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Holy Trinity’s next opportunity to serve breakfast at First English is Sunday, July 28.  We love new faces!  Join us at First English, 1015 E. Main Street, at 7:30 am to cook and serve breakfast to our neighbors and friends.  No previous experience is necessary!  As always, donations of fresh fruit and baked goods are welcome.  Please contact Becky Warnement for more information.

Saturday, August 3 at 5:00 pm is Holy Trinity’s next opportunity to serve dinner at the Y-Family Center.  Volunteers are needed during the summer months to help with meal preparation, set tables, and serve guests.  All volunteers must wear hairnets (provided by the center) or you can bring a favorite ball cap from home.

This is a wonderful service project for families and friends.  My family will be there!  Parents are not required to attend with their kids.  If carpooling would be helpful, we can depart from the church at 4:45 pm or else please meet at the center by 5:00 pm. The Y-Center is located at 900 Harvey Court, Columbus 43219.  If you can help with the dinner, or if you need to carpool, please let me know. Thank you!  Danielle Gonsiska

Many thanks to everyone that contributed treats, distributed them, or helped with Holy Trinity’s 4^thof July hospitality during the Upper Arlington parade.  We received donations of $272 which will go to the Fisher-Nightingale House at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton.  Fisher Houses offer physical and emotional support to servicemen and servicewomen, providing the opportunity for military families to stay together and support each other when a loved one is undergoing medical treatment at a military hospital. For more information on Fisher Houses, go to https://www.fisherhouse.org/(national) or https://www.fnhi.org/(Dayton).

Women of Faith invite the ladies of Holy Trinity and their friends to join us on Tuesday, August 13, at 11:30 am for lunch at The Ohio State University Golf Course Restaurant.  This is located on Tremont Road near Kenny Road across from the UA Municipal Building and Advent Lutheran Church. (You know – God, Golf and Government!)  Sign up on the table in the Gathering Place or contact the church office so we can let the restaurant know how many are coming.

Beacons’ LWR In-gathering deadline is coming soon.  Please consider compiling a kit, contributing soap bars or a quilt/blanket for distribution by Lutheran World Relief.  Summer days are a great time for focusing on giving to others who are in need.  Look for a collection bin beneath the table at the Collection and Sign-up table to place your donations.

Holy Trinity endowed the Artmobile to work with underprivileged children as part of its community engagement outreach donations. Recently Kathleen Murphy visited the program that was held at the Columbus Early Learning Center on Columbus’ east side, not far from First English. The Artmobile was working with three- and four-year-olds on identifying and making art about Ohio animals. Kathleen took some pictures of the program in action and the program director, Tobi Furman, shared some photos as well.  You can see the enthusiasm in the children’s artwork as well as their faces.  Church members should feel proud to be able to make this happen for little kids.    – Kathleen Murphy

Money by itself is neutral; our money is what we make it.  Money can be our end or means to an end.  Money can own us or be owned by us.  Money can be our servant or our master.  The Bible tells us that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter God’s kingdom (Matthew 19:24).  It is not money, but our attitude toward money that can separate us from a relationship with Jesus.  For more information about stewardship,please contact Max Buban.

First English member Mike Padgett and Holy Trinity member Sara Neikirk will join us during worship on Sunday, July 28 to share recent news about exciting things happening at First English.  The church has received a Disabilities Grant from the ELCA to focus on cognitive disabilities resulting from the stress produced by poverty, violence and addiction.  Mike and Sara will share information about two new programs being planned at First English this summer and how Holy Trinity can be involved.

Vacation, travel, sports, weddings, reunions, and work are just some of the reasons we’re called out of town on the weekends.  The next time you’re away from Holy Trinity on a Sunday, consider attending worship wherever you may be.  Then come back and let us know where you were.  A world map is posted at the Information Center with pins to indicate where in the world you worshiped along with a log to record your name and location.  It’ll be fun to see how far the word of God spreads to members of Holy Trinity in 2019.