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Holy Week & Easter
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
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
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
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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
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Christmas Eve
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Either rain or shine:
Please take a moment to tune in and watch our very special Christmas Eve Video Service. We have prepared a beautiful arrangement of music and readings that you just won’t want to miss! It will be sent out on Dec. 24th around 5:00pm via email. Contact Pastor Gerry for more information: pastorgfj@gmail.com
Bubble Groups
To reduce the spread of COVID-19, we have taken many steps to minimize risk, including at this time, suspending indoor services. The services were suspended because we felt the risk of contamination was too high for our procedures to mitigate. But just like children and families have done, if you know and trust the self-limiting exposure of a group of people, like a neighbor, you can do things together with them, that you would not do if you didn’t have that level of trust. That is a bubble group. It is people who trust each other’s level of contact and feel safe being around each other.
In our congregation, we have friends and family members who do things outside of church. We know that some of our members have limited their “going out” like dining in restaurants or shopping. If people want to gather together in smaller groups, we could arrange to have a worship service for them. Further, anyone who wants to come and visit the church or receive Holy Communion, you are always welcome to do so, just reach out to Pastor Gerry!
Children Tell The Story
SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
2020
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT 2020!!
JOIN US FOR OUR VIEWING PARTY ON SUNDAY, DEC. 20TH DURING REGULAR SUNDAY SCHOOL HOURS
LINKS TO THE VIDEO WILL BE SENT OUT SOON!
or contact Pastor Gerry for the link!
Children’s Virtual Advent Calendar
Hey Kids! Check out our Virtual
Children’s Advent Calendar on YouTube!
Every day, Pastor Gerry and members of the Church Staff will be posting a kid-friendly video during the season of Advent in anticipation of the birth of Jesus Christ. Let Pastor Gerry know if you’d like to be added to the email list so you can be a part of this very special countdown to Christmas!
Handbell “Huddles”
JOIN US FOR HANDBELL “HUDDLES”!
We may not be able to sing during these COVID times, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make beautiful music together with our handbells and tone chimes! Our goal is to learn and record a song for the Advent/Christmas season. Each “Huddle” group will be comprised of 4-6 ringers (based on skill level) and will meet at the church (socially distanced, of course!) Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot now!