Trinity's News & Announcements

This Week’s Schedule

Sunday

8:30 am Worship/HC

10:00 am Worship/HC

Monday

7:00 pm Worship/HC

Tuesday

7:00 pm Reveal Practice

Wednesday

7:00 pm TLC – Jr. & Sr.

Thursday

7:30 pm Board of Elders

7:30 pm Summer Children’s Choir

Friday

Saturday

.7:00 am Men’s Group Meeting

9:00 am Christmas in July

5:00 pm Contemporary Worship/
Reveal Service

Parish Note

A huge thank you to Kathy Huster and all her crew for making Vacation Bible School such a great experience for the students, and to Judy Culich and all her helpers for making the church picnic a huge success. Thank you and God bless!

Projection Screen Help – Individuals who have an interest in creating our worship screen backgrounds may contact Pastor Schauer (ext. 223) for more information.

Serving Next Week

July 12 & 13, 2009

Acolyte:

Sunday 8:30 am L Smith

10:00 am P Buerger

Monday 7:00 pm Volunteer

Greeters:

Sunday 8:30 am W&M Godbout

10:00 am J&M Dykstra

Monday 7:00 pm B Coon

Ushers:

Sunday-8:30 L. Heinlein; A. Ipema; S. Fudacz; D. Kambich; J. Kurth; Y. Leschkies; M. Hagen

Sunday-10:00 B. Bukwa; B. Birk; T. Morris; R. Luebke; G. Deyoung; D. Buerger; J. Skager; T. Griffin

Monday-7:00 pm G. Clark; E. Rubach; K. Rubach; W. Rubach; L. Mrock; N. Massa; P. Massa

Summer Music Opportunities

Soloists and small musical groups are invited to use their talents in worship services through the summer months. Contact Mr. Lisius if interested.

The Summer Tenor/Bass Choir will sing at the 8:30 & 10:00am worship services on Sunday, August 23. Two rehearsals are planned for Thursday, August 6 from 7:30-8:30 pm and Thursday, August 20 from 7:30-8:30 pm. Call Carl Lisius if interested. No experience necessary.

Small Groups

What's next for your Small Group? Would you like to... Begin getting together with your group members in more social situations? Begin serving together within our church? Begin serving together in the community? Each Small Group's "next step" may be different. What's the "next step" for your Small Group? Let's take the "next step" with our Small Group Ministry together. Please share your thoughts and ideas with me.

Thank You

We would like to thank all of you for coming out to the Church Picnic and Reveal Worship service we had on Saturday. What a wonderful and hot day it was! We hope you all enjoyed yourselves! I would personally like to thank all who helped with the picnic. If anyone has any pictures they took at the picnic, please contact Judy Culich.

150^th Anniversary

DON'T FORGET!!! Saturday, July 11, from 9am til 3pm is the FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS IN JULY EXPO here at Trinity! There will be crafters, vendors, businesses - ALL TRINITY MEMBERS AND FAMILY - showcasing their talents. The expo is open to the public. Admission is FREE! There will be raffle prizes and MORE! So come on out on July 11 and CHECK IT OUT!!! We will be in the South Narthex, Trinity Room and Old Chapel.

Upcoming Events

SPECIAL VOTERS' MEETING Sunday, July 19 at 9:30am (between services) to place a formal call for the position of Director of Youth Ministries. Since this position would be a Director of Christian Education (DCE) from The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, the Voters' Assembly needs to issue the call. Please plan to attend as a quorum of our voting membership is required to take this action!

Special Sermon Series Starting the weekend of July 26th, we will share a special 4-part sermon series, "The Christian Journey". Different places along this "journey" will highlight each week: "The Path", "The Mountain", "The Desert" and "The Well". Invite someone to join you in worship as we see how God guides us and walks with us through this life as we look forward to heaven's eternity.

Salem Lutheran Church, Blue Island would like to cordially invite friends and former members to the celebration of their 100^th Anniversary on September 27, 2009. At their 9am service they will have District President Dan Gilbert deliver the message. Then, the major celebration will be at the 2pm Service. The preacher will be Pastor Ken Klaus, the Lutheran Hour Speaker. Former sons of the congregation and former pastors of Salem Lutheran Church will assist in the service. After the service, they will have a great reception at the Double Tree Hotel at 5000 W. 127^th St., just a few blocks west of the 127^th & Cicero intersection. The cost of the meal is $15 for adults and $10 for children. Children under 3 are free. It is a sit-down plate meal. If you would like to come, please contact Salem Lutheran Church office so they can reserve your tickets for the reception. The church number is 708-388-1830.

FYI

SENIORS - Need a little help with house cleaning or getting groceries or transportation for Dr. appointments? Are you finding you are not able to do quite as much as you used to? Need help once in a while or on a regular basis? Trinity Church has a group of wonderful volunteers who are waiting and eager to help you. Just give the HELPING HANDS MINISTRY a call. Please call Hank Boersma and we will put a reliable volunteer in touch with you.

NEW LUTHERAN STUDY BIBLE

The Lutheran Study Bible (TLSB) is a feature-packed Bible (over 2500 pages) which offers more notes, life applications, articles on Bible themes and more features than any other popular study BIbles. The Bible translation is the English Standard Version (ESV) which is also used in our Lutheran Service Book (LSB) hymnal.

A Free Sampler Booklet is available at the Welcome Center and the Trinity Room Hallway table for you to take and review. (If all booklets are taken, more will be delivered the following week.) If you're done with the booklet, please bring it back so others may review it also.) You can also look at the booklet online at cph.org/luttheranbible .

Up to its release date of October 31, 2009, there is a $20-25 discount (reflected below) if you pre-order. Hardbound ($35) including Thumb-indexed ($40) editions can be purchased along with Larger Print ($45) and Leather ($60-85) editions. Please order directly on-line or by phone.

Attendance

Last Weekend’s Attendance 880

Youth……

Your help is needed at the Christmas in July Expo on July 11, 7:30-3. You will earn service points and a free will offering can be split amongst you. A free continental breakfast and Subway lunch will be provided. Iced tea and lemonade will be onsite. Please fill out a Name and Phone sheet on the table in the narthex and put it in the box. Judy Green will contact you.