8/18/24 Weekly Congregational Update

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

 

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

 

  • We had a great attendance at both worship services this past Sunday, 56 at both the Early Service and Late Service. It was great to see so many in worship!

  • A big Thank You to all who provided frozen casseroles to our service project for Calvary Home for Children.  Together, 31 casseroles were donated.

  • We are looking for 11 volunteers to help teach our new Children’s Sunday School class for 3 year olds – 5th grade.  This would allow each teacher to commit to teaching for only one month each year. There is a signup sheet in the narthex.  Please reach out to Kate Roehrs if you have any questions.

  • After a couple of weeks of experimenting with placing the Psalm into the liturgy, we discovered it was suddenly more difficult to locate during worship; so, beginning Sunday, you will find that the Psalm will be back in its original position, inside the back cover of the bulletin.

  • Sunday, I will be preaching on the Second Reading from Ephesians 5:15-20, where Paul urges us to “make the most of the time.”  We will take a look at what this means and how we can do this faithfully.

  • I am saddened to inform you of the death of Bill Ebert who died at home yesterday under the loving care of hospice.  We are very grateful for Bill’s devotion to the Lord through Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. He served as our Congregational President in 2012 and 2013, taught the Adult Sunday School class, gave devotionals for our LMM meetings, served as a worship assistant and on the Service Committee, and delivered cookies to our visitors as part of the Cookie Patrol.  We keep his wife, Shirley, and their family in our thoughts and prayers. The burial is expected to take place at Fort Jackson, Columbia.  

“Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant, Charles William “Bill” Ebert.  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 

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer