This Week at Trinity Lutheran-April 6th, 2011

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran April 6th, 2011 A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World TODAY, Wednesday, April 6th 4:45pm Youth & Saints Choir Rehearsal 5:30pm Saints Choir Sectional 5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes 5:45pm Easter Breakfast Parent Meeting 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 an Israelite woman, 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, April 7th 7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Randall Rutsch is cooking 9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel 6:00pm Trinity Men’s Softball Game-Stazio Field #4 THIS Friday, April 8th 4:00pm Triniator Lock-in…All 3rd-5th graders, we will meet THIS Friday at the North Boulder Rec Center (on N. Broadway) at 4pm to go swimming, then come to the church for dinner and a lock-in together. Remember to bring your pajamas and overnight stuff (sleeping bag, pillow, toothbrush, etc.) and $5 to pay for the swimming and dinner. Parent pick up will be 9am on Saturday. THIS Saturday, April 9th 8:30am 8th Grade Worship Rehearsal…8th grade confirmation youth, plan to be at Trinity at 8:30am on THIS Saturday for practicing for worship with Pastor Mark. 9:00am-3pm Trinity Youth Community Fund Site Visits…8th-12th graders, we will be hearing something from or visiting each of the 5 organizations that were chosen as finalists for the Trinity Youth Community Fund. Meet at church at 9am (if you are not already at worship rehearsal), lunch will be provided, and we finish at 3pm after deciding who to grant money to this year. 8th graders, plan to join us after you get done with worship rehearsal with Pastor Mark. Questions, contact Becca. 4:30pm Worship & Common Prayer…Come bathe in the presence of God by the rivers of community and liturgy. A monthly worship of slow, spacious and intimate time in Trinity's Chapel, settling into God's love. Join us! THIS Sunday, April 10th is the Fifth Sunday in Lent. Our worship lessons will be Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45. 8th Grade Confirmation-Led Worship 7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary 8:00am Worship–Sanctuary 9:15am Sunday School Opening-Sanctuary 9:15am Discernment Session: Feedback & Implications-Chapel 9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms 9:50am Adult Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary 10:30am Worship –Sanctuary 11:45am Discernment Session: Feedback & Implications-Chapel 12:00pm Second Sunday Easter Meal-Fellowship Hall 2:30pm ENNNR Gathering for Hike-NCAR Sunday Notes 8th Grade Confirmation-Led Worship…Trinity’s 8th Grade Confirmation Class has written the entire worship service (confession, prayers, children’s sermon, sermon, etc) and will be leading us in worship on THIS Sunday morning, April 10th. Please keep these young people in your prayers as they prepare this week: MacKenzie Murphy; Ben Gasta; Isaac Daumler; Levi Hamernik; Eli Colucci; Conner Dawson. 9:15am Discernment Process: Feedback & Implications....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 Feedback & Implications, and will be at both 9:15am & 11:45am in the Chapel. The Church Council 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 or 11:45am in the Chapel! Childcare will be available during both sessions. 9:15am Sunday School Opening ……THIS Sunday, Sunday School Opening will be in the sanctuary due to the Second Sunday Lunch Meal. 12:00pm Second Sunday Easter Meal…Thank you to all of you who have signed up to provide food or help serve our Second Sunday Easter Meal for the Hungry this week. Please make sure your food is at Trinity by THIS Sunday morning, April 10th. Place it in the downstairs kitchen. Also, if you can help us serve our guests, your help would be appreciated. Meet downstairs at the end of the 10:30 worship service and you’ll be finished around 2 or 2:30pm. Questions or you want to volunteer to bring a dish, contact Roy or Debi Burger at debgarrity@aol.com . 2:30pm ENNNR Gathering…ENNNR’s, we are meeting at 2:30pm at NCAR for a nice walk/hike on Sunday afternoon. Then, at 4:30-5pm, we’ll be heading to the Deutschmann house for a BBQ dinner. If you can’t join us for the walk/hike, come to the Deutschmann house around 4:30 or 5pm, bringing a dish to share and a beverage of your choice. Deutschmanns will provide something to grill. Questions, contact Jane Deutschmann or Margie Dugan. Monday, April 11th 12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel 12:30pm Lenten Small Group Bible Study 5:00pm Lenten Small Group Bible Study 6:00pm Worship Committee Meeting 7:00pm Music Staff Meeting 7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study Tuesday, April 12th 12:00pm Lenten Small Group Bible Study 1:00pm World Issues Book Club 5:15pm Adult Education Committee Meeting Upcoming Events Stillwater High School Choir Concert at Trinity: Monday, April 18th at 7pm…Please be sure to join us on Monday of Holy Week at 7pm to hear this exceptional high school choir, directed by the grandson of the founder of the St. Olaf Choir. A freewill donation will be collected at the concert. Also, we’ll be having a potluck dinner in the fellowship hall at 5pm for the students and Trinity folks before the concert begins at 7pm. Please plan to come to the potluck and bring a dish to share!!! So, mark your calendars now 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 deadline to order is Sunday, April 17th. Cost is $9.00 per lily. 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 17th-Palm Sunday; deadline to order Easter lilies 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 April 27th & 28th-Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study resumes May 1st-Ethiopian Necklace Mission Group Here May 3rd-Tres de Mayo Celebration at Casa Alvarez May 8th-Trinity Youth Community Fund Distributions May 13th-Christ’s Crew Boys & Girls Lock-in May 15th-Sunday School Year End Celebration May 15th-LOFT Graduation Brunch May 18th-Confirmation Pizza Party May 22nd-Confirmation Sunday We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday!