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THIS WEEK AT TRINITY: October 21 28 TODAY: MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: NEXT SUNDAY 9:00 Sunday school/confirmation 10:00 Service of Holy Communion ELW 4 (page 147) Temple Talk (Greg

1 THIS WEEK AT TRINITY: October TODAY: MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: NEXT SUNDAY 9:00 Sunday school/confirmation 10:00 Service of Holy Communion ELW 4 (page 147) Temple Talk (Greg Essig) Commitment Sunday Baked potato bar following worship (Youth sponsored) 3:00 Bible Study 6:00 TOPS 8:30 Men s Cackleberries 4:00 Ringers Quartet 5:00 Trinity Ringers 7:00 Choir 10:30 Text Study 6:00 Girl Scouts S. U. Office Closed Pastor s Day Off Youth Rodenberger s for food/fellowship 9:00 Sunday school/confirmation 10:00 Service of Holy Communion ELW 4 (page 147) Penny Power Collection 2:00 Hospice of the Wabash Valley Fall Memorial Service 4:00 Kerry Coe s Youth Fundraiser TODAY Following worship Baked potato & all the fixings Free will donation SERVING NEXT WEEK, October 28 Lay Assistant: Patricia McIntyre Ushers: Brad & Polly Sumansky Acolyte: Kayla Goldsworthy Altar Care: Barb Mericle (set up), Sherri Southwick (clean up) Communion Assistant: Mark Southwick Communion Gift Presenters: Bob & Denise Taylor Communion Bread: Polly Sumansky Counters: Greg Essig, Richard Dierdorf October Recycle Transporter: Theresa Spallone 2

If you can help, prior to that date, give him a call at 812-299-4993 or 812-201-2641. All are invited.

2 Hospice of the Wabash Valley will be having their HOSPICE FALL MEMORIAL SERVICE here at Trinity next Sunday, October 28th, 2:00 PM. All are welcome. The Youth Group & Kerry Coe have scheduled a BONFIRE/WIENER ROAST GATHERING at Kerry s house on October 28th, beginning at 4:00 PM. Kerry is looking for some help getting ready for the wiener roast. If you can help, prior to that date, give him a call at or All are invited. In participation of God s Work Our Hands project, the youth will be delivering Thanksgiving cards Sunday, November 18, to shut ins/nursing home residents. Plan now to participate by providing cards for the youth to deliver. The 2019 RECYCLE transporter sign-up sheet is out. TIME & TALENT SHEETS are on the table in the narthex. Won t you consider how you might serve your faith community here at Trinity? Sheets may be dropped in the offering plate, given to Denise Taylor, or returned to the church office. MOWING CONTINUES Volunteers are needed to sponsor a week of mowing. There is a sign up sheet in the Narthex. Cost of sponsorship is $60.00 (est.). The responsibility of the upkeep of Trinity and its grounds belongs to all of us. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex. Questions...contact Ray Bloomer, Thank you to those who have sponsored a week or more of mowing FLOWER CHARTS (2) for altar flowers are posted in the Narthex. If the date you want has already been chosen, just sign above or below that name (please make it clear what Sunday you are signing up for). At this time, altar flowers continue to be $6.00 (this is what we pay for them). Whenever you are paying for altar flowers, please mark your payment altar flowers. Thank you. There are a number of open dates on the flower calendar. At the direction of your Church Council, all exterior doors will be locked during Sunday Service. The door by the office will be locked by Pastor just prior to the start of service and the Fellowship Hall and Main Entry doors will be locked by the ushers ten (10) minutes after the start of service. Late arrivals should use the main entry door, so the ushers will be able to see and admit you. In addition, we encourage all groups using the church facility to follow the same guidelines to prevent any surprise visitors. Thank you. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA) 2620 Ohio Blvd. Terre Haute, IN Pastor:Rev. Dana A. Newhouse Organist/Music Director: Sara Johnson Ministers: All the Baptized Church Phone: Church FAX: Pastor s Home Phone: Pastor s Cell Phone: Pastor s TLC danewhouse@live.com Church trinity2620@live.com web site: 3

Graced by the Fruits of Our Labor Giving Generously In Acts 20:35 Jesus says, It is more blessed to give than to receive. Jesus knew that the act of giving returns more to us than what we give.

When we practice first-fruits giving and give generously, we give our all. What we do with God s money demonstrates our spiritual maturity.

3 Graced by the Fruits of Our Labor Giving Generously In Acts 20:35 Jesus says, It is more blessed to give than to receive. Jesus knew that the act of giving returns more to us than what we give. We reap what we sow (2 Corinthians 9:6). He uses our generosity to build his kingdom and to strengthen and bless us as givers. Giving is a privilege and a joy that can change our lives. When we practice first-fruits giving and give generously, we give our all. What we do with God s money demonstrates our spiritual maturity. Some of us share sacrificially with God and others, others give proportionately from our incomes, and still others hoard what we receive. God wants us to be channels of his blessings, and he enriches us so we can be blessings to others. You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God (2 Corinthians 9:11). Those who do not share, but hoard, become terminals, rather than channels, of God s gifts. They get no satisfaction except for fleeting happiness in possessing the things of this world. Those who do not share will never experience the joy of giving. Remember the Rich Fool who amassed great wealth strictly for his own pleasure. He died before he had time to enjoy the products of his labor. All he left behind was his wealth for others to use. He never experienced the fulfillment of helping others or the joy of being a channel of God s blessings. His memory lives on, not as a gracious benefactor, but as a selfish fool, a terminal of God s gifts. Lasting happiness and contentment come from employing our lives and possessions in service to God and others. God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7). FROM KERRY COE: Thanks to Pastor Dana and all who sent cards and visited him during his recovery from his injuries. Thanks also for all of the prayers. The genius of generosity Kansas pastor Jack Wellman has been credited with the insight that there is a certain genius in generosity. He explains that when we open our hands figuratively speaking to allow something to pass through our fingers, rather than holding it with tightly clenched fists, God can give us new blessings. God cannot pour more into hands that are already clinging tightly to what they hold, says Wellman. Whether material goods or time, ideas or talents, money or energy, the gifts God has given us so generously are to be shared just as freely with others. With our hands continually open to receive, give and receive again, God s genius cycle of generosity goes on and on. ALL SAINTS SUNDAY is November 4th. On that day we will remember those of the Trinity family who have died since last All Saints Day. If you wish to have someone remembered on that day, please let the church office know by 10:00 AM Thursday, November 2nd. Those names submitted will be included in the bulletin on November 4th. 4

4 5 In order to get the discount price, we need 10 plus people, committed to attending. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex for those desiring to go.

5 From United Campus Ministries Campus and Community Luncheon series continues to explore "The Story of God" from the spring series! Episodes of Morgan Freeman series to be shown, discussed on four consecutive Thursdays. College faculty, students, staff and the general community are invited to attend a series of luncheons that feature four episodes of Morgan Freeman's "The Story of God" series. This will conclude "The Story of God" series which was started last spring. The episodes will be shown and discussed from noon to 1:30 p.m. on four consecutive Thursdays, starting October 25, at United Campus Ministries, 321 N. Seventh St., Terre Haute. The lunch is free, but reservations are required by the Friday preceding each Thursday showing. To make reservations, call United Campus Ministries, , or campus minister Sharon Samsell at ucmthminister@gmail.com. Subjects of the episodes to be shown include: -- Oct. 25, "Who is God?" -- Nov. 1, "The Chosen One" -- Nov. 8, "Heaven and Hell" -- Nov. 15, "Proof of God" The lunches constitute the fall installment of the Campus & Community luncheon series at United Campus Ministries. The first 25 minutes of each episode will be shown, followed by a break for discussion before the remaining 25 minutes are presented. The series, which premiered on the National Geographic Channel in 2016, examines various religions and cultures and their understandings of God and the world. Finding our range While visiting a church, Robert Neff learned a lesson about the body of Christ. As he listened to a tenor s faltering voice, he noticed worshipers pulling out hymnals to locate the soloist s song. By the second verse, the congregation had joined the soloist in the hymn, Neff says. By the third verse, the tenor was beginning to find the range. By the fourth verse, it was beautiful. And on the fifth verse, the congregation was absolutely silent, and the tenor sang the most beautiful solo of his life. Neff concludes: This is life in the body of Christ, enabling one another to sing the tune Christ has given us. from Witnesses of a Third Way: A Fresh Look at Evangelism 6

Have a Blessed New Year, Pastor Dana Newhouse

Have a Blessed New Year, Pastor Dana Newhouse VOL 60 NO. 01 January 2019.from Pastor Dana to the People. Thank you all very much for the gifts, cards, and kind words that Susie and I have received from you for Christmas. Your expressions of love and