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Announcements from the bulletin:

Carrie Barbee’s 100th birthday celebration
Martha Waltz, longtime member Carrie Barbee’s daughter, is working with Trinity to coordinate the celebration of Carrie’s 100th birthday!  Please see her note below for the celebration and how to send a card.
Dear Trinity Church Friends:
 You are all cordially invited to a party for Carrie Barbee on the occasion of her 100th Birthday! We would be so honored to have you attend our celebration. 
The reception will take place on Saturday, October 20, 2018 2-4 p.m. Please email the office for more details. Drive down for the afternoon, or drive over from the Fall Retreat at Massanetta Springs, (only 10 minutes away)! Carrie greatly enjoys company and loves and misses her Trinity Church family. 
If you cannot attend, please keep her in thought and prayer. Also, please, no presents-just your presence. We have no place and no space!  Please join us in honoring Carrie and giving thanks to God for our dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, friend, neighbor, and member of the Body of Christ.
"I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing." Psalm 37:25-26

Cards for Carrie

Our hope is that Carrie would receive 100 birthday cards for 100 years of life! We encourage you to bring a card or mail it to the church office to mail to her.

Wednesday Night Music OPEN HOUSE

Parents and children in grades 2-5 are invited to a preview of Wednesday night music on two dates: Saturday, September 22 from 10-11am or Wednesday, September 26 from 6:15-7:15pm. All sessions will be in Fellowship Hall and led by Carol Feather Martin and Robert Stocks.
Wednesday Night Music is a fast paced, fun-filled 45 minutes of singing, games, and music education with an emphasis on FUN. All children grades 2-5 are welcome. (Those younger who are interested, please contact Carol.) 

We are teaching children how to sing and engaging them in a variety of musical activities through singing games, flash cards, memory games, music literacy, boomwhackers, Orff instruments, handchimes, percussion instruments and more. This is a “small group” ministry for children which will prepare them for a richer understanding of worship and the importance of music within the context of the church community. At this time, they will not be presenting as an ensemble in worship. 
Fall sessions will begin at 6:15pm on Wednesday, October 3 and continue through November 21 in Fellowship Hall.
Questions? Email Carol.

Have you noticed? It is raining in the Narthex.
The Narthex roof is leaking. Thanks to all who put out a bucket to catch the drips in the off hours. Trinity's 25 year facility plan (thanks to all who put that together!) anticipated the unique roof design would require maintenance/repairs in 2018, so while not ideal, it's not a surprise. Facilities has been looking at options to repair the leaks, but it's not a typical job. If you would like to learn more, please come to the next Facilities meeting today, Sunday 9/16 at 12:15.  

 CROP Walk: October 13th
Join the team of Trinity Trekkers as they support this year’s Crop Walk, an annual family-friendly event that raises money to fight hunger at home and abroad. Sign-in is at 8 and walking starts at 9 at First Presbyterian Church, 601 N Vermont Street, Arlington, VA 22203. Trinity has a legacy of raising the most money among Arlington congregations. You can register by going to the Arlington Crop Walk’s home page. Contact Dan Campbell for more information.

 New Sunday Evening Worship Time

If you are unable to attend worship on Sunday morning, we invite you to join us on Sunday evening.  Beginning October 7th, Trinity will offer a 5:30pm Sunday worship service.  This casual, 45 minute service in the sanctuary will include music, prayers, scriptures, and sermon from Sunday morning worship.  On Communion Sunday Communion will be served. Music will be led by Trinity staff and guest musicians.  As always, children of all ages are welcome in worship, we will not be offering childcare at this time in the evening.

Youth enews

If you have a youth, please contact Ben to make sure you and your youth  are on the youth enews list.     Youth Group starts September 16th.    Learn more about upcoming events through the youth enews.  Please contact Ben at ben@trinityarlington.org to get on the enews list. 

Looking for adults without youth kids
We are looking for non youth parents to help at youth group events. Many of our youth leaders have kids in the youth group now and while that is OK for some of the time, it is good for the kids to experience youth group without their parents as well. 

Small Group Leaders
We need non-parent adults to join a leader group for either our High School Boys or Middle School Boys group. The job entails: 
Working with parents to secure a host house.    
Meeting with the boys once a month.      
Having fun with a scattering of serious chat. 

Sunday night Youth Group leaders
We need a non-parent adult to join the group on a weekly basis for Sunday night Youth Group at 7pm (3 Sundays a month)

Interested? Please email Ben at ben@trinityarlington.org

  October 20th—Church Retreat

Be sure to mark your calendars now for a special Trinity weekend: October 19th-21st.  Make plans now, while your calendar is empty, to come to the Trinity fall retreat in Massenetta Springs.  The school year and sports year will be in full swing, which is the perfect time to take a moment and reconnect with nature, your family, friends, and celebrate God’s love among us. 

Register for Sunday school
If you have not registered yet, do so today!  please take a couple of moments and register your child for Sunday school starting in September by clicking here.  And remember even if your child was at Sunday school every week for the past three years, please don’t assume we know that they will be coming back.  We appreciate you taking the time to help us out.  If you have any questions or problems contact Ben.