Christmas at Trinity
People tell us that Christmas at Trinity Lime Rock is an experience to be treasured. It is a time when our whole community comes together and celebrates -- each in our own way -- the Birth of our Lord.
In sequence, here's how the preparations for Christmas play out in a typical year:
- In early Advent, our young people begin preparations for their Christmas Pageant. More about that later!
- Likewise, in early Advent, our Choir begins preparations for the special music that has been a highlight of the Christmas season at Trinity for many years. More about that later, too!
- Around the same time, our Outreach team begins to plan for ways that we can make Christmas happier for people in our own community than they might otherwise be able to have.
- The third Sunday of Advent, we bless the gifts collected within the parish to be distributed in our community, and we undertake a Trinity tradition: Greening of the Church.
- The fourth Sunday of Advent, our young people present their Christmas Pageant. While there's an entire section of this website devoted to Christmas Pageants at Trinity -- and it's a very popular section as well -- we should say a bit more about it here.
Trinity's Christmas Pageant began back in the dark days of World War II, in 1942, when the priest in charge of Trinity decided that a Christmas Pageant might be a tonic for this struggling little parish church during very difficult times. He was correct, and the young people's Christmas Pageant has been a tradition ever since.
- Following the Christmas Pageant, our choir goes out caroling. In 2007 we sang for the residents of Wangum Village in North Canaan, and for the residents of the Alzheimer's Unit of Geer.
- On Christmas Eve, we go into high gear. In 2007, our Choir presented a well-attended concert at 4:30 PM, followed by a Festal Eucharist at 5.
- At 10 PM, a traditional Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist was celebrated.
- On Christmas, we honor the day with a Holy Eucharist at 9 AM.
Here's a short video from our 65th annual Christmas Pageant.
Here are some links to Christmas-related pages on this website:
to see our main Christmas Pageant page
to see our Outreach page
to see our main Music page
to see our Flower Committee page
for information about where we are and how to get
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