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1 T r i n i t y L u t h e r a n C h u r c h E a s t M a i n S t r e e t N e w H o l l a n d, P a Assembled in God s Grace to worship, to teach, to serve. Page 1 Volume Easter Egg Hunt Telephone # (717) Fax # (717) office@trinitynew holland.org Website Holland.org Trinity will host an Easter Egg Hunt in Fellowship Hall on Easter Sunday, April 1, at 9:40 a.m. Children of any age are welcome to bring their baskets or bags for collecting plastic eggs filled with treats. Come early for the Easter breakfast, and watch as Fellowship Hall breaks into a frenzy of young hunters looking for prized eggs to fill their baskets! Anyone wishing to donate plastic eggs filled with candy and prizes may drop them off at the church office or with Trish Cox. A box with empty plastic eggs recycled from last year s egg hunt will be available in the lobby, or you may use your own. Thank you! We Need Your Support North Lancaster Conference Disaster Response Team is planning another Mission trip May 6-11, 2018 to New Jersey to help rebuild homes damaged by Super Storm Sandy 5 years ago. Come join us in the fellowship hall for a benefit luncheon Sunday April 22nd prepared by Brian/Catherine Huegel. Donations will help defray our cost. Joining the team this spring are Glenn Beard(our fearless leader) Jim Cox, JB Martin, Steve/Alice Geib, Thank you for your needed support. The Reverend Doctor Charles Oberkehr Pastor Linda Krick Music Coordinator & Choir Director Linda Binder Organist Claresse Gehman Office Administrator Carl Hartman Office Bookkeeper Lloyd Sensenig Sexton Church Office Hours Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

2 Page 2 Requests from the Office Please call the church at when: You are in the hospital or prior to going to the hospital (or have a relative call for you); You are going to a rehab center or a nursing home; You are confined to your home for an extended period of time because of illness or accident; There is a change in your family status (birth, death, marriage, or divorce); You move to a new home, move out of the area, or go away to college or graduate school. Please inform the Church Office if your mailing address and/or telephone number have been changed or you have moved to a new address. The church is charged a fee of $.75 for each piece of mail that is returned. As you schedule a meeting or an event of a group, committee or task force of Trinity, please inform the Church Office. In an effort to be open and communicative with everyone, we would like to include all scheduling on the Church Calendar and in the Weekly Bulletin. Changes to the routinely scheduled meetings should also be shared with the Church Office. We want everyone who checks out our newsletter or bulletin to see our activity. Parking Notice Please observe the marked handicap parking spaces. These are for persons with disabilities, etc. and who have proper permission to use these spaces. Trinity members, friends, and visitors have been given permission by M & T Bank and the Stauffer Pharmacy to use their lots for parking on Sunday mornings. There are three visitor only spaces located on the south end of the middle island of the church parking lot. Schedule Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend with Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m. Sunday after Labor Day until the Sunday before Memorial Day Weekend Sunday Church School - 9:00 a.m. with Holy Communion - After in Fellowship Hall

3 Page 3 Living Beyond Easter falls on April Fool s Day this year. Fitting, since Easter is God s practical joke on the powers of darkness, death, and despair. Easter is God s answer to all that robs us of life and makes us cower in fear. More importantly, Easter is bad news for those who would use fear to maintain their own power. Easter sets us free to live each moment of our lives as the opening salvo of God s never-ending reign of love and life. Happy Easter! Wear your Resurrection proudly! We will be holding our first Beer & Hymns fellowship night on Thursday, April 12 th at Palermo Pizza Shop and Italian Restaurant. Palermo is located at 351 W. Main Street in New Holland. We ll begin arriving around 5:30PM, enjoy singing some favorite hymns and your favorite beer, wine, or whatever you prefer. After a rousing hymn-sing, enjoy pizza or one of Palermo s delicious entrees and relax in an evening of fellowship. I m looking forward to it! Also, I will be leading a workshop in our Sunday morning adult forum called The Sacred Enneagram: the Map of the Soul. The Enneagram is an ancient tool to identify our dominant personality type (there are 9 basic personality types) and help us get in touch with our Essence, or True Self, which is who God created us to be. I can t recommend this highly enough. The Enneagram is a life-changing tool, and this introductory workshop will help you identify your dominant personality type and will give you spiritual and prayer practices designed especially for you! The Adult Forum meets at 9:00AM on Sunday mornings, and this Enneagram workshop will run for the next 6 weeks. I hope you will join us! THE ENNEAGRAM Save the Dates! Wednesday evening, June 13, will be the first day of Trinity s Living Beyond project this year. Each evening during the rest of the week will be devoted to helping those in the community who are unable to do minor repairs or yard work around their houses. The evenings will begin with a light supper and devotions before the teams to out to paint, rake, trim, etc. until dark. Saturday, June 16, will be devoted to finishing up projects followed by a celebration dinner on Sunday, June 17, when the teams will report on their week s work. Bill Kassinger is chairman of the project, and will be signing up volunteers during May and June. This project is so important to those who are unable to work around their houses because of health or financial reasons. If you know of someone who may need this type of assistance, please mention the project to them so they can contact the Church Office. Someone from the church will go to the house to see what needs to be done and determine whether our workers can accomplish it. Those needing assistance do not have to belong to Trinity. Please consider helping out with this project. You don t have to sign-up for every evening, and there are some jobs that are less strenuous than others. The Deadline for the May 2018 Newsletter is Sunday, April 15, 2018

4 Page 4 From the Pen of Linda Krick Music Coordinator/Choir Director HALLELUJAH CHORUS George Frederick Handel, The Messiah, 1741 (condensed version of the text) Hallelujah! Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Hallelujah! The kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever King of Kings, for ever and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! and Lord of Lords, for ever and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and He shall reign for ever and ever Hallelujah! Like many of the great composers, Handel ( ) was a child prodigy. He began composing operas at young age and by his twenties he was the best paid composer on earth with people fighting for seats whenever he performed. However, fame is fleeting and Handel s music soon became old-fashioned. No matter what Handel tried, his compositions failed. Bankruptcy and depression followed. Handel had a stroke and developed a palsy that crippled his fingers. It seemed that Handel s career was over. Frederick the Great wrote that Handel s great days are over, his inspiration is exhausted. The composer was in despair. Struggling to earn a living in London, he knew days when he could not afford to buy meals. One night in 1741, depressed and defeated, he wandered the lonely streets; it was almost dawn when he returned to his shabby room. On a table was a thick envelope. It was from Charles Jennens, the man who wrote his librettos (the texts). Examining the pages, he found them covered with Scripture texts. Wearily, he tossed the pages aside and crawled into bed. Too stirred to sleep, he got up and went to his piano. The music flowed from his heart-rich, majestic, triumphant. He began to write. Night and day for three weeks, he wrote feverishly. He forgot sleep, food and rest. The first audience to hear the composition -- in Dublin in gave it the greatest ovation in the city's history. Weeks later, London heard it for the first time, and again it was a triumph. The King was so impressed during the Hallelujah Chorus that he rose to his feet -- a custom that still prevails. (It is unclear why he stood up, he may have been stretching his legs, it is possible that King George, who was partially deaf, mistook the opening notes for the national anthem, or he may have risen to his feet out of respect.) Trinity s choir will be singing Handel s Hallelujah Chorus as the postlude at 10:30 worship on Easter morning, April 1. Linda Krick

5 Page 5 March Council Meeting Points of Interest Kathy Ashcroft Elizabeth Jim Cox Andrea Dukeman Peg Friday Carl Hess Jeff Knauer Faye McCarty Pete Orfanella Kay Spritzer Jean Tressler Keith Wilson Nancy Wilt Bob Winegardner ~~~~~~ CHURCH COUNCIL LEADERS: President Jim Cox Vice-President Elizabeth Secretary Bob Winegardner Recording Secretary Shelly Martin Treasurer Peg Friday Council approved a request made by Linda Krick to solicit sponsorships from individuals and community businesses to pay for the professional musicians needed for the Afternoon of Music. The implementation of the Child Protection Policy that was approved by Council at the January 2018 meeting is underway. A training session for all those working with the children is scheduled for Saturday, March 24th. It was reported that the Stewardship Committee is still looking for a chairperson and additional members. The Audit Committee is in need of 2 additional members as well. Please contact any Council Member if you are willing to serve in either of these areas. Council discussed setting goals for the congregation, based on the word cloud created for the Reformation 500 Celebration. Look for more information as the discussion continues. The next meeting of the Council will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 7:00 pm in Fellowship Hall. Council meetings are open to all members of Trinity. Members welcomed! Help for our Veterans Let s show our appreciation to the Veterans for the courage and many sacrifices they made to keep us safe and free. Please remember that the complimentary shampoos, body creams, soaps, etc. from hotels, inns, resorts, etc. are greatly appreciated. Please place these items in the Veterans box in the Narthex. For many Veterans, their battles are far from over. Stricken with health problems and knowing that they are not forgotten makes a big difference. This is a small way for us to make a difference in their lives. We thank you for your support of this ongoing outreach project. There is also a box under the Veterans table to collect GOOD CLEAN MEN S suits, jackets, trousers, shirts, sweaters, hats and belts. Please remember the men and women who fought for the freedom of speech, freedom of worship and freedom from want and fear. This was their hope and goal for mankind. PLEASE NOTE: NO WOMEN S CLOTHING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

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7 Page 7 Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday Morning Ministers April 1, 2018 Easter Sunday April 8, nd Sunday of Easter April 15, rd Sunday of Easter April 22, th Sunday of Easter April 29, th Sunday of Easter Assisting Minister Glenn Beard, Jr. Jim Cox Eric Corneilson Jim Creek Deanna Corneilson Lector Karin Freimuth Kathy Lindman Sharon Sheaffer Sharon Pickel Catherine Huegel Communion Assistants J.B. Martin Carol Lueders Bob Tressler Trish Cox Chuck Hagan Don Lindman Lois Kirkpatrick J.B. Martin John Sheaffer Karin Freimuth Catherine Huegel Bob Tressler Don Hollinger Carol Lueders J.B. Martin Acolyte Elise Krock OPEN Alan Krock OPEN Elise Krock Head Usher Harry Zimmerman Harry Zimmerman Harry Zimmerman Harry Zimmerman Harry Zimmerman Lead Usher Ushers To Be Announced To Be Announced To Be Announced To Be Announced To Be Announced Greeters Bob and Dottie Winegardner Bill and Theona Waxbom Steve and Alice Geib Nancie Weaver And Friend Kay Spritzer Nancy Wilt Altar Care Flower Sponsors Bob and Dottie Winegardner (2) OPEN OPEN Doris Hunsberger Carol Lueders Jeff and Cindi Knauer (2) Ron Harris OPEN Offering Tellers Marge Hollinger Andrea Dukeman Bob Tressler John Freimuth Peg Friday BJ Zimmerman Doris Hunsberger Sharon Hackman Robert Weaver Don Hollinger Karin Freimuth Ilene Schnader Marge Hollinger Ralph Bitler Ron Harris After- Easter Breakfast OPEN OPEN Mission Luncheon Fundraiser OPEN

8 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 9:00 a.m. Easter Breakfast 9:40 a.m. Easter Egg Hunt 8 9:00 a.m. Sunday Church School 11:45 a.m. 15 9:00 a.m. Sunday Church School 11:45 a.m. Newsletter Deadline 22 9:00 a.m. Sunday Church School 11:45 a.m. 28 9:00 a.m. Sunday Church School 11:45 a.m. 2 Church Office Closed 9 7:00 p.m. Mutual Ministry Committee 16 6:00 p.m. Eat and Meet Group 7:00 p.m. and Music Committee :00 a.m. Quilters 10 10:00 a.m. Quilters 7:00 p.m. Congregational Council Meeting 17 9:00 a.m. Immunization Clinic 10:00 a.m. Quilters 24 10:00 a.m. Quilters 4 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 11 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 18 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 25 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 5 10:00 a.m. Bible Study 12 10:00 a.m. Bible Study 1:00 p.m. Brief Holy Communion at GSV 5:30 p.m. Beer and Hymns at Palermo s 19 10:00 a.m. Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Eastern Lancaster County Gardeners 26 10:00 a.m. Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Stewardship Committee Page 8