The season of Lent is upon us and Trinity Staunton offers many ways for individuals, families, and people of all ages to join together in joyful fellowship, thoughtful reflection, and meaningful worship during this time.
This page gives an overview of our Lenten Programming. You can also subscribe to our Thursday e-mail list to get news and updates as well as a download of that week’s Sunday service bulletins.
You can begin by downloading our Lenten Guide-At-A-Glance brochure (print two-sided on 8.5″ x 11″ paper).
Sunday services continue with Rite I and Holy Eucharist at 8am and Rite II and Holy Eucharist with Organ and Choir at 10:15am.
Lent 2022
Shrove Tuesday
Join us for a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper in Trinity’s fellowship room, McCracken Hall.
This festive, fun, and tasty event includes a brief presentation on our Youth Honduras Mission Trip. Any pay-what-you-will donations will go toward that trip.
Parents can also pick up a special Lent book that night — Lent and Easter: An Activities Book for Families with Children Ages 3 -10 by Pattie Ames. This book is available while supplies last. It’s also available as a PDF download. Please come and be part of the merriment and get yourself some pancakes!
Ash Wednesday
We have several times and ways for you to mark Ash Wednesday and receive the imposition of the ashes:
- 7:30am — Imposition of Ashes only
- NOON — Imposition of Ashes + Holy Eucharist w/ Choir and Organ
- 7:30am & Noon services at Trinity
- 1-2 pm, Ashes To Go, 100 block S. Church Street by Rectory
- 6pm Imposition of Ashes + Holy Eucharist. NOTE: This service only at Emmanuel Church
Lent Kick-Off & Peep Show
The Youth Children’s Ministry (YCM) hosts a Peeps Bible Diorama Contest and Lent Kick-Off on Sunday, March 6, at 9:15am in McCracken Hall. How to enter? Just form a team, choose a Bible story, and build the scene using marshmallow Peeps and miniature props in a shoebox. See Muffie Newell’s work-in-progress to the left. Need ideas? Google or visit Peeps Bible Diorama. For tips and tricks for making a Peeps diorama of tiny Biblical proportions download our Peeps Diorama Guide. All ages are welcome for this fun event! INFO: formation@trinitystaunton.org.
Special Lent Programming
Adult Formation (Middle School Youth-Adults)
Sundays 9:15-10am
Feb. 27-May 8 (no session on Palm Sunday or Easter)
Using videos, reading, and discussion, we’ll explore The Way of Love: Practices for a Jesus-Centered Life. Drawn from the Episcopal Church’s intentional commitment to a set of Christ-centric practices, we’ll delve into following Jesus through these seven anchoring ideas: Turn, Learn, Pray, Worship, Bless, Go, Rest.
Women of Faith (WOF)
Wednesdays 11am–NOON
Beginning March 9, and running for five weeks of Lent, we’ll meet in person again in the Foster Room of the Parish House while also using Trinity’s outdoor labyrinth. WOF will experience Lent through the Bible and meditative walking practices around the book A Labyrinth Year: Walking the Seasons of the Church. All women and their friends are welcome. No preparation required and you don’t need to buy the book.
Children’s Formation
Children’s Formation returns to in-person meetings beginning Sunday, March 13, from 9:15-10am. Kids meet on the lower level of the Parish House:
- Godly Play (PreK – 1st grade).
- Growing in the Gospel (2nd-5th grade).
- Nursery available 9am-NOON.
Numbering Our Days
Lent is the perfect time to pause for reflection and to take the time to address significant life issues in depth.
That’s why the Stewardship Committee is offering Numbering Our Days; A Reflective and Practical Lenten Series on Responsible Financial Management, a 5-part series to help you be faithful stewards of God’s bounty as it relates to your financial life.
Dates and times are on the poster and available as a PDF download for your fridge, to share with others, or to post on bulletin boards.
This series is free and open to the public. Childcare is available. REGISTER/RESERVE CHILDCARE: admin1746@trinitystaunton.org.
Tuesdays at Trinity
Inside Out Movie Nights
Begins March 8
Tuesdays at Trinity are back beginning the week after Shrove Tuesday and our Pancake Dinner (see above).
Join us starting March 8 for dinner and fellowship at 6pm. Each week at 6:30 we’ll watch part of the Pixar movie Inside Outand then share a discussion.
Inside Out follows Riley as she experiences a range of emotions through changes and stress. The movie helps normalize a range of emotions that children and adults (the inner child) may experience when life is difficult. For all ages. Come for any/all session(s).
Parent Breathing Room is open during Tuesdays at Trinity.
Questions?
We hope you’ll join us for any or all of these programs and services.
If you have any questions about our Lent programming please feel free to email us.
— Lindsay Curren, Communications Director, Trinity Episcopal Church of Staunton
