We hold Don and Marion Schultz in our prayers.
We hold Meryle and Ben Berg’s sister Susan in our prayers as she journeys through cancer and is in hospice.
We hold Alice Allen and her family in our prayers.
The Tuesday moment video can be found here: https://youtu.be/_cOhxBFPMik
**Save the date!** Sunday September 11th at 10:45am – Welcome back Sunday! An outdoor service with communion, music, prayer and after enjoy a refreshment and games for all ages. Bring your lawn chairs or use one of ours; connect with your friends and come together; begin the year with a time of faith and fellowship! If you have an outdoor game for any age, bring it along for us to play!
We’d love to fill the grocery cart for West Broadway this Sunday! Please bring a food item for the emergency cupboard or supplies for supper meals they prepare and serve. Always needed are: pasta, sauce, beans, canned vegetables, meat or fish, rice, soups, oatmeal, cereal, granola bars.
or hygiene supplies including shampoo, body wash, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant.
September Staffing News from our Ministry and Personnel Committee
We have accepted with regret the resignations of both Steve Taplin, effective at the end of July, and Bert Johnson who will be leaving his job with us at the end of September. We have appreciated Steve’s excellent work with us during the past year and wish him well in future endeavours. As of August 23, we have been pleased to welcome Kathy Parker as our Office Administrator/Receptionist.
We also are pleased to announce Héctor Pinzón as our Accompanist as of September 1 and are looking forward to his work with us.
We greatly appreciate Bert’s excellence as our Choir Director over many years and his exceptional contributions as our Music Director during these past two years of virtual worship services. We wish him well in his additional role of studies and research at university. We are currently advertising for a new Choir Director.
We are pleased that Irma Nadeau will be attending the Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors Retreat in Ontario later this month. She will be absent from work beginning on September 14 through to September 19, inclusive.
Office hours return to regular hours (9am to 1pm, Monday to Friday).
Programs at Trinity: if you’d like to take part in any or all of our programs, please be in touch with Elizabeth (eliz.tuc@mymts.net) or Irma (irma.tuc@mymts.net)
Trinity Walkers: the first walk of the fall is for King’s Park on Tuesday, September 9th. Meet Maryanne at 9:30 in the second parking lot. This walk will take about one hour and give us time to connect and catch up. If this time is not suitable for you contact Maryanne directly and she will arrange another time. Please let her know directly if you plan on joining or if you have any questions.
Holy Yoga: begins Saturday September 10th at 10am on Zoom, followed by fellowship coffee.
Bible Study: begins Monday September 12, 7-8pm on Zoom.
The Big Question: will begin in October; more details to follow
SSCFF: Tuesdays at 1:30pm – fitness/tai chi; Wednesdays at 10:30am – yoga – more details to follow
Scripture to ponder: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 – You are better having a friend than to be all alone, because then you will get more enjoyment out of what you earn. If you fall, your friend can help you up. But if you fall without having a friend nearby, you are really in trouble.
Scripture for Sunday September 11th – Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28; Psalm 14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10
Prayer: Creator God, we thank you for your provision for us and we ask for the wisdom and strength to unite for it’s care and keeping. Amen
Trinity continues to follow the guidelines that the board prayerfully put into place on February 23, 2022. Masks and hand sanitizing along with safe distancing is required for all in person gatherings.
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