February March 2019 Trinity Tidings Trinity Lutheran Church, 1010 Sill St, La Crosse, Wisconsin Ash Wednesday Service March 6th, 6:30pm 2019 LENTEN MIDWEEK WORSHIP SCHEDULE 6:30pm Service, Holden Evening Prayer Theme: Five characters March 13 The Apostle Andrew March 20 The Apostle Thomas March 27 The Apostle Peter April 3 The Apostle Judas April 10 The High Priest Caiaphas 2019 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE April 13-14 Palm Sunday Sat-5:30pm Sun-8:30am April 18 Maundy Thursday 6:30pm April 19 Good Friday no service April 20 no Saturday service April 1 Easter Sunday Sunrise service 6:30am Festival Service 8:30am Inside This Issue: Council President s Message Page 2-3 Social Ministry/ Page 4-5 Community Service Page 7 Calendars Pages 8-9 1
A Message From Your Council President Hello Trinity Family, Last night, Monday, January 21st, I went to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. La Crosse Area Community Celebration at Viterbo with my son Colby. We went to show our support for a good friend of Colby s, and mine, who was receiving a prestigious award during the presentation. Chariell received the Inaugural Lynda Lowerey Youth Leadership Award for her efforts to help other girls and boys resolve conflicts of many kinds, in different ways. And also for her work as a fierce proponent of social justice. Colby has known Chariell since pre-school through wrestling at The Boys and Girls Club, Logan Middle School, and now Logan High School. They are good friends who understand each other, and respect each other. It is a good friendship. The part of their friendship I enjoy watching the most is how they feed off of each other when wrestling in practice, or in a tournament. Over the years they have helped each other learn and refine wrestling moves, deal with wins and losses, and how to deal with other wrestlers. Some wrestlers may not be the best winners or losers. It can be difficult dealing with those situations. But, they both help each other out. During the keynote speaker I really noticed something he said during his speech. He was talking about his experiences during the civil rights movement in the 60 s, and made a comment that we all need to open our hearts to each other. That stuck with me. The rest of his speech centered around those three words in my head. He gave many examples of this idea, even if he didn t intentionally mean to. It was still in my head. And at the end of his speech he passed his torch to Chariell and the recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award. And in doing so, he opened his heart to them. It was a good night. So now you are wondering where I am going with this. Let me tell you Who do we all know that opened their heart to all of us? Who gave up everything to make sure we lived for a purpose? Who tried to teach us to love and do the right thing, even when it may cost us dearly? Throughout his life, Jesus was always trying to help us understand what God wanted of us. Giving to the poor, caring for the sick, sharing with our neighbor, loving our fellow man. Many times it would be about us opening our hearts to someone else. And in doing so, not only helping them, but also learning something about ourselves. Funny how that works. You help someone else and you are the one who learns. Has that ever happened to you? It has to me. Just last night in fact. By going to the celebration to support Chariell I learned things that I hope I never forget. I heard stories of our history that I would like to erase. But, if I could do that, we would not have those experiences to learn from. We need to remember our nations history, good and bad, so we try and keep the bad things from happening once more. We need to open our hearts to our 2
fellow man no matter what their religion, race, ethnicity, gender, or opinion. We will not always agree with everyone, but at least we need to listen like Jesus did. We need to remember the stories of the Bible and about the torture Jesus endured for us. Faith, Hope, and Love are three teachings of Jesus. Please live by these teachings and show your fellow man respect. Doing this and helping each other out will bring us friendships and understanding. And with understanding comes acceptance. Jesus will like that. Child of God, Todd A. Olson The season of Lent is a time of preparation for Trinity s the celebration Lent of and the Resurrection Easter Liturgy March of our 6th through April 21st Lord on Easter. In the early church, it was a time of personal preparation for people who were becoming members of the church by baptism on the Vigil of Easter. It has for us today become a time in which we consider our relationship with Jesus and what it means to be a disciple in our present world. Our Saturday and Sunday services will continue to be centered on the traditional text for Sundays in Lent. But we will have special mid-week services which will focus on our role as disciples of Jesus. The mid-week services will be on Wednesdays at 6:3pm beginning March 6th. The only mid-week service that will not be on Wednesday is the Maundy Thursday service during Holy Week. The theme of our mid-week services will be what we can learn from five different characters that were a part of the ministry of Jesus in His time. The services will consist of Holden Prayer and a dramatization of the five characters, followed by an application for our life today. The Lent and Holy Week schedule is as follows: March 6th, 6:30pm Ash Wednesday a service of Holy Communion with the Imposition of Ashes March 13th-April 10th, 6:30pm The Five Characters April 13-14 Palm Sunday What Jesus was saying during His entrance to Jerusalem April 18th, 6:30pm Maundy Thursday a service of Holy Communion commemorating when Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples in the Upper Room April 20th Saturday no service April 21st Easter Sunday we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord 6:30am Sunrise service 8:30am Festival service 3
Love Thy Neighbor Jar? What s that? It s a unique giving basket provided at each weekend worship service with money gathered going to different ministries outside of the church each month! Social Ministry Love Thy Neighbor Jar February: Monday Meals March: Signs of Love a program designed to support Mondays kids by passing on symbols of God s love From the Heart food pantry February and March: Boxed/bagged cereal and shelf-stable juices Love God, Love our neighbors, Serve the World... Bonnie Jeranek Committee Chair bonniejeranek@gmail.com 608-784-2996 Committee Members Bernice Arentz Cathy Butterfield Cheryl & Dick Harnwell Carla Korish Lori Leverence Kathy Myhre Sharon Olson Barbara Saiz Kathi Volden Clothes Closet update The Clothes Closet has been bustling this school year. Teaming with The Teen Closet folks from Onalaska First Lutheran has been very successful. Area teens needing clothing have found their way to Trinity and our Onalaska First Lutheran Friends have been there to help them out. Thank you friends. Over 700 youth have entered Trinity s door since August seeking clothing. When our clothing inventory became low in December our Onalaska friends put a shout out to their congregation and filled our closet with not only used clothes but many new outfits as well. We are blessed. In addition Scott, our custodian, and his daughter, Jacey, have started a toy closet. They have created 2 new rooms of donated and new toys for our youth that visit on Mondays. It has been a hit. Thank you to Scott and Jacey! We look forward to working with all our new friends in 2019. We know God said to feed the hungry and clothe the poor. I wonder if He also thought a few toys would be nice too? Trinity Singers Thank you to the Trinity family for the support of the Trinity Singers!! We were successful in engaging the Monday youth with our Trinity congregation and look forward to more Monday activities and ministry. 4
Social Ministry...cont d Potluck dates are set for February 17, March 17, April 14 and May 19. There will be a poster in the narthex with assigned items to bring. Please join us for this time of fellowship. The food is great and the fellowship is even better! Coffee and social time after Sunday services are set for February 3, March 3, April 7 and May 5. Please join us for a friendly and brief social time. Please consider bringing a baked treat or goodie for those days. Social ministry will provide coffee and juice. Love God, Love our neighbors, Meatball and Lefse Dinner There is interest in bringing back our Meatball and Lefse dinner. Pam Hendrickson is willing to co-chair this event and is looking for helpers, please contact her if you are interested. Let s start this early so we can resume this wonderful Trinity tradition! Serve the World... Sunday fellowship opportunities Bonnie Jeranek Committee Chair bonniejeranek@gmail.com 608-784-2996 Committee Members Bernice Arentz Cathy Butterfield Cheryl & Dick Harnwell Carla Korish Lori Leverence Kathy Myhre Sharon Olson Barbara Saiz Kathi Volden Mark Your Calendars coffee social dates: February 3rd and March 3rd Potluck dates: February 17th and March 17th Social Ministry/ Committee meetings are held at 5:30p on the second Wednesday of the month in the Library. The next meeting dates are: February 13th March 13th 5
Monday Meals Report Our commitment for 2019 is the following: January 28th April 8th June 24th Aug 12th (Northside community picnic) November 18th We share with Bethel both churches do five meals each year. Trinity served approximately 591 meals in 2018. The estimated expenses for all churches in 2018 was $2181.00. We use the Hunger Task Force and WAFER for food supplies. There was an estimated 10,000 lbs. of food used in 2018. We are always in need of volunteers to help out at the dinners. If you are interested, please contact Kathi Volden at 608.783.1184 or 608.518.0336. Love God, Love our neighbors, Serve the World... Bonnie Jeranek Committee Chair bonniejeranek@gmail.com 608-784-2996 Committee Members Bernice Arentz Cathy Butterfield Cheryl & Dick Harnwell Carla Korish Lori Leverence Kathy Myhre Sharon Olson Barbara Saiz Kathi Volden Respectfully submitted by Cheryl Harnwell ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING RECAP At the annual meeting the members present accepted the reports in the Annual Report, and elected Janet Bahr and Larry Churchill to the Endowment Committee. Steve Dewald presented the Congregational Profile, which was accepted by the congregation and will be forwarded on to the La Crosse Area Synod. Then the congregation voted to accept the Leap of Faith option for calling a pastor. The voting results were: Option 1 3 votes Option 2 4 votes Option 3 0 votes Option 4 58 votes These results will also be forwarded to the La Crosse Area Synod. 6
Love God, Love our neighbors, Serve the World... Bonnie Jeranek Committee Chair bonniejeranek@gmail.com 608-784-2996 Committee Members Bernice Arentz Cathy Butterfield Cheryl & Dick Harnwell Carla Korish Lori Leverence Kathy Myhre Sharon Olson Barbara Saiz Kathi Volden Community Service FROM THE HEART FOOD PANTRY We are always looking for regular and reliable volunteers to assist our guests during the hours the pantry is open. Every Monday night from 5:30 to 7:00 PM and the last Saturday of the month from 10 AM to 1 PM, we are open to serve the needs of our guests. This is a fun and rewarding opportunity to give to those in our community who are in need. Please call the church office for more information and to let us know that you are interested! TEEN CLOTHES CLOSET Trinity extends a warm welcome to Onalaska First Lutheran s Teen Clothes Closet. Three upper rooms in the Sunday School Wing have been painted, shampooed and shelved to make room for the Onalaska First Lutheran Teen Clothes Closet. We welcome them and look forward to this partnership of serving others!! The Teen Closet will be partnering with Northside Kids Clothes Closet by providing for the needs of Middle and High School youth. They are open Mondays 4:00 to 6:00. Thanks First Lutheran, we re excited to team with you!! MONDAY MEALS Trinity Lutheran and Bethel Lutheran are once again alternating 10 dates to serve Monday s Meals. Trinity has served already on January 28th and is scheduled to prepare the meal four more times this year April 8th, June 24th, August 12th and November 18th. Bethel will serve March 4th, May 13th, July 29th, October 14th and December 30th. If you have a group of friends who would like to volunteer for one of these dates, or simply want to lend a hand, contact the church office and get on the schedule...608.782.6200 or office@trinitylutheranlax.org. Love God, love our neighbors, serve the world...starting in our little corner of it! NORTHSIDE KIDS CLOTHES CLOSET The Northside Kid s Clothes Closet is open and ready for winter! New winter gear has arrived so if you know a family who could use some help, spread the word! We re open on Mondays from 4:00-6:00 pm. 7
February 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 OFFICE CLOSED 6 7 8 9 9:30a-12:30p Financial Coaching-Susan Taylor 608.785.6417 10 11 12 OFFICE CLOSED 13 10:30a Worship & Music 14 15 16 5:30p Social Ministry meeting 17 18 19 OFFICE CLOSED 9:30a-12:30p Financial Coaching-Susan Taylor 608.785.6417 20 21 22 23 10a-1p From the 24 25 Monday Meals Open House 26 OFFICE CLOSED 6p Logan/Northside Neighborhood Group 27 28 6p Church Council meeting 29 30 8
March 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 10 17 24 4 11 12 OFFICE CLOSED 13 14 15 16 MOBILE MEALS DELIVERIES 18 25 5 OFFICE CLOSED 9:30a-12:30p Financial Coaching-Susan Taylor 608.785.6417 19 OFFICE CLOSED 9:30a-12:30p Financial Coaching-Susan Taylor 608.785.6417 26 OFFICE CLOSED 6 6:30p Ash Wednesday Service 10:30a Worship & Music 5:30p Social Ministry meeting 6:30p Lenten service 20 6:30p Lenten service 27 7 8 9 21 22 23 28 29 30 10a-1p From the 6p Logan/Northside Neighborhood Group 6:30p Lenten service 6p Church Council meeting 9
Trinity Tidings is a monthly newsletter of Trinity Lutheran Church, 1010 Sill Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603. All visitors are welcome to worship with us each Saturday evening at 5:30pm and Sunday morning at 8:30am. Communion is celebrated at every service. The church office telephone number is (608) 782-6200. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 1010 Sill Street La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID LA CROSSE, WI 54603 PERMIT NO. 346 W O R S H I P S C H E D U L E Saturday 5:30pm Sunday 8:30am Radio Service Broadcast at 8:30am on WKTY AM 580 Website: www.trinitylutheranlax.org Church Office: office@trinitylutheranlax.org; 608-782-6200 Facebook: Trinity Lutheran Church ELCA