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Saturday: Bible Study 4:00 pm

Worship 5:00 pm

Sunday: Bible Study 9:30 am

Worship 10:30 am Website: trinitychurchandschool.com Church: 407-847-4204

407-847-9293 - Fax

School: 407-847-5377

407-944-0805 - Fax Church Office - 8 am to 4 pm (Monday - Thursday) School Office - 8 am to 4 pm (Monday - Friday)

Pg 2 From Pastor Bob Pg 3, 20 & 21 New Life Groups Pg 4 & 8 Trinity School Pg 5 Name Tags Pg 6 Birthdays & Baptismal Birthdays Pg 9 Choir Pg 10 From the Principal Pg 11 Trinity Ringers Pg 12 Worship & Music Pg 13 Youth Gathering Pg 16 & 17 Garden of Hope Pg 18 Oktoberfest Pg 22 & 23 Thrivent Pg 24 Girl Scouts Pg 25 Pray for those serving in the military Pg 27 Name Tag Form

VOL. 54 No. 8 August 2015

Sunday, August 23rd

will meet again in September

Friday, August 28th

will meet again in September

AND

Back to School Night - Friday, August 21st. Breakfast with your Trinity Teacher - Sunday, August 23rd. Installation of Trinity Teachers & Blessing of Back Packs - Sunday, August 23rd. First Day of School at Trinity - Monday, August 24th.

Trinity Lutheran Church & School

Staff Robert Schmalzle, Pastor Peter Zieg, Pastor Emeritus Sheila Miles, Principal Susan More, Business Administrator Vicki Miller, Office Administrator Jessica Anaya, Administrative Assistant Julyshams Claudio, Administrative Assistant Harry Humphrey, Organist Tammy Owens, Hand Bell Choir Paul Braithwood, Choir Director Brian Miller, Custodial Cindy Evans, Nursery Congregation Council (2015) Anne Burkett, Treasurer Jutta Coutts, Worship Sharon Cox, Learning Tony Donnelly, Vice President, Witness Cindy Evans, Learning Monica Folk, Witness David Goodridge, Worship Tim Romberg, Service Pr. Bob Schmalzle, Pastor Joseph Stout, Stewardship Elaine Thackston, Service John Vics, Secretary, Stewardship Pat Wilson, President School Board (2015) Sue Donnelly Liz Evans, President Harry Humphrey Jeannette Wize, Vice President Aaron Schmalzle Sharon Cox, Council Liason Susan More, Advisor Pr. Bob Schmalzle, Advisor School Teachers (2014-2015) Julyshams Claudio, Pre-K 3, Tiger Town Director Pam Aldrich, Pre-K 4 Susan Bain, Pre-K 4 Karen Jackman Kindergarten Susanne Hopper, 1st grade Pat Wittcop, 2nd grade Cindy Sharman, 3rd grade Marie Hawkins, 4th grade Cheryl Miles, 5th grade Laura Zieg, 6th grade homeroom Matthew Hirsch, 7th grade homeroom Kathy Lisi, 8th grade homeroom Technology Tammy Owens, Music, Art Ian Miles, P.E. & Athletic Director Teacher Assistants/Tiger Town Alicia Byrd Karen Jacobs Marlyn Estrada Marla Renna Mariola Gonzalez

THE MESSENGER PAGE 2

From Pastor Bob

Pastor Bob

Over the past two decades, Protestant Churches

have experienced serious decline in both member-

ship and worship attendance. Congregations are

now forced to evaluate their ministry, including how

they welcome visitors. Most congregations welcome

visitors by lifting-up the congregation’s strengths: “a

great choir,” “an excellent youth ministry,” or, “really

nice people,” for example. However, according to

recent studies, most visitors are searching for help

with “how to strengthen their faith for daily

living.” If this is true, and I think it is, then we need

to do a better job at lifting-up our New Life groups

here at Trinity. What is the goal of our New Life

groups? The primary goal of our New Life groups is

to help us live-out our faith in daily life! If we want to

grow our membership at Trinity, then we will want to

invite our friends and visitors to our New Life group.

It’s nothing complicated, doesn’t cost a thing, and it

can provide the unchurched with a way to strengthen

their faith for daily living. Who do you think you will

be inviting to join your New Life group?


Trinity’s New Life Groups

The deadline for the September issue of

the Trinity Messenger is Monday

morning, August 17th. Please submit

all articles and information to the Church

Office or you can e-mail Vicki at

[email protected]. Thank you .

CHURCH BIBLE STUDY THURSDAY - 8:30 am - The group meets at the Good Samaritan Village. SATURDAY - 4:00 pm - The group meets in the conference room. SUNDAY - 9:30 am - The group meets in the Family Life Center.

The next gathering of

the current Confirmands

w i l l be Sunday,

September 13th at

9 am for rehearsal. The

Rite of Confirmation will be at the 10:30

am service that day.

The following is a list of the New Life Group Leaders and the day they meet. Are you interested in joining a group? Find one that fits your schedule. Rhoda Carlstedt - 407-574-6672 - John Grp

Al & Myrna Putz - 407-334-3121

Second Sunday of the month, 2:30 pm Amy Vanderkin & Jill Grignani - 407-460-4224 (Amy) -

Andrew Grp

2nd Thursday of the month, 6:00 pm Pat Wilson - 407-870-8475—Bartholomew Grp

Second Sunday of the month, 12 noon Rick & Sandy Phillips - 419-348-9535 - Thomas Grp

Second Sunday of the month, 5 pm Charles & Elaine Thackston - 863-427-0035 - Paul

Grp Al & Miriam Zella - 407-846-3361 - Matthias Grp—

Third Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm Mona Somers - 407-846-9047 & Harry Humphrey -

407-507-6315 - Phillip Grp - (Meeting at Trinity the

first Saturday of each month immediately following the

5 pm service.) Monica Folk - 407-870-8603 & Tim Romberg - 407-

857-9649—Matthew Grp (Meeting at Trinity the first

Sunday of each month immediately following the

10:30 am service.)


MEMORIALS AND

HONORARIA

In memory of Sally Walters given by Albert & Kay Piper to the General Fund.

It’s that time of the year again….Back to School! We

are very excited about our students & staff returning

to Trinity Lutheran School for a great school year.

We have a loving, dedicated staff at Trinity and the

School Board would like to help them get the

supplies they need for a successful school year.

Each year our staff buys many of the supplies they

need for their classrooms out of their own pocket.

We would like to extend an opportunity for the entire

congregation to help out our school. In your mail

slots in the Narthex, there is a list of supplies that

have been requested by the teaching staff (a copy is

also on Page 8 of this newsletter) . They are affordable

items that are on sale now for Back to School. If you

would like to help, please purchase some of the

items that are on the list. The quantity you buy is up

to you. Any and all items will help. Once you have

purchased them, please return the items to the

School House. We would appreciate any purchased

items be returned by August 23rd. We appreciate and thank you for your support. Trinity Lutheran School Board

Barbara “Bobbie” Owens 5/29/41 - 7/4/15

Mildred “Midge” Trover 3/1/20 - 7/11/15

In memory of Mildred Trover given by Gail & Darrell Colegrove to Trinity School’s lunch program.


10 Reasons We Need

NAME TAGS

1. Few people in a congregation know everybody… …name tags are necessary!

2. Communion distributors need help with names… …name tags help their ministry!

3. Knowing a person’s name creates conversation… …name tags promote conversations!

4. Fellowship grows by knowing names… …name tags make fellowship possible!

5. Using a wrong name is embarrassing… …name tags save embarrassment!

6. It’s not easy to know new members… …name tags promote relationships!

7. Name tags are for members and guests… …name tags make us feel good!

8. It makes new members feel welcomed… …name tags make us feel we belong!

9. Hearing our name makes us feel “at home”… …name tags make us feel at home!

10. Only a few will not wear a name tag… …name tags are popular and welcomed by nearly everyone.

See Page 27 of the newsletter for a Name Tag form.

WINE IN-GATHERING

Trinity will continue

gathering wine during the

months of August, and

September, to replenish

our sacramental wine. A

table is set up in the back

of the sanctuary, near the

sound booth, for your wine

donations.

We use Mogan David

Concord Grape and Manischewitz

Concord Grape.

The blessing of this wine will take

place at the worship services on

October 3 & 4.

The August newsletter is sponsored by Pr. Bob & Denise Schmalzle in celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary on August 30th.


2 Erika Folk

Jadyn Jones

Emil Zibrin

4 Gary Borgman

7 Barry Coutts

8 Daniel Brackbill

Allan Paradis

9 Roberto Walker

11 Amie Ross

12 Kristina Wendland

Susan Zeller

13 Sharon Anderson

Julie Freet

16 Craig Nordengren

Jeannette Wize

17 Andrea MacFarland

18 Sharon Crawley

20 Eryn Jones

RoseJane Sherrod

Cari Whetsel

22 Richard Diener

25 Richard Wize

26 Monica Dalton

Thomas Evans

Jenna Kimmel

28 Alice Anderson

29 Evelyn Kimball

Joni Steidley

30 Kyle Bezold

Charlie Kelley

Liz Wike

31 Troy Baitis

Jaime Clark

Gregory Stout

1 Ty Covington Eileen Gounraj 3 Scot Carpenter Christy Folk 5 Kylie Kimmel Vicki Miller 6 Betty Ann Jones Larry Maxwell 7 Abigail Whetsel 8 Joe Graham Aiden Kimmel 13 Gary Borgman June Bowlby 14 Emil Zibrin 17 Joseph Cox 18 Remi Porpora 19 Ian Miles 23 Rebecca Bureau Ryan Donnelly 24 Jenna Barnard Samantha Kimmel Leslie McGreevy 26 Nicholas Fitchett Sophia McKibben 28 Amanda Ericksen 29 Erika Folk


Youth Group

Youth Leaders High School:

Doug Lattman - 407-855-0700

http://www.linkedin.com/in/dlattman Middle School

August 5 August 12 August 19 August 26

Location: Youth Room Hours: 6 pm to 8 pm

Irene Sisson Judie Peters Our Quilting Leaders

Our Middle School youth will not meet, during the summer. Our High School group, however, will continue to meet.

Did you miss Church? Want to listen to the sermon again? Share it with friends? Sermon recordings are available to stream or download on Trinity’s website: http://www.trinitychurchandschool.com/podcast/

Like to listen on the go? Use this RSS feed with your favorite podcaster:

http://feedbumer.com/TLCSKiss For more information, contact Josh Stark at [email protected].

The Quilting Group meets on the second and third Thursday of each month at 9:00 am, in the Fellowship Hall. We have taken the months of July and August off and will resume quilting in September. If you have any questions, please contact Irene Sisson at 407-846-4071. You do not need to be an expert quilter or sewer to join our group. We tie all our quilt tops with yarn. We are in need of people to help put them together. Machine sewers are desperately needed to sew the squares together (for the tops of the quilts). Both ladies and gents are welcome!


We are in need of volunteers for the

sound booth. Are you interested in

learning how to run the sound

system? Contact our organist, Harry

Humphrey at 407-234-0730 for details

and training.

We only have a few people that

currently run the sound board. We

are hoping that we can get enough

people to learn so that you would not

have to do it more than once a month.

Please volunteer...we need you!!!

WE NEED YOU ! ! !

Harry

Back to School Supply List

Pencil Sharpeners (Electric & Manual) 12 x 12 Colored Paper

White Board Markers

Colored Construction Paper (8 x11 & 11 x 17) Droppers

Display Board Borders

Tissue Paper (Assorted Colors) Colored Pencils

Assorted Reward Stickers Kleenex

File Folders

Double Sided Tape

Tacky Putty (for displaying work) Markers (Sharpies & Water Based) Science Tools-Cylinder, Scales, Measuring Containers Large Binder Clips

Blue Painter’s Tape

Post It Notes

Paper Clips

Handwriting Tablets

Hand Sanitizer

Disinfecting Wipes

Clear Tape

1 Hole Punch

Scissors

Colored Copier paper

Large Poster Paper

Wipe off White Boards

Poster Board (22 x 28)

3 Hole Punch

2 Hold Punch

Clip Boards

#2 Pencils

Glue Sticks

Pens (Blue, Black, Red)

Crayons

Small Cups

15 Magnets

Notebook Paper

Note cards (3x5 & 5x7)

Magnifying Glass

Push Pins

Colored Folders


YOU ARE INVITED to join Pastor Bill

Hayman on the third Sunday of each

month for a Worship Service at Good

Samaritan Village Health Care Center.

The service begins at 2:15 pm. For

more information, you may contact Pr.

Bill at 407-593-2258.

WORSHIP SERVICE AT GOOD SAMARITAN

VILLAGE

Trinity Cookzzz will gather again at the

Donnelly home on Friday, August 28th,

at 7 pm. Please RSVP to Tony at 407-

873-3321 by Monday, August 24th if

you are attending.

Do you like to sing, do you sing along with the radio

in the car? Maybe joining or choir is for you. I have

always loved to sing. I started with chorus in high

school, and have sung with various church

choirs. One year I decided to try and expand my

horizons and spent the next 7 years singing with the

Orlando Choral. It was a challenge, and it did

expand my knowledge of music. I currently am

singing with the Central Florida Community Arts

classical chorus rehearsing Brahms Requiem, a

wonderful and challenging piece, we will be perform-

ing this at Maitland Presbyterian Church on the

6th and 7th of August. I am the director of our church

choir, but I am not specifically musically trained, I am

just an engineer that loves music. So come join our

choir, I promise we will not be doing hard music, as

music is to be a joy to sing, not a struggle, but if

there is enough interest, I may just challenge you a

little. We will be rehearsing just after church on the

3rd and 4th Sundays of the month, starting again in

August, and present our work on the first Sunday of

the month. You-all come.

Paul Braithwood

Lost and we need it found.. Trinity had 20 round linen white tablecloths for the Family Life Center tables. Currently we can only find 10 of them. Any clue where the others might be? Call Vicki in the Church Office if you know where they are. Thank you!


Here at Trinity, our students and faculty support many different organizations and charities throughout the school year. Money collected from chapel offerings during the month of April enabled the purchase of many items for God’s Global Barnyard. Our donations allowed us to purchase 10 chicks, 1 pig, 1 goat, a hive of bees, a community fish farm as well as water purification tablets; all of which totaled $410. The gifts also provided education, training and resources to support people receiving animals. Thank you to everyone who donated towards this amazing project.

A huge thank you goes out to Kissimmee West Rotary Club who so generously donated $2000 towards Trinity School’s Food Pantry. These funds will enable us to purchase food and snacks

for needy school families.

As the summer progresses, we are getting organized for the new school year. If you have time to spare and would like to work with children for a few hours a day, we are looking for after care assistants. The position is from 3:00pm – 6:00pm, Monday –Friday, 2:00pm – 6:00pm on Wednesday. If you are interested please contact the school office.

We are still accepting applications for enrollment so if you have a child or know of anyone looking for an excellent Christian education for their children please encourage them to come in, learn about our school and take a tour. I can guarantee they will be very impressed!

Sheila Miles, Principal


Sponsor the Good Samaritan shuttle to Trinity, for our seniors, on Sunday mornings for our worship services. (this shuttle is handicap accessible) The monthly amount is $200. You can sign up for half or all of this cost. A sign up sheet is on the corkboard, in the hallway, near the conference room. (same place as the flower chart) Use one of the envelopes in the pews and note GSV sponsor. Please tell us who you are sponsoring this in memory of, or in honor of on the envelope. Thank you for your support!

Rehearsals are every Sunday at 9:30 am

Performances are the 2nd Sunday of the month

at the 10:30 am worship service

First performance will be Sunday, October 11th

Current members: Paul Braithwood, Jenny Cox,

Sharon Cox, Tina Hoin, and James Owens

We will teach you how to play the

bells.

(Student Ringers Welcome)

and be ready to have some fun!


Those Hymns We Sing!

Have you ever wondered how the hymns are chosen for our Worship Services each week? Pastor and the Worship Team use a resource called Sundays and Seasons that is published by Augsburg Fortress. Sundays and Seasons provides a complete planning guide for every Sunday so that the hymns we are singing correspond to the readings and themes of the day. Some of the sections that are included are Images in the Readings, Ideas for the Day, Connections with the Liturgy, and Let the Children Come. Festival Days and information about the Saints is also included. There are even special sections included for Blessing of Backpacks, Resources for Labor, Memorial, and Veterans Day, and many other specific worship opportuni-ties. Most of the hymns that we sing are found in our ELW (Evangelical Lutheran Worship) hymnbook, but Sundays and Seasons suggests hymns from other resources as well, which we sometimes use. Harry Humphrey and Matt Hirsch, who put together the worship visual for our screen each week, also use the resources in Sundays and Seasons so that we are seeing pictures and colors that correspond directly to

readings and themes of each Sunday. I try to use my Worship Booklet throughout the week as part of my daily devotional time. Even though I LOVE the music, I read the words of each hymn and see how they go along with the readings of the day. Especially for the communion hymns, though, we try to use old favorites. If you would like to have a favorite hymn sung, let a member of the Worship Team know and we will include it in our hymn choices. K eep in mind that we plan several months ahead, but we can always make changes. If you would like to see a copy of Sundays and Seasons or perhaps order your own copy, let Sandy Phillips know. ([email protected]). Here’s a worship thought from Sundays and Seasons to consider: “Many people today want to make a difference with their lives. Can the baptismal life join them to something greater than themselves? Can we encounter in worship God’s passionate desire for our world in such a way that it transforms lives?” We hope the answer is a resounding YES!! Just a reminder, the next Worship and Music Team meeting will be Thursday, Aug. 6, 6:30 PM, in the conference room. Come join us!!

mailto:[email protected]


OUR YOUTH AND LEADERS AT THE NATIONAL YOUTH GATHERING


With the new Amazon Smile Program; You Shop, Amazon Gives to Trinity Lutheran Church & School Click on the following link and begin

shopping! Amazon will donate a per-

centage of your purchases to Trinity Lu-

theran Church and School.

This will link you directly to

smile.amazon.com in support of Trinity.

http://smile.amazon.com/ch/59-1830170

If you already have an Amazon account

it will link them so that when you shop,

Trinity will benefit!

Scrip is a program where Trinity benefits when you purchase gift cards through us. You pay the same price for the gift card that you would have paid if you purchased it from a specific store or restaurant. The benefit for Trinity is that a discount is given by the vendor which goes to support Trinity School and scholarships. And if you are a parent of a Trinity Student 50% of the discount amount we’ll receive for your purchase may go towards your child’s tuition. Scrip forms are available in the narthex. Contact Vicki in the church office if you have any questions. 407-847-4204

The Hilltoppers have taken

the months of July and

August off and will start

meeting again in September .

http://smile.amazon.com/ch/59-1830170


To Trinity Lutheran Church and Church Family, Thank you so much for awarding me the Zieg Scholarship! It will help me in my studies at Long Island University-Post. I am so appreciative—thank you so very much! Zoah MacFarland

Confirmation classes will start in the month of October.

More information to follow in the September

newsletter. Details will also be listed in your weekly announcement sheets.

Confirmation is for those in either 7th or 8th grade. If you would like to have your child in our confirmation program, please contact Vicki, in the church office, at 407-847-4204 or by email at [email protected]. Time:

8 am to 10 am

Sunday, August 23rd

The menu will be listed in the Announcement Sheets.


Thank You, 2014-2015 Trinity’s Garden of Hope Tutors

and Volunteers!

Trinity’s Garden of Hope had another successful year. Our Garden of Hope is a tutoring and mentoring program for students attending Trinity Lutheran School or any other area schools. This past year we weekly tutored 27 elementary students. Trinity’s Garden of Hope is successful because our tutors and additional volunteers are committed to making the program succeed. Every Wednes-day during the school year, we gather in the Fellowship Hall from 3:00 – 5:00 pm to tutor students needing extra help mastering basic skills in reading and math or completing homework assign-ments. Tutors encourage students to succeed, play educational games designed to improve basic skills, and focus on individual student needs. Others teach needed skills in small-group sessions, keep records, organize the program and materials, serve snacks, and lead devotions. Grants and donations received during the 2014-2015 year provided needed books, teaching materials, and snacks. Thank you for helping Trinity’s Garden of Hope succeed: Rebecca’s Garden of Hope, Rotary Club

Kissimmee West, and Thrivent Financial. Thank you, tutors and volunteers, for a successful year: Marge Adams, Rhoda Carlstedt, Lois Deland, Natalie Donis, Sharon Donis, Evelyn Duran, Marianne Goodridge, Pr. Bill Hayman, Shirley Hopper, Trevor Horton, Donna Kaufman, Tom Kaufman, Pr. Fred More, Sandy Phillips, Lynda Sartini, Pr. Bob Schmalzle, Mary Jane Shumberger, Chick Thackston, Elaine Thackston, Marion Venis, Beverly Vics, Miriam Zella, Chris Zieg, Judy Zieg, Pr. Pete Zieg, and school/church office staff Shelia Miles, Vicki Miller, Susan More, Jessica Anaya, and Julyshams Claudio. Please consider volunteering for TGOH this coming year. You only need to have a desire to help young students succeed and a commitment to attend regularly. Students look forward to seeing their assigned mentor/tutor each week. Look for a sign-up form in church newsletters and church bulletins or contact me. Training sessions will be September 2 and 9, and the tutoring begins on September 16. Hours are 3:00 – 5:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Trinity’s Garden of Hope needs you! Judy Zieg, 407-873-4229 or [email protected]

2014-2015



Trinity Samaritans—

Fred had given me an

article for the August

newsletter but it needs

to be revised. The orig-

inal is saved in my

emails under “Trinity

Samaritans”


Trinity Lutheran School is now accepting registrations for the 2015-2016 school year. Please help us increase student enrollment next year by referring friends and relatives who may be considering a Christian school environment for their children.

Please consider making a donation to the Edward and Grace Mirth Scholar-ship Fund in memory of a loved one or in honor of a special event in your lives. Many students attending our school need assistance in paying their tuition and this fund makes that possible. On their behalf, we thank you for your donations.

Trinity Deacons

Row 1: Bob Bergeson, Paul Braithwood, Monica Folk Row 2: Lois Deland, Mona Somers, Amy Vanderkin Row 3: Miriam Zella, Harry Humphrey, Tim Romberg


Rhoda Carlstedt graciously hosts

our New Life Group each month,

however once a year, we put

away the books for a little F&F

(that would be Food and Fun). On

Sunday, July 12th we moved to

the Coutts’ residence for our

annual feast of hot dogs and

hamburgerss. Those present

were: Vernon & Arlene Bly, Rhoda

Carlstedt, Barry & Jutta Coutts,

Dennis & Evelyn Daley, Nancy

Haller, Nevin, Emma & Barbara

Schmick, Art Schroeder, George

and Jane Shumberger, and Jim

and Judy Smith.


Do you belong to a New Life Group?

Would you like to be a part of one?

See page 3 for a list of Trinity’s New

Life Groups and their leaders.


$9,000 Waiting

to be Issued

To Trinity Church &

School

You read that right. A generous

benefactor has at least $9,000 available

this year to be directed to support our

congregation’s ministries, Christian

education programs, facilities, and the

community and worldwide outreach

efforts we support.

How can that be? How do we tap into

these generous resources and use

them to undergird and expand Christ’s

work in this place? Furthermore, this

benefactor desires that their $9,000

serve as “seed money” to leverage

even more resources. Is this a scam or

what?

It’s neither a scam nor a secret, friends.

It’s called Thrivent Action Teams and

last year it already benefited Trinity and

our mission partners in numerous ways.

It even helped support our Trinity youth

who are, as I am writing, taking part on

the ELCA Youth Gathering in Detroit.

Here’s the deal: We have at least 60 active

members of our congregation who are already

members of Thrivent Financial. (And many more of

you could become members!) Each Thrivent

member can establish a Thrivent Action Team

TWICE a year and receive $250 in “seed money”.

Here are three examples.

(1) Last year I sponsored an Action Team that was

used to benefit our Samaritan Angel Tree Ministry

just before Christmas. With the $250, we bought

enough wrapping paper and ribbons for our WOJO

partners to wrap all the gifts you provided, and we

shared the left over paper and ribbons with Help

Now to wrap their kids’ gifts.

(2) At the Trinity Fall fest, I sponsored a team of our

youth to set up an ice cream booth. Thrivent bought

all the ice cream and other supplies, all the funds

raised selling ice cream helped send the youth to

Detroit.

(3) Recently Judie Peters of our Trinity Quilters

activated a team and used the $250 to buy quilting

materials, and they gave many of the quilts to

charitable organizations.

Thrivent’s part is to provide resources to facilitate a

project or event held by an “Action Team.” If you are

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Trinity Church and School continually collect food and clothing for our neighbors in Osceola County. Bring your donations of both food and clothing to church, anytime you have gathered a few items together. On a weekly basis, our Samaritans will move the items to storage areas, making sure those donations get to places of need, including our own food pantry. Please #1...make sure your clothing donations are in reasonably good condition. Please #2...when you shop for groceries, remember there are two unseen “guests” who will be dining with you. One is Jesus. The other is a man, woman, or family who will deeply appreciate that they have been given a seat at your table.


already a Thrivent member, go on-line to

Thrivent.com and check out the process – it’s not

hard, I and others stand ready to help. If you’re not

a Thrivent member yet, visit on line or call our

Financial Representative, Rick Ackerman, at

407-650-0065.

Next month we’ll share more information as we

prepare to enlist you to enthusiastically embrace

this resource to enhance our ministries at and

through Trinity Lutheran Church and School!

For the Trinity Samaritan Team,

Pastor Emeritus Pete Zieg

[email protected]

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THRIVENT ACTION TEAMS

mailto:[email protected]


Trinity’s Girl Scouts Did you know that Trinity sponsors two large Girl Scout troops, which meet every other Monday evening in the Aftercare Building? Girls range in age from 7 to 18 and work on projects within each troop level (Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors). Some of the activities we did this past school year include the Central Florida Indian Pow-wow, Zombie Survival Campout, Scouts Sunday (February), cookie booths in the narthex and in the community, badgework, Cake Decorating, Spring Camporee and a Bridging Ceremony. Service projects are also important, so we made pillowcases for kids with cancer, helped with the FallFest and FunFest events, made candy sleighs for Troops Overseas, collected recycled shoes, and made cards for a fellow Girl Scout with Stage 4 cancer. Girls Scouts is all about learning to be fine Young Women of Courage, Confidence and Character. Trinity’s Scout leaders are Monica Folk, Nathalie Lambert, Jeannette Wize and Laurel Birks-Kilman. We are in need of additional adult leaders, and are recruiting girls for this coming school-year, which starts back up in September. If you are interested, call Monica

at 407-870-8603.

IN THE MILITARY

ET2 (SS) Brian Bentley, U.S. Navy

The Rev. Chris Conklin, Chaplin, U.S. Air Force

CPL Andrew Coutts, U.S. Marine

Cpt. Eric Deitrick, U.S. Army National Guard

Qmsn Lucas Giles, US Navy

Rct Sloan R. Hadsall, Parris Island, SC

TSGT Melinda Hilber, U.S. Army

TSGT Bradley Hintze, U.S. Army

PFC Tyler Horton, U.S. Army

SrA Logan Jenkins, U.S. Air Force

Cpl Corey Latsha, Special Ops, U.S. Army

CPN. Aaron Lynch, U.S. Air Force

SGT Ildefonzo Moran, U.S. Army

Airman 1st Class AOAN Allan Paradis, U.S. Air Force

SSG. Mark Radius, U.S. Army

AO3 John N. Shalla

A1C Matthew Somers, U.S. Air Force

Chief Petty Officer, Matthew Venis, Navy Counselor

CW2 Scott Walter, U.S. Army

SPC Sean Wickett, U.S. Army

A1C Matthew Somers

CW2 Scott Walter

SrA Logan Jenkins Qmsn Lucas Giles



FOR THE PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH during

August we will pray for the following Trinity families:

August 2 - Elroy, Leonice, & Kenroy Milliner; Ross, Denise & Emma Mitchell; Thomas & Florence Moeller; Wayne, Amanda, Ivey & Hayden Moore & Ashley Prewlewicz August 9 - Fred & Susan More; Charles & Reno Mostoller; Charles & Shirley Mostoller; Scot, Juana & Emani Mulbah; Orrie & Arlene Mundinger August 16 - Al & Jane Murawski; Brigitte, Stephan & Janexcy Murray; Loeselyn Murray & Troy Baitis; Andrew Myers & Amy McCulley-Myers; Kate Naiken August 23 - Dorothy Nelson; Craig Nordengren; Brenda O’Connell; Scott, Tammy, Christian, Leah & Rebekah Owens & Lucas Giles

August 30 - Ted & Deborah Palmer; Candice & Allan Paradis; Linda Parmeter; JT, Patricia, Dustin, Taylor, & Madeline Patton; KC, Ruth & Melissa Perin

HOMEBOUND

June Bowlby

Joe Brenner

Elfriede Hirtz

Laura Jerstad

Jan Johnson

Virginia King

Dorothy Nelson

Milton Persram

Betty Watkins

Arlene Vorse

PRAYER CONCERNS

ON-GOING PRAYERS

Pastor Bob Schmalzle

ELCA Bishop Elizabeth Eaton

Synodical Bishop Robert Schaefer

Trinity’s families in transition

New Life Groups and their leaders

Trinity’s church & school leaders

Our members’ businesses

Peace where there is conflict

Our church staff, teachers & students

Federal, State & Local Gov’t leaders

Kissimmee Police & Fire Dept.

Unemployed & Underemployed

Fran Balcom

Dennis DeMent

Patti Durivage

Julie Freet

Norman Greer

Zach Harter

Viriginia King

Kathryn Linklater

Betty Malfatti

Elroy Milliner

Rachel Schnelker


Name Tag Request _______________________________________ First Name & Last Name Please print your name as you would like it to appear on your name tag. The cost of a name tag is $6. You may place your payment and this form in one of the pew envelopes and place it in the offering plate. The church office will contact you when the name tag is ready. Contact Telephone #: _______________________________________ Contact Email Address: _______________________________________

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Trinity Messenger

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Permit No. 40019

The Newsletter of Trinity Lutheran Church and School

A congregation of the Florida Bahamas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Trinity Lutheran School offers a distinctive Christian Education for children age three through grade eight

“Trinity Lutheran Church is a Christ-centered fellowship fed by God’s

Word, united with Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit.”

AUGUST 2015


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