VESTRY

Sr. Warden Cyndi Hernandez 730-3024 Jr. Warden Vestry Secretary Sara Eziuka 248-207-8201 Ian Penhorwood 485-6254 Dave Anderson 547-9658 Mary Hill 734-777-2845 Charlotte Drake 218-0529 Debra Williams 368-1138 Jerry Rimmer 313-272-2898 Youth Rep Arianna Hernandez

Rector – The Rev Ian Reed Twiss Deacon – The Rev. Richard O. Boulter

Office Manager-Dana Doemer Bookkeeper– Lori Bowerman

Sexton (janitor) – Brenda Bonior E-mail: office@trinitybell.org Website: http://wwwtrinitybell.org

11575 BELLEVILLE ROAD BELLEVILLE, MI 48111 www.trinitybell.org

October 2017

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The Trinity Bell October 2017

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Rector's Reflections

Stewarding

We are in that season of the year when churches across the country invite their parishioners to make a financial pledge towards the church's budget for the coming year. The churchy word for this is Stewardship, because we see this pledge as being tied to the care and distribution (the "stewarding") of the resources with which God has blessed us.

This can be a hard point to make in this day and age when we are hammered with messages from all sides that tell us we deserve what we have and it is ours to do with as we like. God tends to drop out of these messages while ideas for buying happiness or safety or indulgence crowd in.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with enjoying ourselves--even Jesus saved the wedding party by turning water into wine. At the same time, though, we are called as Christians to practice gratitude to God for the bounty in our lives and to give back because "from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required" (Luke 12:48).

As we enter this process, bear in mind that a pledge is your best estimate of what you will be able to give. It is spiritually good for us to fulfill such a commitment, but it is not set in stone. If circumstances change, you can always inform the office that your giving will have to go down…or up!

Also, note a change in our campaign: as stewards of our own resources, we will be forgoing the usual brochure mailing. Instead, this year, our stewardship chair, Sara Eziuka, will offer brief, 15-minute presentations after the 8:00 service on October 22 and after 10:30 on October 8 and 22.

Pledge cards will be mailed out mid-month. We ask you to come to church on October 29 hav-ing prayed and discerned what your pledge will be and ready to fill it out in worship. (If you won't be in church that day, feel free to send or bring the pledge early.)

There is much the church is able to accomplish with our faithful donation as we practice this an-cient discipline of giving in gratitude for what God has given us.

Peace,

Pastor Ian

From the Pastor 1 Children’s Ministries 2 Youth Ministries 3 Celebrations/ 4 Calendar 5 Upcoming Events 6 Volunteers 7

Children’s Ministries

October 2017

We are now a

month into our third

year of the Whirl curric-

ulum and there are a

few awesome features

of this program that I

would like to remind

you of.

First, it is lectionary

based which means we

are hearing one of the

same readings during

Sunday School, as the

adults are hearing in

church.

Second, the sheets

that the kids come up

to church with have 7

different ideas on each

to reinforce the lesson

at home during the

week. The children’s

bulletin that we pass

out also has more ac-

tivities around the les-

son we learned.

Finally, class is

more fun with friends.

Please consider invit-

ing a friend to come to

church with you.

Parents, want to see

and hear more about

what will be happening

in Children’s worship?

The doors are always

open for you to join us.

We are split into 3

classrooms. Ages 3-

Kindergarten will be in

the room closest to the

nursery. Grades 1-2

will be in the center

room and Grades 3 - 6

will be in the room 5.

Let’s take a Whirl! Two Sons in the Vineyard

10/1

Rejection in the Vineyard

10/8

Rejoice in the Lord Always

10/15

A Question about Taxes

10/22

The Greatest Commandment

10/29

Humble and

Exalted

11/5

Ten Bridesmaids 11/12

Upcoming

Lessons

Heifer

Garden We will continue to pick

veggies as long as the garden produces

A work day to prepare the garden for winter will be announced in October

Thank you to all who have supported Heif-er Project this sum-mer. We will be choosing an animal to donate in late Octo-ber.

October 29 from 3-5pm will be hosting a Halloween Trunk or Treat for

the community. It will feature decorated trunks, goodies, food and

drinks.

To make this afternoon a great success, we need your help, a sign up

sheet will be posted outside the Chil-

dren’s Worship room, we need people

to help by decorating their car trunks

and passing out candy and trinkets (the

Children’s Worship program will pro-

vide these), directing traffic, grilling hot

dogs, serve food and clean up.

Thank you in advance for all your help.

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Octo-ber

Oct . 1

Oct. 8

Oct. 15

Oct. 22

Oct. 29

8 am

EM Pam Smith Jim Pedersen Randy Hotton Pam Smith Jim Pederson

10:30 am EM Bread

Deacon Richard Brenda Thom Deacon Richard Deacon Richard Deacon Richard

10:30 am EM 1

Jerry Rimmer

Dennis Bramigk

Erica Fulton Jamie Owen Brenda Thom

10:30 am EM 2

Monteal Rimmer

Charles Hardison Eddie Fulton Jeff Hill Darryl Conliff

10:30 am Aco-lytes

Taylor Pen-

horwood

Bradley Eziuka

Benjamin Eziuka

Ethan Fulton

Ellie Russell

Kathrine Russell

Joel Hill

Kendyl Sikorski

Elizabeth Hanoian

Kenedee Morse

Bradley Eziuka

Benjamin Eziuka

Joel Hill

Elizabeth Hanoian

Cajsa Melms

Wel-comer

Erica Fulton Deb Green Dave Anderson Sean Hanoian Angie Kelch

Wel-comer

Eddy Fulton Sue Carpenter Judy Anderson Nancy Copeland Bob Kelch

Gift-bearer

Dave Anderson Sean Hanoian Charlotte Drake Maria Conliffe Harry VanGelder

Gift-bearer

Judy Anderson Mary Hill Sharon Peters Darryl Conliffe Cheri VanGelder

Lector Charlotte Drake Judy Anderson

Altar Guild

Val Altizer

Kathie Schwark

Barb Smith

Sally MacMullan

(On Call)

Val Altizer

Kathie Schwark

Barb Smith

Sally MacMullan

(On Call)

Val Altizer

Kathie Schwark

Barb Smith

Sally MacMullan

(On Call)

Val Altizer

Kathie Schwark

Barb Smith

Sally MacMullan

(On Call)

Val Altizer

Kathie Schwark

Barb Smith

Sally MacMullan

(On Call)

Coun-ter

Jeff Hill Harry V Debra G Pat G Sean H

Coun-ter

Dave A Dennis B Jeff H Debra W Dave A

Coffee Hour Host

Emmy Keene/

Nancy Copeland Sara Eziuka

Jeannne Wilken-

son, Bonni, Patti

Cheryl Richison,

Brenda Thom

Monteal Rimmer

Priscilla Hardison

Bread Makers

Kathy Graham Kathy Graham Kathy Graham Kathy Graham Kathy Graham

OCTOBER SCHEDULE

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The Trinity Bell October 2017

LOOKING AHEAD:

Oct 1st — Cedar Woods 2:00 pm

Oct 3rd — Down River Area Deanery Mtg7:00 pm

Oct 4th — Parking Lot Repair— ALL DAY

Oct 8th — Blessing of the Pets 10:15 am

— Stewardship Presentation 12:noon

— Vestry Meeting

Oct 13th —Trinity Lounge 7:00—9:30 pm

Oct 18th — Color & Compline 6:00 pm

Oct 22nd— Stewardship Presentation 9:00 am &

12:00 noon

Oct 25th —-Building & Grounds Mtg 6:30 –7:30 pn

Oct 27th — Ramp Rebuilding

Oct 28th — Ramp Rebuilding

Oct 29th —- Pledge Ingathering Sunday.

29th —- Ramp Building 1:00 –5:00 pm

29th — Trunk or Treat 3:00 pm

Youth Ministries October 2017

The Gathering

High School Youth Group Escape Room 10/1

Class

11:45am –1pm

Youth Rooms

10/15

Trunk or Treat

3—5pm

10/29

Activity after Church TBD

11/5

Class

11:45—1pm

Youth Rooms

11/19

Activity after Church—TBD

12/10

Class

11:45—1pm

Youth Room

12/17

Important Dates

Thank You

This is a huge Thank You to Tommy Smith for adding an elec-trical outlet to one of the youth room walls that was without power!

The Gathering is a huge 3 day youth event put on by the Living Waters Minis-

tries in cooperation with the Episcopal Dioceses. The dates December 27—

30, 2017 at the Radisson Lansing. Rebellion is the theme, of this 3 days filled

with worship, small groups, service projects, speakers, music and tons of oth-

er activities. The cost is $100 for Trinity Youth and registration is due to Mar-

tha by November 1, 2017. Check out www.elcalivingwaters.com to learn

more.

After meeting with the youth and parents, some changes have been

made to the youth program. They will be meeting after church on the

first and third Sundays of the month. One week will be an activity and

the other Sunday will consist of a lesson which the teens themselves

will lead. A couple parents will be there each week as support. This is

a big responsibility that the youth are taking on to prepare to guide the

lessons each week. Youth and parents, please remember to check

your email for updates and keep the dates from the Bell handy.

Happening

Happening is open to high school youth grades 9—12 and will be held

November 17—19 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Midland, MI.

Registrations are due by November 8, and can done online at

www.edomi.org, under the youth ministries tab.

If you have already attended Happening and would like to be on team,

please contact Eric Travis.

Youth Day

The first Youth Day rally is scheduled for Saturday, October 14 at St.

Johns Royal Oak. Contact Eric Travis or watch for details at

www.edomi.org.

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The Trinity Bell October 2017

October

10-2-Reggie Miller,

10-3-Carole Wepler,

10-6-Michele Coman,

10-9-Dick Boelter,

10-12-Hunter Morse,

10-13-Paula Brown,

10-16-Reilly Penhorwood,

10-20-Chrissy Graham,

10-21-Barb Story,

10-23-Cheri Van Gelder,

10-23-Yensi Goerge,

10-24-Deborah Taylor,

10-24-Nan Reed Twiss,

10-26-Eddy Fulton, Jr.,

10-26-Tianna Richardson

10-03-Jim & Donna Budd,

10-5-Reggie and Jim Miller,

10-10-Mike and Linda Zaborowski,

10-12-Kraig & Kristyn Wilson,

10-19-Mark & Virgette Sutton

10-28-Sean & Martha Hanoian

AA meets every Monday evening at 7:00 p.m and

every Tuesday at 12 noon.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Regular

Worship

11:30 New-

comer’s

Luncheon

2 3

Downriver

Deanery

Mtg 7 Par-

4

Parking Lot

Repair all

day

5 6:00 pm

Choir

6 7

8

Regular Worship 10:15 Pet Blessing 12:00 Vestry Mtg 12:00Stewardship Presen-tation

9 10 11

10:30 Bible

Study

12

6:00 pm

Choir

13

Trinity

Lounge

14

15

Regular Wor-

ship

16 17

6:30 Listen-

ing Cam-

paing Mtg

18 10:30

Bible Study

6:00 pm Col-oring & Com-pline

19

6:00 pm

Choir

20 21

22

Regular Wor-ship 9:00 &12:00 Stewardship Presentation

23 24 25

10:30 Bible

Study

6:30 Bldg &

Grounds

26

6:00 pm

Choir

27 4:30-7:30

Ramp

Rebuilding

28

9:00-6:00

Ramp

Rebuilding

29 Pledge

Ingathering Sunday 3:00 pm Trunk or Treat 1-5:00 Ramp Rebuilding

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October 2017