August 9, 2020 Website: trinity1874.com

The Mission of Trinity Lutheran Church is the preaching, teaching, baptizing and

Sharing the love of Christ in our church, our community and our world.

SS & Bible Class meets every Sunday @ 8:45 am

Trinity Choir meets the first & third Wednesday - 6:30 pm

Men’s Glee meets the second & fourth Wednesday - 6:30 pm

Lutheran Youth Fellowship (LYF) Teen focused Bible Study and Fun Activities—Sundays @ 6 pm

Ladies Afternoon Bible Study meets the 1st and 3rd Monday at 1:30 pm. in the Chapel

The Mt. Vernon Ladies Bible Study will meet at 7 pm. the second and fourth Monday at the home of Susan Stark (1517 S. Hickory).

Mommy and Me Sunday School Class at 8:45 am in the Pre-school room with Courtney Sletten for the little ones ages 0-2.

Prayer Chain If you wish to be added or removed or information has changed, A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY NEEDS TO CALL BOTH the CHURCH OFFICE and NADINE OBERMANN @1-417-308-6352 or MARGE HARRIS @ 236-1935

If you are in need of a ride to and from a doctor appointment or need to pick up a prescription, you may call these people to help you.

Carole Kleiboeker 417-285-4932 Betty Sawyer 417-825-5697

The Lutheran Hour Sermon Schedule August 9 "Over The Darkness, God Hovers" Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Dale A. Meyer A 5-year-old boy once observed, "God has the whole world in His hands-but sometimes He drops it." Hear how Dr. Dale Meyer responded to that young philosopher in a clas-sic message titled "Over the Darkness, God Hovers". It's "Archives August". (Genesis 1:2-3)

The Lutheran Hour may be heard on the following radio stations each Sunday: KKOW-AM,(860) Pittsburg, KS at 9:30 am, KLFC-FM (88.1) Branson, MO at 9:30 am; KRUM (100.5) Rogers, AR 12:30 pm; KNEO-FM, (91.7) Neosho, MO at 1 pm

Attendance August 2, 2020 120 YTD Sunday Average

Birthday’s Anniversaries 9-Courtney Sletten 10-Bob & Sharon Curtit 10-Danika Jelinek 14-Ray & Tracy Beckman 10-Blair Obermann 14-Ryan & Sarah Bracht 12-Alice Moore 14-Jennifer & Danny Moennig 12-Christopher Smith 13-Kim Connelly 13-Ross Mattlage 13-Hannah Sharp 15-Whitney Dahlstrom

Assisting in the Service August 16, 2020 Preacher: Rev. Jake Sletten Liturgist: Lay Minister Bruce Sletten Elder: Ryan Stockton Ushers: Jerry Krueger Acolytes: NA Greeters: NA Sound: Bob Senninger Broadcaster: Scott George Communion Set up: Edith Harmon Communion Wash: Walt and Cheryl Brown

The schedule for Communion Set-Up and Wash will resume starting on August 9th.

Nominations for the 2021 Election need to

be returned today, August 9th. There will be a basket in the

Narthex where they can be dropped off.

Friendship Club will be cancelled

for the rest of the year. For questions, please contact Arlene Stevenson at 417-393-7060.

Radio broadcast of Trinity Lutheran Church services may be heard on radio station KKBL (95.9) and live stream broadcast through www.trinity1874.com on the internet, tablet or smart phone.

E-mail: trinityfreistatt@gmail.com

Food In-Gathering 35 “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat..”

Matthew 25: 35

The Evangelism Board is accepting donations for food distribution

to needy families. Please leave your cash and food donations

in the Narthex until August 9th. Contact the church office to recommend a

family in need. Thank you.

Volunteer’s Needed to help operate the live

streaming camera during church service on Sunday mornings.

Kurt Krueger and Drew Meier have been doing it the past few months and would like to have some

additional help. Please contact the church office if you can

help out.

The church is working on putting together our church directory online, using Instant Church

Directory Online. To learn more about it you can visit the website here,

https://www.instantchurchdirectory.com/.

To get started we are using the information in the current church directory and the emails we have

on file. There is also a letter and information sheet in the Narthex with more details.

Stay tuned for when the online directory is ready

to be viewed!

Trinity Lutheran School School is starting!

Help us stock our pantry AND our medicine cabinet! As we eagerly welcome students back in August,

we are in need of the following items that may be delivered to the school or church office.

Thank you for helping us start the year on the right foot!

Medicine Cabinet: Powder-free gloves (size M or L), Facemasks (cloth w/ filter or disposable 3-layer) Hand Sanitizer Lysol spray

Pantry: Chicken nuggets Chicken patties Condiments (ketchup, BBQ sauce, syrup) Ranch dressing Frozen waffles and french toast sticks Extra large (#10) cans of vegetables and fruit (this is

our greatest need as we use 3-4 per day) Granola bars Cookie dough Ground beef Hot dogs

Bible Study Opportunity

Pastor will be doing a Facebook Live Bible Study on the Church and School’s Facebook page on Wednesday evenings, from 6 to 7pm. The bible study will be going over the Bible readings for the upcoming Sunday.