Oktoberfest Fundraiser for Habitat
2025-09-27 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Fellowship Hall, 301 East Stuart Stret, Fort Collins, CO, 80525
The 301 Faith Partners at Trinity Lutheran Church are excited to host the 3rd Annual Oktoberfest Fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity! This event is on Saturday, September 27 from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. There will be beer, brats, sides, Oktoberfest music, and a drawing from each table for winning a free beer stein! And together, we team up and raise money towards one of our social justice areas- Habitat for Humanity. We will hear about the latest progress of home building for families that are approved to own their own home here in Fort Collins! Hear from the newly chosen families of their joy who actually help to build their homes. Sign Up Genius link coming soon.

Adult Forum Sept 28
2025-09-28 09:00 - 10:00
Adult Forum at 9 am in Room 2 (down the East Hallway) or via Zoom HERE.
September 28: Emily Moore, a Trinity member and art historian at CSU, will lead a discussion on shifting representations of Jesus in art history.

Quilters Small Group Every Friday
2025-10-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-17 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-24 10:00 - 12:00
301 Quilters meets Fridays from 10 am-12 pm in Room 2. We’ve come to another year’s end of the 301 Quilters. That means we will gather all the quilts that have been made in the past 12 months into the sanctuary. As part of the joint service on Sunday October 19 we will bless those quilts before they are delivered to Denver and then on to Minnesota and then across the globe. Please join us for this special service. AND THEN…The following weekend Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26, we invite you to join an old-fashioned quilting bee in the fellowship hall after each service. Well, it will actually be a new-fashioned tying bee. We’ll have a couple of quilts ready for you to help us tie them. We’ll have the needles threaded and you just make a loop and tie a knot. It’s simple and fun.

Adult Forum Oct 5
2025-10-05 09:00 - 10:00
Adult Forum at 9 am in Room 2 (down the East Hallway) or via Zoom HERE.
October 5: We will watch and discuss a portion of a video titled “Faith and Climate Change-Talking with the Five Major Faiths” part of the world-wide Season of Creation.
October 12: Tim Snyder will lead a discussion of the new ELCA social statement “Faith and Civic Life”, as well as 2025 voter guides, and faith-based advocacy opportunities through our national, regional and local church bodies.
October 19: ADVENTURES IN WONDER-LAND This 301 Faith Community Adult Forum will be convened in Room 2 by Jane Reina, Florian Hild, and James Gearhart around Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “thin tradition of a theology of the cross” which challenges us to wonder together about everything, including ‘who is Christ for us today’, who are we, and what’s moved our own faith journey needles, etc.
October 26: BAD RELIGION Bad Religion not only prompted both Luther and Bonhoeffer to call out their church, but also that which prompts us to consider Luther’s notion that ‘the church’ needs to be always reforming and always adapting to the truths of its contemporary context. Discussion led by James Gearhart and Kevin Mabry.

JOY (Just Older Youth) Luncheon
2025-10-06 12:00 - 13:30
JOY (Just Older Youth) delights in welcoming all older adults and those young at heart to join for their next luncheon on Monday, October 6 at 12 pm for a time to gather and connect. Lunch will be Italian themed with a price of $15. To adequately prepare, RSVPs are needed no later than Wednesday, October 1 to Amanda or HERE. You can pay day of via check/cash on Online.

Adult Forum Oct 12
2025-10-12 09:00 - 10:00

Birdhouse Building for Habitat Small Group
2025-10-14 16:30 - 18:00
Birdhouses Join us on the 2nd Tuesday (October 14) at 4:30 pm in Room 2 to build and decorate bird houses and feeders to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity. Ages 8 and up invited!

Pub Theology Small Group
2025-10-16 17:30 - 19:00 | Stodgy Brewery, 1802 Laporte Ave, Fort Collins, CO, 80521
Pub Theology V.3 will meet Thursday October 16 at 5:30 pm at Stodgy Brewing, 1802 Laporte Ave. We will explore a variety of texts and discuss how we live out our relationship with God and support each other along the way.

Habitat For Humanity Build Date
2025-10-18 08:00 - 15:00
Habitat for Humanity The 301 FP helps to support Habitat for Humanity as they build safe, secure, and affordable homes in the community. Our next Habitat Build Day is Saturday, October 18 from
8 am-3ish pm. No experience or skills needed. Contact Steph Dugger to volunteer/sign up.

Adult Forum Oct 19
2025-10-19 09:00 - 10:00

301 Faith Partners Shared Sunday
2025-10-19 09:00 - 11:30
Shared Sunday – A Celebration of CommunityOn Sunday, October 19 at 10:30 am, we invite you to a special Shared Sunday worship service. All four of our regular weekend services will come together as one, celebrating our unity as the 301 Faith Community. Trinity Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and Mary of Magdala Ecumenical Catholic Community all share life and ministry in one location, and on this day we’ll worship side by side as one community of faith. There will not be a Saturday evening service on October 18, so that everyone has the opportunity to join in this shared experience.
9 am Shared Adult Forum: ADVENTURES IN WONDER-LAND This 301 Faith Community Adult Forum will be convened in Room 2 by Jane Reina, Florian Hild, and James Gearhart around Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “thin tradition of a theology of the cross” which challenges us to wonder together about everything, including ‘who is Christ for us today’, who are we, and what’s moved our own faith journey needles, etc. Join via Zoom HERE, this is TLC’s normal link.
10:30 am Shared Worship: Join via Zoom HERE. **This is St. Paul’s Link!!** It will also be in e-News.

Quilters Small Group Quilting Bee Sat night
2025-10-25 17:45 - 18:15
301 Quilters meets Fridays from 10 am-12 pm in Room 2.
We’ve come to another year’s end of the 301 Quilters. That means we will gather all the quilts that have been made in the past 12 months into the sanctuary. As part of the joint service on Sunday October 19 we will bless those quilts before they are delivered to Denver and then on to Minnesota and then across the globe. Please join us for this special service. AND THEN…The following weekend Saturday, October 25 (5:45 pm) and Sunday, October 26, we invite you to join an old-fashioned quilting bee in the fellowship hall after each service. Well, it will actually be a new-fashioned tying bee. We’ll have a couple of quilts ready for you to help us tie them. We’ll have the needles threaded and you just make a loop and tie a knot. It’s simple and fun.

Adult Forum Oct 26
2025-10-26 09:00 - 10:00

Quilters Small Group Quilting Bee
2025-10-26 10:00 - 12:00
301 Quilters meets Fridays from 10 am-12 pm in Room 2.
We’ve come to another year’s end of the 301 Quilters. That means we will gather all the quilts that have been made in the past 12 months into the sanctuary. As part of the joint service on Sunday October 19 we will bless those quilts before they are delivered to Denver and then on to Minnesota and then across the globe. Please join us for this special service. AND THEN…The following weekend Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26 (10 am-12 pm-ish), we invite you to join an old-fashioned quilting bee in the fellowship hall after each service. Well, it will actually be a new-fashioned tying bee. We’ll have a couple of quilts ready for you to help us tie them. We’ll have the needles threaded and you just make a loop and tie a knot. It’s simple and fun.

Adult Forum - November 2
2025-11-02 09:00 - 10:00
Adult Forum at 9 am in Room 2 (down the East Hallway) or via Zoom HERE.
November 2: FIFTY SHADES OF CHRISTIANITIES Might Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s notion of a post-holocaust ‘Religionless Christianity’ help us to get our heads around the blatant divisiveness within Christianity today? Discussion led by Kevin Mabry & James Gearhart
November 9: Elizabeth Palmer, a senior editor with Christian Century magazine, will join us on Zoom to discuss what she learned from the activists of George Floyd Memorial Square about living out faith in community during times of social unrest.
November 16: Renee Mize and Eric Jurgenson will discuss the 2026 Ministry Funds Plan (MFP) that the congregation will have the opportunity to vote on at the congregational meeting that day.
November 23: Kelly Evans, Executive Director, will update us on the work of Neighbor to Neighbor, one of Trinity’s benevolence partners.
November 30: No Adult Forum, Happy Thanksgiving

Adult Forum - November 9
2025-11-09 09:00 - 10:00

Adult Forum - November 16
2025-11-16 09:00 - 10:00

Turkey Round Up
2025-11-23 08:30 - 12:30
Turkey Round Up
301 Faith Partners Turkey Round Up is to collect turkeys for the Food Bank for Larimer County. Bring your rock-hard frozen turkeys to church on Sunday, November 23 from 8:30 am-12:30 pm. Please remember, only rock-hard frozen turkeys can be donated, if you are able to squeeze your turkey even a little bit- it is no longer frozen! So, it won’t be safe to donate. Let’s STUFF THE FOOD BANK! Give thanks by GIVING!

Adult Forum - November 23
2025-11-23 09:00 - 10:00

Adult Forum - November 30
2025-11-30 09:00 - 10:00

Reverse Advent Calendar
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-24
What is a Reverse Advent Calendar? Traditionally, Advent calendars are used to count down the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. In church we celebrate weekly the themes of Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy as we anticipate God’s gift of Jesus. Most purchased Advent calendars start on December 1 and go until Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. The Advent calendars consist of a series of doors or windows to open, revealing a picture, small chocolate or little gift for each day.
But the Reverse Advent Calendar is different! Instead of receiving a daily gift, those taking part in a reverse calendar DONATE an item each day, thus giving instead of receiving. This year the Social and Eco Justice Ministry is offering a suggestion to participate by following this list of food items to donate to our Little Pantry or the Larimer County Food Bank.
You can also do this in a different way. It doesn’t have to be food that you are donating. Maybe put $1 in a basket each day for your reverse advent calendar and then donate the money to our Little Food Pantry. It is also completely fine to add an item every few days or weekly instead of daily. No matter how you choose to participate, consider doing something small for those in need this Advent season. We are blessed to be a blessing to others as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Put your food items in a box or bag that can be plain or decorated. You can bring the food items to church weekly or wait until Christmas Eve whichever works best for you. We will have a table in the fellowship room for donations.
Thank you for your participation in this Advent ministry.
EACH DAY ADD AN ITEM TO A BOX
December 1 – box of cereal or individual oatmeal packages
December 2 – peanut butter
December 3 – individual snack packages or breakfast bars
December 4 – boxed potatoes
December 5 – macaroni and cheese
December 6 – canned, individual, or dried fruit
December 7 – canned tomatoes
December 8 – canned meat (tuna, chicken, sausages) or jerky
December 9 – dessert mix or pudding cups
December 10 – Individual servings of applesauce or fruit cups
December 11 – individual bags of trail mix or nuts
December 12 – shelf stable boxed milk
December 13 – canned black, kidney, pinto, or refried beans
December 14 – box of or individual packages of crackers
December 15 – package of rice or stuffing mix
December 16 – can of chili, stew, or pasta meal (SpaghettiOs or others)
December 17 – package pasta
December 18 – can of spaghetti sauce (*no glass jars)
December 19 – can of chicken, beef, vegetable or other soup
December 20 – individual boxes of craisins or raisins
December 21 – can corn
December 22 – can mixed vegetables
December 23 – can carrots or sweet potatoes
December 24 – can green beans

Advent Mid Week Dec. 3
2025-12-03 18:00 - 19:15
Advent Mid-Week Services
Take a midweek pause this Advent and join us Wednesdays, December 3, 10, & 17 for Holden Evening Prayer at 6 pm, followed by a Soup Supper at 6:30 pm. This service offers a time of reflection, community, and warmth. The service will be hybrid, using the same Zoom link as Trinity’s weekend worship, click HERE to join online.
To make these evenings run smoothly, we kindly ask everyone to help fill all the spots on our Sign-Up Genius link HERE. We need all the helping hands we can get, whether it’s bringing soup, setting up, or cleaning up afterward. Soup is especially needed, since we often run low!

301 Faith Partners Alternative Gift Fair
2025-12-07 08:30 - 12:30
The Alternative Christmas Gift Fair is an opportunity to shop for Fair Trade gift items and to donate to local, national, and international non-profits. The event will be held Sunday, December 7, from 8:30 am-12:30 pm.

Advent Mid Week Dec. 10
2025-12-10 18:00 - 19:15

Advent Mid Week Dec. 17
2025-12-17 18:00 - 19:15

Christmas Eve Worship Services
2025-12-24 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-24 17:00 - 18:00
Christmas Eve – December 24
Candlelight Worship
3 pm & 5 pm
Staffed nursery at 3 pm
