August 2018 TRINITY CONNECTIONS. Dear Friends in Christ,

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1 August 2018 TRINITY CONNECTIONS Dear Friends in Christ, THANK YOU! Thank you for your generosity that helps fuel God s mission here at Trinity. We have reached the half-way point in our financial year and there is good news. Giving is at 47% of budget with expenses at 44% which puts us in a positive cash flow as we move toward the fall. Special Music in worship has been a true blessing as we welcomed the quartet, 4Given, from St. Andrews in Mahtomedi in June and the Croix Chordsmen Barbershop Chorus in July. Our August musical guests will be the Unknowns and they will be with us in worship on August 19 th. Two new ministries will launch in August: 1. PRAY GROUND will be a special area in the worship center for children 1-5 years. This is will be staffed by adults and youth and feature coloring books, puzzles, soft toys, tables and chairs and of course, LEGOS. We believe strongly that children belong in worship as they are part of our church family. 2. BRELLA MINISTRY 5 60 golf umbrellas will be available at the front door for volunteers to grab one on rainy days and assist people coming and going from church. NO experience necessary, just a willingness to be a minister of hospitality. There are 19 umbrellas for sale at $20 each. The umbrellas are in black and navy panels with Trinity Lutheran Church imprinted. These are first come-first served. Stop by the office and get yours today. As you can see, your contributions allow us to transform lives in Spirit-filled ways. Even if you can t be here in the summer, we appreciate your continued support. As you settle into the rhythms of summer, may your spirit, mind and body be refreshed and renewed. See YOU and your GUEST in worship, Pastor Ralph

2 Clarity Movement Alignment Focus As the council develops relationally, the reading and sharing of chapters 3 and 4 in Simple Church, gives us insight into what our church ministry currently is and helps us to understand what we desire our ministries to be. The four elements of clarity, movement, alignment and focus are noted to be essential to the growth of a church. Clarity s definition tells us that this is the ability of a process to be communicated and understood by the people, and asks how we move people in growing spiritually? Movement tells us that there are steps in the process that moves people from lower levels of commitment to higher levels of commitment. Alignment shares that all ministries use the same process and move in the same direction. Focus helps the church recognize its main ministry and gives energy for sustainability. Questions we need to ask ourselves: President s Corner-Rose Kuebker 1. What is Trinity s ministry process? 2. Is our process clear? 3. Does our process move people effectively toward greater commitment? Several churches shared their ministry process. One small church shared its simple process of, connect, grow, and serve. All weekly programming was identified around children and teenagers. Another church shares its foyer to kitchen process. This process gets people into weekend Worship service, and then transitions them into small groups (kitchens). In these small groups, people develop relationally and grow deeper in spiritual maturity. Please join us at our next council meeting August 13 th, 2018, at 7:00pm for our continued exploration on how Trinity s process could use the four elements for our simple process in ministry development. Blessings, Rose Coffee Chat with the Treasurer As June 30, 2018 Financial Overview Year-to-date: Income Total $99,111 Expense Total $81,158 Total Income $17,953 All bills were paid for the month of June. Remember now that summer is here that your offering is most crucial during these summer months. Thank you! FOOD PANTRY UPDATE Next Food Shelf Sunday is: August 12 Food Shelf: 27 pounds donated Thank you for helping others in need! Summer is a crucial time! WELCA Kathy Jensen, Chair The Ice Cream Social was in July, now our vision is the Fall Bazaar on Thursday, October 4 th. We will have tables available to sell crafts if you are interested. Plus, great food! Mark your calendars. Thank you to all the workers who work these events and make it fun! One pair of hands, Kathy

3 Greetings BOLT families- Education-Kelly Browning, Chair BOLT will be collecting donation for Operation Christmas Child all year long. The donation bin is located in the Education wing if you would like to contribute. Thank you to those who have brought in donations this past month. We packed 66 boxes this past year and we are aiming for 100 this coming year, so if you have items to donate, please bring them in anytime of the year. Each month I will share some ideas to consider donating, so this month, let s think about CLOTHING! VBS 2018 is happening this week and we are having a blast. I will provide an update and share pictures next month. Thanks to all the individuals who volunteered their time or donated items for the meals. We could not do it without you. Friendly reminder that we have a closed Facebook group where I post what is happening with BOLT on a regular basis. You can request to join here: Trinity Lutheran BOLT Your Co-worker in Christ, Kelly, BOLT Team Leader Property & Grounds- Laurie Posey, Chair On Monday, July 16 th, about a dozen Council and Congregation members met with the vendor who we re looking to have install the handicap door capabilities at the front entrance. We re awaiting a response for a revised quote from the firm so we can consider our options, but we re excited at the prospect to move this project forward! Further details about funding needs will be communicated as available. In the meantime, if you have any questions about the project, please contact Daryl Frank or Laurie Posey to discuss. We appreciate your support! Thank you again to all the helping hands that keep our church running so well! Thank you to Roger Lindquist for rebuilding the basketball post. We appreciate your handiwork. Hope everyone is enjoying summer! ~Laurie I am looking for one or two more BOLT Guides to teach a class the coming BOLT year. Please let me know if you are interested, we would love to have you join our team. WE GIVE A TOOT ABOUT YOU! Can you walk and blow a KAZOO at the same time? YOU are exactly who we need to be a member of the TRINITY MARCHING KAZOOS for the Heartland Days Parade on Sunday, August 12 th. ALL AGES are welcome. ALL marchers will receive a special t-shirt as a thank you! Call the church office to register or sign up during coffee fellowship. This is something your entire family can participate in. An added bonus the family with the most participating marches and the oldest kazoo marcher will win gift cards. QUILTER S CORNER The knot tying parties for the quilters will be on Thursday s in August at 9:00 a.m. on August 2, 16 and the 30. We are working on Lutheran World quilts and the graduating senior quilts for Come join us for tying knots, coffee, treats and fellowship! Trinity s office hours will be 9 am - 2 pm, Monday Friday. Starting Tuesday, September 4th, Trinity Office Hours will be 9-12 and 3-6pm.

4 Meet our New Bishop Elect Dear Friends of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, I am humbled and grateful for this opportunity to serve as your Bishop. For the last 4-5 years, I ve served as the Director of Evangelical Mission/Assistant to Bishop Rick Hoyme and before that for 28 years, I was a parish pastor in Windom, Slayton, St. Cloud and Pelican Rapids, MN. I am excited and hopeful about the future! The Holy Spirit is moving and working among us in new and exciting ways challenging us to go deeper in our faith and moving us outside our comfort zone. Paying attention to where the Spirit is calling us and learning to GO and DO in Jesus name is an important part of my work as Bishop. I encourage the people of our synod to not only GO to Church but to BE the church in the world. A little bit about me: My husband Randy and I both graduated from Luther Seminary in He is the pastor of Christ Lutheran in Menomonie. We have three adult children. Andrew (30) is married to Kristina. They live in Appleton and are expecting our first grandchild July 18. Matthew (27) is engaged to Emily Ewen. They are getting married August 18. Anna (24) graduated from St. Kates and works in Occupational Therapy. I love to garden and help things grow. I enjoy cooking and entertaining family and friends. When I have time, I like to bike, canoe or kayak. I look forward to getting to know you and your congregations. You are all invited to attend the official installation of the Bishop worship service on August 25, :00 p.m. at Bethel Highlands, Hudson, WI. I hope to see you there. Bishop-elect Laurie Skow-Anderson Stewardship Ron Pratt, Chair COMING SOON! We will be having a faith-based Fall Stewardship Campaign for 2019 operations taking place during the month of October! Stay tuned for more information! Ron Evangelism-Betty Johnson, Chair The Evangelism team has been working on the Fun Fest that will be on Sunday, August 12th. This will take place after the Hammond Heartland Days parade on the front lawn of the church property. This is our Second Annual and we are excited! We will start at 1:30 and go till 3:00. We will have a dunk tank again and will have a fee for that. This year we will be selling hot dogs and chips upon requests from last year s Funfest goers. Popcorn and lemonade will be free as well as ALL the games. We will need people to sit in the dunk tank and also workers for set up and take down as well as people to work the games. There is a sign-up sheet on the counter in the Fellowship hall to sign up where you would like to help out. We have added more games and even some surprises. If you want to just come and sit and enjoy watching, PLEASE feel free to bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the fun. When watching the parade watch for Trinity Marching Kazoo band and the Sunday School/ VBS float. Betty Johnson and Evangelism Team GODS WORK OUR HANDS Please share with others and let them know it is available! Take what you need, give what you can. LITTLE FREE PANTRY The free Little Pantry is open for all! The posted hours for summer are Monday thru Friday, 9am- 2pm. Wednesday nights from 5-7pm and Sunday mornings 8:30-12(noon). The pantry is located inside Trinity by the Fireside room. Tuesday Community Dinner The Tuesday Community Supper is served the first Tuesday of every month at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 1350 Florence Street, Baldwin, WI. This is a free meal open to anyone in the community, served from 5:00-6:30 p.m. Gethsemane Lutheran Church will be preparing and serving the meal on Tuesday, August 7 th. They will be serving a Summer Picnic with assorted salads and watermelon. There will not be a September Tuesday Supper due to the Labor Day holiday.

5 August Ministry Calendar Please consider how you might do God s work with your hands. Sign up at the Communication Corner or call the church office. Instruction available for every role & a reminder call or a few days before your commitment. AUGUST 5 AUGUST 12 AUGUST 19 AUGUST 26 GREETERS Julie Boumeester Bev Medes Lois Koosmann Kathy Gustafson Ushers (2) Roger & June Lindquist Arnold & Bev Jacobson Scott & Nancy Post Mike & Dar Sittlow Reader Bev Jacobson Jamie McCulloch Marti Peterson Mike Sittlow Acolyte Madyson McCulloch Power Point Ron Pratt Sound Tech Communion Helpers Marti Peterson + + Sue & Daryl Frank + + Communion Set Up Bread Baker Bulletin Sponsors BOLT Sponsors Worship Team + + Worship Team Glenda Pratt + + To Sponsor a Bulletin, please see Betty Johnson Fellowship Servers Team C-Lance & Cindy Olson Team D-Chris & Judy Larson Team E-Travis & Laurie Posey Team F-Steve & Vickie Holzer Exterior Property Team Team #11- Chris Koss & Cub Scouts Team #11- Chris Koss & Cub Scouts Team #12- Cory & Gaylee Brady Family Team #12- Cory & Gaylee Brady Family August Bulletin Sponsors See Betty Johnson to sponsor a bulletin! Just $8.00! August 5th BULLETIN: Lillian Jorgenson celebrating God s Blessings August 12th BULLETIN: WELCA August 19th BULLETIN: Sarah & Christine Pommerening in honor of the Synod Youth Board visiting Trinity Lutheran this weekend. August 26th BULLETIN: Lois Koosmann in honor of Jamison Koosmann s birthday. Roger & June Lindquist in memory of Christine & Bryon John Do you have a special day, memory or event coming up? Sign up to be a bulletin sponsor in 2018! Call ( ), (alsgal63@baldwin-telecom.net) or talk to Betty Johnson at church! Only $8.00!!

6 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 9:00am Worship w/holy Communion Beckett Millar Baptism 10:15am Coffee Fellowship 9:00am Worship Food Shelf Sunday 10:15am Coffee Fellowship 12:00pm Heartland Days Parade 1:30-3pm Family Fun Fest August Calendar of Events :30pm Dinner 6:00pm Vacation Bible School 9:00am Quilting 1:00pm Yadda, Yadda Prayer American Heritage, Apt :30pm Dinner 6:00pm Vacation Bible School 11:00am Luther Point Bible Camp s Summer Celebration & Live Auction, Grantsburg, WI pm Youth Garage 8-3pm 7-11am Youth 9:00am Sale Youth Pancake Youth Garage Youth Garage Jumpstart! 1:00pm Yadda, Yadda Garage Breakfast & Sale Set-up Sale Set-up Prayer Sale Garage Sale Youth Garage American Heritage, Apt. Sale Set-up :00am Quilting Newsletter 1:00pm Yadda, Yadda items due! 7:00pm Church Prayer Council American Heritage, Apt am Synod Youth Board Arrives :00am Worship w/holy 2:00pm Communion 9:00am 1:00pm Yadda, Yadda Installation of 10:00am Special Music: Jumpstart! Prayer new NWSWI Heritage Unknowns American Heritage, Apt. Bishop Laurie Worship Lennon Monroe Witthoft 111 Skow- Baptism Anderson, 10:15am Coffee Bethel Fellowship Highlands, 12:00pm Synod Youth Hudson, WI Board Leaves :00am Worship 10:15am Coffee Fellowship 10:30am Youth Meeting 10am Newsletter Folding & Treats 9:00am Quilting 1:00pm Yadda, Yadda Prayer American Heritage, Apt. 111 He has made everything BEAUTIFUL in its time. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:11

7 Youth-Christine Pommerening, Chair Mission & Human Needs-Marti Peterson, Chair Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did for me. ~Matthew 25:40 Grace Place: We served 21 adults and 16 children at Grace Place on Tuesday, July 17 th. Thank you to Glenda P., Sarah P., Karen R., Lois W., and Julie B., for your contributions that we served to them. We will be looking to serve again September. Feed My Starving Children: We packed food again at Feed My Starving Children on Saturday, July 28th. Feets and Seats: We continue to collect donation of socks and underwear for the Elementary School at St. Croix Central. Donation basket is in Fellowship Area. Questions, please see Glenda Pratt. Food Shelf Sunday: Food Shelf Sunday is August 12 th. Please bring your items for the Food Shelves in Baldwin/Roberts to Trinity. Also, if anyone would like to volunteer time at the Food Shelf, please see Dar Sittlow. Back to School Donations: Back to School Sales are back! When shopping, please consider picking up an item or two to donated to SCC Elementary School for their School Supply room. Basket is in the donation area of the Entrance Hallway. Collection Opportunities: We continue to collect donations in the Entrance Hallway for Trinity s Little Food Pantry, the Area Food Pantries, Grace Place and the SCC Backpack program. If you have any question about any of our outreach programs, please contact either myself or Sarah Pommerening. Also, if you would like to donated a book to the Little Free Library (or borrow a book), that s what the little box outside the entrance is for. Help yourself! I am going to have a meeting sometime in August to discuss the upcoming months and projects that we wish to take on. If you would like to have input or participate, please reach out to me and I will notify you of meeting date and time. Blessings, Marti The Trinity Youth started collecting garage sale items for the annual garage sale the week of July 30 th! The Annual Garage Sale runs from Thursday, August 9-Saturday, August 11. Hours are Thursday and Friday from 8am-3pm and Saturday 7-11am. All items will be 50 cents unless otherwise marked. We will be holding our Annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, August 11 from 7-11am. Free-will donation. The youth will be having a meeting on Sunday, August 26 after church service. Excited to serve, Christine Celebrating Mother s Day Bradley & Jamie McCulloch Family: In honor of: Irene Burch-great grandma Becky Fowler & Betty Ziehme-grandma s In remembrance of: Francis Fowler-grandmother Fritz Bartko-grandmother Musical Worship Highlights the month of August: Sunday, August 19 th Unknowns

8 Those present: Sue Frank, Betty Johnson, Ron Pratt, Kathy Jensen, Rachel McHenry, Rose Kuebker, Marti Peterson, Deb Henry, Sarah Pommerening, Laurie Posey, Christine Pommerening and Pastor Ralph. Guests: Michelle Johnson & Arnie Jacobson. Absent- Kelly Browning. President Rose Kuebker called the meeting to order at 7:01pm. Christine Pommerening did devotions on problems people face and how they handle them. Welcome to guests: Michelle Johnson, Hammond Library and Arnie Jacobson Secretary s Report- Ron Pratt moved to accept the June minutes as written. Laurie Posey seconded. Motion Carried. Treasurer's Report- Rachel and Sarah updated the budget. There was a question about the 4k line in the budget and how many months that is for. Will look into it. We are behind but is normal for this time of year. Action: Marti Peterson moved to accept treasurer's report. Deb Henry seconded. Motion approved. Pastor s Report- Pastor Ralph mentioned that Trinity s congregation has never had a seal of an organization for contracts and such. Pastor Ralph purchased one, It says TLC Corporate Nonprofit. The seal of WI cost was $29. It will be applied by Sarah who has taken the class and she will be able to notarize papers. She can do weddings and contracts, should have done the building contracts and 4k lease papers. They should either have a notary or a seal. Prayer request/attendance cards during worship are increasing significantly. Pastor reported he did 2 funerals- Esperson and Fowler, both very large funerals. Adoray contacted him to be the one on call for hospice patients. He will be doing 12 calls a month as per request of the council. Work schedule: home on Mondays, except days of council meetings. Tues, Wed, and Thursday in office, 9-5. Friday day off. Wedding, building, memorial, and funeral policies are being reviewed. Council reflections- consistent themes amongst the members. Pray ground, in front of church, 6 people have volunteered to help with this. Will have tables, toys, etc. He requested vacation time July will be looking for someone to fill in on the 22nd. Also, he will be attending a conference on Oct 3-5 in Colorado Springs for an Outreach Summit with 900 pastors. A huge Thank you to all who worked the funerals. Old Business Library proposal- Michelle Johnson (librarian) was here for questions. Pastor Ralph asked if she would be open to relations with the church with her group. Maybe a chaplain chat or story. She said yes we can have contact with families. 36 families are signed up. All St. Croix County families. Can t ask for money but will ask for a donation. Extra money will go for supplies for her curriculum. If there is a funeral they would go to the library. She has lots of support from the parents to help throughout the day. Marti moved to approve the Library using Trinity as per written on the proposal on a year by year basis. Deb seconded the motion. Motion carried. Michelle will send us her calendar of the 29 weeks (Fridays) she will be here. Pastor Ralph will write up the contract. They will be starting on Sept 10. Worship Band contract- Sue shared her proposal, it has not been shared with the band yet. It was written as a contract. Designated people will be meeting every month with them to discuss how things are going. Maybe have them come on Wednesday evenings for a contemporary worship with them. Sue and Pastor Ralph will be meeting with them and will have an update at the August meeting for us. Electronic door opener- would still like to meet with the rep. Would like to use the undesignated memorial fund monies and replenish that if we get extra monies donated. Keys would be non-functioning. Would like the programmable one. Sue moved to move forward with this proposal. Betty seconded. Motion Approved. Would like to put it in the newsletter and bulletin asking for monies. Daryl and Laurie will be the contact people. New Business Trinity Council Minutes for July 9, 2018 Resignation of Treasurer- Rachel turned in her resignation effective Saturday, July 7, We will be appointing an interim--sally Doornink to be a signer on checkbook and Sarah Pommerening to help pay bills and enter information into Shepherd s Staff. Rachel s position would be done in January so we will be looking for someone long term. Motion by Marti Peterson to approve Sally Doornink as signer on the Trinity Lutheran Checkbook and Sarah Pommerening to pay bills and enter financials into Shepherd Staff. Second by Ron Pratt. Motion approved. Thank you, Rachel for all of your hard work!! Maybe do an outside audit done every year. Rose will check into that. Transition team update and timeline- a draft was put together. Pastor Ralph and Rose will not be here for the July 18th meeting. Their report will be done by Aug 13. John Sutherland s last day will be July 25th. Our Ministry Site Profile will take about 6 weeks to do and then send into the Synod. Trinity Facility Usage policy- will discuss more next month. < Continued on next page.

9 Faith markers- Sarah made up a ministry brochure. Nice job, Sarah! $50,000 available for technology grant available from the synod. Sarah will write a grant. Simple Church- (book discussion) starts with worship. We don t have a ministry process but will be working on that. Maybe have new members join more regularly, whenever there is interest. Maybe have a Golf tournament in Sept at the Golf Course for the youth. Youth that went to Houston are energized and want to be involved. Wed night services, prayer group, book club, so many groups that could happen here. Open Prayer chain--will be set up, either by or phone. 3rd weekend in Aug- Synod youth coming here for a weekend event. Marti- shared about the movie An Interview with God- what would you ask him, Aug Oakdale or AMC Rosedale- set up a time for the congregation to go. Maybe have an I Can Only Imagine showing here?? We were invited to German Fest at Gethsemane. More information will follow. Star Tribune had a three-page article on churches closing. Attendance is down 30% in most churches since Laurie said thank you for the scholarship for her kids going to Luther Point next week. Adjourn- 9:00pm Deb moved. Kathy J seconded. Motion carried. We closed with The Lord s Prayer. Next Meeting is Monday, August 13, 2018 at 7:00pm at Trinity Respectfully submitted by, Deb Henry, Council Secretary Collecting School Supplies for SCC Trinity is collecting School supplies for SCC Elementary School. When you are out shopping would you pick up a couple items to help out some of the students that are unable to afford school supplies? Collection bin is located outside of the doors by the Fellowship Hall. There is a list of needed items on the collection bin as well! See Marti Peterson for more details! Sound Person Needed 1-2 Sound Person(s) needed for Sunday Mornings! Youth can earn service credits for helping out! Contact the church office for more information! National Night Out We are looking for volunteers to help at Hammond s local National Night Out, held at the Village Park from 6-8pm on Tuesday, August 7th. Volunteers are needed from 5:30-8:15pm. Please let Deb Henry know if you are interested and available to help! Serving Meals at Grace Place in New Richmond Do you have a heart toward serving others and enjoy cooking? Grace Place in New Richmond is looking for volunteers interested in cooking the noon meal at the shelter. Food would be provided, just looking for the willing hearts to complete the task. Could be as little or as often as you are able to help. Contact Lori at if you are interested in learning more.

10 August 2018 TRINITY CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTER JOIN US SUNDAY MORNINGS FOR WORSHIP AT 9:00 AM COFFEE FELLOWSHIP FOLLOWING WORSHIP TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 1250 BROADWAY STREET PO BOX 68 HAMMOND WI Non-Profit Organization U. S. POSTAGE PAID Hammond WI RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED