03/14/21 Weekly Congregational Updates

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

 

Here are the weekly updates on congregational happenings:

 

  • Our attendance in Sunday worship continues to grow each week.  The past Sunday we had our highest attendance yet with 83 (36 @ the 8:45 a.m. Service and 47 @ the 11:00 a.m. Service.  When you return, please make sure and seek a pew marked with a bulletin as we continue spacing out and using every other pew.

  • As the availability of COVID vaccines become more wide spread, the temptation is for us to let down our guard. The Church Council continues to have discussion concerning the coronavirus and the safety of the congregation. Until further notice, we continue to encourage you to wear a mask to worship.

  • As your pastor, I thought you should know that I am scheduled to receive my first COVID vaccine tomorrow.

  • If you have suggestions of organizations to receive grants from our Endowment Committee, the deadline is March 21.  Please contact Dave Rasche or a member of the Endowment Committee to submit the needed information.

  • Meals on Wheels is hosting a Drop in from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 16.  Behind the scenes tours will be given, a Question and Answer Session with the Executive Director, as well as refreshments.

  • The Congregation is invited to the next Lutheran Men in Mission meeting to be held using Zoom on Monday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m.  Our speaker will be Tamara Flinchum, a chaplain at AnMed.  She will be talking about advance directives which is especially timely during this COVID time.  To join the meeting, simply click on the following link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85908351764?pwd=U0tQdGRVZGplOURZRTdQTjBabldsUT09  and type in the Meeting ID: 859 0835 1764 and the Passcode: MARHTLCLMM

  • Sunday, I will be preaching on the theme of “The Greatest Gift,” based on all three scripture readings: Numbers 21:4-9; Ephesians 2:1-10, and John 3:14-21.  Thoughts to ponder:
    • How often are you offered gifts?
    • How many of them come attached to strings?
    • Looking back on your life, what memory do you cherish of some gift you have given somebody?
    • What was the occasion?
    • What gifts do you still treasure/use that were given to you years ago?
    • If you had to describe God using one word, what would it be?

 

I hope to see you Sunday, either in person, or through the recorded worship service.

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer