Weekly Update: 21-26 February 2023

Service Schedule for This Sunday - February 26

Sunday Morning Services: This is the first Sunday in Lent. We will have two services at our normal times: 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM. 

Our regular calendar of weekly events, as described AT THIS LINK, will be in place through the rest of the week.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

Our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will be held on February 21 at 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Please join us!! 

If you can, please bring something to compliment the pancakes: breakfast meats, fruit, pancake toppings, fruit juices - whatever seems good. 

Ash Wednesday Services

Ash Wednesday Services will be held at 7 AM and 6:30 PM on Wednesday, February 22 at Holy Trinity. 

Please join us for this a beautiful liturgy, which offers a great posture for the heart as we enter the season of Lent.

Following the evening service, we will have a time of soaking prayer in the Sanctuary. Clergy and prayer ministers will be available to pray for specific needs, if made known, or to pray silently as the Holy Spirit leads, over those present.

New!  Women's Evening Gathering

Mondays @ 7:30 PM, April 10 to May 22

We would love for you to join us for an Easter season walk through the book Gentle & Lowly by Dane Ortlund. 

Laura Laurie will be guiding us into deeper fellowship, prayer, and understanding of God's character. 

We will be gathering at the home of Matt & Jen Nolte in Briargate. If you are interested in participating, please contact Jen Nolte at mjnolte2@gmail.com.

Thursday Spotlight - 16 February 2023

Call for Lenten Art Works

Holy Trinity is inviting artists to consider offering visual art pieces and written art pieces for the Church to experience during the Lent and Easter seasons.

We are looking for visual or written pieces that communicate these themes: 

Lent: Repentance. Remembrance. Purification. Preparation for the passion and resurrection of Christ. Prayer, fasting and alms-giving. Walking the way of the Cross. 
Easter: Grace. Rescue. Forgiveness. God's love for the lost. Gratitude.

If you have a work of visual art or written art that you would like to offer, please connect with the Church Office for instructions on how to submit your piece or pieces.­ 

Note: We will be posting the visual and written pieces on the Holy Trinity website.­

Weekly Update: 14-19 February 2023

Sunday Morning Services

Coming this Sunday is the last Sunday of Epiphany, and it is TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY. We will have two services at our normal times: 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM. 

Our regular calendar of weekly events will be in place through the rest of the week. For details, please see THIS LINK.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

On Tuesday, February 21, we will host our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. This event is held on the evening prior to Ash Wednesday and is celebrated as a feast day before we enter the penitential season of Lent.

We will gather at 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall for feasting and fellowship. If you can, please bring something to compliment the pancakes: breakfast meats, fruit, pancake toppings, fruit juices - whatever seems good.

We are asking for volunteers to help with setup and/or cleanup. If you are willing to volunteer, please contact the Church Office.

Ash Wednesday Services

Ash Wednesday Services will be held at 7 AM and 6:30 PM on Wednesday, February 22 at Holy Trinity. 

Please join us; this is a beautiful liturgy and offers a great posture for the heart as we enter the season of Lent.

If you are unable to attend one of these services but would still like to have the imposition of ashes on Wednesday, please stop by the Church at any time during the day, and one of the clergy will be available to do the imposition.

Thursday Spotlight: 9 February 2023

Our baptism classes are beginning soon!

Sign-ups are open until February 19th!  

Our 6-week baptism class will be held between services on Sundays, during coffee hour (9:55-10:35), from February 26 to  April 4.

This will be a rewarding experience - fun and practical - for anyone interested in getting baptized this year. We will cover 

"How do I.. .enter God's family, worship, pray, study the Bible, build community, do outreach, and be baptized."

We will hear personal testimonies, cover Scripture lessons with the pastoral team, participate in a prayer and fasting retreat, discuss your faith with another, and, of course, drink coffee.   

If you would like to participate in this baptism class, please email Pastor Matt Traylor at matt.traylor@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org.

This class is for anyone who wants to be baptized, anyone who might want their children baptized, anyone exploring the Christian faith, or anyone who is still discerning if they or their children want to be baptized.  

The class will be in preparation for our next baptisms, which will be held on Easter Sunday.

Thursday Spotlight: Refugee Ministries Edition

HTAC launched our refugee and immigrant ministry in 2022, and it has been exciting to see the Lord move, as we serve our new neighbors both financially and with our time.  Here are a few highlights!

Prisca, Noella and Console

HTAC purchased a washing machine and dressers for Prisca and her family to help them furnish their brand new Habitat for Humanity home! 

Prisca, Noella and Console are refugees from the Central African Republic who arrived in Colorado 5 years ago. They have been living in a dangerous and unsanitary apartment for the past several years, but were selected for a Habitat for Humanity home.  

They poured 200 hours of sweat equity (each!), along with a whole village of people, into the construction of their new home, and they moved in December.  

Prisca has never lived in a home with her own washer/dryer, so this was a beautiful gift for their family.  A week after moving in, Prisca said that she realized she hasn't slept well in 5 years.  Now, she feels safe in her home and can finally rest.  In an exciting bonus, Prisca also became a US citizen in December!

Gift Cards for Cuban Asylees

HTAC donated 250 Walmart gift cards to be given to Cuban asylees through Lutheran Family Services (LFS). 

This past year, Colorado Springs has seen an enormous influx of Cuban asylees to our city. These new neighbors are entering the US legally, requesting asylum.  They basically have no support and are unable to work until they find out from the courts whether they have been granted asylum, a process that can take more than a year. 

Most survive off the generosity of friends and family. LFS has a services caseload of almost 500 Cubans, with a waitlist of over 250, who have not yet received services.  

The gift cards that HTAC donated are being given to Cuban families with children, and pregnant women, to help them get needed household supplies.

Connections with Afghan Families

Family friendships: Several HTAC families have started friendships with Afghan refugees in our community.  Through linkages formed by our Refugee ministry, four families have been paired with Afghan families, and one family is serving as a youth cultural mentor for an Afghan teen.  These relationships allow us to love and serve our new neighbors, many of whom are trying to learn a new culture while carrying significant trauma.  When we serve these refugee friends, we show people Jesus.

Swim lessons for Afghan children: Members of our Holy Trinity family helped an Afghan family apply for swim lesson scholarships so that three of their children could learn to swim.  This family is one of the many who arrived in Colorado Springs since the Afghan evacuation.  Our Refugee team was also able to purchase swim suits for the children, who had never previously experience a swimming pool.

If you are interested in hearing more about Refugee Ministries at Holy Trinity, or if you would like to be involved yourself, please reach out to Amy Schulte or Deacon Mark in the Church Office.

Weekly Update: January 31 to February 5, 2023

Service Schedule for This Sunday - February 5

Sunday Morning Services: This is the fifth Sunday of Epiphany. We will have two services at our normal times: 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM. 

Our regular calendar of weekly events will be in place through the rest of the week.

Jack Adams Funeral Service

The funeral service for Jack Adams will be held on Saturday, February 4 from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. The service will take place at First United Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs 80903. A reception will follow the service.
This is a public service, and all are welcome. 

Compassion Kids - Nyagatovu, Rwanda

We still have 3 new sponsorship packets from Compassion International for young people from our Sister Parish in Nyagatovu, Rwanda. Photos and the packet materials are in the Church Office.

If you are interested in sponsoring a child or young person in need from our Sister Parish, please reach out to Deacon Mark in the Church Office. 

You can reach Deacon Mark via email at office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org or via phone at 719-505-8021.

Thursday Spotlight: Hospitality Special Edition

2023 is going to be a banner year for community and hospitality events at Holy Trinity. 

Last Sunday, we had our first major event: the Annual Chili Cookoff and Potluck Lunch. It was amazing! We enjoyed 14 chili entries for the cookoff, and Tim Peterson's chili won over the judges to take a strong win for best chili of the day.

For the year ahead, we currently have 9 additional community gatherings already on the calendar. Here's the list:

• 21 February - Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper (6 PM)

• 16 April - Easter Feast Potluck Brunch (11 AM)

• 30 April - 5th Sunday Potluck Brunch (11 AM)

• 30 July - 5th Sunday Potluck Brunch (11 AM)

• 3 September - Joint service and picnic in the Park with IAC

• 29 October - 5th Sunday Potluck Brunch (11 AM)

• 26 November - Hanging of the Greens (6 PM)

• 24 December - Christmas Eve Supper Gathering (between services)

• 31 December - 5th Sunday Potluck Brunch (11 AM)

 Each of these events is an amazing opportunity to reach out to the neighborhoods that surround Holy Trinity and to forge strong bonds of friendship within our Church family.

To make all of these events happen, we need your help! 

If you have the gifting of hospitality, if you are a planner and a make-things-happen kind of person, would you please consider signing up to be the event coordinator for one or more of these gatherings?

What would you be signing up to do?

Here's a brief description:  "Coordinating" an event means helping to recruit people to do setup beforehand and cleanup afterwards, making sure we have the supplies we need, deciding what we want people to bring, and then “directing traffic” on the day of the event to make sure it goes smoothly. We need a person who will “take point” to think through how best to pull off the event and then marshalling the resources needed to help it all come together.

If you are willing to be the event coordinator for one or more of these planned gatherings, please reach out to Deacon Mark in the Church Office to sign up. 

If you don't have the space or the giftings to take on the coordinator role, please mark your calendar for these events in 2023. And when the event coordinators make the call for volunteers to help with particular tasks, please be open to the call and sign on to support the coordinators with your time and efforts. 

Blessings to all!

Weekly Update: 24-29 January 2023

Compassion Kids - Nyagatovu, Rwanda

We have received 3 new sponsorship packets from Compassion International for young people from our Sister Parish in Nyagatovu, Rwanda. Photos and the packets are available in the Church Office.

If you are interested in sponsoring a child or young person in need from our Sister Parish, please reach out to Deacon Mark. 

You can reach Deacon Mark via email at office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org or via phone at 719-505-8021.

Service Schedule for This Sunday - January 29

Sunday Morning Services: This is the fourth Sunday of Epiphany. We will have two services at our normal times: 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM. 

Our regular calendar of weekly events, as described in the graphic AT THIS LINK, will be in place through the rest of the week.

Special Reminder: Annual Business Meeting and Chili Cookoff

Immediately following the single worship service at 9:30 AM on Sunday, January 22nd, we will have our Annual Business Meeting to review and vote on the 2023 budget for Holy Trinity. We will also review the past year and highlight plans for the new year. 

After the Annual Meeting, we will have our Chili Cookoff and potluck lunch.

We have more than a dozen entries for the Chili Cookoff, so bring your appetites. It's gonna be grand!!

Everyone is welcome!!

All are invited to bring a dish to share, either your own chili recipe, or anything that goes with chili - sides, salads, desserts, etc.

If you have questions, please reach out to Deacon Mark in the Church Office via email at office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org or via phone at 719-505-8021.

Weekly Update: 17-22 January 2023

Service Schedule for This Sunday - January 22

Sunday Morning Service: This is the third Sunday of Epiphany. We will have a single service at 9:30 AM. 

Our regular calendar of weekly events will be in place through the rest of the week.

Annual Business Meeting and Chili Cookoff

On January 22 (this coming Sunday), we will have the Annual Business Meeting for Holy Trinity Anglican Church. This is the meeting at which we vote on the budget for the new year, and we will review the year past and look ahead at plans for 2023. 

All voting members of the congregation are encouraged to attend, so you can hear the presentation of the budget and the questions and discussion around our plans for the coming year.

Immediately following the business meeting, we will have our annual Chili Cookoff and potluck lunch. This is a wonderful event with great fellowship, excellent conversation and incredible chili.

Everyone is invited to bring a dish to share, either your own chili recipe, or anything that goes with chili - sides, salads, desserts, etc.

If you plan to bring a chili dish, please let the Church Office know, so we know how many chili entries we'll have on Sunday.

We also need judges for the chili competition. If you would like to be a taster/judge for the chili entries, please let the Church Office know.

You can reach Deacon Mark in the Church Office via email at office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org or via phone at 719-505-8021.

Weekly Update: 10-15 January 2023

Service Schedule for This Sunday - January 15

Sunday Morning Service: This is the second Sunday of Epiphany. We will have services at our regular service times: 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM. 

Our regular calendar of weekly events is back in play for January. The graphic AT THIS LINK outlines the offerings through the week.

Annual Business Meeting and Chili Cookoff - Jan 22

On January 22 (next Sunday), we will have the Annual Business Meeting for Holy Trinity Anglican Church. This is the meeting at which we vote on the budget for the new year, and we will review the year past and look ahead at plans for 2023. 

All voting members of the congregation are encouraged to attend, so you can hear the presentation of the budget and the questions and discussion around our plans for the coming year.

To make room in the schedule for the Annual Meeting, we will have a single service on Sunday, starting at 9:30 AM. Children's catechesis will be offered during the single service.

As an additional enticement to attend the business meeting, we will have our world-famous, exceedingly delicious Chili Cookoff immediately following the meeting. This is a wonderful event with great fellowship, excellent conversation and incredible chili.

Everyone is invited to bring a dish to share, either your own chili recipe, or anything that goes with chili - sides, salads, desserts, etc.

If you plan to bring a chili dish for the friendly competition, please let the Church Office know, so we have a sense for the number of chili entries we'll have on the 22nd.

We also need judges for the chili competition. If you would like to be a taster/judge for the chili entries, please let the Church Office know.

You can reach Deacon Mark in the Church Office via email at office@holytrinityanglicanchurch.org or via phone at 719-505-8021.

Thursday Spotlight: 5 January 2023

Second Sunday Stories: Beatitude Care Foundation

We are thrilled that Stewart and Terrie Abbott of Beatitude Care Foundation will be our Second Sunday Story this coming Sunday (January 8) between our two morning services! Pastor Chris Stroup will moderate a conversation with these ministry leaders about their Foundation and the work they are doing in Nigeria.

BCF has establish a health care clinic - the Beatitude Care Clinic - in Egbelu Nguru, Imo State, in Nigeria. Holy Trinity supported Beatitude Care Foundation financially through our Outreach funds during 2022. 

Also participating this Sunday will be Father Tochwuchu (John) Nkwocha, a Catholic Priest from Nigeria, who is currently serving in Pueblo, Colorado. Stewart and Terrie and Father John will share their dream and their story of establishing a maternity and children's clinic in Egbelu, Nigeria.

Here is an additional excerpt from the BCF website:

Beatitude Care Center will be located in Egbelu Nguru. This is one of five villages in Nguru Umuaro, in the Ngor Okpala region of Imo State, Nigeria that will be served by the health center. The other villages are Eziala Nguru, Amaibo Nguru, Umuaga Nguru and Umeuewere Nguru.  Each has a population of about 250-300 people, mostly subsistance farmers.

We are using the community building in Egbelu for health screening clinics prior to completion of the Center. The village head and elders have been most gracious and accomodating of our plan. We plan to have a steering committee of one man and one woman from each village.

The capital of Imo State is Owerri, about 45 minutes away by poor roads, occasionally impassable for mud and flooding. With a population of just over 400,000, Owerri has several hospitals. Unfortunately, all of them, including the Federal hospital, require up front payment prior to any medical services.

Nigeria is made up of over 500 ethnic groups.  The Igbo people are the main ethnic group in Imo State, accounting for 98% of the population.  English is the official language with most people also speaking Igbo.  The average income in Imo State is $3527 per year.

The maternal mortality rate in Nigeria is one of the highest in the world - 814 per 100K.  The chance of a woman dying in pregnancy or childbirth is 1 in 13. That amounts to 145 women a day, or one woman every 10 minutes, dying from pregnancy and childbirth complications.  That is 40 times the US average and 80 times the Colorado average.  That makes it the 11th most dangerous place in the world to give birth.  Imo State has a maternal mortality rate of 900, slightly higher than the national average.  Nigeria accounts for 10% of global maternal deaths.  

Nigeria also has the highest number of newborn deaths in Africa, 48 per 1000, or 700 a day.  The mortality rate for children under five is the second highest in the world.  Every day 2300 children die, mostly of preventable diseases.

Please join us for this amazing story of God's care and provision and to support and encourage the Abbotts and Father John in their efforts to make a difference for villagers in Nigeria.

Read more about BCF on their website at beatitudecarefoundation.org.

Weekly Update: 3-8 January 2023

Service Schedule for This Sunday - January 8

Sunday Morning Service: This is the first Sunday of Epiphany, the baptism of Jesus. We will have services at our regular service times: 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM. 

Our regular calendar of weekly events is back in play for January. This graphic outlines the offerings through the week.

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Second Sunday Stories: Beatitude Care Foundation

We are thrilled to announce that Beatitude Care Foundation will be our Second Sunday Story for January! Pastor Chris Stroup will moderate a conversation with the ministry leaders of this foundation between our services on Sunday, January 8.

Holy Trinity supported Beatitude Care Foundation financially through our Outreach funds during 2022. BCF has establish a health care clinic - the Beatitude Care Clinic - in Egbelu Nguru, Imo State, in Nigeria. 

Stewart and Terrie Abbott, both medical professionals, will be visiting us on January 8, accompanied by Tochwuchu (John) Nkwocha, a Catholic Priest from Nigeria, currently serving in Pueblo, Colorado. Stewart and Terrie and Father John will share their dream and their story of establishing a maternity and children's clinic in Egbelu, Nigeria.

Please plan to join us between services on Sunday to hear this amazing story of God's care and provision and to support and encourage the Abbotts and Father John in their efforts to make a difference for villagers in Nigeria.

Read more about BCF on their website at beatitudecarefoundation.org.

Weekly Update: 28 December to 1 January 2023

Service Schedule for This Sunday - January 1

Sunday Morning Service: The first Sunday after Christmas falls on New Years Day. Because of the holiday, we will have a single service on Sunday, January 1, beginning at 10 AM. 

This service will be our traditional “Lessons & Carols Service” with 7 special readings from Scripture and LOTS of Christmas carols. Pastor Matt Traylor will deliver the sermon. There will be no Children's Catechesis class this Sunday.

The service will be broadcast via Zoom. The link to the service is listed on the “Zoom Links” page of our website.

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Our Schedule for January 2023

The Epiphany of our Lord is celebrated on January 6. We will have 7 Sundays in the Season of Epiphany this year, with Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent falling on February 22nd. Our worship schedule for the season will be as follows:

Sunday, January 8: Regular services at 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM

Sunday, January 15: Regular services at 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM

Sunday, January 22: Single service at 9:30 AM, followed by the Annual Business Meeting and the Chili Cookoff

Sunday, January 29: Regular services at 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM (Yes, this is a 5th Sunday, but we're having regular service times, due to the single service on the 22nd.)

The Sundays in February and March will all be regular two-service Sundays with worship at 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM.

Weekly Update: 20-25 December 2022

Service Schedule for Christmas Week

Our schedule this week will look a little different due to the Christmas holiday (and the forecast for frigid weather):

Bible Studies: Both the Thursday morning Ladies Bible Study and the Friday morning Men's Fellowship Group are cancelled this week.

Christmas Eve Services: We will have two evening services on Saturday, December 24. The early service will be at 4:30 PM, and the later service will be at 7:00 PM. Both services will feature music from the Holy Trinity Choir. The early service will include a song from the HTAC Children's Choir. Both services will also include a candlelight closing to the liturgy.

Christmas Morning Service: Christmas falls on a Sunday, this year, so we will have a single Communion service on Christmas Day, beginning at 10 AM. As we always do on Christmas morning, we invite you to “come as you are." Wear your pajamas. The kids can bring a toy. And we'll all enjoy the very special worship that happens on the morning we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus.

All services on Christmas weekend will be broadcast via Zoom. The links to the individual services are listed on the “Zoom Links” page of our website.

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A Message of Thanks from Terry Brubaker and the Soli Deo Gloria choir

It was great to see a number of HTAC members at the SDG concert on Saturday, 17 December. I hope you were blessed by your choice to come. If you didn't attend and would like to see this concert (or want to see it again), it was live streamed and recorded. The link is below. 

Also, we have just released the videos from our concert in May and that link is below also (and you can see Terri Moon in this one!). The professional recording turned out fairly well. The sections in the playlist for this concert will automatically play or you can skip ahead to any of the pieces. If you have time to sit and watch either or both of these concerts at some point, then consider this our SDG choir's Christmas gift to you!

Link to December concert.
Link to May concert.

God's Blessings.

Thursday Spotlight: 15 December 2022

Adult Discipleship Class

­On Sunday, Glenn Paauw will offer the final installment of his three-part class on “The Humanity of Jesus” between the early and late services. The class will be held in the Holy Trinity Sanctuary and will begin around 9:50 AM. 

The recordings (videos) of the first two sessions are posted on the HTAC website at this link:

https://www.holytrinityanglican.church/adult-tct-lessons.

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Important Calendar Updates

­Here are some important calendar reminders for the remainder of the year and the beginning weeks of 2023: 

Christmas Eve Services: Saturday, December 24 @ 4:30 & 7:00 PM

Christmas Morning Service: Sunday, December 25 @ 10:00 AM

Lessons & Carols Service: Sunday, January 1 @ 10:00 AM (single service)

Annual Business Meeting and Chili Cookoff: Sunday, January 22 with a single worship service @ 9:30 AM, the Business meeting immediately after, and the Chili Cookoff after the meeting (approximately 11:30 AM)

Note: We will have our regular 2-service Sundays (8:30 AM and 10:45 AM) on January 8, January 15, and January 29.

Weekly Update: 13-18 December 2022

Adult Discipleship Class - The Humanity of Jesus ­­­­

The third and final installment of Glenn Paauw's adult discipleship class on “The Humanity of Jesus” will happen this coming Sunday (Dec 18) at 9:50 AM (between Sunday services) in the Holy Trinity Sanctuary. Here's a brief description of the class.

The Humanity of Jesus

When faithful Christians saw the doctrine of the divinity of Jesus being threatened, they responded by re-emphasizing this classic, orthodox element of the faith. But have we lost sight of the humanity of Jesus? Does it really matter?

Here’s what we’ll explore in this three-week Advent series:

Dec 4    The kind of human the story is looking for.

Dec 11    The human Jesus who was with us

Dec 18    The human Jesus who will be with us 

The videos of the first two sessions have been posted on the HTAC website, so if you missed either session, you can catch up. Here's the link:

https://www.holytrinityanglican.church/adult-tct-lessons.

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Annual Business Meeting & Chili Cookoff ­­­­

The Holy Trinity Annual Business Meeting for 2023 (where we vote on the budget) and the Annual Chili Cookoff are happening a little later than usual in 2023. We will have a single service at 9:30 AM on Sunday, January 22, followed immediately by the Annual Meeting, followed immediately by the Chili Cookoff and a congregation-wide potluck lunch. 

Mark your calendars! You won't want to miss this Sunday in January. Start getting your chili recipes ready!!

Thursday Spotlight: 8 December 2022

Check out our Advent Art Pieces

We continue to receive amazing art pieces, some visual and some written, for our Advent Art Project. Please check out the web pages with the latest additions, and look for the art pieces on display throughout the Church this weekend.  

You can find the links to all of the offered pieces on our home page at www.holytrinityanglican.church.

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­­­­Adult Discipleship Class

On Sunday, Glenn Paauw will offer the second installment of his three-part class on “The Humanity of Jesus” between the early and late services. The class will be held in the Holy Trinity Sanctuary and will begin around 9:50 AM. 

The recording (video) of the first session is posted on the HTAC website at this link:

https://www.holytrinityanglican.church/adult-tct-lessons.

Weekly Update: 6-11 December 2022

Adult Discipleship Class - The Humanity of Jesus 

We had a great beginning on Sunday to Glenn Paauw's adult discipleship class on “The Humanity of Jesus.” This coming Sunday (Dec 11), we will have the second installment of the series at 9:50 AM (between Sunday services) in the Holy Trinity Sanctuary. Here's a brief description of the class.

The Humanity of Jesus

When faithful Christians saw the doctrine of the divinity of Jesus being threatened, they responded by re-emphasizing this classic, orthodox element of the faith. But have we lost sight of the humanity of Jesus? Does it really matter?

Here’s what we’ll explore in this three-week Advent series:

Dec 4    The kind of human the story is looking for.

Dec 11    The human Jesus who was with us

Dec 18    The human Jesus who will be with us 

The video of the first session will be posted on the website later this week, so if you missed it, you can catch up. Glenn's teaching is excellent; don't miss out!

Thursday Spotlight: 1 December 2022

Evening Contemplative Service - December 4 

Holy Trinity will host an evening contemplative service in the form of a “Sung Compline” on Sunday, December 4 @ 6:30 PM in the Church Sanctuary. 

The service will be led by the HTAC Choir, accompanied by gifted musicians. In addition to the great music, the service will include poetry, visual arts and plenty of space to be with Jesus and to hear the Spirit's voice.

This service is open to all. Please invite your friends and family to join us for a time of reflection and anticipation in this season of Advent. 

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Check out our Advent Art Pieces

We have received nearly a dozen art pieces on loan for display at the Holy Trinity during Advent. 

In addition, we've received a number of excellent Advent playlists on Spotify and are gathering written works - poetry, prose and the like - with Advent-centric themes.

We still have three weeks of Advent ahead of us, so please send us visual art, music or written pieces that reflect your own heart and journey in this season of contemplation “in between” the first coming and the second coming of Jesus.

All of the art works that have been shared with us are posted on our Advent pages on the Holy Trinity Website. You can find the links to the pieces on our home page at www.holytrinityanglican.church.

On Sunday, be sure to check out the art displays in the Sanctuary, in the Fellowship Hall and elsewhere in the building.

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Adult Discipleship Class

Don't forget that Glenn Paauw will begin a three-part class on “The Humanity of Jesus” this Sunday between the early and late services. The class will be held in the Holy Trinity Sanctuary and will begin around 9:50 AM. Please join us for this examination of the implications for us of Jesus' incarnation.