Trinity Weekly June 20th

Trinity Family

Baby Bottles for Redeeming Life Maternity Home

Did you forget to bring your filled bottle back?  No worries!  Returns are accepted through the end of June.  We want to give Redeeming Life Maternity the best possible taste of Trinity’s support for this ministry.  Your giving will make a tremendous difference for women who are pregnant under difficult circumstances.  When a woman faces negative stares, is stung by cruel and hurtful words, and feels the piercing stab of rejection, your pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters mean she will have a home filled with forgiveness and unconditional Christian love.  Return your bottle to the box located in the narthex.  There are informational brochures available for you to pick up and share with friends, relatives, and neighbors.  Questions or comments?  Deaconess Liz: 407-488-1919 X 127 or eborth@trinitydowntown.org

Feed Others from your Bounty

NEXT weekend, June 28 and June 29 is our regular Food on the Fifth collection.   If you are interested in contributing to this food drive, but can’t make it to the Trinity weekend worship services, the grocery basket will be “parked” in the school office all week long, June 23-June 27.  This month’s collection will benefit the children of metropolitan Orlando who may miss the nutritional school lunch because school is not in session.  Let’s fill the grocery basket Lake Eola Publix donated for our use three times!  Questions or comments?  Contact Deaconess Liz: 407-488-1919 X127 or eborth@trinitydowntown.org.

Voters Meeting June 29th

Trinity’s next voters meeting will be held in the gym on Sunday, June 29th following the 11:00am Worship Service.  A light lunch will be served and a free will offering collected.  Agenda items include the 2014-2015 Budget, Elder elections and Leadership Council elections.  Please plan to attend.  (Additional 2014 voters meetings are scheduled for Monday, September 15 @ 7:00pm in the Sanctuary and Sunday, December 7 @ 12:30pm in the Sanctuary)

Trinity Lutheran Church and School

Final Nominations List for the Service Period 2014-2016

It’s a Sixth Month Party

Six more months to Christmas!    Trinity’s Women’s Supper and a Speaker for July is celebrating Christmas. Thursday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall is the date, time, and place. Bring your most delicious and favorite Christmas dinner item to share.  Red and Green will be the scene and YOUR Christmas dinner favorites will offer delectable dining.   We’ll also decorate Chrismon ornaments for our Orlando Art Museum Festival of Trees entry and for our sanctuary Christmas Tree.  More details will follow for the supper event via e-letters and hand delivered invitations.  Contact Deaconess Liz with suggestions and offerings for event assistance: eborth@trinitydowntown.org or 407-488-1919 X 127.

LWML Deadline Approaching To Save Money

The weekend of September 26-28, 2014, the convention will be held in Jacksonville.  In less than 3 hours you can travel to the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk hotel.   TIME IS RUNNING SHORT for you to take advantage of early bird registration.  Deadline is June 30.

Jamie Erpenbach and Diann Grover will represent the Trinity women as Voting Delegates to this District Convention.  Susan Roby is our Alternate Delegate.  In even years - and 2014 is an even year - the LWML women of the Florida-Georgia District convene to conduct business, enjoy Bible study, serve through mission projects, and stay up late laughing and eating snacks.

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

Is it Junque’ or Junk or Stuff or Tag Sale or Yard Sale or Rummage Sale?

Whatever you call it, it means bargains!  Trinity Women are holding a super Second-Hand Good Stuff sale on Saturday July 12, 2014.  The items available for you to purchase come from the households of your friends and family of Trinity.  You can’t go wrong when those who care are willing to donate and share.  Save your stuff until we have a date to bring it to the Christian Life Center (gym) for sorting and set up.  Be sure to mark your calendar for a morning and afternoon of treasure hunting.  All proceeds will help with scholarships for women of our congregation and their friends to attend the Strength For The Journey retreat in October.  Contact Julia for more details: jmalenke@trinitydowntown.org.

Jewels and Pocketbooks

Many LWML groups throughout the U.S.share terrific ideas to raise mission funds.  This one is a great match for our Sale on Saturday, July 12, 2014.  Look through your collections and find  good, gently used, (or maybe never used) purses and nice jewelry pieces and bring them to church anytime beginning NOW.  Deaconess Liz will collect them for a special sale booth at the Trinity second-hand sale that day.  BUT….the collection continues past July 12.  We will use every opportunity to sell the items since the proceeds for the scholarship fund of the Strength For The Journey retreat in October.  Contact Deaconess Liz for more details: eborth@trinitydowntown.org or 407-488-1919 X 127.

Join us for VBS this Summer.  Volunteers Needed too!

TrinityDowntown.com/VBS   VBS 2014:  Monday, June 23 through Friday, June 27, 9am- Noon, “Weird Animals: Where Jesus’ Love is One-of-a-Kind” is the curriculum for Trinity’s Vacation Bible School 2014,  June 23-27,  9am to noon. Preschool  thru 5th grade! Last year we had close to 100 kids everyday hearing God’s word!  We are looking for volunteers:  Station Leaders,  registration coordinator,  PR coordinator,  Missions Coordinator and much more.  The curriculum is very simple and easy to use.  Stations Leaders are given a manual that outlines what to do each day.  If you are interested sign up online, or contact Tonya at  tackerman8@cfl.rr.com.

Job Openings

Part time child care positions

Please send resume via email at jobs@TrinityDowntown.com

The full job description can be seen on the Trinity websiteclick here.

Part time HR Assistant

Please send your resumes to TLC@TrinityDowntown.com

The full job description can be seen on the Trinity websiteclick here.

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Youth News

High School Youth meet to help with VBS preparations

The High School Youth will be assembling and preparing materials for the upcoming VBS scheduled for Monday, June 23 through Friday, June 27.  We will meet during the Sunday High School Bible Class each week through June 22.

Gator Game Ticket Sales & Tailgate

Trinity Downtown Youth are taking orders now through the end of June for 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.

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

Christmas in July

Ladies of Trinity and all female friends are invited to attend another supper event in July. Thursday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall is the date, time, and place. Bring your most delicious and favorite Christmas dinner item to share.   We’ll spend some time after supper decorating Chrismons for our Orlando Art Museum Festival of Trees entry and for our sanctuary Christmas Tree.  More details will follow for the supper event via e-letters and hand delivered invitations.  Contact Deaconess Liz with suggestions and offerings for event assistance: eborth@trinitydowntown.org or 407-488-1919 X 127.

VBS 2014:  Monday, June 23 through Friday, June 27, 9am- Noon, “Weird Animals: Where Jesus’ Love is One-of-a-Kind” is the curriculum for Trinity’s Vacation Bible School 2014,  June 23-27,  9am to noon. Preschool  thru 5th grade!  For more information, please contact Tonya Ackerman at  tackerman8@cfl.rr.com.

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TLS News

Camp Trinity 2014 is in full swing!

We thank God for the blessing of more than 40 children who started at Camp Trinity this past week.  This summer will be the best yet – field trips, crafts, bowling, daily devotions, weekly chapel and so much more. Don’t miss out on a summer of fun – Camp Trinity style.

Camp Trinity beings each Monday with a new theme-- all centered on Growing together in Christ!

Week #3: 6/23-27: VBS/Black Belts for Christ

Week #4: 6/30-7/3 (closed July 4): “Who Dunnit” Week

Week #5: 7/7-11: Super Heroes

Week #6: 7/14-18: Hurray for the Holidays!

Week #7: 7/21-25: Goop and Gadgets

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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Attendance & Giving