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Tidings
May
2014
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church  7104 39th Avenue Kenosha, WI 53142
But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty,
and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—
they will be blessed in their doing. James 1:25
The Easter news of resurrection hope impacts our lives today! Freed from fear
of death in all its forms, we are empowered to live out our faith as
compassionate, generous people bringing the light of Christ to the world.
Empowered
to live out
our faith
Table of Contents
Saturday Morning Bible Study .... 2
Blood Drive ................................. 2
Lutherdale Fest ........................... 2
New Member Sunday ................. 2
Volunteer Schedule..................... 3
Summer Worship Schedule ........ 3
Who to Contact/Ministry Leaders 4
Lunch Bunch ................................... 4
Memorials and Giving ................. 5
Social Ministry/CUSH.................. 6
Care for Creation ........................ 6
Calendar of Events ..................... 7
One area in our community that needs a faithful response is the growing drug
problem, specifically heroin. Heroin addiction is now the number one cause of
death for teens across the country. Teens in Kenosha now have twice the
chance of dying from heroin addiction than in an automobile accident. Drug
dealers lace marijuana with heroin to give the user a better high without the
user knowing that he or she is becoming a heroin addict. Lastly, increased
drug use leads to higher incidences of vandalism and home robberies as
addicts seek to find drugs or money to buy them. This issue affects us all.
This is very scary stuff.
Adults and teens who become addicted to drugs often begin the path
to addiction by misusing legally prescribed pain medication. So it's important
to properly dispose of any unused medication and to keep current
medications in locked containers designed for this purpose. I pray each of us
will take a moment this month to educate ourselves on the dangers of heroin
and drug addiction and talk with our children about those dangers.
At Trinity, we strive to offer youth and young adults a safe and healthy
community that supports them as they experience the ups and downs of life.
This is one of many reasons we offer choices in our worship experience so
that those people including youth and young adults who prefer more
contemporary music may have that experience.
On Sunday, May 4 during the 10:30 service, we celebrate with the families of
our confirmands as these young brothers and sisters affirm their faith in Jesus
Christ. Thanks be to God!
Also, beginning on Sunday, May 25 (Memorial Day weekend), we begin our
summer worship times of 8:00 (Traditional) and 9:30 (Family Friendly).
Weekly Tuesday Taize at 7:00pm will also continue with Holy Communion
being offered weekly beginning on Tuesday, May 27.
God created everything through the Word and called it good. Life IS good.
Together, let's continue the journey of living out that goodness through our
faith community at Trinity and through our service in the world.
God bless and with love,
Pastor Tom
Worship and Christian Education
-Feel in good health on the day of donation.
First Communion
April 17th, 2014
Cambell Casper,
Elliana Virgili, Gwen
Hammond
Saturday Morning Bible Study
May 24th, 8:30-10:00 a.m., upstairs in the
Sunday School area (No meeting May 10th)
Saturday Study usually meets on the 2nd and 4th
Saturdays of the month (but not this month!). We
are in the beginning of a new study series, ―Good
God Questions.‖ What’s in a question? The asking
can be an entry point for new discovery.
Questions about God can open us to a deeper
understanding of the character of God and God’s
mission in the world. All are welcome to the
conversation. Bring your favorite Bible and your
own experiences as we ask the questions with the
DVD assistance of Professors from Luther
Seminary. For additional information, contact
Tammie at 654-3256 or
[email protected].
Blood Drive
A blood drive co-sponsored
by St. Paul's Lutheran,
Trinity Lutheran & First
Presbyterian Churches will
take place Monday, May 12,
2014, 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
8760 37th Ave. in Fellowship
Hall.
Make an appointment with JoAnn Konkle at 262694-5050, Julie Peterson 262-697-0595, or Karen
Sorenson 262-945-1816. Appointments
encouraged. Refreshments provided.
Lutherdale Fall Fest
Lutherdale Fall Fest is nearing. Anyone with
items to have delivered to Lutherdale for the Fall
Festival should have them in the church office by
June 1st. Please contact the church office with
any questions. (262-694-5050).
Pasties!
Special thanks to Roberta Anderson, Donna
Dezoma, Jane Schmitz, Diana Shidagis, Judy
Glover, Audrey Steel, Mary Williams, and Phyllis
Dibble for helping get the pasties done and out.
Thanks to everyone who bought them. We made
$1,150.00 on them and because there so much
work to be done in the church we are leaving the
monies in an account for things that come. Peace
to all of you. —Linda Kluck
New Member Sunday
New Member Sunday is May 11th. Anyone
interested in joining Trinity Lutheran Church,
should consider attending Trinity 101: Welcome
New Members on Thursday, May 8th, 6:30 – 7:30
to get an overview of the church and answer any
questions. Please contact Krista Lichtenheld at
262-914-0068 or the church office at 262-6945050.
Affirmation of Baptism
To donate blood, you must:
-Be in good health.
-Weight at least 110 lbs.
-Have a photo ID with your birth date.
-Be at least 17 years old (16 years old with
parental consent), no upper age limit.
Dylan Fulton, Emily Grachen, Gavin
Hammond, Haddon Harms, Mary Hellwig,
Rachel Schuldt, Lucas Stoyer
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SUNDAY VOLUNTEERS
May 4
May 11
May 18
May 25
Acolyte
8:00
Maddie Filer
Abbey Gross
Kendall Gross
Alexis Pfeiffer
10:30
Haddon Harms
Katie Nance
Rachael Schuldt
Tyler Nance
Greeters
8:00
Pat Mott, Evelyn Stamm
Lucas Stoyer, Roberta
Andersen
Gordon Briese, Donna
Dezoma
Rhonda Brennan, Maddie
Filer
10:30
Scott Blanchard, Savannah
Gerou
Gavin Hammond, Nancy
Huffman
Linda Kluck, Leah Kuester
Samantha Ledwitch, Joe
Rundlett
Communion Assistants
8:00
Jose & Ginny Martinez
10:30
Linda Dubaniewicz,
Kathy Blake
Linda McKinney, Pat Mott
Audrey Steel, Rhonda
Brennan
Paul Roskres, Mike Spitzer Nancy Lehrke, Kathy Blake
Dan & Gay Voelz
Jeff Haines, Nancy
Huffman
Lector
8:00
Andrea Quets
Fred Haerter
Sandy Jahns
Carol Haerter
10:30
Paul Roskres
Dru Spitzer
Linda Dubaniewicz
Haddon Harms
Ushers
8:00
Woody Knutson, Fred
Duprey, Nathan Quets,
Nicholas Van Laningham
Woody Knutson, Fred
Duprey, Nathan Quets,
Nicholas Van Laningham
Jim Lichtenheld, Steve
Rasmussen
Jim Lichtenheld, Steve
Rasmussen
10:30
Jeff, Lauren & MaKena
Haines, Patty Hasselburg
Jeff, Lauren & MaKena
Haines, Patty Hasselburg
Paul Weyrauch, Roy &
Mary Bishop, Dylan &
Austin Fulton
Paul Weyrauch, Roy &
Mary Bishop, Dylan &
Austin Fulton
Minister’s Assistant
8:00
Rhonda Brennan
Sandy Jahns
Jose Martinez
Linda McKinney
10:30
Sue Torres
Dru Spitzer
Bruce Milne
Sue Torres
Current Sunday
Worship Schedule
Summer Sunday
Worship Schedule
8:00am Traditional Service
Begins May 25th!
8:00am Tradition-Rich Service
10:30 a.m. Relaxed Family-Friendly Service
9:30 a.m. Relaxed Family-Friendly Service
Tuesday: 7:00 p.m. Taize service
Tuesday: 7:00 p.m. Taize service
Summer worship schedule starts May 25th
(with Holy Communion beginning Tuesday, May 27)
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Opportunities for Ministry
Trinity’s Ministry Leadership Teams
―The best way to experience community is to participate in it‖
STAFF
Pastor Tom Smith [email protected]
Church Administrator JoAnn Konkle,
[email protected],
694-5050
Co-op Preschool Lea Ann Taber,
[email protected]
Music Minister Kerri Sherwood,
[email protected]
Children, Youth and Family Minister
Open
Custodian Susan Torres,
[email protected]
Web and Tidings Communications
Minister, Shawn Wolf
[email protected]
For phone numbers, please use CCB or
contact the church office at (262) 694-5050.
Trinity Adult Lunch
Bunch—41st Year
May 1st: Trinity Spring Fling Salad
Luncheon
May 8th: Happy Mother’s Day!
Italian roast beef sandwich, chips,
cole slaw, apple crisp for dessert.
May 23rd: Happy Memorial Day!
Hamburgers, potato salad, chips,
and birthday cake for dessert.
May Birthdays: Winifred Borland 5/12,
Nancy Rasmussen 5/10, Jean Weisner
5/12
CHURCH LEADERSHIP TEAM (Council)
President Linda Kluck, [email protected]
Vice President Bruce Milne, [email protected]
Treasurer Jim Lichtenheld, [email protected]
Finance Open—Contact Linda Kluck, Jim Lichtenheld, Pastor Tom
Secretary Amy Helwig, [email protected]
Personnel Linda Kluck, Jim Lichtenheld, Linda McKinney, Bruce Milne,
Pastor Tom. Staff Support: Jay Labedz, [email protected]
Ministry Teams (first person is team leader/council rep)
Learning Jeff Haines, [email protected]
Sunday Adult Ed: Open—Contact Pastor Tom
Saturday Bible Study: Tammie Sorenson,
[email protected]
Sunday School: Jeff Haines, [email protected]
Sunday’s Com’n: Pastor Tom, [email protected]
Library: Dru Spitzer, [email protected]
Women of the ELCA: Roseann Knutson,
[email protected]
Vacation Bible School: Jeff Haines, [email protected]
Property Bruce Milne, [email protected]
Social Justice Open—Contact Jay Labedz or Nancy Lehrke
Busy Bees (Quilters): Donna Dezoma
Care for Creation: Dru Spitzer, [email protected]
Cupboard Bound Food Dist: Betsi Smith, [email protected]
CUSH: Jay Labedz, [email protected]
Fair Trade Coffee: Nancy Lehrke, [email protected]
Grace Safe Place Summer Lunch Program: Jay Labedz,
[email protected]
Lutheran World Relief: Lucille Brenneman
Adult Lunch Bunch: Linda Kluck, [email protected]
Soup Kitchen/Shalom Center: Linda McKinney,
[email protected]
Stewardship Kurt Kruse, [email protected]
Witness/Hospitality Judy Glover, [email protected],
Diana Shidagis, [email protected]
New Member/Visitor Care: Krista Lichtenheld
[email protected]
CROP Walk: Open Opportunity
Homebound Visitation Ministry: Pastor Tom, Audrey Steel
Sunday Morning Hospitality Coordinator: Rhonda Brennan
Bowling: Woody Knutson [email protected]
Worship & Music Kathy Baas, [email protected]
Sunday Morning Traditional Worship Services:
Altar Guild/Wedding & Funeral Coordinator: Donna Dezoma
Communion Ass’t/Assisting Minister Coord: JoAnn
Konkle, [email protected]
Worship Scripture Readers (Lectors) Coord: JoAnn
Konkle, [email protected]
Sunday Morning Nursery Attendants: Open—Contact
Kathy Baas
Ushers: Woody Knutson, [email protected]
Multi Media Minister: Open—Contact Kathy Baas
Taize Tuesday Service: Kathy Baas
Youth and Family Sue Torres, [email protected]
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Christ is Risen!
He is Risen
indeed!
Easter Celebrations
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Social Justice
Social Justice Ministry
and CUSH
The Social Justice Ministry meets on the 1st
Sunday of the month, in the church library. The
next meeting will be on May 4th at 9:10 am, if
there are agenda items at that time. Please
contact Jay Labedz ([email protected] or 6548852) if you are interested in attending the
meeting. The committee often communicates by
email to determine whether a meeting is needed.
If anyone from Trinity is interested in serving on
the CUSH board as a representative from Trinity,
please call Jay Labedz at 654-8852. The monthly
board meetings are typically held at Beth Hillel
Temple on the 4th Thursday of each month. There
are also issue task forces that meet monthly. You
may wish to attend or support one of these task
forces. CUSH has task forces to address food
shortages, homelessness, and transportation in
our community as well as immigration on the state
-wide and federal level.
Please remember
CANS FOR CUSH on
May 4th. Please drop off
any bagged aluminum
cans in the back hallway
of the church on the 1st
Sunday of each month.
The recycling money will benefit CUSH and Social
Ministry needs.
Care for Creation
The CUSH rummage sale is tentatively scheduled
for June 21st. Please think about donating items
when you are doing your spring-cleaning. We will
also need volunteers to sort and price as well as
work the day of the sale. Mark your calendar!
That's hundreds of millions of cartridges that end
up in landfills every year, made with plastics that
can take at least 1,000 years to decompose. Not a
good thing.
Trinity continues to
serve the community in
many ways through the
efforts of members
doing social ministry.
The Shalom Center
Soup Kitchen, Cupboard
Bound food program, Lutheran World Relief, Busy
Bees, CUSH, and Women and Children’s
Horizon’s programs continue. If you would like to
get involved with one of these important ministries,
please speak with the contact person listed under
Church Leadership Team in this Tidings.
Beginning the first Sunday in
May the Care for Creation
team will be collecting empty
ink cartridges for recycling.
Over 13 cartridges are
discarded in the U.S. every second, according to
CartridgeFundraising.com.
Please deposit your ink cartridges in the
receptacle in the entry hallway.
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27
7:00 PM
Taize Service
7:00 PM
Venture Group
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Memorial Day - Office
Closed
25
8:00 AM
Worship Service
9:30 AM
Worship Service
20
5:30 PM
Finance Ministry
6:00 PM
Council Ministry
7:00 PM
Taize Service
7:00 PM
Venture Group
6:30 PM
Witness Ministry
7:00 PM
Taize Service
7:00 PM
Venture Group
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7:00 PM
Boy Scouts
8:00 AM
Worship Service
10:30 AM
Worship Service
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12
2:30 PM
Co-Sponsored Blood Drive
7:00 PM
Boy Scouts
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Mother's Day
New Member Sunday
8:00 AM
Worship Service
10:30 AM
Worship Service
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8:30 AM
Sunday's Com'n
4:30 PM
Preschool Family Picnic
5:30 PM
Trinity Choir Rehearsal
6:30 PM
TrinityUkes! Rehearsal
7:30 PM
Handbell Choir Rehearsal
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8:30 AM
Sunday's Com'n
5:30 PM
Trinity Choir Rehearsal
6:30 PM
TrinityUkes! Rehearsal
7:30 PM
Handbell Choir Rehearsal
8:30 AM
Sunday's Com'n
5:30 PM
Trinity Choir Rehearsal
6:30 PM
TrinityUkes! Rehearsal
7:30 PM
Handbell Choir Rehearsal
8:30 AM
Sunday's Com'n
5:30 PM
Trinity Choir Rehearsal
6:30 PM
TrinityUkes! Rehearsal
7:30 PM
Handbell Choir Rehearsal
6
7:00 PM
Taize Service
7:00 PM
Venture Group
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7:00 PM
Boy Scouts
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
8:00 AM
Worship Service
10:30 AM
Worship Service
10:30 AM
Affirmation of Baptism
4
Sunday
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22
11:30 AM
Trinity Lunch Bunch
15
9:15 AM
P.T. Jesus Time w/Preschool
5:30 PM
ELCA Urban Outreach
Center Spring Benefit
8
30
End of School Year
4:00 PM
Shalom Soup Kitchen
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16
9
5:00 PM
KTEC Father/Daughter
Dance
7:00 PM
Confirmation Class
Celebration Night
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24
8:30 AM
Saturday Bible Study
17
7:00 PM
Shalom Center Walk
Against Hunger Walk/Run
10
9:00 AM
Cupboard Bound Food Pick
Up
Saturday
3
May 2014
Friday
2
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Pre-School Mother's Day
Pre-School Mother's Day
Breakfast
Luncheon
9:00 AM
WELCA Bible Study
11:30 AM
Trinity Lunch Bunch
6:00 PM
Annual CUSH Banquet
7:00 PM CYF Meeting
7:00 PM
Welcome New Members
7:00 PM
Worship and Music Ministry
11:30 AM
TrinitySpring Fling Salad
Luncheon
Thursday
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Trinity Tidings
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
7104 39th Avenue
Kenosha, WI 53142
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May
Worship Schedule
Sundays
8:00 am Tradition-Rich Service
10:30am Family Friendly
Tuesdays 7:00 pm Taize Service
Summer worship schedule begins May 25th.
Trinity Tidings  May 2014
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
(262) 694-5050 www.trinitykenosha.org
Email: [email protected]
Saved by Grace
through Christ to Serve
STAFF
Pastor, Rev. Thomas Smith .................................. ext. 24
Cell: 262-287-8098 Email: [email protected]
Parish Administrator, JoAnn Konkle .................... ext. 21
Minister of Music, Kerri Sherwood
Co-op Preschool Administrator, Lea Ann Taber
Co-op Preschool Financial Administrator,
Misty Van Laningham
Custodian, Sue Torres
Web and Tidings Communications Minister,
Shawn Wolf ........................... [email protected]
WORSHIP TIMES
Sundays
8:00 am ....................................... Tradition-Rich Worship
10:30am ..................................... Family Friendly Service
Tuesdays
7:00 pm ...................................................... Taize Service