Trinity Weekly March 21st

Trinity Family

Tuesday Morning Women’s Bible Class

WE WILL NOT MEET ON MARCH 25.  Contact Deaconess Liz 407-488-1919 X 127 or eborth@trinitydowntown.org with questions.

Men's Lunch Out

Next Tuesday, March 25th, noon @ Flame Broiler - 54 West Church St in Downtown.  Guys come, hang out, eat lunch, catch up, fellowship with Pastor Moore, Pastor Billy, & other Trinity guys.  Click Here for the Facebook Page

Easter Palms and Lilies

The flowers that make Trinity especially beautiful during the Palm Sunday and Easter celebrations are provided by members of our Trinity family who wish to remember loved ones, or simply express special thanks to God. Order forms are in the Narthex. Please print clearly & place in the offering plate.

Lenten Worship Schedule

Sunday Lenten Worship “On the Road to Calvary” Saturdays 6pm, Sundays 8. 9:30 and 11am.

Mid-Week Lent Worship “What Wondrous Love” on Wednesdays March 25th; April 2nd, 9th.  12:10pm & 7pm each week.

Maunday Thursday, April 17th, Worship with Holy Communion:  12:10pm & 7pm

Good Friday, April 18th, Worship: 12:10pm – Chief Service and 7pm – Tenbrae Service   (note: during 7pm worship the sanctuary will be completely dark at one point.)

Easter Vigil, April 19th, with Holy Communion: 6pm (Regular Saturday Worship time)

Easter Sunrise, April 20th, with Holy Communion: 6:30am

Easter Festival Worship with Holy Communion: 8am, 9:30am, 11am

Financial Peace University!   

Starts April 21.  Learn God’s ways of handling money with Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. This class will be lead by Tim & Deana Norris on Monday evenings, 6:30-8:00pm, in the Magnolia conference room for 9 consecutive weeks.  The member registration and materials for this class are $93 plus shipping.  Please contact Tim for registration information at norris.timothy@gmail.com.

Thrivent Members: Act soon, before 2013 Choice Dollars expire!

Have you directed all of your 2013 designated Thrivent Choice Dollars®?  Eligible benefit members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans have until March 31, 2014, to direct any remaining 2013 Choice Dollars. After that date, the unused Choice Dollars expire.  Choice Dollars are part of Thrivent Choice®. Through this Thrivent Financial charitable grant program, members can recommend where Thrivent Financial distributes part of its charitable grant funds each year.  Choice Dollars can be directed among thousands of 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including Trinity Downtown (church and school).

Looking for Purple LIPS

The next servantfest is in April, but when!?  That is YOUR decision.  When would you like to prepare and sell barbeque meals to raise funds for Redeeming Life Maternity Home?  This is a Lutheran maternity home for women who choose life, but have no home that welcomes them because of that decision.  Contact Jamie at lipsofeastorlando@gmail.com with an April date that works for you.

The purple LIPS of Trinity are every woman 18-40 - Ladies In Purple who Serve.  This is the younger side of Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML).  This group is currently designed to be a service giving group that will have fun in the fellowship and friendship that is bound to occur.  If you are single, single with children, married, or married with children you are part of this group and so very welcome.  There are no regular meetings or monetary obligations.  You simply get together 5-6 times a year for a few hours, work on a project, and have fun.

Orlando Lutheran Towers’ Chapel Concerts

If you enjoy organ music, please visit the Orlando Lutheran Towers Chapel on the 18th floor of 300 East Church Street each Sunday in Lent (through April 13) at 4pm for to enjoy a musician perform on their organ.

New Tuesday Women’s Bible Study Series

Next Tuesday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. in the Magnolia Building, “The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ’. Join us for this Lenten study!  lmoore@trinitydowntown.org

Tuesday morning Bible study off-site

WE WILL NOT MEET ON TUESDAY MARCH 25, but thank you to Linda Short for connecting us with a wonderful place to locate our morning Bible class during the campus construction.  Insight Credit Union offices, located just 4 blocks from Trinity at 208 Hillcrest, is sharing a currently unused space that is perfect for our study, deep discussions and frequent outbursts of laughter.   We now  begin at 9:00 a.m. and finish no later than 10:30 a.m.  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.

Campus Work Day (Sponsored by Thrivent), April 5th

We will work on our church grounds, do some planting in front of the Sanctuary and clean up our facilities.  Please sign up in Narthex or email  climontes@trinitydowntown.org.  Bring your garden tools and cleaning supplies.  Lunch included!  8 am to 12 pm. Supported by Thrivent Financial.

Traffic Flow/Drive Lanes

The ENTIRE CAMPUS IS BASICALLY ONE WAY.  Please follow the SIGN directions on campus.  There have been some close calls on Amelia when vehicles enter as vehicles are trying to exit the property.  PLEASE USE AMELIA STREET as EXIT ONLY, and MAGNOLIA AVE. as ENTER ONLY.

• Two Entrances onto Campus, Livingston and Magnolia.

• Exit onto Amelia.  (There is NO exit onto Magnolia Ave)

Construction Update

The Yellow and White houses were moved this week to their new location.   It only takes about 30 minutes to move the houses!  Please keep an eye on our Facebook Page and Website for pictures, videos and daily updates throughout the project.  Please like our page at www.facebook.com/TrinityDowntownOrlando to get regular updates.

Facility Volunteers Needed

Are you a plumber and willing to volunteer for Trinity? Need Price Hours?  We are looking for some help with several small jobs around campus.  Other volunteer needs include: Handyman, Electrician, Roofer.  Contact Carlos Limontes at climontes@trinitydowntown.com

 Lenten Devotional

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

Bible Study for TLS parents

Come join us for a Small Group Bible Study on Friday, the 21st 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 Weekly or if you have any questions, please contact Eric Havens at 321-368-6336. Hope to see you there!  Blessings.

Food on the Fifth

It’s another month with 5 Sundays.  Trinity members and friends choose every fifth Sunday as a date to intentionally share some of God’s material gifts.  This month of March, we bring canned and boxed food items for the Orange County Public Schools homeless children.  It’s certainly okay to share food from your home pantry, but please MAKE SURE THE FOOD ISN’T EXPIRED!  Since Lake Eola Publix provides our collection grocery cart, we shamelessly encourage you to take advantage of the BYGO deals Publix offers.  One for you, one for a homeless or needy family.

Saturday evening worship service on March 29 and for all three worship services on March 30, the grocery cart will be in the Narthex.

That Crazy Thing Called Love!

Lutheran Counseling Services, Inc. is sponsoring a workshop for couples who have been married a while.  Marriage in the later years will be presented by Mary Jacob, Ed.D. and Mary Jo Hoard, LSCW Monday, March 24 beginning at 2:00 p.m.  This ninety minute session is a fun,interactive experience!  Treat yourself and your spouse to a time of reflection, gratitude and enjoyment of your relationship.  Cost is $5.00 per couple and includes light refreshments.  Call Lutheran Counseling Services to register by Wednesday, March 19 - 407-644-49692.

Serve Others With Grace

The LWML Orlando East Spring Zone Rally is Saturday, April 5, 2014.  Don’t miss out on a morning of Bible Study, Worship, and a terrific luncheon. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. with breakfast provided until 9:00 a.m.  By 1:30 you will finish a morning revitalized and connected with some of the busiest women in our area Lutheran churches.  St. Lukes Lutheran in Oviedo is hosting.  Contact Martha (407-425-2947) by March 28 to add your name to the list of Trinity women attending.

Taste of Compassion

Every Spring, Compassion Corner teams up with Central Care Mission to offer the best street party in Orlando.  Mark your calendars for Tuesday evening, April 8 beginning at 6:00 p.m.  The best chefs and restaurants in Orlando prepare their wonderful food concoctions just for you.  Tickets are on sale now for $75.00.  You can purchase after weekend services, pick up a brochure in the narthex and mail it to the address below, or go on-line to: www.tasteofcompassion.org.  Make check payable to:  A Taste of Compassion-CCM.   Mailing Address: A Taste of Compassion-CCM, P.O. Box 781903,  Orlando, FL 32878-1903

Compassion Corner is a shared ministry of Trinity and other churches throughout the greater Orlando area, and this yummy taste event is its primary fund raiser.  Compassion Corner is a relationship building ministry, not a hand-out service agency.   Trinity is so blessed to have a facility that fills the need for a safe and welcoming respite center for the homeless men and women in our neighborhood.  Pastor Moore and Deaconess Liz regularly teach Bible classes and find the Word of God is hungrily digested.   Every day begins with Bible study and prayer, for only God’s Word can truly shine hope in the darkness.  Questions?  Contact Bonnie: bjroby@aol.com or 407-895-1545

LSF: Love, Service and Faith

Alyssa is 12. Alyssa is being abused at home. Alyssa runs away. Alyssa has nowhere to go. Alyssa is living on the streets. LSF brings Alyssa to the youth shelter. Alyssa is safe and cared for. Alyssa gets counseling and returns to school. Alyssa is placed in a home that will care for her. LSF is Love, Service and Faith. LSF is Lutheran Services Florida. LSF is you. For more information, visit www.lsfnet.org.

See your Friends in Action

Go to www.IDignity.org and check out the photo gallery for February 2014.  See your Trinity family members!  IDignity helped 229 people gain documents needed for Florida Identification Cards and 116 volunteers participated on February 20.

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

One more High School Girl needed for the Youth Gathering trip

Our Trinity Downtown HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH will be attending the LCMS Florida-Georgia District 2014 Senior High Youth Gathering, and we are looking for one more girl to represent Trinity at the event this coming weekend, MARCH 28-30, 2014 at the HILTON DAYTONA BEACH OCEANFRONT RESORT.  The cost for the event is $150 per student.  Please contact Lori Zavitz for additional information and registration. 407-718-6184/lorizavitz@hotmail.com

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 Ramiz 407-812-9632   jlmtik@earthlink.net

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Trinity Events

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TLS News

 Spring Break - March 24th- 28th

Next week our K-8 students and teachers will be enjoying spring break!  We hope they all enjoy this time to refresh and have some fun before the start of 4th quarter.  The office will be open normal hours from 7:00am - 6:00pm.  Our Camp Trinity Spring Break Camp will also be open with lots of fun activities!  Please contact Julia Malenke if you are interested in signing your child up for camp that week at jmalenke@trinitydowntown.org.

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