Trinity Episcopal Church 316 ADAMS STREET, TOLEDO, OH 43604
419.243.1231 trinitytoledo.org
Beloved Friends,
September 2021
Your wardens and I write today to provide an update about Trinity’s path forward for worship and indoor activities. We also want to reiterate our deep gratitude for your continued faithfulness, support, and efforts to stay connected during this unbelievably long season of physical separation. Thank you to all who have supported and attended our All-Parish Picnics, Pop-Up Dinners, and Wednesday Noonday Prayers and Lunch with Deacon Megan; seeing each other in these contexts has been so life-giving. Thank you also to those who continue to help us with offerings for Trinity@Home week after week as well as those volunteering for new roles such as the newest members of the Altar Guild who attended training last week. It is so exciting to finally start planning for the day when we will worship face to face. While we remain aware of the continued fluency of this time and the need to stay vigilant, responsive and persistent in our efforts to create a safe environment, we are also ready to start the process of finding our way back to each other, slowly, for in-person worship and in-person activities. Below is a summary of our plans: WORSHIP Wednesday, Sept 15 – 12:00 Midweek Eucharist - returns in the sanctuary. A short, spoken service; a perfect way to ease back into in-person worship. All are welcome. Sunday, September 19 9:00- NEW time for Trinity@Home service followed by online Coffee Hour 11:00- First in-person Sunday service NO CHOIR followed by Coffee Hour Sunday, September 26 9:00- Trinity@Home service followed by online Coffee Hour NO IN-PERSON Worship (due to annual Race 4 the Cure with street closures) Sunday, October 3 9:00- NEW time for Trinity@Home service followed by online Coffee Hour 11:00- Trinity@316-WITH CHOIR followed by Coffee Hour FORMATION September/October- In preparation for starting up Wednesday evening formation again in October, we invite everyone to read Marcus Borg’s Reading the Bible Again for The First Time; Taking the Bible Seriously, But Not Literally. After this summer’s sermon series on the Way of Love, we received lots of input many would like an opportunity to come together for some time to learn and discern how scripture can form and inform our lives. We will meet in-person for 3 sessions: Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00 (October 6, 13 & 20) Once again, thank you for your courage, commitment and resilient spirits. We continue to hold you all in our prayers. Please stay connected in ways you can knowing our lives are richer through the ties that bind in the name of our loving, liberating life-giving God. And may you never forget that you are loved. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Donna Steppe & Roberta Durham Rector Senior Warden Junior Warden