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Century II Taskforce Update — Ruth Lane construction to begin
On Friday, July 18, Bob Blackwood, Trinity’s building project manager, joyfully reported that the city of Orlando had issued our construction permit for the long-awaited 28,000-square-foot building on Ruth Lane. Doster Construction brought in its construction trailer last weekend. Trinity expects to issue the official “notice to proceed” later this week, once the construction fence is in place. Some of the early steps in the construction include demo of the two garages/storage buildings near the courtyard, site preparation and drainage/stormwater improvements. In addition, Modern House Movers now has its permit to construct the foundations for the three historic houses and lower them into place. In the next two weeks, Taskforce is planning to meet with Doster and Modern House Movers to realign and finalize a revised construction timeline. The construction period is 315 days. If you are new to Trinity, the first floor of the building will house Trinity Lutheran School’s Child Development Center and accommodate 320 children from infants to 5-year-olds (pre-kindergarten). The building also has an entire second floor for future ministry use. Completion of the building will enable Trinity to remove the five portable classrooms and house all of the CDC children in one location. Praise God for this opportunity to share the Gospel with more children and families! --Kathy Aber, Taskforce chair
Building Project Bible Study – New!
Now that the Building Project has really started, join us for a building project Bible study, the Book of Nehemiah, where the walls and city of Jerusalem are rebuilt. We’ll study the opposition, obstacles, warnings, and pitfalls, and see how Nehemiah reacted. And we will pray for God’s faithfulness and grace to also accompany us on this year long adventure! Tuesday nights, 7 p.m., Magnolia Building. Lmoore856@yahoo.com Begins July 29th !!
Music Opportunities for Parents of 4 year olds through High School
Trinity members / Trinity School, public school, or home schooled / interested non-Trinity members!
Please email lmoore@trinitydowntown to check out extra-curricular music activities for this year!
Cherub Choir 4 and 5 year olds
Joyful Noise 1st – 4th grade
Jubilate Singers 5th – 8th grade
Youth Hand Bell Choir6th grade – 12th grade
High School Youth are also welcome to join our Parish Hand Bell Choir and our Parish Choir.
Piano Lessons
Voice Lessons
Interested in Confirmation or Sunday School?
Any parent or teacher interested in planning for confirmation or Sunday School this next year, please email Pastor Moore. pmoore@trinitydowntown.org
Calling all Gator fans!!!
As a fundraiser for our Youth Group events, Trinity Downtown Youth is taking orders now through the end of Julyfor the following Gator Football Games at the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL:
Idaho August 30
Eastern Michigan September 6
Eastern Kentucky November 22
All group tickets are located in the upper sections of the endzones. Tickets are $25 each.
Trinity will be meeting for a tailgate in Gainesville during one or more of the games. Details will be available once the kick-off time is announced. If you would like to purchase tickets, please contact Lori Zavitz at 407-718-6184 or lorizavitz@hotmail.com for more information.
Change Accepted
The Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML) are encouraging you to return your mite boxes this month. The intentional collecting date is October 12, but that box is probably filled with pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters and the special purple $5.00 bills. Did you know that purple is the LWML color? How wonderful that our U.S. Mint thought about the LWML when the new design for the $5.00 bill was introduced. Put your full box or cup into the collection box in the East Transcept of the church Narthex and exchange it for an empty one to fill for the LWML Sunday collection in October. Talk to Martha Pfantz with any questions: 407-425-2947
TAMPA BAY RAYS vs. NEW YORK YANKEES
Saturday, August 16, 4 pm at Tropicana Stadium, St. Petersburg. Group rate of 10 or more - $25.00 each (seated together). Single tickets $35.00 For more info go to www.lutheransonline.com/rfo190 or contact Diann Grover 407-438-0077 or Dittmers 407-658-9815, by July 27. Sponsored by Thrivent.
LSF: Start Children Off on the Way They Should Go
Head Start Programs are designed to provide economically disadvantaged children with the tools needed to help them keep pace with children born to more affluent families. Lutheran Services Florida now operates all Head Start and Early Head Start Programs in Pinellas, Duval and Palm Beach counties, along with Early Head Start Family Child Care Homes in Hillsborough County. For the 2014-15 school year, we will serve 6,000 children ages 5 and under in these programs. We operate these centers ever mindful of Proverbs 22:6: “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” For weekly ministry updates, please visit us on Facebook.
Join the Party in Jacksonville
The weekend of September 26-28, 2014, the LWML Florida-Georgia District Convention will be held in Jacksonville. In less than 3 hours you can travel to the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk hotel, and enjoy a weekend of relaxation in a top quality hotel will high end amenities for an incredibly low $99.00 per night room cost. Jamie Erpenbach and Diann Grover will represent the Trinity women as Voting Delegates to this District Convention. Susan Roby is our Alternate Delegate. Since Jamie and Diann will be busy “working”, the rest of us come to the convention and enjoy Bible study, serving through mission projects, and staying up late laughing and eating snacks with no worries for voting.
Look for the purple EVANGEL newsletters on the LWML table in the rear east narthex (the side with the chairs, busy bags, and giant mite box) for more detailed information, or contact Deaconess Liz: eborth@trinitydowntown.org or Mary Lou Evanchyk: 407-275-8096
Sunday Summer Stock!
Begins June 29, during the 9:30am Sunday School Hour for Grades 5 through 12, meeting in the 7th grade classroom of the school building. “Making Parables Pop!” Join us as we jump into the parables Jesus told and make them pop through interactive chapel drama. Questions? Contact Jamie Erpenbach jamieerp@gmail.com
Job Opening
Trinity family, please share this job posting with friends and family who may be interested, thank you:
Trinity Lutheran School’s Child Development Center, a ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church in Downtown Orlando, is looking for caring, compassionate, reliable early childhood professionals who want to serve in a developmentally enriching Christian environment and care for children in classrooms that range from 6 weeks to 4 years old. Education and child care experience are preferred, but not required. Must be comfortable sharing your own Christian faith with others and teaching a Christian curriculum. Must be able to get up and down from the floor and lift up to 35 pounds repeatedly. Hours of operation are 7:00am to 6:00pm and working hours will vary. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. All positions are part time. Please send resume via email at jobs@trinitydowntown.com. http://church.trinitydowntown.com/job-openings/
Music
Music Opportunities for Parents of 4 year olds through High School
Trinity members / Trinity School, public school, or home schooled / interested non-Trinity members!
Please email Lisa Moore, Trinity's Music Minster, at lmoore@TrinityDowntown.com to check out extra-curricular music activities for this year!
Cherub Choir: 4 and 5 year olds
Joyful Noise: 1st – 4th grade
Jubilate Singers: 5th – 8th grade
Youth Hand Bell Choir: 6th grade – 12th grade
High School Youth are also welcome to join our Parish Hand Bell Choir and our Parish Choir.
Piano Lessons
Voice Lessons
Youth News
Interested in Confirmation or Sunday School?
Any parent or teacher interested in planning for confirmation or Sunday School this next year, please email Pastor Moore. pmoore@trinitydowntown.org
Scavenger hunt at the Disney Theme Parks!!!
Trinity Downtown Middle School and High School Youth...Celebrate the summer with your youth group as we participate in a scavenger hunt at Disney. If you missed out on our June Youth Group trip to Disney, you still have two more chances!!! We will be going to the Disney Theme Parks in July and August...just get a bunch of your youth group friends together and figure out a day that works for everyone. We will meet at the church in the morning, and return back to the church later that evening. This is a free event and space is limited to five youth each day. Participants will need to provide their own meals. Please contact Lori Zavitz at 407-718-6184 or lorizavitz@hotmail.com for more information and to reserve your spot.
Music Opportunities for Parents of 4 year olds through High School!
Trinity members / Trinity School, public school, or home schooled / interested non-Trinity members!
Please email lmoore@trinitydowntown to check out extra-curricular music activities for this year!
Cherub Choir 4 and 5 year olds
Joyful Noise 1st – 4th grade
Jubilate Singers 5th – 8th grade
Youth Hand Bell Choir6th grade – 12th grade
High School Youth are also welcome to join our Parish Hand Bell Choir and our Parish Choir.
Piano Lessons
Voice Lessons
Trinity Events
Back to School Teacher and Family Dedication Service
Sunday, August 17, 2014 11:00 am Worship
Back to School Open House, Sunday, August 17, 12:15-2:00pm
It will begin with our Teacher and Family Dedication during Worship Service at 11:00 am. Trinity Staff and Teachers will be present afterward for the Open House. Please be sure to join us and keep this special event in your prayers. At the end of the service you will have the opportunity to purchase t-shirts and learn more about Trinity Events in the gymnasium. Trinity members are encouraged to attend to meet our school and ministry staff, visit with school families and discover all of the opportunities to join in service with our Trinity school ministry.
K-8 Back to School, Monday, August 18
TLS News
From our Trinity Lutheran School CDC Director, Patty Moser:
This has been a very productive and exciting week here at Trinity. Dr. Kevin Brockberg, our new K-8 principal, joined our team; and we received notification of permits so we can finally begin construction on the Trinity Century II project! We are all feeling very blessed to be moving in a forward motion again. I can not express how grateful we are that you have all been so patient and supportive.
As we embark on building/growing our Trinity ministry and Trinity community in so many different ways, I always picture the children involved in unit block play and how the architecture changes and expands as the children become more capable, interested in applying the techniques they have learned to create a complementary framework on their foundational skills. As different children become involved, the structure may take on a slightly new look, or someone may use a different approach to achieve the same goal. The important thing is the growth, making sure it continues upward, and if a block falls down the children pick it up and put it back in place, or use it in a different manner. The most critical component of the building is the foundation; is it strong? Can it withstand change?
Luke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
Trinity’s foundation for growth is in Christ’s love! Christ is the core of our ministry and community here at Trinity. I am so excited for this school year to be moving forward with a guiding theme of “Growing Together”, with exciting new changes, maybe some different framework but all from our foundation in Christ, which is forever strong and intact, “bringing children and families one step closer to Jesus.”
Interested in Confirmation or Sunday School?
Any parent or teacher interested in planning for confirmation or Sunday School this next year, please email Pastor Moore. pmoore@trinitydowntown.org
Music Opportunities for Parents of 4 year olds through High School!
Trinity members / Trinity School, public school, or home schooled / interested non-Trinity members!
Please email lmoore@trinitydowntown to check out extra-curricular music activities for this year!
Cherub Choir 4 and 5 year olds
Joyful Noise 1st – 4th grade
Jubilate Singers 5th – 8th grade
Youth Hand Bell Choir6th grade – 12th grade
High School Youth are also welcome to join our Parish Hand Bell Choir and our Parish Choir.
Piano Lessons
Voice Lessons
Camp Trinity
Camp Trinity beings each Monday with a new theme-- all centered on Growing together in Christ!
Week #8: 7/28-8/1: Back to the Future
Week #9: 8/4-8: Art in the Park
Week #10: 8/11-14 (closed 8/15): In Jesus’ Steps
For details, go to www.TrinityDowntown.com/camp
The following items would be a huge blessing to our campers:
Recycled Items for Camp
Empty milk bottles from McDonalds, Toilet paper/paper towels cores, Empty 32 oz. clear plastic bottles (Gatorade, juice, etc.), Cardboard egg cartons, Classic books for children in grades 3-8
New Items
Small bags of potting soil, Colored markers, Play Dough
Financial Support
Scholarships (a week of camp is $160, but any amount would be a blessing)
Thank you! Items can be dropped off in the Narthex in the box labeled “Camp Trinity.” For financial donations or if you have any questions, please contact Julia Malenke at jmalenke@trinitydowntown.org.
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