Trinity First Lutheran Church

Bulletin Announcements

August 13, 2006 through August 19, 2006

"Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord" (Psalm 134:1, NRSV).
Please feel welcomed and wanted as we lift up our hearts to the Creator of us all.

Special Voter's Meeting after worship next Sunday, August 20, to consider extending a Divine Call to Pastor Francis Stephanos. The Minnesota South District will give us $60K over three years to fund his part-time position with benefits. Praise God for the opportunity to consider drawing closer to  Pastor Francis and his vital East African church plant!

Anniversary High Tea - Thank you to everyone who made this anniversary event such a success!

Many, many thanks to Pastor Brutlag  for sharing leading our worship of praise and delivering a message to us from the Word of God! I am visiting two churches this morning. One is on the campus of the U of M and the other is in South Minneapolis. In the afternoon I'll be participating in the ordination and installation of Steve Wiesenauer who will begin new work among Chinese International Students at the U in partnership with Risen Christ in Stillwater.  - Pastor Jake

Please pray! For Terri Bentz's brother, Tom Taylor as he recovers from knee surgery. Also for the family members of Keith Simpson, friends of Todd and Terri Bentz, who passed away this last week after a long battle with cancer.

God Provides - Celebrate all that God has graciously give us, and to Trinity First for 150 years. Celebration Service is Sunday, August 27, 2006, 1:30 p.m.

Preaching Schedule for the weeks to come:
    August 20 - Pastor Jake
    August 27 - short confession / communion service at 9:30 a.m.
                    - Pastor Jake, 150th Anniversary Celebration Culmination at 1:30 p.m.

Stained Glass Window Repair  The Lexon (TM) on the windows needs to be replaced. Approximately $45,000.00 has been donated towards this effort. There is still a need for about $14,000.00 Please consider contributing to this repair project. The contractor, Palmer Stained Glass, Inc., has also cleaned the windows from the inside. They look incredible! Thank you!

Bible Study for Seniors will be taking a break from their first-Saturday-a-month meetings this summer. They will resume their studies in September - watch for details in a couple months.

World Mission Minute - - Ponder and Pray!
The United States has 6% of the world's population and 80% of the Christian wealth of the world, 4% of which is sent overseas to help reach 94% of the world's population.

Risen Christ (9050 60th Street N, Stillwater) is partnering with the MN South District to reach the Chinese living in the metro area (20,000) immigrants, 2,000 visiting scholars). Spearheading this mission will be Stephen Wiesenauer, a graduate of Concordia Seminar in St. Louis who speaks the language fluently. Stephen will be ordained and installed as associate pastor /missionary to the Chinese on today, August 13 at 3:00 p.m. Lane Seitz will ordain Stephen, and Peter Meier will preach the sermon. Pastor Jake will also be participate in the service. The members of Risen Christ invite you to participate in this special service. Food and fellowship will follow the service.

Mission Survey Trip -  On August 10-25, World Mission Prayer League will be sending Vicar Dr. Funchatou Lo of Grace Lutheran Hmong Ministry to China to do a field study for the possibility of starting new mission work among the Aytoo people in Guangxi Province. He will first make a short stop in Hong Kong to attend a mission conference to learn what the Oversea Mission Fellowship has done with that Aytoo people. On August 16, Dr. Lo will join another missionary, Rob Lewis, from Canada to go to Nanning in Guangxi Province. They will use the rest of the time to study the Aytoo people and observe what other missionaries are doing in regard to mission work. Please keep Dr. lo and Rob Lewis in your prayers.

Lutheran Night at the Twins!  (Thrivent Financial for Lutherans) --Wednesday August 16, 7:10pm - Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Indians. Seats available at discounted prices, $1 hotdogs, pre-game on-field ceremony recognizing Lutherans from around the upper Midwest, represent your congregation in the "Lutheran Night anthem Choir." ($1 from every ticket will go to Habitat for Humanity to help build homes for 33 Minnesota families). For more information, please contact Chris Malek at 612-375-7469 or chrismalek@twinsbaseball.com. There are order forms available at tchabitat.org.