{"id":24430,"date":"2022-12-17T09:01:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=24430"},"modified":"2022-12-17T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:01:05","slug":"youre-in-my-pew-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/youre-in-my-pew-4\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re in my pew&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wpimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_pew-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_pew-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_pew-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_pew-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_pew-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_pew-800x447.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_pew-624x349.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_pew.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s get ready. Let\u2019s make this place shine. You see there\u2019s going to be a great celebration. Everyone in Webster and beyond is invited. Let\u2019s celebrate Christmas here in our house at Holy Trinity. Let\u2019s make it a total <strong>GIFT<\/strong> to everyone. We\u2019re going to need everyone\u2019s help to make this a proper celebration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#027149\">So how shall we get ready?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Music. The choirs have been practicing.<\/li><li>Church decoration. Poinsettias everywhere.<\/li><li>Lectors, Eucharistic ministers, greeters, ushers . . . ready.<\/li><li>The homily? Ready Father Tim\/John?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>How about you? Are you ready to welcome 2,000 people to the Christmas masses? This is your home. Those who join us are our welcomed and honored guests. Holy Trinity needs you to be ready to host this great Feast. What\u2019s your role? You are the voice and smile and handshake of our parish. Sooooooo&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"seeingred has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">What NOT to do:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Glare at people who\u2019s children are fussing and cranky. We\u2019ve all been there.<\/li><li>\u201cYou\u2019re sitting in my pew.\u201d Is not the way we want to welcome people.<\/li><li>Make people climb over you so you can keep the aisle seat (No, move in! It\u2019s a gracious way of saying \u201cglad you are here.\u201d)<\/li><li>Roll your eyes when people\u2019s talking bothers you.<\/li><li>Feel superior when something happens that lets you know \u201cthese people never come to mass\u201d. Give them a look that tells them \u201cI\u2019m here every week and you\u2019re <strong>NOT!<\/strong>\u201d<\/li><li>Leave church right after you receive Holy Communion. Chew the host in the parking lot. (No, stay with us.)<\/li><li>Be in a hurry to get out of the parking lot. It\u2019s Christmas! Take your time. <strong>Enjoy<\/strong> even the inconveniences of the day<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#027149\">What to do:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cMerry Christmas!\u201d is totally appropriate before mass begins. Say it to everyone, not just your family.<\/li><li>Expect total strangers to be sitting all around you. Think of them as your cousins whom you\u2019ve not seen for a while. Let them know somehow how glad you are for their being there. Compliments before and after mass . . . \u201cOh your children look wonderful. What a nice family you have.\u201d Or more general, \u201cThat hat! Christmas come early?\u201d . . . you\u2019ll think of something.<\/li><li>Give up on sitting for mass. That\u2019s right, let someone take your seat . . . a Christmas gift to a total stranger. It\u2019s what we do.<\/li><li>Expect things to be a little different than a usual Sunday at Holy Trinity. More people (yea!), more congestion, more standing, more of everything. It\u2019s Christmas!!<\/li><li>As was said, be the face of Holy Trinity for those around you. Your smile, your handshake, your readiness to give up your pew, your singing, are all part of the gift this parish wants to be for those who join us that day. Who knows what your kindness might begin in them.<\/li><li>We want people to experience Christ. Chances are it may be through you.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready, set, here we go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God bless you very much this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fr. 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