News & Updates
February 26, 2021
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For those NOT attending in-person worship - we want your input
For all those who are worshiping from home, please complete this VERY SHORT survey to give us important feedback! Thank you.
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Drive Through Communion TOMORROW
Our next drive through communion is schedeuled for Saturday, February 27 from 4-5pm. Please enter at the Livingston Street parking lot and drive through.
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TWO Campus Work Days - Preparing for Easter
Please join the Trinity family for one or both Saturday mornings in March, for a few hours of fellowship and campus care tasks like weeding, trimming, small repairs, and more. Come for one or both Saturdays, for the whole morning, or just for an hour. ALL efforts are appreciated!! Help us prepare for Easter guests by beautifying our campus! Please bring your own gloves, water and snack. More task specific details coming soon.
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Bookfair Fundraiser for Trinity's Child Development Center |
We are so excited to be having a Scholastic Virtual Book Fair for the benefit of Trinity's Child Development Center. The children in your life will love all the new books they have to offer. With everything going on this year, parents not entering the building, strict safety protocols, and many people still worshipping at home, this virtual bookfair gives us an opportunity to have an event where everyone can participate in support of Trinity's school ministry! Please feel free to share these links with friends and family.
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Livestreaming
Correction: We're livestreaming Sunday 10am worship. You can find Saturday services on Trinity's website and posted on Facebook weekly. If you need any help finding any services or subscribing to our YouTube channel, please contact Chanda at TLC@TrinityDowntown.com or 407-490-7339.
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LWML News
COVID-19 has definitely affected LWML quilters in 2020-2021. We were unable to meet together for several months. We did manage to complete 42 quilts for shipment to Lutheran World Relief (LWR). This year, we had to truck our 42 quilts to Tampa’s Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Monday, February 1, 2021. We were blessed to have Mary Fran and Brent Howard donate their vehicle, gas, and muscle to get the quilts to Tampa before 2 pm. From there, the quilts will go to Windsor, MD and eventually to other locations in need in the USA and elsewhere.
At this time, we have plenty of material some of which has been donated by St Johns Lutheran Church. We can only accept #10 crochet cotton, new or partially used.
We know that the Mites are still coming in and the small boxes are still available in the Narthex. WE thank you for your continuing attention to gathering extra coins for the LWML!! Your generosity is appreciated very much! The Mites go to the grants chosen every year. By the Mite boxes you will find several “Quarterly” magazines that you are welcome to take home and read about our Missions.
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EASTER signs and invitation cards
Thanks to a generous donation, we're able to make these yard signs available to the Trinity family on a first-come first-served basis, in order to "unify, celebrate and witness" during this Lenten season. (To learn more about how this started, read here: https://eastercross.org/) We'll also have invitation cards to be shared and distributed with a few friends, coworkers or neighbors. Grab yours while they last! Many thanks to all who have donated to make this possible!
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"FAM" - Care Communities for Foster/Adoption Families
Thank you to all who have responded in interest to Trinity's Family Advocacy Ministry (FAM) awareness and orientation events. Since November, we have had 7 members go through our equipping orientation, to be a part of the Care Communities we will be forming around foster families who live around us. Did you know that 90% of foster families who have Care Communities to wrap around them, feel so supported that they end up fostering more children, and for longer lengths of time? This is why we're so excited about this ministry! Our next awareness event is Sunday, March 7, 11:15 in the loggia 3 classroom (just west of the Sanctary). Just ONE hour of your Sunday for a truly important cause. The next step will be the equippng session, Tuesday, March 9 via Zoom. For more information, you may contact Kelley Lane, our "FAM" advocate. Kellye is also happy to host a mini event for your small group Bible study - online or in person. Please email her at skyblu@bellsouth.net.
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LERT Training
Join a Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT) training event near you to learn how to be prepared to show Christ's love to the community when a disaster strikes. Attendees will receive training in the following areas:
- The LCMS Disaster Resonse Program
- Christian Care in Times of Disaster
- Congregation Preparednes
- Engaging in Community Response
- The LERT Program
- Safety and Equipment
- General Volunteer Opportunities
The next event is at Hope Luteheran Church in Orlando, on March 27 from 9am to 3pm.
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Touch-a-Truck
Sadly, due to Covid-19 we've decided to cancel our annual Touch-a-Truck event for this year. Our primary concern was to be able to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our visitors, and given this is a hands-on event, we felt the best choice was to cancel this year. We're looking forward to returning to this annual open house and fundraiser for Trinity's Child Development Center in 2022.
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Children's Sunday School and MS/HS Youth Bible Study
These Sunday classes are not yet meeting in-person.
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Christian Yoga
Christian Yoga continues online via Zoom on Mondays @ 6:30pm. Now more than ever - the relaxation of yoga is a tremendous benefit. Email Beth for more information at baschu4@bellsouth.net.
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Support Trinity Downtown while you shop!
Start your Amazon shopping from Amazon smile, and you’ll a small percentage of your shopping totals will be donated to Trinity ministries! THANK YOU!
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CONNECT - LEARN - GROW
Small groups connect you to others where you can learn, connect, and grow in ways which will strengthen and equip you to share the gospel and serve in your local community and beyond! That’s straight from Trinity’s mission statement and our commitment to bring people one step closer to Jesus.
Trinity’s mission: to share the gospel through ministries which strengthen and equip people for Christian witness and services in downtown, metropolitan Orlando and the world.
Currently Running Groups (see red notes for NEW info)
Tuesday Morning Women’s Group, "Women of the Word" - WOW
NEW STUDY STARTED FEB 9. Jump in anytime!
- Book needed $13, weekly reading assignment, jump in anytime
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Tuesdays at 9am, Loggia 3, in-person. Contact Terry at mammierocks@yahoo.com to sign up.
"Surrendered" (40 Devotions to Help You Let Go & Live Like Jesus) by Barb Roose is in. I will bring the books to class this Tuesday. We will begin the new study on Tuesday, February 9th. The total cost of the book is $13.00.
If you struggle with the dreaded C-word, control, this devotional is for you. Are you in the midst of a hard or heartbreaking season of life? Do you try to control your situation or other people? Do you struggle to let go?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, this forty-day devotional journey is for you. Within these pages, you're invited to embrace the life-giving power of surrender as you learn to let go and live like Jesus-fully trusting God's power, presence, promises, and provision for your life. Inspired by Jesus' forty days in the wilderness, the devotions are divided into four sections:
1. Letting Go of Circumstances
2. Letting Go of Others
3. Letting Go of Expectations
4. Living Like Jesus
Everyday will challenge you to let go as you draw closer to Jesus than ever before.
Grief Share - Grief Recovery Support Group
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Discussion leader is Norma Smith, contact at normie1939@gmail.com
- Tuesdays at 1pm, Loggia 3 Classroom, in-person, workbook needed
- Each weekly session is a stand-alone session - so you can join at any time and at any pace!
GriefShare is for people grieving the death of a family member or friend. You’ve probably found there are not many people who understand the deep hurt you feel. This can be a confusing time when you feel isolated and have many questions about things you’ve never faced before. Grief Share support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and have been trained to facilitate this support group. Please share with others who may need to hear about this. These groups are open to all. To learn more visit https://www.griefshare.org/ . Questions? Contact Trinity’s Ministry & Communications Coordinator, Chanda, at 407-490-7339 or TLC@TrinityDowntown.com
Participants will gain access to valuable GriefShare resources to help you recover from your loss and look forward to rebuilding your life. It is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone. GriefShare meets weekly for 13 weeks. Each GriefShare session has three distinct elements:
- Video seminar with experts Each week your GriefShare group will watch a video seminar featuring top experts on grief and recovery subjects. These videos are produced in an interesting television magazine format featuring expert interviews, real-life case studies, dramatic reenactments, and on-location video.
- Support group discussion with focus After viewing the video, you and the other group members will spend time as a support group, discussing what was presented in that week’s video seminar and what is going on in your lives.
- Personal study and reflection During the week you will have the opportunity to use your workbook for further personal study of the grieving process and to help sort out your emotions through journaling. Your group will spend time discussing questions and comments from the workbook study.
Prayer Bible Study Group
Pastor Doug leads an evening prayer group on Wednesdays at 7pm. For a weekly check-in, a lesson on prayer, and time to pray with and for one another, contact Pastor Doug for the Zoom meeting invitation at doug.kallesen@trinitydowntown.com.
Adult Bible Study - IMMERSE - Prophets
Immerse Bible Reading Experience, Book 4: PROPHETS - Started the last week of January
Book needed, daily readings, eight week plan, multiple meeting options
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Sunday Mornings 8:45am adult group will meeting in-person at Trinity with the option of Zoom link for those who aren't yet meeting in-person! Contact Gregg Yawman at gyawman@instetag.com for moreinformation.
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Tuesday Morning Women’s Group with Connie Sobol facilitating. Loggia 2 Classroom, 9am. Email darlene.rehbein.sabin@gmail.com for details.
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Tuesday Evening Women's Group with Julie Lasater in her home. Email julieheals@att.net.
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Tuesday Evening Adult Group in Gregg Yawman's home. Contact Gregg at gyawman@instetag.com
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Saturdays 4:30pm, at Trinity, in the Loggia 3 Classroom right next to the Sanctuary. Lead by Bob Trapp, Jr. Email segt@netzero.net
The bulk order for Immerse: Prophets has already been placed/received. Books came to $12 each with the 20% bulk discount. If you missed the deadline and still need to order a book, just visit the website HERE and place your own order. You can also find audio files of the book on the website for free.
Immerse Bible Reading Experience, Book 1: Messiah (Continues)
- Book needed, daily readings, eight week plan
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Saturdays at 4:00 with Pastor Doug, via ZOOM. If you're interested, contact Chanda at TLC@TrinityDowntown.com.
Immerse: Messiah is the first of six volumes in Immerse: The Bible Reading Experience. Messiah takes the reader on a unique journey through every book of the New Testament. Each section of Messiah begins with one of the Gospels, and together they combine to provide a life-changing reading experience centered on Jesus.
Online/At Your Own Pace
Rev. Milan Weerts shares a study on "The End Times" and "The Gospel of John." You can follow along via Pastor Weerts' Facebook page, or study at your own pace accessing the lessons on Trinity's Bible Study webpage. Pastor Weerts uses the ESV translation but you can use your own favorite translation for study as well. If you have specific End Times questions, send them to Pastor Weerts at StrongInChrist@CFL.RR.COM
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Covid-19 Safety Procedures
Visitors on Campus
Masks are required for all those visiting the Trinity campus. You are required to respect a six foot minimum distancing from the person you are scheduled to meet with. If you feel ill or have been exposed to or test positive for Covid-19, please do not enter the campus. We will gladly reschedule the meeting to a Zoom meeting if needed.
Use of Trinity meeting rooms for Bible Study groups or meetings
- masks are required of all attending (all those over 2 years old)
- 6 feet distancing is required between all individuals not in the same primary household
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no food or drink during meetings because this requires one to remove their mask to eat or drink .
Sanctuary Capacity with Social Distancing
Please note that we are able to accommodate fewer than our usual maximum capacity in the Sanctuary while following social distancing guidelines. With many still worshiping online from home, we do not believe we will reach that capacity right away and plan to move to two services on Sunday before that happens. However, if that increase in attendance happens more quickly than expected, we may find ourselves in a situation where we have to turn someone away once the Sanctuary is full. Please be aware of this possibility and know that we are doing our best to anticipate attendance and seating needs.
Required Quarantine
*We ask that if you have had direct exposure (within 6ft, 15 min, with or without a mask) to someone who is now being Covid tested because they suspect they are ill or were directly exposed, please self-quarantine until you find out that person's results. If that person tests negative, all is well. However, if that person tests positive, you have now been directly exposed to someone who is positive and must take the necessary CDC steps to quarantine until: 1- you have experienced 6 days of NO symptoms and a PCR on day 7 that comes back negative, OR 2- you have experienced a full 10 days completely symptom free. Thank you to all who have taken these steps to keep others safe!
Required Notice
If you (staff member, church or CDC family, guest, volunteer, etc) have had direct exposure to someone who believes they may have been exposed and are now getting tested, or have had direct 1:1 exposure to someone positive for Covid-19, or test positive for Covid-19 yourself, and have been on Trinity's Campus for worship, volunteering or other reasons, please immediately notify a member of Trinity's Administrative Team (Pastor Doug Kallesen, Chanda Gillenwater, Liz Roberts or Patty Moser - email TLC@TrinityDowntown.com). Your name will be kept in confidence, while Trinity makes its best effort to determine which others you may have had contact with to inform them of the need for testing and/or quarantine.
Worship Safety Procedures - MUST READ
- If you are feeling ill, have a fever or any of the symptoms related to Covid-19, please stay home and join us for ONLINE worship.
- The wearing of masks is required for all in attendance except for children under the age of two. Proper use is required - mask should fully cover your nose and mouth for the entire service, even while singing.
- The Pastor is permitted to remove his mask to give the sermon in order to communicate effectively - for this reason the front two pews of church will remain empty to allow for additional distancing between the pastor and guests.
- All hymnals, Bibles, pencils, attendance and prayer cards have been removed from the pews. There will be no printed bulletin. This removes all items which would have multiple contacts.
- The carpets will have been steam cleaned and sanitized. All surfaces inside the Sanctuary will be sanitized, including the pews and pew cushions. These areas will be re-sanitized after the Saturday night service in preparation for Sunday morning.
- Please enter the Sanctuary from the front (south) doors or the west side door (ramp).
- There will be hand sanitizer available at both the front door and west side door - please use before you enter and as you leave.
- You will be welcomed into the Sanctuary by an usher or greeter who will escort you to your seat. They will also be able to answer any questions that you might have.
- The pews and aisles will be marked to facilitate safe social distancing.
- No hugs or handshakes are permitted.
- We will be administering in-pew communion rather than having the congregation proceed to the altar to receive the bread and wine. Each communicant will be given a sanitized plastic bag containing the bread and wine (gluten-free wafers will be available to those who need them) at their seat. Pastor will provide instructions detailing the exact procedure to be followed at each service.
- At the conclusion of the service everyone will be asked to remain seated until it is their row’s turn to leave the sanctuary.
- Collection plates will be placed at the front doors and west side door from the church to receive the tithes and offerings of those attending the service.
- There will be receptacles for the used communion kits at each exit as well.
- Worship will be posted online as it has been, so if you are feeling ill or wish to worship from home for any reason, you may certainly do so!
* Childcare/nursery will not be available until further notice. Children are always welcome in worship services!
* Children's Sunday School and Youth Bible Study decisions are being made now. Updates coming soon.
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Live and Local Lunch Series |
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The St. Luke's Concert Series
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Feb 24-Mar 24 Lenten Devotions on Wednesdays 12:10 and 7pm "Return to the Lord"
March 15-19 OCPS Spring Break
March 28 Palm Sunday Worship (Sat 6pm, Sun 10am)
April 1 Maundy Thursday Worship 12:10 and 7pm
April 2 Good Friday Worship 12:10 and 7pm, CDC and Trinity offices closed
April 3 Easter Eve Worship 6pm
April 4 Easter Morning Worship: 9am Contemporary, 11am Traditional
(No Easter Breakfast this year due to Covid concerns)
April 5 Easter Monday - CDC and Offices Closed
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Your prayer request will be added to Trinity’s weekly emails for the congregation.
All prayers are kept on the list for a period of three weeks, so please resubmit long term prayer needs regularly.
Those Fighting Cancer
Karl S, Bruce S, Jamie J, Rick B, Christine M, Gail W
Health Concerns
Hazel H, Tuley B, Jessica and family, Allen C, Claudia K
Other
Mindy, H, Karen E, Margaret
Peace and Comfort
- For the family and friends of Marilyn Haberkamp, a friend of the Killinger family.
- For the family and friends of Vaughn Cornell, husband of Susan Cornell, and son-in-law of Martha Pfantz.
Surgery and Recovery/Hospitalized
Clara M , Dale N, Cindy D
Confidential Prayers
For those prayers that have been shared in confidence, you know the details, Lord. We lift them up to you.
For Our Communities - For Our Nation - For Our World
We pray for our nation, for our Nation's leaders, for its people, and for our future together as One Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all! We pray that we may all be a reflection of Christ's love, sharing grace and mercy, living in peace with one another. Let's reach out, listen, connect, and have those hard conversations. Love is first. Love wins.
Additional Prayers
- For all those caring for aging and/or ill family members in need
- Prayers for our CDC staff & families, Trinity membership and all Trinity staff & leaders
- For all those struggling with mental health issues
- Prayers for all of the front line workers in our community and nation; our doctors, nurses, EMT, fire fighters, special needs caregivers, essential workers and police.
- Prayers for all those who have Covid-19 to be restored to full health
- Prayers for those who have lost their job or who have been furloughed. And we give thanks for those who have found new employment or have been able to return to their jobs.
- Prayers of thanks for God’s daily provisions.
Our Trinity Missionaries
Wasmund Family in East Asia, Trump Family in Kenya, Clausing Family in Tanzania, Lehman Family in Spain, Young Family in Kenya
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