Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday Announcements: April 13, 2014

Post date: Apr 12, 2014 2:58:55 PM

This Week at Trinity

Sun Apr 13 Palm Sunday

• 8:00am (MA) Divine Service
• 9:30am (MA) Sunday School/Bible Class
• 9:45am (CR) Divine Service/HC
• 11:00am (CR) Sunday School/Bible Class
• 12:00pm (CR) Voter's Meeting/with meal

Mon Apr 14 Pastor’s Day Off

• Holy Week—No Meetings

Tues Apr 15

• 9:00pm (CR) Handy Helpers—Quilting
• 6:00pm (CR) Private Confession/ Absolution

Wed Apr 16

• 6:00pm (MA) Private Confession/ Absolution

Thu Apr 17

• 6:00pm (CR) Private Confession/ Absolution
• 7:00pm (CR) Holy Thursday Services

Fri Apr 18

• 5:00pm (MA) Good Friday Services
• 7:00pm (CR) Good Friday Services

Sun Apr 20 Easter Sunday

• Caring for Your Neighbor—Food Bank
• 7:00am (CR) Sunrise Service
• 8:00am (CR) Easter Breakfast
• 9:00am (CR) Festival of the Resurrection
• 11:00am (MA) Festival of the Resurrection

Serving At Trinity

Sunday Apr 13

• (CR) Acolytes: Riley, Alexandria; Bargstadt, Caitlyn
• (CR) Organist: Sharon Eklund
• (MA) Organist: Ethel Campbell

Thursday Apr 17

• (CR) Acolytes: Walter, Scott; Hadley, Lauren
• (CR) Pianist: Julie Lang

Friday Apr 18

• (CR) Organist: Sharon Eklund
• (MA) Organist: Ethel Campbell

Sunday Apr 20

• 7:00am (CR) Acolytes: Shady, Logan; Riley, Cassidy
• 9:00am (CR) Acolytes; Bargstadt, Caitlyn; Tomas, Kolby
• 7:00am (CR) Pianist: Julie Lang
• 9:00am (CR) Organist: Sharon Eklund
• 11:00am (MA) Organist: Greg Storhoff

Serving in April

• (CR) Elder: Dave Dory
• (MA) Elder: Doug Bullock
• (CR) Ushers: Foglesong, Dennis; Foglesong, Tim
• (CR) Altar: Mike & Jeanette Lang; Megan Schutt
• (CR) Finance: Dennis Brown; Joyce Kruse

Engaging Your Community Event

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission

Reaching Rural America for Christ

Saturday, May 10th

8:00 am—3:00 pm

Trinity Lutheran Church

Mount Ayr

Featured Presenters:

Rev. Todd Kollbaum

Rev. Ray Smith

Topics: Understanding Your Community; Asset Mapping; Partnership Possibilities for Community Engagement; Leading Change and Dealing with Resistance; Where do we go from Here?

Attendance Report

3/30/14—Worship – 77

4/9/14 –Lenten Worship—

Life Together

Youth Group will meet on May 11 instead of May 4. 6:30pm. See you there!

Please let the Julie Lang know if you have a student graduating from High School or College. Thank you.

Anita Wardenburg will be collecting money for a gift card to Bed Bath & Beyond for Alexis Peterson who will be getting married April 26th. This is a shower gift from the families of Trinity.

The Mission Board says thank you to all the ladies that provided food for the mission festival eve! We had a wonderful turn out and a great speaker Pastor Dan Vogel and his wife. He spoke on the Western Iowa Hispanic Ministry and his work at the Tyson packing plant. Fellowship and fun was enjoyed by everyone! Thank you ~ The Mission Board

Easter Flowers If you want to provide flowers for our Easter Garden on Sunday, April 20, please complete the enclosed form. Thank you

Handy Helpers to meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 15th.

Martin Luther High School Choir Tour. We are looking for a few individuals who are willing to host students from Hannah Watt's High School. They will be performing for our church during their stay with us. These students will need housing for the night of Please let Waunita know if you are interested in hosting students. Performance times in Creston and Mt Ayr on Sunday during and following church.

Stewardship: Matthew 21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once." Did Jesus really need the donkey? If the man had refused to give the donkey would the work of salvation have been derailed? Of course not. But what an honor for the man who owned this donkey and foal! Likewise with us – the Lord needs none of us, but what an honor for God to choose to use our generosity in the work of His Church.

WALTHER LEAGUE REUNION Plan to attend the Walther League Reunion on May 3 at Cronk’s Restaurant in Denison. Registration begins at 3:30pm with social hour, business, and get-acquainted time. The buffet starts at 5pm. Cost is $12. Worship hour at Zion in Denison at 6:30pm. For more information or to RSVP, contact Janet Askew at 641-740-0200 or 641-742-3703.

The Board of Education thanks everyone who participated in the pot luck on Wednesday night. We had a large crowd and lots of food and fellowship!

Thank you to Pastor Watt and everyone here at Trinity for all the many prayers and concerns during my bout with cancer. I can’t tell you how much they all meant. God’s blessings to all. ~Maggie Dory.

Mercy

A reminder! If you give pastor Watt a prayer request during the Sunday service and you want the prayer for multiple Sundays please ALSO fill out a Prayer Request sheet (found on the narthex table) and place it in the "prayer requests" mail box.

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.

Please remember to bring a few items for the Creston food bank next week. The mission board has designate the third Sunday of every month as 'Caring for Your Neighbor' Sunday.

Building Healthy Families: Husbands, listen up! Did you know that 90% of good communication is listening, not talking? When your wife is talking to you, stop what you are doing, turn toward her, and look at her face. Communicate the message that you are interested in and care about what she is saying. This is respectful, courteous, and is one way to build a great relationship! LFS

Witness

A reminder! If you give pastor Watt a prayer request during the Sunday service and you want the prayer for multiple Sundays please ALSO fill out a Prayer Request sheet (found on the narthex table) and place it in the "prayer requests" mail box.

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.

Please remember to bring a few items for the Creston food bank next week. The mission board has designate the third Sunday of every month as 'Caring for Your Neighbor' Sunday.

April 13 – Palm Sunday, Sunday of the Passion – When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the crowd hailed Him as Savior and King because He raised Lazarus from the dead (John 12:13-18). When He left Jerusalem with thorns and a cross, the soldiers mocked Him as “King of the Jews” (Matthew 27:29). Neither group understood the humility of His servant kingship or His glory as the suffering servant. Praise God that His Spirit reveals this to us so that we might humbly walk as redeemed and life-affirming servants. Prayer: King Jesus, help me have and share Your attitude about life. Amen.

Prayers

Cancer: Kenneth Goeglein; Mike Rollings; Merle Triggs; Al Davis; Grace Weese; Janice Shepherd; Wes Keeler; Lois Watt; LaVern Otte; Jeff Bierle; Tim Stalker; Cindy Ray; Larry Davis;

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

Condolences: Mike Lang and Family at the passing of Mike’s Sister -Lorma Lang

Illness Injury Surgery &Recovering: Ethan Bulgrin; Gailen Foreman; Marie Burmiester; Danna Rains; Jace Zellmer; Don Harris; Edward Nelson;

Military: Aaron Hoogland; Michael Kaufman; Denise McClary;

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;

Seminary Students: Timothy Meyer (Vicar: Macomb, MI), Chris Troxel, and Martin Herzberg;

Shut-ins: Mary Carson; Ruth Chase; Wilma Cottrell; Jeanne Herzberg; Frieda Porter; Lonny Riley; Don Campbell;