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our 10:30 am service will stream live on YouTube! Go to our page on YouTube: “Trinity Lutheran Church Norman, Oklahoma”.
125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Much gratitude is due to all those who were involved with the 125th anniversary celebration!! Seth and Madisen Lemke, Tammy Lemke, Susan Hartman, Dale Hartman, Elizabeth Amendt, and Timothy Schmidt met frequently over the past few months to plan and coordinate all of the details. They also helped set up and decorate all the tables and displays in our Fellowship Hall and Narthex. Elizabeth Amendt, Kay Osborne, & Doranne Beavers helped create the 125th anniversary banner. During the 125th anniversary service, Michelle Law, Tammy Stecker, Sam Burge, Joanie Eisenbraun, Sara Lundmark, and Josiah Stecker lent their musical talents in addition to organist Timothy Schmidt. And Brian Lundmark and Timothy Schmidt assisted Dale Hartman with the video and photo slideshow. Thank you to our history committee-Carol Cheatwood, Jackie Mullen and Steve Bute – who spent countless hours sorting through historical documents and artefacts, researching the church’s history and organizing photo albums. Thank you to Susan Hartman & all those who prepared lunch on Sunday and special desserts for the reception. (Coincidentally, we had 125 attendees for the 125th celebration on Saturday!) We appreciate the immense efforts of these men, women, and children and anyone else who provided their time, talent and treasure in service of this occasion!
Pew Sister’s Bible Study
We will meet on Friday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the Youth Room. We encourage all ladies in the congregation to join us and invite a friend.
UPCOMING MUSIC EVENTS
In November, church musicians breathe a huge sigh of relief as things slow down after Reformation Sunday. And yet the break is only temporary – Advent lurks just around the corner! Below are some of the activities coming up.
The choir, after a well-deserved week off, resumes rehearsals November 5 at 7pm. They will be learning a rather eschatological hymn written for America’s 250th entitled “Realms of Power, Grace, and Glory”.
The bell choir is off for November. Its next rehearsal will be December 3, and rehearsals will continue throughout December as the ensemble prepares for Christmas Eve.
The organist (me) will be out of town November 6-10 for this year’s Good Shepherd Institute in Fort Wayne. Joanie will be substituting for me for services on November 8.
For the glory of God,
Timothy Schmidt
Organist and Choir Director
THE CHURCH OFFICES & EARLY LEARNING CENTER will be closed November 25-November 27 for Thanksgiving.
THE CHURCH OFFICES will be closed on Thursday, November 5 for the installation of tile flooring in the hall and Jackie’s offices. You can leave a message on the church answering machine or contact her at 405-863-8500 if you have questions or need help. If you have articles for the November 8th bulletin, please submit them by Monday, November 2nd.
SENIORS LUNCHEON The seniors are meeting at a different restaurant each month to continue their fellowship time until they can resume their luncheon/devotional meetings with a pastor. This month they will meet at Outback Steakhouse in Norman, 860 Interstate Drive at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 5th . We had a really nice turnout with 20 attending the seniors luncheon in October! If you would like to attend, please call or text Bobbe Nist at 405-740-3080 no later than noon on Wednesday, November 4 so reservations can be made.
RETIRING OUR MORTGAGE EARLY
Matching funds are now set up to retire our loan principal, $79,000 (as of Oct. 29). We encourage all to make a special offering so we can enter our new year debt free! The Voters Assembly voted to match any offering designated to “Mortgage Principal or Debt Reduction” between November 1 and December 31 with funds from our savings account, which is $68,000 as of September 30th. For example, if we raise $30,000 in designated offerings, the savings account will match another $30,000 to put a $60,000 payment to the church debt.
Trinity Lutheran’s Children’s Christmas Program
Sunday, December 13th at 4:00 p.m.
Congregation dinner following the program
Advent is the church’s season of preparation for Christmas, for the coming of the Lord. In our children’s program Every Heart Prepare, as part of our preparation, we reflect upon three common Christmas decorations and how they help us see Christ and prepare for His coming: evergreens, lights, and the creche. Then on Christmas we will focus on the decorated presents which point us to the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ.
Children’s rehearsal schedule during the Sunday School hour.
- Sunday, November 15th 9:20-10:15 am 3rd-8th Grade
- Sunday, November 22nd 9:20-10:15 am 3rd-8th Grade
- Sunday, November 29th 9:20-10:15 am 3rd-8th Grade
- Sunday, December 6th 9:20-10:15 am Preschool-8th Grade
- Sunday, December 13th 9:20-10:15 am Preschool-8th Grade
- Sunday, December 13th 3:30 pm Preschool-8th Grade
All members of the congregation, friends, and family are invited to attend the program. The children work very hard to prepare and look forward to sharing the Christmas message.
