Witness

Give the Gift of God's Word to the Preschool Families! The preschool board is giving "The Story Bible" as a Christmas gift to each of the preschool families. If you'd like to help please fill out the envelope on the narthex table put in your donations and put it in the collection plate. 

Volunteers needed to hang church information on neighborhood doors. Sunday afternoon November 20, at 2pm we'll canvas an area of town to distribute information about our church. Following the distribution we'll have fellowship with delicious deserts. Help is also needed to stuff the door hangers. Meet in the classroom at the back of the sanctuary on Wednesday November 16 at 6:30pm.

LWML Mites!: Please celebrate with us the work of God through Lutheran Women in Mission. All this month the Mighty Mite box will be in the back of the church. Help with the work of spreading the Gospel of Jesus to all nations. 

Mercy

Building Healthy Families: Men and women in the military sacrifice a lot that many of us take for granted, including day-to-day activities with families, and special occasions like the birth of a first child or a wedding anniversary. Pray for them and their families this week. Reach out to them to let them know they are cared for, especially during times of separation. Lutheran Family Service of Iowa (515) 251-4900 

“The Church is called to stand up for the ALL of God’s children, from the unborn to the underprivileged … The sanctity of human life is intrinsically possessed for it is God’s creation.” Rev. Kevin Kritzer, Bethany Lutheran Church, Long Beach, California – A “Life Quote” from Lutherans For Life – www.lutheransforlife.org

Christian Care: Trinity has established a Christian Care fund to help people in our communities who are in need. Our Thanksgiving offering will be used to fund this account (use your Thanksgiving envelope). You may also give to the fund at any time simply use one of the Christian Care Fund envelopes on the narthex table. Any member of Trinity may request a gift for anyone in need. Find forms for requests on the Narthex table.

Life Together

Attendance Report: October 16: 82;

Are you interested and willing to become a member of Trinity’s Worship/Altar committee? This is a wonderful opportunity to serve our Lord, and we are in need of more members. Please talk to Janettte Lang (782-7922) if you have questions. Our annual meeting will be held in the sanctuary on Tuesday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. Feel free to attend this meeting – no commitment necessary. 

Join us in welcoming our 15 new members on Reformation Sunday (October 30) following Divine Service in the fellowship hall. Thrivent is providing cake for Reformation Sunday.

Join us for Reformation Movie Night!: November 6, 6:30pm. We'll watch the new movie about C.F.W.Walther the first President of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. It is the story of the beginning of our church body. 

Betty Crouse sends thanks to all her friends from Trinity, for prayers, cards & phone calls while she was undergoing cancer treatment.  Your thoughtfulness was very encouraging.

Change in Teacher's Meetings! Trinity Teacher's meetings will now be the FIRST Sunday of every month following bible class / Sunday School

This Week at Trinity

Sun Oct 23          Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 25 (G)

                             8:00am           Divine Service (First Lutheran)

                             9:30am           Divine Service

                             11:00am         Sunday School / Adult Bible Class

                             5:00pm           Preschool - Harvest Celebration (FH)

Mon Oct 24         Pastor's Day Off

                             7:00pm           LifeLight Bible Study (FH)

Tue Oct 25           6:30am           Early Risers (McDonalds) 

                             1:30pm           Streams of Living Water, Sermon Broadcast

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                             1:30pm           LifeLight Bible Study

                             7:30pm           Worship and Altar Cmtty Annual Meeting

Wed Oct 26         6:00pm           Jr. Confirmation - &s

                             7:30pm           Board of Trustees (FH) 

                             7:30pm           Board of Education

Sun Oct 30          Reformation Day (Observed) (R)

                             8:00am           Divine Service (First Lutheran)

                             9:30am           Divine Service

                             11:00am         New Member Reception

                                                   No Sunday School/Bible Class

In Your Prayers

Christian Care: Jane, George, Jabes, Jefery our sponsored orphans in Africa;

Cancer: Dana Austin; (Mother of Dane Wardenburg's Girlfriend); Don Sychra; Dorothy Decker; Jaque Claubaugh niece of Paula Bowman); Jeanne Herzberg (Surgery Sept 27); Jennifer Winters; Kara (classmate of Hannah Watt); Kathrine Adams; Melinda Skellenger; Melissa Viers; Ray Nuzum; Robin Kemp; Terri Hudson; Vivian Herzberg (daughter of Lawrence & Jeanne Herzberg);

Illness, Injury, Facing Surgery or Recovering: Becky Hagen; Brenda Cook; (Non malignant brain tumor); Janette Lang; Katie Dryden (surgery); Rev. Ray Smith (friend of Pr. Watt, back surgery);

Military: Carl Green (Grand Nephew of Gene Cook), Afghanistan;

Missions: Concordia Mission Society; Dr Oliver (Seminary in Taiwan); Ivan and Jennifer Rasch, Africa; Pastor Daniel Vogel, Hispanic Missions in Iowa; Pastor Dennis Konkel, Deaf Missions in Iowa;

Shutins: Al Schroeder; Lonny Riley; Ruth Chase; Wilma Cottrell, Pauline Young;