ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lagers with the Lord, Monday, April 13th , 6 pm at Buckshot’s
The Crew is Wednesday, April 22nd 3:30 pm till 5 pm for all 3rd-6th graders. Last one till September!
Calling volunteers of all ages to help collect items for our Savers FUNdrive!! The Dunn County Humane Society has invited our church to assist in packing soft goods for the first of two Savers FUNdrives in 2026, following their Rummage & Bake sale on Saturday, April 25th at 4:00 p.m. at the Dunn County Fair Grounds in the Fanetti Center. Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to sign up on the sheet in the narthex and can also help load the U-Haul on delivery day, on Wednesday, April 29th, 9:00a.m. at the church.
The next Savers FUNdrive collection will be during the whole month of May, so start cleaning out the closets and SAVE IT, BAG IT, AND THEN BRING IT to Trinity Lutheran Church any Saturday in May! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Peggy Schutz – 715-556-2247. *No large items and no black bags this year*
Men’s Band Concert Sunday, May 3rd, 9 am
Smelt Feed, Sunday, May 3rd, 10 am till 11:30 am Smelt, Meatballs, Garlic Bread, Tater Tots, Cole Slaw, Chips, Dessert, Beverage. Served by the Trinity Men to benefit the Trinity Parsonage Project.
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
On Saturday, a man over 80 years old teamed up with a group of little girls to pick out what a 49-year-old man would have painted on his face after a room full of people of all ages had collected money to make sure that would happen. Now, that is one heck of a sentence. But it is true, and that is what happened at the Raise the Roof Fundraiser yesterday. Bob Bird, the over 80 year old man, wanted to know what it would take to get me to paint my face as he was working the kid area of the fundraiser and was watching the face painting. I believe he initially thought it would be like 50 bucks. Me being me, I thought we could take it bigger and went to the organizers and asked what if we made it a little bigger (and after getting approval from my wife), our organizers got the little girls to go around collecting money to get my face painted if they raised $250. They got $278. Bob got to choose, but being the man he is, he used the input from the girls to choose what was going to go on my face. They then watched together in glee (both Bob and the girls) as said face was painted. Let’s say the reaction of everyone in the room was spectacular and my wife banned me from the parsonage until I cleaned it off and could barely stand next to me later (picture to come below).
But it was emblematic of the day. People of all ages coming together for shared purpose and mission. And that purpose and mission was raising money for our new church parsonage. It was a great day and all of the credit goes to our incredible planning team that did such an amazing job. They really put together an amazing event and all the credit belongs to them. We also had an amazing group of volunteers of all ages helping out which made things run so smoothly. My friend Mara attended was just amazed at everything that was going on. And, of course, the amazing generosity of everyone present, from those that donated items to those who bought tickets or wrote down bids for Silent Auction items. The generosity of spirit in the room, the conversations that were being had, it was really amazing. It was the church in action, people coming together.
I felt the same thing on Easter Sunday as people of all ages were helping during the Easter services, whether it was playing music, carrying in items during the processional, or just being together as our sanctuary was overflowing (literally). People of all ages coming together for common worship, giving thanks and praise to the resurrected Lord, using their gifts and talents together in praise of God who has saved and redeemed us. And on Saturday, people of all ages coming together for common purpose, using their gifts and talents in praise of God for common purpose, to serve the Lord. It is the best of us and what makes us church.
Saturday we raised around $23,000 for our new parsonage. That is absolutely amazing. But the most amazing thing of all wasn’t the dollar amount raised. The most amazing thing of all was that we came together to do a thing as the church. All of us. Our community came together, all parts of us. That is a blessing that we should be grateful and thankful for and not ever take for granted. Just being together, in that room, being the body of Christ together, is a gift. Even if it some of it included laughing at a soon to be 50-year-old man with Minnie Mouse painted on his face because of an idea from an over 80-year-old man assisted by elementary aged girls. God works in amazing ways.
May God bless you today and always!
PICTURES OF THE DAY
PB getting his face painted as Bob looks on
The final product. Bob with PB