3-01-2026

                                        The Second Sunday in Lent

                                     Announcements:  March 1, 2026

                                 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

800 North Sumner                                                                 Pastor John Rutz

Creston, Iowa      Website:  www.trinitycreston.org   Phone:  641-782-5095

The Second Sunday in Lent on March 1, 2026

Genesis 12:1-9

Romans 4:1-8, 13-17

John 3:1-17

The Third Sunday in Lent on March 8, 2026

 For your own personal reading at home this week.

Exodus 17:1-7

Romans 5:1-8

John 4:5-42

This Week at Trinity

 Sun., March 1    

 8:00 am   Bible Class            

 9:00 am   Divine Service/HC

10:30 am  Sunday School and Fellowship Time

11:00 am  Preschool Board Meeting

Mon., March 2

  9:00 am  Youth Confirmation Class

12:30 am  Preschool

Tues., March 3

  7:00 am  Early Risers

  8:30 am  Preschool

12:30 pm  Preschool

 6:30 pm   Rachel Circle in FH hosted by Nichole Hanson

Wed., March 4

10:00 am  Library Committee

12:30 pm  Preschool

  1:00 pm  Craft and Chat Club

  6:00 pm  Midweek Lenten Service

  Young adults will meet following the Lenten Service               

Thurs., March 5

  8:30 am  Preschool

  9:45 am  Preschool Chapel

12:30 pm  Preschool

  1:00 pm  Card Club in FH

  1:45 pm  Preschool Chapel

Sat., March 7   Fellowship Hall in use all day by Tammy

                       Burgmaier and family

Set your clocks forward one hour tonight for DST.

Sun., March 8   Daylight Saving Time Begins

 8:00 am   Bible Class            

 9:00 am   Divine Service/HC

10:30 am  Sunday School and Fellowship Time

Trustees Meeting following Divine Service

Serving at Trinity on Sunday, March 1, 2026

Accompanist: Julie Lang

Acolyte:  Becca Swanson

Ushers in March: Dane Wardenburg, Dennis Brown,   Dean Hadley and Kevin Kruse

Elder of the month for March: Dane Wardenburg

Finance Team in March: Jim Nelson and Eric & Jeanna Eklund

Altar Guild for March: Joy & Dennis Brown     

Prayer List

Cancer:  

Sharmen Lowenberg

Tyson Stuart

Jane McNeill (friend of Corene Walter)

Ron Still (friend of Ed Booth)

Brenda McIntosh (friend of Mitzie Cellan)

Chad Simmons( friend of Melody Stoner)

On-going health concerns, Hospitalized, or Recovery:

Jean Foglesong

Cindy Isdahl

Jack Quee

Martin Herzberg (son of Bruce and Beth Herzberg)

Shellie Wimer (friend of Doug Gooding

Kenny Kile (friend of Melody Stoner)

Curtis Decker (brother of Joy Brown)

Pat & Max Lowenberg (friends of Mitzie Cellan)

John Needles (friend of Mitzie Cellan)

Bev (Bear) Denipah (friend of Deb Melzer)

Kristi Frans (friend of Mitzie Cellan)

Steven Andresen (nephew of Dennis & Jean Foglesong)

Shut-ins: Dorothy Cook

Military: 

 Kyle Marchok (husband of Lola Hembry’s granddaughter)

 Eric Green (husband of Elizabeth Green)

Missions:

Trinity Preschool (Creston)

Life Care Clinic, (Stuart, Creston & Atlantic)

Concordia Mission Society

Pastor James and Christel Neuendorf (Puerto Rico)

Pastor Daniel Vogel (Denison Hispanic Ministry)

Pastor James and Angela Sharp and Family (Uruguay)

Rev. Dr. Walter and Robyn Steele, (East Africa)

Jesse Liebmann (Romania)

Rachel Krause (Germany)

Rev. Thomas Park (Taiwan)

Rev. David & Jennifer Preus and family (Romania)

Rev. Christian & Lula Tews (Germany)

Vicar Gavin Johnson (Dominican Republic)

Condolences: Prayers for Connie Kerrigan and

 family at the passing of her husband, Pat, on Feb. 24.

A service was held Feb. 28 at Powers Funeral Home.

Phone Numbers and Emails Addresses

To reach Pastor Rutz  phone the church office at

(641-782-5095) Ext. 3

Or, you may reach Pastor at 712-621-5971 (cell)

Pastor’s email is:

pastor@trinitycreston.org

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Email Address for the Office Assistant

lhadley@trinitycreston.org   When you have announcements that need to be included in the weekly announcements, please turn them in by noon on Wednesdays.

Visitors:  We are so glad you joined us today.  We

Collect offerings during our worship services.  While we believe this is a chance for each believer to be a good steward of the gifts they have received from God, you are welcome but not expected to give an offering while you are our guest.  If you would like to learn more about the Lord’s ministry here at Trinity please call Pastor Rutz.  He would love to get acquainted and visit at a time that is convenient for you.  You are also invited to join members in the fellowship hall after this morning’s service.

Attendance Cards:  Visitors and members are asked to fill out an attendance card and to list names of each family member in attendance.  Turn in your card at the back of the church at the end of the service.  When there is Holy Communion, please list the names of those who will be communing on the Holy Communion registration side of the card.  Hand it to an usher as you go up for communion.  If you have moved or you phone number or email address have changed, please note any changes on the attendance so that we can update our records in the office.

Children in the Divine Service Sheets are available from the basket in the back of the church.  Parents are encouraged to read these to/with their children.  Each week will have a short explanation of a different part of the church service or about something found in the church.  They are another way to aid parents in teaching their children.

Weekly bulletins, announcements and sermons are  available on the church website.   Recorded services will also be available as soon as possible following each service.  

Attendance from last Sunday, February 22, 2026

 Church Attendance 80     Communed 64

 Bible Class  14                 Sunday School 11

Attendance from Feb. 25 Lenten Service  40

Building Healthy Families: How is it that, though we’re connected today to the entire world 24/7 through technology, we’re feeling lonelier than ever? Isolation from others, limited in-person social connections, families living apart, and chronic stress are among the things that have us experiencing loneliness and depression at higher rates than any previous generation. LFS is here to help you or someone you know who is struggling. Through in-person meetings or via telehealth screen to your home, LFS counselors you can trust are now available to help with chronic or a sudden bout of depression, loneliness, anxiety or any other concern. Why struggle alone when help is readily available? Call us – it’s why we’re here! Learn more at www.LutheranFamilyService.org

Midweek Lenten  Services:  Each Wednesday beginning at 6:00 p.m.   Maundy Thurs. and Good Friday services will also be at 6:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday Divine Service/HC will be at 8:00 a.m. followed by a freewill offering breakfast served by the Trinity Preschool Board.  An Easter egg hunt will be held following the breakfast (weather permitting.) 

Lenten Devotional Booklets are still available for you to pick up from the stand in the back of the church.   One booklet per family, please.  The theme “For Us” is the theme of this year’s weekly mid-week Lenten Services.

Rachel Circle:  Tues., Mar. 3 at 6:30 in the fellowship hall. Nichole Hanson will host.

Library Committee:  10:00 a.m.  Wed. Mar. 4

Craft and Chat:  1:00 p.m. Wed., Mar. 4

Young Adults will meet following the Mar. 4 Lenten Service

Card Club:  1:00 p.m.  Thurs., Mar. 5

Teacher Needed:  Trinity Lutheran Preschool (est. 1986)  is looking for a part-time SWVP teacher with an Early Childhood Licensure for Monday through Thursday afternoon classes.  Hiring is contingent upon passing all required guidelines.  Submit resume and cover letter to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, ATTN: Preschool Board, 800 N. Sumner Ave., Creston, Iowa, 50801.  Deadline is May 31st or until the position is filled.  Learn more about our preschool by visiting our new website TrinityLutheranPreschoolCreston.com.  

LWML:  Mark your calendar for the next two LWML quarterly group meetings on March 28th and June 27th at 9 AM; the dates are changed due to holidays.  All women who are members of the church are invited to attend.  If you want to know more about LWML (Lutheran Women's Missionary League) reach out to Alexis Swanson.

SACRED MUSIC FOR THE SEASON OF LENT... “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” “In the Cross of Christ I Glory,” “My Song Is Love Unknown,” “Glory Be to Jesus,” “A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth.”  You can listen to sacred music for the Lenten season 24/7 at lutheranpublicradio.org, TuneIn, Amazon Echo, Google Home, Apple HomePod and the Lutheran Public Radio mobile app.

SWCC Softball and Baseball Schedules:  We have a number of SWCC softball and baseball players who attend church at Trinity.  If you would be interested in attending any of their games this spring, they have shared schedules of their home games.  Copies are found on the table in the narthex if you’d like to take one home.