TRINITY

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T R I N I T YT R I N I T YT R I N I T Y T I D I N GT I D I N GT I D I N G SSS

February 2013

Volume 62 Published Jan.-Dec.

Saturday Morning Study ............. 2

Sunday’s Com’n ............................. 2

Lent ............................................ 2

Adult Education ........................ 3

Shrove Tuesday .......................... 3

Flower & Bulletin Donations .... 3

Lifeline Screening ...................... 3

Care for Creation ....................... 3

Adult Lunch Bunch ...................... 4

Opportunities for Ministry ............ 4

Financial Stewardship ................. 5

Getting into the “Tidings” .......... 5

Social Ministry/CUSH ............. 5

Memorials .................................. 6

Calendar of Events .................... 7

He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me

cower in ashes; my soul is bereft of peace; I have

forgotten what happiness is; so I say, "Gone is my glory,

and all that I had hoped for from the LORD."

Lamentations 3:16-18

On Thursday, February 14th at 6:30 pm I will offer a ministry

event named, “Hope Amidst the Ashes.” It will be a time for folks

who have experienced loss of any kind (that is to say, all of us) to

gather to receive care and, with God’s help, hope for healing.

Grief, if ignored, can weigh us down and break our spirit. Grief can

cause us to become bitter, cynical, pervasively sad, tired, hopeless,

and guilt-ridden. Our physical health suffers. We may even curse God

and be tempted to abandon our faith. I wonder sometimes if many of

the world’s problems are the result of unhealthy grieving…

Now some reading this article might think that this event is only

for those grieving the death of a loved one. Certainly we experience

grief when those we love die. Yes, this event is for those persons.

But we also experience loss from relationships that do not meet

our hopes, careers that go sideways or backwards or end too soon. We

grieve when unexpected health concerns cause future dreams to be

discarded. Grief affects our children and youth, too. So come.

It is coincidental that this event takes place on Valentine’s Day

when our culture will focus on love. More importantly for me, though,

is that it takes place the day after Ash Wednesday and the beginning

of the season of Lent. On Ash Wednesday (February 13th) during the

10:30 am and 7:00 pm worship services, we will receive an ashen sign

of the cross on our foreheads and be reminded that this earthly life

will someday end. Reminded of our finite bodies, our hearts and

minds will turn to the cross and the sure hope that death is not the

end of our lives. There is resurrection new life in Jesus Christ! There

is hope in our experience of grief.

This hope dispels our fears. Christ is our courage. With this truth

in mind, Kerri Sherwood, Kathy Baas and the Worship and Music

Ministry team have created our 2013 Lenten theme of: “No. Fear.

Here.” Invite a friend to join us for worship to hear God’s word and

experience loving community. Let them know that there is Hope

Amidst the Ashes and No. Fear. Here.

With Courage and Hope,

Pastor Tom

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Baptism

Adults who desire to be baptized, or those who want to have their child

baptized, are invited to contact the church office. In the case of Adult

Baptism, candidates are encouraged to worship and attend a Sunday morning Bible Study. Those

who want to have their child baptized are asked to schedule a Baptism Preparation session with

Pastor Tom prior to the baptism. P.T. looks forward to talking with you! Please speak with him if

you have questions.

Saturday Morning Study

Saturday, February 23rd, 8:30-10:00am

(February 9th canceled)

Downstairs in the Great Hall

February 23rd: During the Lenten season, we begin an exciting 6-session study, Making

Sense of the Cross. There is no expectation of certain prior knowledge of the Bible or theology.

Just bring your questions and openness to talk about matters of the cross and resurrection of

Jesus. It is not necessary to attend every session. Come as you are able to enjoy morning coffee

and conversation. For additional information, contact Tammie at 654-3256 or

tammiesorenson@yahoo.com.

Sunday's Com'n

Each Wednesday morning at 8:30am, gather with Pastor Tom in the Gathering Space to

reflect on the scripture reading for the coming Sunday. No experience necessary. We read the

text and share how it makes us feel and the thoughts and questions it generates. It's all good!

Adult Education

Sunday February 3rd at 9:15am

The topic will be “Gun Violence in America: How to stop it"

Lent

Our Lenten theme this year is "No. Fear. Here." and begins

with Ash Wednesday on February 13th. Ash Wednesday services

will take place at 10:30 am and 7:00 pm. There will not be a

soup supper on Ash Wednesday. Please note, all Wednesday

evening Lenten services beginning February 20th will begin at

7:00 pm preceded by a soup supper at 5:45 pm. Invite a friend to

experience No. Fear. Here!

Worship and Christian Education

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Trinity Scholarship

Attention high school seniors! Any high school

senior who is a voting member of Trinity and is

planning to attend college or technical school may

apply for the Trinity Church Scholarship. You may

pick up an application in the church office. The

directions for applying and the necessary forms

required are explained in an attachment to the

application.

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Care for Creation

The Care for Creation team is proud to announce that our Trinity family donated

107 pounds of Christmas lights for recycling. New opportunities for recycling will be

offered throughout the year. During the month of February we will be collecting

rechargeable batteries. If you have any rechargeable batteries that you no longer

want please deposit them in the receptacle in the entry hallway between February 3rd and

February 24th.

Shrove Tuesday

We will be taking orders for pasties. You can buy them and take them home or buy them and

eat them together on February 12, 2013 (Shrove Tuesday) at 6:00 pm. The price will be $5.00

per pastie. Please come and help bring in the Lenten Season. Linda Kluck will be in the

Gathering Space taking orders between services.

Flower and Bulletin Donations

Would you like the opportunity to honor a loved one or celebrate a loved

one’s birthday or anniversary? Please consider sponsoring a bulletin for $15 or

donate flowers for the sanctuary for $13 per bouquet. Your gifts of generosity

help to enrich our worship experience. You can sign up in the Gathering Space

and place your monetary gift in the collection plate or leave it in the office.

Valentine Brunch

The Women of St. Mary’s Lutheran Church, 2001 8th Street, Kenosha, would like to invite

you to their Valentine Brunch on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 8:30 am. The theme is “A

Tribute to Veterans.” Program by Sister Sarge presenting Women in the Military. All are

welcome—men included. Cost is $6.00. To reserve, please call St. Mary’s church office (262) 658-

3555 by Wednesday, February 6th.

Life Line Screening at Trinity

Life Line Screening uses painless ultrasound to see the plaque build-up in your arteries-a

leading cause of stroke, using advanced color flow ultrasound technology and experience highly

skilled technologists. Screening results are provided to you within 21 days after physician

review. Life Line’s mission is to make people aware of an undetected health problem and

encourage them to seek follow-up care with their physician. The 5 tests include:

Stroke/Carotid Artery Screening

Heart Rhythm Screening (Atrial Fibrillation)

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening

Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening

Osteoporosis Risk Assessment

The cost is $149 for all 5 screenings.

Insurance Note: Life Line Screening does not participate in the Medicare program and the

cost of their screening service is not covered or reimbursed by Medicare. Life Line Screening

does not file insurance claims and the cost of their screening services is your responsibility.

Pre-registration is required: Call 1-800-324-1851 Priority Code: HSC5603

Where: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church—Great Hall

When: Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Time: Between 9:00 am—4:30 pm

To register on-line, go to www.lifelinescreening.com/communityparents

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Equipping Ministry—Who do you call? Within our congregation there are many ministries to serve God and others.

Pastor Pastor Tom Smith pastortom7@gmail.com 287-8098

President Linda Kluck dkluck@wi.rr.com 653-9491 Vice-Pres Mike Spitzer spitzmr@earthlink.net 859-2032 Treasurer Jim Lichtenheld jimlichtenheld@yahoo.com 654-3940 Finance Mike Spitzer spitzmr@earthlink.net 859-2032 Secretary Linda McKinney Lmckinney3@wi.rr.com 843-2851

Property Bruce Milne bjmilne@yahoo.com 694-5859 Social Scott Blanchard scott.blanchard13@yahoo.com 945.2756 Stewardship Open Youth Sue Torres tsusan613@gmail.com 515-1844

Witness Rhonda Brennan brennanfam55@gmail.com 942-0587 Worship & Music Tom Johnson trj@wi.rr.com 652-7476

Children, Youth and Family Minister Mike Van Laningham trinityfamilyfirst@gmail.com 653-1282 Adult Ed Open Opportunity Altar Guild/Flowers Donna Dezoma 298-5464

Bowling Woody Knutson woodyandrosie@gmail.com 658-3052 Busy Bees (Quilters) Donna Dezoma 298-5464 Care for Creation Dru Spitzer spitzmr@earthlink.net 859-2032 Choirs Kerri Sherwood

Communion Asst churchadmin@trinitykenosha.org 694-5050 Co-op Pre-School Lea Ann Taber flt@netnitco.net 694-5192 CROP Walk Rhonda Brennan brennan_fam@hotmail.com 942-0587 CUSH Jay Labedz jlabedz@tds.net 654-8852 Lenore Baumann Ebau53143@aol.com 654-1261

Nancy Lehrke klehrke@wi.rr.com 694-2624 Fair Trade Coffee Nancy Lehrke klehrke@wi.rr.com 694-2624

Grace Safe Place Summer Lunch Program Scott Blanchard scott.blanchard13@yahoo.com 945.2756 Health Ministry Cindy Johnson ctjohnson@wi.rr.com 652-7476

Lectors Office churchadmin@trinitykenosha.org 694-5050 Library Dru Spitzer spitzmr@earthlink.net 859-2032 Lutheran World Relief Lucille Brenneman 694-4097 Memorials Linda McKinney Lmckinney3@wi.rr.com 843-2851 Money Counting Ken Larsen Klarsen21@wi.rr.com 654-4801

Mutual Ministry Jay Labedz jlabedz@tds.net 654-8852 Parish Visitors Cindy Johnson ctjohnson@wi.rr.com 652-7476 Saturday Bible Study Tammie Sorenson tammiesorenson@yahoo.com 654-3256 Senior League Linda Kluck dkluck@wi.rr.com 653-9491

Soup Kitchen/Shalom Center Linda McKinney lmckinney3@wi.rr.com 843-2851

Sunday Morning Coffee Rhonda Brennan Brennan_fam@hotmail.com 942-0587 Sunday Morning Nursery Kaley Gerou Sunday School Open Opportunity

Tidings & Website Sheri Villers smvillers@gmail.com 697-8238 Urban Outreach Center Scott Blanchard scott.blanchard13@yahoo.com 945-2756 Ushers Woody Knutson woodyandrosie@gmail.com 658-3052 VBS Mike Van Laningham trinityfamilyfirst@gmail.com 653-1282

Women of the ELCA Roseann Knutson woodyandrosie@gmail.com 658-3052

Opportunities for Ministry Trinity Adult Lunch Bunch

41st

Year

Feb 14th

Happy Valentine's Day! Beef

stroganoff, bread and cherry

cheesecake for dessert. Let’s play

bingo!

Feb 28th

Chicken and rice, bread and coconut

cream pie for dessert. We will honor

February birthdays. Margie will have a

program for us; let’s sing!

Feb Birthdays:

Frances Maxwell 2/16

Marge Lewis 2/15

Krista Lichtenheld 2/8

Katherine Becker 2/24

Mar 14th

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Corn beef

and cabbage. Grasshopper pie for

dessert.

Mar 28th

French toast, egg casserole, potato

casserole and birthday cake for dessert.

Happy Easter!

Birthdays:

Roseann Knutson 3/12

Irene O’Connell 3/17

*If school is cancelled due to bad

weather, there will be no lunch served

that day.

Linda Kluck, 262-653-9491

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Dear members of Trinity,

December was a great

month—five Sundays and

Christmas! So, we were

ahead in both Unified

Giving and the Building

Fund.

Something to think

about—we are over

$12,000 behind in our

budgeted giving! We are

in a good position with

cash only because the committees are not spending!

I am very pleased with the giving to fix our roof, we have collected $11,445.00 for it!

Please remember now our expenses will increase a lot with the winter heating bills. Please make

sure to keep up with your Unified Giving and Debt Reduction please.

Also keep everyone in your prayers, they help!

Thanks,

Jim Lichtenheld

Treasurer

How are We Doing?

December 2012 YTD 2012

Income $26,196.25 $220,845.68

Expenses $22,134.46 $211,785.36

Unified Overage (Shortage) $4,061.79 $9,060.32

Estate Gift Transfer $0.00 $2,447.96

Building Debt Reduction Funds $5,434.50 $58,225.50

Mortgage Payment $4,900.83 $58,340.27

Mortgage Overage (Shortage) $533.67 $2,333.19

Financial Stewardship

The Social ministry and CUSH committee will

meet on the first Sunday of the month, in the

church library between services at 9:10am. The

next meeting will be on February 3rd.

Please remember CANS FOR CUSH on

February 3rd. Please drop off any bagged

aluminum cans in the back hallway of the church

on the first Sunday of each month. The recycling

money will benefit CUSH.

CUSH continues important advocacy work

through their various task forces. CUSH

continues to work on the statewide initiative to

use state funding for treatment programs for non

-violent offenders instead of incarcerating these

individuals. This is the CUSH 11 X 15

Campaign. A CUSH representative

will be giving a presentation during

the education hour at Trinity later

this spring. Watch the Tidings and bulletin for

the date TBA.

CUSH has 2 buses going to Madison for the

People of Faith United for Justice day on

Thursday, March 14, 2013. This is a day-long

gathering to learn, discuss, pray and advocate

together for social justice issues of importance to

all people of Wisconsin. If you are interested in

attending this event, there are flyers on the table

in the hallway as you enter the gathering space.

Bus transportation and lunch are provided for

$35.00.

Social Ministry and CUSH Corner

Getting into TRINITY TIDINGS

The deadline to receive information for the March 2013 issue:

Wednesday, February 20th

Articles may be left in the church office or emailed to Sheri Villers at smvillers@gmail.com.

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Memorials and Gifts

Offerings were made towards the Memorial Fund in memory of loved

ones lost at Christmas time from Betsy Teixeira.

Offerings were made towards the Memorial Fund in memory of Lou

Zelenski from Fran Rice, Jim and Audrey Steel, the family of Bertha “Lou” Zelenski.

An offering was given in memory of their daughter, Sue Buskirk, from Jim and Audrey

Steel towards the Roof Repair Fund.

An offering was towards the Roof Repair Fund from Marilyn Pinzger in memory of her

parents.

An offering was made in memory of Ed Baumann towards the Worship and Music Fund

from Linda and Gerald Euting.

An offering was received from Norbert and Elaine LeMay for a new Grand Piano.

An offering towards the Memorial Fund was received in memory of Catherine Ketler

from Helen Oechler and Margie Slavik.

Total offerings received: $8730

Living Simply with God

A 40-Day Hunger Calendar

ELCA World Hunger is offering a Lenten resource called Living Simply with God to help

with our Lenten journey. You can download the calendar and find out more information at

http://goo.gl/0WqB9

What is this “calendar”?

Any calendar helps you mark your days on Earth, comparing them to each other, making

sense out of each one. This calendar is about hunger that

God wants us to abbreviate, alleviate, eliminate. The

calendar is also about how you can live a joyous and

abundant life, filled with generosity towards others. A life

modeled on Jesus’ own. A life that’s lived simply so that

others can simply live.

What is this calendar for?

The 40-day calendar is a simple way to:

Take stock of your life;

Simplify how you spend your time;

Move God’s version of the good life into your life;

Help change the lives of people whose personal

“calendars” hold unending hunger, bone-crushing

poverty and insulting injustice every day;

Find hope for your life and the lives of others.

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Saturday, February 2nd

9:00am Cupboard Bound

Sunday, February 3rd

8:00am Worship

9:00am Coffee and Hospitality Hour

9:10am CUSH/Social Ministry

9:15am Sunday School

9:15am Adult Education:

Gun Violence in America

10:15am Worship

11:15am Pathway/Dream Team

11:15am Youth Choir Rehearsal

Monday, February 4th

6:00pm Boy Scouts Troop 525

6:30pm Care for Creation Ministry

Tuesday, February 5th

6:00pm Cub Scouts 525

7:00pm Worship & Music Ministry

7:00pm Venture Group

Wednesday, February 6th

8:30am Sunday's Com'n

6:30pm Choir Practice

7:30pm Bell Choir Practice

Saturday, February 9th

4:30pm Pre-School Spring Carnival

Sunday, February 10th

8:00am Worship

9:00am Coffee and Hospitality Hour

9:15am Sunday School

9:15am New Traditions Service

10:15am Worship

Monday, February 11th

6:00pm Boy Scouts Troop 525

Tuesday, February 12th

6:00pm Cub Scouts 525

6:00pm Shrove Tuesday—Pasties Sale

6:30pm Witness Ministry

7:00pm Venture Group

7:00pm Pre-school Board Meeting

Wednesday, February 13th

Ash Wednesday

8:30am Sunday's Com'n

9:00am Life Line Screening

10:30am Ash Wednesday Morning Service

6:00pm Choir Practice

7:00pm Ash Wednesday Service

Thursday, February 14th

11:30am Trinity Lunch Bunch

6:30pm Hope Amidst the Ashes

Sunday, February 17th

First Sunday in Lent

Pastor Tom Out

8:00am Worship

9:00am Coffee and Hospitality Hour

9:15am Sunday School

10:15am Worship

11:00am Cub Scouts Advancing Ceremony

11:15am Pathway/Dream Team

11:15am Youth Choir Rehearsal

Monday, February 18th

6:00pm Boy Scouts Troop 525

Tuesday, February 19th

5:30pm Finance Ministry

6:00pm Council Ministry

6:00pm Cub Scouts 525

7:00pm Venture Group

Wednesday, February 20th

Tidings Articles Due

8:30am Sunday's Com'n

5:45pm Soup Supper

6:00pm Choir Practice

7:00pm Lent Service

Friday, February 22nd

4:00pm Shalom Soup Kitchen

Saturday, February 23rd

8:30am Saturday Bible Study

Sunday, February 24th

Second Sunday in Lent

8:00am Worship

9:00am Coffee and Hospitality Hour

9:15am Sunday School

10:15am Worship

Monday, February 25th

6:00pm Boy Scouts Troop 525

Tuesday, February 26th

6:00pm Cub Scouts 525

7:00pm Venture Group

Wednesday, February 27th

8:30am Sunday's Com'n

5:45pm Soup Supper

6:00pm Choir Practice

7:00pm Lent Service

Thursday, February 28th

11:30am Trinity Lunch Bunch

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TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Phone: (262) 694-5050

Website: www.trinitykenosha.org Email: churchadmin@trinitykenosha.org

STAFF Pastor, Rev. Thomas Smith ........................... ext. 24 Cell: 262-287-8098 Email: pastortom7@gmail.com

Parish Administrator, JoAnn Konkle .......... ext. 21

Children, Youth and Family Minister,

Mike Van Laningham ................................ 653-1282

Minister of Music, Kerri Sherwood

Co-op Preschool Administrator, Lea Ann Taber Co-op Preschool Financial Administrator Misty Van Laningham

Custodian, Sue Torres

Health Ministry Coordinator, Cindy Johnson, RN

SUNDAY WORSHIP TIMES Worship with Holy Communion .... 8:00 & 10:15am New Traditions ............ Second Sundays at 9:15am Hospitality & Coffee Hour ........................... 9:00am

Attended Nursery is available Sundays from 7:30 am to 11:45 for children 6 weeks to 4 years of age

Saved by Grace through Christ

to Serve

February Worship Opportunities

February 13th, Ash Wednesday

10:30am Worship Service

7:00pm Worship Service

Wednesdays during Lent

starting February 20th

5:45pm Soup Supper

7:00pm Worship Service