Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

 

Here are this week’s updates:

 

• The March edition of The Messenger was mailed out yesterday.  It has the complete worship schedule of the remaining Lenten services, as well as the Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, and Easter services.

• The Memorial Service for Rick Polsdorfer will be Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Sullivan-King.  The visitation will take place from 9:30-11:00 a.m. before the service.   The Luther’s Ladies Circle is handling the food arrangements for the family.

• Sunday is the last day to drop off donated breakfast items for our Hope Missions of the Update project.  See the complete list of needed items in your bulletin or recent newsletter.  As you can see in the photo above, we have had an excellent response but we still have a little more room on the table for even more items.

• Sunday I will be preaching on the subject of the Ten Commandments, based on our First Reading from Exodus 20:1-17.

• Then on Wednesday evening, our next Lenten meal and worship service will take place.  The Youth will be providing their traditional soup and grilled cheese sandwiches at 6:00 p.m., followed at 7:00 p.m. as we gather to look at the “Daily Bread” from the Bible in worship.

• There is still time to sign up for Amy Goodson’s Bread Baking Worshop which will take place on Saturday of next week, March 9.  To date, we have 8 who have indicated they would like to participate.  We have room for even more. 

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

EASTER LILY ORDER FORM
We would like to place Easter Lilies in our windows and on the Chancel steps
for the services on Easter Sunday. The cost is $19.00. If you desire to place
an order for one or more lilies, please use the form below. Fill in the
information and place it in the offering plate or mail it to the church office as
soon as possible. The deadline is Sunday, March 24th .
Note: Payment must accompany your order.
Enclosed is $_____________________ For______________ Lilies
In Memory of_____________________________________________________________
In Honor of_______________________________________________________________
Other (To the Glory of God)_________________________________________________
Given by_________________________________________________________________
Because 35 lilies must be special ordered from Whitten’s to have them arrive at their peak for
Easter, they will be assigned on a first-ordered, first-served basis. When 35 have been assigned, no
more can be purchased. Thanks for your understanding.
The Worship and Music Committee

 

To download a word Document to print and turn in  Click on the link below

EASTER LILY ORDER FORM 2024

 

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

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.