This Week at Trinity Lutheran - January 26th, 2011

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
January 26th, 2011
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World

TODAY, Wednesday, January 26th
1:30pm Afternoon Circle….note their new meeting time, 4th Wednesday of the month
4:45pm Youth & Saints Choir Rehearsal
5:30pm Saints Choir Sectional
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes
7:00pm LOFT: Trinity Youth Community Fund…8th-12th graders, come and help us decide what type of organizations we want to request proposals from this year for Trinity Youth Community Fund!
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study: Study of Ten Commandments
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, January 27th
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Duane Isakson is cooking
8:30am Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study: Study of Ten Commandments
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel

THIS Friday, January 28th-Saturday, January 29th
Trinity Men’s Retreat…THIS Friday & Saturday, several Trinity Men will be taking part in a Men’s Retreat in Estes Park, Colorado. Please keep these men in your prayers this weekend for a spirit-filled time.

THIS Sunday, January 30th is the Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany. Our worship lessons will be Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 and Matthew 5:1-12.

Congregational Meeting
7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:00am Fellowship Time –Narthex
9:15am Sunday School Opening –Sanctuary
9:15am Discernment Process: Church History 1 –Chapel
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms
9:50am Adult Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am Congregational Meeting-Sanctuary

Sunday Notes
9:15am Discernment Process: Church History 1… Trinity voted in October 2009 to enter a discernment process to determine whether we as a congregation will "recognize, support, and hold publicly accountable couples who wish to have lifelong, monogamous, same-gender relationships." That discernment process began on Sunday, January 23rd.
This week’s topic is Church History 1: How has the Church looked at this issue in the whole of it's history [9:15 only]. As are all Discernment Process events, this event will be recorded for those who can’t join us at 9:15am. The Church Council, however, encourages everyone to take part in this discernment process so that when we get to the point of making a decision, we have walked together through the various issues and information. So please plan to join us at 9:15am in the Chapel!

11:45am Congregational Meeting…THIS Sunday, immediately after the end of the 10:30 worship service, we will have our January Congregational Meeting. We’ll get a report on End of Year Finances from 2010, and hear an update from the Trinity Horizons Committee. Childcare and lunch are provided to keep up our energy. So, plan to stay and be a part of the meeting!

Monday, January 31st
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
7:00pm Youth Vision Team Meeting at the White’s House
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study

Tuesday, February 1st
6:30pm Worship Committee Meeting
7:00pm Property Committee Meeting
7:30pm Music Staff Meeting

Notes
Tax Information…A provision in the tax bill recently passed by Congress reinstates the ability of those age 70-1/2 years and older to make distributions of up to $100,000 per tax year from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) directly to a charity of their choice without having to claim it as income. Since the tax bill was passed so late in December, the act allows for a charitable distribution made through January 31, 2011, to be claimed as a 2010 gift.

Souper Bowl of Caring, Sunday, February 6th…This national event, held every year on the same Sunday as the NFL's Super Bowl, is led by youth who collect money or canned food to support local, national and international anti-hunger efforts. In 2010, $10 million in food and cash was raised across the country. Trinity’s high school youth will again be collecting food and non-food items for Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA) after the 8 am and 10:30 am services. Please bring the following items next Sunday, February 6th, breakfast cereal, canned tuna, peanut butter, canned whole kernel corn and canned chili, and place them in the designated collection containers in the narthex. Monetary donations and grocery gift cards are always appreciated too (please put them in the Souper Bowl of Caring collection box, also in the narthex).

Help Needed…Trinity’s Fellowship Committee is looking for a few folks to help coordinate the upcoming Lenten Soup Suppers (begin Wednesday, March 16th). If you are interested in helping with this, contact Jane Deutschmann at 303-499-5739. Thanks!

Save the Date
Feb 6th-Souper Bowl of Caring
Feb 25th & 26th-30 Hour Planned Famine
Feb 27th-Storytime Potluck at Trinity

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday!