the trinity lutheran...2016/04/04 · broveak. paul began his work at trinity on january 1, 2001....

Volume 72

Issue 5

April 2016

COME WORSHIP WITH OUR

TRINITY FAMILY

Sunday Morning Worship

Traditional Service

9:00 a.m.

Coffee Fellowship/

Education Hour

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Praise Service

11:00 a.m.

Inside this issue:

Note of Appreciation 2

Membership Class 2

Men’s Ministry 2

Appreciation Brunch 3

VBS 3

Sunday School News 3

Mission News 4

Altar Guild Schedule 4

Women’s Page 5

Mug’N Muffin 5

April Calendar 6

Prayers/Church Family 7

Thank Yous 7

Finance Page 8

Did You Know? 8

Just For Kids 9

The Trinity Lutheran Gathering in Faith, Living in Hope, Serving in Love

. . . Blown by the Spirit

BEST WISHES TO JANITOR PAUL!

FAREWELL RECEPTION - SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 10:00-11:00

Rumor has it that May 1 is the official retirement date for our janitor, Paul Broveak. Paul began his work at Trinity on January 1, 2001.

Over these past 16 years, Trinity has been very fortunate to have his attentive care and dedication to the many tasks at hand. All who enter have been greeted by his sparkling floors and his ever-present grin! In addition to the diligent clean-ing of our church building, Paul has also lent his mechanical skills to the never-ending list of repairs.

We are very thankful for his many years of service and friendship. A reception to honor him will be held in-between services on Sunday, April 17, so please plan to come down to the fellowship hall either before or after you worship that Sunday morning and help us give Paul a loving send off as he begins his retire-ment years. We’re sure he will find time to play a little more golf this summer.

There will be a basket for cards/gifts to allow you to express your appreciation for Paul’s 16 years of faithful service to Trinity. If you cannot attend the reception, you can also mail cards/gifts to his address:

319 S. 17th Street

P.O. Box 202

Dakota City, NE 68731

WE WELCOME NEW JANITOR STAFF

As of May 2, we will welcome Johnny Hansen as our new janitor. Johnny will be the primary janitor and he will also have the help of his mother, Jodi Pfiel, along with his Aunt Lori. They come with lots of experience in both residential and commercial cleaning. Jodi and Lori have been in the business for over 20 years.

Johnny will be working two days a week, Monday & Friday, maybe a little more as he gets acquainted with the building, etc., so if anyone needs him to do something specific, such as table setup, that needs to be communicated to the office staff ahead of time.

It will take a little time to get use to not having someone here every day, but we are sure the building will be taken care of in a professional manner and everyone will be happy with the results.

We look forward to having them as part of Trinity’s ministry!

Many of the volunteers are listed in the THANK YOU section of this newsletter, but there were many oth-ers who also served in one way or another to make sure everything ran smoothly. When you open your heart to serve God, beautiful things hap-pen, and if you attended any of our services these past few weeks, you know that the Spirit of the Lord was moving here at Trinity.

God’s blessings to you all this Easter season!

After a busy Lenten season and our beautiful Easter services, Pastor Paul is taking a week off to relax and work on his golf game.

Our hearts are filled with thanksgiv-ing for our wonderful members who stepped up these past couple weeks to volunteer their gifts in so many different ways.

Pastor would like to express his thankfulness to all who contributed to making Lent, Holy Week and Easter a moving expression of God's love for the world through their use of their talents and in gathering as the people of God.

A Note of Appreciation

The Trinity Lutheran - April 2016

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN

BECOMING A TRINITY MEMBER?

Pastor Paul is planning to have a New Mem-ber Class on Sunday, April 10, from 12:15 to 2:15 for anyone interested in joining our Trinity family.

Please contact the church office at 258-0519 or Pastor Paul if you would like to attend this class.

BEGINS SATURDAY, APRIL 9

AT TRINITY YOU are invited to the first gathering of Trinity men on Saturday, April 9, at 9:00 a.m.

You will meet in the Gathering Grounds for breakfast and fellowship. Come and get acquainted with one another and you will decide together where your group will go from there.

Contact Kevin Linder or John Den Beste if you have ques-tions.

JOIN US FOR GOOD FOOD & FELLOWSHIP!


WEDNESDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE Beginning April 6

5:15-6:15 Chancel Choir (High School/Adults) 6:00-7:30 Confirmation 6:15-7:15 Handbell Choir (H.S./Adults) 7:15-8:00 Praise Team

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

STEPPING STONE 5

LIVIN’ FORGIVEN

BLESSING SERVICE

A Blessing Service for the 3rd graders and their par-ents who completed the 3-week Stepping Stone 5 classes was held on Sunday, March 13, during our worship services.

Those receiving their First Communion were:

Karson Damrau Ben Kleber Michael Daniels Ronnie Vedin Anika Helseth-Bryant Lance Weerheim

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

GEAR UP FOR A WEEK OF ADVENTURE THIS SUMMER!

TRINITY’S 2016

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL JUNE 6-10

SUNDAY MORNING CLASS SCHEDULE

10:00 Cherub Choir (3 yrs. old to Kindergarten) Amen/Chime Choirs (1st-5th grades) 10:15 Sunday School for youth age 3 thru Middle School Adult/High School Sunday School Adult/High School Sunday School features fresh coffee, tasty doughnuts and friendly discussion. We will be finishing Paul’s letter to the Corinthians in-between services.

The coffee is hot and the donuts are yummy! Come and join us!

PRESENTATION OF BIBLES

TO 3RD GRADERS

Six of our 3rd graders and their families completed an 8-week ses-sion of Stepping Stone 4 earlier this year and their Bibles were pre-sented to them on Sunday, February 28:

Michael Daniels Karina De los Santos

Karson Damrau Anike Helseth-Bryant

Audiana De los Santos Lance Weerheim

God’s blessings on this new gift of God’s Word in their lives.

ALL TRINITY MEMBERS are invited

to a special Appreciation Breakfast on

Sunday, May 15 from 10:00-11:00

We would like to THANK YOU for your sup-port of all of our dinners and fund-raisers, for volunteering your time and talents to our youth programs and other ministries throughout this past year.

Join us for a FREE pancake breakfast as a way of showing our appreciation.


DOLLAR SUNDAY/FOOD CART SUNDAY - APRIL 3 Don’t forget to bring your $1 on Sunday, April 3, for our Dollar Sunday donation to the neighborhood dinner in December. We reached our $1,000 goal for the December 2015 Neighborhood Christmas Dinner, where we fed around 450 people. The cost of the dinner has increased, so we have increased our goal to $1,500+ this year. We appreciate your donations each month to help make this dinner pos-sible for our neighbors.

The Mission Committee has been very busy working on several projects:

Soles for Souls is a very productive project. Our congregation has donated 863 pairs of shoes to the organization to be refurbished and distributed to people in need. Thanks to Jeri and Russ Snyder for transporting the shoes.

Food Cart - Please remember to bring nonperishable food items for our Food Cart, which will be donated to Midtown Family Community Center.

Back Door Ministry - Please donate to this fund when you can. Donations are given to The Micah Project to be used in assisting people with a variety of needs.

WARMING SHELTER, located at 703 West 5th Street, is a temporary emergency shelter during the winter months for those who are homeless. Trinity is aware of their need for food and other supplies and has started a fund for these needs. If you would like to donate to The Warming Shelter, you can mark your donation as such and you will be given credit on your envelope number. For more information on how you can volunteer in other ways, please contact Pastor Paul, who is on their board, or Joe Twidwell at 712-253-9273.

The Mission Committee is always looking for new members to join us. Please contact Jane at church or any of the Mis-sion Committee members if you are interested. We’d love to have you join us.

Trinity has 5 confirmation youth registered to attend Confirmation Camps in June and July this summer at Lutheran Lakeside Camp.

Trinity pays half of their camp fees, which amounts to $192.50.

Two of our youth are attending LEGO Robotics Camp; one will be attending Jr. Tree-houses Camp and two are attending Sailing Camp this summer. Trinity pays $100 toward each of their camp fees.

We are grateful to have funds in our camp scholarship fund in which to help these young people attend camp. Please remember to donate to this fund throughout the year, so we can continue to help our families send their kids to camp. We pray that they have a fun time at camp, but also that they will grow spiritually during that week, drawing closer to our great God.

ALTAR GUILD SCHEDULE FOR APRIL

Thank you to Tom & Karla Lohry for donating the communion wine that is used each week.

Pew Duty Comm. Setup Fill Cups Altar Linens Polishing

Jane O. Bev Anfinson Bev A. Gail Anfinson

Need

Volunteers

Pew Duty Comm. Setup Fill Cups Altar Linens Polishing

Jane O. Bev Anfinson Bev A. Gail Anfinson

Need

Volunteers

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RECENTLY HOSPITALIZED: Lawrence Gerling, Nita Larsen, Doug Tobin

REMEMBER THESE IN PRAYER . . . (Each week we pray daily for the members and friends of Trinity) 04/03 - Betty Kragthorpe; Wayne Kroger; Larry Kukuk; Tori Emmons & James Kyle and Kiyra; Rod & Regina Lantz and Michael & Brookelyn 04/10 - Gayleen Lara and Andy; Jeanetta “Nita” Larsen; Don & Barbara Lehmann; Julie Lehmann; Barb Lewis 04/17 - Kevin & Amy Linder and Ryleigh & Nick; Tom & Denise Lingscheit and Kate & Tate; Patsy Loftus; Tom & Karla Lohry and Andy & Alex; John & Shirley Luebke and Michael 04/24 - Brian Luther; Hann & Phay Ly and family; Allisyn Madsen and Samantha; George & Muggs Madsen; Diane Mandicino

Call Jane in the church office if you would like Trinity’s Prayer Partners to pray for you or a loved one.

To everyone who provided soup, bars or bread for our Lenten suppers, and to those who joined us for supper to help support our youth.

To Christy Clark for directing the Palm Sunday drama and those who participated in the drama: Nick Schnell, Shawn Olorundami, John Den Beste,

Kevin Clark, Rollin Nemitz and Kevin Linder. It was amazing!

To all directors and members of our music groups at Trinity who enhanced our Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter Services: Chancel Choir, Hand-bell Choir; Easter Band, and Praise Team.

To the 12 Disciples who portrayed the Last Supper during our combined Maundy Thursday/Good Friday service: David Carlson, narrator, Bill We-ber, Jim Sorvaag, Dan Holzrichter, John Den Beste, Jeff Olorundami, Jim Jensen, Shawn Olorundami, Adam Amick-Sorvaag, David Young, Nick Schnell, Kevin Clark, Kevin Linder, Lee Goodwin and Bill Burrack. And, to Amy Linder, who wrote the beautiful song, Is It Me?, which the disciples sang. It was a very moving drama.

To those who read during the Good Friday portion of the combined service: Ardella Doerr, John Patterson, Jenice Suggitt, Jim Jensen, Dave Carlson, Jamie Meehan, Barb Stansbury, Deb Martin, Kerry Patterson, Elijah Davis, Taylor Heinke, Connie Sunderman, Nick Schnell and Christy Clark. Also to our acolytes who assisted during the service, Sawyer Wilde and Hannah Meehan.

To our youth and their parents who served the Easter brunch in-between services. The rolls were very yummy!

To everyone who decorated the sanctuary for Easter and to those who pur-chased the beautiful lilies, which are always the best part of the Easter decorations.

Madison Jane Vakulskas, born to Dan & Nikki Vakulskas, on December 16, 2015, was bap-tized on Sunday, March 6. Her sponsors are Brian Vakulskas and Katherine Wheeler.

We welcome Madison into the family of God and into our Trinity family.

OUR SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO:

Kathy Fischer, on the death of her daughter, Sandra Davis.

We pray for God’s continued comfort and peace for you and your family as you grieve the loss of your loved one.

PRAYER CONCERNS Bobbie Myers - health problems David Berg - recovery from stroke Cora Hesse - health problems Barb Bobier - receiving treatments Karen Molstad - health problems Bill Van Osdel - cancer treatments Lawrence Gerling - health problems Gordon & Ella Swanson - health problems Leslie Walker - cancer treatments Crystal Finchum - personal Maxine Durig - health concerns Stan Swanson - health problems


Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Financial Overview

February 2016

Net February 2016 Operating Income/(Loss): ($3,762.64) February 2016 Gross Operating Income = $11,563.18

February 2016 Operating Expense = $14,975.82

Cash in the checking account as of 2/29/2016 = $6,315.99

Current Assets as of 2/29/2016 = $161,468.32, of which $155,152.33 is of restricted use. (“Current Assets” total is comprised of checking ac-count, savings account(s), certificates of deposit and restricted funds).

Balance of Thrivent Loan = $143,490.51 and is due in 2025. The current monthly payment is $1,721. Monthly payments are made by electronic withdrawal from a savings account that has a balance as of 2/29/2016 of $8,750.22.

Notes:

1. Giving to the General Fund for the month of February is more than the same period for last year by $940.97.

2. Operating expenses for the same period are under budget by $994.72, and under for the same period last year by $3,215.56..

Please feel free to contact me at (712) 204-6322 or at [email protected] with any questions, comments, or concerns. Itemized financial records are available for review at any time.

Respectfully submitted,

James Jensen, Treasurer

February Attendance/Offerings Feb. 7 236* $ 4,062.63

Feb. 14 217** $ 2,784.79

Feb. 21 163** $ 2,152.76

Feb. 28 196** $ 1,898.00

$10,898.18

Lenten Offering $ 315.00

SDAC Rent $ 350.00

Total $11,563.18

*Includes Ash Wednesday Services

**Includes Lenten Service

Building Fund Deposits $ 747.26

Daily devotional books are available for you to take home? They are in the display stands on the table in the narthex and by the side entrance to the sanctuary.

Siouxland Discovery Chorus invites you to their Annual Barberghetti Spaghetti Dinner on April 4? The dinner will be held from 5:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Come and enjoy some harmony and delicious spaghetti. You may even get a personal song at your table! Free will offering.

Sioux City Rockestra Presents Anatomy of Rock N Roll on Saturday, April 9? Rockestra’s final show will be held at the Orpheum beginning at 7:30 p.m. Come and give these musicians a fond farewell for many years of great music to the Siouxland community.

St. John Lutheran is hosting a Sacred Music Concert on Sunday, April 17, at 7:00 p.m.? Renowned Baritone Charles Johnson will be accompanied by Dale Niehaus on piano. He will be singing powerful renditions of sacred, time-honored music, celebrating some of Christianity’s greatest works!

First Lutheran Church in South Sioux City invites you to a Salad Luncheon on Wednesday, April 27? Come for a delicious salad luncheon and bake sale any time between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults ad $2 for chil-dren. Tickets available in advance by calling 402-494-5461 or at the door.


TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 1122 JACKSON STREET SIOUX CITY IA 51105 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID

PERMIT NO. 661 SIOUX CITY IA 51105

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE Www.trinitylutheranchurchsc.org

TRINITY’S STAFF TRINITY’S LEADERS Pastor: R. Paul Johnston Council President: Kerry Patterson Admin. Assistant: Jane Olorundami Cherub Choir Dir.: Jane Olorundami Custodian: Paul Broveak Amen Choir Director: Joanna Meehan Organist: Shirley Luebke Mission: Leslie Walker Director of Choral Music: John Luebke Spiritual Growth Co-Chairs: Barb Stansbury Praise Team Director: Amy Linder Property Chair: Mary Ellen Hartman Handbell/Chime Choir Director: Kerry Patterson Trinity Women’s Fellowship Chair: Jane Olorundami TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 1122 JACKSON STREET SIOUX CITY, IOWA 51105 A congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Office Hours: 9:00-4:30 M-F Office: 712-258-0519 Trinity’s Email: [email protected]


TRINITY WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP (TWF)

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

Thursday, April 21 11:00 a.m. Abigail Circle Monday, April 25 6:00 p.m. Miriam Circle Tuesdays, April 12 & 26 9:30 a.m. Project Day

Saturday, April 23 9:30 a.m. Martha Spring Cluster

Meeting @ Riverside Lutheran

On Monday, May 23, we will have an all-circle gathering here at the church beginning at 6:00. All women of Trinity are invited to join us for a night of food and fellowship. Bring your favorite hors’ doeuvre to share.

If you would like to join one of our women’s fellowship groups, please call the church office at 258-0519 for more information.

TRINITY WOMEN’S

MINISTRIES

PRESENTS

MUG & MUFFIN

SATURDAY - APRIL 9

10:00 a.m. to Noon

THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE . . .

Galatians 5:22

ALL women of Trinity are invited! Come and enjoy a fun morning of

food, fellowship & PRIZES!!!

YOUR “TO DO” LIST FOR APRIL 9: ✔ Write the date/time on your calendar. ✔ Sign up on the clipboard this Sunday, or call the church office. ✔ Remember to bring a mug to give away! ✔ Bring a friend!

Hope to see you there!

ANNUAL QUILT AUCTION AT

LUTHERAN LAKESIDE CAMP

JULY 9, 2016

Make plans to come and support camp at our fun, annual Quilt Auction! Buy a beautiful quilt, adopt a staff member, eat some delicious food, and have fun with the Lakeside community! All donations and bids go toward supporting Lutheran Lakeside Camp this summer so we can keep doing what we do best!

The schedule for the day of the auction is as follows:

Quilt Viewing & Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Auction 1:00 p.m.

If you have questions or want to donate a quilt, call the camp at 712-336-2109.

If you cannot attend the auction, you may send a gift be-fore the auction to the camp.

NEW THIS YEAR—Join the Quilt Block Challenge!

Each person who makes at least one block will be eligible to win a night at Lakeside in one of their new retreat centers. Each additional block you make will give you another entry in the drawing to win. Watch for more information on making the Sawtooth Star pattern block, or you can get the pattern and directions at images/quiltchallengepattern.pdf.

FUNERAL SERVER TEAMS THANK YOU to the women who signed up to help serve funeral lunches and/or bake cakes. We had enough women to create four teams of 4-5 people, plus we have a Saturday team and many who volunteered to bake cakes.

Team 1: Connie Sunderman, Glenda Carstensen, Phyllis Holzrichter, Vickie Holzrichter, Jenice Suggitt, Marlene McPherson

Team 2: Mary Hansen (coordinator), Barb Curry, Gail Berger, Jeanie Nichols, Twila VanOsdel

Team 3: Patty Den Beste (coordinator), Marcia Giffrow, Gail Anfinson, Barb Cain, Jeri Snyder, Karen Goodwin

Team 4: Bev Anfinson (coordinator), Lennice Carlson, Shirley McLeod, Jane Olorundami, Shirley Luebke

Saturday Team: Ardella Doerr, Deb Martin, Pam Cook, Barb Stansbury, Leslie Walker, Michelle Matney, Mary Ellen Hartman, Bitsy Corrie, Cindy Weber, Karen Rhodes

Cake: If you signed up to bake a cake, you will be called on a rotating basis.


Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

6:00-8:00 SDAC

2

9:00-1:00 SDAC 10:00 S.O.B.E.R. 2:00-4:00 Birthday Party 5:00-8:00 SDAC

3 2nd Sun. of Easter 9:00 Trad. Serv. 10:00 Educ. Hr. 11:00 Praise Serv 1:00-3:00 SDAC

4

5:00 SYC 5:30 Living Water Conference 7:00 Siouxland Table @ TLC

5

6:30 S.O.B.E.R. 7:00 SDAC

6

5:15 Chan. Choir 6:00 Confirmation 6:15 Handbells 7:15 Praise Team

7

5:30 SYC Board Meeting 8:00 AA Mtg.

8

6:00-8:00 SDAC

9

9:00 Men’s Group 10:00-Noon Mug & Muffin 10:00 S.O.B.E.R. 2:00-4:00 Birthday Party 5:00-8:00 SDAC

10 3rd Sun. of Easter 9:00 Trad. Serv. 10:00 Educ. Hr./ Mission Mtg. 11:00 Praise Serv 12:15 New Mem- ber Class 1:00-3:00 SDAC

11

5:00 SYC

12

9:30 Project Day 5:30 Quilt Chicks 6:30 S.O.B.E.R. 7:00 SDAC

13

5:15 Chan. Choir 6:00 Confirmation 6:15 Handbells 7:15 Praise Team

14

8:00 AA Mtg.

15

6:00-8:00 SDAC

16

9-1/5-8 SDAC 10:00 S.O.B.E.R.

17 4th Sun. of Easter 9:00 Trad. Serv. 10:00 Educ. Hr./ Paul B.’s Reception 11:00 Praise Serv 1:00-3:00 SDAC

18

5:00 SYC

19

6:00 Council Mtg. 6:30 S.O.B.E.R. 7:00 SDAC

20

5:15 Chan. Choir 6:15 Handbells 7:15 Praise Team

21

11:00 Abigail Circle 8:00 AA Mtg.

22

Wedding Rehearsal

23

10:00 S.O.B.E.R. Wedding of Brandi Turkleson/ Matt Young

24 5th Sun. of Easter 9:00 Trad. Serv. 10:00 Educ. Hr. 11:00 Praise Serv 1:00-3:00 SDAC

25

5:00 SYC 6:00 Miriam Circle

26

9:30 Project Day 6:30 S.O.B.E.R. 7:00 SDAC

27

5:15 Chan. Choir 6:15 Handbells 7:15 Praise Team

28

8:00 AA Mtg.

29

6:00-8:00 SDAC

30

9-1/5-8 SDAC 10:00 S.O.B.E.R.

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