Trinity Tidings February 7, 2021

Posted on: February 8th, 2021 by Brad Peterson

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next Sunday’s, February 14th, Worship Schedule: 8 am inside worship, 9:00 am FACEBOOK ONLY DUE TO EXTREME COLD

Lent Worship begins on February 17th with Ash Wednesday. Worship will move to 7 pm.  There will NOT be any Lent meals.  Worship will be inside and live streamed.

Lent 2021: “Healer of our Every Ill:  The Healing Stories of Jesus” Holden Evening Prayer worship at 7 pm

February 24 Topic:  Jesus Cleanses a Leper      Scripture:  Matthew 8:1-4

March 3     Topic:  Jesus Heals a Paralytic        Scripture:  Luke 5:17-26

March 10    Topic:  The Man With a Withered Hand  Scripture:  Mark 3:1-6

March 17    Topic:  Jesus Heals a Woman         Scripture:  Luke 8:40-48

March 24   Topic:  Jesus Raises Lazarus           Scripture:  John 11:38-44

Mission Trip Meeting February 21st  at 6:30 pm.

Thank you to Sadie Bygd and Troy Kostman for their six years on church council!

2021 Church Council Officers: President: Brent Larson; Vice-President: Lenny Lange; Secretary: Sandy Wheeler; Treasurer: Amy Hellmann. 

Church Directory Pictures have been moved to November 3rd – 6th, 2021.  Look for more information in the late summer.

2020 Giving Statements have been mailed to your house.  If you have any questions, please contact Becky Nyhus.

Register for Luther Park Summer Camp!  Go to www.lutherpark.org to see all the awesome programs for people of all ages.  Put in code TrinB21 when you register.

Volunteers needed to remove snow from the church sidewalks. A snowblower is provided by the church. Sign up sheet in the Narthex or follow the link below to sign up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080E49AEA62FA2FB6-snow

Don’t forget that you can support Trinity through the GivePlus app OR using the donate form on our website.  Download the free app, search for Trinity Lutheran Boyceville, and go from there! 

MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD

  “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. 11Again, if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? 12And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

  I was thinking about these verses this weekend, especially verse 11, about warmth.  It was incredibly cold this weekend and being outside at all was a hairy proposition and was very dangerous, hence the reason we moved our worship service and annual meeting inside. 

   I thought about this on Saturday when I got a call from a home bound member whose furnace had gone out.  They needed some heat until they could get it repaired.  So I took over our space heater from the entryway in the church and I called a couple of members to help as well as put a post up on Facebook.  And the response was awesome.  I have to get major credit to Lonna Borgert for getting some space heaters and even getting someone over there to fix the furnace much faster than normal.  I want to thank all those who messaged me with offers to help in any way they could.  A few hours later, the furnace was going and people were warm. 

  It was the epitome of these verses.  They are often used in weddings, and appropriately so.  But these verses are about how, together, we can be strong.  How we can come together in common purpose for the sake of our neighbor, held together by our common faith in Jesus Christ. 

  We can withstand anything together and the church is all about supporting each other, helping each other, lifting each other up.  And frankly, not just the church.  This is what our communities, schools, and nation should be about.  Helping each other.  Working for each other.  Supporting each.  Joined by common purpose for the sake of the neighbor. 

   I’m very thankful to all who helped this weekend to make one person warm.  I’m thankful for all that you do to help your neighbor.  May the Lord be with us and help us to always be there for each other.  Have a great week and may God bless you today and always! 

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