Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

 

On this wet and dreary day, I send you greetings!  Here are this week’s updates:

 

1. The church newsletter, The Messenger, was mailed out yesterday.  Hopefully, your copy will arrive soon.

2. We keep in our thoughts and prayers, Bill and Chris Dafoe, and other family members, on the unexpected death of their son, Eric Dafoe.

3. We also keep in our prayers, George Mason, who underwent successful open-heart surgery yesterday at AnMed.

4. This coming Sunday, with it being a 5^th Sunday, we will have One-Combined Worship Service at 10:00 a.m.  The Youth of the congregation will be leading the worship service and I will be preaching.  After the service, we will gather in Fellowship Hall for a Pot Luck meal.  Please bring a dish to share.

5. The theme of our worship service Sunday will be Shepherd Sunday.  With that in mind,  I will be preaching on our gospel reading, John 10:1-10, and from Luke 15:8-10, as well as Psalm 23. 

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

CALLING ALL 2023 GRADUATES
We would like to acknowledge all our 2023 graduates. If you or a member of your family is
graduating from High School, Technical School or College this spring, please contact the
church office to let us know where you are graduating from and what your plans for college or
employment may be. We will list them in the June Messenger edition.

Vacation Bible School

This year Holy Trinity will be joining forces with Abiding Savior Lutheran Church for our children’s VBS program.
VBS classes will take place at Abiding Savior.

Children ages 3 – 5th grade are invited to come join us during the week of June 12th – 16th from 9-11:30 a.m.
Friday will be slightly longer to allow time needed for the closing program and lunch with the extended families.

The stories this year will include God Rescues Noah, God Gives the Commandments, Jesus Calls His Disciples, Jesus Heals
the 10 Lepers and Jesus Visits His Disciples.

If you have neighbors or your children have friends, that would like to venture into the rainforest with us, invite them!!

We do need all children to register with Abiding Savior using the link below to ensure there is enough adult supervision and supplies for everyone!

Please go online to register:
https://vbsmate.com/AbidingSaviorLutheranChurchAndersonSouthCarolina

Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

Some things of interest to pass along to you this week include:

1. Even though we only had 9 helping out this past Saturday for the Litter Pickup, we were still able to gather 52 bags of litter! Thank you to all who participated.

2. On Saturday of this week, the women of our congregation will host the WELCA Spring Foothills Conference meeting in our Fellowship Hall beginning at 10:00 a.m.

3. Monday evening of next week, the Lutheran Men in Mission will gather in Fellowship Hall for their monthly supper meeting at 6:00 p.m.  All the men of the congregation are welcome to join us. The men of Church of the Ascension, Anglican Church will be joining us as well!

4. Sunday, I will be preaching on our gospel lesson, Luke 24:13-35, commonly known as the Road to Emmaus.  We will be exploring those times in life when it seems like our Lord has deserted us, when in fact, He has been walking beside us.

5. On April 30, with it being a 5^th Sunday of the month, we will have One Combined Worship Service at 10:00 a.m.  This will be Youth Sunday, when the Youth of our congregation will be leading the worship service.  I will be bringing the message.

6. Easter is not over.  Each Sunday we continue in the Season of Easter until Pentecost Sunday.

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

 

Here are this week’s updates to pass along to you:

 

1. If you placed an Easter lily in the church for this past Sunday, please stop by the church and pick up your lily/lilies.

2. For two straight Saturdays, we have had our Litter Pick Up day rained out.  We are rescheduled for this coming Saturday, April 15.  Whether you signed up to help or not, we would love to have you join us.  We will gather in the parking lot in front of Home Goods on Clemson Blvd. (behind the currently closed Hardees).   We will work from 9:00-11:30 a.m., cleaning up litter along both sides of Fritz Drive, and the Beltway Connector.  All supplies will be provided (safety vests, gloves, grabbers and bags).  All we need is you!  Even if you can only help out one hour, come join us!

3. You are invited to attend the 2^nd Annual Southeastern Intentional Grandparents Conference to be held April 28-29 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Summerville, SC.  Our own Jane Cahaly will be one of the presenters.  For more information, please contact Cheryl Cargill (ccargill49@gmail.com) or visit their website: https://grandparenting.com

4. Have you ever wondered why Jesus chose to retain His resurrection scars on his hands, feet, and side?  Sunday, I will be preaching on the Gospel text, John 20:19-31, as we take a look at the interesting story of Jesus appearing to Thomas and the other disciples.  In Sunday’s bulletin, no doubt, you have noticed the artist’s sketch of praying hands.  I will also be covering why this piece of artwork is in the bulletin.

5. We just finished up a very busy Holy Week and Easter of worship services.  I take this opportunity to say a word of deep gratitude to those who helped make this all possible:
   1. Pat Ross – for bulletins, bulletins, bulletins (9 extra, to be exact) during Lent/Holy Week/Easter
   2. Jill Helgeson – for all the extra hours of music practice and preparation, including time with our Easter trumpeter
   3. Choir Members – for attending extra choir practices and many of whom attended two worship services on some of the days
   4. Virgil Hobbs and Joshua Fischer for reading the parts of Jesus in our Palm Sunday Congregational Drama reading
   5. Brenda McGowan – for a special arrangement of “Were You There” and many practices with Virgil Hobbs and Lauren Guthre, and with Mary Ann Hobbs for our Good Friday worship services (If you have not yet seen this service, you will want to do so, on our church website.)
   6. For all our Bible Bearers, Torch Bearers, Crucifers for our two Easter worship services (and for their parents in getting them to practice)
   7. Cherie Brown and Diane Richardson – as part of our Fellowship Committee, for organizing and planning our well attended (70+) Easter Breakfast and those from the congregation for providing wonderful breakfast casseroles
   8. Mike and Leslie Cox, Claude Calloway, and Mary Ann Hobbs for sprucing up the church grounds in removing weeds from the mulch beds
   9. Nancy Korn and Amy Goodson – for taking care of worship needs (Lenten Tree/Resurrection Tree, setting up for our Good Friday Candles and Prayer, setting up Easter Lilies, etc. )

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer