Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,

Here are this week’s updates to pass along to you:

• Thank you for your generosity this past Sunday.  Together we as a congregation gave $681.00 to the Souper Bowl of Caring!  In case you are wondering of the break down, $493.00 was given to Seattle and $189.00 was given to New England as your favorite team.  Perhaps we influenced the Super Bowl after all! The real winner is AIM who will be the recipient of these funds.

• This Sunday is Transfiguration of Our Lord Sunday.  I will be preaching on the gospel text, Matthew 17:1-9.  It would be helpful for you to read over ahead of time this text, as well as the Old Testament reading, Exodus 24:12-18.  You should have no trouble see the connection between the two.

• Our Community Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will take place next week at Boulevard Baptist Church from 4:30-7:00 p.m. Sunday after worship will be the last opportunity to purchase tickets. Our congregation is always well represented at this event, not only in the eating but with our Lutheran Men in Mission doing a lot of the cooking.  This is a great time for fellowship before we enter the solemn season of Lent.

• You may have noticed two Shrove Tuesday events listed in our recent bulletins and newsletter. Please be mindful that our friends at Church of the Ascension Anglican will be using our Fellowship Hall that evening.

• We are offering two Ash Wednesday worship services next week.  The first one will take place at 12:00 Noon and the second one at 7:00 p.m. Both services are identical with the Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion being offered.  Come to the worship service of your choice.  Every Wednesday in Lent, I will be preaching a Lenten series on the Lord’s Prayer.

• A week from today, the women of the congregation are invited to their monthly Luther’s Ladies Circle Meeting at 6:00 p.m.

• We celebrate with Davis and Sarah Ann Bannister on the birth of their son, Roy Hyland Bannister, who was born February 5. Congratulations are also in order for proud grandparents, Jay and Suzie Bannister, and great-grandmother, Georgia Lou Welborn.

• We celebrate as well with Joejee and Jamie Jameson on the birth of their son, Joe Mattox Jameson, who was born February 7.  Congratulations are in order for proud grandparents, Lawson and Leigh Freeman.

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer

Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

Here are this week’s updates to pass along to you:

• Well, here we go again, with the weather.  At this point it seems very unlikely we will be able to have worship services Sunday due to the projected snow but Rynde Dial and I will make that call on Saturday and a member of the church council will be contacting you if we cancel services.

• If we are able to meet, I will be preaching on the gospel text, Matthew 5:1-12, which is The Beatitudes.

• When we start back worship, the pancake tickets will be available for the Annual Community Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, which will take place on February 17, or if you prefer, you can stop by the church office to purchase tickets from Pat.  They are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children.

• We just finished printing the 2026 Yearbook for the congregation.  It is made up of 2 parts. In the front is the new Church Directory and the back contains all the committee reports, worship assistant schedules, flower chart, etc.  A big thank you goes out to Pat Ross, Beth Cribbe, Mike Cox, Diane Richardson, Beth Fischer, and Nancy Scalf for spending several hours this afternoon collating, stapling and assembling these Yearbooks.  Every congregational household has one printed with a name label attached. They have been placed in the narthex for you to pick up at your convenience. If you get the chance, it would be helpful for you to stop by the church to get your copy, read over the reports and bring it with you to our Congregational Meeting.

• The Lenten devotionals are in the narthex as well, ready for you to pick up.

• On Thursday of next week, the Dining Divas will gather to enjoy a meal together and each other’s company, at Rigby’s.  Contact Beth Cribbe if you are planning to attend.

• Our Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting will be on Sunday, February 8 at 9:50 a.m. as we hear what we have accomplished together last year as the hands and feet of Christ.  A light breakfast will be provided.

• We are thankful to the Lord to have been spared from most of the last week’s weather impact.  If you have been watching the news at all, you are aware of the need for us to pray for our neighbors in other states who are still struggling to keep warm with recent power outages and ice/snow damage.

      In Christ,

      Pastor Fischer

Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity,

 

Here are this week’s updates to pass along to you:

• I know that the impeding weather is much on our minds, right now.  I spoke to Mike Oates of Duke Power early this afternoon.  If this oncoming weather is anything like what is predicted, the ice and potential power outages will be of main concern to many of us.  He told me that Duke Power is calling up 12,000 men from their crews in other states, and an additional 20,000 workers from other companies are heading toward our area and then to other states. 
• If the power goes out for any length of time, for those who do not have another source of heat, life will be very miserable (think back to 2005’s ice storm). With that in mind, I encourage those of you with gas or wood burning fireplaces to possibly offer a place to stay for your neighbors and those in our congregation.  If you are willing to hosts a church member (or two) who needs a place to stay, if we lose power, please send me back a REPLY. If you anticipate needing a play to stay, please send me a REPLY (especially those of you who live alone).  I will try to hook you up with each other but keep in mind that if I lose power, I will be unable to communicate with anyone. 
• At this point, it is highly unlikely that we will have worship services on Sunday.  Rynde Dial (our congregational president) and I will make that decision on Saturday and we will activate the congregational phone tree, if needed, and a member of the church council will contact you. 
• We have already postponed Ernie Thoms’ Recognition Event that was to take place Sunday, to Sunday, February 22 at 10:00 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. 
• We have already cancelled the LMM supper meeting that was to take place on Monday evening. 
• In other news, we keep Olin Bell in our prayers who underwent knee replacement surgery earlier this afternoon. 
• We celebrate with Susan Askew on the birth of her grandson, Parker Jones Askew, born January 15^th to parents, Chris and Curry Ann Askew.

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer