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Sunday Morning Worship Options

 

Summer Worship on Sunday Morning

 

Mid-Week Worship Opportunities

 

Our Commitment to You

 

The Church Year

 

Services Celebrating Life Events (Baptism, Marriage, Death & Burial)

 

Holidays and Special Observances

 

The Worship Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Psalm 122:1

 

At Trinity, our one book 8:00 am service and comprehensive 10:30 am service bulletin make worship easily accessible for all.  Give us a try!

 

The basis for our shared worship experience,

and the order of service (or liturgy) we follow comes from the

1979 Book of Common Prayer and 1994 Book of Occasional Services.

 

 

 

Sunday Morning Worship Options

 

8:00 AM               Holy Eucharist Rite I

 

A quiet, contemplative service centered in Word and Sacrament that lasts from 45 to 60 minutes.  Christian Education for all follows at 9:15 AM.

 

Especially well suited for those who experience the Holy Spirit best through readings, prayer and Holy Communion; and for those who enjoy the intimacy of a smaller worshipping community where silence and the spoken Word invite us into deeper relationship with God.

 

 

10:30 AM             Holy Eucharist Rite II

 

A spirited service with contemporary language, a special Kid’s sermon and compelling music of various genres.  Through our comprehensive bulletin, we eliminate the need for juggling skills and/or wondering what comes next.

 

Worship is enhanced by engaging sermons that have modern day relevance, an adult choir, The Trinity Singers (our younger voices), a hand bell choir and instrumentalists, Holy Communion and Coffee Hour in the Narthex (rear church foyer) or on the Lawn.

 

Our kids play special roles as acolytes, readers, oblation bearers, junior ushers and greeters.  We provide Nursery Care and a new sound system that allows you to hear the service even when leaving the church nave is necessary.

 

 

10:30 AM    Morning Prayer with Healing Rite - First Sundays except Holy Days

 

Morning Prayer invites us into deeper intimacy and conversation with God through the balance it strikes between penitence and praise, hearing and responding, supplication and thanksgiving. 

 

At Trinity, this service includes the singing of psalms and hymns of praise, the reading of Scripture, a teaching on spiritual growth, corporate prayers for the healing needs of the Church and the world, the laying on of hand for healing, and the Offertory.

 

The Laying on of Hands for Healing:  The ministry of Jesus invites us to new life in God and with each other. In following the example of Jesus and the disciples, we continue God’s work of healing through prayer in his name and the laying on of hands.  All are invited to offer themselves, whatever the sickness of spirit, mind, or body, and ask for healing and wholeness in the Name of the holy and undivided Trinity.

 

If you desire prayer but cannot or choose not to attend, please contact Edna Keith by sending an email to the church office at info@tecarl.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Worship on Sunday Morning

 

8:00 AM               Holy Eucharist Rite I

 

A quiet, contemplative service centered in Word and Sacrament that lasts from 45 to 60 minutes.  Christian Education for all follows at 9:15 AM.

 

 

10:30 AM             Holy Eucharist Rite II

 

Uplifting service with sermons that captivate and invigorating congregational singing.  Our kids enjoy “Buckets of Fun” containing gospel based activities and games that teach during the service.  Nursery care provided.   

 

 

 

 

 

Mid-Week Worship Opportunities

 

4th Thursdays    Holy Eucharist Rite II (Chapel)

 

An informal and intimate service with scripture reading, homily, prayer and Holy Communion.  This service is followed by the monthly Ethel Field Guild Meeting with lunch and preparation for mailing of Trinity’s Tidings newsletter.  All are welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

Our Commitment to You

 

We consider visitors to be our respected and welcome guests.  You will not be singled out nor asked to stand before the congregation or come forward.  One way we welcome everyone occurs during the “Peace.”  Everyone is asked to stand as they are able and to extend the Peace of God to one another.

 

At Trinity this is an enthusiastic time of greeting and welcome.  Some will say “the peace of the Lord be with you,” to which a typical response is “and also with you.”  Many simply will shake your hand, say hello . . . or peace . . . or welcome.  We thank you for choosing Trinity and pray you find us a warm and welcoming place.

 

 

 

 

The Church Year

 

The Episcopal Church observes the traditional Christian calendar.

 

The season of Advent, during which we prepare for Christmas, begins on the Sunday closest to November 30. Christmas itself (December 25) lasts twelve days, after which we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany (January 6).

Lent, the forty days of preparation for Easter, begins on Ash Wednesday and culminates with the week that precedes our Easter Day celebrations, Holy Week.

Easter season lasts fifty days, concluding on the feast of Pentecost.   Trinity Sunday, celebrated the Sunday after the Day of Pentecost, is Trinity’s Name Day.

Each season is accompanied with a change in liturgical colors and thematic focus. 

 

 

Services Celebrating Key Life Events

Baptism, Marriage, Death and Burial are important sacramental moments in the life of individuals.  For detailed information on how we at Trinity shape worship for these special occasions, click here to link to Life Events.

 

 

 

Holidays and Special Observances

At Trinity, we take great delight in observing Holy Days and in making ordinary occasions extraordinary.  A sampling of typical special worship services follows.

 

Holy Eucharist with Hymn Sing

We love the old, familiar hymns of Christian tradition.  On occasion, we offer a worship service that celebrates the articulation of our faith story in both word and song.  Throughout the service, we sing favorite hymns from the Hymnal 1982, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, and Wonder, Love and Praise.  In addition, the Celebrant and lectors share with the congregation bits and pieces of the story behind the hymns that have won our hearts.  This service includes Holy Communion and a brief reflection.

Blessing of the Animals

Dogs, cats, hamsters, gerbils, parrots, birds, ferrets, animals of all sorts and varieties (with the exception of rodents and snakes – sorry), we take and bless them all.  In an outdoors (weather permitting) service open to the community, animals and their owners receive special treats as well as a chance to meet neighborhood friends.

This service commemorates the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron Saint of Animals, and typically is celebrated the Sunday following his October 4 Feast Day. 

 

Thanksgiving Eve Service with Holy Eucharist Rite II

We celebrate the faithfulness of God with this Holy Eucharist service.  Past years have focused upon not our thanksgiving alone but God’s thanksgiving for us as God’s beloved people. 

We mark God’s promise that when we give, it will be given unto us, by presenting worshippers with a token gift.  Take a break from Tom the Turkey and Thanksgiving Day preparations and join Trinity’s clergy, lay ministers and choir in this service of praise and thanksgiving. 

 

Christmas Services

Trinity ushers in the 12 day Christmas season with a variety of services and special worship events.  We hold services both in our church and in our surrounding apartment community.

Columbia Pike Community Chorus Annual Concert, scheduled for each year mid-December. CPCC

 

Christmas Eve Festival Eucharist  December 24, at 5:30 PM:  Ideal service for all who enjoy rekindling the Christmas spirit by hearing the story of Christ’s birth through the refreshing eyes of our younger generation.  Service includes Holy Communion and singing familiar Christmas carols.

 

Christmas Eve Festival Eucharist with Carol Sing – December 24, at 10:30 PM:  A traditional liturgy of light and joy ushers in the celebration of the birth of our Lord.  This service includes a sermon, Holy Communion, special music and a candlelight ending.

 

Christmas Day Services – December 25

Christmas Eucharist at Trinity Church, at 10:00 AM

 

Ash Wednesday Services, 12:00 noon and 7:00 pm

The season of Lent begins by putting God’s people in mind of the message of pardon and absolution set forth in the Gospel of our Savior, and of the need which all Christians continually have to renew our repentance and faith.

This service invites worshippers to “the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's Holy Word.  Persons who attend may opt to receive the imposition of ashes.

 

 

Holy Week and Easter Services

 

Beginning with Palm Sunday and continuing through Holy Saturday, Holy Week commemorates the passion and suffering of Jesus Christ as he submitted himself to the will of God to love until the end.

 

Services are held each day and/or evening. We customarily endeavor to remember the people and places of Jesus’ time to gain inspiration and direction on how best to follow Jesus our times of pain and suffering.

 

Past services have included a Seder Meal, Tenebrae Sung Service, Stations of the Cross, Maundy Thursday Eucharist, Maundy Thursday Foot Washing, Good Friday Procession of the Cross, Good Friday Liturgy In Art and Music featuring the Seven Lasting Words of Christ, and Holy Saturday Prayer Service commemo-rating Jesus’ imprisonment in the tomb. 

Holy Week culminates with our enthusiastic celebration of the resurrection of Christ.  In Festival Eucharist services at Trinity, 8:00 and 10:30 am, we cry out:  “Alleluia, Christ is risen. The Lord is risen, indeed. “  With balloons and flowers and streamers and Easter Egg Hunts, we rejoice in the promise of resurrection that also is ours.

 

 

Pentecost Sunday

 

We celebrate the birth of the Church and the Church’s receipt of a mission to reach out into the entire world with the message of God’s love and redemption.  Service highlights include the use of multiple languages, the return of our Alleluias, the presence of dove kites symbolizing the Holy Spirit that was given at Pentecost, and an embrace of all peoples and nations.  This is the day to wear RED.  This is a day to celebrate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Worship Committee

 

So, who comes up with this broad and diverse offering of worship experiences?  The answer often begins with you.  You have an idea or desire that you express to the Rector or Joanne Cummings, the Vestry Liaison for Worship, or a member of the Worship Committee itself, and we begin a process of consideration and planning that may culminate in a new service or way of living into our Anglican heritage and cultural traditions.

 

The Rector chairs the Worship Committee and has final say on all matters relating to the spiritual cure of the parish, especially worship and liturgy.  The Committee works together to plan and offer worship services (1) that help us all grow spiritually in faith and practice; (2) that embrace our guests and make their experience of worship at Trinity as positive and enriching as possible; and (3) that enable us to expand our ways of understanding and experiencing God.

 

Contact Joanne Cummings, Vestry Liaison for Worship, for additional information or to offer your suggestions and praise.

 

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