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DEADLINES: Weekly Bulletins: Weekly bulletins will be printed early on Thursday mornings. If you have information or announcements for the weekly bulletin, please call or email the information to the office by the end of the day on Wednesday. Monthly Newsletters: Deadline for monthly newsletter is the 20th of each month. Please have articles to the office by the 20th to insure inclusion in the newsletter. Thank you for your assistance in these matters.
Adopt-A-Family School Supply collection: Even though we are at the end of the current school year, it is not too early to start planning ahead for the next one. The Adopt-A-Family program is once again collecting school supplies to help students whose families are not in a position to buy all of them. Each congregation in Greene County is being asked to help with this collection. Here at Trinity we will be gathering watercolor paints and scissors (both blunt tip and pointed) for students to use at school. Adopt-A-Family is expecting at help at least 200 students this year, so let's try to gather at least 200 of each. A tub will be available in the narthex for you to place your scissors and watercolors. If you have any questions about the school supply collection or the Adopt-A-Family program please contact Pam Mentzer at 515-370-1029. Blessings in Christ Jesus, Pastor Tim Jones
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75th ANNIVERSARY MEETINGS: Meetings for our 75th Anniversary celebration will be held every second Sunday of the month in Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. All members are welcome at the meetings. |
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Hymns We Like to Sing: The Worship Committee is asking for your input in the hymns that are chosen for our church services. Please take some time to go through our hymnals, Lutheran Service Book & The Other Song Book, and write down the hymns in them that you like to sing on the orange sheet that is in your bulletin. Feel free to write down as many hymns from our hymnals as you would like. Extra copies of the orange sheet are available in the Narthex and church office. We will use the lists given to us to help decide which hymns are used during each service. A limited number of hymnals are available for you to borrow and take home if you would like. And, if you need help remembering the tune, Pastor Jones has all the hymns from Lutheran Service Book on his computer. Just stop by and ask to hear them. Thank you for your help. |
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Homeless Teens in Greene County: This is an opportunity to help a group of teens who are struggling with day to day living. There is a Homeless Teen Coalition at the High School, and they have identified some items that these teens need. There is a box for collecting items under the coat racks. Money may be given to Adopt-A-Family for this purpose. See Pam Mentzer at Public Health for details. Items Needed: Laundry soap for teens to take home or to wash their clothes at school School supplies needed for High School:
THANK YOU to everyone for helping out our teens who are experiencing homelessness/displacement and loads of stress.
Mentoring Program for Youth: If you enjoy being around young people, consider being a mentor for a young person. This opportunity does not require a lot of planning or work, just include the child in your usual family activities. You are giving this child an opportunity to make a Christian friend. Greene County has a very good program under the direction of Donna Sutton, please contact her at 515-386- 2735. This can be a fun and very fulfilling activity for you and the community.
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Bell Tower Parade: You are invited to be part of the Trinity Lutheran Church float on Saturday, June 8 for the Bell Tower Parade. It is an entry to say thank you to God for our 75th anniversary which will be celebrated in June, 2014. We will have a large banner carried by three Gospel Gladiators. They will be followed by a float designed by Cheryl Robson and driven by Al Robson. Be at the high school parking lot at 10:00 AM wearing a red t-shirt. If you do not have a red t-shirt, call Ellie Menz at 515-386-8420 and you will be given one free of charge. If you’d like, you can distribute pencils and witness bracelets as you walk the route from the high school to the middle school. Let’s have a great turnout. Make it a family fun time…strollers, wagons, bikes, etc. If your out-of- town family is in Jefferson, invite them to join in. You can also park at the Rec Center and you will be shuttled to the High School. |
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The Outreach Committee’s 5th Sunday in June Event: The Outreach Committee is planning an early 4th of July celebration, a red, white, and blue Sunday on June 30th. It would be great to see the congregation wearing something red, white and or blue. Pastor Jones will be on vacation, but he is planning a patriotic worship service. Some other plans may include a brunch with BBQ hamburgers and hotdogs, some old fashion games, and etc. This is an Outreach so that will include collecting blue jeans for our local homeless teens and other families. There will be an opportunity to donate money for the replacement of flags and poles that are displayed every memorial day. The following article from Vicky Lautner, Director Jefferson Park and Recreation, explains this project.
Every year there is a monumental task of placing flags and poles at the Jefferson and Catholic Cemeteries so that we may properly recognize those who gave their lives for our country. It is the City of Jefferson’s responsibilities to maintain our cemeteries and thus comes the responsibility of the flags and poles. The City has put a line item in the budget for income (donations) for the flags and also a line item for the expense of replacing flags. The line items do not fall back into the General Fund. The donations are maintained separately. For the past three years Elks and DOES have been assisting the City by inspecting and repairing as many flags as possible for a proper Memorial Day display. When flags and poles are found to be beyond repair, a list is given to the Director of Jefferson Park and Recreation Department. An article is put in the paper to notify the family or friends that the flag needs to be replaced. If the deceased veteran has no family respond to do this, the Jefferson Park and Recreation Department would like to have a fund set aside for donations to replace the flags and poles when needed. To order a replacement flag is $50 or $85 to cover the cost of the flag and the pole.
Looking forward to a fun filled morning of celebration, for our faith, our Christian family, and for the blessings of living in this great country. |
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$100,000 for 75th Anniversary: Cleaning and tuck-pointing the exterior of our church has started. The bricks are being cleaned and any damaged or defective bricks are being replaced. Our next projects will be gutters, repairing the stained glass windows and covers to protect the windows. Remember the goal is to pay as we go, so far we have met that goal, but we still need money for these projects to be completed. Thanks to your generous giving these goals should be met.
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The Piece Makers Quilting Group donated thirty-seven quilts to Lutheran World Relief in April. In 2012, Lutheran World Relief delivered 412,710 Mission Quilts around the world to people in need. LWR Mission Quilts are valuable tools in Lutheran World Relief’s work to end poverty, injustice and human suffering. To those that receive them, they are a tangible symbol of God’s love and compassion. LWR Mission Quilts are the most requested items. In 2013, LWR is challenging Lutherans across the U.S. to donate 500,000 quilts to send around the world to people in need. For more information, go to lwr.org. |
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We also sent two table runners to Camp Okoboji for their quilt auction which will be held on June 15th. The quilts for auction can be views on Camp Okoboji’s website at campokoboji.org.
In addition, we have donated twelve baby quilts, self-binding receiving blankets and burp cloths to the Greene County H.O.P.E.S. program.
All of these endeavors are made possible with your donations of fabric. The Lenten Supper proceeds were used to purchase fabric and notions to match current projects. For quilts for Lutheran World Relief, we recycle gently used sheets from a motel in Des Moines. These sheets are used for filler and better sheets are dyed to add more color to the back of the quilts. They give us a call when they have a supply for us to pick up. So if you have any fabric you are not going to use or sheets, we would love to sew a quilt to keep someone warm.
We will be taking the summer off, but when we start back up in the fall, we would like to have more people join us when we meet on Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. You can come anytime and leave anytime you need to during the evening. If you are not a quilter and would like to learn how to quilt, we would be happy to teach you or you may cut fabric or tie the quilts. We will be looking forward to seeing some new faces in the fall.
Pictured are: Shirley Griffin, Christine Jones, Sarah Erickson, Connie Carstens and Pat Benitz Not Pictured: Lisa Fredrickson, Shirley (John) Danielson, Shirley (Gary) Danielson, Jeanne Daubendiek, Vi Hoffman and Bobbi Miller
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