May 24th, 2026
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Memorial Day Prayer Service, Monday, May 25th, 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 13th-17th, 9 am till Noon, for all youth 4 years old through 6th 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!