02/26/24 6PM Lutheran Men in Mission meeting

LUTHERAN MEN IN MISSION SUPPER MEETING
Monday, February 26
6:00 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP HALL
SPEAKER: Pastor Bruce Booher
PROGRAM: Standing In Awe
We will explore how both science and our faith call us to stand in awe at the mysteries
and wonders of God’s marvelous creation.

02/25/24 BOLD WOMEN SUNDAY

BOLD WOMEN SUNDAY
During both of our worship services on February 25, Holy Trinity will be celebrating the bold women in our life. It is on this day that we give thanks to God for all women who have acted or are acting boldly on their faith in Jesus Christ. Some women are bold in their unceasing prayers. Other women are bold in their service to those in need. Still other women are bold in their advocacy or through their hospitality. Whether we live out our bold story of faith in the workplace, family, home, or community, our faith compels us to make a difference in the lives of others. It’s all about living out our baptismal call, about being a disciple of Christ. Brenda McGowan will be giving our Temple Talk on this day.

3/9/24 bread baking workshop

On Saturday, March 9th at 1:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall, there will be a bread baking workshop.

All who would like to learn more about the ingredients and the spiritual process which goes into the bread used for communion here at Holy Trinity are welcome to join us.

This will be a hands-on event. No experience is needed.

After our loaves are baked, we will join together in fellowship by sharing a simple meal of soup and bread.
A sign-up sheet will be in the narthex and the sacristy so we can be sure everyone has the needed supplies.

Please contact Amy Goodson for any questions.

2/25/24 Weekly Congregational Update

Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

 

Here are this week’s updates:

 

  • You are asked to keep Phil Cahaly in your prayers as he undergoes neck surgery tomorrow.

  • This coming Sunday, Brenda McGowan will be doing a brief Temple Talk at both of our services as our Bold Women Sunday presenter.

  • For our sermon message Sunday, we will be coving what I call, “the speed bumps of life,” those times when God is trying to grab our attention.  It is based on our gospel reading for the day, Mark 8:31-38.

  • During our Late Service Sunday, we are delighted to be receiving Robert and Sophie O’Connor as new members of our congregation.

  • We are off to a fantastic start to our “Breakfast Blessings Gathering.”  Even though we officially do not start until this coming Sunday, many of you have already begun to bring in the needed items for Hope Missions of the Upstate.  Items requested are listed in your bulletin and February newsletter and can be placed in the room off the narthex.  The last day to drop off donated items is Sunday, March 3.

  • Monday evening, the Lutheran Men in Mission will gather for their monthly supper meeting.  Pastor Bruce Booher will be our presenter.

  • Then on Wednesday evening, we will continue our Lenten journey with a meal at 6:00 p.m., followed by our Lenten midweek worship service at 7:00 p.m.  We will be exploring “Unleavened Bread,” recorded in Exodus 12:1-11.

  • Speaking of bread, Amy Goodson is hosting a Bread Baking Workshop on Saturday, March 9 beginning at 1:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.  If you are interested in learning more about the ingredients and process that go into baking the bread for our communion services, there is a Signup sheet in the narthex.  Participants will be making bread and then joining together for a meal of soup and bread.

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

Lenten Worship and Supper Schedule

2024 LENTEN WORSHIP AND SUPPER SCHEDULE
Sermon Series: “Bread for the Journey”
Notes:
1) Our annual Community Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will take place this year again at Boulevard Baptist Church on Tuesday, February 13.

2)
Both Ash Wednesday Services, Maundy Thursday Services, and Good Friday Services will be identical.
Wednesday, February 14 Ash Wednesday Services 12:00 Noon and 7:00 p.m.
[no meal] Message: “The Beginning of the Journey”

Wednesday, February 21 6:00 p.m. Lenten Supper [Luther’s Ladies to host]

Lenten Service – 7:00 p.m. Message: “Welcome Bread”

Wednesday, February 28 6:00 p.m. Lenten Supper [Katie’s Ladies to host]

Lenten Service – 7:00 p.m. Message: “Unleavened Bread”

Wednesday, March 6 6:00 p.m. Lenten Supper [Lutheran Church Youth to host]

Lenten Service – 7:00 p.m. Message: “Daily Bread”

Wednesday, March 13 6:00 p.m. Lenten Supper [Lutheran Men in Mission to host]

Lenten Service – 7:00 p.m. Message: “More Than Bread”

Wednesday, March 20 6:00 p.m. Lenten Supper [Congregational Potluck Meal]

Lenten Service – 7:00 p.m. Message: “Abundant Bread”

Thursday, March 28 – Maundy Thursday

[no meal] Maundy Thursday Worship Services 12:00 Noon and 7:00 p.m.
Message: “Body Bread”

Friday, March 29 – Good Friday
[no meal] Good Friday Worship Services 12:00 Noon and 7:00 p.m.
Message: “Betrayer’s Bread”

Helpful Hint of the Month

Helpful Hint of the Month
“What are the disciplines of Lent we mention at the conclusion of the Brief Order of Confession and Forgiveness during Lent?”

You may have noticed on Sunday mornings that the last paragraph of the Confession and Forgiveness is slightly differing during the season of Lent in our worship services. The minister invites the congregation to “the discipline of Lent:
self-examination and repentance, prayer and fasting, sacrificial giving and works of love.”

Lent has long been a time for renewing faith. In the early Church, the custom of fasting before Easter was practiced, initially for only a few days at a time, until it eventually became a 40-day period for Lent as a reminder of the 40-day period of Jesus’ fast in the wilderness.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
WHAT: Choral Evensong
WHEN: Tuesday, March 19 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church – sanctuary

The Anderson University Music Students and the Church of the Ascension, Anglican Church
will be using our sanctuary for this special event. Evensong is a church service traditionally held near sunset focused on singing the psalms and other biblical canticles. It is loosely based on the canonical hours of vespers and compline. Old English speakers translated the Latin word vesperis, which became ‘evensong’ in modern English.

Lent – Just a reminder

Just a reminder
The Forty Days before Easter are the Lenten season. During this time we omit the refrains that are connected to celebrating Christ’s resurrection and we use the verses appropriate for Lent.

They are:

• We refrain from singing Allelulias because of its connection to Easter.

• There is no Absolution (minister declaring our forgiveness, page 118) for all of Lent is a time of self-examination.

• Omit the Hymn of Praise: “Glory to God in the highest” and we instead lead straight into The Prayer of the Day.

• We sing the Lenten verse: “Let your steadfast Love” page 125.

• We use the Apostles’ Creed.

On Easter Sunday, March 31, we will return to the verses praising our Lord and His resurrection.

Why Is That Dead Tree in the Church?

Why Is That Dead Tree in the Church?
You can’t help but notice the “dead” tree covered in caterpillars which has appeared in the Sanctuary. You may question – why is it here or what is it about?

Things are different in both the church and nature this time of year. There are some things “sleeping” in our worship
such as the use of Alleluias. Everything in our yards such as the grass and trees look dead but they too are just
“sleeping”. Some of God’s creatures such as caterpillars make cocoons. Although we might think they are dead, they
actually have rebirth as a butterfly.

This tree is actually here to help each of us to remember that while the weather often is cool and
gray and the grass is brown and the trees bare, there is the hope that Spring is coming! Bulbs are blooming and the days are getting longer. Just as we have hope for Spring, Lent gives us a time to hope for Easter and the promise that the resurrection brings. Just as the change of seasons brings surprises, keep watching the tree thru the Lenten season – there are more surprises to
come!

In past years this has been a project of the LCY and the Sunday School children but this year we included all families of the congregation during a Family Fun Night event.

A Moment for Lent

A Moment for Lent
PENANCE, FASTING AND ALMSGIVING.
The Church has encouraged certain practices in Lent. Penance means acknowledging our personal sins to God. Fasting involves putting away anything that pulls our attention away from Christ. Almsgiving gives us a chance to selflessly offer something of ourselves to aid others.