Attention ALL Ladies of All Ages
Save the Date – Saturday, August 6, 2022 – 2:00 PM
We’re back after almost 3 years. Please join us for a WELCA gathering in the Fellowship Hall.
This will be a meet and greet “getting to know each other again” event.
We will have light refreshments and discuss getting our circle groups up and running again in the fall.
You will learn the circle groups available, when they meet, and find the best fit for you.
QUILT DEDICATION
Saturday, March 19, 2022 is National Quilting Day so our dedication
today is timely.
Lutheran World Relief distributed its first quilts in 1945 to families in
war-torn Europe following the Second World War. Within a decade,
the ministry was reaching around the globe to villages far removed
from the world’s attention. Over 27.4 million quilts have been given
during the 75 year period from 1945-2020. Today, an average of
300,000 quilts are lovingly given worldwide each year.
In 2020, 264,585 quilts were shipped to 18 countries. Holy Trinity dedicated 38 quilts on 10/11/2020
and shipped them to the Maryland warehouse.
In the Winter 2022 LWR newsletter, the final numbers of quilts made in 2021 was 122,400 and sent to
19 countries.
Quilters during the pandemic, have included Jane Potter, Cherie Brown, Roz Eckardt, Nancy Korn,
Bobbi Metz, and Kim Hill.
WELCA Foothills Spring Conference March 5, 2022
10:00am – 2:00pm
St. John’s Lutheran, Walhalla SC
Help us to “Change” the world by “Building a Better Future”
Program speaker, Jon Goyert of Oconee County Habitat for Humanity, will speak about current efforts in providing, decent, affordable housing in partnership with local families and how volunteer efforts and donations make this vital work possible.
St. John’s Lutheran Church 301 W. Main Street Walhalla, SC Registration begins at 9:30am
Masks will be required
Please RSVP by Feb. 25th
Please call Roz Eckardt,
(864) 225-3810
We will carpool from the church parking lot.
Angel Tree
WE NOW HAVE THE TAGS ON THE TREE!!!!!!
1. Pick a tag off the “Angel Tree” in the Narthex and go shopping.
2. Please do not wrap gifts.
3. Leave gift, with tag attached, in the church office parlor (use door code).
4. Gifts should be returned NO LATER than, Wednesday, December 15th,
after which, you will be responsible for delivering your gifts to A.I.M.
5. In addition to selecting names from the Angel Tree in-person like we
Usually, do 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 any of this, please
contact Roz Eckardt
The Women of the ELCA at Lutheran Church By The Lake
100 Twelve Oakes Drive and Hwy 378
McCormick, SC 29835
Cordially invite you to the
Foothills Conference Fall Meeting
On Saturday, November 6, 2021
10:00 a. m. – 2:00 p. m.
A light lunch will be provided.
Dr. Shirley Quarles, formerly of McCormick,
Will be the speaker.
RSVP: Beth Fischer (fischerfive@att.net)
by October 27th
Covid protocols will be in place.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU!
DONATIONS FOR THE SCWELCA CONVENTION PROJECT
The project for this year’s South Carolina WELCA Convention, which will be held on Sunday, September 26, is to provide monetary support to Lutheran Disaster Response and to the SC Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers.
The Lutheran Disaster Response provides aid to those impacted by natural disasters and the pandemic.
Lutheran World Relief
The SC Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers assist victims of abuse.
SC Network Children’s Advocacy Centers
If you wish to donate to this year’s project, please submit your contribution, payable to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, no later than September 19. Please indicate that it is for the WELCA Convention Project and include the name of the organization you wish to receive your support – LDR or SCNCAC.
WELCA CORNER
Our South Carolina WELCA Convention will be virtual (using Zoom) this year. It will be held Sunday, September 26 from 1:00 — 6:00 p.m. There will also be a link for visitors to watch the meeting as well. The convention project will be donations for the projects in the form of checks to Lutheran Disaster Response or the SC Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers. If you would like to donate make the check out to Holy Trinity and in the memo put SC WELCA Convention Projects.
Our congregation will host WELCA Sunday on September 26 and we are honored to have as our guest preacher that day, the Assistant to the Bishop, the Rev. Emily Edenfield.
In case you are wondering when we will resume our monthly in-person Women’s Circle meetings, we are hoping to return to our regular meetings in the fall. Stay safe, have a wonderful summer and see you later in the year
Dear Members and Friends of HTLC,
Just a reminder that there is still time to send in your information to Pat. Normally we receive a pretty good response but with no worship services on Sunday, when most folks turn this in, not many requests have been returned this year.
In Christ,
Pastor Fischer
MOTHER’S DAY is Sunday, May 10th. A special offering, sponsored by WELCA, is being received and then given to deserving female students at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. If you would like to make a donation In Memory Of or In Honor Of your mother, please fill out the form below and mail, or call the church office with your information. The names will be listed in Sunday’s bulletin and June’s Messenger. The deadline to do this is Thursday at 12:00 noon of this week.
In Memory of______________________________________________________________
Honor of_________________________________________________________________
Other (To the Glory of God)_________________________________________________
Given by___________________________________________________________________
If you you want to print out this and mail it in, just click on the link below to download a word document you can print
Jane Potter, Shirley Ebert, Roz Eckardt, Cherie Brown, Bobbi Metz, Kim Hill, and Nancy Korn currently work on quilts for Lutheran World Relief. There have been 26 more quilts made that will the total number of quilts made by the Holy Trinity Quilters to 398.
The 26 quilts that we dedicated last March 2019 were shipped to Tanzania in September. LWR shipped 333,405 quilts worldwide. Quilts are the most requested item by LWR partner agencies.
If you would like to make a donation to cover the cost of shipping the quilts to Maryland (approximately $6 per quilt) currently, please send your check to the church office and designate it for quilt shipping.
You may also donate to the Lutheran World Relief Quilt and Kit Shipping Fund at lwr.org/donate/shipping fund to support shipping quilts from the warehouse to countries overseas ($2.25 per quilt).
National Quilting Day was March 21, 2020 and marked 75 years of comforting the world with quilts. In 1945, by the end of the Second World War, an estimated one-fifth of the world’s Lutherans were left homeless. That same year, Lutheran churches in at least 20 states mobilized to help in Europe through a new agency called Lutheran World Relief. It was also the year that the first LWR Mission Quilts reached families in war-torn Europe. Within a decade, quilts and kits were reaching struggling neighbors across the globe. Today, the Quilt and Kit Ministry is LWR’s longest running program.
WELCA CORNER
Happy New Year! The ladies of WELCA (Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In America) are getting busy with several dates coming up. On Sunday, February 23, Bold Women’s Sunday, we have our own Bobbi Metz to do a Temple Talk on her work at The Dream Center, in Pickens.
Then on March 6, Friday, we will be hosting the World Day of Prayer service for Anderson, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in our Fellowship Hall. You are asked to bring a plate of sandwiches or salad or dessert to share for lunch. The theme is “Rise! Take your mat and walk.” The country of focus will be Zimbabwe. Come and take a trip with us to hear about this southern African country.
We also have retreats in the spring:
(1) Camp Kinard on February 7-8, which is located in the Batesburg-Leesville, SC, in the middle of the state;
(2) Wild Women Weekend will be March 14-15 at Lutheridge in Arden, NC; and
(3) the Coastal Retreat Center, along the coast of Isle of Palms, April 24-26.
Ladies, if you are interested in attending these retreats, please see Roz Eckardt for more information.
