Trinity Lutheran Church Blog

Summer Worship times begin Memorial Day Weekend: Saturday, 5:30 pm (same); Sunday, 8:00 am (same); and 9:30 am (different – 1 hour earlier).  These times will go through Labor Day Weekend.

Vacation Bible School will be the week of June 14-18 (Monday – Friday, 9:00-11:30 am) for children entering kindergarten through those entering 6th grade.  This year’s theme is titled Hero Headquarters where kids join forces with God! With God’s power at work, you, too, can be heroes right where you are!  Dave and Jodi Van Kley will once again be with us. We need volunteers to help make this an exciting experience. Don’t forget to bring a friend. Details will be on our website along with a registration form. Members, we need your help to support this vital children’s ministry. We will once again be taking an afterservice door offering and will also supply special VBS 2010 envelopes for donations.

Please call the church office to sign up for our next AIC – Adult Information Class. There will be 7 two hour sessions of what Lutheran Christians believe, teach, and confess. There is no charge or obligation. If you are interested in becoming a Lutheran and a communicant member of Trinity congregation, or if you are already a member and just want to brush up on the detail of the faith, this class is for you. First class is scheduled for Tuesday, May 25th at 6:30 – 8:30 pm.

The Lord has truly blessed each and every one of us in many ways. He still expects us to trust in His daily provision for all our needs. With that trust, He invites us to test His generosity by responding to His graciousness with the weekly offering of our first fruits. We are not giving to a budget, but to the Lord. Remember, God loves a cheerful giver (“Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Cor. 9:7).

When we give, it is not because of a command, but rather it’s a test of our love … knowing the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. (2 Cor. 8:8, 9)

Please accept God’s challenge to increase your weekly offering. See it as an opportunity to stretch your faith and open the windows of heaven that the Lord might bless you.

Mothers, we acknowledge you on the 9th of May as that special person who does far more than we could ever think or imagine. Thanks for all you do! Your work is so important: “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.’ Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” (Proverbs 31: 25-30)

Always in His Grip,

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