The Trinity Trumpet www.trinityfairview.com Upcoming Events Monday, April 16 6:30 PM - Confirmation Class Tuesday, April 17 7:00 PM - Executive Council Meeting 7:30 PM - PEAL Rehearsal - New Sanctuary Wednesday, April 18 12:00 PM - ROMEO s Lunch 7:00 PM - Bring One Buy One Committee Meeting 7:30 PM - SALT Rehearsal - New Sanctuary Thursday, April 19 1:00 PM - TCNSK Staff Meeting 7:30 PM - CAPPELLA Rehearsal - New Sanctuary Friday, April 20 4:30 PM RSCM Rehearsal - New Sanctuary Saturday, April 22 3:00-5:00 PM - Pastoral Candidate Meet & Greet Sunday, April 22 - Easter IV 10:00 AM - Trinity United Eucharist with Pastoral Candidate Preaching & Presiding 11:15 AM - Congregational Meeting with Vote to Call Candidate Mission at Trinity Habitat for Humanity is planning to build a new home in Bridgeport this year. As part of our community outreach, we would like to be a part of this build. To participate, we will need volunteers to work on at least two separate occasions on the worksite as well as raise $2500 to be building partners. If you are interested in donating your time and/or your dollars, please speak with or email Lynn Chialastri (lmchialastri@shannondell.com) for additional information. Trinity s Clergy: The Reverend Janet Peterman, Interim Pastor pastorpeterman@trinityfairview.com
Call Candidate Weekend April 21st & 22nd Please join us Saturday, April 21st for a Meet and Greet with the Pastoral Candidate from 3:00-5:00 in the original sanctuary. It will be a time to mingle, munch and welcome our candidate. From 3:30-4:00 there will be a short presentation and a brief question period. We encourage everyone to attend. On Sunday, April 22nd at 10:00 our candidate will preach and preside at worship. Immediately following, a congregational meeting will be called to order. There will be a short Q & A time with Council and the Call Committee to answer questions you may have regarding the candidate or the criteria used to call the candidate. A vote will then take place whether to accept the candidate as our new senior pastor. Please attend, everyone's vote is important. This is the next step in Trinity's future! Youth Group Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
Surprise! Nina Wason, Christian Education Director Sometimes, when I am telling the resurrection story at chapel for the Trinity Country Nursery School children, I open up a carton of eggs, choose one and toss it up and down in my hand while I am talking. There s an initial patter about how fragile eggs are, and how careful I need to be and how you must not try this at home, but eventually I get to Easter. The story is pretty sanitized, I admit: the children hear that Jesus had died, and his friends were very sad, but then surprise! - one morning Jesus is alive again! And when I say, Surprise! I catch the egg by squashing it between both my hands and.there is an explosion of confetti, not raw egg, because I had previously blown out the eggy innards, dried out the shell and then filled it with glittery paper bits. Easter, I tell them, is all about God s Big Surprise. Meeting with the unexpected is a bit of a theme in this Sunday s Scriptures. In the gospel Peter and friends have been out fishing all night and caught exactly zero fish. Some non-fishing guy on the beach calls out to them, just as they are hauling in to shore, Toss the net out on the other side of the boat! When they do (tiredly, grudgingly) the net is suddenly, shockingly, filled with fish (!) and the guy on the shore turns out to be the risen Jesus (!!!). In his astonishment, Peter jumps out of the boat and swims to meet him. In the reading from Acts taking places some months later - Peter and John are the conduits for healing a severely disabled man. Once begging for his daily bread, the man was suddenly able to jump and dance and sing praise to God, which attracted quite a crowd of astonished onlookers. Peter wonders why they are so surprised. What are you staring at? What s the big deal? Isn t God present and able? What s surprising about God stepping in and healing? This is the Easter church: Surprised by the places and times Jesus breaks in to our lives and our life together. And then surprising the world around us as we allow God to work miracles through us. Let the confetti fly.
Help for Bruce Hembrick Friends and neighbors have set up a Go Fund Me page for Bruce to help with medical expenses and other household needs while Bruce undergoes some special care at Bryn Mawr Rehab. https://www.gofundme.com/helpthehembrickfamily Women s Fellowship - Mother s Day Raffle Basket Mothers Day will be here before we know it! This is a request for items for the Mother's Day basket raffle that is soon approaching! Anyone can donate something for this special annual Mother s Day/Ladies Basket. Some suggestions: spa items, small gardening tools, coffees or teas, gift cards for a special treat or pampering, a relaxation CD, chocolates (can t ever go wrong there), or anything else you ladies would like or the special lady in your life might like. Please place your donations in our collection basket in the Narthex or see Karen Mendenko, Joan Nyahay or Meg Smith. Please have your donations in by Sunday April 22. Raffle tickets to win this lovely basket will be available starting April 29 th. The Lucky ticket will be pulled on Mother s Day, May 13 th. See Karen Mendenko for more information. Nametags Just a reminder to wear your nametags on Sundays. Next Sunday the pastoral candidate will be preaching & presiding. This will help them especially during communion so they can commune you by name.
Bring Something & Buy Something Auction & Social Benefits the 2 nd Pastoral Position Director of Youth & Family Ministries Friday May 11, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church Registration and preview 6:30pm Live auction begins at 7:15pm Bring Something for auction: Item You Made, Bought or a Service You Can Provide and Buy Something (See below for examples) Refreshments will be provided as we come together in fellowship for this fund raiser. Child care will be available. COLLECTION DATES: SUNDAY, APRIL 15 & 29 IN THE NARTHEX Examples of Auction Items Note: New or Good Quality Items Only This is not a Flea Market Services Baby Sitting Grass Cutting Weeding Planting Flowers General House Keeping Paint a Room Pet Walking New or Used Items in Good Condition Designer Bags Smart Home Electronics Crystal Items Tools Jewelry Small Kitchen Appliances Antique Furniture Pieces Artwork Scarves Gift Baskets Coffee or Tea Baskets Wine & Cheer Baskets Movie Night Baskets Beauty Product Baskets Gift Cards/Tickets Restaurants Movies Sporting Events Spa Treatments Yoga Classes Cooking Class Admission Tickets Longwood Gardens, Zoo, Museums Greens Fees Other Items Homemade Pies or Cakes Vacation Home Donation Eagles Attire Golf Balls Good Cook or Baker (Specialty Items Your Friends Ask You to Make)
Lynn Chialastri April 1 Mona Khalil April 3 Bill Sweeney April 3 Reese O Brien April 5 Paige Earley April 8 Natalie King April 8 Florence Vikingstad April 8 John Nowmos April 9 Scott Castor April 10 Jim Sorom April 11 Jennifer Castor April 12 Donna Kenneson April 13 Jeanne Plymette April 14 Ray Gross April 17 Jeff Livingston April 17 Jeremy Stansbeary April 18 Bill Mohr April 19 Pat Wolfe April 20 Diane Livingston April 21 Elizabeth Castor April 22 Scott Earley April 22 Karl Joseph Schafer April 22 Kelly Avery April 23 Sally Jeffries April 23 David Stone April 223 Trent Bailly April 24 Rachel Graham April 24 Leslie Van Alstyne April 24 Dean Castor April 25 Brittany Hembrick April 26 Ashley Hembrick April 26 Paul Wason April 27 Kelly Bontempo April 28 Megan Earley April 28 Mya Brown April 29 Aidan Khalil April 30 David & Doreen Marberger April 3 Jim & JoAnn Sorom April 15 Jerry & Janice Linfoot April 20 Michael & Heddy Martorelli April 26 Howard & Maryellen Foulke April 27 Church Council Contacts Ann Dungan, President rella1@comcast.net Susan Chambers, Vice President schamb2795@aol.com Mike Martorelli, Treasurer michael.martorelli@fairmountpartners.com Dan Ditzler dand@newtonassociates.com Marilou Doughty mdoughty@montcopa.org Rick Cole earl6949@aol.com Lynn Chialastri lmchialastri@shannondell.com Craig Moyer reyom0825@comcast.net Rebecca Shadle rebwynn@gmail.com Meredith Booz booz1887@comcast.net Reese O Brien, Youth Representative reesepiecy4@gmail.com