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Mark your calendars and invite your friends! Cristiano Rizzotto, a Brazilian organist and concert pianist will perform a FREE ORGAN CONCERT on Thursday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of Grace Lu-theran Church, 320 E. Main Street, Man-kato, Minnesota (corner of 4th & Main, downtown). Mr. Rizzotto was born in Rio de Janeiro

and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance. In Brazil, he served as organist of the city’s Benedic-tine Abbey, owner of the oldest organ in South Amer-ica and where the tradition of the chants and liturgy has been kept fresh and alive by the Carioca monks since the 16th century.

Someone ‘With Skin On’ My 3-year-old nephew was having a hard time fal-ling asleep at Grandma’s house, so my mom lay down beside him for a while. As she started to ease out of the room, his eyes flew open. “You’re safe,” she re-minded him. “Jesus is always with you.” “I know, Grandma,” he protested, “but I want some-one with skin on!” That reminded me of a quote by theologian Freder-ick Beuchner: “Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside some-body else’s skin.” God came to us as Jesus—someone “with skin on”—so we would know He understands what it’s like to live inside our skin. Now as Jesus’ body in the world, we’re often called on to be some-one “with skin on” to others. Indeed, we’re to show them such compassion that we could just as well be wearing their skin.

~Heidi Mann, The NEWSLETTER Newsletter, July 2014

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-Trinity Lutheran Church and Faribault Lutheran School Staff - Rev. Dr. Michael Nirva, Senior Pastor

Vacancy Pastors: Rev. Steve Jones, Rev. Robert Lentz, Rev. Robert Snyder, Rev. Warren Schmidt Bill Kirkpatrick, Finance Property Manager Kathy Bode, Office Manager Jennifer Kingland, Receptionist/Secretary

Joel Witt, FLS Principal Mandy Blume, Parish Nurse Worship Broadcasts: Radio (KDHL 920 AM) Sunday at 8:00 am, Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

Phone: (507) 331-6579 Trinity website: www.trinityfaribault.org Trinity Radio Website: www.trinityradioandvideo.org Cable (Channels 8 & 10) Monday &/or Tuesday at 3:30 pm

PLEASE CHECK THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE NARTHEX FOR COMMUNITY AND NON-

CHURCH SPONSORED ACTIVITIES

Sat. (5th) 5-7:00 Full Belly Inc. (Cathedral)

5:30 Worship

Sun. (6th) 7:40 Summer Choir

8:00 Worship

9:15 Adult Bible Study/Fellowship

10:30 Connection (C)

Mon. (7th) 9:30 Accordion Band Practice

7:00 GA

7:00 Gamanon

7:00 Stewardship

Tue. (8th) 3:45 Faribault Care Center (C)

5:00 Community Cathedral Café

6:30 LLB Meeting

7:00 Human Care

Wed. (9th) 8-12:00 4-H Performing Arts

4:00 Pleasant Manor (C)

5-7:00 Full Belly Inc. (Cathedral)

6:00 Team B Connection

6-8:00 4-H Performing Arts

Thu. (10th) 1:00 Women In Mission

Fri. (11th) 5-7:00 Full Belly Inc. (Cathedral)

Sat (12th) 10-2:00 JV Emerald’s Car Wash (Trinity)

5-7:00 Full Belly Inc. (Cathedral)

5:30 Worship (C)

Sun. (13th) 8:00 Worship (C)

9:15 Adult Bible Study/Fellowship

10:30 Worship

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In Our Prayers for Strength, Comfort, and Healing… • Vern & Becca

• James

• Kevin

• Paul

• Earl Benson

• Lavonne Dupont

• Linda Hesse Those whose names we carry in our hearts. Special prayers for our military and support personnel. Thank you to all that supported the Community Dinner during Heritage Days. We greatly appreciate all who donated their time and the monetary donations too. A special thank you to all those that stepped in at the last minute to take over for Vern and I. We are blessed to have this opportunity to serve our commu-nity and are grateful. Thank you again.

Vern and Becca Meintsma

OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY! Rice County Fair, July 15-20

Trinity will be having a booth at the fair.

Influencing the culture begins at the local level one person at a time. This is an excellent

opportunity for evangelism.

We need your help! Sign up to volunteer at the Information Center in the Narthex.

Women In Mission will meet on Thursday, July 10, at 1:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall, hosted by Joan Eastman and Linda Rhode. Join us for the LWML MN South District Convention Report given by Sheila Kre-ger and Jane Teschke. The Convention Report will be based on ER (Everlasting Rescue) based on 2 Timothy 4:18: “The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.”

Garage Sale Benefit for the Meintsma family…

As many of you may know Vern has had an extended hospital stay as his body had rejected a previous liver transplant and now is recovering from transplant sur-gery. He and Becca (who has now taken Family Medi-cal Leave) have a long road

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Welcome to Trinity Lutheran Church, Faribault, MN. We are pleased you are here! An Information Center can be found in the narthex with brochures, pamphlets, and booklets about Trinity, LCMS schools,

upcoming programs, and community events. Please help yourself to these materials.

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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL READINGS Mon. 7/7: Psalm 65:1-13 Thu. 7/10: Jer. 23:16-29

Tue. 7/8: Isaiah 55:10-13 Fri. 7/11: Acts 20:27-38

Wed. 7/9: Rom. 8:12-17 Sat. 7: 12: Matt. 13:1-9, 18-23

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ahead as Vern recovers. To help the family cover ex-penses we are planning a benefit garage sale. This will be in the gym at Trinity, Thursday through Saturday, July 24-26. Hours are Thurs. and Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sat. 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. You may drop off items for the sale Mon. - Wed. July 21-23 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the gym at Trinity. We are looking for household items, furniture, lawn and garden decor, toys, games, books etc. Please no clothing or electron-ics. All items must be clean and in good condition. If you do not have items for the garage sale but would like to help with this benefit, cash donations are being accepted at the church office. If you have any ques-tions please contact Diane Cloeter at 334-2346 or Mike Young at 330-0326. As we get closer to the event, we will be in need of volunteers to help price and set up; please let Diane or Mike know if you can help. We look forward to working together with you as we show our love, concern and support for Vern, Becca and Abby.

The doorbells are complete at the west church en-trance doors—one at the west glass narthex doors and one at the west service entrance. During evening meeting hours, when there is no one in the offices to buzz you in, these doors can be kept locked for secu-rity reasons and the doorbells will announce your presence to people inside who will let you in. Signs are located on the doors, pointing out the proper but-ton to push.

Mandy Blume, Parish Nurse, is having a moving sale on Saturday, July 12 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. She is looking for

helpers to set it up, post signs, help customers during the

sale, and load the unsold items up to drop off at church for the rummage sale. Items are already priced; they just need to be set up that morning. She promises to greet you with a big smile, a delicious breakfast before starting, a nutritious lunch to help you refuel, and lots of gratitude. Volunteers would need to come very early (around 6:30 a.m.) She needs to know if you will be able to help by July 7, so please RSVP to 333-2748 or 507-412-0865. Also, if you have old news-papers and extra plastic shopping bags, please bring them to use for bagging customers’ purchases. Thank you for your help!

Stewardship Every Sunday

Matthew 9:35-10:8 “Freely you have received, freely give,” were among the words that Jesus spoke to His twelve disciples as He sent them out to minister to the deepest needs of peo-ple. God is so lavish in His giving of good things to His people. His intent is that they be wise managers of these gifts, using them in a way which provides bless-ings and benefits to many people, not just to the privi-leged ones who have received those gifts. Christian stewards are to be like conduits of God’s blessings, gratefully receiving them, and allowing them to flow through their words and actions to bring benefits to family members, friends, and others whose lives they touch. The disciples were given the authority to drive out evil spirits and heal every disease and sickness in addition to sharing the good news of the kingdom. What a powerful reminder to us as Christian stewards to pay attention not only to the spiritual needs of peo-ple, but to their physical needs as well.

Summer Choir will sing at the 8:00 a.m. service this Sunday, July 6. Rehearsal of songs will take place at 7:40 a.m. on that day. Any and all singers are welcome to participate.

STATISTICS Attendance General Fund Receipts

(Weekend Services: June 28/29, 2014) 308 $12,819

Weekly budgetary needs in 2014: $14,702

CUMULATIVE TOTALS Time Period: January 1-July 1, 2014

(26 weeks) Budgetary Needs Receipts $382,252 $355,151

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BRINGIN’ THE KINGDOM STORM Camp is Coming!

July 28-August 1

Service To Others in Relational Ministry is a week long service camp for teenagers and adults sponsored by 4th Avenue UMC, Minnesota UMC Conference Camping and STORM Ministries. STORM is returning to Fari-bault for the second year! During the last week of July, 50 teenagers and 12 adults will serve Jesus by serving others in Rice County. The group will be based at 4th Ave. UMC church building. Work the STORM Campers can do includes painting, yard work, construction (ramps), repair, house clean-ing, wood splitting and stacking, demolition and almost anything else. We are now gathering our job list for the week of July 28. If you or a family member or a friend could use some help, please give us a call. We like to spend the whole day at one place and can do a variety of tasks during the day. The sooner you get your request in, the more likely we will be able to help. Please call or email Rann Loppnow at 507-421-3877 (rann@umn.edu), or Kelly Landsverk at 507-334-3202 or 507-330-2840 (rkblands@charter.net) to make a request for a STORM Camp Team to serve you. We hope to serve 60 families during the week. Please call today!

Pastor David E. Brown, director of STORM Camp

WE’RE GOING TO A TWINS GAME!!! Thrivent Financial—South Rice Chapter,

has scheduled a bus trip to the Minnesota TWINS game on Tuesday, JULY 22, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Twins vs. the Cleveland Indians Cost: $15.00 per person

The price includes game ticket and cost for bus. The bus will leave from the public parking lot located on the south side of the Faribault American Legion at 4:30 p.m. and return to Faribault immediately after the game.

Reservations need to be received by July 15. Only 55 seats are available. Registration forms and more infor-mation is available at the Information Center in the Trinity Narthex.

Do You Enjoy Visiting

With Others and Making a Difference?

VOLUNTEER!!! Consider becoming a Hospice Companion!

St. Croix Hospice is looking for people like you to visit and provide support to hos-pice patients and their fami-

lies.

• Flexible visiting options

• Have a certified therapy animal? Pet Therapy opportunities available too!

• Opportunities are available in this area!

If interested, contact: St. Croix Hospice

507-779-7227 Ask for Joel

jrimstad@stcroixhospice.com

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BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN

Hosting an ICE CREAM SOCIAL to Benefit Mission Projects

Sunday, July 13, 2014 4-6:00 p.m.

MENU: Barbecues, Turkey Sandwiches, Potato Salad, Beans, Home Baked Pies, Ice Cream, Root Beer &

Root Beer Floats Come and enjoy the new air conditioning.