This Week at Trinity Lutheran - March 30, 2011

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran March 30th, 2011 A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World TODAY, Wednesday, March 30th 4:45pm Youth & Saints Choir Rehearsal 5:30pm Saints Choir Sectional 5:45pm Confirmation 6:15pm Lenten Soup Supper 7:00pm Midweek Lenten Worship…Faith has never been easy. Each week on Wednesday evenings during Lent, we will look at a different person of faith. Tonight will be Miriam, and our liturgy will be the Holden Evening Prayer. Please join us! Childcare is provided in the nursery. 7:45pm Adult Choir Rehearsal TOMORROW, Thursday, March 31st 7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Michael McDonald is cooking 9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel 7:00pm Trinity Men’s Softball Game-Stazio Field #3 THIS Friday, April 1st 7:30pm Concert at Trinity…ASTER Women's Chamber Choir and the Apollo Chamber Brass join forces for a concert called “Joyful Noise" on THIS Friday, April 1st HERE at Trinity. The two groups will present a variety of joyful (and noisy) pieces guaranteed to get your toes tapping and lift your spirits. Tickets can be purchased at the door. THIS Saturday, April 2nd 9:00am-12noon Set up for Ministry Fair…Ministry Groups, the church will be open on Saturday morning from 9am-12noon to set up your booths and tables for the Ministry Fair. Bill Erhardt from the Stewardship Committee will be here to help you with any specific requests. Thanks! THIS Sunday, April 3rd is the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Our worship lessons will be 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; and John 9:1-41. 7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary 8:00am Worship–Sanctuary 9:00am Ministry Fair-Narthex & Chapel 9:15am Sunday School Opening-Fellowship Hall 9:15am Discernment Session: Personal Stories-Sanctuary 9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms 9:50am Adult Choir Rehearsal-Fellowship Hall 10:30am Worship –Sanctuary 11:45am Ministry Fair-Narthex & Chapel 11:45am New Member Orientation Meeting-Conference Room 11:45am Trinity Horizons Building Committee-Fellowship Hall 11:45am Discernment Committee Meeting-Downstairs Classroom Sunday Notes 9:00-10:30am, 11:45am-12:15pm Ministry Fair....Plan to come early or stay late after worship to spend time in Trinity’s Ministry Fair. Each ministry or group will have a booth or table in the narthex and/or chapel where you can learn more about them. There will be interactive activities, a chance to learn more, and food and fund! 9:15am Discernment Process: Personal Stories....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 is Personal Stories, and will be at 9:15am ONLY in the sanctuary. The Church Council, however, encourages everyone to take part in this process so that when we get to the point of making a decision, we have walked through the various issues and information together. So please plan to join us at 9:15am in the Sanctuary (notice the different location due to the Ministry Fair)! Childcare will be available. 9:15am Sunday School Opening & Classes……THIS Sunday, Sunday School Opening will be in the downstairs fellowship hall due to the Ministry Fair and Discernment Session happening upstairs. 9:50am Adult Choir Rehearsal…Please notice that Adult Choir rehearsal is also meeting in the fellowship hall due to the Ministry Fair and Discernment Session. 11:45am New Member Orientation Meeting…Interested in joining Trinity or want to learn more about it? Join us THIS Sunday at 11:45am in the upstairs conference room. The conversation will last about one hour and will explain the process of joining Trinity's faith community as a member. Questions, speak to Pastor Mark or Walter Daumler. Childcare will be available. Monday, April 4th 12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel 12:30pm Lenten Small Group Bible Study 5:00pm Lenten Small Group Bible Study 7:00pm Youth Vision Committee Meeting 7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study Tuesday, April 5th 12:00pm Lenten Small Group Bible Study 7:00pm Property Committee Meeting Upcoming Events “Easter Meal” Second Sunday Lunch: Sunday, April 10th at 12noon…The April Lunch for the Hungry falls two weeks prior to Easter Sunday this year, and we’d like to make this a special meal for our guests! We will serve a sit down dinner and we need donations of food: ham, potatoes, vegetables, desserts, and, of course, Easter eggs! Please sign up on the tri-fold bulletin board for what you will bring and deliver the dish to church on Sunday morning, April 10th. Please label what it is and place in the refrigerator downstairs (label your dish, too). If you need to deliver prior to April 10th, that’s fine. We’ll also need more volunteers than usual to help prepare the plates and serve our guests. We are typically done by 2 or 2:30pm. Questions, please call Roy or Debi Burger at 720 320 5051 or email us debgarrity@aol.com. Thank you! Stillwater High School Choir Concert at Trinity: Monday, April 18th at 7pm…Please be sure to join us on Monday of Holy Week to hear this exceptional high school choir, directed by the grandson of the founder of the St. Olaf Choir. We’ll be having a potluck dinner at 5pm before the concert with the students before the concert begins at 7pm. Please plan to come to the potluck and bring a dish to share!!! A freewill donation will be collected at the concert. So, mark your calendars now to plan to come on Monday, April 18th for the fun! Questions about this, speak to Mark Feigal. Notes Easter Lily Orders…Continuing this Sunday, we will be taking orders for Easter Lilies to be used to decorate the church on Easter Sunday, April 24th. Order forms are on the back of the blue worship cards and will be taken through Sunday, April 17th. Cost is $9.00 per lily. Picture Directories Available…If you did not get one of Trinity’s new picture directories, we have extra copies available. Please get one from Pat or Melanie in the church office. Thanks! Casas Registration for July 9-12th…We are now taking registrations for our summer Casas Mission Trip, July 9th-12th. We have two houses reserved for our July Casas trip. We will meet in El Paso the evening of Saturday, July 9; cross the border early on Sunday; build Sunday and Monday; bless the families and their new houses Monday afternoon; host a dinner for the families and neighbors of Tierre de Amor Monday evening; and return to the USA Tuesday morning and leave for home. Yellow registration forms are available in the narthex on the heater. Church Campout, August 5-7th…Join other Trinity campers for a weekend of fun and fellowship in God’s beautiful outdoors in Leadville, Colorado. We have initially reserved 19 sites. If you would like to reserve one of those spots, please fill out a green Registration Form (in the Narthex), attach your $45.00 reservation fee to the form, and turn it in to the church office (on Melanie's desk) by Sunday, May 15th. Checks can be made payable to Trinity Lutheran, write “Campout” on the memo line. Save the Dates April 6th-Easter Breakfast Parent Meeting April 8th-Triniator Lock-In April 9th-Trinity Youth Community Fund Site Visits April 10th-8th Grade-Led Worship April 10th-Second Sunday Easter Meal April 17th-Palm Sunday April 18th-Stillwater High School Choral Concert at Trinity April 21st-Maundy Thursday April 22nd-Good Friday April 23rd-Easter Vigil April 24th-Easter Sunday April 25th-Church Office Closed We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday!