6/28/26 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:

  • On Thursday of next week, our Dining Divas group will gather to eat at The Social Tap. You are asked to send to notify Beth Cribbe to ensure adequate seating.

  • We received news this past weekend that there has been a slight change to our Saturday Servants coverage.  Holy Trinity still has the responsibility of providing bagged lunches for the month of July, but we have learned that we now will provide food for all the Saturdays in July, including the 2nd Saturday.  What that means is we now need more food donations than what we first figured. Each Monday, all donated items are carried over to the Fellowship Hall and a new, updated list of needed food items is provided for the bulletin and for my congregational email. Here is the current list still needed:
  • 187 individual snack size bags of salty snacks (chips, pretzels, goldfish, etc.)
  • 40 boxes of individually-wrapped Little Debbie Cakes (any type)
  • 2 jars of smooth peanut butter (40 oz. size)
  • 10 jars of grape jelly (30 oz. size)
  • 4 jars of mayonnaise (32 oz. size)

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

6/21/26 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:

  • This past Saturday, the SC Synod Assembly elected Pastor Wade Roof as its new bishop.  He has been serving as the senior pastor of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church in West Columbia since 2014.  We pray God’s blessing upon him and our synod as he takes office in August.

  • Jeanette Thoms’ new contact information is:  Keowee Square, 475 Rochester Hwy, Room 104, Seneca, SC  29672. Her new cell phone # is:  864-533-0733.

  • We keep Barbara Thomas in our prayers as she underwent a heart valve replacement procedure this morning and is expected to return home on Friday.

  • With this coming Sunday being Father’s Day, we will be recognizing all the fathers with us in worship, during the announcements. I will be preaching on the gospel text, Matthew 10:24-39, as we hear about sparrows and our worth in the eyes of our Heavenly Father.

  • As is my fairly new Father’s Day tradition, in memory of my father as a Lutheran pastor, I will be wearing his worship alb, stole, and cross necklace Sunday morning.

  • Thank you for your response for our Saturday Servants request!  Here is the latest and greatest list of what is still needed in order for us to have everything to make sandwiches and bagged lunches:
    • 197 individual snack size bags of salty snacks (chips, pretzels, goldfish, etc.)
    • 80 boxes of individually-wrapped Little Debbie Cakes (any type)
    • 10 jars of grape jelly (16 oz. size)
    • 2 jars of mayonnaise (32 oz. size)
    • There is a plastic bin in the room off the narthex to receive your donations.

 

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

6/14/26 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:

  • The new Christ In Our Home daily devotionals have been placed in the narthex, for the months of July, August, and September. 
  • If you would like to send a card/letter to Ben, his address is:  Ben Fortner, 3683 S. Industrial Dr., Simpsonville, SC  29681. Please remember to use print and not cursive writing. 
  • Today, Joshua and Christina and I will travel to Columbia to serve as your congregational delegates for the SC Synod Assembly.  We will be electing a new bishop and ask for your prayers upon the whole assembly during this process.  We will be returning home Saturday afternoon. 
  • Sunday, we will be dedicating the Fellowship Hall Mechanical Room in memory of Ernie Thoms.  This will take place between the two worship services at 10:00 a.m. (There will be no Sunday School classes that day.) Refreshments will be provided.  Jeanette and other family members will be in attendance. You are invited to bring a card stating your favorite memory of Ernie.  All cards will be given to the family to take home with them. 
  • With Father’s Day on June 21, you have the opportunity to make a donation to the Lutheran Men in Mission in honor of or in memory of your father.  All names will be listed in the bulletin on Father’s Day. All money received will be given to the South Carolina Lutheran Men in Mission. Sunday is the last day to do this. 
  • Sunday, I will be preaching on the gospel reading, Matthew 9:35-10:23, as we look at the qualifications to be a disciple of Jesus. 
  • We will be receiving four new members into the church family during our worship services Sunday – Randy & Dale Rish, and Emery & Janet Sanstrum. 
  • Our next Family Fun Night will be on Wednesday evening as we explore Matthew. 
  • It is that time of the year when we gather food items to prepare sandwiches as part of our Saturday Servants project to feed those hungry in the Anderson area.  In your bulletin and newsletter is a complete list of everything we need.  Right now we still need:
    • 850 individual snack size bags of snacks (chips, pretzels, goldfish, etc.)
    • 120 boxes of individually wrapped Little Debbie Cakes (any type).
    • 18 jars of smooth peanut butter (40 oz. size)
    • 22 jars of grape jelly (16 oz. size)
    • 8 jars of mayonnaise (32 oz. size)
    • Just let yourself in and place all donated items in the container provided in the room off of the narthex.

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

Saturday Servants

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 Saturday Servants

As in prior years, HTLC will prepare bagged lunches for the Anderson Emergency Soup Kitchen through the Saturday Servants Program.  Each Saturday in July (except the second Saturday) we will gather in the Fellowship Hall to prepare 150 peanut butter/jelly sandwiches and 150 bologna and cheese sandwiches, along with other food items.  The dates are Saturday, July 4th, 18th, and 25th (with another church taking care of the second Saturday of the month).  We will begin to pack at 9:45 a.m.  

 

We are asking for the following donations.  Donations can be placed in the designated box in the room off of the Narthex.

  •  900 individual snack size bags of salty snacks (chips, pretzels, goldfish, etc.)
  • 125 boxes of individually-wrapped Little Debbie Cakes (any type)
  • 22 jars of smooth peanut butter (40 oz. Size)
  • 22 jars of grape jelly (16 oz. Size)
  • 8 jars of mayonnaise (32 oz. Size)

 

If you have questions, please contact Leslie Cox at 301-788-9035 or Jamie Corrigan at 864-224-8070, our Service Committee Co-Chairs. 

4/11 Trash Pickup

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The Service Committee is sponsoring a Congregational Litter Pick Up Day on Saturday, April 11, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.  All supplies will be provided.  With this date fast approaching, please check the bulletin or newsletter for all the details.  There is a sign-up sheet in the room off the narthex.

03/29/26 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 keep in our prayers Chris Caldwell and his family upon the death of his brother, Johnny, on Tuesday of this week.

  • The April edition of The Messenger was dropped off yesterday at the post office to be sent out.

  • Abiding Savior Lutheran Church is having a Spring Youth Activity this Saturday from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Crafts, games, an
    Easter Egg Hunt and snacks will take place.  Children, Youth and Adults are invited to participate.

  • This past Saturday the Property Committee sponsored a Congregational Workday at the church.  We will do this again this coming Saturday beginning at 9:00 a.m. to spread mulch.

  • Our collection for Clean Start ends this coming Sunday.  We have gotten off to a fantastic start due to your generosity! This event is sponsored by our Service Committee.  For a complete list of items we are seeking, please see Sunday’s bulletin.

  • This coming Sunday, being a 5th Sunday, we will have One Combined Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. (no Sunday School classes though). This will be Palm Sunday as well.  Whether permitting we will begin our worship service outside on the front sidewalks.  However, with the temperatures that are expected, more than likely, we will gather in the sanctuary as usual, except that the Processional Gospel well be read from the back of the church as we begin worship.

  • In the place of Sunday’s message, the congregation will be participating in the Passion Reading.  This is the only time of the year when we hear the entire crucifixion story of Jesus.

  • A Potluck meal will take place in Fellowship after Sunday’s worship service.  The meat will be provided by the church. You may drop off your food items before worship, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Members of the Fellowship Committee will warm up dishes as needed.

  • On Maundy Thursday of next week, we are offering two identical worship services to choose from.  One will take place at 12:00 noon and the other at 7:00 p.m. as we explore the Lord’s Prayer petition, “Forgive Us Our Trespasses As We Forgive Others.”  The only difference in the two services is that the Stripping of the Altar will take place at the conclusion of the 7:00 p.m. service, symbolic of Jesus’ humanity being stripped from Him at the hands of the Roman soldiers.

  • Then on Good Friday of next week, we are offering two identical worship services to choose from, as we finish up our series on the Lord’s Prayer, focusing on the petition, “Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From Evil.”  Tenebrae will be a part of both services as we close by hearing the Last Seven Words of Christ.

  • As you make your Easter worship plans with your family, on Easter Sunday, our Sunrise Worship Service will take place at 7:00 a.m., followed by a meal that will be provided in Fellowship Hall. Our second worship service will take place at 11:00 a.m.  It is my prayer that you will take part in as many services as you are able during this Holiest Week of the year.

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

Collection project for Clean Start

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UPCOMING PROJECT

The Service Committee will be facilitating a collection project for Clean Start the last two Sundays in March:  March 22 and March 29.  The committee will have a box in the room off the Narthex to collect items on the two Sundays.

Clean Start is a non-profit organization that offers a place 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday & Friday mornings) for homeless, poor, and marginalized men and women to come in to achieve basic hygiene.  They can take showers, have their clothes washed, have access to phone and mail, and receive other resources from the caring volunteers that offer their support. 

 

Most urgent needs currently are:

  • Socks (particularly white socks)
  • Underwear
  • Men’s tees up to 4X
  • Men’s boxer & briefs any size
  • Women’s briefs any size

(All items must be new.)

Other items needed are:

  • Small deodorants
  • Shampoo & soap (travel or large size)
  • Toothbrushes & toothpaste
  • Disposable razors
  • Mouthwash
  • Laundry detergent
  • Blankets
  • Cleaning supplies
  • Laundry Detergent
  • Face cloths
  • Paper towels
  • Trash bags (13 & 30 gallons)

Urgent Need For Weekend SnackPack Encouragement Cards

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Urgent Need For Weekend SnackPack Encouragement Cards

Childhood hunger is real. In South Carolina, 60% of school-age children qualify for free or reduced breakfast and lunch. The Weekend SnackPack Program, sponsored by the United Way of Anderson County, fills the gap when these children aren’t in school. Teachers and guidance counselors identify children who fall into this gap and provide them with a bag of child-friendly, ready-to-eat foods on Fridays.

Each bag includes a colorful, handwritten note of encouragement from volunteers. Over 800 bags are distributed weekly, and almost 30,000 cards are needed throughout the school year. In 2025 our congregation made over 1,000 cards. So far this very we have contributed 300 cards.

You can help meet this need by making cards at home. Stop by the room off the narthex and pick up a “SnackPack Encouragement Note” bag with supplies and directions. Please place your completed notes in the designated box on the table in the room off the narthex. The Service Committee will collect the notes throughout the year and deliver them to the director of United Way’s Weekend SnackPack Program.

If you have any questions, contact Jamie Corrigan at (864) 224-8070 or Leslie Cox at (301) 788-9035.

The Service Committee

SOUPER BOWL OF CARING SUNDAY update

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SOUPER BOWL OF CARING SUNDAY
Last Sunday, the youth collected $681.00 total funds (Patriots $189.00, Seattle $493.00). These donations will go to AIM. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

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Annual Community
Pancake Supper
Shrove Tuesday, February 17
Boulevard Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Serving: 4:30—7:00 p.m.
Tickets will be available next Sunday.
Sponsored by:
THE ANDERSON AREA MINISTERS
As in the past; the Lutheran Men In Mission of Holy Trinity are invited to
help with the cooking.

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