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1 Trinity Lueran Church 5005 I-40 West Amarillo, Texas Change Service Requested Non Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Amarillo, Texas Permit No. 307 March 2016 P a s t o r H e s s e - L i v i n g L e n t a n d C e l e b r a t i n g E a s t e r As we move rough e season of Lent rough e rest of March, we world around us will go directly to e celebration of Easter. Even many Christian churches will zip right past e observances of Holy Thursday and Good Friday. For some people and churches, Easter is just anoer Sunday will little or no festivities. At Trinity, our eme for e season of Lent has been Living Lent as Resurrection People Easter is not just anoer Sunday. I nside is i ss ue: It wasn t just anoer ordinary Sunday on at first Easter eier. St. Luke tells us, On e first day of e week, at early dawn, ey came to e tomb. (Luke 24:1) For e women who had seen and were still mourning e dea of Jesus, it was no ordinary Sunday. For em, at Sunday was a grim, inescapable reminder of e paradise at had been hoped for and now lost in e dea of Jesus. For em it was more an just e dea of a loved one or a friend. Now ey were going to carry out all painful and grim responsibilities at came wi is loss. They were going back to e tomb to revisit e defeat, e dea of eir hopes and dreams and ey were going to bury em properly. Family Life Ministry 2 Elders 3 School News 4-5 Bd. Of Child Care 6 March 2016 Sunday Services At Trinity 8:00 A.M.,10:30 A.M. & 6:00 P.M. Sunday School & Bible Class 9:20 A.M. You are Cordially Invited to Attend Rev. Brian Hesse, Senior Pastor Charessa Koontz, Director of You & Family Ministry Mr. Rick Ryan, Principal Mrs. Meliea Cox, Child Care Director Easter is a celebration of Paradise restored. Easter is first about e celebration of e resurrection of Jesus Christ. Second, it is e celebration of our own promised resurrection. Third it is e celebration of our paradise restored. For people who have lived e Lenten journey, Easter is a welcome awakening to once again e dreams of a paradise restored, a paradise no longer mired in e sinful reflections common roughout Lent. There is a story about Winston Churchill who once went to speak at Harrow School in London. In his advanced years he shuffled to e podium, moving slowly. He got to e podium and gave e following speech. Never, never, never, ever give up! Churchill en left e stage, and went and sat down. This is one of e shortest speeches ever recorded. Churchill s speech from beginning to end captures what it means to live as Easter people. Wi Jesus Christ our perfect paradise is restored and awaiting e day of His return and triumphant fulfillment. Only rough e cross of Christ, rough His blood, His dea and His resurrection do we have victory and live as resurrection people. Never, never, never ever give up as resurrection people. As Lent comes to a close and we celebrate anoer Easter, may your joy Easter joy spill into e everyday living as e resurrection bound people of God. You News 8 Advent Schedule 10 CEF 11 S pecial points of i nterest : News from 4 & 5 Grade - Pg. 6 Ladies Day Guild - Pg. 6 LWML - Pg. 6 March Calendar - Pg. 7 March Birday s - Pg. 9 Ushers/Greeters - Pg. 9 Trinity Lueran Church Christian School & Child Care Your servant in Christ, Pastor Hesse Sunday School Sched. - Pg. 9

2 Page 2 Page 11 Trinity Epistle March You and Family Life Ministry News March Fai Milestone This mon our Fai Milestone will be celebrating our 1st Grade Students and eir families. We will be teaching and celebrating e importance of Lent as ey will be gifted wi a Lenten Hand Cross. This resource is to be used as a reminder is season of reflection and repentance. It also serves as a reminder at we are to daily follow Him. Let s celebrate eir milestone on March 6 at e 10:30 am Worship. Sunday School News: March Sunday School Theme is Hope Believing That Someing Good Can Come Out of Someing Bad. Remember at we start in e music room on Sunday mornings for opening worship. High School You are working rough e Not a Fan series in e you room on Sunday Mornings. We are discovering e difference between being a fan of God s vs. being a Completely Committed Follower. Thank you to everyone for your support of our shoe drive and Lenten meal on e 17. Your support means so much to us! Texas District Church Extension Fund

3 P a g e 10 P a g e 3 Lent Worship Schedule 2016 Ash Wednesday - Ponder February 10, 2016 Lent Mid-Week 1 - Purpose February 17, 2016 Lent Mid-Week 2 - People February 24, 2016 Lent Mid-Week 3 - Proclaim March 2, 2016 Lent Mid-Week 4 - Praise March 9, 2016 Lent Mid-Week 5 - Pain March 16, 2016 Palm Sunday - Palms Sunday, March 20 Maundy Thursday - Prayer March 24, 2016 Good Friday - Passion March 25, 2016 Easter Sunday - Paradise March 27, Two are better an one, because ey have a good return for eir labor: If eier of em falls down, one can help e oer up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help em up. Also, if two lie down togeer, ey will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend emselves. A cord of ree strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Dear Broers and Sisters in Christ, We wanted to take some time to share wi you e progress of our Exploratory Team. As some of you may know, is team is reviewing e possibility of a Partnership wi Christ Lueran Church. This team has been meeting togeer over e past several mons and would like to share some results of eir work. The Partnership Exploratory Team will be hosting ree town hall meetings in March for members to come, listen, ask questions, and share. Please join us in e parlor for one of e upcoming meetings to learn more. Saturday, March 5 at 9:30am Sunday, March 6 during e Sunday School Hour Thursday, March 10 at 6:30pm If for some reason you are unable to attend, please see any of your team members for more information: Jose Garcia, Randy Parker, Jerry Schlegel, James Wells, Pam Davis, Bill Brohlin, and Kevin Starbuck. I am encouraged at at e start of our last meeting we discussed e importance of e following items being our common values at guide our process and plan. A partnership where: We do life and ministry togeer as a vibrant, healy expression of Christ s body, e church. There is a commitment to Child Development and Christian Education The Body of Christ Wins Our Local Communities Win The Kingdom of God Wins Please join us as we seek e Lord s guidance and discernment in is process. In His Service, Pastor Brian Hesse Charessa Koontz, Family Life Minister Elders - Living Lent Our Lenten series is year is Living Lent- As People of e Resurrection. As we complete is series and look to e Glorious day of Resurrection, we might Ponder why did God send his Son for our salvation. The following is from Martin Luer s Lectures on Galatians 3:3 The phrase 'for us.' Therefore we should not imagine Christ as an innocent and private person who is holy and righteous only for himself...it is, of course, true at Christ is e purest of persons; but is is not e place to stop. For you do not yet have Christ, even ough you know at He is God and man. You truly have Him only when you believe at is altogeer pure and innocent Person has been granted to you by e Faer as your High Priest and Redeemer, yes, as your Slave. Putting off His innocence and holiness and putting on your sinful person, He bore your sin, dea, and curse; He became a sacrifice and a curse for you, in order us to set you free from e curse of e Law. "You see, en, wi what a completely apostolic spirit Paul treats is serious argument about e blessing and e curse, when he not only subjects Christ to e curse but even says at He became a curse. Thus he calls Him 'sin' in II Corinians 5:21, when he says: 'For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin. Alough ese statements could be correctly expounded by saying at Christ became a 'curse,' at is, a sacrifice for e curse, or 'sin,' at is, a sacrifice for sin; nevereless, it is more pleasing if e precise meaning of e terms is preserved for e sake of greater emphasis. For when a sinner really comes to a knowledge of himself, he feels himself to be a sinner not only concretely or adjectivally but abstractly and substantively. That is, he seems to himself to be not only miserable but misery itself; not only a sinner, and an accursed one, but sin and e curse itself. Thus in Latin, when we want a strong way to say at someone is a criminal, we call him a 'crime.' It is someing awful to bear sin, e wra of God, e curse, and dea. Therefore a man who feels ese ings in earnest really becomes sin, dea, and e curse itself." Jesus becomes sin for us. He is labeled sin or sinner for e purpose of granting our salvation. Luer captures and articulates what it means at Jesus is for us. The Board of Elders wish to ank e Cox Family for e new electronic sign completed recently. A dedication service is being planned for is addition to our facilities. Also e Board wanted to Thank Sara Black and Misty Walker for eir work in restarting e Trinity Choir. The Board of Elders will serve e Lenten meal March 9 wi proceeds going to support e Choir. Please ank em for efforts. The Elders are asking each member to update eir contact information at is contained in e church directory. This contact information is constantly changing as we change phone numbers and addresses. Please write your changes on e back of e attendance card or call or e church office wi any changes you wish to make in is information.

4 P a g e 4 P a g e 9 One Family! It is March already and by e grace of our loving, caring, and merciful God we begin our march our journey as One Family during is important time of e year Living Lent TOGETHER! That word TOGETHER accentuates what is mon and e last few weeks have been about as we have shared TOGETHER praising God and giving anks for e joy He brings to us each and every day. One significant highlight was our Hearts for Trinity Dinner Celebration at truly emphasized is joy and e togeerness we were able to celebrate and e great opportunity to give anks to God for our school ministry and all ose who support, encourage, and pray for is ministry each and every day. We are walking TOGETHER during is Lenten season wi e eme Living Lent knowing each day we have e saving love of Jesus as we will celebrate TOGETHER Easter at e end of is mon. And, right away in March we will celebrate Lueran Schools Week as we gaer Living Life TOGETHER in Christ! During e week of March 6 11 we will have e privilege to recognize and celebrate Trinity Lueran Christian School and its rich 68 year history. Please join us for a week filled wi e blessings at have been part of our school. We want to share TOGETHER how we have been blessed and look to God to continue blessing is ministry for generations to come. There will be lots to do and many blessings to share. Please check out e schedule for e week at is part of is newsletter and join us as we TOGETHER as One Family share in e partnership at is Trinity Lueran Christian School. TRINITY TIGER NOTES: TRINITY SCHOOL FAMILIES Registration Information Registration CONTINUES for church and current school families! Open enrollment for all families begins on March 10! Please contact Mr. Ryan for more information about our programs for PK -3 s rough Grade Five for next year! Take advantage of early enrollment incentive opportunities! What a blessing we have to share in bringing a quality education in distinctively Christian environment as we prepare God s children to be future Christian leaders! Contact Mr. Ryan for enrollment information! Serving Our Master Teacher, Mr. Ryan Proverbs 3: 5-6 Hearts for Trinity Dinner A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS What a fantastic evening as we highlighted e blessings of 68 years of ministry to God s precious children and to help fund e future of is ministry was amazing! Thank you to Richard and Barbara Courte for e delicious meal and to e faculty and eir spouses for being wonderful hosts and servers! And to e individuals and families who came togeer and shared Tiger memories and gave generously to is effort and to e mission and ministry at Trinity Lueran Christian School. School families, congregational families, community leaders, and alumni all shared in e festivities at helped make is event a success. What a blessing for our entire school community to share as One Family, and what an opportunity to help support e future of is ministry at shares e Good News of Jesus wi God s precious children each and every day! We collected a total of $5, to help support e school ministry and scholarships needs. Amber Morris 3/1 Christopher Walerczyk 3/1 Grace Ehle 3/2 Jean Schneider 3/2 Pamela Huft 3/3 Alyson Cox 3/4 Daryl Hurst 3/4 Geryl Hurst 3/4 Cullen Lutz 3/4 Evan Pollreisz 3/9 Val Compson 3/10 Paula Edwards 3/10 Tyler Fehr 3/11 David Koenig 3/11 Colleen Walerczyk 3/11 Duane Polster 3/14 Adrian Patterson 3/18 Lainey Patterson 3/19 Ardi Vandercook 3/19 Emily Tweet 3/20 Christi Craft 3/21 Kay Harris 3/21 Nicholas Kaspar 3/21 Drake Pilgrim 3/23 Gary Cox 3/15 Cooper Johnson 3/25 Jackie Long 3/25 Lillian Craft 3/26 Daniel Galvan 3/26 Zane Wash 3/26 Charity Koontz 3/27 Trevor Wilkins 3/30 Stacy Tormey 3/31 USHERS 10:30 AM Service Jose Garcia Geryl Hurst Jacob Hurst Brad Riffel James Wells Mark Kopke GREETERS 8:00 AM Service M/M Jerry Schlegel 10:30 AM Service M/M Steve Hauter We will follow e same Greeter schedule from last year. If you would like to change please contact Janell Janhsen or anyone on e Evangelism board. Join Us For Sunday School - 9:20 AM Class Topic Kristin Platter Luer s Writings on e Minor Prophets Pastor s Office Pastor Hesse What Mormons Believe Fellowship Hall Paul Borchardt Angels Talk Parlor Sarah Black Boundaries wi Children Rm. 1/School Hall High School Not A Fan Basement-You Room Grades Basics Rm. 4/School Hall Grades Basics Rm. 7/School Hall Grades K-2nd 252 Basics Rm. 2/School Hall Grades PK3 & PK4 252 Basics Rm. 6/School Hall Remember at Sunday School for children and you PK- 8 grade begins in e Music Rm/Rm #3 wi an Opening Worship before dismissal to individual classes! YOU CAN FIND OUT THE LATEST ABOUT YOUR TRINITY TIGERS BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT or on our Trinity School Facebook page!

5 Page 8 Trinity Epistle Page 5 March 2016 Calendar Dates to Look Forward to: Celebrating 68 Years of Lueran School Ministry Living Life TOGETHER in Christ! Sunday, March 6: Lueran Schools Week Kick-off for Trinity begins wi worship. Children sing during bo services. Reception follows e late service. Monday March 7 : Pray TOGETHER Special BOOK FAIR begins. Silly Sock and Shoes Day Tuesday, March 8 : Learn TOGETHER BOOK FAIR continues! Crazy Hair Day! Wednesday, March 9 : Play TOGETHER BOOK FAIR continues! Zany Ties and Scarves Day! Thursday, March 10 : Reach Out TOGETHER BOOK FAIR continues! Hat and Sunglasses Day! Open House from 5:30 6:45p.m. Refreshments provided. Special Concert by Lueran High School Band from Houston at 7:00p.m. Friday, March 11 : Serve TOGETHER BOOK FAIR CONCLUDES TODAY Trinity Spirit Day! EARLY RELEASE DAY at 12:30p.m. Junior High and High School Combined You Event We have enjoyed e last several meetings and it is hard to believe at March is already here. Wi spring break and e Easter season upon us we have decided to combine up for a great outing of swimming at e WTAMU Activity Center on e 6 from 2-4pm. Cost is $5 for swimmers and nonswimmers are free. More details available via , church bulletins and Facebook! If you have any questions, please contact us (Charessa, , Kim , Mark and at ckoontz@trinityama.org or markim@suddenlink.net). You hosting e Easter Morning Activities for our young people on March 27. Check e bulletin and Facebook for more information on some exciting ways at we will celebrate e joy of Easter is year! Grandparents and Special Guest Day on campus. Chapel at 9:00a.m. Our annual LuerPalooza Music Program at 10:15a.m. in e church sanctuary! Special lunch honoring our guests at 11:30 for lower grades and 12:00 for upper grades. SPRING BREAK March Monday, March 21st Classes resume after Spring Break at 8:30a.m. Friday, March 25 NO SCHOOL Good Friday Monday, March 28 NO SCHOOL Easter Monday Many anks to e amazing team of individuals who helped us wi e nursery project (You team and Board, The Parish Family, The Roberts Family, The Hesse Family, Thrivent Action Teams, and all of ose who donated to our Nursery Baby Shower! What a difference! Thursday, March 31st SPECIAL TIGER SPIRIT DAY! Show your Tiger Spirit wherever you may be! You can get Trinity Spirit items by contacting Mrs. Prestwood. We have Tiger Mugs and Baseball Caps along wi many oer items at will help to show e Amarillo community your true Tiger Spirit. Purchase a Spirit item from our Tiger Spirit Store. Get yours SOON! Leave a Legacy of Love for Trinity! Support your school ministry rough ese means and impact lives forever Scholarship Needs Ru Stelzer Memorial Endowment Trinity Scrip Program Trinity s Birday Challenge Thrivent ACTION Teams and CHOICE DOLLARS! Designated Gifts IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS and ANY OTHERS PLEASE SEE MR. RYAN!

6 P a g e 6 P a g e 7 4 and 5 Grade News! The 5 graders are very busy learning about e American Revolution. In Science ey have started learning about e Ear and how weaering and erosion affect our planet. The 4 graders have also been learning about e Ear and will start e unit about our Solar System.. National Lueran Schools week is coming up March I would like to ank you for all of e support for e Hearts for Trinity dinner. It was a wonderful blessing. Thank you for all of your prayers and support for our school ministry. Board for Childcare Services Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more an all we ask or imagine, according to his power at is at work wiin us, to him be glory in e church and in Christ Jesus roughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen. Eph 3:20-21 Home of e Tiger Cubs! March 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Mrs. Johnson and e 4 and 5 grade class Thank you for e privilege to serve wi e Sr. You of Trinity over ese past few years. These people truly are America's Finest! It was an honor to be a part of is congregation and serve wi e You Board. Blessings as e Sr. You program moves forward, and we ank e congregation for your well wishes and gift on our move to Ft. Wor. We will stay in touch. Thank you, Steve and Mary Harms Ladies Day Guild Ladies Day Guild will meet again on March 1st, at 1 pm in e church parlor. Hostesses are Misty Walker and Marilyn Curry. The school children will sing songs for us. We also will be nominating a committee for President and Secretary for next year. Margie Moore has e closing devotion. 1. Next meeting date Thursday, March, 3 at 6:10 PM 2. Interim Director s Report a. Enrollment b. Hiring Update Continue to Fill Open Positions c. Working on Staffing at will increase enrollment 3. Staff attended Active Shooter Training. Due to what was learned, we need e following: Sliding locks, keyed locks, roll-up shades, and hammers. 4. Board has been quite busy selecting a new Director for Childcare. This has been accomplished and we will now turn our attention to an Assistant Director. Name will be released soon (as of is date new employee has asked time to let prior employer know). Respectfully submitted: Sue Buescher, Val Compson, Pam Davis, Steve Hauter, Brittany Nash, Kim Roberts, James Wells LWML Pastor Sandlin from e Childress Prison gave an informational report from e Prison Ministry at The Trinity LWML has been supporting is past year. Our LWML purchased 25 catechisms and 150 Bibles for is Mission which was presented at e meeting. Our LWML will provide a meal on May 1 st. to help wi e June Convention expenses held in Lubbock. Our group will need to help e Lubbock groups wi e planning and carrying out of is West Texas event. 6 Town Hall/Sunday School Hour Social Ministry Mtg. - 9:30 am Fai Milestone/Gr.1 Jr. High You Swim/ WT Bible Study - 7pm 13 Bible Study - 7pm 20 Bible Study - 7pm 27 Sunrise Service - 7:30am Easter Breakfast - 8:30am Worship Service - 10:30am Easter Egg Hunt after 10:30am Service 7 Evangelism Mtg. - 6pm 1 Ladies Day Guild/ Parlor - 1pm 8 Quilting/Parlor - 9am Elders Mtg. - 6pm 2 Mountain Toppers Core Mtg. - 10:30 am Handbells - Lent Meal - Sponsored by WPHM Lent Service - 7pm 9 Handbells - Lent Meal - Sponsored by Elders Lent Service - 7pm Handbells - Lent Meal Sponsored by Kasi Gray - Lent Service - 7pm 21 LWML - 7pm Trustees Mtg. - 6pm Secretary Off 8 & 9 3 Child Care Bd. Mtg. - 6:15pm Bd. Of Education Mtg. - 7pm 10 School Open House - 5:30-6:30pm Town Hall/Parlor 6:45pm Lueran Schools Week - March Maundy Thursday Service - 7pm 31 Church Council Mtg. - 6pm 4 Book Fair March 4-11/Rm Grandparents Day - 8:30am Chapel - 9am Luer Palooza - 10:15am 18 Bach s Lunch Concert/Sanctuary - 12 noon Mountain Toppers/ Parlor - 6:30pm 25 Good Friday Service - 7pm 5 Men s Bible Study Breakfast - 7:30am Town Hall/Parlor - 9:30am