This Week at Trinity Lutheran - September 15th, 2010

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
September 15th, 2010
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World

**Notice on Trinity’s Parking Lot…The City of Boulder is re-doing the curbs on Mapleton Street, just north of Trinity’s parking lot. As a result, you will not be able to access Trinity’s parking lot from the north entrances TODAY, September 15th & TOMORROW, September 16th. Those entrances will be reopened sometime on THIS Friday, September 17th. During this time, you will need to access Trinity’s parking lot from the alley entrance on the west side of the lot, just north of the building. Thanks!

TODAY, Wednesday, September 15th
Holy Post Deadline…THIS Wednesday is the deadline to get anything into the October Holy Post newsletter. Please make sure everything you want included is into the church office by then.
10:45am Holy Communion Service at Golden West
4:45pm Youth Choir Continues…All youth ages 2nd-9th grade are invited to come to Youth Choir rehearsals, continuing tonight at 4:45pm in the Chapel. Even if you didn’t join us last week, please come check it out!
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes…All 6th-8th graders, confirmation classes are continuing tonight. Join us at 5:45pm in the fellowship hall for dinner, before we head to our classes at 6pm.
6:00pm “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study Continues…The “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study continues tonight, 6-7pm in the Choir Loft area of the sanctuary. If you missed the first class last week, please feel free to come anyway!
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study Continues…Pastor Mark is leading a bible study on Wednesday nights and Thursday mornings that is a “Confirmation Class” for adults, studying the Lord's Prayer, the Apostle’s Creed, the 10 Commandments, Holy Baptism, and the Lord's Supper. They continue to meet in the fellowship hall tonight at 7:00pm and the same class will be repeated on Thursday mornings at 8:30am.
7:00pm LOFT: White’s House…LOFT this week will be at the home of Jim, Kris, & Molly White.
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, September 16th
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Mark Twietmeyer is cooking
8:30am Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study Continues…see description above
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel
7:00pm Four Mile Canyon Community Service… Trinity is joining with a number of other Boulder churches in hosting a service of Support and Thanksgiving in response to the Four Mile Canyon Fire. The service is tomorrow night, Thursday evening, 7 pm, at Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder. An offering for the Boulder Mountain Fire Relief Fund through the Community Foundation of Boulder, CO will be taken. See the attached ad for details.
9:00pm Trinity Men’s Softball Game…Stazio Field #4

THIS Saturday, September 18th
9:00am Piecemakers…THIS Saturday, the Piecemakers resume their activities. They will be meeting on the 3rd Saturday of each month to sew blankets for different ministries, including Casas and weighted therapy blankets. It is NOT necessary to know how to sew to help! We need people to cut, tie, and flatten out material, too. Please consider coming and checking us out.
10:30am-2:30pm CU Football Parking…THIS Saturday is CU’s first home football game, and that means Trinity Youth will be parking cars at the Basemar Shopping Center at Baseline & Broadway. Thank you to all who signed up to help! Youth, remember you want to be there as CU Parking is our only fundraiser for the year! Meet at the parking lot at 10:30am. Christ’s Crew, remember we are going to the game, so plan to come and help park at 10:30am. We’ll then head over to the stadium for the 1:30pm game, returning to Trinity for parent pick-up at 5pm.

THIS Sunday, September 19th is the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. Our worship lessons will be Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7 and Luke 16:1-13.

7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:00am Fellowship Time -Narthex
9:00am Thrivent Choice Information Session-Chapel
9:15am Sunday School Opening –Sanctuary
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms
9:30am Adult Education Class: Making Sense of Scripture-Chapel
9:30am ELCA Social Statement on Genetics-Conference Room
9:50am Adult Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am Thrivent Choice Information Session-Chapel
11:45am New Member Class-Conference Room
12:00pm Storytime Potluck with Don Knight-Fellowship Hall
3:00pm Town Hall Meeting with Bishop Hanson-Online

Sunday Notes
9:00 & 11:45am Thrivent Choice Information Session…Thrivent members should have received in the mail in the last week or two information about how to designate your Thrivent Choice dollars to a Lutheran-based organization or church of your choice (like Trinity). We have received some questions about this process, and so we are continuing to offer Information Sessions THIS Sunday, September 19th to help explain your options. If you have your letter from Thrivent, please bring it to this session. Thanks!
9:30am Adult Education Class: Making Sense of Scripture…Using Dr. David Lose's book, Making Sense of Scripture, you are invited to engage in a conversation that might happen around a kitchen table about seven major questions of the Bible. If you ordered a book for the class and have not yet picked it up yet, please plan to do so soon. Thanks!
9:30am ELCA Social Statement on Genetics…Trinity’s Faith & Issues Discussion Group has been studying the draft of the ELCA Social Statement on Genetics and will lead us in a 3 week discussion on it upstairs in the Conference Room on Sunday mornings at 9:30am. You may download the statement from the ELCA website www.elca.org.
11:45am New Member Class…If you are interested in joining Trinity, or just learning more about Trinity, we are offering a New Member Class that is continuing THIS Sunday in the upstairs Conference Room. Even if you weren’t able to join us last week, please consider coming this week! Lunch and childcare are be provided.
12:00pm Storytime Potluck with Don Knight…We are doing another of the Storytime Events where a member of our church shares about their life story. Don Knight, who is 98 years old, will be sharing about his life growing up along the Mississippi. There will be a potluck lunch beforehand, so please bring a dish to share. This event is open to anyone, so please come for this time of fellowship and learning more about each other.
3:00pm Town Hall Meeting with Bishop Hanson…You are invited to submit your question at the next online Town Hall Forum with Bishop Hanson on Sunday, September 19, 2010, at 3:00pm Colorado time. Watch live at www.elca.org/townhall

Monday, September 20th
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study Resumes…THIS Monday, consider coming to the Lifelight Bible Study Class. This fall, they are studying the Prophesies in the bible. Questions, or interested in getting the materials, contact Bob Dugan, leader.

Tuesday, September 21st
6:00pm Youth Education Committee Meeting
7:00pm Church Council Meeting
7:00pm Dr. Nuha Khoury Speaking at First Congregational…Trinity is co-hosting Dr. Nuha Khoury, from Dar al-Kalima College in Bethlehem, a Palestinian, who will speak on Lutheran Ministries in Bethlehem at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 21st, at First Congregational Church in Boulder. Her coming gives us a rare opportunity to get a first-hand experience of the Lutheran ministries in Bethlehem in the context of the Israeli/Palestinian issues. This event is co-sponsored by Trinity Lutheran, First Presbyterian and First Congregational Churches.

Notes
Now Accepting Women’s Retreat Registrations…Women & Girls, Trinity is having a Women’s Retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies up in Estes Park on Fri-Sun, November 12-14th. This is your chance to get away for a few days and learn how God loves you so much, and how He can help us love others whom seem impossible to love. Look for purple registration sheets in the narthex and questions can go to Kristy Martinez, Mysti Gulsurd, or Erin Warren, organizers.
New Horizon Committee Questionnaires…The New Horizon Committee was established to assist the congregation in assessing our current facilities needs in light of our mission. The committee has developed a questionnaire that is being shared with all of the committees, ministries, and staff to help assess our current facilities needs. In addition, the committee has developed a general questionnaire for all congregational members. The questionnaire is now available in the narthex and we ask you to take the time to fill it out to help in the assessment and discernment process. Questions may be addressed to Steve Smith (chair).
Four Mile Canyon Fire Update …Trinity has been keeping a current list of what you can do to help out with donations of time, food, clothing/items, and money to help those affected by the Four Mile Canyon Fire. It is current as of Wednesday morning and is available at Trinity.

Save the Date
Sept 26th-Daring Disciple Lunch & Event

Oct 2nd-CU Football Parking
Oct 16th-CU Football Parking
Oct 23rd-CU Football Parking
Oct 23rd-Trunk or Treat & Halloween Carnival
Oct 31st-Luther Day Celebration
Oct 31st-Annual Meeting

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday if not before!