Encouragement
Greetings to all our Trinity Lutheran Church members, guests, and the community beyond. I am delighted and excited to have been presented with this opportunity to write and publish the…
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State of Our Church
State of our Church Fellow members of our Trinity Lutheran Church, I am excited to present the current state of our Church and to share our plan for the year.…
We Found the Children!
Earlier this year I wrote about finding ways to interact with children and pointed to Rebecca’s Garden of Hope as a way to do this. And I asked “What can…
What’s a Virtual Volunteer?
A positive effect of the COVID pandemic is the proliferation of Webinars nowadays. Because of the recommendations for social distancing and avoiding large gatherings I imagine. Zoom, Facebook Live, or…
Thoughts about Uganda
Remember this past January when Mark & Megan Mantay visited us to give a first hand account of their work in Uganda? Our mission contributions have been designated for their…
April Leadership Team Update
This month’s meeting spent a great deal of time on strategies for further re-opening of worship services. With continuing vaccination efforts, and decreasing numbers of COVID cases in our community…
Leadership Team March 2021
Your Leadership Team considered several items during the March meeting; here are some highlights: Over the past couple of years many members have shared ideas about ways to obtain financial…
Be Doers of the Word
James 1:22-25 may be some of those “uncomfortable” bible verses for you. I confess that it makes me uncomfortable. Every time I read these verses, I get this queasy feeling…
Can You Hear Me Now?
Paul and other Apostles used the technology of their time to spread the Gospel. True it was only ink on parchment, combined with Roman roads, but it was a lot…
Where are the Children?
I’ve heard numerous comments in TLC that we need to bring children into the church; that the children are the church’s future, or where are the children? Of course we’re…
Leadership Team 2021
Tuesday was the first meeting of the TLC Leadership Team (LT) for 2021. All of the Leadership Team members stand for election each year and we’re all limited to 3…
Adopt-A-Highway January 16th
For over a year Trinity Lutheran Church has been picking up trash along a 2 mile stretch of Florida Route 54 in Trinity, from Little Road to Duck Slough. It…
More Senior Wish Tree
Who would have thought it? Not me; I figured that TLC would be doing good if we could provide Christmas presents for 35 senior citizens through the Senior Wish Tree…
Senior Wish Tree
The Senior Wish Tree, with gift requests from home-bound needy senior citizens in our community is in the entry a bit earlier this year, and with a new look. This…
Leadership Team Nominations
The Leadership Team nominations for 2021 are still ongoing. So far a number of folks have signed up including all the officer positions except for the Treasurer position. So if…
President’s Blog November 2020
As President of Trinity Lutheran Church (TLC), I want to take every opportunity to keep our friends and members informed about what’s going on here; so I’ll use this as…