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HEADLINES ​@ TRINITY Moving into May! More events added!

There's so much happening this month at Trinity that we've added a special section to this edition of Trinity Essentials! And this week we've added even more events to the calendar!

Scroll down to read all about it! Trinity, there is a place for you.

Transformative Tenure Following a tenure of 2 1/2 years as Treasurer to Trinity Episcopal Church, Chandler Van Voorhis has, in a planned transition, stepped down and handed the Treasurer baton to Chase Rowan, formerly Assistant Treasurer. During his time-ofservice Chandler has been instrumental in leading the transformation of all aspects of financial management at Trinity, and he leaves a great

legacy and our finances in great shape for the future. Thank you, Chandler, for your ministry at Trinity which is greatly valued ... and thank you, and welcome to Chase Rowan, our new Treasurer.

Call for Volunteers With Memorial Day weekend five weeks away, we anticipate welcoming over a thousand visitors to Trinity’s campus and our community as we celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the Hunt Country Stable Tour.

While Trinity Church organizes the Hunt Country Stable Tour, it is hosted by the entire community and relies on the generosity of farm owners, horse trainers, equine professionals, and volunteers. This is where you can HELP. We invite YOU to play a pivotal role in ensuring that this year's Stable Tour is nothing short of extraordinary by becoming a VOLUNTEER. The Hunt Country Stable Tour represents a central part of our Outreach mission as we support our community and world through the outcome of this event. If you can volunteer, please fill out the Volunteer Form. If you are unable to volunteer but would like to be a Patron of the Hunt Country Stable Tour, we welcome your donation. Let us all celebrate the renewal of the Hunt County Stable Tour together.

If you want to be part of this exciting event, please reach out to us directly or fill out our volunteer form. ​Volunteer and/or donate directly to HCST via the buttons below: VOLUNTEER

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65th Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour Saturday May 25th and Sunday May 26th Memorial Day Weekend 1 ​ 0 am – 4 pm each day

Trinity Thrift & Boutique Volunteers Needed!

Trinity Thrift & Boutique would like to make a big splash at the Hunt Country Stable Tour! But... to do so, we need your offers of help at the store at any times between 10:00am and 4:00pm on Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th. All our usual volunteers are out of town with just our manager available! Please help by volunteering to Chloe here.

THIS WEEKEND @ TRINITY There will be a meeting of the Trinity Outreach Committee this Sunday, May 5th, 9:00am, at Peard House, Parlor. For more information, please contact Melissa Saunders here.

Join us this Sunday as we continue to reflect on the truth of the resurrection of Jesus for each of our lives. This week we are reminded that at the heart of everything is God's love for us and that we are to show and share that with each other.

Worship, Easter 6: 8:00am Eucharist, Traditional language 10:15am Trinity Kids, Cox Hall 10:15am Trinity Tots, Nursery 10:30am Choral Eucharist 5:00pm Celtic Evening Prayer & Eucharist Jesus said to his disciples, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

John 15: 9-12

We have two very special Coffee Hour times this Sunday @ Trinity, hosted by our Hunt Country Stable Tour Planning Group. Come along for delicious coffee and brunch snacks and to find out more about what's in store for The Hunt Country Stable Tour 2024!

8:45am, Sunday May 5th, Cox Hall, @ Trinity.

11:30am, Sunday May 5th, Cox Hall, @ Trinity.

All are welcome! Trinity, there is a place for you.

THIS WEEK ​@ A GLANCE

Download & print a copy of the weekly calendarhere

MOVING INTO MAY

@ TRINITY !

Tickets are now on sale for the 2024 Hunt Country Stable Tour! ​The Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour is BACK this year!!

Make your plans now for Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday May 25th & Sunday May 26th.

Join us on the 65th Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour for a day filled with equestrian elegance, rural charm, and the timeless beauty of Hunt Country!

Whether you're a seasoned rider, a horse enthusiast, ​or simply captivated by the grace of these magnificent animals, this event promises something for everyone!

Tickets are now available at here ... or use this handy QR code to take you straight to the webpage to get your tickets!

HCST supports ministries at Trinity, locally, nationally & internationally, We look forward to welcoming you!

There will be a meeting of the Hunt Country Stable Tour Planning Group this coming Tuesday, May 7th, 5:30pm Peard House, Parlor. See you there!

Alpha News! - We're continue to have a really great time of sharing, learning, discussion, and prayer at The Alpha Course, each Wednesday, 5:30pm, at Middleburg Community Center. Join us for a special "Holy Spirit" Alpha Retreat Day on Saturday May 11th, 8:30am - 2:30pm, at Meadowkirk, Snickersville Turnpike. Names and number for lunch to Amy Smith please. E-Mail here.

Our Tree of Life Meal Service takes place again on

Thursday May 16th, 3:00pm, at Cox Hall (Kitchen).

Offers to help with food preparation and donations of cornbread and/or cookies to Jim Gemmer here.

Please pray about how you can support and get involved with this excellent ministry to provide a community meal to around 65 people most in need of our love and support. Thank you.

Saturday May 18th, 8:00am, Cox Hall, @ Trinity - Men's Breakfast.

The men of Trinity gather for food & fellowship and welcomes Josh Rogers, who will talk about his work with Rural Compassion, a non-profit, humanitarian ministry organization, purposing to bring hope to people living in rural America.

Rural Compassion partners with rural churches so they can enhance their presence and help strengthen their communities.

All are welcome! Let Gray Coyner know you're coming along here so we can get you breakfast!

Join us for a very special Tea & Conversation event on a very special day! Pentecost Sunday, May 19th. C.S. Lewis & The Holy Spirit.

See the image for all the details. All are welcome!

Trinity, there's a place for you.

Join us to celebrate Pentecost Sunday on May 19th when the first disciples and followers of Jesus received the gift of the Holy Spirit and when the church was born! Worship is at 8:00am, 10:30am & 5:00pm, We invite everyone to wear something red to church - the color of Pentecost, representing the flames that danced over the disciples as they received the gift of the Spirit.

Our 10:30am Pentecost service of the Eucharist on 5/19 will be followed by a very special Coffee Hour being hosted at the West Pavillion, by the Trinity Church Cemetery Committee. This will include a celebration of the work of Mr. Mayo Brown long time member of the Trinity Church Cemetery Committee. A plaque has been erected in his honor at the West Pavillion to give thanks for his tireless and faithful service and commitment to this ministry.

Choir's Out! The final Trinity Church Choir practice of the season will take place on Thursday, May 23rd, 7:00pm. The full choir will sing for the last time for this season on Sunday, May 26th, before taking a well deserved summer break. Thank you so much to our choir and Director of Music Ministries & Organist, and our

Music Associate, Noah Wager, for a truly magnificent year of amazing church music!

A smaller number of our resident choir members will continue to sing at our 9:00am Eucharist service through the summer months.

Sunday, 26th May promises to be a very special day in the life of Trinity Church! It's Trinity Sunday, the name day, or Patronal Festival of our church and we've got some very special things happening. We invite all the Trinity family and friends to be part of them!

So what do you need to know?

We join together for worship at 9:00am. This will be the sole morning service on this day.

We will be joined by our guest preacher & celebrant, The Rt. Rev. Ted Gulick, Assisting Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. Bishop Gulick will, God willing, Confirm or Receive over 20 people during a joyful celebration of the Holy Eucharist! Thanks be to God. We ask all the Trinity family to make an extra effort to be present to support and welcome the newest members of the church and to celebrate God's continued blessings of growth on the church here.

This service will be followed by a special Trinity Sunday Breakfast, at Cox Hall, 10:30am.

Fueled by a delicious breakfast @ Trinity we invite you to spend your day at the 2024 Hunt Country Stable Tour visiting local farms and stables for a fascinating insight into equestrian life in our communities... And by joining the tour you'll be helping to raise money for our Trinity Ministry programs - Outreach and In Reach - to support our work in the local community, nationwide, and across the world. Visit our webpage here for full information. ... And we'll close the day with a party! Join us for our traditional Trinity Sunday Grill & Picnic - our first grill of the summer season and always a very popular event! All are welcome! More information to follow soon!

See you there! Trinity, there is a place for you.

Please be aware that the Trinity Church Offices will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday May 27th, reopening on Tuesday May 28th, 9:00am.

Foxcroft School will hold its annual Baccalaureate Ceremony here at Trinity on Thursday, May 30th, 8:00pm.

We warmly welcome them to Trinity for this very special occasion!

NOTICE BOARD ​@ TRINITY Are you having a spring clean at home?!

Bring along your donations to Trinity Thrift & Boutique! We need your best donations to sell at The Hunt Country Stable Tour Weekend when we're expecting lots of eager customers!

Donations can be brought to the shop between 10:00am - 2:00pm each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

We are especially in need of women's accessories - especially bags and purses - and all women's clothing. Thank you. See our donations guide here.

In the first of a bi-weekly series of articles our partners at Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW) share news of their work at Trinity funded by a generous development grant from the Lambert Foundation.

Working with the representatives of the Trinity Vestry and the Outdoor Sanctuary Committee NBW are working through the fall on a planned program of research to inform a landscape vision for the Back-Thirty. Consultations with the Trinity family and those who use and enjoy our campus will follow later this summer, but in the meantime, we'll be sharing regular updates about the exciting work that's happening behind the scenes. Here they introduce themselves and their work here...

This spring marks a journey to rebirth for the 30 acres of field, forest, and stream behind Trinity Episcopal Church. With the purpose of strengthening the connection between the church community and the natural gifts around it, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW) has been invited to develop a landscape vision for enhancing the ecological health and encouraging social engagement with this land.

NBW (www.nbwla.com) was established in Charlottesville, Virginia and has offices in New York, NY and Houston, TX. As a leading voice in the profession

of landscape architecture , NBW embodies principles of environmental stewardship, historic preservation of cultural landscapes, and design excellence. The firm approaches each project with wonder and audacity, reimagining the built environment as a meaningful space that fosters a sense of stewardship in all.

The varied backgrounds of their staff include the fields of landscape architecture, anthropology, ecology, economics, philosophy, art, and architectural and art history. This broad knowledge base is the essence of the firm’s collective creativity, the spark that inspires the design process, and is essential to meeting that mission of connecting people to the lands around them both physically and emotionally.

Now, through three, three-month phases (a total of nine months), the NBW team will craft a holistic design for the 30 acres that reflects the beauty and history of Trinity Episcopal Church’s main structures and garden as well as the traditions of its community and ecological context. The first of these three-month phases is Research & Discovery, a crucial and enlightening part of the firm’s process. Here, the team works to unearth the social and ecological history and composition of the land, informing design pathways and opportunities. The next phase will be three months of amplified dialog between NBW and the church leaders and representatives, exploring the needs and desires for the space. During this phase, design options will be discussed and narrowed down until the stage is set for the last three-month period.

It is during those final three months that the design concept for Trinity Episcopal Church’s 30-acres will be refined and finalized into a comprehensive landscape plan that will guide the management and uses of the land for decades to come. We have gotten to know the team and can already see that each team member is applying their craft and knowledge in ways that will ultimately provide spaces for worship, meditation, education, and stewardship of the historic Trinity Episcopal Church and its devoted community.

It'll soon be that time of the year for Summer Camps! CMSP are excited to share details of their Summer 2024 Chamber Music & Orchestra Camp @ Trinity...

Advanced notice that we'll be hosting another great Vacation Bible School this summer @ Trinity!

Mark the dates on your calendar now! Monday 15th to Friday 19th July 2024 here at Trinity.

Booking information to follow soon!

Please be aware of the following important information concerning access to areas of the Trinity Church Campus: HVAC works are now in full progress in

the basement of Cox Hall. The basement is closed to everyone except the contractors from 8:00am each Monday to 5:00pm each Friday. Do not enter this area.

CMSP Staff and music lessons have been relocated to other locations on the Trinity Campus during these days and times. You can find CMSP staff based temporarily at the Trinity Church Office.

Cox Hall basement will continue to be open each weekend, especially for use by Trinity Kids and the Church Choir, each Sunday morning.

However, please note that access to the basement on weekends is only via the staircase from the main floor level vestibule.

The back (kitchen) stairs are closed off, and the basement access via the Breezeway steps is also closed - both are closed for the duration of the works, through mid-June 2024.

The church (sanctuary) basement remains closed for reinstatement and plumbing works to be completed. No access is permitted to these areas at any time.

Thank you for your full cooperation with these requirements which are in place for your own safety and the safety of others.

Will you support the 2024 Trinity Hunt Country Stable Tour with a donation to help us defray costs and thereby helping to ensure that as much income as possible goes directly to support Trinity Ministries?

Fr. Jonathan writes and asks each of us to consider a donation, however large or small your support would be gratefully received and would make a big difference!

Read Fr. Jonathan's letter in full here.

Please note that both our Senior and Junior Wardens have new e-mail addresses as follows: Brett Bibb, Senior Warden: seniorwarden@trinityupperville.org Jonathan Catherwood, Junior Warden: juniorwarden@trinityupperville.org Please amend/update your e-mail address books. Thank you.

Please look out for Renew & Restore letters which have been sent to many of our generous givers recently.

We are so grateful to those who read our appeal in Trinity Essentials and responded magnificently and brought forward or brought up to date their pledge

payments! Please will you join them? These are vital at an exceptionally expensive time for Renew & Restore as we undertake some of the largest and most costly renewal and repair projects at Trinity.

You can help by making Renew & Restore pledge payments each and every month here.

If you have 2023 pledge payments outstanding we'd be really grateful if you could bring them up to date as soon as possible. Givers will be receiving a written reminder during the next few weeks.

If you've committed to make a 2024 annual gift, we'd love to talk to you about scheduling that for some time soon. Call Sophia Mirra, Director of Finance & Stewardship if you can help with this. 540.592.3343, Your help and support is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

We've introduced services of both Morning and Evening Prayer at Trinity as follows: Each Monday: Morning Prayer, 9:00am Each Monday: Evening Prayer, 4:45pm Each Thursday: Morning Prayer, 9:00am.

Each Thursday: Evening Prayer, 4:45pm.

This short, spoken service takes place in the side chapel of Trinity Church and lasts no longer than 15 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and take part.

If (as occasionally will happen) no one from the staff team is available to lead these times of prayer please continue by using the simple one-page, laminated guide which you'll find left in the side chapel at all times. This will guide you through the sections of this short service and includes page numbers and information on how to locate the scripture readings for the day.

We hope that these additional times of prayer will help to further bring a sense of focus for God's work here and to provide a rhythm to daily life and work at Trinity, which is not only a place of worship and pilgrimage for many, but a place of work, and home to several people who live on campus.

We apologies for the additional speakers and wires now in place in the church (they will remain in place for some time to come). Our sound system (which was already scheduled for a major upgrade) has failed and we have a temporary system in place until a new installation is complete.

If you would like to help towards the costs of the new sound system please give to our Renew & Restore capital campaign here. We continue to invite your support and gifts to our capital campaign as further projects are added to the list of works that are required here at Trinity, and as

costs continue to rise. If you have yet to make a gift to Renew & Restore please give today! Thank you.

Are you All-In @ Trinity for 2024?

All-In for Stewardship is our 2024 Stewardship Campaign @ Trinity!

Everyone will have received a pledge information pack either in person at church or through the mail.

We're asking everyone to return a completed 2024 pledge form as soon as possible so that we can begin 2024 with certainty and confidence in our annual budget. Please note that we still need you to complete a new 2024 Pledge Form even if you have simply rolled on your automated online giving over from 2023. Thank you.

In your pack you'll find a reflection from Fr. Jonathan on what it might mean to be "All-In" at Trinity; some great testimonials from some of our generous givers; amazing facts and figures about the difference your giving is making here; a helpful article looking at what is actually means to "make a pledge"; and a step-by-step guide to Pushpay our online church giving and management system.

You can read your digital copy of our All-in for Stewardship brochurehere.

You can make your 2024 pledge online, in writing, or in person. Make your pledge here and make sure you're all in at Trinity for 2024!

Trinity, there is a place for you.

Look out for our new style welcome cards which you'll find in each pew and at the back of the church. If you're new at Trinity, please complete a card and place it in the offering plate or hand it to one of our church greeters as you leave the service. That way we can connect with you and formally welcome you and your family to Trinity and answer any questions you might have.

Trinity, there is a place for you.

We're pleased to announce that we're now able to accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express card payments at the Parish Office for payment of general goods and services.

Please note that this does not concern financial gifts and giving which should continue to be given in the usual ways, if at all possible, using our online PushPay service. Thank you.

Please e-mail Trinity Village here

Opening hours at Trinity Thrift & Boutique are: Friday, Saturday.

Sunday, 10:00am—2:00pm.

Every cent of profit goes direct to the Trinity Church Outreach fund, to support those most in need in our communities.

We’re excited to announce that the Trinity Thrift & Boutique Shop now accepts your debit/credit card payments.

You can now e-mail Trinity Thrift & Boutique directly

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items to donate? We urgently need handbags/pocketbooks, jewelry, mirrors, framed art, patio/deck furniture. ​Call Chloe on 703-328-1811.

Lots of great, new, high-quality furniture now in stock. Come in this weekend to view!

​Your financial gifts are essential for the life and ministry of Trinity Church.

Please give generously and make a real and lasting difference to our work Give here today, and select pledges to make a regular or one-off gift. ​Thank you.

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