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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 [email protected] 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 . ................................................................... 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