10/16/22 Weekly Congregational Updates

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

Here are this week’s updates:

  • I am saddened to inform you of the death of Bill Christmas earlier this afternoon at the Rainey Hospice House.  We keep his children – Cindy, Andy, and Anna, and all of the family members in our thoughts and prayers.   Sullivan-King will be handling the arrangements.  “Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant, William Anderson Christmas, III.  Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming.  Receive him into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen.”   – Evangelical Lutheran Worship, p. 283 
  • Our Deutches Fest will take place this Saturday in Fellowship Hall and in the back parking lot from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.  After being away from worship the past several weeks, Bill had intended to be with us Saturday for his return to being active in our congregation.  Some of his last words were that we would “raise a glass” on his behalf at this event. 
  • If you are not aware of the connection to the congregation, the young man killed Monday afternoon on Midway Road in a traffic accident, Daniel Bagwell, was Sharon Christmas’ nephew.  We keep all of Daniel’s family in our thoughts and prayers.
  • After recently finishing radiation and chemo therapy for cancer of his esophagus, Allan Cole underwent surgery most of today at Emory University Hospital.  His surgery went well and finished up about 5:30 p.m. We keep Jeri, and the family in our thoughts and prayers.
  • Thank you so much for the many responses I received after last week’s volunteer requests!  Both positions are now filled.
  • In order to reduce some of Pat’s workload as our church secretary, we are in the process of making both bulletins identical to each other.  You will recall that when COVID began in 2020, we started sending out an email version of the bulletin that was designed to be used in conjunction with our recorded worship service.  This bulletin has been slightly different and longer than the one we print on Sunday morning.  Beginning today, with the one I will send out in a few minutes, the email version of the bulletin will be identical with Sunday’s version except that the order of the pages is slightly different.  We plan to figure out a way to make the pages in order in the near future. 
  • Sunday, I will be preaching on one of my favorite topics – prayer.  I will be using the gospel lesson, Luke 18:1-8 AND the Old Testament lesson from Genesis 32:22-31 to talk about what persistent prayer looks like.

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer