TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
12115 Park Ave S., Tacoma WA 98444
www.trinitylutheranparkland.org
OFFICE HOURS: CLOSED
CONTACT US AT TRINITY
253-537-0201 253-537-0413 FAX
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The Reverend Dr. Jeffery Gaustad x103 Cell 253-495-9357 Home 253-848-2491
The Reverend Jonette Blakney x104
Cell 253-318-5947 [email protected]
The Reverend Rick Swenson
Visitation Pastor Emeritus
Music Director Dr. Jonathan Wohlers x114
Church Steward Cheryl Mays Comen x112 Cell 253-426-2536
Administrative Assistant Pat Durston x110
Operations Support Specialist Beth Rich x111
Catechesis Of the Good Shepherd Catechists
Levels I, II, III: Cheryl Mays Comen
Level I: Jeanne Ehlers
Financial Secretary 253-666-3344 Joan Oldag Maintenance 253-592-5481 Ed Kane Parish Nurse x106 Virginia Garrison Cemetery x112 Cheryl Mays Comen Sound Engineer Lowell Kiesow Sound Technician Russ Floyd Custodians Harold Thomas, Lori Titus, Marcus Jellen
Shared Housing Coordinator
253-392-0662 Janelle Franz
TLC Preschool & Childcare Aurora Wilson-Greene, Director
253-535-2699
TRINITY WEEKLY NEWS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2020
Celebrating 101 Years!
Trinity’s Worship Life:
Sunday services are posted each Sunday. Videoed worship services are available on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Trinity-Lutheran-Church-112296342135658) and Trinity’s website (https://trinitylutheranparkland.org) or YouTube on your "smart TV” (enter Trinity Parkland in the search feature)
Screening of the videoed services are held Sundays at 11:00 am in the Sanctuary for those without access at home. Masks and social distancing required. This is a chance to worship together with a small group at Trinity. Join us!
Communion Service via Zoom: the third Wednesday of each month. Contact Pastor Jeff or Pastor Jonette to obtain the Zoom link.
ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK:
Sunday, September 27 Screening of YouTube video service 11:00 Food Pantry Open 12:00-2:00 Connect by Zoom 12:30 Monday, September 28 Quilt Packing 9:00 CCS Senior Mealsite pick up 12:00 Tuesday, September 29 Food Pantry Open 11:00-3:00 Canning 3:00 Wednesday, September 30 Staff Meeting by Zoom Thursday, October 1 TLCW Board Meeting 10:00
Food Repackaging 1:30 Friday, October 2 Food Pantry Open 11:00-2:00 Prayers For the World by Zoom 10:30 CCS Senior Mealsite pick up 12:00 Saturday, October 3 Food Repackaging 2:00 Sunday, October 4 — Blessing of the Animals/St Francis of Assisi Outdoor Worship in the Courtyard livestreamed on Trinity Parkland You Tube channel 11:00 Food Pantry Open 12:00-2:00 Connect by Zoom 12:30
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE In need of prayer Submitted by In need of prayer Submitted by
Amelia Palermo (Batten Disease) Steve & Peggy Ostrander
Angela Smith (grief/anxiety) Staff
Ann Miller (head injury) Staff
Beau Dawson (kidney transplant, strength &
health)
Donna Lederman
Beverly Ray (health & peace) Aurora Wilson-Greene
Bill McQuillan (health) Torval Haugen
Bonnie Lee (health) Shannon Lee
Brent Wright [Son] (seizures) Kathryn Wright
Carol Storaasli (healing) Her Family
Carol & Don Fossum (health concerns) Staff
Carolyn (health concerns) Diane Floyd
Carolyn Jensen (blood clot in lung) Rich & Debby
Neighbarger
Claudia Lewis (God’s peace) Staff
Connie Hughes [Daughter-In-Law] (cancer) Gloria Duntsch
David Link (heart healing) David Link
Debby Neighbarger (strength & peace) Staff
Don & Ilene Nagle (cancer) Kerrie & Doug Shaffer
Duane Ervin [Brother-In-Law] (cancer) Connie DeFolo &
Cathy Schroeder
Erv Severtson (good rehab) Staff
Evonne Wise [Mother] )compression fracture) Rebecca Drewes
Frederick Gethers
(Amputation/Health & Salvation)
Jeanne Ehlers
Gary Colburn (cancer) Jean Colburn
Gary Jose (cataract surgery needed) Staff
Ivana Jurcikova (clarity & strength) Kathryn Wright
Jacob Blake (Kenosha shooting victim) Kathryn Wright
Jacob Elliott [Son] (Lyme's disease) Janice Shull
Jean Holt [Sister] (heart issues) Pat Durston
Jennifer Bannerman (health) Pastor Rick
Joan Meliere-Webb (health concerns) Staff
Joani Easterlund (peace & strength) Staff
John Kramer (pancreatic cancer; continued
trust)
Kathryn Wright
John Tobben (Hodgkin's Lymphoma) Janice Shull
Julia Lendowski (wisdom & understanding)
Kathryn Wright
Karen Wilhelm [Sister] (cancer) Bill Habermann
Kathy Lathrop (chemo therapy) Michael Lathrop
Ken Dunmire (hospice, peace) Marilyn Knutson
Ken Engel [Brother-in-Law]
(strength, health)
Donna Lederman
Ken Grassi (brain cancer) Cheryl Mays Comen
Lois Elson [Mother] Debby Neighbarger
Luella Edwards (cancer) Frank Edwards
Maggie (complications after surgery) Jeanne Ehlers
Marcia Setbacken (healing) Jean Setbacken
Marilyn Hilsen (Continued wellness!) Ken Caulkins
Michael Chapin [Brother-in-Law]
(cancer / healing)
Tom & Lauren
Stenerson
Michael & Rose (peace & safety) Pat Serosky
Miriam Akers [Mother] (stroke) Marty Akers
Myron Thompson (health) Myron
Pastor & Nancy Rude [Parents of Pr. Jen
Rude] (auto accident injuries & trauma)
Pastor Jonette
Raoul (pronounced Rail) Titus (continued stability of condition)
Lori Titus
Rich Smaby (Vietnam Vet. with ALS) Kathryn Wright
Ronald Tadena [Son-In-Law] (surgery
recovery)
Torval Haugen
Sandra Weller (Gary’s sister) Gary Jose
Shannon Lee (health) Shannon
Stacy (cancer) Gordon Hills
Terry (brain tumor surgery ) Sue Goodspeed
Vernal Kensrud (back pain; loneliness) Family
Waylon (colon cancer) Staff
Wendy Dorothy [cousin] (cancer) Lauren Stenerson
Our Pastors will never request your help or financial assistance via e-mail or text. Be aware of hoaxes being perpetuated in which religious leaders are falsely being represented as requesting aid,
contributions from or “discreet discussions” with parishioners. Do NOT respond to such requests!
The Trinity Family extends prayers for comfort and peace to Debby Neighbarger and her family at the death of her father,
Dean Elson, this past Thursday, September 24.
Trinity’s Next Outdoor Worship
Sunday, October 4 at 11:00 am, will be our final outdoor worship in the Wheeler Street Courtyard (weather permitting). You may worship either in person if you are so inclined and are willing to comply with COVID19 social distancing guidelines, or online via YouTube. This service will be live-streamed rather than pre-recorded as are most of our services during the pandemic. As that Sunday is also celebrated as the day to honor St. Francis of Assisi, we will incorporate a blessing of the animals into our worship. Plan to attend and to bring your family’s furry/feathered friends!
Everyone who attends Trinity should be in the church directory
we hope to publish soon. We know that some of you have not
had a picture taken. If that’s you, please call
Cheryl Mays Comen at 253-426-2536 to arrange an informal
photo shoot.
TLCW Monthly Meeting
Guest Speaker: Miranda Martens Peace Community Center
Thursday, October 8, at 2 PM
in the Sanctuary, allowing more attendees
Prayers For the World
The Trinity Lutheran/Pacific Lutheran University-sponsored PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD Friday morning devotionals have resumed at its usual time of 10:30 am. Instead of being held at the PLU campus, the gatherings are held via Zoom. To access the Friday prayers for the world, interested people should email Pastor Jonette for the link: [email protected].
Return of CONNECT for Youth
Connect gatherings are being held via Zoom. These sessions are led by Kiah Miller, a member of our Trinity community and junior at PLU! We look for her to bring excitement to the youth in this new way of “connecting”. Plan on participating! Interested people should email Pastor Jonette at [email protected] or Kiah MIller at [email protected].
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF The good news is that there will be a fall ingathering in Seattle in late October. Because of Covid 19 it will look different in that it will be done by appointment over a four day period. It will be handled there by professional movers rather than the usual volunteers. Only one container will be loaded so there may not be room for everything but other shipments may be added before spring.
The most urgent need right now is for Personal Care Kits. To complete the kits our greatest need is bath towels and soap. Donations may be left in Beth’s office or in the Narthex.
School kits and Personal Care Kits will need assembling. There will be no work parties this time but we would welcome help from individuals or socially distanced pairs. Please call Juanita at 253 531-9183 if you can help or if you have questions.
Thank you all for your continued faithfulness to the work of Lutheran World Relief. We look forward to the day when we can be together in person for worship and fellowship.
Trinity's Garden of Grace Brings Joy
Our grandson Zach has been going to Trinity’s Childcare for the past 3 months and
Loves to go over and check on the fish in the pond and watch the Garden grow. One
day he asked me who owns this garden and I told him it was a community garden and
that people that need to eat can pick what they need. So one day as he watched and
Loved on the pumpkins he said grandma can I have this pumpkin and I told him I
would need to ask. He said but you told me that this was a community garden and
anyone could have what they wanted. So I spoke to Wanda and Jo and they said yes
of course he could pick a pumpkin.
It’s amazing how that pumpkin brought so much Joy to this little boy.
The virtual Food Justice Film Festival features award-winning films "Gather," "Invisible Vegan," "Dolores" and "Urban Roots," as well as interviews with filmmakers and activists like Dolores Huerta, Jasmine Leyva and Sanjay Rawal. This festival explores the link between environmental injustice, climate change, food insecurity and white supremacy.
The festival explores how communities are fighting the inequities of our food system, conserva-tion, farmworker rights, access to healthy and sustainable foods, plant-based diets, indigenous traditions, racial justice, resistance movements and grassroots activism, urban gardens and food sovereignty.
Films are free for all audiences. Each film will be available for 24-hours on its scheduled day dur-ing the #FoodJusticeFilmFestival.
Sign Up Here
http://mobilize.biologicaldiversity.org/signup/food-justice-film-festival?akid=s35459..GFWUjc
Sign up to receive links to watch the films and Q&A panels. The films will be available within a 24-hour window of their scheduled screenings. The interviews are available permanently.
(Closed captioning and Spanish translation available upon request)
Schedule
Gather (September 24) An intimate portrait of the growing movement among Native Americans to reclaim their spiritu-al, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty.
Directed by Sanjay Rawal. Speakers include Sanjay Rawal (director) and Indigenous activists.
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The virtual Food Justice Film Festival features award-winning films "Gather," "Invisible Vegan," "Dolores" and "Urban Roots," as well as interviews with filmmakers and activists like Dolores Huerta, Jasmine Leyva and Sanjay Rawal. This festival explores the link between environmental injustice, climate change, food insecurity and white supremacy.
The festival explores how communities are fighting the inequities of our food system, conserva-tion, farmworker rights, access to healthy and sustainable foods, plant-based diets, indigenous traditions, racial justice, resistance movements and grassroots activism, urban gardens and food sovereignty.
Films are free for all audiences. Each film will be available for 24-hours on its scheduled day dur-ing the #FoodJusticeFilmFestival.
Sign Up Here
http://mobilize.biologicaldiversity.org/signup/food-justice-film-festival?akid=s35459..GFWUjc
Sign up to receive links to watch the films and Q&A panels. The films will be available within a 24-hour window of their scheduled screenings. The interviews are available permanently.
(Closed captioning and Spanish translation available upon request)
Schedule
Invisible Vegan (September 25)
A 90-minute independent documentary that explores the problem of unhealthy dietary patterns in the African American community, foregrounding the health and wellness possibilities enabled by plant-based vegan diets and lifestyle choices. Directed by Jasmine Leyva.
Speakers include Jasmine Leyva (director), lauren Ornelas (director of the Food Empowerment Project) and the Veggie Mijas (activistas de la tierra). Dolores (September 26) Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in cofounding the first farmworkers’ unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous con-tributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor jus-tice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century — and she continues the fight to this day, at 90. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother of 11, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change.
Directed by Peter Bratt. Speakers include Dolores Huerta (legendary farmworker rights activist and focus of the documentary Dolores), Neza Xiuhtecutli (Food Worker Association, Florida), Ildi Carlisle-Cummins (California Institute for Rural Studies), and food justice advocate Alfonzo Chavez (Flowers and Bullets).
Urban Roots (September 27) Follows the urban farming phenomenon in Detroit. A timely, moving and inspiring film that speaks to a nation grappling with collapsed industrial towns and the need to forge a sustainable and prosperous future.
Directed by Frank Fitzpatrick. Speakers include Jacqui Patterson (of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program) and farmers Jo’Vonna Johnson Cooke (Maitu Foods) and Eugene Cook (Grow Where You Are).
Trinity’s Food Pantry Volunteers invite you to learn more about
food scarcity and injustice in the United States.
Register at the link provided above; the Festival is cost-free!
Next Week’s Readings: Sunday, October 4
Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:7-15;
Philippians 3:4b-14; Matthew 21:33-46
Sunday Weekly News items due: Wednesdays before noon
TRINITY’S FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT: 2020 Income/Expenses
Last Week’s Deposit: $ 6,900.93 Deposit Details:
Budgeted Income Year to Date $ 814,756.64 NET Actual Income Year to Date $ 862,934.53 $ 755,754.53 PPP Income $ 107,180.00
Budgeted Expense Year to Date $ 818,359.42 NET Actual + Anticipated Exp. YTD $ 723,319.78 $ 604,852.90 PPP Expense $ 112,823.44 (5,643.44)
Balance: “To the Good” $ 150,901.63
Ministry & Mission Offerings $ 3,900.00 Heritage & Hope Offerings $ 277.50 Capital Improvements $ 190.00 Feeding Ministries $ 45.00 Special Gifts (various) $ 100.00 SUDS $ 30.00 Reimbursements $ 1,373.82 Other Income (memorials) $ 1,000.00 Minus Credit Card Fees $ -15.39 Fees covered by member $ 0.00
TOTAL DEPOSIT $ 6,900.93
Men Of Trinity (MOT) Bible Study
The study is every other Monday night. The next meeting is October 5.
Times are always 6-7:30pm.
Contact Hank Mays ([email protected]) or Pastor Jeff (253-495-9357 or [email protected]) for the Zoom link.
We pray for all those affected by the
wildfires in California, Oregon &
Washington.
