Community Church

The Community Church Newsletter for April 25, 2021, is now available.

Today’s newsletter highlights Kaia Ellis, the financial director at Holy Trinity. She’s one of our newest staff members, and it’s fun to learn more about Kaia and her family.

The Creation Care Team has created a brochure that I’ve attached to this email. It can be printed and brought to the store when you’re shopping for replacement LED bulbs. Read about the 10,000 LED Light Bulb Campaign and other Earth Day opportunities in today’s newsletter.

Holy Trinity’s new website is live! Lots of time and planning went into this (and it’s still being tweaked). Check it out when you have a chance: www.htlcmpls.org.

The Community Church Newsletter for April 18, 2021, is now available.

Today we kick off a new segment in which you can learn more about the staff at Holy Trinity. Staff members have been asked to write about themselves, including information that isn’t available on our website. In today’s newsletter, Ann Schrooten provides stories from her past that you will all enjoy.

The Creation Care Team reminds us that Earth Day is April 22, but there are events happening prior to that day. We will highlight some over the next few weeks.

The Community Church Newsletter for April 11, 2021, is now available. In today’s newsletter, you hear from Brenda Blackhawk, Minneapolis Area Synod’s Congregational Organizer for Racial Justice. She writes about her grandmother and the Indian Boarding Schools her grandmother was forced to attend.

The Community Church Newsletter for April 4, 2021, is now available.

Kris Christians shares her personal Palm Sunday procession in today’s newsletter. It’s really moving.

You’ll also find the schedule for Holy Week. The Zoom link for the service on Maundy Thursday was sent Saturday to all who receive worship video links and updates from Ingrid. She will send the information again prior to Thursday’s service. If you do not receive emails with worship video links from Ingrid, and you would like to, contact me and I’ll add you to that list.

The worship staff has worked hard to create worship videos for Holy Week. I hope you all get a chance to worship with Holy Trinity throughout this most holy of weeks.

The Community Church Newsletter for March 28, 2021, is now available. Holy Trinity’s Equity Team has provided an update. They have done lots of work around institutional racism and have created ways to (start to) address racism at Holy Trinity.

In the newsletter, you’ll see a small picture with our new Black Lives Matter flag. Here’s a video that’s waaaayyyy better. (Thanks, Katie Schroeder!)

The Public Voice and Organizing Committee has put out their spring newsletter. You can read it here.

The Community Church Newsletter for March 21, 2021, is now available. In today’s newsletter, Libby Olstad talks about the ACTION ( A Commitment to Inclusion in Our Neighborhoods) Project. The project was created and administered by Rev. Jia Starr Brown of First Covenant in Minneapolis. It sounds like the group is doing really important work.

There’s an opportunity to register for a 3-part course with Scott McCrae. It starts Tuesday, March 16, so if you’re interested, you’ll need to act quickly.

The Community Church Newsletter for March 14, 2021, is now available. In today’s newsletter, you can learn about Mother St. James AME Church, another organization to whom we’ve given money. They have a very long history in Minneapolis.

The Community Church Newsletter for February 28, 2021, is now available. This week you can learn about Exodus Lending, another partner organization to whom Holy Trinity is donating money. Sara Nelson-Pallmeyer, executive director of Exodus Lending, will be on MPR Tuesday, February 23, at 11:00 a.m. Tune in to mpr.org to learn more from Sara.

You can read more about Lent. Lent worship videos will be sent on Wednesdays. The videos will also be posted on our website.

There are a few community opportunities. Spread the news about AARP taxes. If you are aged 50 or older, or if you have low to moderate income, AARP will prepare your taxes for free. They are preparing taxes in a COVID-safe way.

And spread the word about the Minnesota Vaccine Connector. It’s easy to sign up, and you will receive information about when and where you can get vaccinated.

In today’s newsletter, you can read about the Council on American-Islamic Relations, another organization Holy Trinity chose to give money to. There’s also a link to the fourth and final Zoom session of the Reparations: An Introduction and a Challenge discussion series. Use the link from the newsletter (it’s different than the one from last week).

Today’s newsletter can be viewed here. At the annual meeting yesterday, the congregation passed the Stepping Out in Faith recommendations, which means we will be handing out money to 8 of our community partners. The first of the 8 are “showcased” in today’s newsletter. Because the organizations were listed in alphabetical order, today you can learn a bit about the American Indian Community Development Council.

You’ll see links to Pastor Angela on Good Morning, America, some opportunities to sign up/RSVP for events, and links to discussions and events from the past week. There’s a lot to keep you busy!