June 2017

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Sunday, June 4 Pentecost & Confirmation

Don’t forget to wear something red in celebration of the Spirit with the Affirmation of Baptism of

Emily Schmuckal, Joshua Frojelin, and Mackenzie Friedman

Message from Pastor Josh

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though man, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.” -I Corinthians 12:12-13

Grace and peace to you.

For the last few months we have been praying for Messiah Lutheran Church, Redwood City. We have been praying that the Holy Spirit would help them to discern their future as a congregation. Part of their discernment has been whether it would be best for their congregation to merge with another. With the council’s approval I have been talking with their Interim Pastor and Council President about the possibilities of our congregations to merge. We are still at the very preliminary stages of these conversations, after all you can’t start dating someone before you get to know them a little bit.

With a potential merger comes securing a Lutheran presence in the area into the future, new ministries, and new exciting opportunities that were not necessarily possible before. It could also bring a lot of questions, fears and anxieties. Nothing has been decided.

We are currently planning on meeting together with both councils and discerning together what this could look like. We will also be having some forums to relay our hopes, dreams, questions, fears, and anxieties. My hope is that we would be open to God possibly doing a new thing here, but we can’t know this until we discern what God’s Spirit is doing amongst us. I have full faith that our congregation will come to a decision that is in alignment with God’s will for us. I am not sure what the future holds, but I’m sure that God is there.

The Rev. Joshua Serrano

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Getting Ready for Oktoberfest Games

We will be collecting supplies for games and activities that are being planned for the kids games at our Oktoberfest celebration on September 9th. We are in need of the following items to be donated:

• old bibles (or books bible size) • cups, sauces, drinking glasses of varying size and shape • maybe even some vases, small plates

(a good way to empty your cupboards of those odds/ends and no longer needed souvenirs)

Please look for marked collection boxes in the breezeway or narthex. Contact Sandy Frojelin for any questions at (650) 576-1186

Saturday, July 1 | SJ Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy @ Stanford StadiumPlan to tailgate before and stay to watch the fireworks. Keep an Eye out for a sign-up sheet in the breezeway to get your game tickets in advance ($25). See Pamela Bohlmann for more information.

GOLDEN GATE RADIO ORCHESTRA

Invites you to our 19th Anniversary Concert The Music That Moved America | 3PM Sunday, June 25

at Crystal Springs United Methodist Church, 2145 Bunker Hill Dr., San Mateo

Tickets are $15 and can be ordered from: GGRO Tickets | 316 Courtland Dr., San Bruno, CA 94066

Please enclose a SASE with your order and include your phone number for correct order processing. Additional information can be obtained by calling 650 871-SING(7464).

See Lynn Garbe-Recknagel for questions.

Coffee with Pr. Josh Every Thursday from June 15-July 27 from 1-3pm Pastor Josh will be at Peet’s Coffee in San Carlos on Laurel Street. Come on down and have coffee with Pastor Josh!

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Oktoberfest – Ways YOU Can Help The Oktoberfest planning team continues to refine plans for the September 9 celebration. Now is the time EVERYONE can help by doing three things: 1. Prayerfully consider how you will volunteer on September 9th. Help is needed with:

• Set-up crew • People to distribute flyers in the neighborhood prior to the 9th • Entrance greeters • Roving hosts • Ticket sellers • Food servers • People to provide baked goods for the cake walk • Drink servers • Clean-up crew • Youth activity leaders • Service project leaders • People to serve in the Holy Trinity information booth • People to serve in the Reformation 500 information booth • First aid volunteers • Traffic directors

2. Begin collecting items for Lutheran World Relief Health Kits to be assembled as one of the service project activities that day. Needed by the end of August are:

• 300 towels – light-weight bath-size towel (between 20"×40" & 52"×27"), dark color recommended • 600 bars of soap – 4 or 5 oz. bars of gentle bath soap in original wrapping • look for the collection boxes in the Narthex

3. Thank planning team members of the planning team for their hard work: Bob Beuthel, Pamela Bohlmann, Anna Friedman, Lori Friedman, Sandy Frojelin, Petra Gilmore, Gaby Knauth, John McDowell, Barbara Padilla, Leroy Padilla, Christine Segerhammar, Kemp Segerhammar, Pr. Josh and Mary Webb

(Watch for the sign-up sheets in the next several months)

Summer Adult Forums

Sunday Mornings 9am @ Peet’s in San Carlos

Starting June 18, HTLC’s Adult Forum is over for the school year, but some of us who missed getting together have signed up for a "summer session." Meet Sunday morning for coffee & conversation at Peet's (Laurel & Cherry). Very informal.  We will discuss any and all things religious and spiritual. All are welcome! Questions? See Dick Rescho.

Support for the Baker Family Please help uplift the Baker Family through the summer by donating funds towards fun activities, a camp experience, pizza nights, and for gift cards for gas or food. Mark your checks for the Baker Family. Continue your prayers for strength and healing!

Thank you, Barbara Padilla 

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New acolyte Sebastian S.

Confirmation visit to mosque and Muslim community center in Santa Clara.

Green Octave Music School students playing their spring concert held here at Holy Trinity. Our community sharing our facility.

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All courtesy of HARD work by: Lance Webb, Bob Beuthel, Leah Bauer, Barbara and Leroy Padilla, Gaby Knauth, Sydney and G. Ray Martin, Theda Knauth, Lisa Kersten, Dick Rescho, Randy Friedman and Gail Blomstrom, (worker and photographer).

As Francie Kuehner said, “Don’t mess with Lutherans and shrubs!!!” and “You all did Larry Pogreba proud!”

Buzzsaw Jamboree exemplifies the “live generously” Stewardship theme of sharing time and talents, and was supported by a Thrivent Action Team proposal . . . . cooperation at its best!

Buzzsaw Jamboree From this . . . . To this . . . . in three hours!

Saws buzzed . . . Clippers clipped . . . Shovels shoveled . . . Truck loaded (twice) . . .

Concrete poured and mailbox installed . . .

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H O L Y T R I N I T Y E V E N T S

Lydia Circle (WELCA)

Tuesday, June 20 | 12:30 pm We will meet in Lillian Pogreba's apt. at Brookdale Senior Living, Redwood City.  Our June Bible Study can be found on page 22 in your Gather magazine, June '17 issue.  This, the first in a series of 3, is our summer study, "All Anew Ready or Not"! Session 1: "Say goodbye to nice"!  The study takes us to Chapter 3 in the book of Revelation and also 1 Samuel 17: - 18:9.  So, please read ahead, bring a sandwich, your Bible, and Gather. Refreshments will be served.  All Holy Trinity Women are welcome!   Many thanks to Chris Kidwell for hosting us in May where we celebrated Julianne's 90th birthday, enjoyed a delicious luncheon and discussed the study for the month.

Prayer Ministry The prayer chain is an important part of HTLC’s

ministry. If you would like to be part of this ministry praying for those in need, please

contact either: Ruby Phillips at (650)593-0228

or Anita Reimann reimann.anita@gmail.com

& Book Study Saturday, June 10 8:00 am | Beilstein Hall

Join us for some food, fellowship, and good conversation!

Martin Luther Reformation PilgrimageAugust 30 - September 6 Former HTLC Pastor Dan Smith is leading a 500th Anniversary of the Reformation Pilgrimage to Germany this summer. Join us for this tour which includes Worms, Wartburg Castle, the Augustinian Monastery, Luther's birthplace in Eisleben, Buchenwald, the Wittenberg Castle Church, Berlin, and more! For full details, go to www.travelillume.com/trc/vks. Questions? See Dick Rescho.

June Birthdays

6/3 Hillary Wiessinger 6/8 Sven Knauth 6/9 Bob Young 6/12 Barbara Padilla 6/13 Kirk Henne 6/14 Jacob Rodgers 6/15 Erik Vorhes Maria Rodenberg 6/22 Lance Webb 6/24 Erik Kersten 6/27 Sue Davis 6/28 Eloiza Meier 6/29 Petra Gilmore

Anniversary Wishes! Pat & Fred Holle

6/1/1954 (63 years)

Rick & Petra Gilmore6/9/1979 (38years)

Doug & Vivian Southard6/26/2005 (12 years)

Marilyn (Bollinger) Michaelson of San Carlos, California, died May 22, 2017, at the age of 80 years.Marilyn was born Dec. 6, 1936, in Wisconsin, raised in Eleva, Wisconsin.Her activities and hobbies included teaching, singing, tutoring, reading, volunteering and was involved in numerous charities, supporting especially justice issues.“She made a tremendous difference through her teaching and friendships with colleagues, family and countless friends. Her faith was unwavering and she was an example of strength and kindness.”Survivors include her spouse Paul, of San Carlos, CA, a niece, Kimberly Phair and family of Minneapolis, MN, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.Contributions in her honor may be made to Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104; The Nature Conservancy, 4245 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA. 22203; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America World Hunger Program, Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 1809, Merrifield, VA. 22116-8009 or community.elca.org.

Junior High/High School Lunches! Starting September 3, Junior and High School students are invited to have lunch with Pastor Josh after church each month. We will be walking to our location each month, weather permitting. Bring $10 to contribute towards lunch.

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Worship Leaders | April - June 2017

5/25/17

6/4 (Youth/Confirmation) 6/11 6/18 6/25

Assisting Minister James Reimann Pamela Bohlmann Lori Friedman Lisa Antonino

Lector Youth John McDowell Gary Wiessinger Doug Southard

Acolyte Cameron Martin Max Reimann Jack Wiessinger Anna Friedman

Sound System Operator Bob Beuthel Greg Bohlmann John Schornstein Leroy Padilla

Altar Guild Karen Schornstein Barbara Richards Pamela Bohlmann Vivian Southard

Greeter(s) Ann Wunderlich Peter Meier Cathy Bready Lynn Garbe-Recknagel

Ushers Dave Pitts Richard Wunderlich Greg Bohlmann Leroy Padilla

John SchornsteinDick Rescho

John McDowell

Nursery Assistant Parent to Stay Parent to Stay Parent to Stay Parent to Stay

Coffee Host Gaby Knauth Lisa Kersten Hillary Wiessinger Len Fischer

Counters Lisa Telfer John McDowell

Barbara Padilla Mary Webb

Greg Bohlmann Andrea Reiser

Lisa Kersten Chris Kidwell

Organist Duane S Stacy C Duane S Duane S

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

9:00 AM Sunday School10:15 AM Worship Service11:15 AM Coffee & Fellowship11:30 AM Choir Practice5:00 PM AA Meeting--ConfRoom

MEMORIAL DAY -OBSERVED6:00 PM FitnessClass--BeilsteinHall

7:00 PM Youth &Family Team Mtg

7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom

7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom7:30 PM RussianGospel Temple--Beilstein Hall

5:00 PM AA Mtg(women's group)--Conf Room

9:15 AM Adult Forum10:15 AM Youth-led WorshipService11:15 AM Coffee & Fellowship11:30 AM Choir Practice5:00 PM AA Meeting--ConfRoom

6:00 PM FitnessClass--BeilsteinHall

7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom

6:30 PM WorshipTeam Meeting7:00 PMOktoberfestMeeting

7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom7:30 PM RussianGospel Temple--Beilstein Hall

8:00 AM Men'sBreakfast -Beilstein Hall2:00 PM FrojelinEvent- Beilstein5:00 PM AA Mtg(women's group)--Conf Room

9:15 AM Adult Forum10:15 AM Worship Service11:15 AM Coffee & Fellowship11:30 AM Choir Practice11:30 AM O&E Team Mtg5:00 PM AA Meeting--ConfRoom

6:00 PM FitnessClass--BeilsteinHall

7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom

6:30 PM MusicTeam Meeting

7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom7:30 PM RussianGospel Temple--Beilstein Hall

5:00 PM AA Mtg(women's group)--Conf Room

Father's Day9:15 AM Summer Adult Forum10:15 AM Worship Service11:15 AM Coffee & Fellowship11:30 AM Choir Practice5:00 PM AA Meeting--ConfRoom

6:00 PM FitnessClass--BeilsteinHall

12:30 PM LydiaCircle7:00 PM CouncilMeeting

7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom

7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom7:30 PM RussianGospel Temple--Beilstein Hall

5:00 PM AA Mtg(women's group)--Conf Room

9:15 AM Summer Adult Forum10:15 AM Worship Service11:15 AM Coffee & Fellowship11:30 AM Choir Practice5:00 PM AA Meeting--ConfRoom

6:00 PM FitnessClass--BeilsteinHall

Western StatesYouth Gathering7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom

Western StatesYouth Gathering

Western StatesYouth Gathering7:00 PM AAMeeting--ConfRoom7:30 PM RussianGospel Temple--Beilstein Hall

Western StatesYouth Gathering4:00 PM SJEarthquakes vs.LA Galaxy5:00 PM AA Mtg(women's group)--Conf Room

JUNE 2017

Worship Leaders

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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 149 Manzanita Avenue San Carlos, CA 94070 Phone: 650.593.0325 Sunday Worship 10:15 am

STAFF and COUNCIL OFFICERS/MINISTRY TEAM CHAIRS

Pastor The Rev. Joshua Serrano ..........................................Office Administrator Monica Cryan .....................................Nursery Care Jo O’Brien .........................................................

President Anita Reimann ......................................................Worship & Music Erik Vorhes ...................................................Evangelism & Outreach Gary Wiessinger ............................Vice President ………….. Bob Beuthel ..................................Stewardship Barbara Richards ..............................................Secretary Doug Southard ......................................................Social Concerns Barbara Padilla, Hillary Wiessinger ...........Buildings & Grounds Bob Beuthel, Leroy Padilla .................Youth Lori Friedman ...............................................................Congregation Life Pamela Bohlmann .................................Financial Secretary Mary Webb ...........................................Endowment Cathy Bready, John McDowell .......................Treasurer Petra Gilmore .........................................................Education/Sunday School Erica Schemper ........................

All are Welcome! Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in San Carlos celebrates and shares God’s gifts by worshipping together, caring for each other, and doing God’s work in the community and beyond.

We believe that Christ has made us one body with many members, sharing in God’s grace and unconditional love.

We joyfully welcome ALL people, without exception — of every age, sex, race, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental ability, or anything else that divides us — to join with us in worship, learning, fellowship, prayer and service.

“For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. ... there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:26, 28