Trinity Weekly News - March 11, 2022

Trinity Weekly

March 11, 2022 Edition

Family Fun Night

Trinity's next Family Fun Night will be held TONIGHT, March 11, from 6:30pm-8:30pm. All ages from young to old are welcome to join in on some fun and games, whether board games or card games. The main event for this evening is a game of bingo with prizes for the winner(s). A dinner of pizza will be provided and a free will offering taken to help with future dinners. Questions? Contact the church office.

Childcare Is Back!

Thanks to Ethan and Claudia Kallesen, Trinity is thrilled to offer childcare for infants through age 4 during Sunday morning worship (8:30am-12:30pm). Childcare will be held in the basement of the church. Questions? Contact the church office.

Easter Crosses

We are now in the Lenten season and Easter is just around the corner, so it is time to find these yard signs and get them out in your yard! Trinity will have a very limited number of these signs available in the narthex on a first come, first serve basis. For more information on how this started or to order a cross for yourself, visit https://eastercross.org/

Easter Sunday Pancake Breakfast

The Easter Pancake Breakfast has returned!!!! On Easter morning, we are thrilled to host a fellowship and food event for the families and friends of Trinity. Everyone is welcome to attend! The Confirmands of present and past, along with the Fellowship/Outreach Ministry Team, will host this year. A breakfast of pancakes, sausage, bacon, orange juice, coffee, and ice water will be served from 7:30am-10:30am Easter morning. A free-will offering will be held to cover the cost of food and to support both Trinity ministries. Please plan to drop by for good food and fellowship!!!

If you have any desire or interest to be on the serving team for this event, please fill out the following form and we will make sure to get you plugged in:

Easter Breakfast Sign Up

Questions? Contact the church office at TLC@TrinityDowntown.com or 407-488-1919.

Thrivent Choice Dollars - Deadline March 31

Each day, organizations across the country are doing incredible things to strengthen communities and change lives. Thrivent clients can support that important work by directing Choice Dollars to any of more than 40,000 enrolled churches and nonprofit organizations. Trinity is enrolled as one of those churches - and would be honored to be selected for your choice designation!! Every dollar counts in supporting the Trinity budget!

By directing Choice Dollars, eligible clients with membership recommend where Thrivent distributes a portion of its charitable funding.
Clients become eligible to direct Choice Dollars based on their insurance premiums and contract values. See Choice Dollars details

Sponsor a Child's Bible

Do you know the purpose statement of Trinity's Child Development Center? We are very, very grateful for what Trinity Downtown is able to provide to local children and families through the CDC. The purpose statement is:

Trinity Lutheran School's Child Development Center

nurtures the development of the whole child

from a core foundation of faith,

preparing them spiritually, academically, socially, and emotionally

in partnership with their family

for future academic success and to lead purpose-filled lives for Christ.

So, in keeping with our purpose, each year Trinity Downtown gives a brand new children's Bible, The Jesus Storybook Bible, to every child who graduates from our four VPK classes. As these children leave our Lutheran child care center and begin Kindergarten at a new school, we send with them, and their families, the best gift we can give - a foundation of faith, nurturing, and the Word of God -- with a note inside that will remind them for years to come of their Trinity Family!

Each Bible is $7 or a case of 20 for $139. Please consider sponsoring one or more Bibles for these children. Checks can be sent to the office or dropped in the offering plate with VPK BIBLES written in the memo line.

Bible Study Schedule

Email TLC@trinitydowntown.com or

call 407-488-1919 for additional details

Mondays at 7pm Online

Immerse Poets

Led by Pastor Doug

No meeting Monday, March 14

Meetings will resume March 21

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84553328165?pwd=QUk4VmlVUHNvRFl2M3V1amt3N2ZwZz09

Tuesdays at 9am in Loggia 3 Women of the Word

Joining Jesus on His Mission by Greg Finke

Led by Terry Boggs

Tuesdays at 9am in Loggia 2 Women's Study

Immerse Messiah

Led by Connie Sobol

Wednesdays at 7pm Online Prayer Meeting

Led by Pastor Doug

Prayer meeting will not be held during the Lenten season.

The next meeting will be held on April 4 at 7pm.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85296877993?pwd=SFZaZGhBWTd0RWI0K3Q3Y0pHQ09Pdz09

Thursdays at 6:30pm

Immerse Chronicles

Led by Julie Lasater

Saturdays at 4:30pm in Loggia 3

Immerse Chronicles

Led by Bob Trapp

Sundays at 10:15am in Loggia 3 Immerse Chronicles

Led by Gregg Yawman

LWML Quilters Update

LWML Quilters are thankful for all the donated material, thread, and crochet cotton which have made it possible to complete our quilts without cost. Over the past 8 years, our group of quilters has gone from 14 members to 6.

We are welcoming any and all Trinity members to join us. The requirements to join are simple: the ability to use a needle and thread and to tie knots.

Meetings are held twice a month from 9:30am-12:30pm the first and third Wednesdays of each month on the second floor of the Magnolia Street Building. Please contact Mary Lou Evanchyk at 407-491-4452 if you have questions or are interested in joining.

Right Now Media

We are so excited to introduce this amazing platform to all of you! As a gift from Trinity Downtown to you, this spiritual development resource, RightNow Media, is now available to you wherever you are! What looks like a Netflix showcase of movies is actually a HUGE library of Bible study videos, Christian author resources, Children and Teen Resources, and so much more. With a downloadable app, RightNow Media is a safe option for the entire family and will help grow your faith. Trinity is dedicated to your spiritual growth and has partnered with RightNow Media to provide this service free of charge to you.

To sign up and create an account, click on the link below:

https://www.rightnowmedia.org/Account/Invite/TrinityDowntown

Or text TRINITYDOWNTOWN to the number 49775 to receive a text with the "Invite Link" to sign up for a free account.

MARCH SERVING SCHEDULE

The serving schedule for March have been updated:

You can also view the schedule on the website at

church.trinitydowntown.com/those-who-serve.

For any specific questions regarding the schedule, please email TLC@TrinityDowntown.com or your volunteer coordinator.

Sunday School for Adults

Sunday School for Children and Students

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

Adult Sunday School: the Immerse: Chronicles study meets in Loggia 3, and Lessons from the Lectionary meets in in Loggia 2
Children's Sunday School for children 4 years through 5th grade will utilize a curriculum published by Kingdom Quest.
Serving this year:
PreK-4 and Kindergarten with Mrs. JoAnne 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 will begin with a study of Paul, co-led by Faith Finger and her father Tom Finger, utilizing Right Now Media video study resources. Youth will meet in the church undercroft (basement) in the Youth Room.

Livestreaming

We're livestreaming Sunday 9am worship every weekend, Saturday 6pm and Sunday 11:15am will be taped and posted after worship. All services are archived on Trinity's website and YouTube page for future viewing. If you need any help finding any services or subscribing to our YouTube channel, please contact the church office at TLC@TrinityDowntown.com.

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.

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!

March 2 Ash Wednesday (12:10pm and 7pm)

March 5 Foundations Class (4:30pm)

March 9 Mid-Week Lent Devotional (12:10pm and 7pm)

March 11 Family Fun Night (6:30pm)

March 12 Foundations Class (4:30pm)

March 13 Voter's Meeting (12:30pm)

March 16 Mid-Week Lent Devotional (12:10pm and 7pm)

March 23 Mid-Week Lent Devotional (12:10pm and 7pm)

March 30 Mid-Week Lent Devotional (12:10pm and 7pm)

April 4 Online Prayer Meeting (7pm)

April 6 Mid-Week Lent Devotional (12:10pm and 7pm)

April 14 Maundy Thursday (12:10pm and 7pm)

April 15 Good Friday (12:10pm and 7pm)

April 16 Easter Vigil (6pm)

April 17 Easter Sunday (6:30am, 9am and 10:30am)

Monthly Trinity Calendars

A limited number of copies of the monthly Trinity calendar can be accessed in the narthex beginning this week, or can be viewed and printed by clicking on the link below:

March Calendar

Questions? Contact the church office at TLC@TrinityDowntown.com

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

Rachel C., Jan F., Kurt, Bruce S, Rick B., Andy S., Karl S., Sandy A., Mary B, Mike R., Rev. Robert Besalski, Danny B., Doug H., Linda B., Hank S., Sara R., Nancy K., Penn M., Trevor S., Jay Z., Bob K., JC S., David K., Kim, Paul, Corrie H., JoAnn, Melissa

Health Concerns

Hazel, Chuck, John L., Arlene, Jim, Carl, Mary F., Bud P., Rex W., Naomi and Tony, Shane K., Gary B., Shirley S.

Surgery and Recovery/Recently Hospitalized

Marna, William G., Peg T., John L.

Other Needs

Jasmine
Carl and Thelma
Shireen
Person and Coleman families
Joe R. and family
Jon and Dan

Peace and Comfort

For Pam and her family
For the Middleton family
For the Gabriel family
For the Holmes family
For the Logan family
For the Hernandez family
For Stef
For the family and friends of Christopher Watson
For the Schroeder family
For the Fournier family
For the Deleshaw family
For the Maxwell family
For the family and friends of Ann Corbett
For the family and friends of Grace Lyons
For the family and friends of Jeff Folmer
For the Medina family
For the family and friends of David Morgan
For the family and friends of Master Deputy Rogan Tate
For the family and friends of Lynn Schroeder
For the family of Rita Smith
For the family and friends of Gary
For the family and friends of Chris Leiffer
For the family of Terry Boggs who lost her sister-in-law

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 Spain

Thanksgiving

Blessings on all those celebrating birthdays and anniversaries!
Thanks for Trinity's wonderful choir.
Thanks for Pastor Doug and Tim Norris doing such a beautiful job leading the children in confirmation.
Thanks for Ethan and Claudia for leading the Trinity childcare.
Prayers of thanks for the healing of Jaz Z.

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 suffering with COVID - especially the CDC families and staff
For all those unable to attend church
For all those serving in our military
For the current war in Ukraine

Community News

The St. Luke's Concert Series

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

The Wind Symphony of Concordia University Chicago is coming to Florida for their Spring Tour March 4-12 and will be performing at the following times: