy Point which was circled on our calendar each year.

I do know that I grew up around people that loved crabs. When they were in front of a bushel, you couldn’t get them to move from the table. Everyone, everyone was a crab lover. So I guess I just went along with the crowd. By High School age, I was taken with the sum- mer ritual of eating crabs and I would whenever I could (maybe once a year). But there was nothing like it. A friend of mine had a wedding reception crab feast. What can I say?

In my lifetime, I saw on TV and read in the papers the “I have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King, JFK assassination, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Martin Luther King’s assassination, the Baltimore riots, the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, and school bussing, all in the context of the Vietnam War that was very close to sucking me in.

The struggle of civil rights took on many different phases all during my life. There were times I didn’t understand it. There were times I fought with it. There are times I embraced it. But the time I learned the most was when I was a sophomore in high school and a camp counselor at St. Vincent De Paul’s summer camp in Annapolis for Baltimore City children. It was to give the poor children a summer vacation. While my heart went out to those kids, it didn’t mean I knew everything about civil rights or racism meant. I was just there.

“Amidst Our Neighbor” is to talk about these types of experiences. Just like eating crabs, our response to race has been groomed in us. For some of us that has been good and for some of us not so good. Amidst Our Neighbor is not to criticize that but to open up our heart to the stories and experiences and give us more information to head in the best direction. Please join us on Zoom on Wednesday night or on video at YouTube at Gerry Johnson.

Pastor Gerry

For more information contact Gerry Johnson Pastorgfj@gmail.com

Book Club

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April 15, 2021
at 7:00pm
Mark your calendars
and save the date –
Book Club is coming
up next month!!
Grab a copy of our
next selection and
join us in April.
Meeting codes will be
provided as it gets closer!
The Next Book is:
Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid

Grow to Give

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Growing and Harvesting for Those in Need
The “Grow to Give” initiative is ready to begin. Would you like to be part of the team that gives your time in the field from planting to harvest?
Please call or email
Lory and Grant Gustafson if you are interested!
571-246-3144 or lorygustafson@hotmail.com