March 8th, 2026
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lent Worship with Holden Evening Prayer this Wednesday 6:30 pm. . Meal prior at 5:30 pm till 6:30 pm. Meal is Spaghetti & Garlic Bread served by the Trinity Men. Our Lent Theme this year is “Your Favorite Bible Verse.”
The Crew is Wednesday, March 11th, th 3:30 pm till 5 pm for all 3rd-6th graders.
Support our Youth going to Luther Park this summer by ordering a Butter Braid! Deadline is March 29th. Use this link to order by picking any youth or see any Confirmation youth or the order form on the table in the Narthex.
https://store.myfundraisingplace.com/96847e08-b3b0-4a14-842e-e40506620f84
Order your Easter Lillies today! Order Deadline is Wednesday, March 18th. Form is attached. Cost is $16 per plant.
Lagers with the Lord, Monday, March 23rd, 6 pm at Buckshot’s
As part of our Lent theme, PB is looking for your favorite scriptures to be part of our Facebook devotions! Email him your favorite scripture readings to pastorbradtrinity@gmail.com
Have you made your Foundation gift yet? Help start our Parsonage project with a strong foundation with an initial gift. Letters have been mailed out and you should receive one in the mail. You can give through check, online, or using Venmo. Put “Foundation” or “Parsonage” on your gift and help us to start to build our parsonage project to a great start.
Raise the Roof Fundraiser Saturday, April 11th, 11 am till 4pm, Boyceville Fire Hall. This fundraiser for our new parsonage will feature a silent auction, raffles, games, “flip-flop” chicken, and more. If you would like to donate items, you can drop them off at the church. Contact the church office for more information.
You can use Venmo to make your gift to Trinity! You can find us using: @TrinityLutheranBoyceville. If it asks you for a phone number, use 1349
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
I appreciate reminders. After all, being a fellow with ADHD, I’m prone to forget things from time to time due to the nature of being easily distracted, so my wife will remind me often of things that I need to do or get. I’ll write stuff down on post it notes that I’ll stick on my wallet or alarms I’ll set on my phone or alerts I’ll put on my electronic calendar that will pop up to remind me of things. I’ll have Andrea send me emails or put notes on my desk to remind me to do stuff so they don’t slip past me.
But sometimes God likes to send me reminders to. In my life, as a general rule, I have tended to be a positive person. A person that looks on the good side of life, who sees the glass half full instead of half empty. But there are times when I can easily slip into despair, when the injustice of the world, when the violence and tragedy of the world can make that disposition crack. With another needless war commencing overseas, with continued injustice at home, along with a countless string of people in the hospital, and just an overall malaise going on, I was feeling like I was slipping a little bit into that feeling of despair again. And that was with some warmer weather coming and the prospect of golf around the corner and a vacation for me on the horizon.
Then the Lord stepped in. And as always, the Lord did it in whimsical and interesting ways. A moth flying around my head in the middle of sermon. Children running heedlessly at church and being kids. Laughing with Amy on a Friday while we enjoy time with the dogs. A well-placed song that popped up, that song being, “What a Wonderful World,” which has always been kind of a theme song for me. Small things that reminded me of the gift and joy of life.
Life is hard. It is. It can be cruel and tragic. There are little things that can just make you want to scream (like having a car back into you when you stop to get your wife a latte at the coffee shop in the morning, which also happened to me this week). But life is also full of so many gifts. We sometimes don’t think of those gifts and the opportunity we get to experience and be a part of those gifts. We forget and we need to be reminded. God is pretty good at putting reminders in front of us if we are willing to see them. And sometimes those reminders are in the small things, like someone smiling at you or a great song or a beautiful sunrise or a well-timed conversation with a friend or a moment of peace during a busy day or the snuggle of a pet. Find the joy in each day and in that joy you will find the Lord reminding you that you are not alone, that you are loved, and that life is a gift. Because we all need reminders, each and every one of us. And our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is there to not only remind us that life is a gift, but that he is there to carry our burdens and bring us to eternal life.
May God bless you today and always!