THE BEACON
November 19, 2014
BREAKFAST LECTURE SERIES
LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, our Breakfast Lecture Series, concludes Friday, November 21. A light breakfast is served at 7:00 a.m.,
followed by the program from 7:15 - 7:45 a.m. The title of the final presentation is Transformed in Community.
HARVEST FOOD FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Holy Trinity Brunswick Stew plus
delicious homemade foods
including chicken vegetable soup, assorted homemade jams, gingerbread cookies, lemon curd, mint syrup, apple strudel,
chocolate pistachio cake, German chocolate cake, Swedish rye bread, Scandinavian rosettes, Mississippi mud cake,
vegetarian soup, plum puddings, chicken corn chowder, parfait wine sauce, vegetable beef soup, sour cream pound cake,
beef chili, hermit cake, cream cheese-bourbon-pecan pound cake, sausage gravy, assorted pies, and more.
Plan to shop early for the best selection. Invite your friends and neighbors to stock their freezers
with ready-to-eat foods made by Holy Trinity’s great cooks.
Proceeds support our Program Development Fund
THANKSGIVING CHOIR
A rehearsal for the Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Choir will be held Saturday, November 22, at 11:00 a.m., in the choir loft. All
singers in the participating faith communities are invited to participate. The choir will warm-up on Thanksgiving Day at 8:45 a.m. and
then sing in the 9:30 a.m. service. Please speak with Organist-Choirmaster Bill Greene for additional information.
YOUTH TO ATTEND SYNOD EVENT
The following seventh and eighth graders are attending the Virginia Synod’s Lost & Found Youth Event at Eagle Eyrie this weekend:
Alex Betz, Emmie Carroll, Andy Dean, Andrew Handel, Sarah Royer and Chaz Sweeney. They will be accompanied by Susan
Williams.
PASTOR’S INFORMATION CLASS
Sunday, November 23
2:00 - 4:00 p.m., in the Parlor
This class is designed for those who would like to learn more about Martin Luther and the
Lutheran Church. Join us for an overview of Lutheran Church history, theology, liturgy, the
church year, ecclesiology, and life at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Please speak to Pastor
Roberts for additional information.
GOD IN FILM
Sunday, November 23, at 6:00 p.m.
Join us for a light supper and theological discussion
as we view Kumaré: A True Film About a False Prophet
Please make reservations in the narthex or Fellowship Hall by noon, November 23.
INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE
Thursday, November 27, at 9:30 a.m.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
We look forward to worshiping with our neighbors from Agudath Sholom Synagogue,
Centenary United Methodist Church, Church of the Covenant, First Christian Church,
First Unitarian Church, the Muslim community, and Peakland Baptist Church.
Rabbi John Nimon from Agudath Sholom will be preacher for the service.
Monetary offerings will be received at the service for Interfaith Outreach Association’s
Emergency Heating Assistance Program.
Gifts of non-perishable food items will be received for the Rivermont Area Emergency Food Pantry.
November 23, 2014
8:30 A.M. - SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION
9:30 A.M. - SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL (age three through adult)
ADULT EDUCATION
BOOK DISCUSSION
FAITH AND BIBLICAL WITNESS
Immortal Diamond
The Search for Our True Self
The Holy Land Revealed
- Thou Art That
The Maccabean Revolt
(Parlor)
(Community Room)
Leader: Pastor Roberts
Leader: Jürgen Pest
10:30 A.M. - SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION
The Lessons: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 95:1-7a; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46
A nursery is provided from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. A coffee hour follows each service.
Ushers: 8:30 a.m., Rod Camden, Lee Cobb, Maria Roberts, Janet Romanzak, Ross Romanzak, Bruce Royer, Tom Schuler; 10:30 a.m., Lacy
Moyers, Gerald Burk, Ken Leamon, David Mickley, Kitty Page, Dick Park, Karen Pollok. Altar Guild: Joan Ericson & Kitty Hoover. Acolytes: 8:30
a.m., Sean Wiger; 10:30 a.m., Lilly Farrar. Crucifers: 8:30 a.m., Sean Wiger; 10:30 a.m., Victoria Varah. Book Bearer: 10:30 a.m., Corey Hatin.
Torch Bearers: 10:30 a.m., Alex Howell & Danny Bass. Lectors: 8:30 a.m., Gail Copelan; 10:30 a.m., Marjorie Huiner & Janet Loy. Assisting
Ministers: 8:30 a.m., Gail Copelan; 10:30 a.m., Ted Krueger. Greeters: 8:30 a.m., Dawn & Todd Johnson; 10:30 a.m., Edith Beck & Ginger Burk.
Communion Assistants: 8:30 a.m., Wilma Beebe; 10:30 a.m., Jeff Schneider. Coffee Hour: 8:30 a.m., Debra & Tom Schwab; 10:30 a.m., Vivian
& Jorge Lazo. Beacon Assistants (November 25): Corrinne Cohen, Ione Fischer, Randy Fischer, Norma Glass. Bulletin Folders (November
25): Joanne & Sara Greene.
12:00 P.M. - YOUTH RETURN FROM LOST & FOUND SYNOD EVENT
2:00 P.M. - PASTOR’S INFORMATION CLASS
6:00 P.M. - GOD IN FILM
THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23 - 29
MONDAY,
TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY,
10:00 A.M.
6:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
12:10 P.M.
8:45 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
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STRENGTH AND BALANCE EXERCISE CLASS
DINNER & HOLY COMMUNION at The Summit
ADULT CHOIR REHEARSAL
SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION
THANKSGIVING CHOIR WARM-UP
INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE at Holy Trinity
IN THE CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY
Released from The Summit Rehabilitation Center to The Summit Assisted Living is Jean Berns. . . .
Our sympathy to Brooke and Bobby Maddox on the death of Bobby’s father.
DOUGLAS MINOR HARRINGTON
1954 – 2014
Our sympathy to his family.
SERVANT OUTREACH PROJECT
Our November outreach project is a canned food drive for the Rivermont Area Emergency Food Pantry. Grocery
bags, complete with an attached suggested shopping list, are available in the narthex. We are asked to please fill
and return the bags during the month of November. Monetary contributions are also encouraged. Special
envelopes are available on the narthex desk.
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THE LUTHERAN MAGAZINE
Subscriptions to The Lutheran magazine are available for $8.95 per year. This publication is an important window through which to
see the broader work of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Virginia Synod. Those who would like to renew or begin
a subscription are asked to return this form and payment to the church office by NOVEMBER 23. Please make checks payable to
Holy Trinity and indicate The Lutheran magazine on the memo line.
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CHILDREN’S and YOUTH MINISTRIES THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23 - 29
Sunday, November 23
9:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. -
Sunday Church School (age three - grade twelve)
Junior Youth return from Lost & Found Synod Youth Event
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Thanks to Steve Royer for preparing barbecue and to Ann Mitchell for assisting with our Third Sunday Program supper.
Thanks to Kathy and Glenn Busch, Mike Connolly, Jan and Tom Hayes, Kathy Hensley, Diane and Bill Hetzel, Susan and
Peter Manion, and Louise Martin for assisting in the Food Pantry.
Thanks to Pam Carroll, Joe Fedeler, Joanne Greene, Stephanie and Tyler Kruckenberg, and the Senior Youth for
chaperoning the middle school dance.
Thanks to the Barney, Carroll, Fedeler, Gerlich, Hatin, Kruckenberg, McCarthy/Wright, Schwab, Serio, and Shumaker
families for providing delicious soups for the youth soup luncheon. Thanks, also, to ALL the youth who assisted with the event.
2015 COMMITMENTS DUE
Thanks for the positive response from those who have returned their 2015 time, talent, and financial pledges to date.
Our gifts are tangible ways of thanking God for our many blessings. They support the Church’s mission of carrying
on Christ’s work in the world as we seek “to care actively in the name of Jesus Christ.”
We are reminded that our 2015 Time and Talent forms and financial pledges are due. Our mission and ministry
spending plan cannot be finalized until pledges are returned. Every pledge is extremely important! May we
give prayerful consideration to our response for God’s many blessings and make our 2015 commitments as soon
as possible. Anyone who has not received a 2015 packet is asked to contact the church office. Thanks to all who
make our mission and ministry possible through their generosity and sacrificial giving.
THANKSGIVING OFFERINGS
Our special Thanksgiving offerings are designated for the broader mission and ministry of Holy Trinity Church
through our partnership with the Virginia Synod.
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DID YOU KNOW that grounded in the ancient message of Scripture and in the historic confessions of the Church, our
Lutheran seminaries in this country have prepared men and women for ordained and lay ministry for over 180 years?
DID YOU KNOW that Lutheran Family Services of Virginia ministers to over 1,800 persons each year, many of whom
are emotionally, physically, and sexually abused and in need of a helping hand?
DID YOU KNOW that the Chaplain Service Prison Ministry of Virginia provides chaplains who provide weekly worship
services and pastoral care for 25,000 prisoners and 1,200 youth in our state prisons and juvenile institutions?
DID YOU KNOW that the mission of Virginia Lutheran Homes is to serve the needs of the aging by providing low cost
housing in New Market and Virginia Beach and nursing facilities / retirement community in Roanoke?
DID YOU KNOW that in the past year over 100,000 lives were touched with the Gospel in word and deed through the
agencies and institutions supported by our Virginia Synod?
DID YOU KNOW that we at Holy Trinity participate in these extended ministries through our benevolence offerings?
We are encouraged to be generous in our support of the far-reaching ministries of our church
as we use the special Thanksgiving envelopes included in our offering envelope packets.
NEW MEMBERS TO BE RECEIVED
We will welcome new members into Holy Trinity in the coming weeks.
Please speak with Pastor Roberts if you are interested in joining our church family.
2015 ALTAR FLOWERS
The 2015 Altar Flower Calendar is now available in the narthex. Please note that no dates are reserved from previous years. The
cost of altar flowers is $77 per week for two vases. Payment for altar flowers should be made to Holy Trinity. There are no delivery
fees or sales tax. Please contact Susan Barney (907-1244 or [email protected]) with any altar flower questions you may have.
CANDLE TRIBUTES
All are reminded of the opportunity to dedicate the candles used in worship each week to the glory of God in memory or in honor of
loved ones or in celebration of special events (birthdays, baptismal anniversaries, wedding anniversaries, etc.). The tribute dedication
is printed in the Sunday worship bulletins along with the altar flower dedication. Included are the altar candles, the sanctuary lamp,
and candles for the Globusleuchter. The cost is $20 per week, with checks made payable to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Please
note “Candle Fund” on the memo line. The 2015 Candle Calendar is now available in the narthex. Please contact the church office
with any questions.
ADVENT WREATH MAKING
All are invited to join us in the Fellowship Hall Sunday, November 30, at 9:30 a.m., as we make Advent wreaths for our homes.
Families are asked to attend together so that older hands may assist those who are younger. Wreath-making materials will be
provided and a free will offering is requested. Those who have straw wreath forms from previous years are asked to bring them for
reuse.
MIDWEEK ADVENT WORSHIP
Wednesdays,
December 3, 10, and 17
12:10 p.m.
Service of Holy Communion
7:00 p.m.
Advent Vespers
ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
Sunday, December 7
following both worship services
Our presence is extremely important as we elect five members of Church Council and adopt a Spending Plan
for 2015. Nominees for Church Council are Dawn Johnson, Barry Lobb, Susan Manion, Martha Johnson,
Mitch Overstreet, Sue Coleman, Lisa Taylor, and Karen Pollok. The order of the nominees was determined
by a random drawing. Brief biographical summaries about the nominees will be published in the December 3
issue of The Beacon.
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The annual meeting will be called to order at the conclusion of an abbreviated 8:30 a.m. worship
service. After balloting for Church Council elections and voting on a 2015 Spending Plan, the meeting
will be recessed.
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The meeting will be reconvened at the conclusion of the 10:30 a.m. service. After balloting for Church
Council elections and voting on a 2015 Spending Plan, the meeting will be adjourned. The ballots will
then be counted and Council nominees notified of the results that afternoon. The election results will
be published in the December 10 issue of The Beacon.
All confirmed members are eligible to vote. Please make every effort to be present.
The meeting will be held Sunday, December 14, in the event of inclement weather.
CHILDREN’S NATIVITY REHEARSALS
Rehearsals for our Children’s Nativity, which will be a part of the 5:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Service, will be held Sunday mornings,
December 7, 14, and 21, during Sunday Church School. All children are encouraged to participate.
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE YOUTH VOCAL ENSEMBLE
A special youth vocal ensemble is being formed for the 5:30 p.m. Service of Holy Communion on Christmas Eve. We invite all our
youth to join in and help out in providing music for that service. Rehearsals will be held in conjunction with youth group activities on
the following dates: December 7, from 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.; December 14, from 7:00 - 7:30 p.m.; and, December 21, from 6:00 - 6:30
p.m. On Christmas Eve, we will meet at 4:45 p.m. to warm-up. Please plan to join us and help out on Christmas Eve.
GERMAN LANGUAGE ADVENT SERVICE
Sunday, December 7, at 7:00 p.m.
The Second Sunday in Advent
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Join us for lessons, hymns, and special music.
Pastor Roberts will lead the service.
A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall.
TRIBUTE FUND
Those who would like to make a holiday contribution in lieu of Christmas cards, presents, etc., are reminded of our TRIBUTE FUND.
Those honored are sent a card announcing that a gift has been given in their name and proceeds support our social ministry outreach.
Please contact the church office for additional information.
YEAR-END GIFTS
We are encouraged to meet in full our planned offerings for this year and make additional contributions according to our many
blessings as we strive to meet our challenge level of giving (an extra dollar per week or fifty-two dollars per year.) We continue to meet
new opportunities for mission and ministry and each person’s gifts are very important.
We are reminded that our church financial records remain open through Sunday, January 11, 2015, for contributions toward 2014
pledges. Please keep in mind that contributions must be received or postmarked by December 31 for 2014 tax purposes.
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CHRISTMAS POINSETTIAS
We will again decorate our chancel and sanctuary with poinsettias this Christmas. Poinsettias may be given in memory or honor
of individuals. The cost is $15.00 per plant. Poinsettias may be picked up after the 11:00 p.m. service on Christmas Eve.
Please return no later than Sunday, December 14.
Given by_________________________________________________________
Number of plants________________
In Honor/Memory of________________________________________________________________________________
(please circle)
Payment of _____________ is enclosed. ($15.00 per plant)
Ministers: The People of Holy Trinity
Organist-Choirmaster: J. William Greene
Pastor: Dennis S. Roberts
Parish Nurse: Gail Midkiff
Pastor Emeritus: Stephen J. Schulz
Parish Administrator: Carol Dee Robertson
Church Office: 434-384-8441
Director of Youth and Campus Ministries: Susan H. Williams
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
www.holytrinitylynchburg.org