Ministry Weekly The

The Ministry
Weekly
Trinity Lutheran Church
Jacksonville, Florida
October 26, 2014
Our mission: To Proclaim Jesus Christ to the World!
As We Gather for Worship This Week...
Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God by Cheryl Hoke and children in
memory of James Hoke.
Communion Elements are given to the glory of God by Cheryl Hoke and
children in memory of James Hoke.
Our Nursery is well-staffed and equipped to minister during both worship
services and Sunday School to children ages 5 years and under.
The Salisbury Colonnade provides an entrance at the back of the sanctuary
which worshipers are encouraged to use for access to the nursery and rest rooms
during services. Worshipers who have difficulty managing steps are also urged
to use the Colonnade entrance.
Celebration Sunday Worship and Pot-Luck Luncheon Today
Today we will pledge ourselves, our time, talents and resources in service to
God. Worship begins at 10:00 a.m. and Rev. James Graeser, Assistant to the
Bishop, Florida-Bahamas Synod will be preaching. Following worship, you
are invited to join us in the Hall of Memories for a celebration pot-luck
luncheon.
Reformation Sunday
Today is Reformation Sunday, the day on which we celebrate our Lutheran
heritage. As Lutherans, we celebrate Luther’s bold stance for the Scripture’s
clear message: God’s grace given for all as a free gift in Jesus Christ, not the
result of good works or religious rules or piety. On October 31, 1517, Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther posted the famous “95 Theses” on the church door in
Wittenberg, Germany and the Protestant Reformation was begun.
Children’s Christmas Program Practice Begins Next Sunday
Parents, please note: rehearsals for the Children’s Christmas program will
begin next Sunday, November 2nd from 9:15 - 10:00 a.m. Rehearsals will
continue every Sunday morning through December 14th. The children will
present their program on Wednesday evening, December 17th in the Hall of
Memories after a pot-luck supper.
WHAT - Wednesday, October 29th
Our Wednesday Happenings at Trinity (WHAT) dinner begins with dinner
continuously served from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. with our program following
at 6:30 p.m. Menu: Maggie’s dinner, salad, pumpkin dump cake. Reservations
are required, so please sign up on the list posted on the bulletin board in the
Hall of Memories. You can sign up as “permanent” or “this week only”.
Prices are $5 (adult), $2 (child) and $12 (family of 4: 2 adults, 2 children). If
you must cancel, call Rae Ettmyer (703-8631) by Monday before the dinner.
Our program will be the second session of “Being the Church in Society
Today” entitled “Two Kingdoms: Putting Others First.”
WHAT Program - Wednesday, October 29th
Our WHAT program for Wednesday, October 29th will begin at 6:30 p.m. and
is a series entitled “Being the Church in Society Today.” Pastor Robert will
lead this session entitled “Two Kingdoms: Putting Others First.”
Calling All Golfers - Honduras Benefit Golf Tournament
The fourth annual Trinity Lutheran Golf Tournament to benefit the 2015
Honduras Medical Mission trip will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at
Eagle Landing golf course at Oakleaf Plantation. Cost is $60 per player which
includes a meal and two drinks (before or after round), and range balls. There
will be proximity and raffle prizes. Format will be Captain’s Choice of best
ball. We will start at 11:30 a.m. with the first group teeing off. Registration
forms are available in the church office or through Joseph Powers (309-4860).
Trinity Lunch Bunch
Trinity’s Lunch Bunch will meet this Tuesday, October 28th at 11:30 a.m. at
Longhorn’s, 34401 Roosevelt Blvd. All ages are invited to come share good
food and good fellowship. Be sure and sign up by Monday, October 27th in the
Hall of Memories. If you need a ride, let Kim Bloomer (766-9858) know.
November Love Offering - Next Sunday, November 2nd
Our November Love Offering to be received next Sunday, November 2nd will
benefit our Trinity Food Pantry. Love Offering envelopes will be available
next Sunday. Make any checks payable to Trinity with the notation “food
pantry.”
CROP Hunger Walk
Attention Middle School & Senior Youth (Adults, too)! The 26th Annual
Jacksonville Westside CROP Hunger Walk will be held on Sunday afternoon,
November 16th at Avondale United Methodist Church (1651 Talbot Ave at
Herschel St.). Registration is at 1:30 p.m. with the walk starting at 2 p.m.
There will be a one or three mile walk option. Beneficiaries of the
Jacksonville Westside Crop Hunger walk are Westside Christian Outreach
(locally) and Church World Services (internationally). See Pastor Robert for
registration forms and begin raising money today!
Statistical Information
W eek of October 19 th: Attendance: reSource: 51; Attendance 11 a.m.: 63
M ission Funding Plan: Offerings Pledged: W kly 5,065 YTD
212,730
Offerings Rec’d 10/19/14 2,427 YTD 208,125
- 4,605
First Communion Instruction
Children who are 7 years of age (and older) are invited to receive instruction in
the meaning of Holy Communion in preparation for receiving their First
Communion. Pastor Robert will be leading this instructional class on Sunday
afternoon, November 16th, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Recognition and receiving of
First Communion will be on Sunday, November 23rd . Please let Pastor Robert
know if you will be having a child receive this instruction so that plans can be
made for materials.
Set Clocks Back Next Sunday - November 2nd
Don’t forget to turn your clocks BACK one hour at 2:00 a.m. next Sunday,
November 2nd as we return to Eastern Standard time!
Volunteers Needed!
We are in need of volunteers for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in the Food
Pantry. We want to keep a minimum of five or maximum of six per day.
Please pray about this and let Tom Culverwell know that you wish to help out.
E-mail Tom at tculvrwel@comcast.net or call his cell (904-254-0063). This is
a time of great uncertainly in His food pantry. There are changes afoot to both
the USDA program and the bulk purchase program. The food pantry depends
on these two programs for the bulk of the food distributed. We are hearing a
lot of speculation, but nothing concrete at this time. Please pray the we will
continue to be stocked, and that we all have patience during this time of
transition.
Help Needed at Trinity Food Pantry
Even if you can’t help on a regular basis, there are still things to be done in the
food pantry that don’t require a regular commitment of your time. For
example, every Monday we need help sorting and bagging a large shipment of
bread and baked goods. The 3-ring binders containing the USDA forms for
each client frequently need alphabetization and can be done sitting down. The
food pantry needs periodic cleaning and perhaps you can help with this.
Please see Tom Culverwell if you can help in the food pantry in any way. We
also desperately need paper and plastic bags, so please save yours and bring
them to the church whenever you can. Remember it is God’s food pantry, and
we all love to serve God, don’t we?
Thank You Coffee Hosts
There will be no coffee hour today. Hosts for next week’s coffee hour after
11:00 a.m. worship will be Maureen Onstott and Karen Kuebler.
This Week at Trinity
Sunday, October 26th - Sunday, November 2nd
Church Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - M - Th; 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday
Remember Pastor Robert’s day off is Monday.
Sunday
Adult Choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m.
Combined Celebration Sunday worship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.
Children’s Sunday School.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 a.m.
Pot-luck Luncheon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30 a.m.
Monday - Saturday Food Pantry.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon
Monday
Quilters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:30 a.m.
Adult Choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday
Trinity Lunch Bunch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30 a.m.
CEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Food Pantry.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
WHAT dinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:30 p.m.
“Being the Church Today - “Two Kingdoms - Putting Others First’. . . . . . . 6:30 p.m.
Thursday
CEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:30 p.m.
Friday
NFAN Luncheon.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30 a.m.
Saturday
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Sunday
Set clocks back one hour.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 a.m.
reSource worship.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 a.m.
Adult Sunday School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m.
Children’s Christmas Program Practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 a.m.
Adult Choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.
Sunday morning “Take Away”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 a.m.
Traditional worship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m.
D amon Ard
M yrtle N esset
Betty Bentley
M arilyn Pegg
P rayer C oncerns
P ray for our hom ebound m em bers:
C harlotte D ickey
Barbara Eckels
Jenny Turano
B ill and Ellyn King
P ray for those with special needs:
F riends and F am ily
D ennis D onnelly, friend of Kim Bloomer
Art Bloomer, husband of Kim Bloomer
D ena Hufford, friend of Barbara Henry
R ich A nnunziata, friend of C heryl V irta
“Skeeter” Butler, cousin of M ary B ollingberg
Bill Thacker, friend of M aureen O nstott
Shaw na C lemons, cousin of Aaron G iddens
R ev. Barbara R iddle, friend of Pastors R obert & Janis
Kathleen Kinley, aunt of Pastor R obert
Katrina Smith, sister of Tammy Kaelin
Laura Stew art, aunt of M arlene Pow ers’ classmate
M cKade N eal, grandson of G ary & Fanny Hautau
C arol N ordsick, w ife of R ev. Jerry N ordsick (Advent Lutheran) R ev. G eorge Sw eet, nephew of Karen W arner
D an Kerekgyarto, brother of Lou Kerekgyarto
Joan Baxter, mother of Berni Tomaszew ski
Fred Sicignano, co-w orker of Joe Henry
C arl Baze and family, friends of Keith M yers
Eli W aterson (toddler) & family, friends of Jerry & R uth Johnson R icky Bishop, co-w orker of Sarah D onahue
M em bers:
Earl D elbaugh
Bill Franklin
Pastor Janis Kinley
Shirley M cG rath
Sharon R oberts
D onna W hite
Betty Bentley
M iles D onahue
Larry Franklin
Henry Kruck
G avin M ickley
C harles R udeen
M erald W oods
M arge Breitmoser
Stacy D ues
Ann Henkel
Bonnie Kerekgyarto
Sandra M cLaughlin
Pauline Scott
M arty W right
M ary A lice C agle
W aldo Edw ards
Ace Hodge
Leila Lamusga
C arolyn M olenda
D arlane V alentine
M ike Y ork
Lou D elany
Kathy Finn
Elenore Kripps
Jim M cAdams
W ayne R ieley
Joanna W arner
M ilitary P rayer L ist:
Britt M usselw hite
C olton N eal
D aniel Alpahando
D avid Franklin
W illie Smedberg
N icole B lanks
R yan Larson
R yan G uard
Zachary W ade
D avid Long
Jason M cC all