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Before you go to bed
Saturday night November 1.
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
December 7, 2014
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY E.L.C.A.
167 EAST MAIN STREET EPHRATA PA 17522 PHONE 717.733.4134
THE WINDOW, Newsletter of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Ephrata, PA
November 2014
The COMBINED DECEMBER/JANUARY 2015 issue will be mailed on NOVEMBER 26.
Deadline for articles for the COMBINED DECEMBER/JANUARY 2015 issue: NOVEMBER 20
ATTENDANCE IN SEPTEMBER
Date
September 7, 2014
September 14, 2014
September 21, 2014
September 28, 2014
Worship
187
217
194
175
Attention Men: Fellowship/Prayer Breakfast
Fellowship/devotional opportunity for men, sons,
grandsons, friends. Date: November 1 at 9:00AM.
Place: Udder Choice. Sign-up in Gathering Area.
Come and join us.
November 9: THE SINGLE’S GROUP will be going
to The Brickerville House Restaurant after the 10:30 liturgy. We’ll meet in the Assembly Area at 12:10. All are
welcome. For reservations, please call Cheryl Plummer
by November 8 at 625-3187.
E-Mail: Holy Trinity needs your e-mail address to supplement, facilitate and economize the information highway from the church office to you! Your e-mail address won’t be placed in a church directory. It will only be used for mailings originating in the church office.
If you want to be included, please print your name and e-mail address on an index card (by the box) and place in the box provided.
Prayer Chain Participants:
Kitty Dickersheid, Patricia Fassnacht, Joyce Gehman,
Carlene Kerschner, Mary Louise Hornberger, Louise
Krick, Shirley Miller, Peggy Moran, Henrietta Mull,
Mary Stophel, Cindy Sutton, Judy Zimmerman. To submit names for prayer, please call the church office at
733-4134.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!
As a result of Federal Law, hospitals are no longer able to provide the church with any information about patients without
prior patient permission. The only way we will know about
ADMISSIONS AND ROOM NUMBERS, is if you inform us.
OUR SERVANTHOOD
TO THE COMMUNITY
DAILY ON WEEKDAYS:
MEALS-ON-WHEELS
S. JUNE SMITH CENTER
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To the members of Holy Trinity who are
70 years and older and celebrating a
birthday this month.
November
18 Kathryn Sweigart
19 Doris Hartman
23 Anna Mary Weidman
24 Burnell Henry
24 Ira Simmons
25 Frances Clelan
SEND THEM A BIRTHDAY CARD OR CALL
THEM WITH YOUR GREETING. WE PRAY
GOD GRANTS THEM MANY MORE YEARS IN
THEIR PILGRIMAGE.
The Yoga group would
like to invite anyone interested in Yoga to come to
our practice on Monday
evenings. We meet at
6:15PM and end about 8 in the Gathering
Area. Bring a mat and wear comfortable
clothes that allow for movement.
BULLETIN “RECYCLING”
In order to save on the expense of printing the bulletin,
the bulletins from the 8:00 service will be “recycled” for
use at the 10:30 service. The information inserts will be
available for one per family to take home.
November 2014
HOLY TRINITY EMAIL ADDRESSES
GENERAL CHURCH EMAIL: [email protected]
PASTOR HERBENER: [email protected]
SUE JOHNS: [email protected]
Women’s Prayer Group
The Women’s Prayer group meets
every Monday morning at 10AM in
the Library.
Luther’s Lunch Ladies begins
Fall program.
Fall is here and all programs at Trinity
are in full swing. That includes the Luther’s Lunch Ladies ! We are a group of
widows, singles and divorced women
who meet once a month and enjoy lunch
at different restaurants. We meet the
third Wednesday of the month at 12 noon at the Legion
parking lot. From there we car pool. In November we
will meet on November 19 and go to Lintia’s Restaurant
in Manheim. Please join us for an afternoon of good
food, fellowship and laughter.
Contact Lois Beck at 733 7737 or the pastor for more
information.
We hope you will join us ..promise you will like it!
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS
EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES
Annual Fund Raising Campaign for Fuel and
Energy Assistance for Families is beginning. In
2013/2014, 511 Families were helped with $55,000 in
home heating needs. If you want to help for the upcoming cold weather season, send your donation directly to Ephrata Area Social Services, 227 N. State
St. Ephrata, PA 17522 and mark it clearly that is for
the Fuel and Energy Assistance Fund.
Regular Offering Electronically
On the Holy Trinity website:
(www.holytrinityephrata.org), a new tab on the menu
bar called “Online Giving” will now take
you to a secure web site for you to give.
You can now give your Regular Offering,
your Special Appeal donation, and your
Capital Campaign donation… ONLINE. Or, you can
use your Smart Phone and follow the QR code to the
same secure website.
Stewardship Special Giving for November
SEEDING THE FUTURE: Lutheran Camping Corp.
One of the finest ministries we provide to children and
families in the Church is Christian outdoor ministries.
Since the ministries of The Lutheran Camping Corporation have served congregations and families of Central
Pennsylvania for more than 75 years, our camps have
provided settings where Christ’s love has been shared,
where faith has been nurtured and where lives of children
and families have been strengthened in faith.
We celebrate expansion of ministry at Nawakwa and
we look forward to the retirement of the land acquisition
debt to keep the ministries of the Lutheran Camping Corporation strong and financially viable.
A special campaign, “Seeding the Future,” has been
undertaken across the synod to fund the efforts to continue the best Christian camping program possible for children’s and adult programming.
During the month of November, you will learn more
about The Lutheran Camping Corporation. We pray that
your commitment to ministry will encourage you to become involved with a contribution to our November
camping stewardship appeal.
Mike Youse, LCC, Executive Director
Gifts for Neighborhood Santa
Christmas will soon be here
and this year we will be collecting gifts for the Neighborhood Santa Program
which supports area children through EASS. Please
take a child’s name from
the poster located in the
Gathering Area. Place your
wrapped gift with the ornament in the Gathering
Area by December 7th. The item will be identified on the ornament. If you have any questions, please call Rob Gilbert at 721-3822.
Nominations for Church Council
members are open. Please be sure
the person you nominate wants to be
considered for Church Council (you
can nominate yourself). If you
have a nominee, please submit the
person’s name to Dan Doremus.
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November 2014
Hospice & Community Care’s Pathways Center for Grief
& Loss, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy, offers a
wide variety of support programs for adults, teens and children impacted by serious illness and loss, regardless of
whether a loved one was cared for by hospice. For information call (717) 391-2413 or (800) 924-7610 and visit
www.pathwaysthroughgrief.org. The Pathways Center
Resource Library offers a wide variety of books, journals,
videos and DVD’s about grief for free rental for children,
adults, clergy, teachers, and medical professionals. Hours:
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you are interested in more details, pick up a flyer on the table in the
Assembly Area.
AseraCare Hospice is seeking companion volunteers in the
Denver, Ephrata and New Holland areas to simply spend time
with their terminally ill patients. A hospice companion volunteer most often takes on the role of a trusted friend, being
there when the patient needs a listening ear, a hand to hold, or
an open heart. A FREE training class is being formed for the
Ephrata area. Call today for information and to register. Patricia Henry: 717-285-2039.
COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE
We communicate by publicizing Holy Trinity’s ministries in
The Ephrata Review and The Shopping News. We communicate God’s grace and love for all people by inviting others to
worship at Holy Trinity and warmly greeting our visitors. We
communicate information about Holy Trinity via the church
website, holytrinityephrata.org.
It’s time to update the PHOTO WALL located in the Gathering Area. Following the
8 & 10:30 AM services during November
and December, Bob Eberly (8 AM) and Adam Doughty (10:30 AM) will be available
to take your photograph. No need to preregister- just smile and say cheese!
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER
VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEEDED as in past years
for prep work on Wednesday, November 27 as well as to
work at the Ephrata Business Center on Thanksgiving
Day, November 28 (8:00 – 4:00 pm). People will also be
needed to cook turkeys (call Jeff about this) and to deliver meals to shut ins and donated desserts are also needed
(drop off at Business Center Wednesday from 5:308PM). NO ‘Organizational Meeting’ will be held. Volunteers also needed on Monday, November 25 to make
stuffing. If you want to volunteer, call Lisa Sweigart at
371-0779 or
Carol Haller at 336-2512. See flyers in Assembly Area
for more information.
Built to Serve—A Foundation of Faith
The second three-year
Capital Campaign of
Holy Trinity, Built to
Serve- A Foundation of
Faith, is nearing the end
of its third year. To date,
we have received 53
pledges totaling
$210,916. In addition, the Capital Campaign
Committee is pleased to report there are 92
members who have chosen not to make a formal
pledge but to give as they are able. Thank you
for this wonderful response!
As of Sunday, October 19, 2014, a total of
$249,639.84 ($186,592.00 of Pledged contributions and $63,047.84 of Non-Pledged contributions) has been received. Thank you! Due to
your continuing pattern of regular giving since
the Built to Serve – A Foundation of Faith Capital Campaign began in January 2012, the Finance Committee has made, with prior approval
of church council, a total of six (6) additional
payments totaling $90,000 which have been applied toward the mortgage principal. Thank you!
These additional payments have helped reduce
the mortgage balance from $413,000 to
$211,162. We continue to be pleased and gratified with the response to date and look forward
to continued encouraging contribution reports
for the rest of 2014. A Capital Campaign Giving
Chart, updated monthly, can be found in the
Gathering Area, as well as a weekly update in
the insert of the Sunday bulletin.
The Capital Campaign’s slogan, Built to Serve
- A Foundation of Faith, reminds us the new addition was constructed to provide needed space
for existing and new programs and ministries.
Your continued support is appreciated as the
mortgage continues to be reduced, and our vision of ministry for Holy Trinity and the surrounding community is realized.
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November 2014
MAZON
Mazon is the Hebrew word meaning “to feed”. This enrichment
program for children and youth is
designed to feed and
nurture faith. Sacred story, liturgical action, and
parables are shared. Creative response to the lessons, song, and
musical activities fill the hour.
Invite neighbors and friends to join us. See front page for
schedule.
THE DORCUS GUILD
Donna is seeking youth and adults
to serve in this new guild to care
for acolyte albs, altar and chancel
tablecloths, and to polish communion ware. Please contact Donna at 738-4169 or 669-7831 if you
will share in this important ministry.
YOUTH NEWS: Grades 6th—12th

Sunday, November 16th: Open gym time, 5-7PM. Food
& games. What more can you ask for! Other area youth
groups are going to be invited! So we need all of you
guys to come out & bring friends...lots of friends!
 Sunday, December 7th: 5-7 PM– Youth Christmas Caroling with Christmas cookies afterwards. It’s time to Celebrate the Season!
Thanksgiving Day Baskets
Thanksgiving is around the corner and once again the Social
Ministry Committee will be collecting food items to make
Thanksgiving Day Baskets. We
were given the names of 20 area
families in need from Ephrata
Area Social Services. We need
your help! Using your donations, we plan to provide these families with a Thanksgiving Dinner. Please bring in food items according to your
last name.
A-D: canned peas or corn
E-H: apple juice or orange drink
I-L:
seasoned stuffing
M-P: instant potatoes
Q-S: jello snack packs (premade jello in containers) or
package cookies or applesauce
T-Z:
canned sweet potatoes
Monetary donations to purchase fresh food items will be
greatly appreciated. We are also accepting donations of 1014 lb turkeys. Let us know if you are able to donate a turkey no later than November 16th. Donations can be placed
in the basket located in the Gathering Area until November
23th.
The baskets will be delivered on Monday November 24th at
6:00 pm. A signup sheet will be placed in the Gathering
Area for delivers. If you would like to deliver, please sign
up by November 16th. We have done this with Ephrata Area Social Services for a number of years. Please let us not
disappoint those in need. If you have any questions, please
call Rob Gilbert at 721-3822.
CHRISTMAS
POINSETTIAS & TREES
POINSETTIAS CAN BE ORDERED BY CALLING
THE CHURCH OFFICE OR AFTER SERVICES ON
NOV.16, 23, 30 & DEC. 7
DEADLINE FOR ORDERS IS
DECEMBER 8.
NAME____________________________________
PHONE_________________________________
________Poinsettias ($6.25 each) 6 ½ in. Pot
IN MEMORY/HONOR OF:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
__________________________________
_____Hanging Poinsettias ($18.00 each)
IN MEMORY/HONOR OF:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
__________________________________
PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE TO CHECK
ON AVAILABILITY OF HANGING POINSETTIAS.
OR
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS
THE PURCHASE OF CHRISTMAS TREES.
$5.00____$10.00____$15.00____$20.00____
IN MEMORY/HONOR OF:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
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November 2014
On behalf of the Board of Directors of EASS, the
staff and those we serve I want to acknowledge the recent financial contribution made to EASS. We are
grateful for the continued support of our mission. We
are better able to do what we do because of your faith
and trust in us. During September EASS distributed
food to 204 families helping 686 people. 283 people
benefited from the Clothing Bank. We provided 121
rides through the Transportation Service. We also
helped 14 new families, having 44 members. 12 families (34 family members) benefited from our Emergency Financial Assistance Program expending $901.73 in
financial assistance to help with prescriptions, home
heating fuel, and electric payments to prevent disconnections and with overnight lodging. With your support
we are able to continue meeting the challenge. We continue to seek donations of food for the food bank. We
are also in the middle of our annual fund drive that
helps families with their home heating and electric
service shortfalls.
Sincerely, Tom Swalwell,
Exec. Dir. EASS
Office is to find, nurture and encourage financial partners, both congregations and individuals, who share
our passion for theological education and understand
how important it is to raise up trained leaders for the
church. We had a truly banner year last year in developing these partnerships and it is crucial that we continue to find new ones. Please consider recommending our work and mission to your friends who may
also share the same love of the church and concern
for the future as you do. Together we will continue to
serve our Lord and the church we love by raising up
trained leaders for witness and service to the Gospel.
In partnership with you,
Rev. Glenn E. Ludwig
VP of Seminary Advancement
Dear Holy Trinity Family,
Throughout Bob's illness, surgery, and hospice, he and I and the girls have felt truly blessed
by the love and support and prayers from our
church family here at Holy Trinity. Bob loved the
cards and phone calls and visits which lifted him
up during the past several months. For Patricia,
Brooke, and myself, the flowers, cards, food, memorials, and prayers from everyone have given us much
comfort. Pastor and Donna were attentive and vigilant
in their visits which helped Bob feel connected to his
Holy Trinity family and gave me peaceful understanding. Thank you so much for everything. You all are
living God's will. Peace be with you,
Peggy Dean
We would like to thank everyone who helped
make this year’s Oktoberfest a big success. All
who gave donation or time we could not have
done it without you. Thanks to the youth who
walked downtown to hand out flyers and helped
during the event in many ways. The committee
storyboards were well done and added a nice piece to out
upstairs presentation. Thanks to those on the food committee
who worked so hard to have almost 100% of food donated.
Thanks again to all who came to help. It was a wonderful
feeling to see so much support from our members and made
it all worthwhile.
Sincerely, Bonnie Frey & Deb Martin.
Dear Friends,
Thank You! for your partnership. Your support is
important to us and to the well-being of our students.
Students voice what this place and your support
means to them. Our goal here in the Advancement
$547 was collected for the Gettysburg Seminary appeal
in September. With this amount and other monies donated to the seminary on behalf of our church, Holy
Trinity, for the second consecutive year, achieved the
Bronze Leadership giving level, with is $1000- $2,499.
Thank you to everyone!
Many thanks to all those in the congregation who
sent cards, called and came to visit during my recovery from hip surgery. Special thanks to Pastor Herbener and Donna Nace and a big thank you to the
Senior choir. Barry Kreider
If you would like to have a thank you printed in an upcoming
issue of The Window, please bring or send it to the church office or put it in the offering plate. Please clearly mark that you
would like it to be printed in The Window. Thank you.
EPAC presents: The Musical Annie
December 3, 2014 at 7:30PM. Ephrata Performing Arts Center, Sheridan Bigler Theatre, Ephrata
Park. 320 Cocalico St. Ephrata. Benefits the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley Museum and
Research Library. Tickets: $25. Call or pick up your tickets at the Historical Society.
733-1616. or email: [email protected]
Tickets can be purchased on our website by credit card: www.cocalicovalleyhs.org
Great for someone special on your Christmas list.
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November 2014
Thanksgiving is hard, at least, if it is exercised as
an act of true faith. For many, by their own admission, the
Thanksgiving holiday in November is an occasion for
great food, family gatherings, travel, football, and the start
of the “march” to Christmas. You will note that the list is
missing any reference to giving thanks to God.
Shaped by a culture that preaches the ownership of
things to which we are entitled, we are left to view the
giving of thanks as an unnecessary act. There is no reason
to give thanks for what we have because we have every
right to possess our “stuff”. It sounds good. It is an ego
boost to think that I have a right to everything and anything I want, and it works fine except for one little truth.
As a Christian people, we know that everything–
absolutely everything– belongs to God.
It is so hard not to possess. It is so hard not to
wrap our hearts and being around something, anything,
and proclaim it to be “MINE”, but we were not created by
God to own. God placed us in the midst of creation to
tend to it, to care for it. This has to sound so bizarre and
foreign, yet it is biblically true. We are the stewards of
God’s wondrous world. Everything we have is placed in
our care by God to protect and nurture.
If we can stop long enough to look around us, we
will recognize that God has placed us in the midst of a
most wondrous world, and He has given us access to
some absolutely wonderful things to use. We enjoy the
wonder of creation. We live in an age of constantly expanding invention and knowledge that serves to expand
our potential for life every day.
When we finally recognize and embrace our God
given role as baptized stewards of creation, the only response we can make to God is thanksgiving, no matter
how hard it is for us to understand.
In Christ,
Pastor Herbener
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November 2014
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November 2014
Calling all Singers!!
Choir is looking for new members! If you like to sing and have thought about singing with the
choir, this fall would be a great time to try it out! There is a long tradition of choral music at
Holy Trinity and we need to recruit new singers to maintain these traditions! Join the fun as
the Senior Choir begins their weekly rehearsals on Wednesday, September 3 from 6:45 –
8:00 PM. Hope to see you there! Contact Deb Olson or any choir member if you have any
questions!
Finance Committee Report
Thank you for your giving to meet the mission, ministry, and operating expenses of Holy Trinity so far this year. As you can
see from the accompanying graph, several months our expenses exceeded our income, but other months we received more income than we spent. As of the end of August, our expenses for the year slightly exceeded our total income by about $2,000.
The Finance Committee is now working on the budget for 2015. We certainly do not face the budget crisis we faced at this
time last year! Due to your increased giving and the cutting of some expenses, we do not have the same deficit as in previous
years nor the amount of deficit projected for this year.
As the committee works on the 2015 budget we expect there will be needed small increases in some budget categories. Please
take this budget increase into account as you plan your response to this year’s Stewardship campaign.
In October, we will again prepare and send summary financial giving statements for each giving unit. As you review your statement, please consider how you can contribute to the congregation’s mission and ministry the remaining three months of the
year. We would be overjoyed and very thankful if our income matched our expenses for the year, or even exceeded the expenses so we could begin the new year with a cash balance.
UNIFIED BUDGET:
Actual Expense
Diff
Mortgage Balance
70
60
Thousands
Thousands
Actual Income
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:
50
40
30
500
$425 $410
$350
400
$280
300
$215
200
20
100
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
$3.60
10
Turkey Hill Moo Money Program
Thanks to everyone who has been supporting this and bringing in their lids. If
you haven’t started to save your lids,
please consider doing so!!
Save your Turkey Hill milk lids with the
Moo Money sticker on and put them in the
container in the Assembly Area. The following Turkey Hill milk items contain
these stickers: Whole, 2%, 1% & Fat Free milk; Chocolate
milk; Strawberry milk & Orange Cream milk.
Turkey Hill will donate $50 for every 500 lids collected.
NOTE: PLEASE LEAVE THE STICKERS ON THE
LIDS; THE LID WITH THE STICKER MUST BE
TURNED IN FOR CREDIT.
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Redner’s Save-A-Tape Program
Redner’s Market offers a program for
members who shop at Redner’s Markets to help their congregations support
a designated community program. You
MUST apply for a Redner’s Save-aTape card and show it each time you
make a purchase. Your receipt MUST
say Save-a-Tape at the bottom, or it
will not be eligible for this program.
Place your receipts in the designated box in the Assembly Area. Redner’s will contribute 1% of every
$5000 worth of purchases. Our designated program
will be the community meals. The total raised
through these 2 programs has been: $1,950.97. Not
bad for items that would have just been thrown
away!!
November 2014
OUR WORSHIPING COMMUNITY
November 2014
Assisting Ministers
8:00 AM
The Ministers
November 2, 2014
All Saints Sunday
November 9, 2014
Time after Pentecost
Lect. 32
November 16, 2014
Time after Pentecost
Lect. 33
November 23, 2014
Christ the King
November 30, 2014
Advent 1
Council Team
Connie Buck
Tony Brusk
Winnie Gerlach
Jim Watkins
Mary Stophel
Ron Price
Tony Brusk
Connie Buck
Jim Watkins
Winnie Gerlach
Ron Price
John Fuehrer
Connie Buck
Mary Stophel
Todd Peters
Mary Stophel
Ron Price
John Fuehrer
Jack Bowers
Mary Stophel
Lector
Ron Price
John Fuehrer
Connie Buck
Mary Stophel
Todd Peters
Acolyte
CR: Steve Homan
T: Theresa Mull
Eliza Mull
CH: Eliza Mull
CH: Theresa Mull
CR: Nick Morgan
CH: Sydney Morgan
CH: Steve Homan
Ushers
#1 John Keller
#13 Steve Sweigart
#19 John Fuehrer
#9 Dave Bowers
#11 Gordon Gingrich
AV
Dave Bowers
Bob Eberly
Nick Morgan
Kevin Gingrich
Dave Bowers
Carol & Tim Sweigart
Judy Wechter
Kelly Homan
Judy Zimmerman
Mary Stophel
Penny Stick
Kozy Zimmerman
Dina Keller
Carol & Tim Sweigart
Launder Linens
Lori Spitzer
Patrice Mull
Kay Osborn
Elsie Bowman
Brenda Wangman
Bread Baker
Patrice Mull
Connie Buck
Karen Leonhard
Penny Stick
Alice Hummer
Assisting Minister
Communion Assistant
Altar Guild
Greeters
Please check your assigned dates carefully and if for some reason you are unable to fulfill your obligation, please contact someone who will serve in your stead. This is your responsibility. Please let the church office or Pastor or Donna know of such changes, or if you are unable to find a substitute.
November 2014
Assisting Ministers
10:30 AM
The Ministers
November 2, 2014
All Saints Sunday
November 9, 2014
Time after Pentecost
Lect. 32
November 16, 2014
Time after Pentecost
Lect. 33
November 23, 2014
Christ the King
November 30, 2014
Advent 1
Council Team
Tom Smith
Dan Doremus
Bonnie Frey
Bill Spitzer
Denise Shirker
Peggy Croft
Dan Doremus
Tom Smith
Bill Spitzer
Bonnie Frey
Assisting Minister
Deb Hornberger
Curtis Boos
Martha Sheaffer
Bonnie Frey
Curtis Boos
Communion Assist
Bill Young
Don Strauss
Bill Young
Dan Hornberger
Deb Hornberger
Lector
Lori Spitzer
Paul Hink
Deborah Moudry
Philip Beningo
Bill Young
Acolyte
CH: Nate Young
CR:M. Drumheller
T: Brooke Moyer
Hannah Wierbiki
CH: Evie Cable
CH: Clarice Doughty
CH: Brooke Moyer
CR: Tanner Good
Sara Garman
CH: Trent Good
Ushers
#10 Bruce Shirker
#14 Bill Young
#16 John Weiss
#2 Tom Leaman
#18 Curtis Boos
Norm Wangman
Trent Good
Lukas Olson
Trent Good
Norm Wangman
Karen Rick
Jo Marie Hurst
Elsie Bowman
Lillian Herbener
Kathy Sheaffer
Kim Hink
Brenda Wangman
April McGinty
Kay Osborn
Kristen & Tom Leaman
Cheryl Plummer
Denise Shirker
Amy Weigand
Scott & Missy
Garman
Amanda Hinkle
Melissa Nolt
Lyn Weiss
Scott & Missy
Garman
Amanda Hinkle
Melissa Nolt
AV
Altar Guild
Greeters
Nursery
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November 2014
IN THE COMMUNITY:
Assistance
Needed!
COMMUNITY MEAL
UP-DATE
The community meal program in
Ephrata, continues to be an important
part of the ministry here at Holy
Trinity. There are a number of people
who help with food preparation, food
and monetary donation, and also
coming out to help serve. The more
people that help, the more successful
the program is. The help that we get
is greatly appreciated. The meal program in Ephrata
continues to grow. A weekly Thursday Evening meal is
served at one of three Ephrata Churches. Watch the
weekly bulletin for opportunities to contribute food or
to help with meals. If you have any questions, please
call Sue Watts at 738-2327
Ephrata Area Social Services:
MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION
PLEASE! Ephrata Area Social Service is in
need of food items. Items needed –beverage
products (cool aid, juicy juice, coffee, tea,
etc.), cake mixes, canned fruits, canned meats
(spaghetti, spam, tuna, ravioli, etc.), canned
peas, cereal, hamburger helper, premixed Jell-O snacks, pancake mix and syrup. Note: They do not need canned corn,
canned green bean or canned soups. The Social Ministry
Committee would like to thank everyone who contributed to
this year’s Summer Food Drive. We exceeded our goal of
75 boxes. Thank you! Even though our drive is done for
this year, please continue to contribute to this worthy cause
as EASS is always in need of food items.
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels needs volunteers!!!
A cook, substitute drivers, and packers
for Fri. are needed, starting in the Fall.
Please call Becky at 733-4846 between 8:30 & 11:00.
WHEELS TO WORK OF LANCASTER
An outreach of Lancaster County Council of Churches.
A barrier to self-sufficiency is employment and in Lancaster county, a lack of a vehicle is a barrier to employment for many people. DONATE YOUR VEHICLE
Holy Trinity sponsors the afternoon BINGO games
the first Monday of each month; if you are interested in being a volunteer, as well, please contact Kathy
or Darryll Kuhns, 610-410-5410.
Do you like to knit and/or crochet? A new ministry
has begun here at Trinity-the making of prayer shawls.
If you are interested in joining this group please call
Peter’s Porch Prep
Marti Nissley (859-2847) or Kathy
Peter’s Porch at Zion Lutheran Church (435 Main
Kuhns (610-410-5410). They will
Street, Akron) is open every third Saturday of the
month. Doors open at 8:30am till 10:30am. Join us for send you patterns and dimensions.
Soft yarn is suggested. Lap blankets
a free breakfast, free clothing and free groceries/
toiletries for families and singles. Would you be willing may also be made. When a shawl or
lap blanket is completed prayers for
to volunteer at this community outreach? The two
its recipient are said and it is presentWednesdays before Peter’s Porch is prep... packing
groceries and sorting through donations. Clothing do- ed to someone as a physical symbol of our care and
prayers. Those who receive our prayer shawls are liternations may be dropped off at Zion Monday – Friday
9am-2pm. Questions can be directed to Tracy in Zion’s ally wrapped in our prayers and feel God’s presence
and the community of His people in a most special way.
Church office: (717)859-2100 [email protected]
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November 2014
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November 2014
“A Window is but a transparent wall,
through which one can see out and in.”
Holy Trinity’s Staff:
The Ministers ............................................................................................................. The Members
The Pastor .................................................................................................. Rev. Henry E. Herbener
Church Musician/Educator ...........................................................................................Donna Nace
Administrative Assistant ............................................................................................... Suzan Johns
The Sexton ................................................................................................................. Candy Snyder
Sr. Choir Director............................................................................................................ Deb Olson
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November 2014