The WELCA Board is hosting a Fellowship Get Together luncheon February 24th in Fellowship Hall following the 11:00 a.m. service. This invitation is extended to all ladies young and matured. This is a time set aside to meet old friends and great new friends. Please mark your calendars of the date and time and enjoy some great catch up time. A reservation is required so that we will have enough goodies for all. Call Roz before the 17th of February at 864-225-3810.
NOTICE OF SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING
Semi-Annual meeting of the congregation will be held Sunday, February 10th at 9:50 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. At this meeting the officers of the congregation, staff, committee chairs, organization presidents/leaders will present a brief report highlighting the accomplishments of the previous ministry year. There will be a light breakfast provided.
On Sunday December 30th, 2018
There will be 1 combined service at 10AM
Sunday School will be at 9AM
There will not be a lunch after the service.
The pageant has been officially been rescheduled to December 23rd 11 o’clock service. We will have rehearsal at 5pm on Dec 19 prior to the Advent Meal. There will NOT be any rehearsal on Saturday December 22nd we will have our final dress rehearsal between services on Sunday December 23rd.
Dear Members and Friends of HTLC,
Don’t forget our Congregational Christmas Caroling and Chili event this Sunday evening, December 16. We will gather in Fellowship Hall to break into two groups and carpool from the church at 5:00 p.m. to visit our shut-ins and some of the local assisted living facilities. Please be mindful that we are aiming to be pulling out at 5:00 p.m. so you will need to arrive a few minutes before then. Afterwards, we will gather in Fellowship Hall for some wonderful chili and fixings. If you have a favorite Christmas sweaters, Santa hat, reindeer antlers, or Christmas bells, this is your chance to be seen and heard as we share with others the good news of Christ’s birth.
We have officially cancelled church this morning
We will let everyone know about rescheduling the Christmas program.
POINSETTIAS for the Christmas Eve services will be provided this year by Whitten’s for $ 16.00. Donors will be listed in the worship bulletin for the Christmas Eve services. If you would like to place an order for one or more, please fill out the form you can download below and place it in the offering plate or send to the Church office. The deadline is Sunday, December 16th. Payment must accompany your order. Plants may be picked up after the 11:00 p.m. service Christmas Eve. (Please leave the three white poinsettias in the manger.)
Click on the link below to download the form to order Poinsettias
POINSETTIAS
Safety committee recommended changes at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church:
As presented at our Congregational Meeting on Sunday, November 11, over the last year, the safety committee has met and worked with local experts in law enforcement to come up with a plan to help make our church safer. We will be implementing the following changes starting Sunday, November
We have had radios donated to the church and our ushers are going to start the following
changes during our worship services.
1.These doors will be locked 5 minutes after the church service starts.
a. The door next to the columbarium and the door at the top of the handicap ramp.
b.The door that lead to pairs and spares classroom
c.The door next to the library
d.The doors in the fellowship hall (front entrance, side entrance and the kitchen door)
2.These doors will be unlocked 10 minutes before the end of the service.
3. Our nursery keeper will have a radio and several radios will be placed in the Sunday school classroom, so that any
suspicious activity can be communicated to the usher team.
The main entrance to the church (the front steps) will remain unlocked during the entire service as it always has been.
We are exploring options for some type of camera or video doorbell for the top of the handicap ramp, so that if anyone does need it after the door is locked, we can send someone to let them in.
We also want to assure people that all these doors can be opened from the inside at any time. (No one will ever be locked in.)
Also if anyone has a key to the church that has worked in the past, it will continue to work on all doors. We just ask that if you find a door locked, please keep it locked after you enter the church.
We also want to ask for everyone’s patience in this as we make adjustments. It is unfortunate that we live in a time that changes like this are necessary, but we feel they are appropriate.
If you have any problems, or suggestions on how to make things work better, please contact a member of the Safety committee: Warren Lutz, Terry Cribbe, Bryan Hill, Dave Harrow, Brenda McGowan, Paul Wagner or Pastor Fischer.
Mark your calendars:
Christmas Pageant — December 9
Youth Christmas Party — December 15
Chili and Caroling — December 16
ADVENT SCHEDULE
Advent Meals — 6:00 p.m.
December 5th Luther’s Ladies — host
December 12th Katie’s Ladies – host
December 19th Youth — host
There will be a free will offering for the meal each night.
Advent Worship Services to follow at 7:00 p.m. We will again be using the Holden Evening Prayer Liturgy.
