08/20/23 Weekly Congregational Updates

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

Here are a few of the things going on this in our congregation,

 

  • A big “Thank You” to the 18 who came out Monday morning to put together SnackPack bags for the United Way of Anderson County for the school children in our surrounding area.

  • This coming Sunday, after the Early Service, Amy Goodson will be taking our Youth and some of their parents tubing down the Green River.  For the last number of years, it has been our back-to-school tradition as the “Last Blast of Summer.”

  • Sunday, I will be preaching on the Gospel text of Matthew 15:10-28 of Jesus being challenged by a persistent mother who will not go away.  I encourage you to read this story and wrestle with why Jesus treats her in the way he does.  As my sermon title implies, “What’s Wrong With Jesus?”

  • On Monday of next week, Pat will be taking the day off.

  • Finally, I hope you are making plans to attend my upcoming Adult Catechism Classes, which will begin two weeks from this coming Tuesday, on September 5, when we will dive into the world of baptism and all related questions to this topic.  

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

8/20/23 LCY “Last Blast of Summer”

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The LCY “Last Blast of Summer”, AKA the tubing down the Green River, will be held Sunday, August 20th.
We will attend the Early Service and then head for the river! Wear your swimsuitnunder your clothes or change after worship. Bring a towel, dry clothes, shoes you can wear in the river, lunch/drink, $20 for tube rental and any extras you might want for snacks after tubing. Please contact Ms. Amy if you plan on going or if you have any questions! Hope you can join us!

06/25/23 QUILT DEDICATION

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QUILT DEDICATION

The beautiful quilts that will be draped over each pew on 6/25/23 are now ready to be sent to the Lutheran World Relief (LWR) warehouse in Maryland. This year, fabric kits have also been assembled. These kits consist of two pieces of fabric and 2 spools of thread, simple supplies that lead to a useful, marketable skill. The 48 quilts and 12 fabric kits will be blessed during the services today.  From the Maryland warehouse quilts and kits are shipped by LWR to many countries where there is a
need.  

You may make a donation to cover the cost of the shipping by writing a check to Holy Trinity and putting “shipping quilts” in the memo and placing it in the offering plate.

Jane Potter, Roz Eckardt, Cherie Brown, Kim Hill, Beth Passow, Robin Sandwick, Barbara Thomas, and Nancy Korn worked on these quilts.

Fabric Kits were assembled by Nancy Korn.



New Womans Bible Study Group

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We would like to start a women’s Bible Study group! The group will meet in the evenings to
allow those who work or go to school to be able to attend as well. Women of all ages are
welcome!
If you’re interested, please contact Lauren Guthre at leguthre@yahoo.com with the following
information:
• Your name
• Which weekday would work best for you: Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday
• What time would work best (6:00-7:00 p.m., 6:30-7:30 p.m., etc.)
• What you would like to study! The floor is open for your ideas!
The group will likely begin meeting in the fall, so there is PLENTY of time to send in your ideas
and availability!

5/22 LUTHERAN MEN IN MISSION SUPPER MEETING

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LUTHERAN MEN IN MISSION SUPPER MEETING

In Fellowship Hall “LADIES NIGHT”

All men in the HTLC congregation are invited to attend the Lutheran Men Mission meeting at 6:00 PM on Monday, May 22nd . This will be the last meeting before the summer break and in celebration of summer the meal will be a cookout featuring hotdogs, hamburgers and the fixin’s. Wives of current and former members are invited to attend. Our speaker for this meeting will be Rev. Chase Edgar, pastor of The Anglican Church of the Ascension.

Come out and join in the fellowship. Convertible owners are expected to attend, with tops down.

04/22/23 WELCA Spring Foothills Conference

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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will be hosting the WELCA Spring Foothills Conference in our Fellowship Hall on April 22, 2023 (10:00 am to 12:30 pm).  Jane Cahaly will be our guest speaker, so in case you missed it before, come to hear her presentation on the Salt & Light Ministries.  All women of the church are welcome to attend if you are in a circle group or not.  The two circle groups, along with the WELCA board, are busy planning this event and the theme will be “God’s Spring Blessings.”  A light continental breakfast as well as lunch will be served.  There is no charge for this event, but the group does take up a freewill offering.

If you plan to attend, please contact Beth Fischer 864-933-7446 by April 9 so we can get a count of the number attending.

   

ALL ladies of all ages are welcome to attend either (or both) circle groups.  Katie’s Ladies meet on the 2nd Tuesday morning each month at 10:00, and Luther’s Ladies meet on the 3rd Thursday evening at 6:00.  Both meet in the office conference room.  Contact Beth Cribbe for questions about the morning group and Beth Fischer about the evening group.  Attending circle groups is a good way to get to know the ladies in our church and share God’s love.

3/23 Lutheran Men in Mission meeting date change

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LUTHERAN MEN IN MISSION
SUPPER MEETING
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE
Thursday, March 23
6:30 p.m.
Dave Phillips, CEO Executive
Director of HOPE Mission of the
Upstate, will be the speaker.
FELLOWSHIP HALL

12/18/22 Weekly Congregational Update

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

As we near the celebration of Christmas, there are many important things to share with you.

 

  • Tonight, Thursday, is the deadline for all Angel Tree gifts to be returned.  They are to be placed in the Office Parlor using the door code, if I am not in the office when you come by. Thank you again so much for your support of this very worthwhile outreach ministry to children in the Anderson area.

  • I want to put in one more plug for our Congregational Christmas Caroling and Chili event on Sunday afternoon.  This will be the first time in three years that we have this and we are looking forward to renewing this wonderful tradition.  We will begin to assemble in Fellowship Hall at 4:45 p.m. – giving out the music booklets, reviewing the stops, and figuring out caroling arrangements.  We will be dividing into two groups.  We will be LEAVING at 5:00 p.m.  If you arrive at 5:00 p.m., you will be late and slow down our excursions.  Please be on time!  If you have a Christmas sweater, Santa hat, or Reindeer antlers, etc. this will be the perfect opportunity to wear it.  We hope to return to Fellowship Hall by 7:00 p.m. where 5 different kinds of chili will be waiting for us, and desserts.  We even have some volunteers who have agreed to stay behind and keep the chili stirred.  Come out and enjoy some good old fashion Christmas Caroling!

  • We will have two worship services Sunday.  The Early Service will be using their normal liturgy, at 8:45 a.m. while the Christmas Pageant will take place as part of the 11:00 a.m. service.  Holy Communion will be offered at both services.

  • The deadline to place a poinsettia in the sanctuary for the Christmas Eve worship services is Sunday.  There is a form in the bulletin or send Pat an email or leave her a voice mail on the office phone with your information.  She will take care of it on Monday morning when she returns to the church office.

  • There are 11 opening dates remaining for altar flowers for 2023.  If you would like to place flowers In Memory Of or In Honor Of somebody, there is a signup sheet in the narthex, or contact Pat in the office.

  • The 2023 offering envelopes are ready for you to pick up in the room off the narthex.

  • If you are interested in a 2023 calendar, our two local funeral homes have placed some copies in the narthex.  Help yourself.

  • We keep the family of Betty Williams in our prayers upon her death on Friday of last week. Even though Betty was not a member of our congregation, she was a frequent visitor and was in attendance at our last Deutschesfest.

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

12/14/22 FAMILY FUN NIGHT

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FAMILY FUN NIGHT
We have decided to cancel next week’s Family Fun Night (which was to be on Wednesday, December 14) due to the fact that so many will be involved in the Pageant practice that night.   The Advent meal will still take place that night at our regular time of 6:00 p.m.

11/13/22 Weekly Congregational Updates

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

Some things of interest to pass along to you, include:

1) Our Congregational Meeting will take place Sunday in Fellowship Hall, beginning at 9:50 a.m. We will be doing two things, voting on new Council members and approving a budget for next year. The information on the 8 candidates for the Church Council are listed in recent bulletins and the November Messenger. We will be choosing 4. Please be on time for the meeting as the very first item of business will be the election. As far as the budget for 2023, you have received a copy of it in your November Messenger. If you need an explanation of any line item in the budget, you may reach out to Diane Richardson, our Congregational Treasurer, before the meeting. Please note: a heavy continental breakfast will be served.

2) To the men of the church, please be aware that our next LMM meeting will take place at a new time and date, so that we can do an outreach ministry together in the month of November. We will gather on Wednesday of next week at 6:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. After our meal together, and a program, we will assemble food kits for Meals on Wheels of Anderson. The food items have already been purchased. All we need now is you to help put them together.

3) What is your view of the future and what exactly are we supposed to be doing? As we near the end of the Church Year many of the passages look at the end of times. Sunday for our message we will be focusing on the gospel reading, Luke 21:5-19 and our Second Reading from 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 where Paul deals with those who are idle as they wait.

In Christ,
Pastor Fischer