Trinity First Lutheran Church

Bulletin Announcements

August 19, 2007 through August 25, 2007

Prepare for Worship next Sunday by reading:     Isaiah 66:18-23     Hebrews 12:4-24     Luke 13:22-30

Thank you to our musicians today! We are blessed to have Kristen Pauling Hirt, Willie Burton and Tom Kipp here today to lead us in worship.

TFL Roof Repair Ice Cream Social Fund-Raiser - Part 2  TODAY - August 19   All proceeds to be used towards our roof repair. Matching Funds by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans up to $1,300.00. Please make checks payable to: Trinity First Lutheran, memo: Thriven Matching Funds. If you would like to help serve, please see Wendy. Part 1, on July 15, was a success! We raised $550 of $1300.

Celebrate "The Village"  Help us celebrate our many cultures at the first outdoor multicultural art fair, "The Village" on Franklin Avenue between 10th & 15th, on Saturday, and Sunday, August 18th & 19th. There will be art for sale, a children's area, entertainment, a wellness area, food and more. For more information, call Marge Bratsch or visit our web site www.venturavillage.org. We have opportunities for artists, entertainers, volunteers, storytellers and story readers.

The Truth Project - Coming to Trinity First Lutheran Church! - Monday evenings at 7:00 pm from September 17 until December 10, 2007. Focus on the Family's DVD-based small group study designed to equip believes with a comprehensive Biblical worldview. Practically and personally, participants will be reintroduced to the truth claims of God. Twelve one-hour lessons discuss in detail God's design for living out the Christian worldview in daily life. Most importantly, it addresses the need to marry our actions with our core beliefs. What this curriculum does is nothing shore of transformational. There will be an information session and fellowship time at TFL on Sunday, August 19 at 6pm

Preaching Schedule and Key Dates:

A Measure of our Faithfulness Last Week
 + There were 47 in our Worship Service on August 12
 + There was no Tuesday Night Worship on August 14
 + Offering to General Fund received last week: $2,848.00   Weekly Need: $4,500    Difference: - $1,652.00

Ethiopian Mission Minute - by Pastor Francis Beko
On August 1, 2007 one of our members, Wosene, invited us to come to her home for prayer. On the same day in preparation for the prayer I had come to church about an hour earlier. At 6:00pm, I was driving east bound on Franklin Street towards the home of Wosene when I found the street lights were not working and a medical ambulance with sirens on coming behind me. All the vehicles gave way when it turned left on Cedar. When I came to the home of Wosene I found they didn't have electricity. Wosene was expecting several of us to come to the prayer meeting at her home but it was only one called to say she was coming.

We decided to turn on the TV while waiting for others to come when we discovered the bridge over Mississippi of Highway I-35W north had collapsed taking an unknown number of people and vehicles with it in to mighty Mississippi. On that fateful night I tried to call as many members as possible to find out how they were doing. Here Feven's account of God's protection:

"Some days ago I found my car has been towed for violation. I came from my kiosk on Cedar and riverside and told my husband we need to declare three days of fasting and prayer because my feelings tells me that there is some demonic attack on our family that we need to rebuke so the Lord may protect our family. I don't think the issue of my car being towed away is an issue. I strongly believe that the Lord is calling us to prayer. My husband agreed and we fasted and prayed for three days. Rebuking the spirit of death and claiming the protection of the Lord against all evils trying to attack our family.
A day after our prayer and fasting my husband came from his work in Downtown Minneapolis and picked our two little kids from where I was working in my kiosk on the corner of Cedar and Riverside and was heading home to New Brighton on I-35W north few hundred meters before coming tot he bridge over Mississippi he decided to change route and took I-94 north. As soon as he arrived home he learned the bridge he was about to cross had just collapsed. Surely it was God almighty who called us to pray for protection and guidance. I glorify his name with my family. Pastor, do you see how God loves us and cares."

14th Annual Lutheran Night at the Twins - Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - Here's your chance to join family and friends for a night of big league fun and excitement! Since 1994, over 70,000 Lutherans of all ages have joined together for an evening of fellowship at the ballpark. Again this  year, $1 from every ticket sold will go to the Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity to help better lives for Minnesota families. (For more information, please visit thriventbuilds.com) Also, you can become a member of the Twins "Lutheran Night Choir" and help sing the National Anthem. One person from each delegation of 25 or more can participate with the pregame anthem song. For more information a on a new way to order tickets or to be part of the choir contact Sara Neterer in the office (x10).

Straight Talk. Real Hope. If straight talk about God's Word and real hope for this life and life everlasting sound good, then watch Time of Grace, now airing in the Twin Cities. Each week Pastor Mark Jeske, of St. Marcus Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wis., delivers a strong gospel message in an informal Bible-study style. You're invited to join Time of Grace or visit www.timeofgrace.org . Channel 23, Cable 8, 9am Sundays

CD's or Cassette Tapes of this worship gathering are available to you by calling or emailing the church office, 612-870-9487.

Portals of Prayer for July-September are available in the Narthex. Suggested donation is $1. What a great way to spend time with God and your family. A limited number of large print copies are available in the church office.

Buy FoxFaith Movie Tickets and Support Trinity First! Visit www.foxfaithfund.com and enter our church code of 100013 and a credit of one dollar per ticket will be donated to Trinity First at the end of the theatrical release.

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.

Thank You! to everyone who donates to TFL School through the use of their Target Card and the Take Charge of Education Program. The school recently received a check for $348.17 from Target. For more information on this program, please call 1-800-316-6142 or visit target.com/tcoe

Campbell's Soup Labels -  Lutheran Special Education Ministries can benefit from Campbell's soup labels - and labels from other Campbell's products as well. The ministry sends the labels to Campbell's and exchanges them for classroom equipment and materials which will benefit us at Trinity First. For information on how you can help with this project, please contact Michelle at school.

Bible Study Opportunities -

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