Thank You!!!
A big thank you for your participation in the recent Encouragement Card project for the United Way SnackPack Program. It was a very successful project with individuals making cards together and at their homes. We have made 657 cards thus far. We still have outstanding cards and will continue to update our tally. The outpouring of love and thoughtful messages on each card will have a positive impact on the children who receive these cards with their weekend SnackPack items. Your generosity and dedication to this program is a testament to the spirit of our church community.

BREAKFAST BLESSINGS
Hope Missions of the Upstate, a charitable and religious non-profit organization in Anderson provides a safe place for the homeless population to come and enjoy breakfast, coffee, juice and fellowship Monday through Saturday (except the last Saturday of the month) from 7:15 – 10:00 a.m.

Last year we supported Hope Missions by providing breakfast items. When we reached out this year to see how Holy Trinity could support their efforts, we learned they continue to need packets of instant oatmeal, instant grits, ground coffee, sugar and powdered creamer. The need continues to be great.

We can support Hope Missions by gathering the following items to send “Breakfast Blessings” their way:
• Boxes of Individual Packets of Instant Oatmeal
• Boxes of Individual Packets of Instant Grits
• Ground Coffee (like Maxwell House, Folgers, etc.)
• Powdered Non-Dairy Creamer
• Granulated Sugar

We are asking for donations through Sunday, March 9th. Donations may be placed in the gray bin on the table in the room off the narthex. Donated items will be taken to Hope Missions on Tuesday, March 11th.
If you have any questions about this project or suggestions for future “Gathering and Giving” projects, please contact Jamie Corrigan at (864) 224-8070 or Leslie Cox at (301) 788-9035.

ADVENT & CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

Mid-Week Advent Meals – 6:00 p.m.
December 4 Luther’s Ladies – host Meal Group A-Beth Fischer
December 11 Luther’s Ladies – host Meal Group B- Beth Cribbe
December 18 The Lutheran Church Youth – host

Worship follows at 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 6 “Witness to Christmas – Mary”
Wednesday, December 13 “Witness to Christmas – Joseph”
Wednesday, December 20 “Witness to Christmas – The Angels”

The Mid-Week offerings received will be donated to the SC Synod Disaster Relief Fund.

CHRISTMAS EVE
WORSHIP SERVICES – December 24th
Worship Service w/Communion Lessons and Carols – 4:00 p.m.
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Christmas Eve Liturgical Worship Service w/Communion – 11:00 p.m.
Note: There will be candle lighting at both services.

December 29th
One – Combined Worship – 10:00 a.m.
No Sunday School or Potluck Meal.

Mark your calendars:
Youth Christmas Party – December 13th – Goodson Farm at 5:00 p.m.
Christmas Pageant – December 15 – During the 11:00 a.m. service.
Choir Party – December 19 – Helgeson’s Home at 6:30 p.m.
Congregational Chili and Caroling – December 22 at 5:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve Services – 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.

Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

 

As many of us have had our power restored by now, there are quite a few in the congregation who are still patiently waiting for this to happen.  Please reach out to those in need and let us all keep in our prayers the recovery process which will take years for some communities. 

Here are some things happening this week and next week in our congregation:

• Yes, the Deutsches Fest is still taking place this Saturday, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall and the back parking lot!   If your plans have changed that now allow you to attend this year’s event, and you do not have tickets, please come anyway.  Just reach out to me or Virgil ahead of time to let us know for planning purposes.  You can pay for your tickets at the beer tent.

• Sunday, I will be preaching on marriage and divorce based on the Gospel text, Mark 10:2-16.

• Sunday afternoon, our annual Blessing of the Animals service will take place in the back parking lot at 5:00 p.m. What I like to tell folks is, “No matter your pets, as long as they don’t bite me, I will attempt to bless it.”

• Next Wednesday evening, our next Family Fun Night will take place as we look at the theme of the Reformation.

• The WELCA Fall Conference that was scheduled for October 12, has been cancelled.

• We keep in our prayers the following:
  • Jean Vinson who, after a fall, was admitted to AnMed on Wednesday.
  • John Sticker, who is doing better and is expected to return home on Friday.
  • Warren and Bonnie Lutz, as he nears death under the care of Hospice at Dominion.

 

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

TOTSOME Trick -or-Treat- So- Others- May- Eat

The Youth will meet after the Late Service on October 20th for lunch and then go into their three assigned neighborhoods to distribute the bags. We will once again have bags available for the congregation to make food donations.

The congregation is asked to pick up their bag on the 20th and bring it back on the 27th filled with food items and place them in the room off the Narthex.

Then on October 27th, the Youth will return to the neighborhoods to pick up the filled bags. We will need some vehicles and volunteers to help with the pick-up. If you are able to help, please see Amy Goodson.