Focus Bible Passage:  Mark 12:38-44

Pastor’s Blog:  Theological Reflection on the Focus Bible Passage

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It’s hard to believe it’s time for Christmas Pageant rehearsals to start.  This year, Holy Trinity will be doing a new program titled “Follow the Star!” Children ages 3 years through fifth grade are invited to participate.  Regular children’s choir rehearsals on Thursdays from 6:00-6:25 pm will be dedicated to learning the music.  Sunday evening rehearsals from 5:30-6:30 pm (beginning November 25), as well as the dress rehearsal on Saturday, December 15, is when the rest of the program will be put together.  The pageant will take place onSunday, December 16 during the 10:30 worship service.  If your child would like to participate, please contact Minister of Music Josh Brodbeck at josh.brodbeck@engagedbygrace.org  for more information.

Interested in studying the book of Revelation?  Join us for a six-week course Thursday nights from 7:00-8:00 pm beginning November 8 in the church library.  Led by Vicar Andrew from the Walterian School of Revelation… i.e. Andrew studied the book from Holy Trinity’s own Dr. Walter Taylor. Workbooks are available in the front office.

The November WELCA Bible Study will meet Tuesday, November 27 at 10:00 am in the church library.  Our focus will be on repentance as we explore “our relationship as the church to the world”.  Everyone’s invited to join us for an hour of interesting discussion.

A brief congregational meeting for the purpose of electing church council partners will be conducted on Sunday, December 9 at 11:30 am, immediately following the 10:30 worship service.  All confirmed members of Holy Trinity are encouraged to attend.

The month of November has again been designated for our Thankoffering Harvest here at Holy Trinity.  A wheelbarrow will be in the Gathering Place beginning next week through Sunday, November 18 as a receptacle for non-perishable foods that will be donated to the Lutheran Social Services’ Frebis & Champion Ave. food pantry.  Urgently needed items are:

• Macaroni & Cheese
• Stuffing Mix
• Peanut Butter & Jelly
• Canned Fruit
• Instant Potatoes
• Canned Vegetables
• Canned Sweet Potatoes
• Money to Buy Turkeys (checks payable to LSS Food Pantries)

Vicar Andrew will be facilitating the next Sunday Adult Forum series (Sundays,November 4–December 9 at 9:30 am) with special guests to explore what it means to be God’s stewards and disciples.

As Christians, we can, in Christ, share His love with others through our good acts.  God has chosen and equipped us to be God’s instruments of support, service, and compassion.  As C.S. Lewis wrote, “Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.”  In essence, God uses the small things that we do and multiplies them into something significant.  Paul wrote, “Now to God who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to God’s power that is at work within us(Ephesians 3:20).  For more information on stewardship, please contact Max Buban.

Focus Bible Passage:  Mark 10:46-52

Pastor’s Blog:  Theological reflection on the Focus Bible Passage