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Trinity Tidings T-L-C Hands for TLC
September 10th, 2017
Gods Work. Our Hands. Sunday
T-L-C = Tender Loving Care
for TLC = Trinity Lutheran Church
JOIN US for Rally Day Worship 10 a.m. with Sunday School,9 a.m.
(P/K-Grade 6) WEAR gold
ELCA/TLC t-shirt (or any gold)!
BRING CLEANING PRODUCTS for Pantry
BRING various cleaning supplies (rags, vacuums, brooms,
etc.)
AND
MEET/PHOTO WITH MR. CLEAN!
SIGN UP on posters in Gathering Area for a TLC area you
can give some T-L-C: E.g., Sanctuary, Balcony, Gathering Area,
Chancel, Library, Nursery,
Dining Room, Kitchen, Fellowship Room (Basement),
Bathroom(s),
Storage/closet areas, Courtyard, Parsonage, etc.
(Help clean, polish, weed, straighten, etc.)
ENJOY CASA DE FEs BRUNCH (free-will $)
THEN START T-L-Cing AROUND TLChurch (or during month
of Sept.) with your Gods Work. Our Hands. spirit.
TREATS AWAIT YOU (whenever are done)
AND THEN
CELEBRATE your T-L-C for TLC every day!
Trinity Lutheran Church
499 4th Ave. NW
Valley City, ND 58072
(701)845-3837
Cell: (701)840-7548
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trinitylutheran-valleycity.org
Worship Sundays
10 am
Sunday School Sept.May
9-9:45 am
Adult Class Tuesdays: 10:3011:30 am
Sundays: 9-9:50 am (Oct.May)
Pastor:
Rev. JoAnne Moeller
Email: [email protected]
Office Staff:
Rochelle Triebold
Marleen Pytlik
Hours: 9 am-3 pm, M-F
Treasurer:
Karen Magnuson
2017
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IN OUR THOUGHTS & PRAYERS: CHARLIE OLSON, JULIE YOKOM,
DON
KLOCKE (Patti Angeles dad), RICK HOEFS,
KAREN MAGNUSON, LARRY BESSETTE,
DIANE HILL, HAZEL GROOTERS; Family/Friends
of SAMUEL NOESKE; BOB MALO (Linda
Westbys brother), DAN SUND (Jerry Yokoms
friend), NICKIE STILLER (Judy Torgersons niece),
HERB BOHRER/CHASITY BROBST (Kathys
brother/granddaughter), Others in Need (refugees, im-
migrants, disaster/hurricane/drought victims); Our
Public Leaders (National, State, Local); PEACE
you are invited to wear your labor clothes to Worship on
Sun-
day, Sept. 3rd, as we gather to give
thanks for our labors and gifts!
a Noisy Offering (noisy coins or bills/
checks Payable to TLC Christian Education) to
help cover Costs of Sunday School materials will
be on Rally Sunday, Sept. 10th, so please add to
the noise~
the Green Card Youth Voices exhibit runs through
Sept. 12th at the Barnes Co. Museum (M-Sat., 10 a.m.-4
p.m./free)immigration stories from Fargo High School
youthsponsored by Our Saviors Lutheran Church/LSS
-ND & What In the World Is Going On college/
community! (TLC meet there on Sat. the 9th @ 2 p.m.?!)
5 lb. bags of potatoes were filled on Aug.
21st by those on the TLC Mystery Tour at
Great Plains Food Bank (and it was a fun-
spud time!), after touring our Lutheran Social
Services and Synod office, and later cheering
on the RedHawks!
Pastor JoAnne will be attending the annual Synod
clergy retreat at Fair Hills/MN, Sept. 11-13 (please call
her TLC cell if emergency: 840-7548)!
Synod Endowment Sunday is Sept. 24th, and you
are invited to give a special offering (noted as synod
endowment) to support our ND seminary students/
graduates/pastors in rural/local ministry!
that you are loved?!
WELL, NOW YOU DO!!
Gathering for Worship AND some T-L-C on September 10th will be
fun indeed, and I hope
you join in the festivities! Wear your gold shirts (or any
golds), your la-bor clothes (you may get sweaty or dirty), And
bring whatever cleaning items you may use (small vacuum,
rags/cloths, dusters, etc.). There is something for all ages to do
and give and celebrate: from Sunday School kids help-ing clean
their S.S. rooms and singing in Worshipto another tasty Casa de Fe
Brunch servedto putting our many TLC hands to work in big and
little ways, giving some extra T-L-C (Tender Loving Care) to
various nooks and crannies inside and out. Choose your level of
T-L-C and give it as you canwhether on the 10th or another day
dur-ing the month of September. And all of our little T-L-C efforts
put together will make a heartwarming difference in our midst! Tend
for an hour, or more, or less its up to youin the spirit of another
Gods Work. Our Hands. effort. And get readyto shake hands with MR.
CLEAN himself, and even get your photo tak-en with him! Cleaning
products (or laundry/soap/paper ones) will be collected in the
purple tub in our Gath-ering Area, to be delivered to our local
Pantry for others in need. Twill be a memorable day indeed,
bedecked in gold and wrapped in T-L-C for TLC ! Join inhave funwith
Gods Work. Our Hands again on the 10th! With you, Pastor JoAnne
Greetings Trinity folk!
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TLC
TLCs Pastoral Care Team
We are grateful to the faithful and many
caring efforts of those who have served
others through the years as part of Trini-
tys Pastoral Care Team. As an Out-
reach ministry, it is being expanded with a few addition-
al care ministries and a broader name:
TLCare (which stands for tender loving care as
well asTrinity Lutheran Church). If you have served on the
Pastoral Care Team and/or
would enjoy making a visit to Trinity friends in the hos-
pital, or care centers, or in their homes, PLEASE join us
on Wed., Sept. 27th @ 5:15 p.m. in Trinitys library.
We will continue our August conversation as we blend
previous pastoral care efforts with a few others. And
if you arent sure if this is for you, come to find out
and listen, to discern if God is calling you further into
this heartwarming ministry.
Next brunch for Casa de Fe:
Sunday, Sept. 10th, 10:30 am-1pm (Free-will offering to benefit
the orphans)
Thank you to all Trinity folk who worked and supported the
Global Mission team on all the following fundraising activities
this sum-mer: Soap Box Derby (6/03),
Sunday brunches (6/11, 7/09, 8/13), Rummage Sale (8/11-12),
Catered VCHS Reunion Dinner (8/18). You are so appreciated!
Every penny raised above expenses goes to care for the boys and
girls at Casa de Fe in Shell, Ecuador. These children are
abandoned, handi-capped, and/or orphaned children from the Am-azon
Rain Forest.
TLC
We are looking for-ward to another ex-citing year for our TLC
Sunday School students. We hope
that all our families had a great summer and are ready to get
back together.
Sunday school will resume September 10th,
RALLY SUNDAY, from 9:00 9:50 am.
On September 10th
students should wear their gold Gods Work
t-shirts.
students will be doing a service project at
the church.
parents need to stop in and update/complete
registration for their child/children.
students will be singing in worship. noisy offering will be
taken during worship to
help with the cost of new Sunday school cur-riculum.
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
Sept. 20 Christian Education meeting at
6:30pm in the TLC library
Sept. 24 2nd/3rd grades usher & receive
their Bibles during worship
Submitted by Rebecca Westman
Back to School Swim Party for Sunday School students Sunday,
Sept. 17th AmericInn/VC 2-4 p.m.
Psalm 91 Book Study will
begin on Oct. 5th, meeting eve-
ry other Thursday at 1 pm at
the Landmark 2 building Com-
munity Room on 2nd floor.
Anyone interested should
please contact Patty Beil (845-
1797) or Jeanne Wobbema
(490-3324) ASAP by Sept. 15th so books can be
ordered. There is a $20 fee which covers the book
and the study guide. All are welcome!!
Traveling Exhibit: Green Card Youth Voices
Immigration Stories Where: Barnes County Historical Museum,
VC
When: Aug. 18-Sept. 12, 2017 Time: 10 am
What: Exhibit includes 15 banner displays, each fea-
turing a large color portrait, quote, bio, and a QR code that
links to a video story.
Come learn about the remarkable stories of our neigh-bors.
Museum is open 10 am4 pm.
Thurs., Sept. 7 @ 7 pm: presentation by 2 Fargo youth of their
stories.
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Thank you to those who
helped deliver Meals on
Wheels for the month of Au-
gust: Cyndi Twidt, Danilo &
Patti Angeles, Patty Beil, Vicki Zinck, LaVonne
Merkes, Barb Kauk, Edna Elsner.
Trinity Lutheran Church helps with the Meals on
Wheels program by providing delivery drivers
on the third Saturday every month over the noon
hour. It usually takes no more than 30-45
minutes of your time. If you are interested in
helping with this, please contact the church of-
fice (845-3837) or sign up while at church (sign
up table in back sanctuary).
Large print Bulletin/Order of Ser-vice booklets are now
available for Worship at the back of the sanctu-ary on the bulletin
table.
On Sunday, Aug. 27th, we celebrated the
baptism of Brooklynn Leigh Bunn, daughter
of Paul & Danelle (Olsberg) Bunn. Brook-
lynns grandparents are TLC members, Lee
& Rhonda Olsberg, and her Great-Gma is Annitha Ple-
city. We welcome Brooklynn into the Body of Christ!
A BIG TLC Thank you! to
+ Boyd Westman, for mowing church
and parsonage lawns!
+Mike Wadeson and Rebecca/Cambrie/Boyd West-
man for daily watering the new grass plots
(grass is growing!)!
+Hi-Line Electric for installing new lights in the
office/sacristy areas (and there was light, and it
was good)!
+our Hospitality chairpersons and servers for
coffee/tea/goodies after Worship and other times,
which adds more sweetness to the days!
+Sue Martin for assisting with financial/treasurer
tasks during Karens healing and recovery!
+Ushers, Readers, Acolytes, Musicians for helping
Worship flow more smoothly! (If you havent yet
signed up to help this Fall, please do!)
SeptemberHospitality Work Group Chairpersons: Karen & Randy
Ladbury 845-1434
Tim & Tracy Compson 840-2058
Chad & Tanya Couture 840-5365
Jerry & Michelle Dahl 840-8887; 840-3346
Doug & Joy Kiefert 840-2367
Tony & Karen Kobbervig 840-0915; 840-0036
Bruce & Diane Kracht 845-3096
JoAnn Korf 845-1853
Jody Pfaff 840-5561
Annitha Plecity 845-0359
Janice Plecity 845-6973
Jerry & Judy Duffy 840-2728
Linda Westby 845-5510
Boyd & Rebecca Westman 845-0272
Shirley Willson 845-3302
Margaret Heise 845-2942
Frances Yokom 845-0419
LaVonne & Ken Merkes 845 -5845
Charlie & Carol Olson 845-1438
Karen & Brian Enge 845- 1336
August 2017 Memorials
GENERAL FUND In memory of Evelyn Schmitz
Given by Bruce & Amy Anderson
In memory of Gene Kish Given by Bruce & Amy Anderson
RADIO MINISTRY
In memory of Darrell Tucker Wavra Given by Bernard & Edna
Elsner
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
In memory of Ken Gregerson Given by Bruce & Diane Kracht
Vegetable picking volunteers
needed at the Dan Faust farm. If
available to help, please contact
Dan at 840-9972. Dan donates
the produce to the Great Plains Food Bank.
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Trinity Women of the ELCA met August 16th.
The Eastern ND Women of the ELCA will hold its convention from
8:45 am to 3:30 pm on Satur-
day September 16 at Faith Lutheran in Valley City. Call Jeanne
Wobbema at 701-490-3324 to pre-
register for a $10 meal ticket, payable at the door. In-Kind
offerings include womens personal
care items that will be donated to the Barnes County Food
Pantry.
Trinity WELCA is collecting items for LWR school kits, health
care kits, and baby kits. Items donated should be
new or like new condition and may be dropped in the containers
in the church gathering area. These items ship to
LWR in mid-October. Thank you for your generous donations.
Trinity WELCA has also begun planning for the November 4 Fall
Festival. The meal will be the popular Baked
Potato Bar; items will be needed for the Bake Sale and the Purse
Boutique. Volunteers are asked to donate
Theme Baskets for the ticket sales. The quilters will also
display quilts for sale. If you are interested in helping
with the festival in any way, please contact WELCA chair Susan
Smith at 619-742-5649.
At the close of the meeting, the group viewed a video concerning
the rise of human trafficking in our region. The
next WELCA meeting will be at noon, September 20, and Jeanne
will host a light lunch.
All Trinity women are encouraged to attend any of these
events.
Submitted by Coni Horsager
Personal Care Kits Lightweight bath towels (52 x 27 or
40x20), darker color Metal nail clippers Bath size bar soaps, in
original pack-
aging (4-5 oz. each) Adult size toothbrushes, in original
packaging Combs No wash cloths!
Lutheran World Relief Baby Care Kits
Lightweight cotton t-shirts (no onesies), socks, cloth diapers,
long or short sleeved sleepers or gowns (no feet), receiving
blankets (up to 52 sq.), jackets, sweaters, or sweatshirts w/hood
or cap, hand towels (dark colored), gentle bath size bar soap (in
original packaging), diaper pins or large safety pins, hand towels
(dark color). Clothing items should be sizes 6-24 mos. Instruc-tion
sheets for making the cloth diapers/gowns can be found in the drop
off box in Gathering area.
School Kits Notebooks (wide or college ruled); no loose-
leaf paper.
Rulers (with cm & inches)
Scissors (blunt ended safety kind)
Pencil sharpeners
#2 pencils (with eraser on top)
Ballpoint pens (black or blue ink only)
Crayons (16 or 24 count)
Erasers (2 1/2 inch size) Drawstring backpack style cloth
bag
(14 x 17 size, with shoulder straps); if you are interested in
making these bags, there are sewing instructions available in the
church office.
The Katie Luther Skit Wed., Sept. 13th, 2017, 7 pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church 1403 9th Ave. SE, Jamestown
Come commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation.
German goodies & coffee in the Fellowship Hall afterwards. A
free will of-fering will be received benefiting the South Cen-tral
Homeless Coalition.
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CHURCH COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS for Aug. 8, 2017 Meeting held at 7
pm.
Present: Rebecca Westman, Linda Westby, Rodney Moore, Russ
Larson, Randy Ladbury, Jennifer Jenness, Diane Kracht, Kevin
Kamphuis, Gene Langemo, Pastor JoAnne
Absent: (Karen Magnuson, Treas.)
Called to Order by Pres., Rebecca Westman
Devotion/Prayer led by Pastor, from Gal. 5 Fruits of the
Spirit
to be mindful of Kindness this month (notice where you see/
receive it).
Treasurers Report: Received/Approved.
Pastors Report re June/July 2017: Vacation/WELCA Triennial in
July; 6 Baptisms/Diane Pederson families (7/17)
Pastoral Visits: 140/38 (9/0 hospital, 7/1 homes, 12/1 care
centers, 46/14 at church, 19/10 other, 47/12
phone/followup); led Lutherans 101 adult class in June/Wed.s
Committee Reports:
(*Request Forms for purchases from committee budgets are
available, inquire at TLC office)
CHRISTIAN ED./Rebeccameets 8/15; Sunday School begins 9/6 Rally
Sunday.
ENDOWMENT/Randycovered all Bible camp costs (registr., tshirt,
photo) for 6-8 campers; will pay for
gold tshirts for kids/youth.
GLOBAL MISSIONS/Jennifermet on 6/20; Jakelle Cornell/Assoc. with
Synod Bishop was with us on
7/30 re her trip to Central African Republic (C.A.R.)/$5 on the
5th sp. offerings for C.A.R. ministries.
OUTREACH/Gene/DianeSundae Sunday on 6/25 (ice cream sundaes) to
meet/thank neighbors a good
time with 20 TLC & 20 neighbors in attendance.
PROPERTY/Kevinnorth AC repaired; MSC (Diane/Gene) to seed north
lawn spots; painting/carpeting/
tile to be in August.
STEWARDSHIP/Lindamet 8/10; plans for TLC Hands for TLC on 9/10
as Gods Work. Our Hands.
Sunday event.
WELCA (Women of ELCA)/Pastorwomens retreat at Maryvale 8/19;
WELCA Fall Cluster Convention
9/16 @ Faith/VC ; Trinity WELCA raised $1200+/Crazy Daze.
WORSHIP-MUSIC/RussAccompanists scheduled through August (PJ has
contacted Music Dept. at
VCSU for possible); Eriks last TLC Sunday is 8/13 w/special
$gift to him.
YOUTH/Rodneyyouth retreats in MN (Sept.) and ELCA 2018 Youth
Gathering in Houston TX, partner-
ing w/Valley City ELCAs.
New Business:
--MSC (Kevin/Randy) send $1,000 to Synod
towards budgeted 2017 Mission Support;--MSC (Diane/Rodney)
prepaid gift card for Sue Martin as grati-
tude for her help.
--MSC (Diane/Rodney) for Exec. Committeeto finalize staff job
descriptions.
Pastor read from The Fred Factor and reminded to watch for
Kindness next
MSC (Kevin/Russ) Adjourn; closed with the Lords Prayer.
NEXT MEETING: Sept. 19th @ 7 p.m.
TRINITY LUTHERAN
CHURCH COUNCIL
MEMBERS 2017:
Council President: Rebecca Westman
Council Vice Pres.: Randy Ladbury
Secretary: Linda Westby
Other members: Russell Larson,
Gene Langemo, Kevin Kamphuis, Rod-
ney Moore, Jennifer Jenness, Diane
Kracht
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Trinity Lutheran Church
499 4th Ave. NW
Valley City, ND 58072
Non-Profit Org.
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Sept. 2017
COMING UP IN OCTOBER: Sun., Oct. 8th: Blessing of the Quilts
Sunday
Sun., Oct. 15th: Confirmation Sunday
Sun., Oct. 29th: Reformation Sunday Worship/H. Communion with a
visit from Martin!
Sun., Oct. 31st: Valley Citys 500th Commemoration of the
Reformation
Joint Lutheran/Catholic service/meal @ 12 noon at St.
Catherines/Faith LC
