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

How Can Our Church and Preschool Families Help the Sealy Pregnancy Center

(“Changing lives in a Life-Changing Way!”)

Sealy Pregnancy Center Resource Center does not offer nor do they refer for abortion services!

Facing an unplanned pregnancy is a difficult thing, and everyone around you

has an opinion about what you should or shouldn't do. The Pregnancy Center,

located here in Sealy, helps provide practical and compassionate support to

women and men in unplanned pregnancy situations. Their goal is to create a welcoming and safe place free from judgement and ridicule. The Pregnancy

Center provide information and resources that help them to make the best

informed decision in their lives.

The services are provided to mothers and fathers, pregnant or has a child 0-24

months. Services are free and confidential, such as Free Pregnancy Test,

Prenatal Childbirth and Parenting Classes, Ultrasound-(by Appointment Only),

Peer Counseling, Adoption Information, and Material Assistance with Baby

Items, Educational Resources and Services, Social Services Resources, Legal

Referrals, Breastfeeding and Childbirth Education, Grief Counseling for

miscarriage and Abstinence Education.

Peer counseling services are available to help with life changes and choices.

One-on-one sessions are more personal and help to dig deeper into issues,

feelings, and experiences. Referrals to Professional Counselors are available

upon request.

Education classes focus on educational and personal development topics such

as parenting, prenatal, life skills, relationships, interview techniques and more.

Social Agency referrals are provided in the community that can help with a

variety of needs.

Spiritual services are provided as Bible studies, and referrals to local churches

and pastors are provided as requested. Clients may request to be placed on

the Sealy PRC Prayer Groups prayer list. Only generic, non-identifiable

information is provided to the prayer group.

Materials are provided by local community organizations to provide assistance

based on individual needs, such as food, baby items, shelter, etc.

Sealy Pregnancy Clinic provides a safe environment by screening all volunteers

and staff who interact with clients. Volunteers and staff interacting with clients

must undergo background checks and are required to attend an extensive in-

house training course.

The Pregnancy Center functions on donations to help Donations accepted any

time during business hours: We accept baby clothing, toiletries, small toys,

strollers, high chairs, formula, cribs, bassinets, diapers, maternity clothing,

etc. Feel free to leave them on the patio after hours. We also accept monetary

donations.

Change for Life! During this LENTEN SEASON

please take a bottle and fill! Your change can

make a difference! Support the lives of babies

and mothers by filling this bottle with your change, bills, and checks

and returning it for collection. Your donations will be used to save the lives of

babies and make a positive impact on the mothers. Please join us in making a

lasting difference in this life and the next. For the LENTEN Season, please pick

up a baby bottle and fill it with your change, bills, and checks and return to the

designated box for the Sealy Pregnancy Center!

God’s Blessings, Ms. Maggie

March

2019

Saturday March 9th before you go to bed set your clocks forward one

hour! SPRING FORWARD

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Birthdays for the Month!

Greetings to you on this Special Day 3/02 Deanna Cash 3/02 Joyce Meyer 3/03 Mary Buechmann 3/03 JACIE KANIER 3/04 JOLIE KAINER 3/06 KASEY PICARD 3/07 Stacey Picard 3/07 Terry Kieke 3/09 Gabriella Munoz 3/11 Rhonda Browne 3/14 BRYNN BLUME

3/14 Suzanne Bozeman 3/16 Eleanor Anderson 3/16 Sylvia Forester 3/19 Brittany Carter 3/22 Susie Hartmann 3/24 Felicia Munoz 3/24 Marie Herridge 3/25 Vivian Kveton 3/26 Howard Bear 3/26 Brandon Blume

3/26 Loyce Orsak 3/27 Johnny Griffin 3/27 Faye Hintz 3/28 Charles Havemann 3/29 Joan Griffin 3/29 ALIVIA RAMON 3/30 CASE CARTER 3/30 Phoebe Browne 3/30 Nichol Fullen 3/31 Savannah Munoz

Happy Anniversary

Let’s rejoice with these couples as they celebrate the designated anniversaries. 3/05/2010 Ron and Susie Hartmann 3/12/2016 Hannah and Matthew Mueller 3/14/1993 Patrick and Tara Johnston

3/18/1999 Joel and Katy Grigar 3/24/2007 Christopher and Valerie Bryant

Prayers for Nursing Home and Shut Ins

Prayers for Nursing Home and Shut

Ins Joyce Meyer – Colonial Belle, Sealy

Ruby Emshoff – Colonial Belle, Sealy

Dorothy Hein – Colonial Belle, Sealy

Lillie Foehner – Veranda House, Sealy

Robert Richter – Colonial Oaks, Katy

Fred & Ruth Paben – Orchard Park @

Southfork, Manville

Saturday night March 9th

before you go to bed!

Thank you everyone for supporting Trinity

Lutheran Preschool by purchasing the Chicken Fried Chicken Dinner Fundraiser. Your love

and support is greatly appreciated!

Born into the loving arms with love and hearts filled with happiness, we proudly announce the birth of Bowen William Blume, born on Thursday, January 24, 2019, weighing 8 lbs. and 5oz born at Katy Memorial Hermann. Bowen was welcomed home by his big sister Brynn and proud grandparents Bill and Linda Blume. May God continue his blessings on this family.

Emma Harper Fullen was baptized on this special day March 17, 2019, by Pastor Ken Bersche during the worship service. Parents are John and Nichole Fullen. This special day marks the start of your spiritual journey. May if bring lasting peace and joy to your life.

Sealy Christian Pantry Pancake

Supper is Tuesday, March 5th, beginning at 5:30

pm at Trinity Lutheran Church Fellowship Center. This will benefit the Sealy Christian Pantry and their ministry of feeding the hungry. A free-will offering

will be received-no charge.

Thank You

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Circle of Friends Luncheon!

Our next Circle of Friends Luncheon at Trinity is

Wednesday, March 13th 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.

LENT SERVICES

Join Us

March 6th 6:00 pm Soup Supper by ALTAR GUILD….Worship at 7:00 pm

March 13th 6:00 pm Soup Supper by LADIES

AID….Worship at 7:00 pm

March 20th 6:00 pm Soup Supper by PRESCHOOL….Worship at 7:00 pm

March 27th 6:00 pm Soup Supper by

YOUTH….Worship at 7:00 pm

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 MAUNDY THURSDAY

Worship with Holy Communion at 7:00 pm

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 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.

Fall

registration will begin Friday, March 1st and end

on Friday, March 29th for the families that are

enrolled in the program now! This is giving you

first chance to enroll your child for the 2019-

2020 school year. Registration packets will be

ready for you to pick up on Friday, March 1st in

the preschool office.

After Friday, March 29th, the enrollment

is open to the waiting list and the public. If you

are planning to have your child attend Trinity,

please come by the office and pick up a packet

and return it with the registration fee.

Non-refundable registration fee for the

2019-2020 school year is $80.00. For early

registration in the month of March and for the

ones in the program now will be $65.00 until

March 29th. Beginning April 1st the registration

will be $80.00.

Along with registration fee, I must have

all enrollment forms completed and turned into

the office. Registration will be on first come

basis.

Spring Pictures! Kay Krampitz will come to

the preschool to take spring pictures of the

children. Please dress your child in spring

attire.

Kay will be here on Wednesday, March

20th beginning at 8:00 am. Please be sure to fill

out your order form and return it to the office

with your money by Thursday, March 7th. No

pictures will be taken without the required form

and money.

Wear ORANGE Day! On Friday, March 22nd

the children can wear the color ORANGE to

school to reinforce the color for the month.

Family of the Week! Family of the

week is a program we have that helps children

share their family with everyone at preschool

and church. Each week a family will be chosen to

be Family of the Week.

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Your child will be asked to bring about

ten pictures of their family to be placed on the

preschool bulletin board in the gym. Always

check your calendar of events to see if it is your

turn to be family of the week. Families of the

Week for the month of March are:

March 4th– March 8th

Jonah Olvera & Luke Olvera

March 11th – March 15th

Spring Break

March 18th – March 22nd

Christopher Ornelas

Matthew Oviedo

March 25th – March 29th

Camilla Rosario & Abraham Rosas

March 31st – April 5th

Bristol Schmidt

Please hand your pictures to your

child’s teacher the Friday before your child is

Family of the Week!

Themes! The themes for the month

of March are: Spring, Garden and

Growing. Children will enjoy this month having

fun planting something special in the

classroom. They will water, nurture and watch

the plant grow and realize that God creates

everything for us to enjoy.

Children will have a special project of

planting seeds. They will take their little

starter garden home and both child and parents

can care and transplant their little garden and

watch it grow.

The Bible stories for the month of March

are:

March 4th– 7th

“The Children”

Pastor Bersche

Devotional

“The Blind Beggar”

March 11th – 15th

Spring Break

March 17th – 22nd

Pastor Bersche

Devotional

“A Small Man

March 25th – 29th

“Two Small Coins”

Pastor Bersche

Devotional

The Man at the Pool

The Children will continue to learn the

letters for the month B, V, W, E and K. The

shape and color for the month is CRESENT and

ORANGE.

The Bible verse for the month is: “I will

be with you always”. (Matthew 28:20). The

children will learn The Ninth Commandment: You

shall not covet your neighbor’s house. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that

we do not scheme to get our neighbor’s

inheritance or house, or get it in a way which

only appears right, but help and be of service to

him in keeping it.

The children will learn The Tenth

Commandment: You shall not covet your

neighbor’s wife, worker or animals. What does

this mean? We should fear and love God so that

we do not entice or force away our neighbor’s

wife, workers, or animals, or turn them against

him, but urge them to stay and do their duty.

Spring Break! Preschool will not be

in session the week of March 11th – March 15th

due to Spring Break. Preschool is closed Friday,

March 8th which is before spring break and

Monday, March 18th after spring break.

I would like to say a special thank you to the

preschool parents participating to let their

child/children sing and joining us for the

luncheon. Thank you to Pastor Ken Bersche for

all the kind words expressed and how important

it is to teach our children about Jesus here at

Trinity. Thank you to the congregational

members who support the preschool program

during the year and have this program here at

Trinity. Thank you to my special preschool staff

who are the ones that work side by side with

these children teaching the love of Jesus.

Thank you to Trinity Lutheran Church

Fellowship Committee for sponsoring and

preparing the meal for this event. All praise and

glory goes to our Lord and Savior giving the

blessings to all who are involved to make this

preschool what it is. May God continue to bless.

In Christ, Ms. Maggie

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�BLOOD DRIVE at Trinity

Lutheran – Sealy Jesus was a Blood Donor that Saved Your Life...You Can Save Lives Too!

Sunday, March 10th 10:30 am - 3:00 pm in

the Fellowship Hall. We Need a Min. of 25 Donors!! Sign Up Today!! Contact Maggie Kent (979) 885-2211 (secmaggie@tlcsealy.org) **FREE TSHIRTS**FREE TSHIRTS**

LADIES AID SOCIETY

Ladies Aid met on 2/7/19 with 11 members attending.

Vivian Kveton stepped down as Treasurer and Ruth Szymanski will become Treasurer.

A donation for the quarter was made by our group to Texas Children's Hospital.

Ladies Aid would like to thank the Ethel Donnelly family for their generous donation. It is greatly appreciated.

Ladies Aid is open to all ladies in the Church. We would welcome anyone interested in becoming a member.

Our next meeting is on Thursday, April 5, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Susie Hartmann sgrthompson@yahoo.com

MINUTES OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH COUNCIL

MEETING February 11, 2019

The Trinity Lutheran Church Council meeting was called to order by President George Wied. George Wied presented the Devotion “New Year, New Priorities” based on Ecclesiastes 9: 4-12. 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 • Ron Hartmann – Vice President • Pastor Bersche • Patricia Rother – Education Chairman

• Dorothy Coody – Fellowship Chairman • Bill Blume – Trustee Chairman • Johanna Buechmann – Usher Chairman Absent: • Susie Hartmann – Evangelism Chairman • Maggie Kent - Preschool • Katy Grigar – Youth Chairman The Minutes from the meeting held on January 14, 2019 were presented for review and approval. Bill Blume made the motion to accept the minutes. Barry Wolf seconded the motion. All Council members approved and the motion passed. Unfinished/Old Business: • The ballots for nominations for the LCMS President, Vice President and area Vice President were completed. In a meeting held on Sunday, February 10, the congregation voted to nominate Matthew Harrison for the office of President, Jon Braunersreuther for the office of Vice President, and Scott Murray for the office of Vice President of the West-Southwest Region. • After more discussion about covering the handicapped parking spaces in the back of the church, it was decided to discontinue this project at this time. There are many factors to consider that make this project non-beneficial for Trinity. Bill Blume made the motion to discontinue this project and Patricia Rother seconded it. All Council members approved and the motion passed. Chairmen Reports: Linda Blume – Treasurer • The Treasurer’s Report for January 31, 2019 was presented. The cash balance in the General Fund is $142,461.51. The Building Fund balance is $55,389.35 and the Designated Funds balance is $89,904.55. The Total of All Funds is $287,755.41. January contributions were $20,651.75 while January expenses were $18,929.82. • The offerings from Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day have been transferred from the Designated Funds to the General Fund. Jerry Leiber – Stewardship Chairman • Nothing to report Barry Wolf – Elder Chairman • Nothing to report – The Elders meeting for February will take place on the next Sunday. Ron Hartmann – Vice President • Nothing to report Pastor Bersche • Pastor reported the following Official Acts for January 2019:

Ella Niemann transferred in to Trinity from Epiphany, Pearland, on January 10.

Richard and Valerie Engelbrecht transferred out to Grace, Brenham, on January 25.

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Estelle Jeanette Abel Remmert passed away January 4. • The Sunday Morning Bible Class continues to study Jesus’ Parables. • The Wednesday Morning Bible Class is currently studying the sixth chapter of John. • The Confirmation Class will conclude the study of the Lord’s Prayer next Sunday, and will begin the study of the Lord’s Supper next. • Confirmation Examination is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. • Confirmation Sunday is set for the Sunday after Easter, April 28. • Current Shut-ins the Pastor visits are:

Joyce Meyer and Ruby Emshoff in Colonial Belle.

Dorothy Hein and Lillie Foehner in Veranda House.

Fred and Ruth Paben in Orchard Park, Pearland. Ruth is currently hospitalized.

Robert Richter in Colonial Oaks, Katy.

Pat Schmidt at her home. • Pastor is slowly starting his “Pickle-Jar Visits” again. • Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on March 6. The theme for this year’s Lenten services will be “A Lent to Remember.” • Maundy Thursday we will possibly be having a Seder Meal as our setting for worship. • Good Friday will be a Tenebrae Service. • Easter Sunday will feature a Sunrise Worship at 7:00 a.m., with breakfast at 8:00. This will be followed by Bible Class with a Bible game at 9:00 and Easter Worship at 10:00 a.m. Patricia Rother – Education Chairman • The Board of Education is working on the Easter Egg Hunt and Vacation Bible School. Patricia Rother – (for Katy Grigar – Youth Chairman) • The tickets have been purchased for the Youth trip this summer. There is a total of 17 attending. • The “Over 60’s Lunch” was attended by 55 people, as well as 21 youth and other helpers that made this successful. • The Youth will be having a Garage Sale on April 6. Ron Hartmann – (for Susie Hartmann – Evangelism Chairman) • The Evangelism Committee will be hosting a “New Member” Luncheon in the near future. Dorothy Coody – Fellowship Chairman • Fellowship will host a Lunch on February 24, 2019, for the Church and Preschool families. The Preschool will be singing in the Worship Service on that day.

Bill Blume – Trustee Chairman • The Theater Arts Department at Sealy ISD will move the risers out of the Church’s storage building in the near future. Johanna Buechmann – Usher Chairman • Nothing to report Pastor Bersche – (for Maggie Kent – Preschool) • The Fellowship Committee, along with the Evangelism Committee, will be preparing a lunch for Sunday, February 24, following Worship Service. The Preschool will be singing for the Congregation on that day. All Congregation members are encourage to attend to show support for the Preschool. • Preschool will have Kay Krampitz, from Treasured Portraits, to take Spring pictures on March 20. • Preschool will be hosting the soup supper on Wednesday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m. • Beth Franke will come in, as she does every year, to read some books written by Dr. Seuss. This is in recognition of Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 1. • On Wednesday, April 24 at 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. the Preschool will be having a fund raiser. This will be a barbecue chicken and sausage meal prepared by Ben’s Chuck Wagon. Tickets will be $12.00 each. • The Blood Drive schedule for 2019 is as follows:

Sunday, March 10, 2019 – 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. This drive will be giving free T shirts.

Sunday, July 14, 2019 – 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 1, 2019 – 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Ron Hartmann made a motion to accept the Reports. Bill Blume seconded the motion. All Council members approved the Reports and the motion passed. New Business • There will be a Hymn and Beer Fest at Huff Brewing Company, in Bellville, on February 24 to benefit Casa for Kids. Council gave approval for Janice Wied to purchase an item to be donated for the Silent Auction. There being no further business, Ron Hartmann made a motion to adjourn. Barry Wolf seconded the motion. All Council members approved and the meeting adjourned. Bill Blume will have the devotion for next month’s meeting. The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer. George Wied - President

Ruth Szymanski - Secretary