Sept 2017 Trumpet - Clover Sites

Sept 3, 2017 - 9:30 Worship only

Sept 10 – 8:30 Devotions in sanctuary. 9:00 – Service Projects (many in the Gathering Place) 11:30 – Block Party (pork sandwich meal) at the Trinity Stand at the Fairgrounds

Sept 17 – Worship 8:30 & 10:45

Sunday School at 9:30

Presentation of Bibles to Nursery & 3rd Grade students Teachers’ Installation

Sept 24 – Worship 8:30 & 10:45

Sunday School at 9:30

This year’s Sunday School theme is “Rooted” in Grace, Christ, Faith and Truth. “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to

live your lives in him, rooted and

built up in him, strengthened in

the faith as you were taught, and

overflowing with thankfulness.”

Colossians 5:6-7

Sunday School classes begin on

Sunday, September 17th at 9:30 Grades 1 – 6 meet at 9:30 a.m. in Rooms 201-203 (main level near the bathrooms) for music. Wed, Sept 20 at 6:00 p.m. Orientation for 7-8th grade Confirmation Students (parents and students are asked to attend).

Meet in the Gathering Place (basement dining area). Sept 27 – Confirmation begins with a bonfire and supper at 6:00 p.m. at the home of Perry and Peggy Olson.

Handbells

rehearsals begin Sept 6th at the back of the sanctuary.

Handbells practice on Wednesdays at 6:15 p.m. (6:00 p.m. during Lent). If you are interested in being a substitute, contact Donna Perryman in the church office 526-3463.

Senior Choir rehearsals begin Sept 6th in the front pews of the sanctuary. Rehearsals are Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. If you are interested in joining Senior Choir, contact Mike Ellingsen at 526-5808, [email protected] or just come to the rehearsal!

The Trinity Lutheran Church Women will meet on Thursday, September 7 at 1:30 p.m. in the Gathering Place. All women are welcome and invited to attend!

What Does This Mean?

7Up, SALSA, SWAP, TLCW -- Huh?!?!

Listed below is a short definition of commonly used acronyms at Trinity Lutheran, Blue Earth. Release Time: Wednesdays from Oct 4 – April 25, all Blue Earth students are released from school at 2:15. We welcome elementary students to Trinity’s religious–based program from 2:15 – 4:00 SALSA: Junior High Youth SWAP: Senior High Youth 7Up: Sunday morning class time for students in grades 7-12. TLCW: Trinity Lutheran Church Women Gathering Place: the dining room area in the basement � � The Signage Task Force has been diligently working on new directional signs. You will soon notice them in hallways to point visitors and members to our gathering areas and restrooms.

Sept 10

God’s Work.

Our Hands.

Devotions at 8:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Projects 9:00 – 11:30. Block Party Meal at 11:30 at the Trinity Stand / Fairgrounds. (See ‘Trumpet Blasts’ article for more information)

The Trumpet September, 2017 Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA 235 East 7th Street, Blue Earth, MN Mission Statement: As God’s people, we are nurtured by word and sacrament to welcome, empower and serve others.

I encourage all members, kids to seniors, who are around on Sunday, September 10, to participate in God’s Work. Our Hands. The morning begins at 8:30 a.m. with a brief worship service, and then everyone will be dismissed to begin working on several service projects, both at Trinity and out in the community. There are projects for everyone: making sack lunches for Seneca workers, tying fleece blankets for Camp Noah, putting together care packages for our military, college students, cleaning up ditches and the city’s rain gardens, washing windows at St. Luke’s, making thank you cards for military personnel and service workers - these are just some of the many projects to choose from.

You may sign up for a project at Trinity – the lists are on the bulletin

board just outside the church office. If you don’t get a chance to sign up for a specific project before the 10th, you can fill in where needed on that Sunday. At the conclusion of the projects (at 11:30), there will be a meal at the Trinity Fair Stand. God’s Work. Our Hands T-shirts are still available for $10. Please come -- even if you don’t have a T-shirt and would rather not purchase one! Many hands are needed to make this day a success! Come to church on September 10, at 8:30am, wearing your work clothes, and be ready to help our neighbors, near and far.

I’m looking forward to a fun and rewarding day!

Peace & Blessings, Renee Beattie, Council President

Sept 17 – Beginning of

Sunday School classes at

9:30 a.m.! Bibles will be presented to Nursery & 3rd Grade students during the 8:30 and 10:45 worship services. Teachers will be Installed during the worship services on September 17th.

Doctoral Diaries Nobody panic! There is a game plan. That was emphasized to my doctoral class as we finished our on-site residency in June. Before we left the seminary grounds we had charted what work was being asked of us to complete the Doctorate of Ministry in Biblical Preaching in timeline form, beginning with our graduation date in 2019 and working backwards. We made a chart. A plan. And now it the time to follow the game plan. There are assignments (such as preaching a sermon without notes and reflection papers from June classes) and then there is (cue ominous music) the thesis proposal due in January. My thesis proposal will lay out a topic of study related to preaching, my goals for research and what project I will develop to study my topic further. It is a work in progress, but the starting

whistle has blown and I know and feel like I am in a doctoral program with much work ahead. Since the Doctorate of Ministry in Biblical Preaching is a contextual program you will be hearing, seeing and experiencing more too at Trinity. Please feel free to ask me about my studies and my research topic as we travel into the months ahead. Pastor Jeanette Bidne

Confirmation

(Affirmation of Baptism) will be held at Trinity, Blue Earth on

Sunday, October 8 during the 10:45 worship service.

December worship events to add to your calendar: Dec 10 – Worship led by Senior Choir and Handbells Dec 17 – Sunday School Christmas program during 8:30 and 10:45 worship. Pre-K and Nursery at 10:45 service.

Dec 24 – 4th Sunday in Advent Worship time change to 9:30 a.m.

Dec 24 – Christmas Eve

Worship at 4:00 and 9:00 p.m. (note time changes from previous years!)

I remember the back to school shopping trips. The sparkling white tennis shoes. The new pair or two of jeans. And who could forget the array of pencils, folders and notebooks? A different color notebook for each school subject was my system for many, many years. The memories make me smile. I don’t know about you, but there was always a sense of excitement about the new things to come in the fall months and this year is no different. Beginning in September, we will begin the Narrative Lectionary in Sunday worship. This means we will focus on just one main reading as a theme and emphasis in each worship service. A chance to hear stories spoken and preached upon that often aren’t encountered. We will begin in the Old Testament and as Advent nears learn about the prophets. Come Christmas, we will have the readings of Jesus birth and we will then travel through the Gospel of John. Holy Week and Easter are celebrated with readings of Jesus’ last week and then we will learn about the early Church. I invite you be open to what this experience in worship together can be for you and to also be open to what new thing God may be calling you to this fall. Would you like to invite someone to join in our adventure through the Bible?

Is there something that comes to mind in our faith community that needs tending? What needs to do you see in the community and what gifts does Trinity have to tend them? Where have you seen God’s presence and activity? As of August 15th, I have served as your pastor for one whole year! Woohoo! I am thankful to be here. Thankful for the grace you have shown as I continue to learn names and faces. Thankful for your willingness to learn with me through my doctoral studies and together as we worship and serve. Thankful for the journey that we are on together to be followers of Jesus. Fall will bring new things. What new things? I am not sure but I am sure, that for us, as followers of Jesus, that God will do a new thing with us in our faith lives and with our spiritual muscles. It’s how God works and as we travel through the Narrative Lectionary we will discover God has done it before. Thanks be to God! So if anyone is in Christ, there

is a new creation: everything old

has passed away; see, everything

has become new! – 2 Corinthians 5:17 United in Christ, Pastor Jeanette

Council Highlights

Trinity’s Council met on Aug 8, 2017 with 10 of the 11 members present.

We discussed Chapter 7 of Almost Christian. Financial reports were distributed and reviewed. Noted that Mary Fiel (daughter of Rick and Shannon Dickman) has graduated from Luther Seminary and received a call to Carleton, Minnesota. Started conversation of finding a technology intern for Trinity to update basic communication and technology resources. Approved signage quote from Rocker’s Studio of Winnebago.

Complete copy of minutes is available on

the display rack outside the office.

HURRICANE HARVEY / TEXAS

Lutheran Disaster Response’s affiliate is actively present, collaborating with community leaders and officials to initiate the proper responses, particularly the long-term recovery efforts. The road to recovery will be long, and Lutheran Disaster Response will be there to accompany those affected through every phase of this disaster. Donations can be made on-line at ELCA.org/disaster. 100% of gifts to Lutheran Disaster Response will be used entirely for this disaster response. Paper forms for donations are available in the church office. “Ironically,” the 2018 ELCA National Youth Gathering has been scheduled for Houston. The ELCA will work closely with local officials to determine where ‘we’ are needed the most in July, 2018!

Reformation 1517 – 2017 Martin Luther

It’s a dramatic image – the zealous monk, hammer in hand, nailing the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. This single moment has caused October 31, 1517, to be regarded as the birthday of the Reformation. But what really happened?!? First, Luther was no radical or vandal. The Castle Church was where members of the University of Wittenberg worshiped. The door was commonly used as a bulletin board for faculty and students. The ’95 Theses’ were the lined items of Luther’s paper – written in Latin as a typical scholarly way of inviting debate on a particular subject.

Martin Luther wishes to reform various teachings, practices and structures of the Roman Catholic Church. He insisted that the central message of Christianity is the good news that sinners become reconciled to God by grace through faith because of the saving work of Jesus Christ. Due to the political climate, Martin Luther's actions had widespread repercussions influencing government, language, education, and how we worship. Join in our Reformation Events in October to learn more about this important time in our history!

(Portions of this article are drawn from Lutheranism 101 published by Augsburg)

Film Viewing: Luther, the movie

October 11th 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Learn more about the Reformation, Luther's background and theology, the politics and the resulting conflicts through the

2003 Luther film starring Joseph Fiennes.

Reformation Sunday October 29

A Festival Worship Day led by the Praise Band. Sunday School students will sing during the 10:45 worship.

Reformation Meal October 29 following worship

Join in a German-style meal ** served family style, compete with a history table to learn more about the Reformation and Martin Luther. More information to be announced. **Brats & Kraut, mashed potatoes,

whole grain bread, warm apple- sauce, apple cake with whip

cream**

Reformation Celebration and

Fellowship with St. Peter and

Paul Catholic Church

November 8th 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

In light of the Reformation Anniversary, to celebrate our unity as Christians and the unique gifts different denominations offer, join us for a fellowship event November 8th, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. with Father Klein and members of Saints

Peter and Paul Catholic Church. A time of history, learning, music and fun. Tentatively scheduled to take place at Trinity. Watch for more details in our October Newsletter.

Let’s Do Lunch! Many shut-ins look forward to receiving Meals on Wheels in Blue Earth. Trinity, along with several other churches, deliver noon meals

for one week – every five weeks –

to many local friends. For these folks, a warm greeting, a short conversation, good company and a hot meal are happily anticipated. The delivery route is determined by the number of stops to be made. United Hospital provides the routes and meals, and we provide delivery of them. Right now we are in need of people to fill the delivery needs. Delivering goes quicker if two people are involved – a driver and a ‘runner’. If you would like to donate about an hour once every five weeks, please contact Ruthy Johnson 526-5937. We has some people who are only available in the summer and those who are available year round. Whenever you are available, your service is appreciated! Ruthy Johnson

SE MN Synodical Women’s Organization

Convention – September 16

Our SWO (Synodical Women's Organization) Convention will be held Sat., Sept. 16 from 8:00 am -4:00 pm at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin, MN. There is a cost of $25 registration for the event which includes morning coffee and lunch. Anyone able to go needs to make a copy of the registration form which will be in the church office and get it sent by Sept. 7. I plan to go and would enjoy having company on the ride over and back. Please contact me if you would like to ride with me. Marlene Hanson 526-5406 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

PLAYHOUSE On September 24th, the Habitat “Playhouse” will be in the parking lot. This is a fundraising event for their on-going construction projects.

Tyler Schonrock, son of Chad and Shelia Schonrock, has accepted a position at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minnesota, as their full time High School Youth Minister. Tyler will be commissioned to serve at Bethel on Sunday, September 3, 2017. We wish him well and will be praying for him in this new and exciting journey God has called him to.

CHRISTMAS IN CHRIST CHAPEL, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE

Trinity received information about a partner discount to attend the Gustavus Adophus College Christmas event in St. Peter on December 1, 2 and 3. Life Abundant: A Celebration of Christmas during the 500th year of

the Reformation will be performed by over 350 students – sharing a Christmas message through music, readings, prayer and dance. If 5 or more people chose to attend, there is a 20% discount. Tickets include the worship service and smorgasbord buffet. Please contact the church office by September 29th if you would like more information or if you would like to ‘car-pool’ to this event. Church office 526-3463 Donna Perryman

Listed below are birthdays of members in the church active data base. If there is an addition or correction, please call the church office (526-3463). Sept 1 – Willard Amundson Mavrik Myers 2 – Devin Cory, Ron Smith 3 – Barb Backstrom Aubrey Skaden 4 – Robert Haugen Harold Toppin 5 – Liz Boettcher, Harper Teems 6 – Craig Johnson, Kayla Kimball, Bob Martig, Olivia Stewart 7 – Bernice Anderson, Tim Blagg 8 – Kay Bogan 9 – Marlene Hanson, Stephanie Wolff 10 – Ronay Bjerke, Jared Smith 11 – Mary Bartels, Katie Hanson Noah Laehn, Jaxon Lee, Kathy Maloney 12 – ElRose Anderson, Sharon Olson 14 – Hailey Meyers, Whitney Pirsig, Terri Wells 15 – Waylen Douglas, Sheila Wickersham 16 – Derick Benz, John Hansen Courtney Mehrhof Alesha Wickersham 18 – Brett Nowak, Jason Olson Sonja Troll 20 – Mark Rauenhorst 22 – Pam Hunt 23 – Jay Hagedorn, Jean Hinrichsen 24 – Dustin Lane, Brianna Olson 25 – Marissa Benz 26 – Kipp Dahlberg, Alex Dikken, Travis Keister,

26 – Jylessa Levenhagen, Ellen Sanders 27 – Taylor Teems, Laura Weness 28 – Lucas Determan, Dick Stindtman 29 – Cyla Nowak, Shar Stindtman 30 – Brady Olsen

September Sunday at 8:30 Geary Wells Brian Wells Craig Wells

Sunday at 10:45 Clair Nassen, Les Pearson

Chad Schonrock If you would like to change the month you serve or would like to be added to the schedule, please

contact the church office at 526-3463.

General Church e-mail [email protected] Donna Perryman, Office Admin. 507-526-3463

Pastor Jeanette Bidne [email protected] 507-339-1178

Kim Jacobson, Children/Youth and Family Ministries [email protected] 507-525-0747 If you would like to receive your Trumpet newsletter electronically, send your request to Donna via email at [email protected]

Office 526-3463 Open 8:30

to 5:00 p.m.

Kimberly Jacobson, Youth Director [email protected] 507-525-0747

Children Youth & Family

This year’s theme for Christian Education is “ROOTED.” This was the same theme that was chosen for summer Bible Camp. Colossians 5:6-7 ‘So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in

him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.’

ROOTED in Grace, Christ, Faith, and Truth.

Sunday School classes will begin on September 18th at 9:30. Letters have been sent out to families. If you

have not received one, please call the church office at 526-3463 and one will be sent to you. At the present time, we are still in need of teachers for 2nd and 3rd grade Sunday School. There is also a need for leaders for Wednesday Release time (2:00 – 4:00 pm). If this is something you feel called to do, please let me know. Thank you! Thank you!! Kim Jacobson 525-0747 [email protected]

REMINDER: 2nd annual God’s Work. Our Hands. Faith in action SundayFaith in action SundayFaith in action SundayFaith in action Sunday September 10th at 8:30 a.m.

The morning will begin with a short worship service. Then people will be dismissed to begin the projects. There are many projects being planned, and there is something for all ages! The morning will conclude with a

block party at the fair stand at 11:30. All are welcome!! On the menu: Pork chops on a stick, cole slaw, chips and brownies

September/ October Calendar of events September 10th: God’s Work. Our Hands. 8:30 a.m. September 17th: Bibles to Nursery & 3rd Grade students

Installation of Teachers during worship September 18th: Sunday School begins 9:30 a.m.

September 20th: Confirmation Orientation for parent/s and students September 24th: AmazinGrace 2:30 p.m. 7-12th graders (letters will go out with more details)

September 27th: Confirmation class will begin @ 6:00 p.m. SALSA (junior high youth) begins @ 4:00 p.m. SWAP (senior high youth) begins at 7:30 p.m.

October 4th: Release time begins! at 2:15 SALSA @ 4:00 p.m. Confirmation class @ 6:00 p.m. SWAP @ 7:30

October 11th: SALSA @ 4:00 p.m. Confirmation class @ 6:00 p.m. (Movie night “Luther”) SWAP @ 7:30 October 18th: MEA NO CONFIRMATION OR YOUTH GROUPS

October 25th: NO SALSA Servant Event night with the Catholic Church (collecting food for the food shelf). SWAP @ 7:30

October 29th: Reformation Sunday Celebration!!!

The kids who will be attending the youth gathering in Houston next summer will be doing a German meal. On the menu:On the menu:On the menu:On the menu: Brats and Kraut (kraut will be served separate for those who don’t like it)

Mashed potatoes, Whole grain bread, Warm applesauce Apple cake with real whip cream.

More details in the October newsletter