Trinity Lutheran Church

May 24^th, 2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Memorial Day Prayer Service, Monday, May 25^th, 11:45 am at Tiffany Cemetery in Boyceville

Looking for mowers!  See the sign-up sheet in the Narthex to mow the church lawn this spring and summer!

Fellowship Servers needed for the summer!  Please sign-up in the Narthex or call the office if you are willing to serve!

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*. Please pull around to the back of the church. 

Women of Trinity will be highlighting baby care kits for the months of May and June. If you are going to garage sales this summer these are some of the items we need: size 6-24 months – sleepers or gowns, cotton t-shirts, light jackets, sweaters or hooded sweatshirts, receiving blankets, dark colored hand towels and baby socks. We can also use Onsies, we cut them off to make t-shirts. You can pick up a list of what is needed in the Narthex. Thank you for helping us help others!

We are looking for donations for the Mission Trip. We are looking for travel size toiletry items, hand sanitiz ers, plastic cutlery, chalk, and food bags. Please bring them to the church by June 10th.

Vacation Bible School July 13^th-17^th, 9 am till Noon, for all youth 4 years old through 6^th grade. Completely free!  Run by Luther Park Bible Camp.  See the attached registration form. Fill out and return to church so we know how many youth to expect.  Looking for snacks and snack helpers. See sign-up in the Narthex. 

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

  Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day in which we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit, and also the day in which celebrate the beginning of the Christian church.  After all, it is the Holy Spirit that calls us together into this thing called the church, a collection of human beings that gather together to worship and serve our Lord Jesus Christ.  As you have heard me say about a thousand times, the church is not just a building, it is a people joined together, and the church is bigger than just Trinity, it encapsulates all of us who share this faith in Jesus Christ scattered throughout the world.  But that can be too big for our brains at time and I know when we often talk about church, we talk about our local context and even our local physical structures, and that is fine, even if it does limit us.

  But you know what really limits us?  How we sometimes view this thing called church. We so often expect the church to be perfect and the people inside of it to be perfect.  We think the church is to be some sort of perfect place, filled with perfect people, who always make the right decision and act the right way.  We say things like, “Oh, they go to church.  They are going to do this and act like this and be like this.” But that can’t be further from the truth.  The church is not a place for saints.  It is a place for sinners who need redeeming.  For we all fall short of the glory of God.  The church is a collection of people in need of redemption, who are trying to do their best and they sometimes fail.  It is an institution in some regard doing their best who sometimes fails.  It can be messy because it is filled with humans beings.  And we need to remember that.

  For when we do, when we remember that this thing called the church is filled with messy human beings who are connected not because they are perfect but because they are messy, who need the grace of God, we can see the beauty of the church.  We see the beauty of imperfect people who are made new by the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ, of imperfect people coming together to worship in thankfulness and praise to the one who has given them new life; of imperfect people joining together to make a difference in the life of others.  That is the church.  That is us.

  As we gather today to celebrate the birthday of the church, let us remember that the Spirit is moving in and through us.  We are not perfect.  But we are not meant to me.  What we are meant to be is a place and a people where Jesus is proclaimed, people can use their gifts for the sake of the neighbor, people can be there for each other, and we can be reminded that God calls all sorts of messy people hear the good news of Jesus Christ for them.  May God bless you today and always!

TRINITY TIDINGS

May 17^th, 2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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*. Please pull around to the back of the church. 

Baccalaureate Service on Sunday, May 17^th, 6 pm at the Boyceville Gymatorium

Memorial Day Prayer Service, Monday, May 25^th, 11:45 am at Tiffany Cemetery in Boyceville

Looking for mowers!  See the sign-up sheet in the Narthex to mow the church lawn this spring and summer!

Vacation Bible School July 13^th-17^th, 9 am till Noon, for all youth 4 years old through 6^th grade. Completely free!  Run by Luther Park Bible Camp.  See the attached registration form. Fill out and return to church so we know how many youth to expect.  Looking for snacks and snack helpers. See sign-up in the Narthex. 

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 Monday of this week we gathered at Buckshot’s for “Lagers with the Lord” and our “Ask PB Anything” session.  It was a great time with some great questions and I thank everyone that came and asked some wonderful and insightful questions.  But one that has stuck with me was this: “What song would be your walk up song before a sermon?”  Now, that was a very difficult question in the moment, and in the moment, I gave three possibilities.  I gave these three songs:

1.     “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC

2.     “Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince (was specifically thinking of the beginning)

3.     “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins, specifically thinking of deep into the song when the drums come in. 

  Someone commented that they were surprised I didn’t choose something from Star Wars, but frankly that is more of a walk-in to church song (we are going to get to that in a minute), but now that I have had a chance to think about this question over a few days, I would like to add some more possibilities.  Again, this is the kind of stuff that can consume my brain when I try to sleep. Number 1 rule: I chose no blatantly Christian music type songs.  No hymns.  That is no fun.  Here you go. 

1.     “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys.  How this one did not come immediately to mind I’m frankly ashamed of.  This would be my walk up song if I was a professional baseball player.  I play this song to hype myself up all the time. 

2.     “Jump” by Van Halen.  This was the run out music for the 1984 Chicago Cubs and still gets me hyped every time.  So I would love it right before I preached.

3.     “Walk this Way” RunDMC featuring Aerosmith.  You get the best of both worlds here with the beat and get the great Aerosmith guitars. 

4.     “Shout” by the Isley Brothers.  Another just great hype up song. Just a tremendous way to get going.  Plus has a Gospel flare. 

 Now, let’s talk about walk in to church songs.  So, imagine worship is about to start and the doors are going to open and I’m going to walk in.  Here is my top 5.

1.     “Main Title” Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope, John Williams.   I mean, come on, there is only one choice here.  Just one.  I’m no Sith Lord, so there was not going to be the “Imperial March” chosen. 

2.     “Sweet Child O’Mine” by Guns N’ Roses.  One of my favorite guitar riffs of all time.  Plus, it is a long intro, so plenty of time to get down the aisle.  A classic of the hair metal era (one of my favorites), just a really great song. 

3.     “Circle of Life” Carmen Twille, from the Lion King.  Cliché?  Yes.  But that opening cry just really works as the doors open.  Very spiritual sounding, dramatic, fulfills a Disney requirement here as well. 

4.     “Partyman” by Prince from the Batman soundtrack.  Has a great opening line from the movie, “Gentlemen, let’s broaden our minds.”  Plus, isn’t Jesus a partyman?  There is nothing like hearing your sins are forgiven to start a party. 

5.     “Duel of the Fates” from Episode I, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. John Williams.  Just a banger.  An absolute banger.  Love that choir.  Totally would get us hyped up for the start of worship. Plus it would make me think of one of the greatest lightsaber duels in all of Star Wars, which is always a plus. 

Honorable mention: “We’re All in This Together” from High School Musical.  A fun upbeat song that reminds us that we are all together, even though we are different, which is a great message for the church in general.

So there it is.  What would be your choices (again, no obvious actual church songs)?  Drop me your suggestions! I hope you have a great week and remember this: God loves you every day and is strengthening you in faith, hope, and love!  

May 10^th, 2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Happy Mother’s Day!

Lagers with the Lord, Monday, May 11^th , 6 pm at Buckshot’s  It will be an “Ask the Pastor Anything” session. There will be pieces of paper you can write questions down and PB will answer them!  All are welcome!

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*. Please pull around to the back of the church. 

Graduate Recognition Service is on Sunday, May 17^th, 9 am

Baccalaureate Service on Sunday, May 17^th, 6 pm at the Boyceville Gymatorium

Memorial Day Prayer Service, Monday, May 25^th, 11:45 am at Tiffany Cemetery in Boyceville

Looking for mowers!  See the sign-up sheet in the Narthex to mow the church lawn this spring and summer!

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

  The other day I was emptying our dishwasher and putting dishes away in our kitchen when I glass slipped through my fingers and as I watched that glass head towards the floor I thought to myself, “Well, that’s going to break.”  You just get that sinking feeling in your stomach in that split second as it descends to the floor and think to yourself, “I’m are going to have shards I’m going to have to pick up and, because of our ever present dogs, I’m going to have to make sure our dogs aren’t going to step onto the shards and cut themselves, resulting in a trip the vet. Plus, Amy might kill me for breaking this glass.”  All this is going on in my head as that glass hurtles towards the floor when it SMACKS onto the floor.  And then: nothing,  It doesn’t shatter.  No breakage.  Not even a crack. Totally fine.  And total relief by me.  Thank you Jesus.  That glass was more resilient than I thought.

  It made me think about ourselves.  Sometimes we think are more fragile than we are, that we can’t handle the things that life throws at us, that we are just going to break and all apart.  I know I can feel this way.  I sometimes look at my schedule and the things I have going on and think, “Well, I’m going to crumble like cookie by the end of this week.”  And then five other things happen and yet somehow I make it through.  We have more strength and resilience than we think because we don’t go through all these things on our own.  We have a Savior who walks with us, a Messiah who bears our burdens and lifts us up, even when we don’t realize it.  We also just might be tougher than we think. 

   But too often we give up before we even get started.  Too often we see the road ahead and just lay down.  We think of ourselves as that glass that was hurtling toward the floor.  Of course we will break.  Yet, trust in yourself.  Trust in your Savior Jesus Christ who walks with you, loves you, saves you, and strengthens you.  You are stronger than you think.  With Jesus besides us, we can get through anything.  You might hit the floor and just might not break like you think.  For the Lord is there for you today, tomorrow, and every single day.  For remember this promise, “I am with you always till the end of the age.” May you remember every day that your Savior Jesus Christ is with you and because of that, you always have hope.  For when you feel weak, Jesus is there to make you strong.

  May God bless you today and always!