Engaged by Grace Weekly April 21 – 28, 2019
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Eastertide Choral Evensong
Haydn’s Mass in Time of War will be presented on Friday, May 3 at Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University, 2199 E. Main Street, Columbus. Featuring the 45-voice Trinity Seminary Choir, Chamber Orchestra, and Soloists, the program begins with a prelude at 7:30 pm and Evensong at 8:00. Free parking is available and a freewill offering will be received. For more information, please visit www.capital.edu/trinity or call 614-236-6856.
Stewardship Corner – April 21, 2019
Stewardship is more often caught than taught. Who is our best example of a good steward? Certainly it is our Lord! When we think about what He taught us during His life on Earth about stewardship, don’t we more often picture His deeds than hear His words? He healed the sick and comforted the sorrowful. He washed the feet of others and even died for our sins so that we wouldn’t have to suffer eternal separation from Him. Let us imitate Jesus, then, and live a life of love just as He loves us (Ephesians 5:1). For more information about stewardship,please contact Max Buban.
Engaged by Grace Weekly April 14 – April 21, 2019
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Interested in learning more about Holy Trinity?
An Introduction to Holy Trinity seminar is being conducted during the Sunday School hour on three Sunday mornings this spring: May 5, 12, and 19 at 9:40 am. 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 indicate your interest, please mark Ministry Opportunity A on the All Good Gifts card, sign up at the Collection & Signup Corner in the Gathering Place or contact the church office. Please contact Pastor Steve or Laura Hudson for more information.
Stewardship Corner – April 14, 2019
Who among us likes sacrifice? Do we not seek to please ourselves, to spare ourselves, to shield ourselves and those we love from pain or disappointment or failure? Unlike us, Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things…Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. Peter loved his Lord; He didn’t want Him to suffer. Our answer to the temptation to self-centeredness should echo Jesus’ answer to Peter, Get behind Me, Satan…You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men (Matthew 16:21-23). For more information about stewardship,please contact Max Buban.
ReNew – The Good Steward VBS 2019
Grow in Faith ~ Have Fun ~ Change the World
ReNew Vacation Bible School invites kids to learn about Jesus, help build our community, and grow as they become stewards of God’s creation. At “ReNew – The Good Steward VBS,” kids will plant seeds of faith exploring God’s Word through Jesus’ Parable of the Sower & the Seed, and they will learn about God’s creation and what we can do to care for it.
Here’s the schedule this year:
- 5:00 – 7:00 pm Sunday, June 23, pizza supper kick-off event
- 9:00 – 11:30 am Monday through Friday, June 24-27, rotation of activities
A central activity for this year’s experience will be a pizza vegetable garden along the back of the church. With youth and adults tilling, planting, and tending through the summer months, we’ll celebrate the harvest of God’s abundance with a grilled pizza party late in the summer or early in the fall.
The VBS Creative Team is coming together nicely. Here’s a current roster with available opportunities as well. Planning resources are available for each position with the exception of Nursery (which is what it is!) and the Pizza Garden Coordinator which calls for some creative gardening expertise. Please see Pastor Steve to learn more and join the team!
Promotions and Registration: Heidi Christman
Gather and Sending Team: Pastor Steve and Josh Brodbeck
Self-Exploration Activity Leader: Allison Abell
Community Exploration Activity Leader : _____________
World Exploration Activity Leader: Noelle Fox
Games Activity Coordinator: ______________
Preschool Group Leader: _____________
Snack Coordinator: Nichole Wilhelm
Set Coordinator: Amanda Darding
Supplies Coordinator: Suellen Sharp
Pizza Garden Coordinator: ____________
Small Group Shepherds (5): ____________
Watch for online registration coming soon!
Engaged by Grace Weekly April 7 – 14, 2019
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Stewardship Corner – April 7, 2019
By His death and Resurrection, Jesus has restored us to our Father. Through our baptism, God has made us part of His family. God has given us purpose in this life. God has made us His stewards. Jesus said, You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit (John 15:16). God is almighty; He could have chosen any way He wanted to do His work. God chose us to carry out His plan. God also gives us grace to use all the blessings we’ve received from God to bear that fruit He’s appointed us to bear. For more information about stewardship, please contact Max Buban.
Engaged by Grace Weekly March 31 – April 7, 2019
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About this blog
Welcome to my running online dialog on matters of our life together in faith community at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church—where the grace of Christ Jesus our Lord engages each of us and, in turn, sends us out to engage others with that grace as well. I look forward to learning and growing together.
- Pastor Steve Wachtman
