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May, 2019Trinity Trumpeter
May, 2019Church Calendar
VICARAGE AND FIRST CALLS INFORMATION
Monday, April 29 – 6:00 p.m
(Oklahoma time)
Vicarage service at the Ft. Wayne Seminary for vicarage assignments for 2019-2020
You can listen or watch live online to the service at: www.ctsfw.edu
We have made application for our 29th Vicar, and will be assigned our next vicar on that day.
CONFIRMATION EVENTS:
Confirmation Banquet – Wed. May 1 at 6:30 p.m.
Confirmation Rite – Sun. May 5 at 10:30 a.m.; Reception at 12:00 noon
Our Confirmands are:
Kamden Hager, Thomas Laffin, Meghan Thomale, Abigail Conkling, Ben Fasgold
May the Lord bless them in the profession of the Christian faith! God bless them as they become communicant members of our Trinity Lutheran Church in the Lutheran Church -Missouri Synod! May we keep them in our prayers this month!
COMING in JUNE
WED. JUNE 5
7th and 8th GRADE CONFIRMANDS’ FRONTIER CITY TRIP
with Pastor and Vicar – from 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
CHURCH PICNIC
SUNDAY, May 5 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Reaves Park
Join us for the Spring Church Picnic sponsored by the Board of Elders. Food, fun and fellowship for the whole family. Bring your lawn chairs to the picnic pavilion. All the food will be provided and we look forward to seeing you there!
CHURCH DIRECTORY
We are in the process of creating a new photo directory for our church. Instead of utilizing a company to take photographs and create a directory for us, we have elected to do this ourselves. We will have a volunteer take photos of our members after church services on May 5, May 12 and May 26. (The 19th is unavailable; if you signed up for this date, please choose one of the other choices.) We will hold two sessions each day: 1) after the first service from 9:15 to 10:15 am and 2) following the second service from 11:45 am to 12:45 pm. Please sign up, in the narthex, for one of the dates and times on the sheet. We will create our new photo directory and will send out a digital copy to all members with an email address.
CHURCH SOFTBALL SEASON is HERE!
Talk to Neal Schuster about joining Trinity Lutheran Church team!
GRADUATION
Please call the Church Office with names of High School and College Graduates so we can put them in the Sunday bulletins this month! There will be graduates this month from Norman High, Norman North and Oklahoma University.
God bless the high school and college graduates in our Lord Jesus Christ!
Our graduates are:
Rebecca Lemke – Rose State College
Charlie Duval Masters in Geology-O.U.
CHURCH OFFICES CLOSED
on Monday May 27th in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
NOMINATIONS FOR BOARDS AND COUNCIL
At the Voters Meeting on Sunday, April 28, a beginning proposed slate was presented for the election of boards and council members. At the next voters meeting, on June 23rd, we will elect these officers for the July 2019 through June 2020 term.
During May and June, as you are asked to serve on any Board or on Council, prayerfully consider saying, “Yes, I will serve!” You may be asked to serve as:
President– Conducts and chairs all Board and Voters meetings for the congregation.
Vice-President – Assists the President in the above tasks
Secretary – Takes minutes at all congregational meetings
Treasurer– Paying church bills and keeping track of budgeted items
Assistant Treasurer – Helps the treasurer in the financial matters
Financial Secretary, and Assistant Financial Secretary – Depositing and counting of church members’ contributions
Councilmen-at-large – Assigned to various tasks by the congregation President
Or on the:
Board of Elders – Spiritual care of the congregation with the Pastor
Board of Education – Our Sunday School, VBS, LYF
School Board – Administering our TLC Parochial School
Board of Trustees – Care of our physical plant and property
Board of Stewardship – Financial planning and pledging for our time, treasure and talent
Board of Evangelism – Outreach and friendship visitation planning
Endowment Board – Administering our Endowment contributions and disbursements
Your congregation needs you and your unique abilities in service of our Lord. Join in the challenge and the satisfying awareness that you are involved in God’s work in bringing the saving Gospel of our Lord Jesus before our lost and hurting world! We thank all of you who have served and continue to serve our Lord in our congregation!
Contact Jonathan Merchant, the president of the congregation, at 201-1168.
Spread the word and save the date!
Vacation Bible School is Sunday, July 28th to Thursday, August 1st
Dinner 5:15 pm.-6 p.m. and VBS 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Join us as we blast off for adventure! Vacation Bible School is going into space on a Miraculous Mission. VBS is for all kids ages 4 (as of June 1st) thru 5th grade (completed). There is no cost to the families for either the dinner or VBS. To register, more information, or to volunteer go to www.vbsmate.com/tlcnorman
For more information contact Director Beth Brown at 250-6579 or banders@flash.net
50+ ADULT FELLOWSHIP GROUP
May 2nd:
Meet at the church at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, May 2nd , for a devotional and lunch. Following lunch, Courtney DeKalb-Myers, Horticulturist with the Cleveland County O.S.U. Extension Center, in Norman, will be talking to us about gardening, planting, and birds. Bring your favorite dish to share and invite a friend.
May 17th
Visit to the Braum’s Dairy and Bakery
The 50+ Fellowship Group will be traveling to the Braum’s Dairy and Bakery in Tuttle, OK., on Friday, May 17th. The tour begins at 9:00 a.m. and they have requested we be there 10-15 minutes before our tour begins. We will need to be at the church no later than 7:45 a.m. to leave in order to arrive there on time. We will have 21 steps to climb to where the tour begins . . . there is no elevator. The tour takes 1-1/2 hours and is approximately ¾ – 1 mile long. We will stop and eat at a restaurant on the way back to Norman. There is no cost for the tour; but we will collect $2.00 from each person attending for gas money.
