Trinity Weekly

November 25, 2022

Church Office Schedule

Due to Thanksgiving, Trinity's church offices and CDC will be closed on Thanksgiving, November 24 through Friday, November 25. Campus will reopen as normal on Monday, November 28. If you contact the office during this time, please know that you will receive a response as soon as possible the week of November 28.

Sponsor a Poinsettia for Trinity's Christmas Decorating

You can sponsor the cost of a poinsettia that is displayed in the sanctuary for Christmas services and then take the flower home after Epiphany. It will be a red, 7-8 bloom poinsettia. The cost of sponsorship is $12 per plant.

To ensure your sponsorship information is shared, you must contact the church office at 407-488-1919 or TLC@TrinityDowntown.com. Failure to give the church office this information may result in your sponsorship information not being shared.

When you contact the church office, please make sure to include the following information:

Number of plants ______ sponsored by ________________________________

In memory of _____________________ *OR* In thanks for _________________

Please put your sponsor payment with a memo attached stating that it is for a Poinsettia Sponsorship into the offering plate after worship, drop it off into the locked payment box in the front office, or mail it to the Finance Office of Trinity Downtown at 123 E. Livingston St, Orlando, FL 32801.

Questions? Contact the church office.

Lake Eola Tree Lighting

The Fellowship/Outreach Ministry Team will be attending the annual Christmas Tree lighting at Lake Eola and would love for you to join us!

They will have three tents set up:

1. Two craft tables run by Desiree Kallesen and Debbie Holley
2. One table for a photo booth
3. Setup and teardown will be run by Ken Boggs

We would love for you to join us for this outreach opportunity! Please contact Terry Boggs at mammierocks@yahoo.com if you are interested in volunteering.

Christmas in the Courtyard

The Fellowship/Outreach Ministry Team will be teaming up with the CDC (Child Development Center) to host this event.

Included will be CDC children singing Christmas carols, breakfast made by Rich Poole, a visit from Santa Clause, a craft tent, and a living nativity, which may even include live animals.

We are in need of the following volunteers for the living nativity:

• Mary
• Joseph
• Wise men (3)
• Shepherds (3)
• Baby Jesus

Please contact Terry Boggs at mammierocks@yahoo.com if you are interested in volunteering.

December OWLS Meeting

The next OWLS meeting will be held on Thursday, December 8, at 12:30pm at the Tap Room at Dubsdread (549 W Par Street, Orlando, FL). This will be a wonderful time of food and fellowship and we hope to see you there!

Please confirm your attendance by contacting Audrey Gordon at 407-897-1418. If you have questions, please reach out to Audrey. 

Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Trinity Downtown!

Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Trinity Youth Ministry (TYM) is a new and exciting opportunity for 6^th through 8^th grade students in our local community to come together in a fun environment to build relationships with one another and with Jesus. Volunteers and participants will enjoy dinner together, followed by worship, games, and an open gym in the beautiful facilities provided by our Lord at Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown Orlando. FCA TYM will meet in Trinity’s fellowship hall and gymnasium, from 6pm-8pm one Sunday per month.

For additional information, please see the flyer below:

FCA TYM Informational Flyer

If you would like to sign your child up for this event, please use the registration link below:

FCA TYM Registration

For more information on how to be involved, how to volunteer, or if you have any questions, please contact the church office.

Trinity Shares Christmas

"Trinity Shares Christmas" is our annual Christmas outreach in partnership with Prison Fellowship Ministries, providing Christmas toys and food for children who have an incarcerated parent. An Angel Tree with tags is in the narthex; simply take a tag, purchase what is on the tag, and return the gift to Trinity unwrapped by December 4th. Gifts should be returned to the box in the Narthex during worship or to the front office during the week. Please make sure to attach the tag or a note to the gift so we know to which family to give the gift.

An online option also exists for choosing tags so those worshiping from home can easily participate. Please use the following link to choose a tag online:

https://bit.ly/TrinityGives2022

Each gift should be no more than $25. If you are unable to shop but want to donate funds, please contact Alina directly to arrange that. Volunteers will then collect and deliver these Christmas blessings to local families. We are so grateful for your participation to reach out to these wonderful kids on behalf of their incarcerated parents. 

If you would like to volunteer to call families, sort, or deliver gifts, we need your help! Please reach out to Alina Davis at alinad@bellsouth.net or 407-247-9703 to volunteer or ask questions. 

IMPACKS

"Impacks" (ie: backpacks making an impact) is a project putting together backpacks with a few personal items for children who are living in transition between foster homes or homeless shelter living. It ensures that each child has something of his/her very own to hold what little belongings he/she may have to carry from location to location. On any night there can be over 100 children sleeping at the Coalition for Homeless alone. It changes nightly. We have been told several times that our backpacks and gifts would be the only items these children would receive for Christmas.

This project is created and organized by Ashely Marshall of our CDC family. The CDC family of Trinity has been participating in IMPACKS for a several years now, and we are jumping on board to support this very real need in our community, to send a little extra love to children in need. Our church family goal this year is to provide and fill 30 backpacks for Elementary age children. The backpacks will be delivered in December so these children will have something for Christmas. The deadline to bring completed backpacks to the Narthex is November 27, 2022, but feel free to start bringing them in any time after November 5, 2022.

For these backpacks, please bring Elementary Age appropriate themed backpacks with a pack each of appropriate size socks and underwear, a toothbrush and toothpaste, an appropriate book, and one toy for an elementary school age child.

Please contact the church office with questions by emailing TLC@TrinityDowntown.com or by calling 407-488-1919.

Operation Christmas Child - Thank You!

Trinity Downtown & CDC family and friends – thank you so much to those who packed a Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child (OCC) Shoebox. Together with other local Orlando partners, we delivered 137 shoeboxes during OCC’s national collection week, and the Trinity Downtown Outreach Ministry funds covered shipping costs for 43 of those shoeboxes.

If you forgot to bring your packed shoebox to Trinity Downtown or dropped it off after the Nov 11^th (CDC) or Nov 13^th deadline, you can still hand-deliver it to the Church on the Drive located at 1914 Edgewater Drive, Orlando.

There is also still time to build a shoebox online! https://samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/

The amazing journey of a shoebox begins with you and results in evangelism, discipleship and multiplication. 

--- Mark 16:15 ---

Adult Sunday School Class

Pastor Doug is leading a study for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and adults entitled "I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist" based on the book by Frank Tureck and Norman Geisler by the same title. 

If you want to follow along in the book or the study guide, we recommend purchasing your book ASAP. 

Study Notes

Adult Sunday School Class

Rocky Smothers is leading a study on the Major Festivals. Contact the church office with any questions.

NOVEMBER SERVING SCHEDULE

The serving schedule for November has been updated:

Adult Sunday School, Children's Sunday School, MS/HS Sunday School

• Adult Sunday School: the I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist study meets in Loggia 2, and Major Festivals meets in in Loggia 3.
• Children's Sunday School for children 4 years through 5th grade will utilize Answers Bible Curriculum published by Answers in Genesis. To learn more about this curriculum, visit the Answers in Genesis website.
• Serving this year:
• PreK-4 and Kindergarten with Mrs. JoAnne Gusewelle and Miss Kristin Gusewelle
• 1st-2nd grades with Mrs. Desiree Kallesen
• 3rd through 5th grades with Mrs. Gail Wilkosz.
• All classes meet on the first floor of Heritage Hall.
• MS and HS Youth Bible Study are invited to join Pastor Doug's Sunday School class entitled "I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist." Reach out to the church office with any questions.
• Confirmation has begun! You can find more details on the registration link below:
• Confirmation Registration

Monthly Trinity Calendars

A limited number of copies of the monthly Trinity calendar can be accessed in the narthex or viewed below. Contact the church office with any questions.

Submit your prayer requests by emailing them to TLC@TrinityDowntown.com.

All prayers are kept on the list for a period of three weeks, so please resubmit long term prayer needs regularly.

Those Fighting Cancer 

Sandy A., Mike R., Rev. Robert Besalski, Danny B., Linda B., Hank S., Penn M., Nancy K., Jay Z., Trevor S., Bob K., David K., Kim, Paul, JoAnn, Corrie H., Donald, Carolyn, Jim C., Diane R., Sigmond, Gary L., Preston, David V., JoAnn and Allan, Lisa and Victor, Michael S., Jenny M., Jerry K., Barbara R., Jackie R., Kimberly P., Mary, Doug H., Paul W., Jamie J., Eva S., Rebecca M., Rita S., Alice, Brian

Health Concerns 

Hazel, Chuck, John L., Karen E., Lisa B., Fiona, Margaret, Pat R., Nina and Tom, Jerry

Surgery and Recovery/Recently Hospitalized

Joyce S., Katie R., Mary Beth R., Janice E., Gladys D.

Other Needs

• Continued prayers for the families affected by Hurricane Ian and Nicole.
• Safety and guidance for the Florida LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs as they travel to provide support and comfort for those affected by the hurricane(s).
• Tina
• The Chase family

Peace and Comfort

• For the Howard family
• For the McQuown familiy
• For the Heideman family
• For the Fabry family
• For Donna at the passing of her father
• For the family and friends of John Huckeba
• For the family and friends of Ron Logan
• For Diane at the loss of her mother
• For the family and friends of James Hallenbech
• For the family and friends of Jim Falvo
• For the Talno and Wunderlich families
• For the O'Donnell family
• For the Sharma family
• For the family and friends of Tim Schupann
• For the family and friends of Fran Lee
• For Adriunns at the loss of her friend
• For the family and friends of Rower
• For the family and friends of Ann Christianson
• For the family and friends of Clifford Sweatt
• For the family and friends of Joyce Saeger
• For the family and friends of Tom Grether
• For the family and friends of Gary Bowles
• For the family and friends of Anita Porter
• For the family and friends of Charles
• For the family and friends of Genie Shelton
• For Aunt Patty at the loss of her son
• For the family and friends of Dougie Hartwell
• For the family and friends of John Dankwardt
• For the Jupiter Family
• For the family and friends of Ruby Westbury
• For Liz Roberts at the loss of her mother
• For Sarah Joy and Jason at the loss of baby David

Confidential Prayers

For those prayers that have been shared in confidence, you know the details, Lord. We lift them up to you.

Our Trinity Missionaries

• Wasmund Family in East Asia
• Trump Family in Kenya
• Clausing Family in Tanzania
• Lehman Family in Puerto Rico

Thanksgiving

• Blessings on all those celebrating birthdays and anniversaries!
• Thanks and praise for those whose health has improved.
• Thanks and praise for those who have returned safely from travels.
• Thank you for those who have graciously donated to the ministries of Trinity!
• Thank you for a successful Elderfest!
• Thanks and praise for the guidance and discernment of God!

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. Reach out, listen, connect, and have those hard conversations. Love is first. Love wins.

Additional Prayers

• For world, state, and local leaders in making safe decisions about COVID
• 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
• For all those troubled by depression and broken relationships
• For all those unable to attend church
• For all those serving in our military
• For the current war in Ukraine
• For those who have lost homes due to storms and for those who are homeless

The St. Luke's Concert Series

To view ONLINE concerts, visit St Luke's website for links. Links to watch live.

2022 Stetson Christmas Candlelight Concerts

The 2022 Stetson Christmas Candlelight Concerts will be held November 30-December 3. This is a wonderful concert featuring hundreds of musicians in choirs and orchestra, pipe organ and brass performing beautiful holiday music. The audience is surrounded by singers in historic Lee Chapel sharing beloved Christmas Carols, concluding with Silent Night in candlelight. The concerts will be held in charming DeLand, Florida on Stetson’s beautiful campus (November 30-December 2) and in downtown Orlando (December 3) at the stunning First United Methodist Church-Orlando. The Stetson Online Box Office website offers ticket information:

STETSON SCHOOL OF MUSIC ONLINE TICKET BOX OFFICE:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stetsonuniversityschoolofmusic

For additional inquiries and questions, contact Christina Pyburn at 386-822-8926 or cpyburn@stetson.edu. 

Attendance & Giving

November 19 Sat. in person: 37

November 19 online: 23

November 20 Sun. 10am: 113

November 20 online: N/A