June 3, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Women of Trinity Summer Gathering, June 5th, 5:30 pm. All women are welcome!
Loading up the Savers U-Haul, Thursday, June 5th, 9 am
Summer Fellowship Servers needed! Sign-up in the Narthex or call the church office if you are willing to serve fellowship on any Sunday June through August. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE FELLOWSHIP SERVERS FOR JUNE 15, & 22,
Vacation Bible School, July 14-18, 9 am till 2 pm for all 4 year olds through 6th grade youth. Led by Luther Park Bible Camp. No Cost. Games, Crafts, Music, Food, and more! Friends welcome! We appreciate your registering in advance! See the attached form.
VBS Snacks, Snack helpers needed! See the sign-up in the Narthex or call the office if you would like to help!
Trinity Summer Office Hours begin in June! Office will be open Monday – Thursday, 9 am till 1 pm. Closed Fridays.
Baby Care Kits: The Women of Trinity are collecting items for Baby Care Kits through June. We are looking for, in sizes 6-24 months, sleepers or gowns, cotton t-shirts, light jackets, sweaters or hooded sweatshirts. Receive blankets, dark colored hand towels, and baby socks. We can also use onesies. Items can be placed in the bins underneath the altar in the Narthex.
We are collecting Cereal for the West CAP food pantry! Bring your boxes and place them by the altar in the Narthex. Please make sure the cereal is not expired.
Voices of Praise is taking a break until September We will see you then!
Congregational Meeting, Sunday, July 27th, 10 am to vote on the building of a new parsonage.
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
Today is our dog Baxter’s 3rd birthday (he is so cute), and it kicks off a month of celebrations for us in the Peterson household. Well, we actually started celebrating on May 30th with the end of school for Amy. But the celebrations continue with my birthday on June 21st, our 20th anniversary on June 25th (can you believe we have been married 20 years and that Amy has survived me that long?), and Amy’s birthday on June 28th. It is always a fun month (that also includes a much needed vacation for me!)
But we need celebrations. To be honest, we often spend a lot of time dealing the difficulties of life that we forget to celebrate things in life. And it can be easy to celebrate the big things, like birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, weddings (I had one of those this past week too!), and such, but we also need to take a moment to celebrate the other joys of life. Because there is a lot to celebrate. Like when we can take a nap. Or when we get to have dinner with friends or a visit with a family member. Or time at the lake or cabin or sitting down to watch our favorite team play or listening to our favorite band play a concert. Maybe it is just a beautiful sunset or a good book being read. It can be a million different things.
The Lord puts little joys, little things we can celebrate in our lives every day. We just have to stop and see them, realize them, open your eyes to notice them around you. For those little celebrations, those little joys, sustain us. They are gifts to us. Like how our birthday boy Baxter sometimes just crawls up our chest to say hi, just giving a little bit of love before he goes back to playing with his lamby toy or attacking his sister. Those little moments are little gifts I believe from the Lord to remind us that we are loved and to brighten our spirits.
So appreciate the celebrations of life, the big and the small. See the joys that are all around you. Most of all, celebrate the love of God in Jesus Christ that is for you every day! May God be with you today and always!