Pentecost Sunday May 11
This year’s Pentecost Offering will be taken next Sunday, May 11, 2008. The Pentecost Offer-ing provides a way to directly meet the needs of children at risk, youth, and young adults. Congregations are trying new ways to minister with the children at risk in their communities general assembly programs are advocating for children and providing leadership develop-ment opportunities for our youth and young adults. This year, forty percent of the offering receipts are retained by the local congregation and sixty percent is forwarded to PCUSA General Assembly ministries.

Paul and Company
Sunday May 18th at 11:15 worship service: Join the Covenant Choir and Joyfull Sing as they recount the story of Paul's second missionary journey as recorded in the book of Acts. Excerpts presented at the 9:00 service (Contemporary Worship) in Calvin Hall.

Rehearsal Schedule Change for Jubilate Ringers and Jubilate Deo
We are moving rehearsal to Monday night beginning this week. On May 5,12, and 19, re-hearsals for Jubilate Ringers will begin at 7:30 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. Jubilate Deo will rehearse from 8:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. For the last rehearsal we will go back to Wednesday; May 26, with the same times as Monday. Please mark your calendars regarding these changes.

The Worship and Music Ministry Team …
Will hold their May meeting on Thursday, May 15, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lewis Room. Your input is important as the Ministry Team prepares to evaluate what is working and what could be done better in worship at Trinity. Please contact Pat McCreary for more information.

Light a Candle For a Loved One
Shannon Upton is a member of “FC Erasers—Erase the Trace of Cancer,” and is raising funds for Relay for Life. Relay for Life is sponsored by the American Cancer Society to find a cure for cancer. Shannon will be in the Narthex today (March 4) between 9:15 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. to sell luminaries in honor of a loved one or a friend, or to receive any donations to the cause. Luminaries will be lit on May 31 during the all night relay event. You can see Shannon for more information or visit: www.FallsChurch Relay.org. Select: Donate To A Team, FC Erasers, Shannon Upton. Thanks for your consideration.

Music at Midday, at National City Christian Church
Our own Carol Feather Martin will be joined by Mr. Terry Sisk for a program of piano and organ works at National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle, Washington, DC, Thursday, May 22, 2008, 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. They will be performing works to include Benjamin Britten’s Playful Pizzicato from “Simple Symphony (piano duet), Images (2000) by Joe Utter-back (a jazz suite for organ and piano), and The Stars and Strips Forever by John Philip Sousa. You are all invited to attend.

The Outreach Ministry Invites …
All new members — those who have joined since March, 2006 — to join us for a TGIF dinner at Gil & Gail Kleins’s home on Friday, May 16, 2008. Please RSVP to Gil. We look forward to seeing you there!

Christmas in April - A Job Well Done
Forty people from Trinity participated in this year’s Christmas in April project on Saturday, April 26. Our work will go a long way to help our neighbor, Mr. Bob Rainey, remain in his home. The MSM ministry recognizes all who served on what turned out to be a glorious day.

Impacted by Cancer — Now or in the Past?
The Falls Church community is hosting a “Relay for Life” event at George Mason High School on May 31. This is a fund raiser for the American Cancer Society. Dana and Shannon Upton and local schools are involved with the event. If you are interested in joining the fun, starting a team, or purchasing a luminary to be lit in memory of a friend or loved one, you can contact them or visit www.fallschurchrelay.org for more information on how you can contribute. It would be great to have teams from the church on the field during the all night event. If you are a cancer survivor, we would enjoy you attending the survivor reception and walk early that evening. We are also looking for businesses to sponsor or form teams.

Make a Moment for Mission Presentation
Looking to schedule a Moment for Mission in the worship services? Your new contact person is Lisa Toews-Daugherty. The Worship & Music Ministry asks that your Moment be no more than two minutes long, that you schedule a speaker for each of the three services, and that you provide the pastors with the Moment for Mission text in case a speaker cannot make a service.