September 7, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School Rally Day is Sunday, September 7th, at 9:45 am!
Voices of Praise is back starting Wednesday, Sept 10th at 7pm, join us for singing and fellowship!
Crew starts back up Wednesday, Sept 17th from 3:30-5, for all 3rd-6th graders!
Crew snacks needed! See the sign-up on the table in the Narthex or call the church. We are looking for snacks for 50 youth. No need to serve them, just to provide them! You can bring anything you want! Cookies, cheese, fruits, vegetables, anything you can dream up the kids will eat! Make it as big or as small as you want! Talk to PB if you have questions.
It’s back to school time!! The WOT will be collecting items for our local schools and for kits to go to Lutheran World Relief. There are two different boxes set out for collection so make sure you put yours in the box you want your items to go to. The bags you take off the pews are the ones that go to Lutheran World Relief and each bag has a printed copy of all items needed to fill that bag. There are copies of items needed for our local schools on the display table by the kitchen. Thank you for helping us help others!
Lagers with the Lord Monday, September 15th, 6 pm at Buckshot’s.
Mission Trip Informational Meeting Sunday, September 21st, 10 am. We will be heading to Denver June 13-20, 2026. If you are a high school student but can’t attend the meeting, please see PB.
Neighbor to Neighbor Health Fair, September 27th, 10 am till 1 pm. This event is to provide resources and information specifically for the Hispanic population of our area and in conjunction with the Northwest Syn od of Wisconsin. We are collecting personal care items as well to hand out during this event. Items include soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, dish soap, laundry detergent, underwear (men’s & women’s), socks. Want to help? See the sign-up on the table in the Narthex. We need help setting up, taking down, manning the Trinity table, and passing out items for our personal care distribution.
Do you know someone who speaks Spanish? We are looking for Spanish speakers to be interpreters for the Neighbor to Neighbor Health Fair. They would go around with families during the fair to help translate for the participants and providers. If you know of someone, ask them if they are willing to help and contact PB as well.
There is a new way to give at Trinity: Venmo! You can find us using: @TrinityLutheranBoyceville. If it asks you for a confirmation number, use 1349
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
There was a man who fell in the ocean and he couldn’t swim. When a boat came by, the captain yelled, “Do you need help, sir?” The man calmly said “No, I’ve prayed and God will save me.” A little later, another boat came by and a fisherman asked, “Hey, do you need help?” The man replied again, “No, I’ve prayed and God will save me.” Eventually the man drowned & went to heaven. The man asked God, “God, I prayed for you to save me. Why didn’t you save me?” God replied, “Fool, I sent you two boats!”
I’ve always loved this little story, and other versions that are similar. And I think there is an important lesson in this story. God works through people. God sends people into our lives to answer prayers. Even more so, God sends you to people to answer their prayers.
I think this is important to remember. Of course, God does act by God’s own hand. But often, God works in and through others. I know I have often spent countless times waiting for God to act, looking for the signs that God is doing something, when all along God had sent others to me to show me that God had heard my prayers and was answering them and maybe answering them in ways I wasn’t expecting and showing me that I had been heard.
At the same time, as we have faith and trust in God, we also put that faith in action by going out into the world. We don’t just lock ourselves away. We use the gifts that God has given us, our voices, our talents, our treasurers, to do God’s work in the world. We offer prayers but we also follow those prayers up with using our gifts to help others, encourage others, and spread the Good News of Jesus Christ in whatever way we can. I think of Jesus, who took time out for prayer but then went out and healed and taught and served and gave his life so that we would be saved and reminded us that he would be with us always till the end of the age.
As you go out into the world, know that the God is working in and through others for you and that you are God’s vessel for others. Continue to pray for the world and for others. But don’t just pray. Act as well. Use your gifts for the sake of the world, as Jesus did, for in doing so you are someone’s answered prayer.
May God bless you today and always.