Thurday Spotlight: 18 March 2021

Start Making Plans for Your Holy Week

Ok, we admit it: we're really excited about Holy Week for 2021, but we need you to sign up for the services you want to attend.

Make your reservations by calling or emailing the Church Office or with our online reservation form at THIS LINK.

Details on the individual services are listed below:

Palm Sunday - 28 March - 8 AM and 10 AM - Liturgy of the Palms and Communion Service - Onsite and on Zoom (Seats are available only for the early service.)

Stations of the Cross - Wednesday, 31 March - 6:30 PM - Contemplative journey with Jesus from Pilate's sentence to death and burial - Onsite and on Zoom (Reservations are not required for this service.)

Maundy Thursday - 1 April - 6:30 PM - Service to commemorate the Last Supper and Jesus' washing of the disciples' feet - Onsite and on Zoom ​(Reservations are not required for this service.)

Last Words of Jesus - Friday, 2 April - Noon to 3 PM - Service to contemplate the final words of Jesus spoken from the Cross - Onsite only ​(Reservations are not required for this service.)

Good Friday Service - 2 April - 6:30 PM - Traditional Good Friday service, marking the death of Jesus on the Cross - Onsite and on Zoom (Seats are available for this service but are limited in number.)

Easter Morning Service - Sunday, 4 April - 8 AM and 10 AM - Traditional Anglican Easter liturgy and worship service, marking the resurrection of our Savior - Onsite and on Zoom (Seats are available only for the early service.)

NOTE: We considered holding a sunrise service on Easter morning at 5:30 AM; however, there was not enough interest to support that service. Thus, we will not have a sunrise service this year.

Meeting Needs in our Community

Let's hit it out of the park on the TLC Food Drive!

We have just three more weeks to collect items for the Tri Lakes Cares food drive.

What would it look like to be staggeringly generous? Bring what you can - food items, canned goods, pantry staples - to the Church and put them in boxes in the lobby. Or on the floor, if the boxes are full. Let's stagger and stupefy the folks at Tri Lakes Cares with our giving!

On the horizon: Backpack Bash and Walk for Life

The COSILoveYou annual Backpack Bash for kids starting school is being planned, and we're intending to "go big" this year in our commitment to serve our children.

Planning is also beginning for this year's Walk for Life, which is being coordinated, in part, by our ministry partners at Life Network.

Stay tuned for more details on these outreach opportunities. If you are interested in helping with planning and coordinating, please contact the Church Office, and we'll connect you with the right people.

Friday Evening Communion Service

Don't forget that we have a new weekly service starting soon. Our Friday evening service will begin on April 9 and will meet weekly on Fridays through the Eastertide season.

We are recruiting volunteers to help with this new service - our regular cadre of Scripture readers, Intercessors for Prayers of the People, sound and slides techs.

If you are interested in helping with this new Friday service, please reach out to the Church Office.

Weekly Update: 16-21 March 2021

THE ESSENTIALS:

  • St John Passion: Don't miss Terri Moon's wonderful Sunday evening discipleship class on J.S. Bach's St John Passion. Zoom call starts at 6:30 PM. Session 1 will be posted on YouTube and the HTAC Website.

  • Lenten Food Drive for Tri Lakes Cares: Bring staples and canned good to the Church. We're pushing through for 2 more weeks! For more information, check out the detailed information below.

  • Easter Sunrise Service: We need to make a call in the next week or so about the Easter Sunrise Service. Currently, we have too few signed up to hold the service. If you are interested, please SIGN UP HERE. Or contact the Church Office to make your reservations.

THIS WEEK:

All Zoom links FOUND HERE.

Tuesday @ Noon: Lunchtime Lectio via Zoom (from the Gospel of John)

Wednesday @ 7 AM: Morning Prayer on site and via Zoom

Thursday @ 4 PM: Middle School Boys Discipleship – Sticky Faith - Kevin Brooks - at the Church

Friday @ 7 AM: Friday Morning Men’s Group via Zoom – “The Divine Embrace” – Chapter 9

Friday @ 10 AM: Communion Service at the Church to consecrate Communion packets - All welcome

Friday @ Noon: Lunchtime Lectio via Zoom (from the Gospel of John)

Sunday @ 9AM: Family Discipleship – Baptism & Our Living - on site and via Zoom

Sunday @ 9AM: Adult Discipleship via Zoom – “How to See Like a Saint” – Brian Brown

Sunday @ 10AM: Sunday Communion Service on site and via Zoom – Lent 5 (Psalm 51) - Pastor Chris

Sunday @ 11:30AM: High School Discipleship on site – “What am I called to be?” – Pastor Matt

Sunday @ 6:30PM: J.S. Bach's St. John Passion - Session 2 via Zoom - Terri Moon


THE DETAILS:


HOLY WEEK: You don't want to miss the amazing worship opportunities offered during Holy Week, March 30 - April 3. Steeped in the richness of the Anglican traditions, these services will prepare your heart well for the celebration of Jesus' resurrection on Easter morning.

  • Wednesday, March 31: The Stations of the Cross service is an imaginative journey with Jesus to the Cross.

  • Thursday, April 1: The Maundy Thursday service commemorates the last supper and Jesus' example of footwashing for his disciples.

  • Friday, April 2: On Good Friday, we have two distinct services - a noontime service on the last words of Christ, and of course, the Good Friday evening service.

  • Sunday, April 4: On Easter Sunday, we will offer services at 8 AM and 10 AM. In addition, if there is enough interest, we will hold an Easter Sunrise Service beginning at 5:30 AM.

If you would like to attend any of these services in person, please make your reservations on the “Holy Week and Easter 2021 – Reservations” page at this link: https://htac.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/38/responses/new.

LENTEN FOOD DRIVE: Response to the food drive has been great so far, but let's keep up the great work. We've got two more weeks to make the donation to Tri Lakes Cares amazing! Let's finish strong in our season-long food drive in partnership with Tri Lakes Cares for those in need. We have placed a large box in the Church lobby, and we will be taking donations of food items – canned goods and staples for feeding families in need – to Tri Lakes Cares on a weekly basis. Please bring in items that will help with this need!

NEW FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE: Mark your calendars and open up your Friday evenings for the new Communion service that begins on Friday, April 9 and runs weekly through 21 May. This new Friday night worship service will feel a bit more modern and casual; however, you'll definitely know that you are worshipping at an Anglican service and at Holy Trinity. Come check it out!

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you need more information on any of the items here, or if you have questions, please reach out to the Church Office at 719-505-8021 or by email to office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org.

You can also find out a lot more about what’s happening at HTAC by visiting our website at holytrinityanglican.church.


Thursday Spotlight: 11 March 2021

Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend! Don't forget to turn your clocks AHEAD one hour on Saturday night.

This weekend marks the beginning of Daylight Savings Time for 2021. Overnight on Saturday into Sunday, clocks throughout the US will "spring forward" one hour. If you rely on a clock that must be set manually - on the microwave, in your car, on your windup alarm - don't forget to adjust the time.

Snow closures likely for the Weekend

Yes, the flock will be in the snow this weekend. How much snow? We don't know. But right now, the forecast would suggest that we all should stay home and enjoy the Holy Trinity Communion service and the preaching of Rev. White on our computers. We are planning, at this point, for the service to be ALL REMOTE via Zoom. If the weather plays out as expected, there will be no onsite service at the Church building on Sunday. We will make the final call on this as we get closer to the weekend.

Look for an email on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. If you don't see an email, check the Holy Trinity website HERE or check out our Holy Trinity Facebook page. The Facebook page link is at the bottom of this email. Stay safe and stay warm. Winter isn't done quite yet.

Something Special for LENT! A Contemplation of J.S. Bach's Masterpiece - "St. John Passion"

Starting this Sunday evening, Terri Moon will lead us in a wonderful musical experience. We will follow the story of Jesus’ passion as told in the Gospel of John but through the music of J.S. Bach. Join us for the next two Sunday evenings at 6:30 PM, as we set aside some time to meditate on Christ’s sacrifice through an encounter with Bach's beautiful music.

This class is offered on March 14 and March 21 in an online format, through Zoom. For more information about the class and for the link to the Zoom connection, check out this page on our Church website: THIS LINK. If you have questions, please reach out to the Church Office.

Sunday Guest Preacher: Rev. Leslie White

Don't miss Rev. White's sermon on Sunday!
Pastor Matt has been blessed to become friends with the Pastor and Congregation at Payne Chapel AME Church in Colorado Springs. Payne Chapel has been serving the Colorado Springs community since 1872. That's 149 years! Payne Chapel was the very first Christian Community for persons of color established in Colorado Springs, when Colorado was just a territory and not a state of the Union.

Rev. White has been the senior pastor at Payne Chapel AME since 2019, and he brings an amazing history - nearly 50 years - of pastoring, preaching and church planting that has stretched literally from coast to coast in our country. This Sunday, March 14, Rev. White will be our guest to deliver the sermon via Zoom at our regular 10 AM Communion service.

Weekly update: 9-14 March 2021

THE ESSENTIALS:

  • Rev. Leslie White preaching: We are excited to have Rev. Leslie White from Payne Chapel AME Church preaching this Sunday, March 14!

  • St John Passion: Don't miss Terri Moon's wonderful Sunday evening discipleship class on J.S. Bach's St John Passion. Zoom call starts at 6:30 PM.

  • Lenten Food Drive for Tri Lakes Cares: Bring staples and canned good to the Church. For more information, check out the detailed information below.

  • Easter Sunrise Service: We need to make a call in the next week or so about the Easter Sunrise Service. Currently, we have too few signed up to hold the service. If you are interested, please SIGN UP HERE. Or contact the Church Office to make your reservations.

THIS WEEK:

All Zoom links FOUND HERE.

Tuesday @ Noon: Lunchtime Lectio via Zoom (John 7:40-52)

Wednesday @ 7 AM: Morning Prayer on site and via Zoom (Matthew 9:35 – 10:23)

Thursday @ 4 PM: Middle School Boys Discipleship – Sticky Faith - Kevin Brooks - at the Church

Friday @ 7 AM: Friday Morning Men’s Group via Zoom – “The Divine Embrace” – Chapter 9

Friday @ 10 AM: Communion Service at the Church to consecrate Communion packets - All welcome

Friday @ Noon: Lunchtime Lectio via Zoom (John 7:53 – 8:11)

Sunday @ 9AM: Family Discipleship – Baptism & Our Living - on site and via Zoom

Sunday @ 9AM: Adult Discipleship via Zoom – “How to See Like a Saint” – Brian Brown

Sunday @ 10AM: Sunday Communion Service on site and via Zoom – Lent 2 (Psalm 16) - Pastor Chris

Sunday @ 11:30AM: High School Discipleship on site – “What am I called to be?” – Pastor Matt

Sunday @ 6:30PM: J.S. Bach's St. John Passion via Zoom - Terri Moon


THE DETAILS:


SUNDAY SERMON WITH REV. LESLIE WHITE: Rev. White will be preaching this Sunday via Zoom. Rev. White is the senior pastor of Payne Chapel AME Church in Colorado Springs. He brings an amazing history - nearly 50 years - of pastoring, preaching and church planting to his message. Don't miss this!

LENTEN FOOD DRIVE: Focusing in on our Lenten call for almsgiving, we want to continue to emphasize our season-long food drive in partnership with Tri Lakes Cares for those in need. We have placed a large box in the Church lobby, and we will be taking donations of food items – canned goods and staples for feeding families in need – to Tri Lakes Cares on a weekly basis. Please bring in items that will help with this need!

HOLY WEEK: You don't want to miss the amazing worship opportunities offered during Holy Week, March 30 - April 3. Steeped in the richness of the Anglican traditions, these services will prepare your heart well for the celebration of Jesus' resurrection on Easter morning. On Wednesday, we offer the Stations of the Cross service, an imaginative journey with Jesus to the Cross. The Maundy Thursday service commemorates the last supper and Jesus' example of footwashing for his disciples. On Good Friday, we have two distinct services: a noontime service on the last words of Christ, and of course, the Good Friday evening service. Finally, on Easter Sunday, we will offer services at 8 AM and 10 AM. In addition, if there is enough interest, we will hold an Easter Sunrise Service beginning at 5:30 AM.

If you would like to attend any of these services in person, please make your reservations on the “Holy Week and Easter 2021 – Reservations” page at this link: https://htac.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/38/responses/new.

ONE ADDITIONAL NOTE - THE WEATHER: Please stay tuned for information on our offered services this week, especially on Sunday, in light of the forecast winter storm expected to come this weekend. If our regular schedule changes in any way, you will be informed via email, and we'll post notices on the Church website and Facebook page. As always, if you have questions, you can call the Church Office.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you need more information on any of the items here, or if you have questions, please reach out to the Church Office at 719-505-8021 or by email to office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org.

Thursday Spotlight: 4 March 2021

Special Guest Preacher on 14 March - Rev. Leslie White

Oh, do we have a special Sunday treat for Holy Trinity!

Pastor Matt has been blessed to become friends with the Pastor and Congregation at Payne Chapel AME Church in Colorado Springs. Payne Chapel has been serving the Colorado Springs community since 1872. That's 149 years! Payne Chapel was the very first Christian Community for persons of color established in Colorado Springs, when Colorado was just a territory and not a state of the Union.

The Payne Chapel website announces a mission and purpose we all share: "to minister to the spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, and environmental needs of all people by spreading Christ's liberating gospel through witnessing and service."

Rev. White has been the senior pastor at Payne Chapel AME since 2019, and he brings an amazing history - nearly 50 years - of pastoring, preaching and church planting that has stretched literally from coast to coast in our country. 

On Sunday, March 14, Rev. White will be our guest to deliver the sermon via Zoom at our regular 10 AM Communion service. You do not want to miss this message.

Something Special for LENT! 

A Contemplation of J.S. Bach's Masterpiece - "St. John Passion"

This year for Lent, Terri Moon will lead us in a wonderful musical experience.

We will follow the story of Jesus’ passion as told in the Gospel of John but through the music of J.S. Bach.

Did you know that Bach set the passion story to music, making the drama come alive in his famous “St. John Passion”?

Join us for two weeks at 6:30 on Sunday evening, as we take time to meditate on Christ’s sacrifice through an encounter with Bach's beautiful music.

This class will be offered on March 14 and March 21 in an online format, through Zoom. For more information about the class and for the link to the Zoom connection, check out the page on our Church website: THIS LINK.

If you have questions, please reach out to the Church Office. 

TLC Food Drive Continues

Our big food drive for ministry partner, Tri Lakes Cares is still ongoing!

We are taking donations of food items – canned goods and staples for feeding families in need – through the 5 weeks of Lent to support the food pantry at Tri Lakes Cares.

We had a good start this week, but there's still so much need to address. Please drop your donations in the big box in the Church Lobby. 

We want to encourage families to get the kids involved in this Lenten project! This is a great, real-world opportunity to talk in concrete ways about concepts like generosity, sacrifice, and responding to the needs of those who cannot help themselves.

If you have questions, please contact the Church Office.

Weekly update: 1-7 March 2021

THE ESSENTIALS:

  • Lenten Food Drive for Tri Lakes Cares: Bring staples and canned good to the Church. For more information, check out the detailed information below.

  • Palm Sunday Services: 10 AM service is full; now taking reservations for an 8:00 AM service. Get your seats now at this RESERVATION LINK.

  • Holy Week Reservations: Holy Week, March 30 to April 3, offers a number of rich and powerful worship services that prepare our hearts for the Easter celebration. For any or all of these services, you can SIGN UP HERE. Or contact the Church Office to make your reservations.

THIS WEEK:

All Zoom links FOUND HERE.

Tuesday @ Noon: Lunchtime Lectio via Zoom (John 7:40-52)

Wednesday @ 7 AM: Morning Prayer on site and via Zoom (Matthew 9:35 – 10:23)

Thursday @ 4 PM: Middle School Boys Discipleship – Sticky Faith - Kevin Brooks - at the Church

Friday @ 7 AM: Friday Morning Men’s Group via Zoom – “The Divine Embrace” – Chapter 8

Friday @ 10 AM: Communion Service at the Church to consecrate Communion packets - All welcome

Friday @ Noon: Lunchtime Lectio via Zoom (John 7:53 – 8:11)

Sunday @ 9AM: Family Discipleship – Baptism & Our Living - on site and via Zoom

Sunday @ 9AM: Adult Discipleship via Zoom – “How to See Like a Saint” – Brian Brown

Sunday @ 10AM: Sunday Communion Service on site and via Zoom – Lent 2 (Psalm 16) - Pastor Chris

Sunday @ 11:30AM: High School Discipleship on site – “What am I called to be?” – Pastor Matt


THE DETAILS:


LENTEN FOOD DRIVE: Focusing in on our Lenten call for almsgiving, we want to continue to emphasize our season-long food drive in partnership with Tri Lakes Cares for those in need. We have placed a large box in the Church lobby, and we will be taking donations of food items – canned goods and staples for feeding families in need – to Tri Lakes Cares on a weekly basis. Please bring in items that will help with this need!

PALM SUNDAY: The 10 AM service on Palm Sunday is now at capacity; we can take no further reservations. Thus, we have scheduled and are taking reservations for an earlier service – 8 AM – on the morning of Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021. If you would like to attend the early service, please make a reservation on the Sunday Service Reservations page at this link: https://htac.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/36/responses/new.


Holy Week: You don't want to miss the amazing worship opportunities offered during Holy Week, March 30 - April 3. Steeped in the richness of the Anglican traditions, these services will prepare your heart well for the celebration of Jesus' resurrection on Easter morning. On Wednesday, we offer the Stations of the Cross service, an imaginative journey with Jesus to the Cross. The Maundy Thursday service commemorates the last supper and Jesus' example of footwashing for his disciples. On Good Friday, we have two distinct services: a noontime service on the last words of Christ, and of course, the Good Friday evening service.

If you would like to attend any of these services in person, please make your reservations on the “Holy Week and Easter 2021 – Reservations” page at this link: https://htac.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/38/responses/new.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you need more information on any of the items here, or if you have questions, please reach out to the Church Office at 719-505-8021 or by email to office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org.

You can also find out a lot more about what’s happening at HTAC by visiting our website at holytrinityanglican.church.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

13990 Gleneagle Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80921

office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org

Thursday Spotlight: 25 February 2021

Food Drive for LENT

The call for almsgiving is one of the core themes of Lent. This year, we embrace the call with a big food drive for our ministry partner, Tri Lakes Cares!

Holy Trinity has a history of faithful and generous contributions to the food pantry at Tri Lakes Cares. Our contributions over the years have often exceeded 200 pounds of groceries per month, month after month.

During COVID, however, with the limitations on in-person attendance and reduced traffic at the Church, our food donations to TLC have dropped dramatically. Yet the need among the TLC clientele has grown.

We are launching a season-long food drive for the TLC food pantry. We will be taking donations of food items – canned goods and staples for feeding families in need – through the 5 weeks of Lent. Get the kids involved! Make this a family project!

Please bring your food donations (that do not require refrigeration) to the Church and place them in the big box in the Lobby. You can drop them off any time during the week or on Sundays.

If you have questions, please contact the Church Office.

How To See Like A Saint

You don't want to miss this fascinating discipleship class taught by Brian Brown.The class is offered via Zoom on Sunday mornings in Lent. Every week, Brian will be offering a teaching on the stories of saints within the great story of God. There is plenty of opportunity for discussion and conversation after each lesson. Please join us!
This Sunday, we will have Session 2 of the class, beginning at 9 AM. The Zoom link for the class will be https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85414234538.

Check out Brian's video introduction to the series at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKiYh9KefBM&t=8s

Holy Trinity Anglican Church
13990 Gleneagle Dr
Colorado Springs, CO 80921
office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org

Weekly Update: 23-28 February 2021

THE ESSENTIALS:

  • Lenten Food Drive for Tri Lakes Cares: Bring staples and canned good to the Church. For more information, check out the detailed information below.

  • Palm Sunday Services: 10 AM service is full; now taking reservations for an 8:00 AM service. Get your seats now at this RESERVATION LINK.

  • Easter Schedule Reservations: Pick your preferred service for Easter morning. 5:30 AM Sunrise Service; 8:00AM Regular Service; 10:00 AM Regular Service. SIGN UP HERE.

  • THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: All Zoom links FOUND HERE


THE DETAILS:


LENTEN FOOD DRIVE: Holy Trinity has a history of faithful and generous contributions to Tri Lakes Cares of food and other household necessities for those in need. The donations basket sits on the floor near the back of the Sanctuary, and our contributions have often exceeded 200 pounds per month for TLC. During COVID, however, with the limitations on in-person attendance and reduced traffic through the Church building, our contributions have dropped dramatically. The needs of the TLC clientele have not dropped off.

In response to the Lenten call for almsgiving, we are launching a season-long food drive for those in need. We have placed a large box in the Church lobby, and we will be taking donations of food items – canned goods and staples for feeding families in need – to Tri Lakes Cares on a weekly basis. Please bring in items that will help with this need!

PALM SUNDAY: The 10 AM service on Palm Sunday is now at capacity; we can take no further reservations. Thus, we have scheduled and are taking reservations for an earlier service – 8 AM – on the morning of Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021. If you would like to attend the early service, please make a reservation on the Sunday Service Reservations page at this link: https://htac.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/36/responses/new.

EASTER SUNDAY: We are almost full for Easter Sunday – the 10 AM service. We are exploring the possibility of adding two additional service on Easter morning. First, we will have a Sunrise service, beginning at 5:30 AM. This service will end just as sunrise occurs, ushering in a special celebration of the resurrection of Jesus on that first Easter after the crucifixion. We will then offer an early Easter Communion service at 8 AM, followed by our later Easter service at 10 AM.We are asking everyone to give us their preferred service for Easter morning, so we can gauge the level of interest for each of the planned services.If we have insufficient interest to support either of the earlier services, we’ll adjust accordingly, and of course, keep everyone informed of changes to the planned schedule. Please make your reservations on the “Holy Week and Easter 2021 – Reservations” page at this link: https://htac.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/38/responses/new.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you need more information on any of the items here, or if you have questions, please reach out to the Church Office at 719-505-8021 or by email to mark@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org. You can also find out a lot more about what’s happening at HTAC by visiting our website at holytrinityanglican.church.