Weekly Highlights & Announcements

***SUNDAYS IN-PERSON AND ONLINE ***
Go to our Sunday Information Page for Service Information

SERVICE BASICS:

• In-Person & Online 9:00 a.m. Contemporary & In-Person only 11:00 a.m. Traditional
• Online Attendance Card
• Online Giving
• Links for all our Sunday information: Our Beacon Landing Page
  

UPCOMING EVENTS & DEADLINES:

• Connect the Hope
  • Makerspace Information: Attend a Makerspace class to connect and share hope by building Spiritual Friendships!
  • Wednesday Night Dinner: The Wednesday Night Dinner is planned to resume September 13. Tom Church has stepped up to be the WND coordinator and is looking for volunteers to be on the Wednesday Night Dinner team. Contact Tom with your interest and willingness.
• Grow in Hope
  • Bible Study Opportunities:
    • 3rd Monday at 7:00 p.m., Men’s in Sacred Grounds (at Panera Bread)
    • Mondays at 7:00 p.m., Women’s in Room 3 (returns Sept 11)
    • Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m., Women’s via Zoom (Returned in Aug)
    • Thursdays at 10:00 a.m., Conference Room; 6:30 p.m., Room 2
• Share the Hope
  • UMCOR: To help those devastated by wildfires in Maui, donations can be made out to Trinity that will go to UMCOR, (United Methodist Committee On Relief). 100% of donations to UMCOR go for relief efforts. Mark your donation, “UMCOR-Maui.”
    New mission outreach: Used backpacks are being collected in the Breezeway for the homeless. Check out the display.
    Seed Packets: Thank you for your donations of seed packets in connection with Milford First UMC. Collection has ended and will
    resume next spring. Thanks to Amy Dunham for transporting the seeds.
  • Backpack Mission outreach: Used backpacks are being collected in the Breezeway for the homeless. Check out the display.
  • Seed Packets: Thank you for your donations of seed packets in connection with Milford First UMC. Collection has ended and will resume next spring. Thanks to Amy Dunham for transporting the seeds.
  • Milford Miami Ministry:
    • August items to donate: Canned vegetables; feminine care products
    • Request for donations of new or used Bibles to provide for clients, they can be brought to the church office marked for MMM.
    • The Milford Meijer Simply Give Campaign runs through Sat, Sep 30. Double match day is Sat, Sept 9.
    • Eastside Christian Church is having a craft fair on September 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
      • Booth rentals are benefiting MMM.
  • Pill Bottles Collection: The pill bottles we collect for Matthew 25 Ministries must have all the labels removed completely, not just blacked out, including store bought bottles, or they cannot be sent. If you cannot remove the labels, please do not bring the bottles.

• Tender Mercies is served the first Sunday of each month. More volunteers are needed in the coming months to help prepare and serve the meal. You can sign up in the sign-up notebook in the hallway or contact Martin Carey at missions@trinitymilford.org. The recipients at Tender Mercies are very appreciative for what Trinity provides, and this is an important part of our outreach.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Missions: The laundromat outreach has returned. Donations can be designated as such, or you can place donations in the box on the information table located in the hallway just before the Breezeway.
• Altar flowers sign-up for Sunday worship is available in the notebook on the table in the hallway just before the Breezeway. The flowers are yours to take after the services.
• Trinity “clings” ($1) and reusable grocery bags ($3) are available for donations. They are available in the copy machine office. Donations should be put in the lock box on the wall next to the copy machine.

COMING UP:

• 09/04 Labor Day
  • Office Closed
• 09/10 Grandparent’s Day
• 09/12 Anna Circle
• 09/16 CPR/AED Training Class 9a
  • Makerspace Fall Sign Class 1p
  • Hoewdowners 6:30p
• 09/16 M-Squad
• 09/21 Makerspace Glass Etching Class 7p

ON GOING CLASSES: (Contact the Office for more information)

• Ed Fisher’s Sunday School class is meeting at 9:30 a.m. in Room 4/6. 
• Children’s Programs: 
  • Nursery care during both services and in between services.
  • Children’s Praise and Play, Preschool – 6th grade, are invited to join a children’s lesson with the Sunday School team.
• Youth Programs: 
  • Youth Ministry 5th – 12th grades.
  • Our Youth Ministry is God centered, Mission minded. Meetings are typically on Sunday evenings. Contact: Jennifer Flores, Youth@TrinityMilford.org Regular Meetings meet at Trinity 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. (Runs during the school year)
• Trinity Milford Community Group on Facebook! We would love for you to join and help us provide HOPE and SUPPORT throughout the Milford Community. Facebook.com/groups/trinitymilfordcommunity
• Good Monday Morning, (Most) Mondays at 9:30 a.m. on our Facebook page. (on hiatus)
• Men’s Group: Meeting Monday’s 7:00 p.m. in Sacred Grounds (in Trinity’s Sunday School Wing).
• Women’s Bible Studies: One group meets Monday’s 7:00 p.m. in Trinity’s Parlor and second meets Tuesday Mornings on Zoom.

COLLECTIONS & OUTREACH:

• UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief) is providing relief efforts to those affected by natural disasters and COVID-19. If you would like to donate, make your donation out to Trinity and mark it UMCOR with the specific disaster to which you would like it applied. Trinity will gather those donations and send them together. Know that 100% of your donations to UMCOR go to the relief efforts.
• Milford Miami Ministry (MMM):
  • Accepting any donations of non-perishable items. Any items are greatly appreciated.
• Aluminum Can Recycling:
  • One way we honor God by taking care of His creation is by recycling aluminum cans. 100% of the money generated goes to the mission fund. (and the price is up!) We appreciate all who deposit their bagged cans in the marked dumpster near the Fellowship Hall door.
• Tender Mercies: First Sunday of each month. Last month we were able to feed over 50 people!
• 2023 Sanctuary Flower signed up book: The Altar flowers will be $35.00 and the Chancel flowers will be $25.00, prices set by the florist. The Chancel flowers can only be signed up for after the Altar flowers are.

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Our vision is to be:
“A Christ-centered community providing HOPE and
SUPPORT where everyone is accepted.”