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An Introduction to Holy Trinity seminar is being conducted during the Sunday School hour on three Sunday mornings in February.  This seminar is designed to help interested people learn more about the ministry of our congregation and the encounters with God’s grace that we share here. Even if you can’t attend all three sessions, we’d love for you to participate.  To learn more, please contact the church office at laura.hudson@engagedbygrace.org.

Responding to God’s Call

During the month of January, the Sunday Adult Forum is considering God’s call to care for immigrants and refugees in the ever-more complicated times in which we live.  This Sunday, January 20, Holy Trinity welcomes special guest Ruben Castilla Herrera, a second generation Mexican-American born in Seguin, TX.  He spent his childhood as a migrant farmworker in California, Oregon, and Washington.  He graduated from Willamette University in Salem, OR and attended the Methodist Theological School in Delaware, OH.  Herrera is a long-time organizer and activist fighting for justice, freedom, dignity and liberation for all people.  He was founding member of several Latinx-related organizations including, most recently, the Columbus Sanctuary Collective (Colectivo Santuario de Columbus).  The CSC is organized around Sanctuary as Resistance and the #AbolishICE movement.  The faith-based strategy is to stop deportations and provide a unified resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  Please join us Sunday, January 20 at 9:35 am in the Conference Room to hear this interesting perspective.

Holy Trinity will prepare and serve breakfast at First English Lutheran Church on Sunday, January 27.  We would also like to provide baked goods for the coffee hour as people come in out of the cold.  If you would like to help with this effort, donations of muffins, breads, coffee cakes, etc., as well as fresh fruit, would be greatly appreciated.  Any food contributions should be dropped off in Holy Trinity’s kitchen by 7:45 am on Sunday, January 27, or meet us at First English at 8:00 am for serving at 9:30.  Please contact Becky Warnement for more information.

The January WELCA Bible Study will meet on Tuesday, January 29 at 10:00 am in the new location of the church library.  This month we start a new study series entitled “Meetings with Jesus.”“Come and see.  Seeking and finding faith” is the topic of the first session.  Please join us for an hour as we study God’s word. All are welcome.

Holy Trinity will provide a lasagna dinner for the families at the YWCA Family Center on Saturday, February 2 at 5:00 pm.  The event is a wonderful service project for families and friends!  Volunteers help with meal prep, setting tables, and serving food.  If you would like to help, please arrive at the Y-Center by 5:00 pm (900 Harvey Ct., Columbus, 43219).  You may also help by making a donation for purchasing the food.  If you make a monetary donation, please make checks payable to Holy Trinity and mark the check or envelope for the Y-Center. Please contact Chris Pryor or Danielle Gonsiska if you have questions or for more information.  Thanks for your support!

We are new creatures in Christ, the Apostle Paul declares (2 Corinthians 5:17)!  As such, we no longer view ourselves or others the way we once did.  We have a new role; we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us (2 Corinthians 5:20). And those to whom God appeals are the lost for whom Christ has died.  What a sober responsibility we have!  As stewards of the Gospel that we spread not just with our mouths, but with our actions as well, let us implore God to enable us to be His light in this dark world.  For more information on stewardship,please contact Max Buban.

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Holy Trinity’s annual meeting will be Sunday, January 27 at 11:30 am, immediately following the 10:30 worship service.  Copies of the 2018 annual report will be available for your review prior to the meeting.

“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take, or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water…” -Psalm 1:1-3

We’re looking to build up our team of teachers, subs, and assistants. Prayerfully consider whether God might be calling you to teach our children so they might be “planted.” Please contact Vicar Andrew for more details (andrew.potsko@engagedbygrace.org).