Wednesday, October 27, 2010

This Week at Trinity Lutheran - October 27th, 2010

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
October 27th, 2010
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World

TODAY, Wednesday, October 27th
4:45pm Youth & Saints Choir Rehearsal
5:30pm Saints Choir Sectional
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes
6:00pm “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study
7:00pm LOFT at Trinity
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, October 28th
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Randall Rutsch is cooking
8:30am Luther’s Small Catechism Class
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel

THIS Sunday, October 31st is Reformation Sunday. Our worship lessons will be Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 46; Romans 3:19-28 and John 8:31-36.
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Wear Red or Lutheran Apparel
Luther Day at Trinity
Annual Meeting
7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:00am Fellowship Time –Narthex
9:15am Adult Education Class: Getting to Know Martin Luther thru Art-Chapel
9:15am Sunday School Opening –Sanctuary
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms
9:50am Adult Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:10am Youth & Saints Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am Luther Day Celebration-Narthex
12:30pm Annual Meeting-Sanctuary

Sunday Notes
Wear Red or Lutheran Apparel…THIS Sunday, October 31st is Reformation Sunday. To celebrate this day, we invite everyone to wear red or other Lutheran apparel to celebrate the continual reforming of the church.
9:15am Getting to Know Martin Luther thru Art…For Reformation Sunday, the Adult Education class is bringing you a special treat. Dee Watson, retired ELCA pastor, will be introducing us to Martin Luther and his wife Katie using pieces of classical art. NOTE: We’ll be starting at 9:15am (earlier time!) in the Chapel on THIS Sunday, October 31st.
11:45am Luther Day Celebration…Plan to stay after the 10:30am worship service as we celebrate Reformation Sunday Lutheran-style. We’ll have a Lutheran-style lunch (brats, sauerkraut, Jell-O, pretzels, rootbeer, and more), and a freewill donation will be collected to benefit Trinity’s Youth Community Fund. There will even be a visit from Martin Luther himself. The youth will also be continuing to offer Lutheran apparel (jackets, t-shirts, and license plate frames), too.
12:30pm Annual Meeting…After grabbing a brat from the Luther Day celebration, plan to stay for the Annual Meeting! The agenda includes approving the Ministry Spending Plan for 2011, electing Council Members and Nominations Committee for 2011, and hearing reports from Special Committees. Childcare (nursery) will be provided. Please be sure to plan to join us for this very important meeting! Minutes from the last Congregational Meeting are attached for your perusal prior to Sunday’s gathering.

Monday, November 1st
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
5:00pm Discernment Committee Meeting
6:00pm Worship Committee Meeting
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study
7:00pm Youth Vision Team Meeting
7:00pm Music Staff Meeting

Tuesday, November 2nd
7:00pm Property Committee Meeting

Notes
Women’s Retreat Registrations Still Accepted…Women of Trinity (and their friends, neighbors, sisters, mothers, etc), you can still register for the Trinity Women’s Retreat, November 12th-14th . Cost is only $115 for the weekend! Please turn the purple registration forms into the church office by no later than THIS Sunday, October 31st!
Casas Registration Continues…We are now taking registrations for this fall’s Casas Mission Trip, November 20-23rd. We will be building two houses in Juarez, Mexico. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please speak to Rudy Deutschmann, Lynn Twietmeyer, or Pastor Mark. Yellow registration forms are in the narthex on the heater.
All Saints Names…As is our custom, the liturgy on All Saints' Sunday (November 7th) will include the Litany of Remembrance during which we will list the names of those who have joined the Church Triumphant. If you would like to have the name of your loved one included, please write the name on the back of the blue worship card. THIS Sunday, October 31st is the deadline for turning in names.
All Saints Faces… This year we want to surround ourselves with those who have joined the Church Triumphant and are the "cloud of witness" of Hebrews 12. So we invite you to bring to church a picture of your loved one as we make a display of the "cloud of witness" on the side walls of the sanctuary. A couple of things will be helpful as we create this display:
1. pictures only, no frames
2. for safety sake, you may want to bring in a copy of the original
3. write your name on the back of the picture
4. pictures may be brought in starting on NEXT Monday, November 1st and will remain up until after worship on November 21st
5. each person will be responsible for adding and removing their own picture [tape will be available for you to place your loved one's picture on the display]
We invite and encourage you to be a part of this year's celebration of All Saints. Questions may be addressed to Karen Lamprecht, Melanie Nehls Burow, or Pastor Mark

Save the Date
Nov 6th-Time Change: Fall Back one hour
Nov 7th-All Saint’s Sunday
Nov 12-14th-Women’s Retreat
Nov 13th-CU Football Parking
Nov 14th-Flu Shot Clinic
Nov 19th-21st-Senior High Youth Gathering
Nov 20th-CU Football Parking
Nov 20th-23rd-Casas Mission Trip
Nov 24th-Ecumenical Thanksgiving Eve Worship at First Congregational Church
Nov 25th & 26th-Church Office Closed
Nov 28th-First Sunday in Advent
Nov 28th-Household Ministry Event: Making Chrismons

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday if not before!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

This Week at Trinity Lutheran - October 20th, 2010

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
October 20th, 2010
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World

TODAY, Wednesday, October 20th
10:45am Holy Communion at Golden West
4:45pm Youth & Saints Choir Rehearsal
5:30pm Saints Choir Sectional
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes
6:00pm “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study
7:00pm LOFT at the White House
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, October 21st
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Jim Crowder is cooking
8:30am Luther’s Small Catechism Class
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel
7:00pm Missions Committee Meeting…Twietmeyer House

Friday, October 22nd
7:00pm Christ’s Crew Lock-in & Set-up for Halloween Carnival…All 6th-8th graders, come on Friday night at 7pm to Trinity. We’ll set up for the Halloween Carnival and also eat snacks and watch a Halloween movie. Bring your sleeping bag & pillow, appropriate pajamas, and a bag of candy for the Halloween Carnival. Your friends are welcome to join us, too! Parent pick up will be at 9am on Saturday morning. Or, plan to stay and help with CU parking starting at 10:30am.

THIS Saturday, October 23rd
10:30am CU Football Parking…The youth will be parking cars for the CU Home Football game THIS Saturday, October 23rd and they need your help! We need 30 people to staff the Basemar parking lot at Baseline & Broadway, and the youth who work (and bring other adults to help) get money for their individual youth account. If you can help, please contact Becca directly at trinityboulderyouth@hotmail.com

THIS Sunday, October 24th is the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost. Our worship lessons will be Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22; Psalm 84:1-7; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 and Luke 18:9-14.
Deadline to Register for Holy Land Trip
Deadline for Women’s Retreat Registrations
Trinity Lutheran Apparel Sale Begins
Staff Appreciation Sunday
7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:00am Fellowship Time -Narthex
9:15am Sunday School Opening –Sanctuary
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms
9:30am Adult Education Class: Making Sense of Scripture-Chapel
9:50am Adult Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am Advocacy Ministry Peace & Justice Meeting-Conference Room
11:45am Casas Mission Trip Information Meeting-Chapel
4:00pm Christ’s Crew Meets for Halloween Carnival Set-up-Fellowship Hall
5:00pm ENNNR Gathering-Karen Louis’ House
5:00pm Trunk or Treat-Trinity’s Parking Lot
5:30pm Halloween Carnival-Fellowship Hall

Sunday Notes
Deadline for Holy Land Trip…THIS Sunday, October 24th is the deadline to register for the trip to the Holy Land that is being led by Trinity’s own Valerie Hess, February 6-15th. Questions, contact Valerie at hess.valerie@gmail.com
Deadline for Women’s Retreat Registration…Women & Girls, Trinity is having a Women’s Retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies up in Estes Park on Fri-Sun, November 12-14th. This is your chance to get away for a few days and learn how God loves you so much, and how He can help us love others whom seem impossible to love. Registration deadline is THIS Sunday, October 24th! Look for purple registration sheets in the narthex and questions can go to Kristy Martinez, Mysti Gulsurd, or Erin Warren, organizers.
Trinity Lutheran Apparel Sale Begins… THIS Sunday, Trinity’s Youth will be in the narthex taking orders and selling Lutheran Apparel. There will be T-shirts, jackets, and license plate frames. All proceeds benefit the Trinity Youth Community Fund, where the youth give away $5500 to area nonprofits. Deadline to order apparel is Sunday, November 7th.
Staff Appreciation Sunday…The Personnel committee is requesting simple "thank you notes" addressed to Trinity staff for THIS Sunday, October 24th. Please note that there are red boxes with staff names located in the narthex. There are some note cards available to say thank you to the staff, or please bring in a card with a personal message to staff members. We will be honoring our staff with their own appreciation note boxes, at both services on THIS Sunday. Thank you for helping to show Trinity staff how we appreciate their help in making Trinity a special place and a mission outpost in a troubled world!
11:45am Casas Mission Trip Information Meeting…If you have never been on a Casas Mission Trip and want to learn more about our upcoming trip, November 20-23rd, please come to the Information Meeting on THIS Sunday at 11:45am in the Chapel.
5:00pm & 5:30pm Trunk or Treat & Halloween Carnival…Be sure to come back to Trinity AFTER worship on Sunday to participate in Trunk or Treat and the Halloween Carnival. For Trunk or Treat, we need folks to bring their cars to Trinity by 4:45pm to park their cars in Trinity’s lot, and open up their trunks to let the kids “Trunk or Treat” from car to car starting at 5pm. We then invite everyone into Trinity at 5:30pm for the Halloween Carnival in Trinity’s fellowship hall. There will be food, games, prizes, and even a costume contest, and everyone is welcome to bring friends! Christ’s Crew, we’ll be meeting at 4:00pm for set-up.

Monday, October 25th
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
6:30pm Stephen Ministers Supervision
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study

Tuesday, October 26th
9:00am Holy Post Assembly

Upcoming Events
Getting to Know Luther through Art, Sunday morning, October 31st …Pastor Dee Watson, a retired ELCA pastor and art gallery owner, will introduce us to Luther using pieces of classical art of Luther. NOTE: to allow enough time, we will begin at 9:15. Please plan to join us on Reformation Sunday, October 31st, for this Adult Ed Class!
Luther Day & Annual Meeting, Sunday October 31st…Don’t forget to join us on Sunday, October 31st immediately after the 10:30am worship service. We will be having lunch Lutheran-style in the narthex: brats, sauerkraut, pretzels, Jell-O, and Rootbeer. Lutheran apparel (jackets, t-shirts, and license plate frames) will be available. Following the Luther Day Lunch (about 12:30pm), we will move directly into our October Annual Meeting. The agenda includes: election of 2011 Council members, discussion of 2010 finances, accepting the 2011 Ministry Spending Plan, and reports from our Special Committees. Please plan to come and stay until 1:30 pm for this fun and important day!

Notes
Casas Registration Continues…We are now taking registrations for this fall’s Casas Mission Trip, November 20-23rd. We will be building two houses in Juarez, Mexico. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please come to the Information Meeting on THIS Sunday, October 24th at 11:45am or contact Rudy Deutschmann, Lynn Twietmeyer, or Pastor Mark. Yellow registration forms are in the narthex on the heater.
All Saints Names…As is our custom, the liturgy on All Saints' Sunday (November 7th) will include the Litany of Remembrance during which we will list the names of those who have joined the Church Triumphant. If you would like to have the name of your loved one included, please write the name on the back of the blue worship card. October 31 is the deadline for turning in names.
All Saints Faces… This year we want to surround ourselves with those who have joined the Church Triumphant and are the "cloud of witness" of Hebrews 12. So we invite you to bring to church a picture of your loved one as we make a display of the "cloud of witness" on the side walls of the sanctuary. A couple of things will be helpful as we create this display:
1. pictures only, no frames
2. for safety sake, you may want to bring in a copy of the original
3. write your name on the back of the picture
4. pictures may be brought in starting on Monday, November 1 and will remain up until after worship on November 21
5. each person will be responsible for adding and removing their own picture [tape will be available for you to place your loved one's picture on the display]
We invite and encourage you to be a part of this year's celebration of All Saints. Questions may be addressed to Karen Lamprecht, Melanie Nehls Burow, or Pastor Mark

Save the Date
Oct 31st-Luther Day Celebration
Oct 31st-Annual Meeting

Nov 6th-Time Change: Fall Back one hour
Nov 7th-All Saint’s Sunday
Nov 12-14th-Women’s Retreat
Nov 13th-CU Football Parking
Nov 14th-Flu Shot Clinic
Nov 19th-21st-Senior High Youth Gathering
Nov 20th-CU Football Parking
Nov 20th-23rd-Casas Mission Trip

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday if not before!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

This Week at Trinity Lutheran - October 13th, 2010

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
October 13th, 2010
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World

TODAY, Wednesday, October 13th
10:45am Midweek Senior Trip
11:00am Executive Committee Meeting
4:45pm Youth & Saints Choir Rehearsal
5:30pm Saints Singers Sectional
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes
6:00pm “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study
7:00pm LOFT
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, October 14th
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Sam Wahlfeldt is cooking
8:30am Luther’s Small Catechism Class
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel
8:00pm Trinity Men’s Softball Game…Stazio Field #4

Friday, October 15th
Holy Post Deadline…Please make sure anything you would like to include in the November Holy Post newsletter is into the church office by THIS Friday, October 15th.

THIS Saturday, October 16th
9:00am Piecemakers…Join us this Saturday in the fellowship hall as the Piecemakers gather to work on weighted therapy blankets. You do not have to know how to sew to help! We also need help cutting, flattening, and pinning fabric. Questions, contact Kyna Glover or Karen Lamprecht.
9:00am New Member Reception…All staff and council members are invited to the New Member Reception at the home of Bob & Margie Dugan on THIS Saturday, October 16th to welcome our new members joining on Sunday, October 17th.
2:00pm CU Football Parking…The youth will be parking cars for the CU Home Football game THIS Saturday, October 16th and they need your help! We need 30 people to staff the Basemar parking lot at Baseline & Broadway, and the youth who work (and bring other adults to help) get money for their individual youth account. If you can help, please contact Becca directly at trinityboulderyouth@hotmail.com

THIS Sunday, October 17th is the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost. Our worship lessons will be Genesis 32:22-31; Psalm 121; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 and Luke 18:1-8.

Receive New Members
“House of Cards” Sale for Four Mile Canyon Fire Relief
7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:00am New Member Reception -Narthex
9:15am Sunday School Opening –Sanctuary
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms
9:30am Adult Education Class: Making Sense of Scripture-Chapel
9:50am Adult Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am Early Communion Class-Conference Room

Sunday Notes
Receive New Members…This Sunday, Trinity welcomes 31 new members as full participants in our faith community! They will be joining at whatever service they typically attend. However, we will have a New Member Reception in the narthex (with cake) at 9:00am. So, plan to come early or stay late and welcome these new members (look for them to have on a red carnation).
“House of Cards” Sale… THIS Sunday, Missie will have many of her personally made greeting cards for all occasions available in the narthex for a $2 donation per card. All donations will go to the Boulder Mountain Fire Relief Fund being operated by Community Foundation to help those affected by the Four Mile Canyon Fire.
Early Communion Class, Sunday, 11:45am…There will be an Early Communion Class on THIS Sunday for those children whose parents believe they are ready to be full participants at the communion table. The class is designed to have at least one parent participating with their child. Please bring a sack lunch, as well as date of baptism, where baptized, name of sponsors, and one memorable thing about the baptism. Please RSVP to the church office if you are planning on coming so that we may know the age range of participants. Questions can be addressed to Pastor Mark.

Monday, October 18th
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
6:00pm Horizons Committee Meeting in Fellowship Hall
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study

Tuesday, October 19th
Trinity Night at BJ’s, 4-9 p.m….BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse will donate 15% of their revenue from food and non-alcoholic drinks on Tuesday, October 19th, 4-9 p.m. to help support the families whose houses have been damaged or destroyed for the Four Mile Canyon Fire. Plan to bring your friends and enjoy the fellowship, and help out those affected by the fire, too! A copy of the flier (which you must bring and give to your server) is attached to this email.
6:00pm Youth Education Committee Meeting
7:00pm Church Council Meeting

Upcoming Events
CHANGE OF DATE: Trunk or Treat & Halloween Carnival, Sunday, October 24th, 5-7pm…Due to the CU Football Game being on the same day and close to the same time as the original date for Trinity’s Halloween Carnival, we have moved our activities to Sunday, October 24th, 5-7pm. We hope everyone will still participate by decorating their trunk for Trunk or Treat in Trinity’s parking lot at 5pm (sign up is on the youth bulletin board in the narthex) and then come inside at 5:30pm for the Halloween Carnival in the church’s fellowship hall. Contact Becca with questions.

Notes
Staff Appreciation Sunday, Oct. 24th…The Personnel committee is requesting simple "thank you notes" addressed to Trinity staff. Please note that there are red boxes with staff names located in the narthex. There are some note cards available to say thank you to the staff, or please bring in a card with a personal message to staff members. We will be honoring our staff with their own appreciation note boxes, at both services on the 24th. Thank you for helping to show Trinity staff how we appreciate their help in making Trinity a special place and a mission outpost in a troubled world!
Accepting Women’s Retreat Registrations…Women & Girls, Trinity is having a Women’s Retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies up in Estes Park on Fri-Sun, November 12-14th. This is your chance to get away for a few days and learn how God loves you so much, and how He can help us love others whom seem impossible to love. Registration deadline is coming up on Sunday, October 24th! Look for purple registration sheets in the narthex and questions can go to Kristy Martinez, Mysti Gulsurd, or Erin Warren, organizers.
Casas Registration Continues…We are now taking registrations for this fall’s Casas Mission Trip, November 20-23rd. We will be building two houses in Juarez, Mexico. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, contact Rudy Deutschmann, Lynn Twietmeyer, or Pastor Mark. Yellow registration forms are in the narthex on the heater.
All Saints Names…As is our custom, the liturgy on All Saints' Sunday (November 7th) will include the Litany of Remembrance during which we will list the names of those who have joined the Church Triumphant. If you would like to have the name of your loved one included, please write the name on the back of the blue worship card. October 31 is the deadline for turning in names.
All Saints Faces… This year we want to surround ourselves with those who have joined the Church Triumphant and are the "cloud of witness" of Hebrews 12. So we invite you to bring to church a picture of your loved one as we make a display of the "cloud of witness" on the side walls of the sanctuary. A couple of things will be helpful as we create this display:
1. pictures only, no frames
2. for safety sake, you may want to bring in a copy of the original
3. write your name on the back of the picture
4. pictures may be brought in starting on Monday, November 1 and will remain up until after worship on November 21
5. each person will be responsible for adding and removing their own picture [tape will be available for you to place your loved one's picture on the display]
We invite and encourage you to be a part of this year's celebration of All Saints. Questions may be addressed to Karen Lamprecht, Melanie Nehls Burow, or Pastor Mark

Save the Date
Oct 23rd-CU Football Parking, 10:30am-2:30pm
Oct 24th-Deadline for Women’s Retreat Registrations
Oct 24th-Deadline to register for Holy Land Trip…don’t miss this deadline either!
Oct 24th -Trunk or Treat & Halloween Carnival (note date change!!)
Oct 31st-Luther Day Celebration
Oct 31st-Annual Meeting

Nov 6th-Time Change: Fall Back one hour
Nov 7th-All Saint’s Sunday
Nov 12-14th-Women’s Retreat
Nov 13th-CU Football Parking
Nov 14th-Flu Shot Clinic

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday if not before!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

This Week at Trinity Lutheran - October 6th, 2010

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
October 6th, 2010
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World


TODAY, Wednesday, October 6th
1:30pm Afternoon Circle
4:45pm Youth & Saints Choir Rehearsal
5:30pm Saints Singers Sectional
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes
6:00pm “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study
7:00pm LOFT
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, October 7th
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Craig Glover is cooking
NO Luther’s Small Catechism Class
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel…Wrapping up Trinity’s feedback on the ELCA Social Statement on Genetics
9:00pm Trinity Men’s Softball Game…Stazio Field #4

THIS Sunday, October 10th is the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost. Our worship lessons will be 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c; Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:8-15 and Luke 17:11-19.

7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:00am Fellowship Time -Narthex
9:15am Sunday School Opening –Sanctuary
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms
9:30am Adult Education Class: Making Sense of Scripture-Chapel
9:30am Cultivating a Personal Prayer Life-Conference Room
9:50am Adult Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am New Member Class-Conference Room
12:00pm Second Sunday Lunch for Hungry-Fellowship Hall

Sunday Notes
9:30am Cultivating a Personal Prayer Life…The Cultivating a Personal Prayer Life class resumes this week in the upstairs conference room at 9:30am where the group is learning, practicing, and discussing several different prayer forms. October's class will center on Lectio Divina.

Monday, October 11th
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study

Tuesday, October 12th
3:00pm World Issues Book Group
5:15pm Adult Education Committee Meeting

Upcoming Events
Early Communion Class, Sunday, October 17th, 12 noon…There will be an Early Communion Class on Sunday, October 17th for those children whose parents believe they are ready to be full participants at the communion table. The class is designed to have at least one parent participating with their child. Please bring a sack lunch, as well as date of baptism, where baptized, name of sponsors, and one memorable thing about the baptism. Please RSVP to the church office so that we may know the age range of participants and can order age-appropriate materials for the class. Questions can be addressed to Pastor Mark or Melanie.
Missie’s House of Cards, Sunday, October 17th…In light of the recent Four Mile Canyon fire and its devastation to so many people, this fall's proceeds from Missie's House of Cards will go to the Boulder Mountain Fire Relief Fund being operated by Community Foundation. On Sunday, October 17th Missie will have many of her personally made greeting cards for all occasions available in the narthex for a $2 donation per card.
Trinity Night at BJ’s, Tuesday, October 19th 4-9 p.m….BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse will donate a percentage of their revenue from food and non-alcoholic drinks on Tuesday, October 19th, 4-9 p.m. to help support the families whose houses have been damaged or destroyed for the Four Mile Canyon Fire. Plan to bring your friends and enjoy the fellowship, and help out those affected by the fire, too!
CHANGE OF DATE: Trunk or Treat & Halloween Carnival, Sunday, October 24th, 5-7pm…Due to the CU Football Game being on the same day and likely the same time as the original date for Trinity’s Halloween Carnival, we have moved our activities to Sunday, October 24th, 5-7pm. We hope everyone will still participate by decorating their trunk for Trunk or Treat in Trinity’s parking lot at 5pm and then come inside at 5:30pm for the Halloween Carnival in the church’s fellowship hall.

Notes
New Horizon Committee Questionnaires…The New Horizon Committee has extended the deadline to turn in your Building Questionnaires about Trinity’s current building uses and needs. A copy of the questionnaire is attached to this email for you to complete and bring to Trinity by THIS Sunday, October 10th. Don’t miss your chance to weigh in on this very important topic!
Accepting Women’s Retreat Registrations…Women & Girls, Trinity is having a Women’s Retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies up in Estes Park on Fri-Sun, November 12-14th. This is your chance to get away for a few days and learn how God loves you so much, and how He can help us love others whom seem impossible to love. Registration deadline is coming up on Sunday, October 24th! Look for purple registration sheets in the narthex and questions can go to Kristy Martinez, Mysti Gulsurd, or Erin Warren, organizers.

Save the Date
Oct 16th-CU Football Parking 2-6pm
Oct 17th-House of Cards Event
Oct 17th-Early Communion Class
Oct 19th-Trinity BJ’s Night
Oct 23rd-CU Football Parking
Oct 24th-Deadline for Women’s Retreat Registrations
Oct 24th-Deadline to register for Holy Land Trip…don’t miss this deadline either!
Oct 24th -Trunk or Treat & Halloween Carnival (note date change!!)
Oct 31st-Luther Day Celebration
Oct 31st-Annual Meeting

Nov 6th-Time Change: Fall Back one hour
Nov 7th-All Saint’s Sunday

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday if not before!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

This Week at Trinity Lutheran - September 29th, 2010

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
September 29th, 2010
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World


TODAY, Wednesday, September 29th
4:45pm Youth Choir
5:30pm “Saints” Rehearsal
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes
6:00pm “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study
7:00pm LOFT
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, September 30th
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Casey Burnett is cooking
8:30am Luther’s Small Catechism Class
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel
6:00pm Trinity Men’s Softball Game…Stazio Field #4

THIS Saturday, October 2nd
2:00pm CU Football Parking…THIS Saturday is another youth fundraiser of CU Parking and we desperately need your help!!! We need 30 people to monitor the parking lot and we only have 18 signed up. Help is needed from 2-6pm on Saturday. Remember, youth get $25 credit in their youth accounts for coming and helping and an additional $25 credit for each adult they bring with them! Congregation members are asked to help the youth by working, too! If you can help with all or part of that time, please contact Becca directly at trinityboulderyouth@hotmail.com or 720-329-4381.

THIS Sunday, October 3rd is the Ninteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Our worship lessons will be Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4; Psalm 37:1-9; 2 Timothy 1:1-14 and Luke 17:5-10.

7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:00am Fellowship Time -Narthex
9:00am Blood Pressure Screenings-Chapel
9:15am Sunday School Opening –Sanctuary
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms
9:30am Adult Education Class: Making Sense of Scripture-Chapel
9:30am ELCA Social Statement on Genetics-Conference Room
9:50am Adult Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am New Member Class-Conference Room
11:45am New Horizons Building Committee Meeting-Chapel

Sunday Notes
9:30am ELCA Social Statement on Genetics…Trinity’s Faith & Issues Discussion Group has been studying the draft of the ELCA Social Statement on Genetics and is continuing to lead us in a 3-week discussion on it upstairs in the Conference Room on Sunday mornings at 9:30am to gather feedback to return to the ELCA. Please consider joining us, even if you did not the last two weeks! You may download the statement from the ELCA website www.elca.org.
11:45am New Member Class…Even if you haven’t joined the group before, please consider coming to learn more about Trinity. We meet in the upstairs Conference Room and lunch and childcare are provided.

Monday, October 4th
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
6:00 pm Worship Committee Meeting
7:00pm Music Staff Meeting
7:00pm Youth Vision Team Meeting
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study

Tuesday, October 5th
7:00pm Property Committee Meeting

Notes
Missie’s House of Cards, Sunday, October 17th…In light of the recent 4-Mile Canyon fire and its devastation to so many people, this fall's proceeds from Missie's House of Cards will go to the Boulder Mountain Fire Relief Fund being operated by Community Foundation. On Sunday, October 17th Missie will have many of her personally made greeting cards for all occasions available in the narthex for donation.
Early Communion Class, Sunday, October 17th, 12 noon…There will be an Early Communion Class on Sunday, October 17th for those children whose parents believe they are ready to be full participants at the communion table. The class is designed to have at least one parent participating with their child. Please bring a sack lunch, as well as date of baptism, where baptized, name of sponsors, and one memorable thing about the baptism. Please RSVP to the church office so that we may know the age range of participants and can order age-appropriate materials for the class. Questions can be addressed to Pastor Mark.
Echo House Needs…ECHO House is in need of the following items: shampoo, conditioner, bars of soap, paper towels, toilet paper, laundry soap and other cleaning products (such as Pine Sol, 409, etc). Thank you for all you have contributed in the past. Everything is greatly appreciated. Put them on the counter inside the door at Trinity. Questions contact Annie DiGennaro at anndigennaro@comcast.net or 303-524-9125.
Accepting Women’s Retreat Registrations…Women & Girls, Trinity is having a Women’s Retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies up in Estes Park on Fri-Sun, November 12-14th. This is your chance to get away for a few days and learn how God loves you so much, and how He can help us love others whom seem impossible to love. Look for purple registration sheets in the narthex and questions can go to Kristy Martinez, Mysti Gulsurd, or Erin Warren, organizers.
New Horizon Committee Questionnaires…The New Horizon Committee was established to assist the congregation in assessing our current facilities needs in light of our mission. The committee has developed a questionnaire that is being shared with all of the committees, ministries, and staff to help assess our current facilities needs. In addition, the committee has developed a general questionnaire for all congregational members. The questionnaire is now available in the narthex and we ask you to take the time to fill it out to help in the assessment and discernment process. Questions may be addressed to Steve Smith (chair).

Save the Date
Oct 16th-CU Football Parking
Oct 17th-House of Cards Event
Oct 17th-Early Communion Class
Oct 19th-Trinity BJ’s Night
Oct 23rd-CU Football Parking
Oct 23rd-Trunk or Treat & Halloween Carnival
Oct 24th-Deadline for Women’s Retreat Registrations
Oct 24th-Deadline to register for Holy Land Trip
Oct 31st-Luther Day Celebration
Oct 31st-Annual Meeting

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday if not before!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

This Week at Trinity Lutheran - September 22nd, 2010

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
September 22nd, 2010
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World


TODAY, Wednesday, September 22nd
4:45pm Youth Choir
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes
NO “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study…Class will resume NEXT Wednesday, September 29th at 6pm
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study
7:00pm LOFT
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, September 23rd
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Duane Isakson is cooking
8:30am Luther’s Small Catechism Class
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel
8:00pm Trinity Men’s Softball Game…Stazio Field #4

THIS Sunday, September 26th is the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Our worship lessons will be Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:6-19 and Luke 16:19-31.

7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:00am Fellowship Time -Narthex
9:15am Sunday School Opening –Sanctuary
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms
9:30am Adult Education Class: Making Sense of Scripture-Chapel
9:30am ELCA Social Statement on Genetics-Conference Room
9:50am Adult Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:10am Youth Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am New Member Class-Conference Room
12:00pm Daring Disciple Event-Fellowship Hall

Sunday Notes
9:30am ELCA Social Statement on Genetics…Trinity’s Faith & Issues Discussion Group has been studying the draft of the ELCA Social Statement on Genetics and is continuing to lead us in a 3-week discussion on it upstairs in the Conference Room on Sunday mornings at 9:30am to gather feedback to return to the ELCA. Please consider joining us, even if you did not last week! You may download the statement from the ELCA website www.elca.org.
11:45am New Member Class…Even if you haven’t joined the group before, please consider coming to learn more about Trinity. We meet in the upstairs Conference Room and lunch and childcare are provided.
12:00pm Daring Disciple Event…K-2nd graders, THIS Sunday we are getting together in the fellowship hall immediately after the end of the 10:30 worship service for lunch (provided), playing games, and making prayer blocks. Parents, plan to be there at 1:45pm to learn how to use the prayer blocks and then to pick up your youth.

Monday, September 27th
9:00 am Holy Post Assembly
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
NO Lifelight Bible Study …Bob Dugan is out of town. They will resume meeting on Monday, October 4th at 7pm.

Notes
Echo House Needs…ECHO House is in need of the following items: shampoo, conditioner, bars of soap, paper towels, toilet paper, laundry soap and other cleaning products (such as Pine Sol, 409, etc). Thank you for all you have contributed in the past. Everything is greatly appreciated. Put them on the counter inside the door at Trinity. Questions contact Annie DiGennaro at anndigennaro@comcast.net or 303-524-9125.
Now Accepting Women’s Retreat Registrations…Women & Girls, Trinity is having a Women’s Retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies up in Estes Park on Fri-Sun, November 12-14th. This is your chance to get away for a few days and learn how God loves you so much, and how He can help us love others whom seem impossible to love. Look for purple registration sheets in the narthex and questions can go to Kristy Martinez, Mysti Gulsurd, or Erin Warren, organizers.
New Horizon Committee Questionnaires…The New Horizon Committee was established to assist the congregation in assessing our current facilities needs in light of our mission. The committee has developed a questionnaire that is being shared with all of the committees, ministries, and staff to help assess our current facilities needs. In addition, the committee has developed a general questionnaire for all congregational members. The questionnaire is now available in the narthex and we ask you to take the time to fill it out to help in the assessment and discernment process. Questions may be addressed to Steve Smith (chair).

Save the Date
Oct 2nd-CU Football Parking, 2-6pm
Oct 16th-CU Football Parking
Oct 23rd-CU Football Parking
Oct 23rd-Trunk or Treat & Halloween Carnival
Oct 24th-Deadline for Women’s Retreat Registrations
Oct 24th-Deadline to register for Holy Land Trip
Oct 31st-Luther Day Celebration
Oct 31st-Annual Meeting

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday if not before!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

This Week at Trinity Lutheran - September 15th, 2010

Trinit-E-Connection – This Week at Trinity Lutheran
September 15th, 2010
A Mission Outpost in a Troubled World


**Notice on Trinity’s Parking Lot…The City of Boulder is re-doing the curbs on Mapleton Street, just north of Trinity’s parking lot. As a result, you will not be able to access Trinity’s parking lot from the north entrances TODAY, September 15th & TOMORROW, September 16th. Those entrances will be reopened sometime on THIS Friday, September 17th. During this time, you will need to access Trinity’s parking lot from the alley entrance on the west side of the lot, just north of the building. Thanks!

TODAY, Wednesday, September 15th
Holy Post Deadline…THIS Wednesday is the deadline to get anything into the October Holy Post newsletter. Please make sure everything you want included is into the church office by then.
10:45am Holy Communion Service at Golden West
4:45pm Youth Choir Continues…All youth ages 2nd-9th grade are invited to come to Youth Choir rehearsals, continuing tonight at 4:45pm in the Chapel. Even if you didn’t join us last week, please come check it out!
5:45pm Confirmation Dinner & Classes…All 6th-8th graders, confirmation classes are continuing tonight. Join us at 5:45pm in the fellowship hall for dinner, before we head to our classes at 6pm.
6:00pm “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study Continues…The “Good & Beautiful God” Bible Study continues tonight, 6-7pm in the Choir Loft area of the sanctuary. If you missed the first class last week, please feel free to come anyway!
7:00pm Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study Continues…Pastor Mark is leading a bible study on Wednesday nights and Thursday mornings that is a “Confirmation Class” for adults, studying the Lord's Prayer, the Apostle’s Creed, the 10 Commandments, Holy Baptism, and the Lord's Supper. They continue to meet in the fellowship hall tonight at 7:00pm and the same class will be repeated on Thursday mornings at 8:30am.
7:00pm LOFT: White’s House…LOFT this week will be at the home of Jim, Kris, & Molly White.
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

TOMORROW, Thursday, September 16th
7:00am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study…Mark Twietmeyer is cooking
8:30am Luther’s Small Catechism Bible Study Continues…see description above
9:15am Faith ‘n Issues Group at Page Two in Gunbarrel
7:00pm Four Mile Canyon Community Service… Trinity is joining with a number of other Boulder churches in hosting a service of Support and Thanksgiving in response to the Four Mile Canyon Fire. The service is tomorrow night, Thursday evening, 7 pm, at Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder. An offering for the Boulder Mountain Fire Relief Fund through the Community Foundation of Boulder, CO will be taken. See the attached ad for details.
9:00pm Trinity Men’s Softball Game…Stazio Field #4

THIS Saturday, September 18th
9:00am Piecemakers…THIS Saturday, the Piecemakers resume their activities. They will be meeting on the 3rd Saturday of each month to sew blankets for different ministries, including Casas and weighted therapy blankets. It is NOT necessary to know how to sew to help! We need people to cut, tie, and flatten out material, too. Please consider coming and checking us out.
10:30am-2:30pm CU Football Parking…THIS Saturday is CU’s first home football game, and that means Trinity Youth will be parking cars at the Basemar Shopping Center at Baseline & Broadway. Thank you to all who signed up to help! Youth, remember you want to be there as CU Parking is our only fundraiser for the year! Meet at the parking lot at 10:30am. Christ’s Crew, remember we are going to the game, so plan to come and help park at 10:30am. We’ll then head over to the stadium for the 1:30pm game, returning to Trinity for parent pick-up at 5pm.

THIS Sunday, September 19th is the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. Our worship lessons will be Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7 and Luke 16:1-13.

7:30am Worship Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary
8:00am Worship–Sanctuary
9:00am Fellowship Time -Narthex
9:00am Thrivent Choice Information Session-Chapel
9:15am Sunday School Opening –Sanctuary
9:30am Sunday School Classes-Downstairs Classrooms
9:30am Adult Education Class: Making Sense of Scripture-Chapel
9:30am ELCA Social Statement on Genetics-Conference Room
9:50am Adult Choir Warm-up-Sanctuary
10:30am Worship –Sanctuary
11:45am Thrivent Choice Information Session-Chapel
11:45am New Member Class-Conference Room
12:00pm Storytime Potluck with Don Knight-Fellowship Hall
3:00pm Town Hall Meeting with Bishop Hanson-Online

Sunday Notes
9:00 & 11:45am Thrivent Choice Information Session…Thrivent members should have received in the mail in the last week or two information about how to designate your Thrivent Choice dollars to a Lutheran-based organization or church of your choice (like Trinity). We have received some questions about this process, and so we are continuing to offer Information Sessions THIS Sunday, September 19th to help explain your options. If you have your letter from Thrivent, please bring it to this session. Thanks!
9:30am Adult Education Class: Making Sense of Scripture…Using Dr. David Lose's book, Making Sense of Scripture, you are invited to engage in a conversation that might happen around a kitchen table about seven major questions of the Bible. If you ordered a book for the class and have not yet picked it up yet, please plan to do so soon. Thanks!
9:30am ELCA Social Statement on Genetics…Trinity’s Faith & Issues Discussion Group has been studying the draft of the ELCA Social Statement on Genetics and will lead us in a 3 week discussion on it upstairs in the Conference Room on Sunday mornings at 9:30am. You may download the statement from the ELCA website www.elca.org.
11:45am New Member Class…If you are interested in joining Trinity, or just learning more about Trinity, we are offering a New Member Class that is continuing THIS Sunday in the upstairs Conference Room. Even if you weren’t able to join us last week, please consider coming this week! Lunch and childcare are be provided.
12:00pm Storytime Potluck with Don Knight…We are doing another of the Storytime Events where a member of our church shares about their life story. Don Knight, who is 98 years old, will be sharing about his life growing up along the Mississippi. There will be a potluck lunch beforehand, so please bring a dish to share. This event is open to anyone, so please come for this time of fellowship and learning more about each other.
3:00pm Town Hall Meeting with Bishop Hanson…You are invited to submit your question at the next online Town Hall Forum with Bishop Hanson on Sunday, September 19, 2010, at 3:00pm Colorado time. Watch live at www.elca.org/townhall

Monday, September 20th
12:00pm Prayers for Peace in Chapel
7:00pm Lifelight Bible Study Resumes…THIS Monday, consider coming to the Lifelight Bible Study Class. This fall, they are studying the Prophesies in the bible. Questions, or interested in getting the materials, contact Bob Dugan, leader.

Tuesday, September 21st
6:00pm Youth Education Committee Meeting
7:00pm Church Council Meeting
7:00pm Dr. Nuha Khoury Speaking at First Congregational…Trinity is co-hosting Dr. Nuha Khoury, from Dar al-Kalima College in Bethlehem, a Palestinian, who will speak on Lutheran Ministries in Bethlehem at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 21st, at First Congregational Church in Boulder. Her coming gives us a rare opportunity to get a first-hand experience of the Lutheran ministries in Bethlehem in the context of the Israeli/Palestinian issues. This event is co-sponsored by Trinity Lutheran, First Presbyterian and First Congregational Churches.

Notes
Now Accepting Women’s Retreat Registrations…Women & Girls, Trinity is having a Women’s Retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies up in Estes Park on Fri-Sun, November 12-14th. This is your chance to get away for a few days and learn how God loves you so much, and how He can help us love others whom seem impossible to love. Look for purple registration sheets in the narthex and questions can go to Kristy Martinez, Mysti Gulsurd, or Erin Warren, organizers.
New Horizon Committee Questionnaires…The New Horizon Committee was established to assist the congregation in assessing our current facilities needs in light of our mission. The committee has developed a questionnaire that is being shared with all of the committees, ministries, and staff to help assess our current facilities needs. In addition, the committee has developed a general questionnaire for all congregational members. The questionnaire is now available in the narthex and we ask you to take the time to fill it out to help in the assessment and discernment process. Questions may be addressed to Steve Smith (chair).
Four Mile Canyon Fire Update …Trinity has been keeping a current list of what you can do to help out with donations of time, food, clothing/items, and money to help those affected by the Four Mile Canyon Fire. It is current as of Wednesday morning and is available at Trinity.

Save the Date
Sept 26th-Daring Disciple Lunch & Event

Oct 2nd-CU Football Parking
Oct 16th-CU Football Parking
Oct 23rd-CU Football Parking
Oct 23rd-Trunk or Treat & Halloween Carnival
Oct 31st-Luther Day Celebration
Oct 31st-Annual Meeting

We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT and THIS Sunday if not before!