SPECIAL GUEST PASTOR on 9/23/18

SPECIAL GUEST
We will be honored to have the Reverend Eric Wolfe with us on Sunday, September 23. He is the Assistant to Bishop Yoos. Not only will Pastor Wolfe be our guest pastor during our worship services that day, he will also spend time with us during the Sunday School hour in the Pairs and Spares Room to give us an update on the SC Synod and to have some time for Questions and Answers. Both adult Sunday School classes are invited to attend this informative session as well as the congregation. Then after the Late Service he and Amy Goodson will be meeting with the Youth group in Fellowship Hall for lunch and conversation.

Gideons International visit

Thank you to Frank Arthur for visiting with us on September 9th.

He was able to give us a very nice overview of the great work that the Gideons international do every day.

If you wish to make an online contribution, you can click on the link below to be taken to there web site.

https://www.gideons.org/donate

 

 

Child Evangelism Fellowship/Good News Club Information and Updates

Child Evangelism Fellowship/Good News Club Information and Updates:

As a congregation, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church continues to sponsor two elementary schools in the Good News Club. Some of our members help at Concord Elementary School while others assist at Mt. Lebanon Elementary School. If you are interested in being a part of this ministry please contact Sandi Jordan to volunteer at Concord and Jane Cahaly if you would like to help at Lebanon. We will begin meeting again on Sept. 12- Dec 12 and Jan. 8-April 9th.
On September 20th the CEF Annual Banquet and Fundraiser will take place in Anderson from 6:15-8:30 p.m. at Covenant Baptist Church. The Guest speakers will be Dr. Henry Blackaby and, his son, Dr. Richard Blackaby.

Please keep this mission’s work in your prayers. Your prayers are a vital part of this work which allows CEF to reach more and more children who are lost and without hope, with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Anderson, in the US and throughout the 190 countries in which we serve. If you are unaware of this ministry, contact Donna Rogers, the Anderson Area Ministry Coordinator (864-367-2515).

Also consider attending the Banquet on September 20th where you will gain a much greater understanding and appreciation of what the Lord is doing to reach children with the Gospel and how you could co-labor with us.

UNITED WAY OF ANDERSON – SNACK PACK PROGRAM

UNITED WAY OF ANDERSON – SNACK PACK PROGRAM
United Way of Anderson sponsors a food assistance program for needy children attending elementary school…referred to as the Snack Pack Program. During the 2016/2017 school year, the program provided food bags for 1,000 children each week. The program requires both funding and volunteer support to meet this level of commitment to the Anderson community. The program resumes in July for the 2018/2019 school year and once again volunteers will be needed to prepare the 1,000 food bags that will help ensure that needy children will have food each Saturday and Sunday. Members of the Men in Mission group will be supporting the activity during the 2018/2019 school year. Other members of the congregation are encouraged to participate as well. The United Way coordinator for the Snack Pack program has advised us that volunteer support to prepare the food bags is needed for the following dates: July 6 (9:00 am to 11:00 am); July 13 (9:00 am to 11:00 am); and July 23 (1:00 pm to 3:00 pm). The bags are prepared at the Golden Harvest warehouse located near the I-85/SR 81 interchange. The address of the warehouse is 311 Alliance Parkway, Williamston, SC (behind the McDonald’s on SR 81).
Please let Tom Weeks know if you want to help prepare the food bags during the 2018/2019 school year. At the moment, we only have dates for preparing the food bags for July. The schedule for August should be available in mid to late July and will be announced in the church bulletin. Send questions/responses to Tom Weeks at 864-332-8954 or 864-221-1935 or by email (preferred) at trweeks@juno.com. NOTE: Volunteers are required to wear closed toe shoes while in the warehouse (no sandals).

Saturday Servants – Each Saturday in July

Again this year HTLC will prepare bag lunches For Anderson Emergency Soup Kitchen through The Saturday Servant Program. There are four Saturdays in July. Each Saturday we will meet in Fellowship Hall at 10:00 a.m. (please note the new time) to prepare 100 peanut butter/jelly sandwiches and 100 bologna sandwiches. Each bag will contain a sandwich, fruit, juice, sweet snack cake and chips. Eight hundred bag lunches will be provided during the month of July.

A big thank you to all who donated food items, now all we need are volunteers to help make the sandwiches.  Every Saturday in the month of July we have our Saturday Servants Program where we help feed those who are hungry in Anderson.  We will gather in Fellowship Hall at 10:00 a.m. to make 200 sandwiches and assemble food bags to be given out.  This takes about 30-45 minutes, depending on the number of volunteers we have.  Then at 11:00 a.m. for those who would like to participate in the distribution of the sandwiches, we carpool over to the Anderson Soup Kitchen located on West Franklin Street.  This takes about 30 minutes.   We begin this Saturday, July 7th.

FATHER’S DAY is June 17th.

FATHER’S DAY is June 17th.
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 (found in the weekly bulletin.)

The names will be listed in the bulletin on Father’s Day.

Deadline is June 10th.
In Memory of ___________________________

In Honor of______________________________

Other (To the Glory of God) __________________________

Given by ________________________________

Amount $_______________________________

4/29/18 QUILT DEDICATION

 

The beautiful quilts you see draped over each pew are now ready to be sent overseas. The quilters, at Holy Trinity have been very busy and their 28 quilts will be blessed during the service today and then mailed to Lutheran World Relief to those in need. The quilters thank everyone for their generous gifts of fabric for this worthy project.
You may make a donation to cover the cost of the shipping by writing a check to Holy Trinity and putting “shipping quilts” in the memo and placing it in the offering plate.

Jane Potter, Roz Eckardt, Ashley Rioux, Cherie Brown, Kim Hill, Shirley Ebert and Nancy Korn worked on the quilts.

OPERATION INASMUCH COLLECTION PROJECT

SUPPORT OUR OPERATION INASMUCH COLLECTION PROJECT

April 14 was set aside by the S.C. Synod for the projects of Operation Inasmuch by Lutherans across the state. Holy Trinity joined in this endeavor and from all indications we had a very successful and meaningful day of ministry outreach. A full report will be printed later in the bulletin and Messenger. Thank you to all who helped make a difference in our community.

We will continue through May 27, donations of toiletry items to be placed in the Narthex. Our delegates to the 2018 SC WELCA Convention will deliver these items to the” Love One Another Campaign through Lutheran Services Carolinas”, a project supported by the convention.

Toiletry items needed: shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, razors, shaving cream, hairbrushes, and combs.

There is a box in the room off the Narthex for your donations.

4/14/18 Operation in as much

Thanks to all who participated in OPERATION INASMUCH
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2018

It was a great success

See out instagram photo section for pictures (link is at the bottom right of our home page)

4/14/18 OPERATION INASMUCH

OPERATION INASMUCH
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2018
Mark your calendars! Operation INASMUCH 2018 kicks off at
8:00 a.m. Saturday, April 14 with breakfast in the Fellowship Hall.

The Service Committee is in the process of identifying and finalizing projects.
In the coming weeks, watch your Sunday bulletin for weekly updates.
If you are aware of an individual or an organization in need that may have a project,
please notify one of the following: Shirley Ebert, Jamie Corrigan, Jane Potter, Cheryl Lane, or Pastor Fischer.