World Day of Prayer – 2019
St. John’s Methodist Church
In Fellowship Hall
515 McDuffie Street
11:00 a.m.
Friday, March 1
Bring a plate to share.
Please mark your calendar to attend this important gathering.
All women of the church are invited.
Walking With Jesus
The New Year has come and gone but how about your resolutions? Did they include improving health and moving more? Do you need help sticking with these plans? Beginning Saturday, March 9th and running through April 13th, (excluding March 31″,) we will meet each week at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall to review the Bible study and to learn about “whole person health”. Then we will walk together as a group around the neighborhoods of the church. We will also have a group of “Parking Lot Pedestrians” who may want to join us but have limited mobility. This group will also learn simple chair and balance exercises. On March 31st, each participant is encouraged to take their increased movement on the road to work on an OIAM project of their choice. As we transition into the Lenten Season, we are encouraged to pray and study God’s Word. As we journey towards Good Friday and the cross, what a wonderful time to re-trace the actual footsteps of Jesus as he traveled with his ministry as we work to grow stronger in mind, body, and spirit. If you would like to join us, sign up on the sheet in the narthex. Please contact Amy Goodson, FCN, if you have any questions.
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.
WELCA FOOTHILLS FALL
CONFERENCE
October 6, 2018
10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.
FAITH LUTHERAN CHAPEL
729 W. MAIN STREET
PICKENS, SC 29671
GUEST SPEAKER: Julie Cheek,
The Dream Center, Easley, SC
RSVP by Sept, 30, 2018
Roz Eckardt — 225-3810
for carpooling
WALKING WITH THE JESUS
As the seasons begin to change, we will once again look at small steps
we can take to improve our health. This year, we will be using the
Walking with Jesus Bible study starting Saturday, September 22nd, through October 27th. Participants will use the materials to re-trace Jesus’ travels and life throughout the week while walking and taking
small steps to healthier lifestyle habits. The group will meet each
Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall to discuss our
journey and to get tips on diet, stress reduction and more. We will then walk as a group around the neighborhoods of the church. In order to have enough devotional books for all, please sign up on the sheet in the narthex. This year, we are including all levels of fitness as well offering a “parking lot pedestrians” for those who are less agile or have other mobility issues. This group will walk in the parking lot and learn other simple chair exercises. Won’t you join us? For more information, please contact Amy Goodson, Faith Community Nurse.
NEVER – TOO – LATE Group
UPSTATE FOREVER HELPING CONSERVE
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
Scott Park, speaker
WEDNESDAY,
September 19th, 11:45 a.m.
in the Fellowship Hall.
If you are a Holy Trinity senior lady or gent, you should call Barbara at 226-4812 by 6:00 p.m. on
September 16th to make a luncheon reservation.
5th SUNDAY
CHANGE OF SERVICE TIME
July 29, 2018
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:00 a.m.
One-Combined Worship Service 10:00 a.m.
A congregational Meal will be provided afterwards by the Youth to thank the congregation for
its support in attending the National Youth Gathering. The Youth will tell how the Gathering
has impacted their lives. Please plan to join us!
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.
Why Is That Dead Tree in the Church?
You can’t help but notice the “dead” tree covered in caterpillars which have appeared in the Sanctuary. You may question -why is it here or what is it about?
This is a project between the LCY and the Sunday School children. Before we began making these creations, we discussed how things are different in both the church and nature this time of year. We discussed how there are some things “sleeping” in our worship such as the use of Alleluias. We also talked about how everything in our yards such as the grass and trees look dead but they too are just “sleeping”. We discussed how some of God’s creatures such as caterpillars make cocoons. Although we might think they are dead, they actually have rebirth as a butterfly.
This tree is actually here to help each of us to remember that while the weather often is cool and gray and the grass is brown and the trees bare, there is the hope that Spring is coming! Bulbs are blooming and the days are getting longer. Just as we have hope for Spring, Lent gives us a time to hope for Easter and the promise that the resurrection brings.
Just as the change of seasons brings surprises, keep watching the tree thru the Lenten season —there are more surprises to come!
Good Friday changes
Easter Sunday
PAINTING PARTY
A reminder, the Painting Party (sponsored by the Luther’s Ladies Circle) is next Sunday, April 22nd from 2:00 — 4:00 p.m. Orders for your items have been turned in. Bring your money ($20.00) for each item you ordered. Light snacks will be provided. See you next Sunday for an afternoon of fun in Fellowship Hall.
