Angel Tree Reminders

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Angel Tree Reminders
It’s that time again….
Time to help AIM provide Christmas for many Anderson families.
1. Please do not wrap gifts.
2. Leave gift, with tag attached, in the church office parlor
(use door code).
3. Gifts should be returned NO LATER than, Sunday, December 2nd,
after which, you will be responsible for delivering your gifts to A.I.M.
4. You also have the option of making a donation and someone from
WELCA will do the shopping for you. If you would rather participate
in this way, just make a check out to “Holy Trinity Lutheran Church”
and put “Angel Tree” in the Memo. If you have any questions on this,
please contact Roz Eckardt

Quilt Dedication 10/11/20

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We dedicated 38 quilts on October 11th that will be shipped to the Lutheran World Relief (LWR) warehouse in Maryland. People who worked on these quilts were Jane Potter, Shirley Ebert, Roz Eckardt, Cherie Brown, Bobbi Metz, Dianne Calloway, Kim Hill, and Nancy Korn. That brings the total number of quilts made by the Holy Trinity Quilters to 408. National Quilting Day was March 21, 2020 and marked 75 years of comforting the world with LWR Mission Quilts.

Trick or Treat So Others May Eat 2020

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Trick -or-Treat- So- Others- May- Eat – The Youth will meet after the Late Service, today, do lunch and then go to the neighborhoods to collect filled bags. We will then take all bags, including the ones from the congregation, to A.I.M. To the congregation, “THANK YOU” so much for your support in this project.

Angel Tree 2020

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Angel Tree
Holy Trinity will again have the Angel Tree in the Narthex, beginning next Sunday, November 1st. Families will be chosen by AIM and given to us for Christmas giving. In addition to selecting names from the Angel Tree in-person like we usually do, for those concerned about being out in public, you also will have the option of making a donation and someone from WELCA will do the shopping for you.

Congregational Weekly Updates 06/23/20

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Dear Members and Friends of HTLC,

A couple of things to pass along to you:

  1. We now have all the food/snack items needed to make all the sandwiches for Saturday Servants.  We do not need anything else.  Please note that if we have anything left over, those food items will be given to AIM, so nothing will be wasted.  Thank you so much for your generosity.
  2. We still have just a few spots left for volunteers to make sandwiches.  If you are interested, you will need to contact Pat in the church office, as she is organizing the help.
  3. Please note that our first Saturday will be on July 4, which of course, is a national holiday, but we will still feed those hungry in our community.
  4. Congratulations go out to Andrew and Allie Drennan on the birth of Parks Drennan, born June 16.  We also congratulate proud new grandparents, Bob and Kim Drennan and Aunt Chelsea.

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

Saturday Servants

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Saturday Servants
Again this year, HTLC will prepare bagged lunches for the Anderson Emergency Soup Kitchen through the Saturday Servants Program. However, adequate precautions will be taken due to COVID-19. Each Saturday in July we will gather in Fellowship Hall to prepare 100 peanut butter/jelly sandwiches and 100 bologna sandwiches, along with other food items. This year the following changes will take place:
 Because of social distancing, we are only needing 12 volunteers each week to make sandwiches.
 You will need to contact Pat in the church office to volunteer.
 We will begin at 9:00 a.m. instead of the usual 9:30 a.m. to allow more time.
 Only 4 volunteers are needed each week to distribute the food at the Soup Kitchen.
 No close contact will be allowed with those receiving the food.
 Masks and gloves will be required to prepare the food and to distribute the food.
 Gloves will be provided.
 Kroger Bakery will not be providing the bread this year, nor Carolina Produce providing the fruit.
 We are asking for financial donations to allow us to cover the cost of the bread and fruit.
 We will be providing individual packaged pretzel bags instead of creating our own.

 

  • We are very grateful for all of the food items dropped off for the Saturday Servants Project. 
    As of 6/21/20 we have all the food items that we will need.  Thank you to all who have donated!

Fathers Day 2020

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FATHER’S DAY is June 21st. A special offering, sponsored by the Lutheran Men, is being received to be given to the South Carolina Lutheran Men in Mission. If you would like to make a donation In Memory Of or In Honor Of your Father, please fill out the form below. The names will be listed in the bulletin on Father’s Day and in the July/August Newsletter. The deadline is June 15th.

 

You can download and print a form by clicking on the link below

Fathersday2020

AIM in Need of Food/Donations

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AIM in Need of Food/Donations
We have learned recently that AIM is in dire need to replenish its Food Pantry.

Because of COVID-19, the normal income of food donations is drastically lower due to churches not being open and thereby decreasing the amount of food items brought in each week, and to the cancellation of the Postal Service Food Drive, which is the largest source of canned goods for the Food Pantry. Added to this crisis is the increase in the need of the community as unemployment levels have increased.

Holy Trinity is reaching out to address this need in two ways. You may drop off needed food items (listed below) at your convenience in the room off the narthex, using the church door access code, or you may make a monetary donation directly to AIM or through the church. We are grateful to Amy Goodson who has agreed to drop off the food items to AIM as they come in.

Food Items Needed Include: Peanut Butter, rice, dried beans, pasta, canned meat, canned fruit, canned soup, oatmeal, grits, flour, sugar, cereal, cooking oil—cleaning/personal hygiene list: bath soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, toilet tissue, laundry soap, bleach, cleaning solutions (Lysol, Mr. Clean for example).

Please note: perishables are not included.

New cloth mask challenge

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Cloth Mask Challenge 2.0
“Caring for the Community”
After reaching our initial goal of 8,000 cloth masks to provide to our staff, AnMed Health is re-launching our challenge to the community – this time, to provide face-coverings for patients and their caregivers in anticipation of potential shortages.

AnMed Health now requires all patients arriving for appointments or procedures to wear a face-covering. This policy applies to patients arriving at all hospital campuses, emergency rooms, outpatient facilities and physician practices. We’re asking for your support in providing these masks to those who may not have one.

As businesses in our community begin to reopen, AnMed Health encourages residents to continue wearing face coverings whenever in public and to continue practicing social distancing and good hand hygiene.

Details about making/delivering fabric masks
 No specific pattern or style is required
 Donations of bandanas accepted as well
 Use tightly woven cotton fabric
 When fabric masks are complete, please drop them off at the AnMed Health Women’s and Children’s Hospital at 2000 East Greenville Street, Anderson, S.C., daily 24/7

Thank you for thinking of our staff, patients and community during this time! We are truly “in this together!”

AIM in Need of Food/Donations

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AIM in Need of Food/Donations
We have learned recently that AIM is in dire need to replenish its Food Pantry. Because of COVID-19, the normal income of food donations is drastically lower due to churches not being open and thereby decreasing the amount of food items brought in each week, and to the cancellation of the Postal Service Food Drive, which is the largest source of canned goods for the Food Pantry. Added to this crisis is the increase in the need of the community as unemployment levels have increased.
Holy Trinity is reaching out to address this need in two ways. You may drop off needed food items (listed below) at your convenience in the room off the narthex, using the church door access code, or you may make a monetary donation directly to AIM or through the church. We are grateful to Amy Goodson who has agreed to drop off the food items to AIM as they come in.
Food Items Needed Include: Peanut Butter, rice, dried beans, pasta, canned meat, canned fruit, canned soup, oatmeal, grits, flour, sugar, cereal, cooking oil—cleaning/personal hygiene list: bath soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, toilet tissue, laundry soap, bleach, cleaning solutions (Lysol, Mr. Clean for example). Please note: perishables are not included.