Come and see this brand new ‘cowboy movie’ – written, directed and produced by Will Fraser, who is also a professional church organist in London! Set in stunning Idaho landscape, in the USA, the Cowboy Preacher explores the role of Christians in relation to what the Bible says about the environment. This is a film being shown in the Trinity Centre on Friday 1st February 7.30pm to provide a platform on which we, at Holy Trinity Meole Brace, can think about the environment from a Christian perspective. Free tickets are available from our Church website by looking at our Featured Events on the Home Page. For a preview take a look at the trailer here. Not sure whether to come? Our organiser Vicki Barnes tells you several reasons why you......

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Look up and down the people who belong at church and you’ll be amazed at some of the gifts and talents around. From master bakers to dress makers, top-class surgeons to computer wizzkids, rugby stars to cappuccino kings and queens, it’s lovely to see how people with such a variety of gifts can share their greatest passion – following Christ – together. One such person is Michael Carding, who has recently published a book of poetry. He will be launching his recently published collection, SHAPELY LINES, at Shrewsbury Library on Saturday 19th January from 11am to 2pm. This eclectic collection is sub-titled Poetry & Pattern. The poet is a mathematician and claims that his poetry has been “nurtured in the fertile bed of pattern”. There are nursery rhymes, riddles,......

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We’re just kicking off a sermon series in the 630pm congregation on the “Seven deadly sins.” I wonder what feelings the word “sin” conjures up for you? Perhaps it was once the sort of thing that might strike fear into us, to be avoided at all costs. But, in the words of one writer, it has now been turned “from a Rottweiler into a poodle.” We may greet it with a smirk, or a heavy dose of irony. “It’s naughty… but nice” we tell ourselves. For others these “sins” are to be celebrated. Lust, envy and greed sell newspapers, flog cars and get people to buy the latest yoghurt from posh supermarkets. Pride is seen as an essential element in business, family life or a nation’s psyche, whilst sloth......

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If you’ve been into Holy Trinity Church around Christmas – and I do recommend it – you might have spotted a strange tradition. A baby’s crib is at the front of church, next to the Christmas tree. And for the days leading up to Christmas the nativity characters make their way towards the crib from the back of church, “jumping” from window-sill to window-sill as they follow the star to Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph get a head start, various donkeys get there, then the shepherds and sheep. Three kings, all beautifully decked out and gifts in hand, usually aim to arrive in time for the Boxing Day sales. But last year we hit a problem. One of our wise men went missing, and only two ever made it to......

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Christmas Connect 2 has just arrived in the office, and is now ready and bundled up to ‘hit the streets’ over the next ten days. This issue has lots of details about what’s going on at Trinity Churches over the Christmas period, as well as a look at different areas of our ministry and mission. You’ll find articles on Alpha and Cafe Connect, as well as a look ahead to 2019 birthday celebrations and a look at the new housing developments springing up all over Shrewsbury. Talking of new housing, we’d love to deliver a copy of Connect 2 to every house in the parish… including new roads. Please would you help us? It makes such a difference when people can take their own road, or a nearby road,......

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Our incredible Carols by Candlelight services will be taking place again this year, Sunday 16th December – 4.30pm & 7pm at Holy Trinity Church. A great reminder of the real reason for Christmas, free mulled wine and mince pies to enjoy with family and friends afterwards as well as some spectacular music and singing. That’s where you come in. Thank you already to all those who have already signed up. We have a full orchestra but we do need some more choral singers. Are you an alto or a tenor? Why not consider taking part? We would love to see new and previous members join in to put on this event for our local community. Please get in touch via email with Elly Hughes to join the choir (elinorh@aol.com).......

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  Looking to work with people, be part of a great team, and make a difference in the local community? We’re advertising for a paid Saturday shift leader for four hours a week at Cafe Connect. For the job description please click here. For the application form in Microsoft Word please click here and for the PDF version please click here. To get more information about this wonderful ministry please email info@cafeconnect.org and one of the team will get back to you.    ...

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This year Remembrance Sunday marks one hundred years to the day since the end of the first world War. As the guns fell silent – a century on – we are joining with churches and communities all over the UK and further afield in remembering the past, honouring those affected by war, and praying for peace in the future. We are aware of at least 65 people from Meole Brace who died in WW1, and countless others who were affected by the 1914-18 conflict. You’ll see a few roads nearby with signs up on them, remembering particular names of people who lived on that road. It’s poignant to think that these were young men from our local community who lost their lives. There’s a war memorial in Holy Trinity......

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