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“Just Eating” Wednesday VBS Curriculum

Lenten Study Soup & Worship Chosen

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April 2019

TrinityVictorville.org

Easter Vigil - Saturday, April 20th

Starts with

Lighting of the Fire

at 6:30

Baptisms & Welcome

of New Members!

A Joyous

Celebration

of

Holy Communion!

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Staff

Pastor Matthew Anderson [email protected] Office Administrator Jessica Santiago

[email protected] Director of Music Leslie Gullett [email protected] Choir Director DiAne Gillespie [email protected] Bookkeeper Becky Milburn [email protected] Nursery Attendant Debra Japs [email protected] Custodian Michael Santiago [email protected]

Leadership Executive Council

Congregation President John Lenhardt Worship [email protected] Vice President Ray Wolf Property [email protected] Treasurer Fred Nelsen Stewardship [email protected] Secretary Connie Johnson Evangelism [email protected]

Council Members at Large (and their ministry team assignments)

Skip Becker - Service Jesse Maust - Evangelism Solveig McArthur - Fellowship Brianne Pituley - Stewardship Edward Wehrle - at large Rebecca Wehrle - Christian Education

Trinity Church Council members can be identified by their blue name tags. These individuals, along with ushers, are good people to consult with if an issue arises on a Sunday morning.

In Need of Prayer New prayers for: David Harris, for ongoing health concerns. Linda DeWald, for healing of her vocal chords.

Continuing prayers for: Sylvia Brooks, Violet Canales, Bea Carter, Marilyn Cresser, Larry Dunn, Sue Frohner, Phyllis Griffith, Marj Haugen-Hamel, Shirley Hawley, Judy Johnson, Bill & Vicki Keller, Carol Kruse, Cathianne Lang, Valerie Moreno, Donna Perry, Pearl Rohrer, Jimmy Rynders, Raul Vellanoweth, Steve Wendlandt, Tony Wehrle, Bob Williams.

For our members serving in the military: Matthew Nelsen, Galen Sanchez, Courtney Weed, Kyle Weed.

Please note: we only list members on this published prayer list. There is also a prayer chain with updates distributed by email and phone, to which anyone, member or non-member may be added. Please use the tear-off form on Sundays or contact Shirley Songer or the church office to add prayers for your loved one.

Help us keep the prayer list up-to-date… Of course we can always use prayer, but if the need that put you on the list is no longer pressing or ongoing, please let the office know so we can remove your name. Thank you!

If you would like to receive prayer updates by email, please

Nominating Committee Meeting Soon

This year’s Nominating Committee will

soon be meeting in order to nominate candi-

dates for council and officer elections at the

June congregational meeting. If you are interest-

ed in potentially filling one of these positions,

please contact Connie Johnson.

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Spring Cleaning!! April 13 Join up as Trinity members pitch in with our community to

be a part of the Victorville City Wide Clean Up Day on Saturday,

April 13th from 9:00 to 11:00. We will meet in the parking lot,

get our ‘grabbers,’ gloves, and water before dividing into teams

to clean up our neighborhood. Fill in the waiver at the link below

by April 1st to get a free T-Shirt for your participation. (or easier

to ‘Google’ Victorville Community Clean Up and use the link to

sign up page)

http://www.123formbuilder.com/form-4357883/april-2019-community-cleanupl

But you are welcome to join us on April 13th even if you haven’t signed up ahead of time. This

is a great opportunity to share our Trinity spirit with the surrounding community!

TRINITY CHURCH PICNIC Please mark your calendars... On Sunday, April 28th, Trinity members will gather at Do-ris Davies Park, on Pebble Beach Drive in Victorville, for a church picnic. Hosted by the Ser-vice and Fellowship Teams, the picnic is planned to address all three parts of our Trinity Mis-sion Statement. “Marked with cross of Christ we are called to love, serve, and celebrate Christ, our community, and one another”. Current plans call for conducting the 8:15 worship service at Trinity, after which folks will gather at the park. The second service will take place there at 10:30. After the service, we will eat lunch, enjoy fellowship with each other, and participate in games or other activi-ties. We won’t be doing trash pick-up this year; another service project is in the planning stages. Last year’s picnic was a great success. The weather was perfect for a Sunday service on the grass. Please stay tuned for more information as plans are finalized, for food items you might be invited to provide, as well as directions to the park.

Holy Week and Easter Make sure you have these dates reserved on your calendar to join us for these most central

days of the church year! April 3 & April 10: Wed. Lent Services

Dinner at 6, Worship at 7

April 14: Palm + Passion Sunday

8:15 & 10:30

Holy Week

April 18: Maundy Thursday—7pm

April 19: Good Friday—noon & 7pm

April 20: Easter Vigil—6:30pm

April 21: Easter Sunday—8:15 & 10:30

Upcoming Events

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“Who Is My Neighbor?” VBS VBS planning is off and running, but don’t worry if

you missed the first meeting, we have another one

around the corner on Monday, April 8th at 6:00pm. Our

theme this year is “Who Is My Neighbor?” and is sched-

uled for June 17-21.

Jesus makes clear that “neighbor” is a radically

new relationship made possible by God’s reconciling

grace. To be a neighbor is to be in relationship with the

people God places in our midst, to both serve and be

served by them. Participants will explore what this

means by learning about neighbors in six parts of the

globe over the five days.

If you would like to volunteer, please complete the

volunteer form on the shelf in the entryway and place it

Rebecca Wehrle’s box in the conference room; or talk

with Rebecca Wehrle, Solveig McArthur, or Larry Dunn

for more information. Take a look at the general areas of VBS below and let us know 2-3 in

which you would be interested in serving!

In faith, we are invited to walk with, work with and learn from one another in love, ap-

preciating all the gifts our neighbors share with us and all the gifts we can share with them.

We hope you’ll share your gifts at VBS this year!

Registration: Receive registration forms from attendees, form groups, and coordinate check-

in each day of VBS.

Decorations: Oversee the effort to create a festive atmosphere to go with this year’s theme.

Opening/Music: Assist Becky Anderson in choreographing and leading music each day, or

work with Pastor Matt to put together skits.

Crafts: Plan, prepare, and lead crafts each day, securing or providing list of needed supplies.

Snack: Plan, prepare, and distribute snack each day, ensuring special dietary needs are met.

Games: Choose and prepare games for each day, securing or providing list of needed items.

Mission Project: Tell the kids about neighbors in a different part of the world each day, teach-

ing them how their offerings will help others.

Nursery: Assist Miss Debbie in leading a group of preschoolers in experiencing the different

activities “around the neighborhood” of VBS!

Group/Family Leaders: Help lead a group of awesome kids from station to station at VBS,

and lead them during “family time.”

Christian Education


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 9:30am Dorcas Quilting 5:00pm Confirmation & Sr. High 6:15pm Service Team meeting

2 10:00am Bible Study 11:40am Prayer Group 6:30pm Executive Team meeting

3 10:00am CHAN HEAL (healthy eating active living) class

4 6:00pm Bell Choir rehearsal

5

6 9:30am Widowed Per-son’s meeting

7 8:15am Worship 9:30 Sunday School & Adult Ed 10:30am Worship

8 6:00pm VBS Planning 6:30pm Worship Team meeting

9 10:00am Bible Study 11:40am Prayer Group 5:30pm Stewardship Team meeting 6:30pm Property Team meeting

10 10:00am CHAN HEAL (healthy eating active living) class 1:00pm Silver Lakes Women’s Bible Study 6:00pm Soup Supper 7:00pm Worship

11 10:00am Cx3 meeting

12

13 9:30am Widowed Per-son’s meeting 10:00am Altar Guild


15

9:30am Dorcas Quilting 5:00pm Confirmation & Sr. High

16

10:00am Bible Study 11:40am Prayer Group 6:30pm Congregation Council meeting

17 10:00am CHAN HEAL (healthy eating active living) class 6:00pm Women’s Bible Study

18 Maundy Thursday 1:30pm Thursday Women’s Bible Study at Trinity 6:00pm Bell Choir rehearsal 7:00pm Worship

19 Good Friday 12:00pm Worship 7:00pm Worship

20 Easter Vigil

7:30am Men’s Break-fast at Trinity 10:00am Eggstrava Ganza 6:30pm Worship


22 Office Closed

23 10:00am Bible Study 11:40am Prayer Group

24 10:00am CHAN HEAL (healthy eating active living) class 6:00pm Women’s Bible Study

25 1:30pm Thursday Women’s Bible Study at Trinity 6:00pm Bell Choir rehearsal

26

27 9:30am Widowed Per-son’s meeting

28 8:15am Worship 9:30 Sunday School & Adult Ed 10:30am Worship service in the park

29 5:00pm Confirmation & Sr. High

30 10:00am Bible Study 11:40am Prayer Group

April Newsletter Deadline is

Wednesday, April 20 @ 8:30am.

Please submit articles to:

[email protected]

April


Schedule for April 2019

COFFEE SERVERS:

If you are unable to

serve coffee on your

appointed Sunday,

and cannot find a re-

placement, please no-

tify the church office.

Coffee

Apr. 7 -

Apr. 14 -

Apr. 21 -

Apr. 28 -

Counters

Apr. 8 - Kelly & Kara Apr. 15 - Joy & Gayla Apr. 22 - Solveig & Rebecca

Apr. 29 - Solveig & Kelly

Contact Person: Kelly Nelsen

Altar Guild

Setting the Table : Sue Tyler Clearing the Table: Debra Henson

Flowers

Apr. 7 -

Apr. 14 - Dean Zemlicka

Apr. 21 - Gary & Kathy Cochran

Apr. 28 -

Altar arrangements can be purchased to

commemorate your special day. See chart

on entryway bulletin board for available

dates.

Cost of arrangement: $35.00

Please mark envelope/check “Altar Flowers” and place it in the offering plate.

Date &

Time

Ushers Lectors Greeters Communion

Assistants

Acolytes

Apr. 7 8:15 L. Dunn S. Tyler K. Salcido E. Wehrle open

10:30 M. Canales Connie Johnson J. Hansen R. Wolf/ E. Amundson Gillian O’Brien

Apr. 10 7:00 R. Wolf

Apr. 14 8:15 R. Vellanoweth M. Sharik A. & J. Andrews D. Hook/B. Latham Savannah Lang

10:30 R. Wolf E. Wehrle Connie Johnson S. McArthur/ S. Tyler Rachel Wehrle

Apr. 18 7:00 L. Heinz P. Ritschel P. Ritschel/J. Lenhardt/

M. Sharik

Addison O’Brien

Apr. 19 noon J & K Lenhardt D. & S. Songor

7:00 J. Rude/ M. Sharik K. & M. Dale

Apr. 20 6:30 K. Lenhardt, E. Amund-

son, J. Rude, Youth,

Connie Johnson

D. Henson

K. Salcido

L. Heinz/G. Becker Rachel Wehrle

Landon Lang

Apr. 21 8:15 R. Warner K. Cochran U. Edwards J. Lenhardt Landon Lang

10:30 J. Maust J. Hansen Connie Johnson E. Amundson/ R. Wolf Jaclyn Ebeling

Apr. 28 8:15

10:30

T. Ebeling

M. Canales

M. Dale

J. Maust

B. & R. Latham

V. Canales

A. Andrews/ K. Cochran

Connie Johnson/J. Hansen

Open

Edward Wehrle

May 5 8:15 L. Dunn S. Tyler J & J Harrison J. Rude open

10:30 R. Vellanoweth R. Wolf J. Hansen E. Amundson/C. Johnson Noah Celie

Could you volunteer to help with newsletter collation 1 morning per month for about an hour? The collation team usually meets the 4th Wednesday of the month, at 9:30am, to prepare the Trinity Tidings for mailing. If you are interest-

ed in being a part of this team, please call the church office at 760-245-3225.


Last year’s Craffle raised significant funds to send kids to camp, so now is the time

for Trinity families to look at the camp schedule to see when they might want to go! The op-

portunities and schedule are available at LRCC’s brand new website at LRCChome.com.

Click on the “Summer” tab to see all the ways to go to camp, from the mountains of El

Camino Pines to the farm at Luther Glen to the beach in San Diego! Choose what best suits

your child and family, and then talk to Pastor Matt before or after you sign up in order to ob-

tain the scholarship funds.

LRCC provides sanctuaries in time and space where Christ can be encountered, faith

renewed and the joy of community discovered. The Lutheran outdoor ministry supplements

congregational recreational outdoor ministry and camping for all ages and offers refreshing,

faith-enriching retreat experiences by creating dynamic Christian community, rewarding edu-

cational opportunities and outdoor relaxation from the routine and hectic pace of life.

This summer, the theme will be 'Heroes of Faith,' an exploration into the women and

men in the Bible who were models of courage, faith and love! The theme verse is Joshua

1:9 , "This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For

the Lord, your God is with you wherever you go.” We're calling all current and future Heroes

of Faith... come to camp this summer!

Camp Scholarships Available!


Youth Newz EASTER BREAKFAST – Sunday April 21st, according to this youth worker volunteer you have to “Be There or Be Square”! The kids will be serving up pancakes, juice, muffins, fruit and cof-fee. And back by popular demand, sausages!!!!!

We will start serving at 8:30 am, and the last pancake will be flipped at about 10:30 am.

Donations are appreciated to help raise funds for Youth programs and summer camping pro-grams.

WORLD HUNGER – Our youth raised $700 to go to world hunger. Thank you, Jaclyn and Rachel! I would like to thank all of those that helped by contributing. We are a very generous church!

God’s Peace, Eric Amundson

April Events

Monday, April 1st - 5 pm –Confirmation/Sr. High Monday, April 15th - 5 pm – Confirmation/Sr. High Monday, April 29th - 5 pm – Confirmation/Sr. High

April Acolyte Schedule

Apr. 7 8:15 - open 10:30 - Gillian O’ Brien Apr. 14 8:15 - Savannah Lang 10:30 - Rachel Wehrle Apr. 21 8:15 - Landon Lang 10:30 - Jaclyn Ebeling Apr. 28 8:15 - Open 10:30 - Edward Wehrle May 5 8:15 - open 10:30 - Noah Celie

Women’s Bible Studies The Women’s bible study groups meeting in Silver Lakes on the second Wednesday at

1:00 in the home of Judy Gusdal and at Trinity at 1:30 pm on the third Thursday will be con-

cluding our study of The Gospel of John.

In April: Through our study, we encounter the risen Christ through His appearances to

Mary Magdalene, Peter, the Beloved Disciple, and Thomas. We reflect on how the risen Christ

remains present among us, blessing us and inviting us to come and see Him and to live in His

name.

All women are welcome to attend - bring a friend - for fellowship and Bible study.

Men’s Breakfast Meets on 3rd Saturday Men’s Breakfast continues to meet in Trinity’s Fellowship Hall at 7:30 a.m. on the third

Saturday of the month. For April, that means you should mark your calendar for April 20!

We’ve recently begun reading through the book of Acts together, following a delicious break-

fast cooked by Pastor Matt and friends. Hope you can join us!

Tuesday Bible Study: Isaiah with Pastor Matt This year’s study of the earliest Hebrew prophets has taken us into the first half of the

book of Isaiah. There are so many connection in this dynamic book both to our culture today

and to our Christian faith. Come discover God’s Word with us! Meets at 10:00 a.m. each Tues-

day.


Share an initiation to worship

Hey! Members of the Evangelism ministry team! Yes, that’s all of us, sharing the love of Jesus, the joy of worship, and the warm embrace of our Trinity Church family. Last month’s article in this series shared research findings: Nearly 70 percent of Americans said an invitation to worship from a friend or family member would be effective in getting them to visit a church (Source: Christianity Today) The weeks ahead are such a meaningful time of the church year and offer many op-portunities for invitations. Bring someone to enjoy Lenten Soup Supper and the moving Holden Evening Prayer service on Wednesday evenings. Do clip the invitations below, carry them in your wallet, and make it a goal to hand them out. Share with someone you know or happen to meet. Don’t be shy or hesitant, invite someone to worship, all you evangelists!

Holy Week Services

April 14, Palm Sunday 8:15 & 10:30

April 18, Maundy Thursday 7:00 pm

April 19, Good Friday Noon & 7:00 pm

April 20, Easter Vigil 6:30 pm

April 21, Easter Sunday

8:15 & 10:30 Services

9:30 Breakfast 10:00 Egg Hunt

Holy Week Services






8:15 & 10:30 Services

9:30 Breakfast 10:00 Egg Hunt


Holy Week Services






8:15 & 10:30 Services

9:30 Breakfast 10:00 Egg


Financial Summary

February 2019 Actual Budget

Income: $ 23,019.75 $ 26,187.17

A Note from the Stewardship Team

This past Sunday, March 17, our offering prayer was the following:

Generous God, You feed us with the harvest of the land, and You provide for our every

need. Receive our gifts of money, imagination, and labour and transform them into a

feast that welcomes all, in Jesus Christ, our host and our guest.

We can take these commitments our Lord makes to us and the requests we make

of our Lord and translate them to our daily lives as Christians and members of the Trinity

Family. We can use our gifts to make Trinity a welcoming and generous place for all.

And, in fact, that’s what we’ve been doing with the Needs Assessment we’ve been

going through. We’ve come together as a Faith Family to determine how to best move

forward in providing a facility that will better meet the needs of our Trinity Family and of

the larger community. The next steps are to 1) propose solutions to the problems we’ve

identified, (imagination) 2) determine which solutions are practical and affordable, and

3) put our combined money and labour into making them reality. So, let’s work together

and put our time, talents, and money into making Trinity the best it can be.

Serving in Christ,

Brianne Pituley

Stewardship Team Lead

Ministry Support


What is to be done? Our congregations are growing older and smaller. At least 40 percent of our congregations have an average weekly worship attendance of 50 or less. ELCA membership decreases by 70,000 people a year, or roughly the loss of a synod per year. Clergy retirements outnumber new candi-dates for ministry. Financial pressures and building maintenance create stress. There is a dearth of people in their 20s and 30s in our pews. How do we change this? How do we reverse the trends?

These are anxious questions that come from anxious people across this church. We aren’t the only ones ask-ing them—just about every mainline denomination, including the non-Latino population of the Roman Catho-lic Church, is in the same boat. Even some megachurches are showing signs of plateau or decline. And this is not exclusive to the Christian community. I once attended a national conference of Muslims where one workshop was titled “Un-Mosqued to Mosqued: How to Get the Young Muslim Back to the Masjid.”

Some now see the decline of the church in general, and the ELCA in particular, as inevitable. The response can be to turn our churches into bunkers with our congregations sheltering within the walls or to try every new program that breathlessly promises to attract people to our congregations. Neither is an effective or faithful long-term strategy.

I think we are asking the wrong questions.

The questions we are asking have to do about us: “What can we do?” They express loss and grief and fear—loss and grief for what we were and fear about what we will become. Not only do these questions not lead to productive answers, they also don’t point to hope. It’s as if the church’s one foundation rests on us and our efforts.

I think we need to ask: “What is God up to?”

It’s clear to me that we are living in a time of transition, especially for the Western church. I don’t know how long this transition will last nor do I have a clear vision of what the church is becoming.

The good news is that you and I don’t have to have a clear vision because God does. “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:18-19). These words of hope were spoken to the Jews who were stuck in exile. They had lost their land, their temple and their king—the pillars of their identity. Likewise, the church has lost social status and relevance in 21st-century American culture.

For Israel and the church this would be a hopeless situation, except that God is faithful. When the Lord ad-monished, “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old,” this wasn’t a command to for-get God’s past saving work, but to believe that God was still acting. This is true for us today. When we stop asking what we can do to fix the church and start asking what God is up to, we open ourselves up to the life-giving promise of God’s future.

Then we are also open to more questions: How is the Spirit reshaping the church? How will Christ use us as Christ’s living body in the world?

If we want to attract people to our congregations to rebuild a memory, God will not bless our efforts. But if we—grabbed by the Spirit in baptism, changed by the word, intimately and lovingly connected to Jesus and each other in communion, and set free by grace to serve the neighbor—invite all people into true life, then we shall become part of the answer.

This takes attention and devotion. Worship, prayer, Scripture study, generosity and service—not in order to save the church, but in response to the new life God has given us in Christ.

Bishop Eaton

WHAT IS GOD UP TO?

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Quilts and Care Kits

Reach Families in Georgia

In 2018 alone, more than 47,500 LWR Mission Quilts, Personal Care Kits, School Kits and Baby Care Kits reached families in the country of Georgia. Families here struggle with high levels of unemployment and have endured periods of violent conflict since the country established independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Your gifts are welcomed comfort to families living in poverty, including those who have had to flee from their homes and reestablish their lives elsewhere in the country due to past conflict between Georgia and Russia. Our partner, the Union of Investments in Humanitarian Projects — knowns as UHIP — distributes the quilts and kits in Georgia. They deliver these valuable gifts through soup kitchens, elderly care centers and schools that serve children with special needs. Irakli Saralidze, program manager at UHIP, shared that “Commodities like quilts can be hard to find locally, and all of these people are very poor, so this support really helps them save money to cover their immediate needs.” And knowing every quilt is handmade by caring people thousands of miles away in the U.S. makes the gift even more meaningful. “We are so grateful [for your] collaboration that allows us to reach vulnerable people in Geor-gia,” says Irakli. Thank you for your gifts and love that make this ministry possible!

16138 Molino Drive

Victorville, CA 92392

Worship with Us

Phone: 760-245-3225

Fax: 760-951-8605

office hours: M-TH 9am-1pm

email: [email protected]

Marked with the Cross of Christ,

We Love, Celebrate, Serve

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Sunday Schedule 8:15am - Classic Worship

9:30am - Sunday School & Adult Discussion 10:30am - Celebration Worship

Lenten Midweek Schedule (Wednesdays)

April 3 & April 10 6:00pm - Soup Supper

7:00pm - Worship w/Holden Evening Prayer

Holy Week Schedule April 18 - Maundy Thursday

7:00pm - Worship April 19 - Good Friday

12:00pm & 7:00pm - Worship April 20 - Easter Vigil

10:00am-3:00pm - Eggstravaganza 6:30pm - Worship

Nursery care will be available for all Holy Week services except noon on Good Friday

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