Welcome
to
Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church
The Very Rev. RJ Johnson, Rector
Please join
us for worship every week:
Morning Prayer -
Tuesday through Friday 9:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist and
Healing - Wednesday 10:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist - Friday, 2:00 p.m.
(at
the Hermitage in Onancock)
Holy Eucharist -
Sunday 8:00 (Rite I, without music) (followed by a
continental breakfast)
and 11:00 a.m. (Rite I,
with music)
Nursery (ages 0-3) and
Sunday School (ages 4-12) Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Bible Study - Sunday
10:00 a.m. and Thursday noon
Directions to Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church:
From Charles M. Lankford Jr.
Memorial Highway/U.S. Highway 13, turn west onto VA-179 (Market
Street) toward the City of Onancock. Continue on Market Street
for approximately two miles. The church is located at 66
Market Street, which is on the left side of the street immediately
before SunTrust Bank.
For pastoral
care or liturgical concerns, please call Father RJ Johnson at the
church office 757-787-4430.
To read last Sunday's sermon,
click here.
To read the most recent
newsletter,
click here.
For a current calendar,
click here.
Please scroll down for
current news about the following
programs, events
or groups:
Wednesday Night Small
Group Program
Operation Christmas
Child
Bishop Hollerith's Visit
on November 1, 2009
Holy Trinity University
Mini-Courses on Parish Life
ECW Fall Convocation
Youth Group Night Out at
the YMCA
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Our Wednesday Small Group
Program resumeD
on October 14,
2009
The Small Group Program offers
participants the option to join one of two groups. The first group
is viewing and discussing the DVD series The Historical Jesus: A Middle Eastern
View, by Dr. Kenneth Bailey. The second group is reading
and discussing the book Life Wide Open by Dr. David Jeremiah.
Childcare is provided.
Dr. Kenneth
Bailey is an internationally acclaimed scholar of Middle Eastern
culture. In recent decades, post-modern scholars have cast
doubts on the historical reliability of Scripture. In the video
presentations that the first small group will watch, Dr. Bailey
addresses these doubts by sharing insights regarding the role of
oral tradition in Middle Eastern culture. Bailey draws on more
than forty years of living and teaching in the Middle East, and
employs his expertise as a master of Middle Eastern culture, to
lead you into a deeper understanding of the person and
significance of Jesus within his own cultural context. With a
sure but gentle hand, Bailey lifts away the obscuring layers of
modern Western interpretation to reveal Jesus in the light of
his actual historical and cultural setting. His brilliant,
well-supported responses and down-to-earth examples make for
absorbing viewing and faith-building discussion.
Dr. David Jeremiah is the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain
Community Church in El Cajon, California. A best-selling
author, he has written and co-authored many books, including My
Heart’s Desire and Sanctuary. Dr. Jeremiah is also the host of
the internationally syndicated radio and television program
"Turning Point." In his energizing new book, Life Wide Open,
Dr. Jeremiah opens our eyes to how we can live a life that
exudes an attitude of hope and enthusiasm . . . a life of
passion . . . a LIFE WIDE OPEN! Passion is the "fuel of the
heart" that energizes us to love God and others. We can’t live
an effective Christian life without it. It’s the key to
personal and spiritual transformation. It is the power and
evidence of the Holy Spirit at work in our lives. Life Wide Open
offers a vision, both spiritual and practical, of what our life
can be when we allow the power of passion to permeate our souls.
We begin our Wednesday evenings together with a
covered dish supper. It is not too late to join!
Please come, bring a friend, and a dish to pass!
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News about Operation Christmas Child
On
Saturday, October 17, our youth, and the youth from Broadway
Baptist church, hosted a bake sale to kick
off a joint project between our two churches to promote and
support Operation Christmas Child. With baked donations
and help from the members of the two churches, the children
raised more than $250.00! The funds raised
will be used by the children to purchase items for boxes for
Operation Christmas Child. A shopping trip is planned for
the afternoon of Sunday, October 25. If you would like to
join the children on that shopping trip to buy items to fill
Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes, please let Fr. RJ know
(call 787-4430 or
click here). For more information about Operation Christmas Child,
click here.
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Bishop Hollerith to visit
holy trinity on sunday, november 1
Please reserve time on your calendar to join your
Episcopal family on the Shore for a visit from Bishop Hollerith on Sunday, November 1, at 4:00 p.m. At that
time, nine members of Holy Trinity, and a number of members of
other parishes on the Shore, will be confirmed. A reception for
the confirmands will take place after the service.
Childcare is provided. If you would like to assist with
preparations for the shower, please call Deb Lalor.
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HOLY TRINITY UNIVERSITY:
An opportunity to learn how to take a more
active role
in the life of Your parish
Beginning on November 8, 2009, Fr. RJ will offer
mini-courses on a variety of topics, all relating to your
involvement in the life of your parish. All classes will
be an hour or less in length, and will start at 10:00 a.m. every
Sunday, after continental breakfast. The Fall Semester of
Holy Trinity University will include the following courses:
How to be a Reader
- November 8, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.
How to be a Eucharistic Minister
- November 15, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.
How to be a Greeter/Usher
- November 22, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.
How to Share Your Faith
- November 29, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.
Enrollment is not necessary, just come at 10:00
a.m. All courses will take place in the sitting room
across from the kitchen.
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ECW NEWS
Please make note on your calendars of the following three
events:
The Convocation 1 Fall ECW Meeting itself will be held on
October 28, at Emmanuel Jenkins at 10:00 a.m., followed by lunch
and then a Healing Ministry Workshop, led by the Rev. Linda
Carlson-Scholer, at 1:30 p.m. The workshop is open to everyone
in the Convocation, and attendance at the morning ECW meeting is
not required of those who wish to attend the workshop. A
good-will Offering is asked of those attending. Please RSVP for
the afternoon workshop by October 26 by e-mailing Emmanuel
Episcopal Church at emmanuel@intercom.net or calling (757)
824-5043.
The Diocesan Fall ECW meeting will take place on October 23, at
Galilee Episcopal Church, 3928 Pacific Avenue, Virginia Beach.
One group of ladies will be carpooling to the meeting the day
before the meeting. Another group of ladies will be carpooling
to the meeting the morning of the meeting. The group that is
carpooling to the meeting the day before, plan to stay overnight
together at an oceanfront hotel. If you wish to travel with
either group, or stay overnight with that group that is leaving
the Shore the day before the meeting, please call Betty Mariner.
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Youth
Group Night Out at the YMCA
The youth at Holy Trinity have been invited to
join the youth at MSM for a night out at the YMCA in Onley on
November 8, 2009 from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Middle and High
School youth from the two churches, and their guests, can swim,
lift weights, exercise, play basketball or volleyball, or just
hang out with their friends! If you know anyone who would be
interested in coming, please extend this invitation to them.
Participants do not have to be members, and no guest fees will
be charged.
