Building His Body

By

Reflecting the Son

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

8:30 am Fellowship

9:00 am Sunday School

&

Bible Study

10:00 am Worship

Church Phone:

979.885.2211

Fax 979.885.7003

Web site

www.tlcsealy.org

Pastor:

Kenneth Bersche

Pastorken@tlcsealy.org

979-398-0762

Maggie Kent, Office Secretary

ELDERS:

Bobby Barrett…….…..……… 885-3450

Lowell Coody…..………. 979-270-2161

Joel Grigar………................... 885-1415

Doyle Kornegay…………512-694-8057

Mark Romano……….…. 281-536-3602

Tracy Schiller…………………. 865-2748

Johnnie Sodolak…………….. 885-3873

Stephen Stuessel…………….. 885-9496

Barry Wolf…………………….. 877-0341

TRINITY TIDBITS A monthly newsletter for the people of Trinity Lutheran Church of Sealy, Texas

“He Is Risen!” … “He Is Risen, Indeed!!” Every Easter Sunday, we come to worship together. And when we see each

other, it is our common custom to greet each other with the words, “Christ is

risen!” and the other person responds, “He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!” This

greeting is actually called the Easter Greeting or Easter Acclamation or in

some circles it is also known as the Paschal Greeting. Once again this year

you may greet somebody with the Paschal Greeting, “He is Risen”. You

have spoken this greeting many times in years past. So how far back in

history does this greeting exist?

The greeting is based on the story of two men walking to Emmaus. Jesus

meets them, walks with them, and talks with them. When they come to the

village where they are staying, Jesus acted as if He were going farther but

they strongly urge him to stay with them. Then when Jesus takes the bread,

blesses and breaks it and then gives it to them do they recognize Him. They

said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us

on the road, while He opened the Scriptures? Immediately they get up and

run back to Jerusalem, back to the eleven disciples. Then in Luke 24:34 they

say these words to the eleven, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared

to Simon!”

There is a legendary tradition in the Christian church that tells the story of

Mary Magdalene evangelizing the Roman world. The story says that she

went to Rome. She then supposedly addresses the emperor, Caesar Tiberias

with the words, “Christ is risen.” Now so the story goes, she then, according

to Roman custom, presents the emperor with a red egg. Following Mary’s

lead the early Christians then began giving eggs to one another on the days

celebrating the resurrection of our Lord. Of course, this is merely a story and

not really backed up by any historical author.

This greeting is also said to have been part of St. Augustine’s baptism on

Easter Eve in 387 AD. (Reminder to you, St. Augustine’s teaching had a

large influence on Martin Luther.) The ancient church father, St. John

Chrysostom, at the baptism, quite possibly heralded out the words, “Christ is

Risen”. Quite possibly, historically speaking, this was the first recorded

Easter greeting.

Whether or not, how ancient this custom is and how we practice it, (In some

Christian circles it is customary to give each other three kisses on the cheek

when saying the greeting.) what matters most is that the fact remains:

CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED! ALLELUIA! Xristosu voskrese! Voistinu voskrese! Chrystos usvaskros! Sapraudy uvaskros! Krist uskrsnu! Uistinu uskrsnu!

Kristus vstal z mrtvych! Vpravde vstal z mrtvych! Krishti u ngjall! Vertet u ngjall!

Chrystus zmartwychwstal! Prawdziwie zmartwychwstal!

Kristus is opstien! Wis is er opstien!

Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaft auferstanden!

Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed!

Pastor Ken

April 18th SEDER MEAL at 6:00 pm. This educational experience will take place instead of a Maundy Thursday worship service. (Approximate lenghth will be 90 minutes.)

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2019

Sign-up sheet is in the narthex so we can have an accurate count of those participating or call the church office if you are planning to attend.

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Birthdays for the Month!

Greetings to you on this Special Day 4/02 Tracy Schiller 4/02 Rachel Wolf 4/02 John Fullen 4/02 AVERY FULLEN 4/03 Jennifer Smith 4/13 CAYDEN KOPECKY 4/15 Brent Foltz 4/14 Amanda Matus

4/17 Sarah Emshoff 4/17 Lorena Mueller 4/18 Marlene Leiber 4/19 Donald Munoz 4/19 Eric Bryant 4/20 Denise Kopecky 4/22 Brent Novosad 4/22 Antoinette Romano

4/23 AVERY GRIGAR 4/23 ISABEAU NIEMANN 4/25 Kayla Romano 4/26 Carol Jean Hauschild 4/26 Jerry Leiber 4/26 Geraldine Barrett 4/30 Kimberly Hobratschk

Holy Baptismal Birthdays for the Month

Blessings to you on this Special Day! 4/6/2008 Jacie Kainer 4/7/1957 Carolyn Bankhead 4/7/1946 Gilbert Franke 4/10/2005 Lindsey Dziadek

4/14/1946 Charles Abel 4/17/1949 Loyce Orsak 4/11/2010 Jolie Kainer 4/12/1992 Joe Smith

4/21/1958 Bobby Barrett 4/25/1982 Brandon Blume 4/26/2014 Rylynn Furey 4/26/1981 Klarrisa Smith

Happy Anniversary

Let’s rejoice with these couples as they celebrate the designated anniversaries. 04/02/1967 Larry & Barbara Koy 04/02/1983 Jerry & Linda Schroeder 04/14/1962 Bob and Ruth Witte

04/19/1988 Donald and Felicia Munoz 04/25/1998 Joe and Jennifer Smith

Prayers for Nursing Home and Shut

Ins Joyce Meyer – Colonial Belle, Sealy

Ruby Emshoff – Colonial Belle, Sealy

Dorothy Hein – Veranda House, Sealy

Lillie Foehner – Veranda House, Sealy

Robert Richter – Colonial Oaks, Katy

Fred & Ruth Paben – Orchard Park @

Southfork, Manville

Sympathy for the family of Mark Walger, father to Valerie Bryant, went to be with

his Lord on Monday, March 4, 2019. Please keep the family in your prayers.

Sympathy for the family of Edwin Louis Remmert (Buster) who went to be with his Lord on Monday, March 4, 2019. Please keep Robert and Debbie Fait and the rest of the family in your prayers.

Sympathy for the family of Doris Holtkamp who went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Please keep the

family in your prayers.

Sympathy for the family of Louis

Gaskamp, uncle to Janice Wied, who went to be with his Lord on Monday, April 25, 2019. Please keep George and Janice and the rest of the family in your prayers.

To Trinity Lutheran Church, Thank you for your financial and

volunteer support of the Sealy Christian Food Pantry. Both are

important and contributes to our efforts to help the needy in our area.

We are very appreciative, Sealy Christian Pantry

EASTER LILIES – The Altar Guild are selling Easter Lilies to beautify the sanctuary. You can purchase your Easter lily for the cost of $15.00. They can be picked up after the Late Easter Service. Please contact Mary Buechmann if you have any questions or if you would like to purchase a lily 885-2730.

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Lilies will be sold before and after the worship service.

Trinity’s EASTER EGG HUNT! – Easter Egg Hunt will be Sunday

April 14th following the worship service. Please meet in the gym

and someone will let you know they are ready for the children to hunt eggs.

Palm Sunday – April 14th –

Anyone that would like to be included in the Procession of Palms to be placed on the cross for the worship service, please meet in the gym prior to worship today.

Flowers For The Cross – Children may bring flowers to church on Easter Sunday for both services to be placed

on the cross. Easter Crosses - The Youth are

selling Easter Crosses after church for $10.00 each for the next few Sundays. These signs are a great way to show

your neighbors your beliefs in the Lenten and Easter seasons!!!!

The Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting will be Sunday April 28,

2019 after the 10:00 am worship service. School Art Show will present

paintings through the Sealy Lions Club here at Trinity Lutheran Church

Fellowship Hall on April 23rd at 6:30 pm. Please come and view some of the beautiful art that these students have created.

Circle of Friends Luncheon!

Our next Circle of Friends Luncheon at Trinity is Wednesday, April 3rd at 12:15

pm. Enjoy Lunch! Play Bingo! Play Dominoes or just have lunch with us! Remember to invite your friends and neighbors. Please sign-up on the sheet in the Narthex if you plan to attend. Come and Enjoy the Fellowship and Food!! If you have any questions please contact: Mary Buechmann-885-2730.

April 3rd 6:00 pm Soup Supper by CHURCH COUNCIL….Worship at 7:00 pm

April 10th 6:00 pm Soup Supper by CHOIR

…..Worship at 7:00 pm

April 18th SEDER MEAL at 6:00 pm This educational experience

will take place instead of a Maundy Thursday worship service. (Approximate lenghth will be 90 minutes.) Sign-up sheet is in the narthex so we can have an accurate count of those participating or call the church office if you are planning to attend.

April 19th GOOD FRIDAY Worship

with Holy Communion at 7:00 pm

April 21st SUNRISE Worship with Holy Communion at 7:00 am

April 21st EASTER Worship with

Holy Communion at 10:00 am

Easter Breakfast – Please join us April 21, 2019 with Easter Sunrise Service with Communion at 7:00 am and

then at 8:00 am for Easter Breakfast. Pastor Bersche will have a Congregational Bible Class at 9:00 am then 10:00 am Easter Worship Service.

Each year the preschool comes together with St. Jude’s Research Hospital to teach the children the importance of bike safety while raising money for childhood cancer research. Bike safety week will be Monday, April 22nd - Friday, April 26th.

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St. Jude’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee is the first institution established for the sole purpose of conducting basic and clinical research into catastrophic childhood diseases, mainly cancer. St. Jude’s Research Hospital sends us a week long program that teaches the children about bike safety with story color sheets, reading book and DVD. The DVD is about Bikewell Bear and lessons about bike safety.

The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of the founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay. We are asking each child to donate $2.00 or more that would go towards St. Jude’s Research Hospital to help families in need with the cost of treatments for their child who has cancer. As a preschool we teach the children about what donations are and how we can help families in need. With each child’s donation of $2.00 or more to St. Jude’s Research Hospital for support, we can help millions around the world both through increased safety and cancer research and treatment. Let’s try to raise as much money as we can to help these families in need.

Bike Safety with Retired Trooper Gary!

Retired Trooper Gary Pflughaupt will come to the preschool to talk to the children about Bike Safety on Tuesday, April 30th at 10:00 am. Mr. Gary will reinforce Bikewell Bears lessons from St. Jude’s on bike safety. He will talk to the children about the importance of wearing a helmet, watching out for people, and being aware of parked cars and knowing driveways can be dangerous while riding a bike. Teaching safety is important here at Trinity.

Park and Picnic!

Springtime is here with great spring weather. With the beautiful sunshine the four year old classes are looking forward to enjoy a park and picnic at the Lions Park on Thursday, April 25th. Students will need to bring a sack lunch along with a drink. The children will

decorate a special bag for their lunches as a reminder to the parent not to forget. A permission form must be signed to attend the park and picnic. We also need at least (6) or more parent volunteers to help chaperone, have close eye supervision and help transport the children across the street to the park and back to the preschool. If rain occurs we will have a sack lunch day, play games and have their lunch in the gym. All parents that are helping with the park and picnic please be here by 9:30 a.m. Remember that each child is a precious gift from God and must be supervised. Please do not gather and visit with each other but make sure you are in view of the children at all times.

Cap and Gown Pictures! Kay Krampitz

will come and take individual and group cap and gown pictures for the four year old class that are graduating. This will take place on Wednesday, April 10th at 8:00 am. Please be sure to fill out your order form and money and return it to the office by Monday, April 8th. No pictures will be taken without the form and money.

Family of the Week! Family of the week is

a program that aids children to share their family with everyone at preschool and church. Families of the Week for the month of April are

April 1st - 5

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Bryck Phillips Bristol Schmidt April 8

th -12

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Courtlynn Shupak Destin Steinhauser

April 15th

- 19th

Adley Sloan Ryker Sloan

April 22nd

- 26th

Elijah Smith Isaiah Taylor

April 30th

– May 3rd

Allyson Thorp Karsen Tipp

Karsen Toman Alexander Velaquez

Please hand your family of the week pictures to your child’s teacher the Friday before your child is family of the week.

Wear Black Day! On Tuesday, April 16th the children can wear the color BLACK to reinforce the color for the month.

Crazy Sock Day! On Friday, April 12th the children will have Silly Sock Day! The children must come to preschool with shoes on. If your child comes in with sandals without any socks, please bring a pair of socks for them. Shoes are a must when going outside to play.

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Themes! The themes for the month of April

are: Spring Farm and Sea Animals. The color the children will be learning and reinforcing is BLACK, and the shape is DIAMOND and the letters to teach are B, V, E, W, and K for the ones that are ready to move on. The Bible stories for the month of April are:

April 1st - April 5th

“Mary’s Gifts” Pastor Bersche

(Chapel) “Make Way for the

King” April 8th - April 12th

“Washing Feet” Pastor Bersche

(Chapel) “The Last Supper”

April 15th- April 19th “Sadness”

Pastor Bersche (Chapel)

Good Friday

April 22nd - April 26th

Closed Pastor Bersche

(Chapel) “Fish for Breakfast April 29th-May 3rd

“Wind and Fire” Pastor Bersche

(Chapel)

The children continue to learn the Ten Commandments and Lord’s Prayer and know that Jesus loves them.

Pre-K Graduation! SAVE THE DATE! The four year old class will have a cap and gown ceremony on Sunday, May 19th at the 10:00 a.m. worship service with a reception after the service.

Veranda House! The Veranda House

requested our four-year-old class to return and sing songs to the residents. They really enjoyed the children at Christmas time and would like for them to return for the spring.

The Veranda House is a senior living home for about fourteen residents. The four year old class will take a walking field trip to the Veranda House located 526 5th Street on Tuesday, April 9th, leaving here at 9:30 am ready to sing at 10:00 am.

We will need chaperones and permission forms must be signed and returned to your child’s teacher. “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.” 1 Corinthians 15:3-5

In Christ, Ms. Maggie

MINUTES OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING

March 11, 2019

The Trinity Lutheran Church Council meeting was called to order by President George Wied. Bill Blume presented the Devotion “What Does it Mean to be a Christian?" The Devotion was followed with prayer. Council members present: • George Wied - President • Linda Blume – Treasurer • Ruth Szymanski - Secretary • Jerry Leiber – Stewardship Chairman • Barry Wolf – Elder Chairman • Pastor Bersche • Patricia Rother – Education Chairman • Dorothy Coody – Fellowship Chairman • Bill Blume – Trustee Chairman • Johanna Buechmann – Usher Chairman Absent: • Ron Hartmann – Vice President • Susie Hartmann – Evangelism Chairman • Maggie Kent - Preschool • Katy Grigar – Youth Chairman The Minutes from the meeting held on February 11, 2019 were presented for review and approval. One correction was noted….The Fellowship Committee will be hosting the “New Member” Luncheon, not the Evangelism Committee, as reported. Bill Blume made the motion to accept the minutes, after the correction. Patricia Rother seconded the motion. All Council members approved and the motion passed. Unfinished/Old Business: • None Chairmen Reports: Linda Blume – Treasurer

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• The Treasurer’s Report for February 28, 2019 was presented. The cash balance in the General Fund is $144,581.84. The Building Fund balance is $55,587.69 and the Designated Funds balance is $85,938.97. The Total of All Funds is $286,108.50. February contributions were $17,671.27 while February expenses were $19,516.52. Jerry Leiber – Stewardship Chairman • Nothing to report Barry Wolf – Elder Chairman • Barry reported that the Elders have begun reviewing the “Elders’ Guidelines.” • Also, they have been working on forming the “Care Groups” which assigns members to a specific Elder. • The Elders are looking into purchasing Microphone Windsocks for Pastor’s microphone. This will help to clear up some of the issues that have been happening. Pastor Bersche • Pastor reported the following Official Acts for February 2019: o Emma Harper Fullen was baptized on Sunday, February 17, 2019. o Larry Wayne Remmert and Helen Marie Rother were received into Trinity membership, by transfer. • The Lenten Midweek Worship services are under the theme, “A Lent to Remember,” focusing on remembering the life, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus. • On Maundy Thursday, we will be having a Seder Meal as our Worship. All members are invited, and encouraged to sign up in the narthex in advance, so we can have an accurate count of people to prepare for. Patricia Rother – Education Chairman • The Board of Education is continuing work on Vacation Bible School. Patricia Rother – (for Katy Grigar – Youth Chairman) • The Youth are selling Lenten Crosses in the Narthex on Sundays and Wednesdays. • The Youth will be having a Youth Service on March 24, 2019. • The Youth are hosting the Soup Supper on March 27, 2019. • The Youth will be having a Garage Sale on Saturday, April 6, 2019, beginning at 6:00 a.m. If you have items for this sale, please bring them prior to that morning.

Dorothy Coody – Fellowship Chairman • Fellowship hosted a Lunch on February 24, 2019, for the Church and Preschool families. This was well attended, with 224 people being served. • The Fellowship Committee will be preparing the meal for the Seder Meal that will be on Maundy Thursday. Bill Blume – Trustee Chairman • At the present time, all major repairs have been completed. • The Trustees will be setting a date to install the security cameras and equipment. Johanna Buechmann – Usher Chairman • Nothing to report Barry Wolf made a motion to accept the Reports. Jerry Leiber seconded the motion. All Council members approved the Reports and the motion passed. New Business • Lifeline Screening has contacted us about setting a day for them to set up to do screenings. This will possibly be in June. • The Council will be hosting the Soup Supper on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. There being no further business, Barry Wolf made a motion to adjourn. Bill Blume seconded the motion. All Council members approved and the meeting adjourned. Dorothy Coody will have the devotion for next month’s meeting. The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer. George Wied - President

Ruth Szymanski - Secretary

April 19th GOOD FRIDAY Worship with Holy Communion at 7:00 pm

April 21st SUNRISE Worship with Holy Communion at 7:00 am

April 21st EASTER Worship with Holy Communion at 10:00 am

Easter Breakfast – Please join us April 21, 2019 with Easter Sunrise Service with Communion at 7:00 am at 8:00 am for Easter Breakfast. Pastor Bersche will have a Congregational Bible Class at 9:00 am then 10:00 am Easter Worship Service.