This Week at Trinity Lutheran - April 27th, 2011

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
April 27th, 2011
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World

TODAY, Wednesday, April 27th
1:30pm Afternoon Circle
4:45pm Youth & Saints Choir Rehearsal
5:30pm Saints Choir Sectional
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes
7:00pm LOFT : meet at Color Me Mine at 1938 Pearl Street, Boulder
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Class…Pastor Mark’s Bible Study on Wednesday nights at 7pm and Thursday mornings at 8:30am resumes THIS Week. Our study continues with studying Holy Baptism. You are welcome to join us even if you have not joined us previously! Look for us in the upstairs conference room.
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, April 28th
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Mark Twietmeyer is cooking
8:30am Luther’s Small Catechism Class…Pastor Mark’s Bible Study on Wednesday nights at 7pm and Thursday mornings at 8:30am resumes THIS Week. Our study continues with studying Holy Baptism. You are welcome to join us even if you have not joined us previously! Look for us in the upstairs conference room.
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel
6:00pm Trinity Men’s Softball Game-Stazio Field #3…Semi-final game. Come out and cheer them on! If they win, they play for the championship at 7pm.

THIS Sunday, May 1st is the Second Sunday of Easter. Our worship lessons will be Acts 2:14a, 22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9 and John 20:19-31.

Blood Pressure Screenings
Ethiopian Necklace Mission Group
7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:15am Sunday School Opening-Fellowship Hall
9:15am Discernment Process: Feedback & Implications-Chapel
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am Discernment Process: Feedback & Implications-Chapel
11:45am Trinity Horizons Building Committee Meeting-Fellowship Hall
12:00pm Evangelism Committee Meeting-Conference Room

Sunday Notes
Blood Pressure Screenings…Pat, Trinity’s Coordinator of Caring & Healing Ministries, will be available in the back of the sanctuary immediately after the end of the 8:00 worship service for anyone who would like to get their blood pressure checked. Thanks!

Ethiopian Necklace Mission Group in narthex…THIS Sunday, you will have the opportunity to look over the necklaces, scarves, baskets, earrings, and crosses that are made by women in Ethiopia to help support their families.

9:15am Sunday School Opening in Fellowship Hall…Sunday School resumes this week with opening in the fellowship hall at 9:15am and classes downstairs at 9:30am.

9:15am and 11:45am 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. As are all Discernment Process events, these sessions will be recorded for those who can't join us. 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 or 11:45 am in the Chapel! Childcare will be available for both sessions.

Monday, May 2nd
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
6:00pm Special Church Council & Discernment Committee Meeting
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study
7:00pm Youth Vision Team Meeting

Tuesday, May 3rd
5:30pm Tres de Mayo Casas Celebration…Please consider joining us at Casa Alvarez in Boulder (30th & Walnut) as we celebrate 14 years of building houses in Juarez, Mexico through Casas! This is not a fundraiser, but just a chance to celebrate together! There will be 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. We hope you will join us!

Notes
Tomato Plants Available: Sunday, May 8th…Support the Casas por Cristo house building project by purchasing tomato plants on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8th. The ready to set-out plants will be available in the Narthex between services for a donation of 50 cents each. This year there will be more than a dozen varieties, and you can get a list of the varieties in advance by emailing Beth Soltis at edgeary@comcast.net. Obtain these plants for yourself, as a gift for a gardening friend, or at 50 cents each, a last minute easily affordable gift for Mother’s Day from the children. The entire donation for the plants goes to Casas por Cristo mission to Mexico!

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
May 8th-Trinity Youth Community Fund Distributions
May 8th-Daytrippers Registration Deadline
May 8th-Casas Tomato Plant Sale
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 Event
May 18th-Confirmation Pizza Party
May 22nd-Confirmation Sunday
May 27th-LOFT Year End Lock-In & Party

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday!