7/16/23 Weekly Congregational Updates

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Dear Members and Friends of HTLC,

 

Here are this week’s updates:

 

  • We keep in our prayers, Diane Wagner and her family, upon the death of her mother yesterday, Frances Campbell. 
  • The latest Statements of Giving are in the narthex, ready for you to pick up. 
  • Saturday of this week, you are invited to join us in Fellowship Hall at 10:00 a.m. as we make sandwiches and bagged lunches as part of our Saturday Servants project in feeding the hungry. 
  • Sunday, I will be preaching on the gospel text, Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23, as we explore the Parable of the Sower and the Four Types of Soil. I encourage you to read this story and to think how it might apply to us today. 
  • Please mark your calendars that with July 30th being a 5th Sunday, we will have ONE COMBINED WORSHIP SERVICE at 10:00 a.m., followed with a Potluck meal. 

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

7/9/23 Weekly Congregational Updates

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Dear Members and Friends of HTLC,

 

Just a couple of things to relay to you about things going on in our congregation this week and next:

 

  • Please keep in mind that there is no Saturday Servants project taking place this week.   Even though Holy Trinity has the responsibility of providing bagged lunches for the month of July, another organization takes care of the 2nd Saturday of each month for the year.

  • The Service Committee is sponsoring another outreach opportunity for the congregation.  We will be receiving donations of frozen casseroles for Calvary Home for Children beginning July 23 through July 30.  Please see The Messenger or a bulletin for all the details or call Jane Potter at 225-6460.

  • Sunday, I will be preaching on the gospel text of Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 as we focus on what it means to hear the words of Christ, to be yoked to Him.

  • Wednesday, of next week, July 12, we will be gathering in Fellowship Hall for our next Summer Fun Night.  Our theme will be, “The Parable of the Lost Coin.”   Supper will be provided and we would love for you to come join us beginning at 6:00 p.m.  This is for all ages.

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

07/02/23 Weekly Congregational Updates

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

Here are a few things to pass along to you:

  • The Messenger was mailed out on Tuesday.  Many of you have already received this issue.  Please keep in mind that this is for the months of July and August.  This is the only time of the year when we cover two months at one time.
  • We have now received all the food items we need for Saturday Servants.  Thank you for your generosity!  The only thing we now need is you.  We will gather on Saturday morning, in Fellowship Hall, at 10:00 a.m. to make sandwiches to feed those hungry in the Anderson area.  Please do not arrive early as we have plenty of time to complete this project.  Then at 11:00 a.m. we will need about 5-7 volunteers to take the sandwiches over to the Anderson Soup Kitchen to give out the bags of food.  This generally takes about 30 minutes.
  • Sunday, we will switch over to using the blue With One Voice hymnal during the months of July and August.  It has been several years since we have done this but we will be returning to this long-held tradition of our congregation for a short change of variety in our worship service.  
  • Sunday, in celebration of the 4th of July, we will be signing the much beloved hymn “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” and I will be preaching on the Second Reading from Paul’s letter to the Romans [6:12-23], focusing on True Freedom.

 

May the Lord continue to bless our nation!

 

Pastor Fischer

Share your garden’s abundance and help hunger

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If you have an abundance of vegetables from your garden, would you please share them with the congregation?

There will be a chair in the Narthex for you to place your extra garden veggies for people to share for a small donation for World Hunger.

Any vegetables that are left will be taken to the Anderson Soup Kitchen.

Saturday Servants

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Saturday Servants

Thank you to the congregation for your generosity in providing the needed peanut butter, jelly, snack cakes, mayonnaise bottled water. We now have all needed items.

Again this year, HTLC will prepare bagged lunches for the Anderson Emergency Soup Kitchen through the Saturday Servants Program.
We will begin each Saturday in July (except for the second Saturday) at 10:00 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. At 11:00 a.m. the food will be given away to the community at the Anderson Soup Kitchen for those who would like to participate.

In the gospel of Matthew (25:35, 40) Jesus says, “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”

07/19/23 SUMMER FUN NIGHT

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SUMMER FUN NIGHT
We have returned to our monthly summer gatherings in Fellowship Hall for a time of Food,
Fun & Fellowship around a Biblical theme. Adults and Kids of all ages are invited to join us!
There will be crafts, games, and song. The meal will be provided. Our next gather will be
August 16th .
WHEN: Wednesday, July 19 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
WHAT: “THE PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN”

06/25/23 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 Quilting Groups in the congregation have been very busy. Sunday, as part of the worship service, we will be blessing the 48 quilts and 12 fabric kits that have been made, before they are sent overseas to those in need.

• Sunday, I will be preaching on the Gospel text, Matthew 10:24-39, where Jesus warns his followers that they may meet opposition but promises always to be with them. We will explore how sparrows are connected with this passage.

• We are very close to having all the food items we need for our upcoming Saturday Servants project. Items may be placed into the room off the narthex into special bins marked “Saturday Servants.” Items still needed are:
a. 254 individual snack size bags of salty snacks (pretzels, chips, etc.)
b. 150 bottles of water (16 oz plastic bottles)

• You are reminded to refrain from giving out the general church door code to florists. If you set up altar flowers for a particular Sunday, most florists already have a code. If not, have them contact the church office as all florists have an entry code that is different from the one the church members use. If you need more details on this, please contact me.

• This past Monday morning we had 21 church members participate in the United Way’s SnackPack program, putting together meals for school children in the Anderson area. Please see photo below. Thanks to all who took part in this food outreach ministry. If you are interested in being on the email list of participants for future workdays, contact Mike Cox.

In Christ,
Pastor Fischer

06/18/23 Weekly Congregational update

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

Here are this week’s congregational updates:

  • Attached are some links summarizing some of the happenings of last week’s SC Synod Assembly, including the worship service as well as the presentations.

  • The new Christ in Our Home devotionals, for the months of July – September are in the narthex ready for you to pick up a copy.

  • A reminder that this Sunday is the deadline for all donated items for our Nursery “Flowers in Bloom” project to be dropped off to the Church Office Parlor.  We are very grateful to Suzie Bannister, Anna Caldwell, Connor Caldwell,  and Beth Cribbe for going through our old nursery items, coming up with a list of needed replacement items, and then creating and implementing our wonderful “Flowers in Bloom” project and for the generosity of the congregation!

  • As part of the announcements Sunday, we will be recognizing all fathers in attendance at worship.

  • Sunday, I will be preaching on the gospel text, Matthew 9:35-10:23, specifically, verse 8, “You received without payment; give without payment”, basically reminding each of us that we have been blessed abundantly by God and are now asked to bless others.

  • Our latest tally of Encouragement Cards that were created by members of the congregation for the United Way BackPack program is 709 cards!  Wow!  Thanks so much to all who took part in this outreach ministry.

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

 

6/11/23 Weekly Congregational Updates

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

 

Here are this week’s updates:

 

  • We keep in our prayers Whitney Moody who underwent back surgery on Monday and is recuperating at home.

  • This coming Sunday, June 11, is the deadline to have your father recognized in the bulletin for Father’s Day.  The Lutheran Men in Mission is sponsoring a special offering to be given to the SC Lutheran Men in Mission.  You may make a donation, in any amount, In Memory Of or In Honor Of your father.  Please fill out the form in the Sunday bulletin or the June newsletter and either place it in the offering plate on Sunday or mailed it back to the church office before then.

  • We still have a few T-shirts leftover from our days of participating in Operation Inasmuch.  We have (3) Small Adult sizes, (1) Medium Adult size, and (3) Medium Youth sizes.  There are located in the sacristy and are yours if you would like them.

  • I will be leaving later this morning, with Beth, to attend the SC Synod Assembly in Columbia, until Saturday afternoon.  You are asked to keep the Assembly in your prayers and ask God’s Spirit to be among all delegates.

  • I am happy to report that the front door lock has been repaired and is now accepting the digital code as well as the key, if you have one.

  • Sunday I will be preaching on the gospel text, Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 as we explore the touch of Jesus involved in his healing, as well as the importance of touch in the world today.

  • Next week Pat will be on vacation.  We are thankful for Diane Richardson who will be in the office taking phone calls, etc.

  • If you picked up a “flower” as part of the Nursery “Flowers in Bloom” project, all items need to be dropped off at the church by Father’s Day, June 18. As of this morning, 29 nursery items have been given!  All nursery items are to be placed in the Church Office Parlor.

  • We will again be making sandwiches during the month of July as part of Saturday Servants to be given out at the Anderson Soup Kitchen.  As we have done in years past, we are now collecting needed food items.  Each week an updated tally will be listed in the bulletin as well as in my email.  We currently need the following:
    • 540 individual snack size bags of salty snacks (pretzels or chips, etc.)
    • 9 jars of peanut butter (40 oz. size)
    • 8 jars of grape jelly (16 oz. size)
    • 3 jars of mayonnaise (32 oz. size)
    • 76 boxes of Little Debbie Cakes (any size)
    • 500 bottles of water (16 oz. plastic bottles) 
    • Note:  food items can be dropped off in the room off the narthex while the bottled water should be dropped off in the Fellowship Hall kitchen.

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

06/21/23 SUMMER FUN NIGHT

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SUMMER FUN NIGHT
We have returned to our monthly summer gatherings in Fellowship Hall for a time of Food, Fun & Fellowship around a Biblical theme.
Adults and Kids of all ages are invited to join us! There will be crafts, games, and song.
The meal will be provided.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 21 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

WHAT: “THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON”