Trinity Weekly February 28th

Trinity Family

Call Committee Update – Search for the Campus Family & Youth Pastor
As we move forward with Trinity’s long-range plan to bring more children on campus with our building campaign, your Call Committee is about half way through the process of selecting a Campus Family & Youth Pastor. With the help of our FL-GA District President, Rev. Greg Walton and the nominations from the Trinity Congregation, the Call Committee was presented with nine candidates for our new position. Since January, the Committee has been diligently poring over personal information, statistics, and other data on each of our candidates. In the next few weeks the process will be ramped up to include telephone interviews and ultimately personal visits by a “short list” of the nine candidates.

Helping the Call Committee during each milestone of this process is our Regional VP, Pastor Brian Kneser of Woodlands Lutheran Church in Montverde. Once the Call Committee has completed its evaluations, we will hold a Call Meeting of the Voter’s Assembly. At this meeting, all nine candidates will be presented to the congregation, with two or three recommendations from the Call Committee noted among them. The final selection will be determined by a majority vote of those in attendance.

The entire Call Committee, along with President Walton and Pastor Kneser, are devoting many hours of contemplation and thoughtful prayer to this process. We welcome any questions you may have during this stage of the selection.

Your Call Committee,
Pastor Moore
Rocky Smothers
Mike Kunze
Bruce Hahn
Heidi Foster
Dave Tesch
Stephanie Landis

Assisted by,
Melissa Bergholt
Patty Moser

Lenten Devotional

For a daily Lenten devotional, please check out Lutheran Hour Ministries.  http://www.lhm.org/lent/default.asp

Tuesday morning Bible study off-site

Beginning March 11 as the construction on our newest school building continues, the Tuesday morning women’s Bible class will meet at the Insight Credit Union offices, located just 4 blocks from Trinity at 208 Hillcrest.  We will begin at 9:00 a.m. in one of the conference rooms.  It’s OK to bring a cup of coffee along with your Bible.  Lots of parking and easy access.

Contact Deaconess Liz with questions or concerns: 407-488-1919 X 127 or eborth@trinitydowntown.org.

Bible Study for TLS parents- Come join us for a Small Group Bible Study on Friday, the 7th of March, at 6:30 p.m. at the Kerestes’ home, 3615 Ibis Drive Orlando, 32803.  We are using a study entitled “Stronger: Finding Hope in Fragile Places” by Angela Thomas.  This study is held the first and third Friday @ 6:30 pm.  We are rotating homes, so watch the Triune or if you have any questions, please contact Eric Havens at 321-368-6336. Hope to see you there!  Blessings.

Walk on March 8 for Type 1 Diabetes   

There are many people who are unaware of that Type 1Diabetes (T1D) is a serious autoimmune disease that only afflicts children from birth through early twenties. It strikes suddenly and is unrelated to diet or lifestyle. In our Trinity School, we currently have five students diagnosed with this disease.  Every day these children must test their blood sugar four to five times and account (actually count carbohydrates) in everything they consume.  What this means is the children (or caregivers) manually work for the pancreas because it isn’t working at all. In T1D, a person's pancreas stops producing insulin, which is essential to the body’s ability to get energy from food.  There is no cure for T1D.  The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) strives to achieve the goal of our world without T1D.  You can be part of the effort to improve the lives of millions of people affected by T1D by donating at http://www.walk.jdrf.org   Orlando/UCG  Walk Team Blue Thunder.  For more information contact Jamie Erpenbach at fiveerps@gmail.com or 407-730-7368

New Group for Young Women

If you are between the ages of 21 and 40, this is the group for you.  Doesn’t matter if you are single, married, married with children, or single with children, you are part of the group.  This is an LWML Young Women Group called LIPS (Ladies in Purple who Serve).  The group will offer you new friendships and opportunities to serve that work around your busy life.  This announcement is in the Trinity news, but this group will be women from all over the Orlando area as other churches are participating in LIPS.  So what if you are a working mom!   This group is for you.  Do you spend most of your week shuttling kids here and there?  This group is for you.  Wish you had someone to hang out with once and a while?  This group is for you!   There are several upcoming events that you can participate in, for more info, please Contact Jamie Erpenbach at lipsofeastorlando@gmail.com

Food on the Fifth

It’s another fifth Sunday for 2014 when we will be collecting food to supplement the School’s March chapel collection of canned and boxed food for Orange County Public School System.  This Food on the Fifth is March 29 & 30.  Bring your unexpired food items to church and place them in the grocery cart.  

Building Update-Fence Enclosure
As many of you have noticed, Bill and John have been working tirelessly to get the entire property secure. A temporary fence is due to be put up by our General Contractor Doster, but we didn’t want to wait for them to put that up and slow down the house movers. Maintenance, with the help of Ed Sabin, Bob Phinney and Mike Kunze, were able to secure the area between the Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall. We have reused all of the fencing in order to save on cost and time. As of today, the field has had a new fence installed with gate. If you get a chance, please THANK BILL AND JOHN for their dedication to securing the campus so quickly!

Building Update-House Movers
Last week, I said the house movers were going to drop off equipment. Instead, they demolitioned two porches, raised up the red house and cleared out several trees and pushed. Power, water and gas were disconnected and we began this project sprinting!!! Next week, we plan to start seeing some of the additional prep of the area and hopefully begin to see the red house move. I will keep you all updated as to when that actually happens.

Magnolia Building-Traffic Flow/Parking
We will be changing the traffic flow into the Magnolia Building by March 9th now. Please pay careful attention to the new signage that will be installed in the coming weeks in that area. Several changes have already begun.
• Ruth Lane Parking lot is CLOSED.
• THE AMELIA EXIT IS AND WILL REMAIN EXIT ONLY. Please, do not come onto the property      through the Amelia Driveway.
• There are two ways onto the property, Livingston and Magnolia.
• There will be one way off property, Amelia.

  Music

 Lenten Rehearsal times for Choir and Bells

Wednesday evenings: 6:00 bells rehearsal, 8:15 (after 7 p.m. Lenten service) choir rehearsal.  Cherub Choir meets 3:00 -3:30 and Joyful Noise will resume rehearsals on March 19 at 5:15.

For more information, contact lmoore@trinitydowntown.org

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Youth News

 Camp Lone Star...Lutheran Camp, LaGrange, TX, Summer, 2014

This summer we would like to offer the opportunity to attend a week at Camp Lone Star, a Lutheran Camp located in LaGrange, TX.  Please contact us if you are interested and would like more information.  If there is an interest, we will schedule a meeting so we can discuss further and put some dates on the calendar.  In the meantime, check out their website, www.lomt.com

Lori Zavitz 407-718-6184  lorizavitz@hotmail.com

Carmen Ramiz407-812-9632  jlmtik@earthlink.net

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Trinity Events

 Downtown BBQ Cook-off & Read-In Event

March 1st, 11am-4pm. Get excited for this fun event!  Great food, music, & fun for everyone.  The famous TLS “Read-in” has taken over the gym - celebrating children’s author Robert Munsch!  This will feature storytelling from noon-2pm, crafts for all ages, activities, & Ms. Stacey & Miss Colby bringing “We Share Everything!” to life.

The BBQ Competition is “backyard only” this year - which means you could win!!  Without any pros to steal the fame, your bbq team can compete in BBQ pork & Chicken competition.  Sign up online @ TrinityDowntown.com/BBQ  Entry is $50 (half pot goes to winner of chicken - other to pork) And teams start cooking at 7pm Friday night.

15th Annual TLS Silent Auction Event

We are very excited to announce that planning is well under way for our annual auction event that will be held on Saturday, March 15th!! If you came out last year and had a blast, be sure to spread the word! This year, the theme is…“Top Fun” - An 80’s Themed Auction Event for TLS!” We will still have a silent and live auction, food by Green Coat Catering, adult beverages, a dessert auction, a wine wall and an 80’s band to dance the night away in your best 80s outfit!!

**Tickets are on sale now in the school office! $25 each or 2 for $40**

Babysitting is included!!!

**Donations / Sponsorships** - The success of this event depends on the generosity of community businesses such as yours, so please consider a donation in support of Trinity Lutheran School. We hope we can count on you to help Trinity Lutheran School continue to educate God’s children, as it has done for over 60 years. In lieu of an auction item, cash donations and/or corporate sponsorships are also being accepted to offset event expenses. If you are interested in donating an item or service, or making a cash donation, please contact Eric Havens eric-havens@comcast.net. The staff, teachers, parents and children of Trinity Lutheran School thank you in advance for being a participant in our Auction Event!.

Auction Event Volunteers Needed

The Auction Event is coming up and we are looking for a variety of help to make it a success:

• Class basket assembly – arrange class baskets – 5:45pm till finished on March 6th or 7th (food will be provided)
• 1 wine wall monitor – monitor the auction of wine only until the wine auction is over – time “to be determined”
• 3 SA item monitors – walk around and make sure everyone is following the proper rules for bidding on items.
• 2 dessert auction monitors – help display and hand out desserts as they are auctioned off during the dessert auction only.
• Set up – We are setting up Friday day 1ish till about 6pm, and Saturday from ish1 to till things are ready for the event. (food will be provided on Friday)
• Breakdown – clean up after event.
• Gaming funny money sales volunteer – preferably dressed up so that people can find him or her and be available for people to approach them until the games 7-10pm.
• 2 Bartender volunteer(s) –  (1) 7pm-8:30pm and (2) 8:30pm-10pm

 If you are interested in any of these roles please contact Tess Tourelle at tat@kirwinnorris.com

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CDC Families  

 It's All About Sharing the Word of God

Wow!  So much has been going on this week I don’t even know where to begin.  Many of you showed up to help move our classrooms over to the Magnolia building on Saturday.  Most of it was accomplished by noon and the children moved into their new classrooms on Monday morning.   On Tuesday the children got to witness the houses being jacked up and porches being ripped off.  It is getting pretty exciting!  After so many years of dreaming and planning it is all becoming a reality.  Thank you all for your continued support and love for children.  Right now we are sharing the Word of God with 217 children and it is a great feeling!  We would not be where we are without your kindness and generosity.   

 CDC Assistant Director Position Vacancy

The CDC, Trinity Lutheran School’s infant-VPK program, is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Director position.  Please follow the link to see a complete job description.  http://church.trinitydowntown.com/job-openings/  Resumes can be sumitted to CDC Director, Patty Moser at PMoser@TrinityDowntown.com.  Thank you.

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K-8 Families

 Spring Book Fair

This year’s spring book fair, “Book Fair Fiesta”, will run from Wednesday, February 26th through Saturday March 1st. We are so excited to have the book fair open on a Saturday this year and included with the Read In and BBQ event that day!  Volunteers are needed to help set up on Wednesday, February 26th  and also work the register and help customers the 27th - March 1st.  Volunteer sign-up sheets will be available in the front office now!   For more information about this spring’s fair please visit http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/trinitylutheranschool20 .

Yearbook Pictures Wanted!

Smile!  Have you been at a K-8 or CDC event and taken some photos you would like to share?  We would love to have them sent to us to consider for this year’s yearbook!  Please send any photos to Cathy Fuller at cfuller@trinitydowntown.org.  Please make sure to put what the event was and what classroom was involved.  Thank you for helping make this year’s yearbook the best ever!

Athletic Boosters Umbrella Sale

TLS BOOSTERS club is selling Golf Umbrellas with TLS colors for just $25.00!  Buy one as a gift for a TLS alumni, your favorite golfer or even for yourself and support your Trinity Sports program!!  Please contact Coach Torre to place your order: JTorre@trinitydowntown.org

Moms In Prayer  

Go to www.momsinprayer.org.  Click on Prayer Connection Box.  At the bottom of the list click on “Sign Up for Daily Scripture Prayers”.  Register and you’re done!

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