Church Notes for April 21, 2024

 

VOLUNTEER sign-up sheet for May is on the board. If there is a day(s) you are unable to volunteer; please be sure to fill in the dates you are unavailable.

 

PORTALS OF PRAYER April – June 2024, are out under the mailboxes and in the Fellowship Hall.  Please be sure to pick yours up today.

 

BLESSINGS BOX: “We are blessed by the Lord” and we are blessings to others! The TLC Outreach Committee is excited to have started a “BLESSINGS BOX” where all the food is FREE and can be enjoyed by our members and/or they can take and share with others.  Anyone can take food and/or donate food at any time. The Blessings Box is located in the area between the kitchen and the west entrance door, in and beside the Refrigerator. As the table in the hallway offers FREE Bibles and Christian materials as food for our souls; the Blessings Box offers food for our bodies. For more information you may contact Laurie Walker, Deena Hanson, Sherry Graven or Ellie Menz.

 

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY. All women are invited to “Baptized. Equipped. Serving.” on Sunday, April 28th at 8:15 am in the Fellowship Hall. This study is from the Spring Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly. Copies of the study and corresponding scriptures are available in the mailboxes in the narthex. 

 

DONATIONS NEEDED: There is a group of caring people in Clarion, Iowa, who are reaching out and helping people who are enslaved by labor and human trafficking. One way we can help is by donating clothes (all sizes, children/adult), shoes, pillows, sheets, blankets and small household items. Lynn & I will have our van parked by the west door of Trinity on April 21st and on April 28th from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.  Please place your donations in the van and we will take them to Clarion.  If you have any questions, please call Ellie at 515-370-1159 for more information. Thank you and God’s blessings! Ellie Menz

 

Building Healthy Families: Your mom wants to stay in her own home and wants you to stop worrying about her. You want her to be happy, but you worry about her living alone as she ages. Sound familiar? A recent AARP survey found that staying at home as long as possible is a stated goal for 95% of people age 75 and older. Be creative and seek mutually agreeable solutions which make staying at home safe as long as possible; be brave and respectful and have conversations about options before a move is needed. Find helpful ideas and resources at https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/aging-place/aging-place-growing-older-home or invite a counselor from LFS out to speak to a group in your church or community about this important topic! Lutheran Family Service www.LutheranFamilyService.org

 

Perry Lutheran Homes has created an event called, “Project Deliver the LOVE!”  Last chance to volunteer and help Perry Lutheran Home “deliver the love” to around 350 home-bound older adults on May 2nd.  This will be a Rewarding and Fun Volunteer Opportunity.  Please see the insert in the Bulletin for more information or to sign up. 

 

When putting names on the prayer list, we will keep them on there until you let us know that you feel you are ready to have them removed. Please let Darla know by Monday if there are any changes.  If we need to add someone during the week let us know and we will send out an extra prayer request. Thank you for helping with this. 

 

Trinity’s Prayer Team prays together once a week.  If you would like to join in, please contact Denny or Mary Merritt at 641-755-2804 or email at merritt278@hotmail.com. We use a free conference phone line so we can pray together by phone, or if you have a specific prayer request and would like individual prayer, please contact one of the four of us who have been praying for Trinity.  Denny or Mary Merritt, Ellie Menz, or Margaret Martens. 

 

SAVE THE DATE:

 

 

Sunday, April 28           8:15 am    Women’s Bible Study

                                                  9:30 am   Divine Service

                                                10:30 am    Lutheran ½ Hour, 

                                                              Bible Study

                                                                         HSY, Sunday School, 

                                                                         Pastor’s Youth Class,

                                                                         Parenting Matters

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 1       10:30 am    Bible Study

                                                   6:00 pm    Choir

                                                                 

 

 

Sunday, May 5              9:30 am    Divine Service w/Communion

                                              10:30 am    Lutheran ½ Hour, Bible Study,

                                                                    HSY, Sunday School,

                                                                    Pastor’s Youth Class                  

                                                                 

 

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