Trinity Lutheran Church
“ S e r v i n g o t h e r s t h r o u g h C h r i s t , t o g e t h e r ! ”
A new year is filled with such hope.
Hope that resolutions stick, that life gets better,
or that your goal is met. For Trinity, we continue
to press on toward the goal of the heavenward
call in Christ Jesus and cling to Him as our only
certain hope! Through January, Trinity will be
sharing the call of God in scripture as well as a
call to our church family to participate in small
groups! Begin praying and preparing to be a part
of a Trinity small group as we do life
together in Christ!
Jan 2nd-4th
Called to Lead - Solomon
Jan 6th
Epiphany of our Lord
Jan 9th-11th
Called to Hear - Ezekiel
Jan 16th-18th
Called to Respond - Samuel
Jan 23rd-25th
Called to Share - Jonah
Jan 30th-Feb 1st
Called to Go - Disciples
Lent
Red Letter Challenge
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There are so many ideas today about love that I couldn’t help but look at the heart of it all! People want their heart filled with love, but this love is some ambiguous feeling that changes just like all our moods change. So, this month we want to look at the heart to help us grasp the depth and meaning of real love!
The heart is an important organ in our body! In fact, if you were to look up some facts about the heart you would find that it beats about 1,000 times a day, moves one and a half gallons of blood every minute, is slightly larger than your fist, and is made up of many different muscles that all coordinate together as one. This is where we can see just how we can work together with our spouse to reveal a deep and meaningful love throughout the years of married life!
First, we must build the capacity to listen. Listening to our spouse isn’t a hearing issue, it is an understanding issue. We must seek to fully understand our spouse, even if we may not agree with them. This requires a heart for our spouse! As the good will spurs you on to understanding your spouse, your knowledge of one another grows deeper to form lasting intimacy. This is love!
Second, we develop esteem for our spouse that is contagious. When we encourage, affirm, and speak well of our spouse the other “muscles” in our life will begin to work in harmony! Rather than seeing the frustrating and annoying things that your spouse does, you have trained your “muscles” to focus on the loveable blessings that you know about your spouse. This is love!
Third, we must seek to protect our spouse. It doesn’t matter the gender, humanity has frail hearts. We must seek to protect them! When the heart of our spouse is safe in our hands – when we do and say things that build up safety – trust develops and builds into an enduring marriage! The strength of this kind of relationship allows grace and forgiveness to flow quickly as trust weathers even difficult storms. This is love!
Finally, we must seek our spouse. There is an important need to be loved and desired by our spouse. When we build up all these actions of love, we will find that our emotions will come in line. In strong relationships our actions keep us in true love which never fails even when struggles abound! This kind of sacrificial love pursues your spouse consistently. This is love!
This year, begin by guarding your heart which resides with your spouse. Resolve to do a couple’s devotional together each day. Resolve to pray together each night. Resolve to read God’s Word out loud together. Resolve to grow together as husband and wife! Resolve to LOVE!
will provide insulation against the isolation that one might experience in difficult times as well as provide support in placing the faith as a priority in your Christian life. These groups will also allow you a group of people whom you can invest in and pray for, with the full knowledge that they are doing the same for you. Creating community as we connect with and encourage one another in our Trinity family!
Watch for more information and how to sign up as we press on for the prize of our heavenly home!
In Christ, Pastor Henderson
“I press on toward the goal
for the prize of the upward call
of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:14
2020 is now past and 2021 holds an old, and yet new, call for us as a family of believers. As we go through January, messages will focus on how God has called His people into new ventures in living the Christian life. With His promise to go with and direct every path that we walk, Trinity is calling our members to participate in small groups. This is the call of 2021! To join a small group and build relationships with fellow Trinity family members.
New small groups will be formed through January and early February, so that we can launch these new groups in Lent! Rather than giving something up for Lent, take up building relationships in the faith that will support and encourage your Christian life! Through Lent, we will walk through the Red Letter Challenge which encourages every Christian to keep Christ in the Christian as we put our faith into action.
Small groups will bless and help Trinity in caring for one another as you develop a deeper knowledge of one another. These small groups will help you encourage and spur one another on to love and good deeds. Doing life together
Our Lord speaks and we listen. His Word bestows what it says. Faith that is born from what is heard
acknowledges the gifts received with eager thankfulness and praise. Music is drawn into this thankfulness and praise, enlarging and elevating the adoration of our gracious giver God. -Lutheran Worship Introduction, p. 6
It’s the one thing we can never give up, forsake, or do without. It’s the thing that brings us to faith and preserves our faith. It’s the one thing that saturates our time of worship together. It’s what comes out of our mouths in response to hearing it from the pastor’s mouth and receiving it at the table--THE WORD. I’d like to take a few moments to think about how music not only teaches us the Scriptures but gives us a voice to proclaim the Scriptures. Christmas is over but Christmas Carols never wear out so let’s take a look at two beloved Christmas Carols.
“O Little Town of Bethlehem” LSB, 361
The tune is, what musicians might call, romantic and sweet, lending itself well to the way we often like to picture the night Jesus was born, gentle, quiet, peaceful. And there is some of that in the text as well: “dreamless sleep”, “silent stars”, lying still. Then comes the little word “yet”, and we come to see that this carol takes us back and teaches us that this incarnational event of God becoming man, has been expected and waited for, for centuries. All the promises we heard through Advent and all the words of the Old Testament are now fulfilled: “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.” We should investigate further: What hopes? What fears? Who or what is “thee”?
How does God give His gift? “Silently” in a tiny town and in a subjugated nation. This is another reversal of what we might expect from God. The entire fourth stanza is a prayer that we could pray any day of the year. In this little, lovely carol we find the Scriptures teaching us and we find God giving us a voice to remind ourselves and tell others of His great gift anticipated since the Garden of Eden.
“What Child is This” LSB, 370
The tune, “Greensleeves” is taken from an Irish love song, and is familiar around the world. While the text of “O Little Town of Bethlehem” takes us back to the Old Testament, this text takes us forward. Remarkably, through Christmas Carols, we learn what the Scripture is all about. It’s all about Jesus the Christ, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 and His birth stands in the center. At Christmas we should be looking back and looking forward.
The carol begins sweetly and gently with the baby being cradled by Mary and watched over by shepherds. But what happens to this sweet scene in the second stanza? We are jarred from our dreaminess into the reality of the purpose for which the Christ Child came. “Nails, spear shall pierce Him through, the cross be borne for me, for you;” How cruel it is for the carol to bring this ugliness up at a time when we’re rejoicing over the Savior’s birth. And yet you cannot
have one without the other. You cannot have the manger without the cross or the cross without the manger. Scripture teaches us this and so does this Christmas Carol. You can even see John 1 in stanza 2; “Hail, hail the Word made flesh”.
Again, we are blessed by God’s gift of music, teaching the Word and giving us a voice for proclaiming the Word to ourselves and others.
Oh, 2020! A year ago you held so much promise, and now I’d like to sing “Goodbye! Goodbye!!” to you the
way Dolly Levi sang it to Horace Vandergelder! A year ago, many organizations were using “2020 Vision” as a
slogan with all kinds of positive connotations, and yet, so often this year I wanted to cover my eyes to shut out all the hateful, hurtful, horrible things that this year contained! Boy, am I ready to put this year in the rearview mirror!
Who’s with me?
As December closes and January approaches, we tend to take stock of the year gone by. I remember as a kid having my dad quiet us at the dinner table on Dec 30 or 31 as the evening news closed and ran a montage of im-ages from the year. What would your reel include?
They say hindsight is 20/20 - the full knowledge and complete understanding that one has about an event only
after it has happened. It may be years before we have complete understanding of 2020, and more likely we’ll
nev-er fully know. But I’m not waiting for years or for undnev-erstanding - I’m going to look back at 2020 now with the full knowledge and complete understanding that Christ was still Immanuel, God with us, all through this
year. Here’s a portion of my year in review:
Watching Jacob play basketball, and sitting shotgun while he learned to drive
Seeing Caleb on stage in Charlotte’s Web, and reading the Hobbit with him using a YouTube audiobook
Looking out over the sanctuary full of school children while saying goodbye to them in March Singing for Easter to a virtually empty sanctuary
Learning to Zoom (and waiting for an hour while my parents tried to figure it out the first time) Taking an 8-hr trip to surprise all the teachers and aides with PTL appreciation gifts
Making homemade pizza and introducing movies from the 80s/90s to the boys
Enjoying Brett’s spontaneous hotdog cookout
Knowing Jacob was loving being a Junior Servant at Camp Lutherhaven
Spending the day with Caleb at the Whistle Stop Train Museum in Monon, and then hearing him say, even
though our having Covid ruined some special plans, this was still the best summer of his life
Coming back to school in August, and now being almost completed with the 1st Semester - TOGETHER! 2020 has had its challenges and sorrows, but looking back, there were a lot of highlights, maybe more than I
realize. I’ll quote another song, one I’ve shared before, from my favorite Christmas movie…. “If you’re worried and you can’t sleep, just count your blessings instead of sheep, and you’ll fall asleep counting your blessings!” Though the world would have us dwell in fear, we have a Source of peace. It’s very clear to me Who the Author of my blessings is. 2020 - You have Jesus’s imprint all over you. When I look back upon you, I’ll count my blessings.
Who’s with me?
As our short journey continued, I realized just how fleeting and beautiful this time is each year. For just a few short weeks, God gives us a glimpse of the amazing beauty that surrounds us each year as we transition from one season to another. In years past, I may have completely overlooked this blessing that God has made for our own enjoyment. Fall can be a busy time for a teacher/mommy; and I realized how seldom I take a moment, pause, and thank God for the beauty that He has given us year after year. As a mom, I seldom feel free of my personal responsibilities in order to have my quiet and uninterrupted time with God. Mothers have always struggled with this problem, and I know that God understands our challenges. He knows that our lives are filled to the brim with important tasks, so He finds opportunities to come to us. He came to me on that short 20 minute drive with Adam.
When I stopped to marvel at the simplistic beauty of Fall, it forced me to have a truly real moment of wonder and gratitude. I was thankful to God for I recently took a drive to Valparaiso on a routine
shopping run with my five year old son. These days it is very rare that I have the chance to have an afternoon with just one of my children at a time. I had promised Adam that I would take him to find the perfect Halloween costume. It was another busy Saturday with a long list of errands and chores. Shortly after our 20 minutes drive through the country began, Adam and I were both completely awestruck by how beautiful the trees looked. All around us were the lovely sights of fall in Northwest Indiana. The sun was shining, the sky was clear, and everywhere were trees dressed in bright yellow, stunning orange-red, and even dark purples. We began a game of pointing out when we would notice a particularly lovely looking tree and it became a small competition between the two of us on our trip. The simple beauty of fall is a blessing from our Heavenly Father.
opening up my eyes in that moment so that I was able to share it with my son. That day reminded me that God sees us and loves us always, and if we remember to open our hearts, we will see Him too.
Romans 1:20 “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities — His eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God” (NLT).
Corey Griesemer
What do you think of when you hear or see the word love? Do you think of Valentine’s Day or Sweetest Day when you have to fight people in the store to get that perfect card? Do you look over at your spouse and feel the love? Do you look at your beautiful children and see or hear love when they are screaming at each other?
I personally think of my teenage years. Oh those wonderful days when I was in ‘love’ with a boy in my class (Steve something-or-another). As a teen, I was perfect! I knew more than my parents, I could do or take anything in the world that I wanted to, and money was no object. I could take on the world! Then there was love.
I would spend the summers in Tennessee with my granny. She was this ‘old bird’ who just didn’t get it. There was nothing to do but sit there and help her with beans, bake biscuits and she would talk about the Bible. We would listen to gospel music in the background, I would think, why couldn’t it be ‘regular music’. Oh the frustration of it all! Granny would take me to church, Mt. Calvary (white church on a hill in Harriman TN - seriously, like a Norman Rockwell painting). I would go to ‘boring’ Sunday School. I learned during this time about Moses and the 10 Commandments, Noah and the Ark, Jesus’ apostles. One time I had to stand in front of the congregation and recite the 10 commandments and what they meant. How horrible! Wait a minute, what is this? My Sunday School teacher is giving me a gift, a pair of white earrings. My granny has tears in her eyes because I knew the commandments by heart. My uncle gave me a Bible with my name
stamped on it (my first ‘real’ Bible). I learned that day that going to church meant that I was going to receive gifts, how cool is that?! I will go with her every Sunday and not complain if this is how I am going to be treated.
Needless to say by the end of summer, some folks would say that I was born again. I was baptized and I started to learn about the true meaning of love. Boy I miss those missed opportunities with my granny. Then there was love.
Were you aware that the word love appears 310 times in the King James Bible, 348 times in the New American Standard Bible, 551 times in the New International Version and 538 times in the New Revised Standard? WOW! That just blows my mind. So, what is love?
I thought I knew love until March 13th, 2020 happened. You know people come together during war time or tragedies like 9/11. But not the case during pandemics - because you can’t. You have to stay away from each other. Hugs are not allowed. Wearing masks are the new normal. Staying home and being with your family 24/7 without any other social contact. No going to church. Ordering stuff from home. WOW!
If things couldn’t get worse, then what happens? The riots and Black Lives Matter. The hatred, the frustration, lives lost, lives damaged.
Love, where did you go? Where’s the love from my granny, my old Sunday School teacher, my uncle and the various people God has put in my life? Where are the children’s laughter in the hallways? Why are people giving me ugly looks when I sneeze or cough when it’s just allergies?
Where are you love? Why aren’t you around? But wait, what is love?
LOVE is GOD. GOD is LOVE.
God is the true meaning of love. He is around and He is waiting for you to realize that He is around all year long. He is not only baby Jesus at Christmas or the rising Christ at Easter. God is with us through the good times and the bad. God expects us to lean on Him and learn from Him.
God wants us to LOVE everyone, the good, the bad and the ugly. He wants us to be Christ like. Out of all the hundreds of times love is mentioned in the Bible, I thought this would be the best for the year 2020.
Leviticus 19:18 states: “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.”
Quite a while ago, before the sounds of growing boys echoed throughout our home, Eric and I went on vacation to Wyoming. We were going to see the Grand Tetons. That is one way to describe them: Grand. The Tetons were amazing. They were an extraordinary sight. The lens of my camera, admittedly amateur by an even more amateur “photographer”, just could not capture the
inexplicable beauty and humility of standing in front of those mountains--the same God who formed them in all of their grand majesty also knitted each one of us. Humbling might be a better adjective.
After a few days of exploration, Eric and I decided that the one way to truly appreciate this place was to go by horse. We woke up early in the morning, while the Tetons were still bathed in darkness, and set out to experience a day that we will never forget. Ours was to be a sunrise trip led by Pat, an 86 year old man, atop a mule. Let’s get this straight: This was not your ordinary line of riders on a trail. We were taking a half day trip through woods, on cliffs, up and down little peaks and valleys. It was going to be an experience like none other. Just Pat, Eric and myself. And I didn’t take a picture of any of it!
I didn’t take a picture when Pat’s mule jumped straight up in the air at the sight of a fallen baby hawk. That little hawk flapped his wings with such ferocity! And that mule? She was not going to have any of it! I don’t think I have ever witnessed an animal jump straight up with all four legs sprawling out from the side of its body. Again, the feeling of humility filled my heart as well as a whole lot of thankfulness that my horse didn’t get the same idea as the mule! But Pat? He never skipped a beat as he calmed down the frightened mule. I will never forget watching him regain control over an animal that, so desperately, needed to escape the torments of the little hawk. No picture could have captured that moment.
I didn’t take a picture as we walked on ledges that just barely fit our horses’ bodies. It sure is humbling being on the back of a horse, hoping he doesn’t lose his footing! There were moments where it felt like if you shifted your weight to one side you would tumble down a cliff. And yet, fear gave way to awe, while looking out over such a vast expanse of God’s creation. Each turn in our journey provided another breathtaking sight.
It was as though every passing hour unfolded more
layers to God’s creation. From the largest mountains as backdrop to the animals and foliage that added new interest and beauty, it all came together to display God’s vibrant creation! As the sun rose and moved across the sky, colors transformed before our eyes. We saw God’s artwork painting every canvas of His creation and it was extraordinary. Oh, I know with the right camera and the right expert behind the lens, many beautiful images could have been captured that day. But could it have captured the awe of the experience?
I didn’t take a picture as we began our journey home. Pat confided that being out exploring the Grand Tetons always reminded him of, How Great Thou Art. And so, he began to sing it for us:
Oh Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder Consider all the works thy hand hath made,
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed;
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee, How great Thou art, how great Thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art! When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze; Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art! And when I think that God His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die -- I scarce can take it in, That on the cross my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin; Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art! When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home--what joy shall fill my heart! Then I shall bow in humble adoration And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee, How great Thou art, how great Thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee,
If I were to take a picture of every moment of that day, I would have missed the experience altogether. Some things are too amazing and extraordinary to capture on film. When I hear the hymn, How Great Thou Art, I can see so vividly all that I was able to take in on that beautiful day. Whatever picture I did take on that trip, pales in comparison to what my memory holds upon hearing those lyrics.
And so, with the anticipation that builds during the Advent season as it leads to Christmas, it is hard for me not to relate it to our experience at the Grand Tetons. Mary. Joseph. The Innkeeper. The shepherds. The Magi. Every single one of them experienced something awesome and extraordinary. And we get to, as well! Obviously, not through pictures taken and passed down from generations. We have something more vivid and vibrant than that! Every season we revisit their experience through Advent services, Sunday School programs, well loved Christmas hymns, the Gospel accounts. We wait with eager anticipation for Christmas and for the hope that is yet to come. And won’t that be a day! Together, we will all be seized by amazement as we glorify God proclaiming that we have seen extraordinary things! And we won’t need a picture to capture it. We’ll get to experience it!
Lynn Yates
As 2020 is coming to a close, there are many different emotions. Maybe you are feeling relief or maybe anxiety or uncertainty of what 2021 will hold. Maybe you had a really difficult year, maybe you learned things about yourself and your family (good or bad), maybe you are grateful for this crazy year. I know I am taking some time to reflect. I keep thinking about Mary—treasuring up and pondering in her heart all the events that took place.
There has been so much talk, this year, about this “worldwide pandemic” of Covid-19. The topic has dominated the news since March, and has changed much of the way our world functions. It is amazing how something so physically small (a virus) can make such a big impact! However, I might argue that Covid-19 is not the greatest pandemic our world is facing right now. GASP! I think there is something that is even more far-reaching—hopelessness. Maybe you have felt it.
Even as Christians, we can go through moments and seasons that feel hopeless. Maybe it was the death
of a loved one, maybe a break-up or divorce. Maybe it was the loss of a job, a miscarriage, or a falling out. Maybe you are feeling lonely, unworthy, unforgivable, or inadequate. Maybe you are feeling immobilized with fear. Maybe you do not see a way out. I know for us, it came with a difficult medical diagnosis. Just over two years ago, our oldest son (who was four at the time), was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Through genetic mutation, this disease causes a person to not make (or make enough of) the dystrophin protein, which is what your body uses to repair your muscles when they break down during movement. Duchenne is a particularly aggressive form that typically affects young boys. We learned the average life expectancy (if nothing changes) is 26. We were devastated, in shock, numb…hopeless. There were innumerable questions, depressing appointments, and the whole experience continues to challenge expectations we took for granted and never realized we had. But God worked.
In fact, He is still at work in ways we could not have imagined. He worked in our hearts and taught us not to take moments, days, and people for grant-ed. He is allowing us to impact a whole community of people that we otherwise may never have interacted with. He has used our experience to increase compassion and empathy in us. And though we have no idea what He has in store for our family, God has given us hope. We are in awe of all the ways God has used, even the most difficult season in our life, to draw us to Him and bring light to our darkness. We know that no matter the circumstances, God is always loving, He is always faithful, and He is always good.
This Advent and Christmas season is all about the hope we have in Jesus. We get to share that hope during a pandemic of hopelessness, with a world full of people who need it! What has God taught you or what is He teaching you in your time of hopelessness? Where has God left you in awe of how He works all things for your good? How can you share the light of Jesus with others? It is amazing how something so small (hope) can make such a big impact!
“And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7
The children did an incredible job presenting the
Stories of the Season! Their joy in the midst of a new way to handle the program was delightful and we are blessed as teachers to be involved in their lives. These are the memories that they will take
with them for a lifetime, so parents, thank you for getting them to Sunday School and for allowing them to participate in the extra items we schedule at times. We resume normal Sunday School January 3rd and will be meeting every Sunday until Easter. May the LORD be with you all in 2021 as we keep looking to that anchor for our souls!
On Fire for our Youth, at the turn of the calendar we are excited to kick off a new year and enjoy some more positive memories. In support of our youth programs we always have our chili cookoff! This year we want to serve you in safety and convenience, so we've moved the 2021 Cookoff to February 6th from 4:00-6:00pm in the school cafeteria. We will have judges on hand from our local eateries to award top 3 chilis with prizes. Delicious desserts will be available for purchase. All chilis will be scored and then packaged to-go for sale. This works great for small group get-togethers and Super Bowl parties. Please consider sponsoring our
youth with your favorite chili and bring some goodies home for the whole family. May the Lord bless us in the New Year!
Computer Tips!
There are so many tech tips online; it can be overwhelming to know which are important. Here are some of the top tips that will come in handy. 1. Have you tried turning it off and on again? Programs running slow, freezing or just
misbehaving? Try turning your computer on and off again.
2. Keep your operating system, software and apps up to date. I would recommend turning on auto updates for all of your devices. If you see an update is available, take the time to perform the update and restart if asked to.
3. Back Up, Back Up, Back Up! It is very important to back up your data. The only way to ensure your favorite pictures will always be safe is to back up your data!
4. Create a strong password. Make your password a phrase and mix it up with capital letters, num-bers and special characters. Never go with the obvious like your birthday or 1234.
5. Protect yourself from viruses. Installing an antivirus program can save you so much money and headaches from all the pesky viruses out there!
So far our Middle School Girls’ Bible study has been fantastic! The girls are amazing and we are
intentionally placing our daily schedules time to read God’s Word on our own. We meet every Sunday at 6pm in the Youth Room and will always welcome additional young ladies. Thanks for the support!
Trinity’s Live and Silent Auction “A Night of Abundant Blessings” will be here before you know it! We are still moving forward with the
event, so be sure to mark your calendars for April 16, 2021. Doors open at 5:45pm at the Avalon Manor. It’s so exciting to see how much everyone comes together to make this event such a success. Without your donations, this event would not be possible. We’re always looking for new items such as home decor, child toys, board games, outdoor fun, beauty products, jewelry, gift certificates to your favorite places, electronics, liquor, hand-crafted items, and fun experiences!
Donations are accepted at any time and can be dropped off at the front desk in the atrium or school office.
Let’s get ready for a night of fellowship, food, and fun as we help raise funds for the 8th Grade Washington DC trip, Trinity Tuition Assistance, and capital improvement projects that would not be possible without this event! Ticket sales start February 2021! Thank you so much for all you do! If you have any further questions, please contact Kortney Fox at anoab@trinitycp.org.
Rocky Railway VBS - we want to make this happen this year! Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Zamojski are talking about what will be best to see it through, so sit tight and look for upcoming announcements in future months. Hurray for 2021!!
December Official
Acts
Ursula Marianne Andrews entered her heavenly home on December 4, 2020. A celebration of life service was held on December 8th, 2020.
Richard Saager entered his heavenly home on December 4, 2020. A celebration of life service was held on December 9, 2020.
We are a generous and giving congregation that takes Jesus’ mandate to care for the widows and orphans seriously through making food and taxable items available to those in need. Second Sunday Sharing has been one of the ways we replenish our little pantry shelves and also share with the Crown Point Community Food Bank.
For the month of July we are looking for...everything! Following Blessing Tree giving of boxes of food and taxable items, our shelves are empty. Please dig deep again and above your regular giving to Trinity and bring in canned, boxed, and
pouches of food items along with cleaning and personal hygiene items not able to be bought with food stamps. If you have questions, a list of items we need can be found n the Second Sunday Sharing boxes in the Narthex and at the entrance of contemporary worship.
Please continue to pray for: Cliff Cary (Ed Klingberg’s brother-in-law), Carolyn Gardin (Phil Gardin’s Aunt), Carrie Myers (relative of Gwen Cruz), Pam Silvas (Jill Klingberg’s sister), Sarah Binford, Kay Hoyer (friends of Cruz family), Bert Pagan, Michelle Fajman, Kristine Bikoff, Diana Dyba, Lori Swanson (sister in law of John Swanson), Christina Thomas, Bill Edwards, Ursula Andrews, Michelle Krapf, Julie Burkhardt, Bill Borsits, Carla Misner, Jim Keilman, Karen Bartholomew, Lincoln Canaday and Jim Terry.
Those serving in the military at home and abroad: Denise Min-Monroe, Jon Parry, Justin Smith, Ely Ronguillo (friend of the Mullins family), Dan Seel (friend of the Mullins family), Tim Stanford, Jeffrey Smith, Tyson Daake, Kevin Jillson (Bill & Sandy Heiser’s grandson), John Luebcke (Gerry Luebcke’s nephew Jim Ponziano (Karol Ketcher’s son-in-law), Marcia Potter, Rose Thomas (Lori Hult’s
goddaughter), Chris Tsirlis (Dave Zimmerman’s friend), Keith Hernandez, Bill Mitseff (grandson of Florence & Darrrell Sergent), Aaron Hensley, Michael and Kyle (Judy Wynn’s nephews), Dan Tobin (Nancy Schmidt’s grandson-in-law) and Sarah Board.
Also, those serving in the mission field: Brian & Barbara Sorge, Randy & Rachel Stauner, Kevin & Ginny Holmes, Hispanic Mission Work, Lydia House, James & Crystal Neuendor, (Panama), Rev. David & Lois Mahsman, Pack Away Hunger, Compass, and Ascension Christian Lutheran School.
1/1 Maria Meza, Frederick Rosenwinkel 1/2 Linda Nudi, Patrick Schuster
1/3 Michael Alwardt, Sally Binford, Bill Campbell, Brinly Katona
1/4 Jesse Cruz, Myrna Pufahl, Chad Reinholtz 1/6 Barbara Berkshire, Brad Campbell, Emil Carlin 1/7 Kristina Feaster, Dawn Hamilton, Landon
Kozlowski
1/8 Marie Dienes, Joanne Stephen
1/10 Dawn Cross, Monica Kendall, Mandy Murdock 1/11 Carrie Aguilar, Helen Brandt, Ella Nemeth,
Donovan Pace
1/12 Cindy Chariton, Daniel Matalin, Cindi Thurn, Lucille White
1/13 Elaine Behnke, Grace Nack, Shannon Ruiz 1/14 Mary Ann Greiner
1/15 Michael Coy, David Kish, Susie Lancaster, Nicole Mochel
1/16 Deborah Anderson, Christopher Bartholomew, Greg Forsythe
1/17 Norman Lotz, Mary Lou Thompson, Kendra Tustison, Carol Winter
1/18 Samuel Puent
1/19 Karen Topp, Tina Yakimow
1/20 Finnegan Coffey, Jacob Miller, Jonathon Parry, Will Rashin
1/21 Shirley Lotz
1/22 Patricia Schuster, Fiona Wilocki
1/23 Jeff Bielawski, Allison DeVries, Lillian Huynh, Charlotte Pace
1/24 Janice Fronek, Fiona Griesemer, Madilyn Johnson
1/25 Bill Graves 1/26 Luke Puent
1/27 Ryan Forsythe, Bobbi Kujawski, Wayne Thunberg
1/28 Bino Aseves, Glenn Hecht, Casey Pflughoeft 1/29 Fred Rosenwinkel, Garry Vajda
1/30 Valerie Giacomin, Derrill Kregel, James Mangrum, Claire Rager, Trey Thurman 1/31 Nathan Bottorff, Zac Chariton, Caiden
Mowery, Evangeline Sagissor, Alexis Shepard 1/1 David Burkhardt, Perry Chism, Karen Cozart,
DeHaan, Timothy Doyle, Judith Duffala, Hermine Enderlin, Hansjoerg Enderlin, Brenda Fiegle, Gregory Johnson, Phillip Kaemerer, Phyllis Kalajian, Letty Kasch, Clare Knipper, Arlene Knox, Vickie Loeber, Larry Mickow, Daniel Pace, Shirley Patz, Denise Puent, Gregory Puent, Sandra Reynolds, Thomas Rosenwinkel, Carl Sapper, Dennis Schulte, Felicia Schuster, Florence Sergent, Linda Stanford, Joanne Stephen, Linda Swanson, Brian Thomas, Kristen Wasinski, Dorothy Waters, Robert Waters, Stephanie Wilocki, Thomas Witten, Tina Yakimow
1/3 Sarah Binford 1/5 Angela Carlin
1/6 Seth Gadbaw, Piper Hinchy
1/7 Kyle DeVries, Gabrielle Gile, Noah Henderson, Eli Maxwell, Robert Stiener, Richard Stiener, Beth Zorn
1/8 Andrew Wanicki
1/9 Logan Dixon, Stoe Duffala 1/10 Rebecca Bottorff
1/11 Ezekiel Lehman
1/12 Ashton Murdock, Ava Riffle, Zackary Thurn, Tyler Thurn 1/13 Sydney Hnatusko 1/15 Isabella Such 1/16 Daniel Schuster 1/17 Eric Hicks 1/18 Quinn Shea
1/19 Michael Alwardt, Carlie Hult, Tracie Pieper 1/21 Gwendolyn Cruz
1/23 Jonah Henderson, Christopher Pillman, Donovan Swalby, Gavin Wynkoop 1/24 Charles Reinholtz
1/27 Joyce McCannm, Makenzi Morris
1/28 Bradley Campbell, Ryan Doyle, Amy Kersey,
Holly Schuster 1/29 Connor Doherty
1/30 Jacob Miller, Randy Noak 1/1 James & Sharon Nowoc
1/5 Jack & Carole Esala, Albert & Elizabeth Noak 1/8 Bino & Tamra Aseves
1/12 Eugene & Brenda Fiegle 1/17 Jeff & Apryl Bielawski 1/20 David & Gail Zona
1/21 Gregory & Ka’tlyn Nelson 1/22 Carl & Robin Froman 1/23 Woody & Letty Kasch 1/30 Jud & Linda Salmon 1/31 Frank & Sharon Voyak
1/10 8:00am T Chase Bielawski, Chance Bielawski
8:00am C Logan Fraze
10:30am T Riley Sherwood, Lucas Brauer 10:30am C Beckett Pflughoeft
1/17 8:00am T Dylan Niemiec, Donovan Pace 8:00am C Jude Thompson
10:30am T Lily Stadnik, Morgan Ruiz 10:30am C Rowan Johnson
1/24 8:00am T Caleb Miller, Nathan Slowiak 8:00am C Gyanna Besse
10:30am T Zack Yates, Ashton Rager 10:30am C Liliana Prince
1/31 8:00am T Ellie Nemeth, Kailynn Nemeth 8:00am C Landon Kozlowski
10:30am T Abigail Morantz, Kaylee Leeming
10:30am C Jayden Saavedra 2/7 8:00am T Zofia Bielawski
8:00am C Isaac Thompson
10:30am C Jackson Zona 1/3 8:00am C Pastor Thompson
10:30am C Chris Dixon 1/10 8:00am C Andy Manning
10:30am C Jennifer McCord 1/17 8:00am C Connie Rainey
10:30am C Nancy Schmidt 1/24 8:00am C Tim Gardiner
10:0am C Karen White 1/31 8:00am C Youth Sunday
10:30am C Youth Sunday 1/9 6:30pm Phil Gardin 1/10 8:00am T Derrill Kregel
8:00am C Andy Manning 10:30am T Carl Sapper 10:30am C Ryan Forsythe 1/11 6:30pm Bob Pryde 1/16 6:30pm Bill Campbell 1/17 8:00am T Dave Maxwell
8:00am C Brad Campbell 10:30am T Eric Yates 10:30am C Greg Forsythe 1/18 6:30pm Bob Pryde 1/23 6:30pm Phil Gardin 1/24 8:00am T Jim Hensley
8:00am C Les Nack
10:30am T Chris Damjanovic 10:30am C Ryan Forsythe 1/25 6:30pm Mark Speichert 1/30 6:30pm Bill Campbell 1/31 8:00am T Derrill Kregel
8:00am C Andy Manning 10:30am T Carl Sapper 10:30am C Greg Forsythe 2/1 6:30pm Bob Pryde 2/6 6:30pm Phil Gardin 2/7 8:00am T Dave Maxwell
8:00am C Brad Campbell 10:30am T Eric Yates 10:30am C Ryan Forsythe 2/8 6:30pm Bob Pryde
