   
Worship Schedule
New Member
Orientation. We are glad you are interested in
joining us at Trinity Lutheran Church. We encourage
anyone considering membership to attend a 7-session
course led by our pastors and program staff. Classes
begin Sunday, February 12, at 9:15 a.m. in the
church library. The reception of new members is
scheduled for the weekend of March 24-25. Contact
the church office (737-8635) for more information.
 Sunday,
February 5 is National Scout Sunday when our
church honors the National Boy Scout Organizations –
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. At each service scouts
will be serving as lectors and greeters and giving
Temple Talks. Our church has sponsored Cub Scout
Pack 51 and Boy Scout Troop 51 since each was
started. Boy Scout Troop 51 is in its 87th
year of continuous operation, and Cub Scout Pack 51
has been in continuous operation for 78 years – both
outstanding records of achievement. This is the 102nd
year of the Boy Scouts in the United States. Trinity
is very proud of these fine scouting organizations
and the programs they offer for young men.
Fair-trade gourmet coffee, tea, and chocolate
will be available for purchase in the Gathering
Space after services on Sunday, February 5.
Blood pressure screening will be offered
in the chapel narthex at 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on
Sunday, February 5.
Kids K through 5th grade are
invited to take part in a Poster Project for the
upcoming DAY OF CARING. The posters will be
displayed throughout the church to help publicize
this event. The Poster Project will take place in
the Sunday School Wing on Sunday, February 19, from
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. No need to belong to a
Sunday School Class to participate. For information
please contact Amy at
adczyzyk@verizon.net.
 What
Is This "Day of Caring? You’ve probably been
starting to hear about Trinity’s first "Day of
Caring" on Sunday, March 11, and read about the many
opportunities for personal involvement in the
mailing sent to your home last week. This is a
congregation-wide service event challenging everyone
to give a few hours to help others in our local
community. If you haven’t made your commitment yet,
please consider this discipleship opportunity
carefully and prayerfully this week. Work alongside
others from your church family at a variety of
projects, both at the church and in various
locations in our community, to "answer God’s
call and join the body of Christ, move as one and
see God in the hungry, the homeless, the imprisoned,
the infirmed, the lonely, the naked and…...each
other." You may return your completed "Day
of Caring" form in the offering plate or to the
church office.
HUNGRY? Christian Churches United (CCU),
one of Trinity’s long-standing Social Ministry
partners, is sponsoring a Hunger Banquet on
Saturday, March 17, to experience and learn about
food-related needs in our community….and how YOU
can help. Actually a luncheon being held from 11:30
a.m.-2:30 p.m. at CCU headquarters in Harrisburg,
this event will provide a dramatization of the
inequity that perpetuates poverty in the world.
Guests will be randomly assigned roles as they enter
representing different income levels around the
world. What each person receives to eat depends on
the role they are playing – some will have more than
they can eat while others won’t have enough to eat.
To join this interactive opportunity to see and feel
the effects of poverty, please contact Doug Bonsall
(921-1957).
 Thinking
Spring sports? Join our Trinity Softball team! Men
and women who are Trinity members can learn more by
contacting Dave Addams at 943-8997 or
daddams@pbi.org.
 Save
the dates – July 23-27 – for Vacation Bible School
2012! Lots of volunteers of all ages are needed
to make a successful experience for our children.
Contact Amy Koch (737-9921, ext. 229,
amylkoch@verizon.net)
about volunteering. The official volunteer and
registration board will be up in a few months.
Senior
Pastor Call Committee news:
On
Friday, January 20, the Senior Pastor Call Committee met with
our current candidate for an initial dialogue.
Following that dialogue, the candidate and the call
committee have mutually agreed to continue the
discernment process. The next steps will be
for the candidate to meet with Trinity's staff
(probably in February) and for the call committee to
observe the candidate preaching (probably in March). Throughout the process, we will be
prayerfully listening for guidance from the Holy Spirit as we and
the candidate discern whether God is calling Trinity and the
candidate into ministry together. We ask that you continue to
pray for the call committee, the candidate and all others involved
in the call process.
A Call to Prayer for the Senior Pastor Call
Process
In addition to the prayers available at the link
above,
prayer cards are available at the Gathering
Space desk are that can be placed on your
kitchen table, your desk, your nightstand, or any
place where it will be helpful as a reminder to pray
for all of those involved in the call process.
Fellowship Hall
Improvements Update
 This
past week work has continued on the partitions to
the left and right of the alcove. The electrical
contractor has worked at the light boxes in the
ceiling and the connections at the platform walls
where musical equipment will be connected. The
lighting contractor has begun installing pipes for
the platform lighting. The audio visual contractor
has ordered all equipment. Construction of the sound
desk continues off site. Trinity’s IT/AV committee
has met with our consultant to firm up details on
the audio video link between the Nave and Fellowship
Hall.
 Lutheran
World Relief Personal Care Kits: In December a
tropical storm struck the Philippines causing
landslides and massive flooding. Lutheran World
Relief was there to give aid. LWR distributes
Personal Care Kits to people who have lost
everything. In the wake of a storm or earthquake, or
having fled from violence as their homes were
overtaken, they clasp a towel from a far away place,
with a bar of soap, a toothbrush ... and washing up,
they know that they have not been forsaken by the
world. Receiving a Personal Care Kit can give
someone the encouragement to start anew. Share God’s
grace and love by providing items for these kits.
Women of Trinity will be collecting items during the
month of February. Place your items in the Personal
Care Kit Box in the Gathering Space Closet. Thank
you.
The following items are needed for each Personal
Care Kit:
• One new lightweight bath-size towel (maximum
52" X 27"), dark color recommended
• Two bath size bars (4 to 5 oz.) of soap, any
brand, in original wrapping
• One adult size toothbrush in its original
packaging
• One sturdy comb
• One metal nail clippers (attached file optional)
The Youth Group is holding a
fundraiser for the next several months to help
support their trip to the 2012 ELCA National Youth
Gathering in New Orleans. There are 150 envelopes on
the bulletin board numbered 1 to 150. Take an
envelope off the board, place that amount of money
in the envelope, and return it to the church office.
If you take #25 that means you put $25 in the
envelope. It’s as simple as that. All checks should
be made payable to Trinity Lutheran Church, with
Youth Fund written on the memo line. Once all the
envelopes have been removed a special picture from
YG will be revealed. Thanks for your generosity!
Parish Acts:
Kendall
May, daughter of Katelin (Townsend) and Casey Sipe,
was baptized on January 22.
Benjamin Luke, son of Margaret (Graves) and Luke
Bernstein, was baptized on January 22.
Our hospitalized and at-home members are listed
in the narthex and Gathering Space. Your
prayers, cards and visits to them are invited so
that Christ may be glorified by the manner in which
His people care for each other.
Staff Notes
by Pastor Glenn Ludwig
The library is usually open for browsing and use
whenever the building is open. Assistance is available
on Wednesday mornings.
 
Overseas Military Coupon Project:
Weekly, we collect coupons that are
no more than 1 month expired
and individually cut before being placed in the box
near the front entrance. Coupons cannot be for
specific stores or rebates since the overseas
families cannot use them.
 Ecumenical
Food Pantry needs -
Each Sunday of every month food can be brought
to the church for the Food Pantry. Please
place your non-perishable food items in the food box
in the Collection Closet in the Gathering Space, or
the baskets in the narthex. Some needed items are
soup, noodles, baked beans, canned fruit and
vegetables, peanut butter, spaghetti and spaghetti
sauce, baby food, powdered milk, tea bags, canned
juice and canned meats. Thank you for your
generosity.
Campbell’s
Labels and Box Tops for Education Needed!
The
Women of Trinity Special Concerns Committee is
collecting Campbell's product labels and Box Tops
for Education for Foose and Downey Elementary
Schools in Harrisburg. Please continue to bring the
UPC codes from labels from all varieties of Campbell
soups and other products including Franco-American,
Pepperidge Farms, Spaghettios, Swanson, V8
beverages, Glad food products, Pop Secret Popcorn
and Emerald Nuts. Box Tops for Education are from a
variety of manufacturers including Betty Crocker,
General Mills, Scott paper products and more. There
is a list of acceptable labels at the reception desk
in the Gathering Space. Labels should be placed in
the designated box at the reception desk.
List of eligible products
Trinity Member Business Directory
is on the web at
www.trinitycamphill.org.
The directory was last updated on January 11, 2012.
It can be accessed from News & Events, About
Trinity or Quick Links. We hope this valuable
consumer and business networking tool will be
beneficial to you. While this is not an endorsement
of any of the individuals or companies presented, we
thank you for your patronage and support. Additions
or corrections may be submitted by the 15th
of each month by contacting
ks.argot@verizon.net.
If you do not have access to a computer and would
like a directory, please request a copy from our
office receptionist, Joann Fetrow.
View or download the Trinity Member
Business Directory
Gathering
Space art display
 The
Book Discussion Group has chosen its books
through June, 2012. You are invited to read the book
and join the discussion on the third Sunday of each
month at 9:30 in Room 126.
February 19: The Women, by T. C. Boyle
More information
 Women
of Trinity Book Blog: On January 16, the Women
of Trinity Book Blog winter session began to discuss
the book entitled The Faith Club: A Muslim, A
Christian, A Jew – Three Women Search for
Understanding. The book follows three young
women as they reach out to learn about each other's
religions while examining their own faith. Please
consider joining in! You will find the blog at
http://wotbookblog.blogspot.com.
 Women
of Trinity Facebook Page: Have you visited
the Women of Trinity Facebook page? You'll find
information regarding current and upcoming events.
If you are also a member of Facebook, "Like" our
page and follow us online!
Link to the
Women of Trinity Facebook page
Bonhoeffer:
Agent of Grace (DVD) is a special two-week adult
class held on Sundays, January 29 and February 5, in
room 126 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Pastor Easton will
facilitate this Fifth Sunday class and continue the
following week to provide ample time for viewing the
film. Join us as we discover how Dietrich
Bonhoeffer’s commitment to being a disciple under
the lordship of Jesus takes him on a costly path
during WWII, yet continues to bear faithful witness
to our generation.
 The
Men’s Breakfast Gathering will meet on Saturday,
February 4, at Bob Zellner’s home, 506 Nursery Drive
South, Mechanicsburg. Breakfast will start at 8.
After eating we will gather for an open discussion
ending at 9:30. The breakfast gathering is a relaxed
and informal way of meeting other men at Trinity.
All men are invited, but please call Bob and Shirley
at 766-2290 or e-mail
rozellner@msn.com
so they can prepare the right amount of food or for
directions to their home.
 YG
invites you to participate in the annual Souper Bowl
Sunday service event on February 5. Help the YG
support others by bringing your money and
non-perishable food items to church that day. All
proceeds from this YG servant event go to support
The Bridge, a food pantry in New Cumberland that
specializes in feeding the people of the West Shore
Community. Donations will be collected at all
services and in the Gathering Space on February 5.
Thank you for supporting our YG campaign this year.
 Attention,
attention, calling all youth in grades 6-12! The
next YG Nite is on Sunday, February 12, from
6-8:30 p.m. Remember to bring a snack to share.
Home-baked goodies are always welcome. Also,
remember to bring friends to YG always and anytime.
Pizza will be provided! So come on out for all of
the faith, fun, and fellowship. C U @ YG!
"Men’s Third
Saturday" meets Saturday, February 18, in the
church library. Our meeting is titled "Dealing with
the loss of a loved one." What happens to a person
when he suddenly loses his wife, a family member or
significant friend? How does he deal with his
loss? Can his faith in Christ grow stronger? Can
prayer help? Where is God in all of this? Come and
see. All men are invited to attend. Jack Bush
will be our Leader. A light breakfast will be
provided at 8:30, and the presentation starts at
9:00. No need to sign up, but if you have questions
Tickets for the American Composers Choral
Festival with Mack Wilberg from the Mormon
Tabernacle in Salt Lake City are available in the
church office during normal business hours. The
concert is Saturday evening, March 10, at 7:30 p.m.
The cost is $10 each. We expect a full house, so get
your tickets now. |
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