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Special
Event
--Trinity's
Birthday
Bulletin Board
--Trinity
Trimmers
--Region
2 Meeting
--Wednesday
Night
......Bible Study
--Native
American Services
...Use of
Church Dates--
...Reunion Nite Supper
...Shepherding
Ministry
Children's Storytime
Help Wantyed
Rhubarb Festival
Drop In Center Needs
Article:
God Let's Us Choose
Worship Team Calendar
--Lay
Readers Needed
--Greeters
Needed
Support Team Calendar
--Coffee
Hour Volunteers
......Needed
--Cleaning
Angels Needed
Thank You!
Barter Sale Thoughts
A Prayer For St. Edwards
Prayers for the People
Income & Expenses
Some Thoughts
Special
Event:
June
11th is Trinity's birthday!
Trinity's
Birthday
We have a variety of things going on. June 11th will be a breakfast
for all the Graduates. Those in that list are: Christian, Kristin,
Dustin, Brandon, Melissa, Niki, and Brent, so please come and
wish them well. We will need sign up for egg dishes on that
date. Also we will have a birthday party for Trinity and welcome
gifts. Things that we need to have for Trinity include kitchen
items, cleaning items, coffee, paper plates, cups, napkins,
garbage bags, coffee filters, these types of items and more.
Come Celebrate!
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Bulletin
Board:
Trinity
Trimmers
"The Biggest Loser"
Trinity Trimmers is sponsoring a weight loss contest for anybody
who needs to shed a few pounds or simply needs 'help' during the
summer BBQ months. The contest will run for 15 weeks with the
first weigh-in on Monday, June 5th and will wrap up on Monday,
September 11th. The cost is only $45.00, in any increments, payable
by the end of the challenge. (that's only $3.00 per week!)
Prizes will range from $300 to $500 depending on the number of
participants. We will be awarding all the money collected in cash
prizes to the "top losers", (the ones who shed the most
unwanted pounds). All are welcome to partake in the "Challenge".
The more the merrier, not to mention the bigger the pot-$. Let's
help each other enjoy life and get "THIN for HIM".
To learn more about this exciting opportunity be at the first
weigh-in held at Trinity Church anytime between 5:30 pm to 6:00
pm on Monday, June 5th. There will be a short meeting at 6:00
pm to talk about our goals. Please contact Rev. Jeff Nelson at
729-5027 or Kara Rohweder at 628-3294 with any questions.
Region
ll Meeting
June 3, 2006 at St. Edward’s Episcopal, Duluth
10am to 2pm
Wednesday Night Bible
Study
There will not be Bible Study for the summer season but will start
up again in the fall with a new and exciting curricullum. Keep
your Wednesday nights free this fall and we will see where the
Spirit leads us together. Have a safe and fun summer! Bob Lundgren
624-5463
Native
American Service
WHERE THE FEATHER MEETS THE CROSS
June 11, 5:00PM (Sun) at ST. EDWARD’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, GLENWOOD
AVE.
We are celebrating St. Enmegahbowh's Feast Day. This will conclude
our services for the summer. This month's "Ojibwe Word/Phrase
of the Month" is Aniish na? (How are you?) Remember that
single a is pronounced as the a in father. Double ii is prounouced
like a long e sound as in deed.
Feast to follow service.
Contact:
Jeff Nelson - 729-5027
Use
of Church Dates
June 2nd – discernment of new team members
June 3rd 12:00pm to 4:30pm
June 10th 6pm to 9pm
June 29th evening
Reunion Night Supper
Reunion Nite Supper for the women of Holy Apostles
has been rescheduled for early September.
Shepherding Ministry
Your Shepherding Ministry shephered will be contacting
you in June, because you and your family are special!
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Storytime
for Children of all Ages!
Starting this summer during the service, between the Peace and
the Offertory, the Celebrant will read a story from a favorite
book! This will only add about 5 minutes to the service schedule.
So your mission is to bring fun and exciting books for us to read.
They do not need to be relgious at all, but a moral is always
good! If the book is larger than a 5 minute read, no worries,
we can finish it the next Sunday! Nothing like a little suspense
to keep the children coming back! This will be a fun and exciting
addition to our service this summer and hopefully into the next
millennium as well. Thank you in advance for your books and cooperation!
Help Wanted!
Sunday School Rooms: For summer months, we need
someone in the nursery, and we will be having special dates of
summer Sunday school. In addition, parents are invited to allow
their children access to both Sunday School rooms to color, play,
etc. but are asked to please make sure those areas are left how
they are found.
If you have time, please help clean up the garage!
We still need assistance in the lawn mowing, please see Greg Toon
for information.
We are still in the process of making Christmas stocking for the
Salvation Army for teenagers, we will announce the time. We are
still looking at the first Monday of the month. We will be filling
in the stockings with things for teenagers. Tooth paste, cards,
gum, hair bands, Kleenex, etc.
You may have noticed all the bears. These go to the juvenile center.
These bears are for crying on, punching, loving, talking to. A
bible study is held once a month. If you are interested in this
ministry please see David Hill or Jane. We can always use a new
member. David has been going to the juvenile center for 20 years
or so and Jane has been going for about 8 years. Please come and
join us for the rewards that you receive in your heart.
Second Annual
Rhubarb Festival on Saturday, June 24
CHUM's Second Annual Rhubarb Festival at First
Lutheran Church on Saturday, June 24 promises to be bigger than
last year, yet every bit as tasty. Last year the pies sold out
in 45 minutes and there wasn't a smidgen of food by the time the
winners of the Recipe and Largest Leaf Contests were announced.
We will have more pies, more treats, and even MORE FUN in 2006
from mid-morning (9am) to early afternoon (2pm) on June 24!! Mark
your calendars! To prepare for the fun, we need volunteers to
start picking, chopping and freezing rhubarb for pies, sauce,
juice, bars and other treats! We will also need folks from congregations
and community organizations willing to form baking teams, conduct
family activities, provide music, and assist the day of the event.
To participate – or if you know of rhubarb sources around
the community – call CHUM Congregational Organizer Kim Crawford
at 260-7346. New festival features this year will include special
pre-festival warm-up music and treats in one of three outside
tents beginning at 8:30am. Doors open and the formal musical stage
show begins at 9am. We also will have a tent for community-based
vendors and are aiming to expand the assortment of family activities.
Mark your calendars and watch for details during the weeks ahead.
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Drop
In Center Needs
CHUM
Drop-In Center/Emergency Shelter ongoing needs. . . .
Needs include: backpacks & duffle bags, vacuum cleaners,
dryers that can be delivered to the Drop-In Center, large-sized
microwaves, sample-sized personal hygiene & toiletry items
(especially toothbrushes, toothpaste & Shampoo), pillows,
single fitted sheets, clean twin plastic mattress covers, washable
blankets, towels, pots & pans, playing cards & cribbage
boards, wall phones, and an eight-foot stepladder.
CHUM Family Shelter & Stabilization. . . .
We really need pots, pans, skillets, mops, brooms, dustpans,
laundry soap, feminine hygiene products, socks for infants to
two-year-olds, toothpaste, and large (size 3 & 5) diapers.
Other needs include: hand can openers, cereal bowls, dish soap,
household cleaners, baby wipes, personal hygiene products, bath
towels, spatulas and serving spoons.
CHUM Drop-In Center Nurse Clinic. . . .
We need large bags of cough drops, new tubes of denture adhesive
and Oragel. We have plenty of empty pill bottles, please do
not bring any more.
CHUM Housing Stabilization. . . .
Monthly bus passes, brief cases & portfolios, 2006 pocket
calendars, wallets & small purses, work gloves, electric
alarm clocks, and thermoses and lunch boxes
are needed. Thanks for donating these items!
God
Let's Us Choose
by
Cheryl Harder in the Hermantown Star
When I give the final blessing during services, I begin by saying,"Scripture
tells us that we are the hands and feet of Christ. By our hands
we can love; with our hands we can hate. It is up to us. God
lets us choose." I then state my commitment to put my life
in God's hands. For many people who do not yet know the love
of Christ, what they see in our actions is their perception
of Christians and of Christ. Although we know that we do not
get to heaven on our actions, we as Christians, are expected
to act in a certain way. In 1 John 3: 18-24, we are reminded
that we are to love, not in word or speech, but in truth and
action. We are also reminded to obey Gods commandments and do
what pleases Him. The Gospel of John (14: 15-21) states that
if we love Jesus, we will keep his commandments: To love God
and to love our neighbors.
Last week as I stood outside our church garage in the rain and
mud,for our annual barter sale, I remembered that love. I was
cold and wet and wondered why I was there, when one small child
came up to me and asked me how much new stuffed animal cost?
I explained that the new treasure that she had found did not
require a cash payment to me, but rather a commitment to God.
I asked what her toy was worth to her, and what
was she willing to do for someone else? Once she thought about
that, she was to write her promise (her barter) down, and to
put it in the box. I told her she didn't have to tell me what
she agreed to do, it was between her and God. She questioned
me as if this was too good to be true * all she had to do was
to agree to do something nice to or for someone, and write it
down (commit to it)? Could it be that simple?
The short answer is yes. Making a commitment to God is that
simple. We make those promises daily. Where we get caught up
is in the follow through. We promise to change our behavior
and then when it no longer suits us we forego our promise, and
fall short. Thankfully for us, God is merciful and forgives
us. By reading scripture, and following the Word we are given
assurances that when we sin, we will be redeemed by
the grace of God. The barter sale is just another time for us
to intentionally focus our actions to help keep God's commandment
about loving our neighbors.
Worship
Team Calendar
The Worship
Team Calendar is monthly service schedule of duty assignments
for Sunday and special services. Worship team members include
priest(s) or officiant, deacon(s), preacher, lector(s), eucharistic
minister(s), acolyte(s), and greeters/ushers. It is important
that these assignments are filled and those unable to make their
scheduled assignments find a replacement and/or contact our
liturgist. The Sacristy Team (Altar Guild) maintains its own
schedule.
Lay
Readers Needed
The laity, the people of the church, all the baptized, are called
to ministry. Lay readers are non-ordained ministers in worship.
Traditionally they led the Daily Offices (Morning Prayer, Evening
Prayer, etc,) and are licensed by the Diocese to read the scripture
lessons in church. A lector is appointed by the liturtgist or
the celebrant to read the lessons that precede the gospel and
to be the cantor or the one who leads the psalm at the eucharist
service. The lector should be prepared to read the prayers of
the people in the absence of the intercessor or the deacon. This
a special ministry that gives voice to God's Word and voice to
the prayers of the congregation. If you feel a call to this ministry
or want to know more about it, contact our liturgist, Carol Shultz.
Greeters
Needed
We need volunteers to greet people on Sunday mornings. Greeters
are the first smiling face visitors see on a Sunday morning. Contact
Barb Tourville if you are interested.
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Support
Team Calendar
The Support
Team Calendar is a monthly service schedule for those who
have volunteered to provide regularly scheduled support functions
to make the church an inviting and hospitable environment for
worship, fellowship, and outreach activities.
Coffee
Hour Volunteers Needed
The ancient tradition of hospitality is to offer the visitor or
guest something to eat and to drink. While many call Trinity home
none of us live there. Take the opportunity to be the host, or
just help out in the kitchen, during the Coffee Hour following
church service, and pass along the hospitality you have received.
There is a sign-up sheet just outside the kitchen door.
Cleaning
Angels Needed
Mostly the same few people provide help in this important ministry.
Lighten the load, and spend a fews hours once in a while on your
knees and hands, so to speak, keeping God's house praiseworthy.
There is a sign-up sheet just outside the kitchen door, or better
yet, make Barb Tourville's day, and let her know you want to help.
Thank
You
Thank you to all who did road clean up and the Barter sale, bake
sale and corn dogs. Do you believe we made $500.00 on Bakery,
corn dogs and any other donation. We do have to pay out for advertising
and supplies.
All were a success..... Out reach is the name of the game. We
reach many who don't know us, and we are showing them the love
of God. Some people have never know this feeling where some one
cares for them with out strings being attached. God Loves You.
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Just
A Few Barter Sale Thoughts:
I will listen to my Sunday School Teacher.
I will take my Mom to lunch.
I will mow my neighbor’s lawn because he cannot do it.
I will dust the furniture for my Mom.
I will come to Trinity.
I will take my Auntie to lunch.
I have cancer and I will make my remaining days positive.
Next year we will have the Barter sale again so put that time
aside 2nd week end of May. Thanks again.
A
Prayer for St. Edwards
Please keep St. Edward’s Church in your prayers as they will
be closing the Church in June.
On June 2nd, a discernment will be going on for congregation members
looking at listening to the call that God is calling them to do.
Please pray for: Kristin Lindstrom, Lizette Barber, Joe Piette.
The locks will be changed shortly if you are one of those using
the church please contact Greg as to the time you need to get
into the church. Thank you.
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Prayers
for the People
In the month of June, Trinity Congregation will be offering
prayers for the following families and individuals:
Week of June 4th - 10th
1. Bonnie & John Wanglee
2. Lizette
Barker
Week of June 11th - 17th
1. Lil Rapp
2. Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Annala
Week of June 18th - 24th
1. Judy and Jay Anderson
2. Joyce
Bailey
Week of June 25th - 30th
1. Dr. Joel & the Rev. Marilyn Bamford
2. Mark
Besser
Prayer:
Dear Lord, Watch over the coming and going of your children.
May they feel the presence of your love daily. Fill them with
your Holy Spirit as they live their life in grace. AMEN.
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Trinity
Income & Expenses
Expenses: $5,462.80 Income: $4,551.55. Please continue to keep
up your pledges in the summer. Remember we have to have some
repairs on our boiler system for the winter. This will run about
$1,500.00 or so. Thank you.
Some
Thoughts
LILACS
What can banish along winter’s gloom like a handful or
two of sweet lilacs bloom?
They’re a feast for the eyes, a treat for the nose:
Where God got his recipe nobody knows
The
Prayer of the Chalice
Father, to Thee I raise my whole being,
--a vessel emptied of self, Accept, Lord,
this my emptiness, and so fill me with
Thyself Thy Light, Thy Love, Thy
life that these Thy precious Gifts
may radiate through me and over-
flow the chalice of my heart into
the hearts of all with whom I
come into contact this day
revealing unto them
the beauty of
Thy Joy and
Whole-
ness
and
the
serenity
of Thy Peace
which nothing can destroy.
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