May 11, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Parsonage Committee Update Sunday, May 18th, 10 am Join us immediately after worship to hear an update from the parsonage committee.
SAVERS FUN DRIVE-Bring your household items and clothes to Trinity in May. Every Saturday in May, from 9 am till Noon. We are collecting items as a fundraiser for the Women of Trinity. All items should be clean and in good condition. Place clothes and shoes in white kitchen trash bags and all other items in boxes. Thank you for supporting the Women of Trinity!
Lagers with the Lord Monday, May 19th, 6 pm at Buckshot’s.
Graduate Recognition Sunday, May 18th, 9 am.
Boyceville Baccalaureate Sunday, May 18th, 6 pm at the Boyceville Gymnatorium.
Voices of Praise every Wednesday night at 7 pm! Come join us for a time of song. A great time to sing with others and have some fun!
Vacation Bible School, July 14-18, 9 am till 2 pm for all 4 year olds through 6th grade youth. Led by Luther Park Bible Camp. No Cost. Games, Crafts, Music, Food, and more! Friends welcome! We appreciate your registering in advance! See the attached form.
Summer Fellowship Servers needed! Sign-up in the Narthex or call the church office if you are willing to serve fellowship on any Sunday June through August.
We are collecting Cereal for the WestCAP food pantry! Bring your boxes and place them by the altar in the Narthex. Please make sure the cereal is not expired.
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
“My sheep hear my voice.” John 10:27a
I think a lot about voice. After all, I kind of make my living with my voice and many of the things I do happen because of my voice. And I have many voices. I have my regular, every day voice. I have my preaching voice, which I can change based on what I’m preaching and how I’m preaching in the moment. I have my teaching voice. I have my announcing voice, and there are different voices for that. There is football announcing voice, prom announcing voice, general announcement voice. I have “yelling at confirmation kids/yelling at the dogs” voice. There is pastoral care voice. There is my singing voice (probably the worst voice). There are a myriad of funny voices that I do (at least I find them funny). There is a voice for every occasion it seems.
At the same time, I have learned to listen to a myriad of voices. In the band, I can pick out everyone’s voices for our harmonies and where we are. I know all of Amy’s voices (especially the “I’m really annoyed at you Brad” voice, which is most common, because I’m really annoying). I know the voices of many of you, not only your speaking voices but also singing voices as I hear you from the pews. I can still, in the back of my mind, hear the voices of my parents (especially my Dad). And I’m always trying to hear the voice of the Lord.
I love this verse from John that is listed above. My sheep hear my voice. The thing is, I think that the Lord often uses different voices to reach us, kind of how we have different voices for different occasions. Sometimes that voice is loud and clear and easy to understand and get. Sometimes it is harsh and bold. Sometimes it is soothing and calm. Sometimes it is funny and playful. Sometimes it is thought provoking and needling. Sometimes it is quiet. But I firmly believe that the Lord is speaking to us, all the time, letting that voice ring out in ways that we often miss or don’t totally understand. We just have to be willing to listen or have our hearts open to listen.
And this where I continue to grow. Not only in the listening (as Amy would say, I suck at listening), but in being open to the new ways the voice of the Lord might be speaking to me. As I have gotten older (and possibly more mature? That’s debatable), I’ve started to hear the voice of the Lord in unexpected ways and surprising places. But that is the fun of the Lord. God will not be boxed in by us and the Holy Spirit moves where it will. We just have to be willing to hear it.
So today, my friends, open your heart and your ears to the voice of the Lord. We are sheep, after all, and the shepherd is speaking. The voice of the Lord is out there and is talking to you and might be talking to you in ways you do not expect. May you hear that voice and hear that promise that you are loved, forgiven, saved, and redeemed. May you hear that voice that comforts and challenges, guides and pushes, corrects and makes alive. For that voice is out there and that voice is for you.
May God bless you today and always!