Trinity Weekly September 19th

Trinity Family

Thank you!!

The Women’s Resource Center of Jacksonville will most definitely feel the impact of Trinity women!  Jamie Erpenbach is filling the rear seat of her car with diapers, baby bath care items, formula, and a couple of maternity dresses!   Sometime in the next couple of weeks, Jamie and Susan Roby will have a report for you so you can experience the amazing opportunity of women gathering together to serve the Lord in gladness.  Send comments to eborth@trinitydowntown.org or 407-488-1919 X 127.

Trinity’s High School Youth

If you have not already done so, please contact Pastor Moore with your High School student’s name and grade level. Please also send contact information for student and parents.  Once information is gathered we will schedule a meeting to discuss future plans for the High School Youth Ministry at Trinity.   jmoore@trinitydowntown.com Thank you.

Passionate About Youth Ministry?  

Would you like to be a part of growing & nurturing the faith of the young people of our Trinity family?  Please consider serving in Trinity’s Youth Ministry.  Contact Pastor Jeff Moore at   jmoore@trinitydowntown.com Thank you.

Confirmation Prayer Partners

Trinity Adult Volunteers, male or female!   We have a special request of you.   We are looking for adults to be Prayer Partners for our Confirmands.   These kids need our support, prayer, and encouragement during their adolescent years, and this is a way we adults can help them.   We’ll keep in touch with them, letting them know we support and are interested in them.   If you sign up as a prayer partner, we will give you an information sheet on one of our Confirmands.  Prayer partners will be expected to 1) Remember their Confirmand daily in prayer.  2)  Send notes and tokens of encouragement on holidays, 1st Communion, mid-monthly (by mail, or leave in narthex, or give via another adult).  Questions? or If interested, please contact Gladys Dittmer, 407-658-9815, odittmer892@cfl.rr.com before Oct. 1.    Blessings and appreciation to you, for helping us with our Confirmation Prayer Partner Ministry!

Growing Together Through Prayer

Will you pray for our school?  www.momsinprayer.org. Receive a short prayer every day!

OWLS--Older Wiser Lutherans fellowship September 24

The next scheduled gathering is September 24th.  We will meet for lunch at 11:30 and then tour the Holocaust Museum.  Lunch: (Best pancakes in town)  Best Western Mt. Vernon, 110 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park 32789 . Then to the Holocaust Museum: FREE ADMISSION.  851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland,  32751.   Looking forward to seeing you.  Questions, contact Bob Gordon at 407-897-1418.

I’m Not SuperMOM!

It used to be a compliment: “I can bring home the bacon and cook it up in the pan.”  But today’s mother is pulled in ways that Superman would call kryptonite.  Not to put more pressure on the busy woman, but TIME IS RUNNING OUT for you to register for a renewal and rejuvenating weekend just for women.  On October 17-19, 2014, Strength for the Journey offers all women who feel the weight of a superhero cape pulling them down a weekend of release and unconditional acceptance.  Strength for the Journey is based on sharing Christian love and healing and will be held at the Canterbury Retreat Center in Oviedo. Cost is $199.00 for meals, snacks, lodging, and the program. There is money available to help with this cost, so please don’t let finance troubles keep you from this weekend of soul and mind relief.   For details and scholarship information, contact: Julia Malenke: jmalenke@trinitydowntown.org.

Holy Land Experience

Thrivent has organized a group trip to the Holy Land Experience on Tuesday, November 11th.   Everyone is invited to participate at the group rate and Thrivent members will receive a discount.  Forms are in the church narthex. Should you have any questions, please contact Darlene Kaiser, at darlenek149@gmail.com.  Thank you!!!

Caregiver Needed

Julie Scott-Lasater, a Trinity member, is looking for a part-time companion/caregiver for my mother, Yvonne Scott.  10-12 hours per week, mostly as companion and some personal hygiene.  No nursing background required.  Needs to be comfortable with Alzheimers patient.  Please contact Julie Scott-Lasater for hours and pay.  407 898-4192 or Julieheals@att.net.

Save The Date!

If you love to eat, Redeeming Life Outreach Ministries is planning a delicious and elegant evening on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014.  Tickets are $35 and include a full plated dinner, parking, and a ticket for a drawing to spend an escape weekend retreat in South Daytona.  Your donation to support the Redeeming Life Maternity Home is expected and appreciated as well.  Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Sanford is graciously providing their fellowship hall for this exciting event.  For more information contact: eborth@trinitydowntown.org or 407-488-1919 x 127.

Growth Family Night

The first GFN at Trinity was a great success.  Our families made a delicious and healthy dinner together, the cooking lesson was provided by Trinity’s own chef Carmen Ramiz.  Megan Miessler talked to families about staying spiritually healthy, and Emma Moser Schulte, Director of Wellness for the Winter Park YMCA discussed how important it is for families to eat healthy and exercise together.  While the food cooked Alena, Membership Director for the Winter Park YMCA, taught a family Zumba class.  Parents and children danced together and then had a dance off.  The kids won...of course.  We hope more of you can join us for next month’s Growth event, Sunday, October  12th.  Watch for more details!

Music

Choirs New members are welcome!  

6:30 Hand bells in the Balcony

7:30 parish choir in the church basement.  

The full Parish Choir will be singing at 11:00 services this year, with soloists or small groups at the 8:00.  If you are a consistently  8:00  or 11:00 person and want to lead God’s people in worship, please contact lmoore@trinitydowntown.org  We are especially looking for men to be the support root system for our music’s growing tree!

Cherub Choir

For all Trinity 4 year olds, K and 1st grade!

Mondays, 4:00 - 4:30 in the church basement music room.  

Joyful Noise Wednesdays, 5:15 - 6:00 lmoore@trinitydowntown

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Youth News

Confirmation Classes

Confirmation instruction for all grade levels (6th, 7th and 8th) will be held on Sunday mornings at 9:30am starting this Sunday, 9/7.  All confirmation age students (6th, 7th and 8th grade) should attend the 9:30am service this coming Sunday, 9/7, before moving on to classrooms for confirmation instruction.  Classes are as follows:

First Communion Instruction

For  all 6th graders( and any 7th/8th graders who have not had first communion instruction), join us for 7 consecutive weeks of First Communion instruction: Sept 7, 14, 21, 28, Oct 5, 12, 19 9:30-10:30am  First Communion Sunday will be October 26th.   (instructor Jenn Blackwood)

7th Grade Confirmation Instruction

9/7-10/26 for those who have already completed First communion instruction.  (instructor Deana Norris)

6th/7th grade combined continuing Instruction

Weekly from Nov 2 through April 19 (with breaks for holidays, special events and Spring Break of course).  Please email TLC@trinitydowntown.org to register for confirmation instruction.  (Jenn Blackwood or Deana Norris)

8th Grade Confirmation Instruction

Begins Sunday, September 7th, and will continue weekly through Confirmation Sunday on April 26th (with breaks for holidays, special events and Spring Break of course.  8th grade instruction will be led by Senior Pastor Jeff Moore and Trinity Elder, Tim Norris.  

High School Planning meeting coming soon.

If you have not done so yet, please contact Pastor Moore with your Highschool students name, grade, and contact information for student and parents.  jmoore@trinitydowntown.com Thank you.

Middle School Youth Gathering

November 7-9, 2014 - Lake Yale Baptist Convention Center

This year all the churches in both Florida & Georgia will attend and Bill Yonker will be our speaker.  The Living Stones will be returning as our Gathering band. The registration fee remains at $140.

-  Who can register?

The Gathering specifically targets middle school youth. To register, a youth must be in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade during the 2014-2015 school year. Non-LCMS youth are certainly welcome to attend also!

-  What is a Junior Guide?

A junior guide is a high school youth who shows leadership skills and would be a tremendous asset to any youth director taking his/her youth group. Two junior guides are allowed for each church. They will be given specific responsibilities and opportunities for leadership training.

-  Adult/Participant Ratio

For safety we require that each church provide 1 adult leader for every 6 attendees under the age of 18.

The event cost covers all program and administrative costs, two nights lodging, four meals, and a t-shirt for each participant. Keep your eye out for more information – coming soon!!

Please contact Lori Zavitz at 407-718-6184 or at lorizavitz@hotmail.com if you would like to attend.

High School Youth Gathering--Save the Date

What: 2015 FG District High School Gathering

When: March 13-15, 2015

Where: Westin, Lake Mary, FL (Orlando Area)

Theme: "Wildfire!" - That should sound familiar as it is the theme for this year's Middle School Gathering as well.  We love the continuity that it will provide across the Youth Ministry spectrum in the District.

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Trinity Events

Growth Family Night #2

Sunday, October 12th

Oktoberfest

Friday, October 24th.  Details coming soon!

Growth Family Night #3

Wednesday, November 12th

Touch-A-Truck

Saturday, November 15th.  Save the date!

Middle School Youth Gathering

Nov 7-9

Redeeming Life Outreach Ministries Dinner

Friday, November 14th.  Save the date!

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TLS News

How do we define “Hard Work” at Trinity?   The meaning of this Big Rule might be a bit more elusive than the clearly evident aspects of Respect and Responsibility.   Hard Work is a catch-all phrase with a singular impact on how students act at school.  It might be understood as initiative, striving to do one’s best, persistence, overcoming, desire, efficacy (a “can-do” attitude), gumption, resilience, spunk, enterprise, resourcefulness, or grit.  It is the “hard-iness” of character, the inner drive to persist until one achieves satisfaction and success.

Again, examples abound on our campus this week:

• Correcting your errors on a Math quiz, because now you finally understand how to do this kind of problem
• Thinking about how you might contribute to the school, committing to be a representative on the Student Council
• Finishing your chores at home before you get down to your homework (sometimes responsibility is just plain hard work)
• Recognizing that you have harmed someone, and working through you own feelings to finally arrive at a truly sincere, honest, and introspective apology
• Being willing to listen to someone’s hard-thought apology, even though that person has hurt and offended you deeply, maybe even more than once
• (Even) Doing your push-ups in Physical Education the correct way with proper form
• Reading independently for Accelerated Reader points
• Displaying patience, kindness, goodness as fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5.22-23)

Hard Work at Trinity is truly a work in progress, in every classroom, a tough challenge beckoning the resolve of every student, every day.   Ask a TLS student about the Hard Work he or she is putting into our learning community!

Trinity CDC to Participate in the National Early Care and Education Collarboratives Project with Nemours and the Center for Disease Control.

As you may have read in previous Weekly Updates, the Trinity CDC is embarking on a National Early Learning and Education Learning Collaboratives (ECELC) Project.  It will help us look at the foods we serve and fitness activities we provide. Part of this project provides us with an exciting opportunity that will be taking place at our program. Researchers from the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition (GSCN) in Omaha, Nebraska will be visiting our program in order to conduct classroom observations using the Environmental and Policy Assessment and Observation (EPAO) instrument. GSCN is a public health research non-profit organization that is conducting the evaluation of the National Early Care and Education Learning Collaboratives Project, an initiative our program is participating in that is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and implemented by the Nemours Foundation. (If you want to learn more about the project visit: http://healthykidshealthyfuture.org/home/collaborate/ecelcproject/about.html.)  We are excited to participate in this national project and welcome the GSCN observers to our school.

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Attendance & Giving