Angel Tree 2025! Packages bagged and delivered to Melrose Elementary School – many thanks to our Angels!
Angel Tree 2025 – Bring the (unwrapped) gifts in a bag with the Angel label attached to CHURCH OR to the CHURCH OFFICE by Sunday, December 14. Many thanks to you, for being an angel for one of our community’s students this Christmas. Your gift will bring joy to a child as you share God’s love. (Image from 2024)
Merry Melrose Parade 2025! December 13 – Lots of stuffies handed out to children along the way. Thank you elves!
COMING UP! Merry Melrose, Saturday December 13 – we will have a float filled with stuffies to hand out along the parade route. If you’d like to help, please contact Jeanne.
Also on December 13 – The Nativity Walk – If you are able to bring a Nativity or some cookies to share, please let Elaine or Linda in the office know.
ECW Christmas Gathering with gifts of food under the tree for LAM
ECW Christmas Party – Tuesday, December 9 at 10am in the Parish Hall. Covered Dish luncheon, PLUS bring pet food or “people food” for LAM.
Saturday, November 29 – Members of the Altar Guild (with feline assistance) gathered for the “Greening” of the Church.
STEWARDSHIP – We are hoping to get all of out pledges in before the end of the year so that the 2026 budget can be made. Please put your card in the plate on Sunday. Thank you for your prayerful consideration of your gift.
Thanksgiving in the Park! – November 27 Thank you to all loving hearts and hands who helped set up, provide desserts, and clean-up for this year’s event! It was a wonderful day and we were able to serve 375 dinners, and feed many in a happy environment with children playing and music in the air.
November 15 – God is good! Trinity is blessed to have wonderful friends! A very special Episcopal Missionary team from Pinellas County accomplished some amazing feats this weekend! Special thanks to Larry for organizing and hosting the event.
Trinity Bazaar!
Trinity Stewardship Drive – You may have already received a letter from Father Tony which marks the beginning of our Pledge Drive. We are hoping to get all of our pledges in before the end of the year so that the 2026 Budget can be made and start in January. You may put your card in an envelope in the plate on Sunday, bring it by the office, or mail it in. Thank you for your prayerful consideration of your gift.
Sunday, November 2 is the first Sunday of the month so it’s time for our wonderful potluck lunch following the service! Please bring whatever you might be able to share.
United Thank Offering – November is the month for UTO Collection – The UTO distributes 100% of what is collected to support innovative mission and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church and Provinces of the Anglican Communion.
The ECW went on a field trip to the museum at Camp Blanding for their October 14th meeting. Members had fun and learned a good deal about the history of the camp.
Cleaning Day! WOW!
ECW MEETS on Tuesday, September 9 and 10am in the parish hall
Karen Wacha was a much loved member of Trinity and brought smiles and friendship to so many. Her memorial service was held Saturday, August 16, with her large and loving family attending the services in the church along with many friends, church family, and members of the community. Pictured here is her husband Ken Wacha and their seven sons. Their oldest three sons served as acolytes at Trinity in the 1980s.
Baskets! Baskets filled with goodies galore can be found at the Annual Good Old Summertime Chicken Dinner and Basket Auction – Saturday, July 19 at noon, with preview time starting at 11:30. Check out these baskets for the auction – WOW!! And there are more!!
The Good Old Summertime Chicken Dinner and Basket Auction
Saturday, July 19 at noon with preview time starting at 11:30am
THANK
YOU!
Sale supports the ministries of Trinity!
Trinity supports…
- Lake Area Ministries
- Pack a Sack – school food program
- Boy Scouts Troop 109
- St. Mary’s Mission, Jacksonville
- Rodeheaver Boys Ranch
- Trinity Church, Bermejas, Cuba
- Our Little Roses Orphanage, Honduras
- Mobility Worldwide
- Episcopal Relief and Development
- Melrose Community Outreach
- AA
- Melrose Boutique Thrift Shop
- Thanksgiving in the Park
- Snack Packs for homeless people
FRIDAY, MAY 2
Contemplative Prayer, a time of soft music and silent prayer, is held every first Friday in the church.
Holy Week we will have a beautiful Taize Service on Tuesday at 6:00 in the church. On Wednesday at 6:00 there will be the usual Eucharist and Healing Service in the church. On Thursday evening at 6:00 there will be a service for Maundy Thursday in the church. And on Friday at noon there will be a service including stripping of the altar in the church. Friday at 6:00 we will have Stations of the Cross in the church.
On Sunday at 10:00 we will have our great and joyful Easter Service in the Parish Hall! Then, following the Easter Service there will be a fun Easter egg hunt for the children and finger foods and drinks for everyone on the veranda.
EASTER SUNDAY – A joyous time celebrating Easter! “Welcome happy morning age to age shall say…” Please share your photos!
Sunday, April 13, is Palm Sunday and will start (for those who are able) on the veranda of the parish hall and process into the church with palms waving. The service will be in the church. There will be a narrative Gospel treading during the service. Please don’t forget your part if you have been assigned one. There will be be copies of the reading available for everyone and the entire congregation will read the part of “the assembly”. There will be coffee hour, as usual, following the service.
Interactive Seder – Tuesday, April 8th, at 6:00pm There will be some representatives from Jews for Jesus to demonstrate and explain the basics of a Seder for us. If you would like to come, please sign the sheet in the parish hall or call the office so we will have plenty of all of the items for the Seder for each person. Thanks!
Tuesday, April 8 ECW celebrates Ann’s retirement with her at Betty’s Pizza
Shrove Tuesday The Cub Scouts, along with help from some of our ECW ladies, will have a wonderful pancake dinner Tuesday, March 4 in the parish hall from 5pm-7pm. Everyone is invited.
PANCAKES! Congratulations to our CUB SCOUT PACK 109 who served up a great dinner and raised funds for their future camping adventures.
Lake Area Ministry (LAM) is asking for donations of Peanut Butter and Jelly this month. The flyer is attached below. You may bring your donations with you to worship on Sunday or drop them by the office Monday thru Wednesday, 10am to 3pm. No pressure – LAM always appreciates whatever you can do.
Tuesday Bible Study – We completed Nahum this past Tuesday and will begin a DVD series on the Historical Jesus (a part of the Great Courses Series) on February 4th. We will pursue this for a week or two to see if it is worthwhile. Several of you truly enjoy our study of Holy Scripture, and we want to honor that while also trying something new.
Thrift Store Reopens!
TO ALL OUR THRIFTIES! We missed you! WE WILL REOPEN beginning THURSDAY 1/16 and SATURDAY 1/18. We are also now accepting the usual donations. We strongly suggest to drop off donations during our business hours. We also have a convenient dropbox. We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding while we spruced up the shop for another fantastic year of sharing, caring and helping others through your donations to the church thrift.
The church thrift donations help to support 17 different outreach programs. (See list above!) We can’t thank you all enough for your generous support and love for others. If you have any questions or concerns please contact a thrift shop volunteer.
