This Week at Trinity Lutheran - April 20th, 2011

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
April 20th, 2011
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World

TODAY, Wednesday, April 20th
4:45pm Youth & Saints Choir Rehearsal
5:30pm Saints Choir Sectional
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes
6:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal…note the earlier start time!
7:00pm LOFT at White’s House
7:00pm Easter Brass Rehearsal
7:30pm Adult Choir & Brass Rehearsal
NO Lenten Soup Suppers or Midweek Lenten Worship…those events are overwith. Instead, join us Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for worship!

TOMORROW, Thursday, April 21st: Maundy Thursday
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Rudy Deutschmann is cooking
NO Faith ‘n Issues due to Maundy Thursday Worship
10:00am Maundy Thursday Worship in the Chapel…Service of Holy Communion, Stripping of the Altar, and optional washing of feet.
6:15pm Adult Choir Warm-up
7:00pm Maundy Thursday Worship in the Sanctuary…Service of Holy Communion, Stripping of the Altar, and optional washing of feet…Childcare provided in Trinity’s nursery during 7pm worship

THIS Friday, April 22nd: Good Friday
12noon-3pm Ecumenical Worship: The Seven Last Words of Christ…At St. John’s Episcopal Church (14th & Pine). Pastor Mark is preaching the 3rd word. This is a “Come as you can, leave when you have to” type of service so feel free to drop in for when you can.
6:15pm Adult Choir Warm-up
7:00pm Good Friday Worship in Trinity’s Sanctuary…Veiling of the Cross and Tenebrae Service (Increasing Darkness)…Childcare provided in Trinity’s nursery during 7pm worship
AFTER Good Friday Worship…After the sanctuary is empty, we will be setting up the church for Easter morning. Plan to stay after and help with this if you can!

THIS Saturday, April 23rd: Holy Saturday
10:00am Easter Breakfast Set-up…All 6th-8th graders are to be at Trinity at 10am to set up for the Easter Breakfast. We’ll be decorating the fellowship hall, doing food prep, and practicing serving others. You’ll be finished at 12:30pm. Remember, this is the deadline to bring your Easter Breakfast food items in!
7:30pm Easter Vigil Worship…Join us for the first Easter celebration. We’ll start in the parking lot before processing into the Chapel for a service by candlelight.

THIS Sunday, April 24th is Easter Sunday. Our worship lessons will be Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Colossians 3:1-4 and Matthew 28:1-10. Be sure to join us for our festive celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord!

6:11am Sunrise Worship-West End of the Boulder Res
7:30am Easter Breakfast by Confirmation Youth Begins -Fellowship Hall
7:30am Adult Choir & Youth Choir Rehearsal
8:00am Festive Easter Worship-Sanctuary
NO Sunday School or Adult Education
10:15am Easter Breakfast by Confirmation Youth Ends
10:30am Festive Easter Worship-Sanctuary

Sunday Details
Nursery Available….Due to Easter, the Nursery is open and staffed for both the 8am & 10:30am services on Sunday.

6:11am Sunrise Worship…Join us at the first light of the day as we celebrate our Lord’s Resurrection. Look for us at the West End of the Boulder Reservoir, or at the Pavilion if it is inclement weather. We’ll meet at the Boulder Res no matter what the weather.

7:30am-10:15am Easter Breakfast Served by Confirmation Youth…Join us in the fellowship hall at our 6th-8th grade youth serve us Easter Breakfast. We will have pancakes (Blueberry, Chocolate Chip, and Plain), sausages, and yogurt parfaits. The breakfast is a freewill donation and all the funds raised help to send these youth to Confirmation Camp at Rainbow Trail this summer.

Monday, April 25th
Church Office Closed in Celebration of Easter
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
6:30pm Stephen Minister Supervision
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study

Upcoming Events
Luther’s Small Catechism Resumes Wednesday April 27th & Thursday April 28th…Luther’s Small Catechism class, taught by Pastor Mark on Wednesday evenings at 7pm or Thursday mornings at 8:30am will resume next week starting on Wednesday, April 27th.

¡Tres de Mayo! Fiesta to Celebrate Casas: Tuesday, May 3rd at Casa Alvarez…5:30-7:30pm Come celebrate 14 years of building houses in Juarez, Mexico! Join us at Casa Alvarez at 30th and Walnut, Boulder. We’ll have an all you can eat Taco Buffet and a piñata for the children. Adults $12; Children 4-12 - $6, 3 & under - free. Includes non-alcoholic beverage. Look for Roy & Debi Burger to be in the narthex on Sunday to sign up to come (so we know how many to plan on). Thanks!

Notes
Holy Week Meditations…Holy Week Meditations were included in the bulletin on Sunday which were meant to give you a bible verse, hymn, and question to contemplate daily this week. If you missed taking home your sheet on Sunday or need another one, they are available on the table in the narthex.

Discernment Process Questions…The Discernment Committee invites you to put any questions you might have for the Feedback & Implications session on a sticky note on the easel in the chapel. These questions will be discussed at the next Discernment Process Session, May 1st. Please write your question and include your name on the sticky note. 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 27th & 28th-Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study resumes

May 1st-Ethiopian Necklace Mission Group Here
May 1st-Registration begins for Day Camp at Trinity
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 15th & 22nd-Casas House of Cards Sale
May 18th-Confirmation Pizza Party
May 22nd-Confirmation Sunday
May 30th-Church Office Closed for Memorial Day
May 31st-Daytrippers Leave

We look forward to seeing you Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday!