Trinity First Lutheran Church

Bulletin Announcements

January 28, 2007 through February 3, 2007

What a friend we have in Jesus! Christ has befriended us. Let us befriend one another by extending our hands in Christian fellowship. Welcome to all!

Prepare for Worship next Sunday by reading:  Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13)      I Corinthians 14:12b-20    Luke 5:1-11

We Talked A Lot about spiritual gifts last Sunday as we examined 1 Corinthians 12 and a “Theology of the body of Christ.” If the Spirit is moving you to explore your spiritual gifting, a “Spiritual Gift Discovery Tool” is available this morning for you to take home. If you prefer, the same tool can be found at http://www.woodburylutheran.org/resources/sg_inventory.php

Mite Box Sunday today! Please see Bea if you have any questions.

Large Boats, small boats, float planes, flat tires, Native Americans, bears, fish, bald eagles, and a missionary. Come listen to Marcus Huff speak and tell about his year long experience as he served as a missionary on Vancouver Island and along the coast of British Columbia. It happens February 4th at 11 am!

Congregation's Annual Meeting - Sunday, February 11, 11am ... Annual Reports are du by Sunday, February 4th. Officers elected at our congregational meeting in December will be (re)installed the morning of February 11th.

Neighborhood Canvassing! Join Pastor Jacob and others as we get to know our neighbors and invite them to spiritual growth activities at Trinity First. We’ve got lots of meaningful spiritual growth opportunities to offer them…from Bible Studies to Men’s Groups to Movies! No experience necessary. We’ll meet from 11 am to 1 pm next Saturday, February 10th.

Mike & Misty Eull have settled into new digs with his sister in Mounds View. They are doing well, but Misty says it’s too quiet and she misses all of us at Trinity First. They are dependant on public transit or others for transportation so they are searching for a new church home in the Mounds View area but they’ll come back and visit us when they can. – Pastor Jake

Praise be to God! Pastor Francis closed on his previous house on Monday. Please thank God along with him that he’s back down to ONE mortgage.

Marcella Fredell was hospitalized last week at Fairview Riverside for pneumonia.

Please be in prayer…we’ve received word that Ramona Bond (former member) was hospitalized for colon cancer that has spread to her lungs.

The Men In The Construction Trades from St. John’s Chaska who looked at our remodeling needs last Saturday were cautiously optimistic that they could help us with at least some of the many improvements that need to be made so we can make fuller use of our space. Their first suggestion was that we get our heating plant fully operational. They’ll investigate this and other possibilities and get back to us. Another realization made by the Chaska men—and by our Church Council earlier that morning—is that we might consider praying for a building manager. This is a large building with many “systems” and at this time the trustees and I are not able to keep up with all the preventative maintenance and repairs that need to be done. After all, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! ~ Pastor Jake

I received a letter from Doris J. Thomas, Founder/Director of “Mothers of Crime Victims”, a new not-for-profit based in Minneapolis that reaches out to mothers who’ve lost children—specifically to gun violence. She asks for your solidarity in prayer for this effort. You may visit mothersofcrimevictims.com for more information.

Heidi Breitbarth (of Tiger Club fame) and her husband Jonathan were in Nicaragua in early January serving on a short-term mission trip. She’ll tell us all about it after worship on March 4th!

Free Ultrasound City Life Center will be offering ultrasounds free to qualifying women between 8 and 20 weeks pregnant on Saturday, February 3rd. If you or someone you know could benefit from this, call Sara Neterer in the church office (612-870-9487, x10).

Bible Study for the Hearing Impaired at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church & School starting on Wednesday, February 7th, at 7:00 pm. The topic will be the Gospel of Luke led by Mr. Ron Aspnes who has worked in the area of deaf ministry for many years. For more information, please contact the church office at 612-866-5405.

Faithful Stewards, your 2006 Year-End Giving Statements are in your mailboxes. Many thanks to Norm Gallup for his faithful accounting of our gifts.

You May Remember Tom & Bonnie Henning who were members and quite active at “Sunday Night Church” while they were students at CSP. Their holiday letter is posted on the bulletin board near the office.

Many Thanks to our School for picking up the tab on replacing the booster in the dishwasher to the tune of $2000+!

Stained-Glass Window Update - For those of you who are wondering, we still owe $5,000.00 towards the repairs and cleaning that was done on our stained-glass windows this past summer. Please consider contributing to this need.

Thanks to Pastor Gillard and family for visits and prayers. Also for the prayers from Charles and Jeanne Huff. Thank you to Teddy K. and Marie B. for evening devotions. Also to all of you in the Wednesday morning and Sunday morning Bible classes who remembered me in prayer, visits, cards, and gifts. God bless each one of you, and believe me, God does answer prayer. I am getting stronger each day; however, the recovery will be several months. I am staying with my son and his family in Buffalo with Heartland Health Care coming in six hours per week. I look forward to seeing all of you again. You are welcome to visit or call me anytime. Thanks again!  ~  Blessings, Gloria Groenke

Anniversary Directories - The Anniversary Directories are being handed out. Due to their large size, they were not placed in the boxes in the Narthex. Please see Wendy to get your Directory. If you are able to deliver a Directory to another member, that would be greatly appreciated.

Elder's Meeting - Wednesday, January 31, 7pm

Hospitalizations, Births and Funerals ... Please phone the church office if you or someone you know is hospitalized, has given birth, or is in need of funeral arrangements. Due to privacy laws and lack of staff, hospitals and nursing homes seldom (if ever) phone the congregation or pastor when you enter the hospital.

Preaching Schedule for the weeks to come:

A Measure of our Faithfulness Last Week
 + There were 47 in our Sunday Worship Service on January 21
 + There were 73 in our Tuesday Night Worship on January 23
 + Last week's offering: $1,914.50

Hispanic Mission Minute  -  by  Abby Dawkins
Sent Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." God’s missionaries are being sent out into the world….and they are not all coming from North America! I had the privilege to attend URBANA, a gathering of 22,000 college-age students from 140 countries who are all interested in missions. What a privilege to feel the reality of the beautiful diversity in the body of Christ! One of the seminars I attended was led by a Mexican woman and her husband who live in Mexico and serve with a Latin American sending agency. She shared of opportunities for Latinos to be involved in missions in the United States working with immigrants (They worked in the Minneapolis neighborhood for 7 years), in Latin America, and around the world. The paradigm of missions is changing. What a privilege to work together with our brothers and sisters around the world! Pray for our Latin American brothers and sisters serving in our neighborhood and all over the world as messengers of God’s salvation!

Intern Somali Love - by Doug Stoeckicht
As a student I feed on information, and I am always looking to ease my hunger. This week I was fed information on the local Muslim population in Minneapolis. I found out that the number of Mosques has almost doubled since 2006 within the Minneapolis area. Brothers and Sisters this is a scary thought in thinking that there is that much of an increase of people who don’t yet know the Love of Christ. I pray that as time continues more will leaders will rise up and show are Muslim neighbors the Love of Christ. Tell someone you love them this week, you may be surprised by the response. Mt. 28: 16-20