October 30th: 9:30 AM in the Chapel.
Celebrate Reformation Sunday by wearing RED and watching “Opening the Door to Luther” a video presentation for the ELCA by Rick Steves. While you are watching, think about walking in those same streets.
A survey will be handed out to see if there is interest in taking a trip to where Luther (and Bach) walked, prayed, spoke and sang. 2012 is the “Year of Music” for the Luther 500 decade one celebration. Come, see, hear, think!
Our Advent Fair is November 20th and we need Advent logs. If you are trimming trees, or a windstorm blows down branches, please bring them to Kathy by Nov. 15th. They need to be at least 4″ in diameter and 8″ long.
An exciting new ministry for seniors at HTLC. Holy Trinity would like to provide help and support for our Seniors. We recognize that sometimes it is hard to get out and accomplish what you would like to. This is our way of bringing our ministry to you. [More]
We all have stories to tell: humorous happenings, learning experiences, news about our families, triumphs and tragedies, and plans for the future.
And as the people of God, we have stories to tell about what God has done for us and about the difference that God’s grace has made in our lives. Sometimes we are less aware of these stories until they are coaxed out of us – but they are there, part of whomever are.
Welcome back! September 11th is Rally Sunday, the celebration of our new program year at Holy Trinity. It is also the first day of our new schedule. Worship will be celebrated at 8:00 AM in the Chapel and at 10:00 AM in the Sanctuary. If we were to give the second worship a title, it would be “Family Friendly: Tradition and New Song”.
Sunday School will be held concurrent with the second worship. We will begin with all children (and their families) in the Sanctuary for the opening of worship. Following a children’s message, the children and teachers will be sent out with a blessing to enjoy some learning time. All children and teachers will return to worship at the time of Holy Communion to rejoin their families.
We haven’t forgotten the adults. Every Sunday at 9:00 adult education will be offered. The topics will vary and include Bible study and special speakers. There will also be nursery care for children 5 and under and a supervised activity for older children during this time.
And of course, Sunday morning always includes a time for fellowship. Coffee, goodies and conversation, usually coupled with laughter, are served up all morning in the atrium.
Please join Anne Corning, Ann Marten, Chrade Younkin, Lana Van Boven and Thomas Bonin and Tod Taylor for an evening of fabulous music for a good cause! Six pseudo-professional singers will perform a collection of well-known arias, musical theater ditties, and popular jazz songs. Children of any age are welcome and they might even be asked to assist in some of the numbers! Selections will include music from La Boheme, Carmen, A Little Night Music, Michael Bublé and George Gershwin. You’re sure to hear something you know.
The 4th/5th grade Dog, Car & Bicycle Wash is Sunday, August 21st in the upper parking lot. Proceeds will go to “Angel Tree” providing Christmas gifts for Women’s Compass Cascade in December. Goal is $500 and we will receive matching funds from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
Also that day we will be checking out your bikes to get them ready for “back to school” (we can even hose them down and clean them up at the car wash)
Thanks to a “Care in Regions” grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, we will have helmets available!! Everyone on Mercer Island and beyond is invited to participate!!
Local Mission Project: Feeding the Folks Who Help Us
Wednesday, August 17 we will deliver dinner to the two Mercer Island Fire Stations (North & South End) and the Mercer Island Police Department! Would you like to help? We could use:
Contact Kathy Fisher if you want to be part of this adventure!
The list of items procured so far for the ‘The Sky’s The Limit’ HTLC Auction is now available. This list will be updated as new items are procured. All proceeds to benefit: 2012 Youth Gathering in New Orleans, and HTLC Social Concerns.
Sunday, July 31, our “Urban Plunge” mission team heads down I-5 for a week of service in the Portland, Oregon area. We will be staying at Trinity Lutheran Church, Gresham. Because this is an all-girl trip, we are focusing on organizations that help women: Raphael House (Portland), emergency shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence, My Father’s House (Gresham), transitional housing for families, Zarephath Kitchen, serving meals to those in need daily and with dignity. We are also planning on ‘random acts of kindness’ – handing out bagged meals to people that we see in need, offering smiles and prayer.
We’re asking for prayer for these missionaries during our trip: Loreal Camp, Alyx Simon, Hannah Johnson, Joanna Cobb, Suri Johnson, Nicole Anderson, Kelsey Tootill, Kathy Fisher and another chaperone to be named soon!
