Please keep all of the coastal communities in your prayers as they continue to clean up and recover from  Hurricane Ike's devastation.

The Diocese of Texas has set up a special fund to collect donations for response to Hurricane Ike in the diocese.  Please see www.epicenter.org for an online donation form or send a check to: EDOT, 1225 Texas Ave., Houston, TX 77002 marked Hurricane Ike Relief.

 All laity in response to our baptismal promises are called upon to make our churches safe places for all God's children.   Safeguard God's Children training will be held at Trinity on Sunday, September 28 immediately after the 10:30 AM service and repeated on Monday, September 29 at 9:00 AM.  If you have not been trained, please sign up for one of the sessions and be a vital part of making a difference in the lives of our children.  Questions may be addressed to The Rev. Richard Pelkey at 830.693.2822 or Penny Miller, 830.598.8261.

The meaning of stewardship is at heart a matter of trust.  Life is given to us in trust and in return we trust God with our lives.  Our common bond is the discovery of new life that awaits us when we dare to offer ourselves to God in trust.  May the Holy Spirit so touch our lives that we will learn to trust God with our time and talent and treasure, and so discover the abundant life.  (An excerpt from "Stewards of Trust" by The Rev. Denis M. O'Pray)

The groundbreaking for a playground occured Sunday, with children turning the first spade of sand.  This project has been in the planning stages for two years and will be a memorial to Corporal Mathew Matula.  Corporal Matula's parents, Toni and Matt Matula attend Trinity and his daughter Mackenzie is a frequent visitor at Trinity.