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THE WINDOW, Newsletter of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Ephrata, PA June 2016

THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY E.L.C.A. 167 EAST MAIN STREET EPHRATA PA 17522 PHONE 717.733.4134

MARK YOUR CALENDAR TODAY! Vacation Bible School is coming!!

EGYPT: Joseph’s Journey from Prison to Palace

Join us for an exciting adventure Sunday, July 17 – Thursday, July 21 6:15-

8:30PM!

We need Station leaders and Crew Leaders. Please sign up at the Bible School display in the Gathering

Area beginning May 1. We need you!

New Friends Lip-smacking snacks Wild Games Amazing Adventures Incredible Music


OUR SERVANTHOOD TO THE COMMUNITY

Daily on Weekdays: Meals-on-Wheels S. June Smith Center 1st Tuesday each month: Ephrata community Auxiliary

Attendance in APRIL

Date Worship April 3, 2016 189 April 10, 2016 162 April 17, 2016 186 April 24, 2016 165

To the members of Holy Trinity who are

70 years and older and celebrating a birthday this month.

JUNE

4 - John Bigony 5 - Mrs. June Simmons 6 - Doris Randall 7 - James Sutton 7- Phyllis Doughty 9 - Dave Bowers 11- Betty Albright 11- Bynrece Shreiner 11 - Barbara Hammaker 15 - Ann Frontz 15 - Myrtle Lausch 22 - Robert Lauman 24 - Peggy Wenzel SEND THEM A BIRTHDAY CARD OR CALL THEM WITH YOUR GREETING. WE PRAY GOD GRANTS THEM MANY MORE YEARS IN THEIR PILGRIMAGE.

The JULY/AUGUST 2016 COMBINED issue will be mailed on June 30 Deadline for articles for the JULY/AUGUST 2016 COMBINED issue: June 23.

Prayer Chain Participants: Kitty Dickersheid, Patricia Fassnacht, Joyce Gehman, Carlene Kerschner, Mary Louise Hornberger, Louise Krick, Shirley Miller, Henrietta Mull, Mary Stophel, Cindy Sutton, Judy Zimmerman.

To submit names for prayer, please call the church office at 733-4134.

BULLETIN “RECYCLING” In order to save on the expense of printing the bulletin, the bulletins from the 8:00 service will be “recycled” for use at the 10:30 service. The information inserts will be available for one per family to take home.

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!! As a result of Federal Law, hospitals are no longer able to provide the church with any information about patients without prior patient permission. The only way we will know about ADMISSIONS AND ROOM NUMBERS, is if you

E-Mail: Holy Trinity needs your e-mail address to supplement, facilitate and economize the information highway from the church office to you! Your e-mail address won’t be placed in a church directory. It will only be used for mailings originating in the church office. If you want to be included, please print your name and e-mail address on an index card (by the box) and place in the box provided.

The Yoga group would like to invite anyone interested in Yoga to come to our practice on Monday evenings. We meet at 6:15PM and end about 8 in the Gathering Area. Bring a mat and wear comfortable

clothes that allow for movement.

Attention Men: Fellowship/Prayer Breakfast Fellowship/devotional opportunity for men, sons, grandsons, friends. Date: Saturday, June 18 at 9:00 AM. Place: Udder Choice. Sign-up in Gathering Area. Come and join us and bring a friend.

June 12: THE SINGLE’S GROUP will be going to Gus’s Diner after the 9:45 liturgy. We’ll meet in the Assembly Area at 11:10. All are welcome. For reservations, please call Cheryl Plummer by June 11 at 625-3187. Plan to join us!


Finishing the Task Serving Today and Tomorrow

Have you noticed something different in the Gathering Area? What’s different is a new Capital Campaign display that features the current figure remaining to pay off the mortgage. The display highlights the Capital Campaign’s three themes – Rooted in Faith – Building to Serve (building construction phase) and Built to Serve- A Foundation of Faith and Finishing the Task- Serving Today and Tomorrow ( 10 year mortgage phase). Look closely at the Finishing the Task portion of the display. It’s actually a puzzle with a piece removed for each $5,000 reduction of the mortgage. Due to your regular contributions the total amount received for 2015 through Sunday, April 17, 2016 totals $115,070.61 ($57,757.00 – Pledged and $57,313.61 – Give as Able). Thank you! Due to the congregation’s concerted effort, Finance Committee recommended and the Congregational Council approved at its December meeting an additional payment of $30,000 be applied toward the mortgage principal. In January 2012, the mortgage amount stood at $412,000. Since January 2012, the mortgage has been reduced to $74,538 (as of April 17). What a difference your regular commitment, regardless of the amount, has made to Holy Trinity’s Capital Campaign. Thank you!

We have now paid off 82% of the original 10-year

DO WE HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS?

Continuing with the this issue of the newsletter, we have emailed it to all members whose email addresses we currently have. This will save considerable paper, printing and postage costs.

Since you are receiving a “hard copy”, it means that we do not have your email address. If you have an email address, please submit it to the church office so we can add you to the list of those receiving the newsletter by email. If you have access to the internet, you can also read the newsletter on Holy Trinity’s website.

YEAR ROUND STEWARDSHIP We begin a new church year challenging you to consider Christian Stewardship from an entirely new perspective. Rather than seeing stewardship as purely a “fund-raising” effort conducted each Fall, we hope to reframe and redefine stewardship as embracing how you live every day with God as your center. What does it mean to have God at the very center of your life for all the choices and decisions you make? What does it say about how you manage both your health as well as about how you share your offerings? What does it say about your diet, about how you vote, about how you help your neighbors, about the chemicals you put on the lawn, and the choice of car you purchase? Stewardship embraces all the choices we make and all the values we embrace in life, as stewards of God’s creation. Over the course of the coming year, we will challenge you to consider your life in various ways from a faith perspective. Our hope is to expand the voice that faith has in your living. The Stewardship Committee

Women’s Prayer Group The Women’s Prayer group will resume in September.

Regular Offering Electronically On the Holy Trinity website: (www.holytrinityephrata.org), a new tab on the menu bar called “Online Giving” will now take you to a secure web site for you to give. You can now give your Regular Offering, your Special Appeal donation, and your Capital Campaign donation… ONLINE. Or, you can use your Smart Phone and follow the QR code to the same secure website.

Salem Lutheran Preschool is now accepting registrations for Fall 2016. The 3 Year Old Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. The 4 Year Old Class meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Call the Church office at 733-6646 for more

MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!

Please join us Sunday, June 19, at Tom Grater Park for 10:30 AM worship and the annual Church Picnic. The All

-Night Pit Crew will be preparing luscious pulled pork sandwiches for our main course. We'll have ice cream for dessert, too! Who will win the cutthroat horseshoe tournament? Stay through the afternoon to cheer on your favorite! There will be games for the younger set, as well. Each family is asked to bring a pint baggie of cleaned and sliced (unsweetened) strawberries for use as an ice cream topping.


I would like to thank Pastor and Donna for their visits, while I was both in the hospital and at home. I am also very thankful for the altar flowers, cards, prayers and get-well thoughts I received. My new knee and I are becoming better acquainted with each passing day. Again, thank you all. Bob Snader Dear Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Thank you for your gift of $649.18 to Water Street Mission. Because of your gift, our ministry is able to serve the homeless and hungry each day. You are helping restore lives through rescue and renewal. Would you like to see the transforming impact of your gift? Please come for a tour of Water Street Mission. You can also find stories of lives renewed on our website at www.wsm.org. Thank you for your support. Sincerely, Jack Crowley, President of Water Street Mission I would like to thank my church family at Holy Trinity for your prayers, cards, calls and concerns since my stay in the hospital. Thanks to Pastor Herbener for coming to the hospital; unfortunately I was having some tests done so I didn’t get to see you but you did see and talk to Terry. I am doing good but full recovery could take a few months. I’m faithfully taking my new

meds and with the Grace of God, I should make a complete recovery. Joyce Gehman Dear Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Thank you for your recent gift of $1,015 to support the ELCA Good Gifts program. Your passion

for the good works that the ELCA does through ELCA Good Gifts enables us to share the gospel and continue doing God’s work of restoring and reconciling communities. Thank you for your commitment in working towards a world in which all are fed. Together, as the ELCA, we do more than we ever could alone. Because of your partnership and generous support, we are

truly transforming lives. Robin Brown Congregational Support ELCA World Hunger

If you would like to have a thank you printed in an upcoming issue of The Window, please bring or send it to the church office or put it in the offering plate. Please clearly mark that you would like it to be printed in The Window. Thank you.

2016 High School, College, & Graduate School Graduates CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM ALL!!!

Dakota Boll, Lampeter Strasburg High School. Will be going to Pennsylvania of Art and Design Nicholas Morgan, Ephrata High School. Will be going to Penn State to study Aerospace Engineering Matthew Shirker, RACC. Associates Degree in Criminal Justice Abigail Weiss, George Mason University. Master of Arts Degree in Communications

***If you or your child graduates this year and you missed the deadline, please email it (or call it in) to the church office and it will be put in the July/August combined issue.

COMMUNITY MEAL One June 9, Holy Trinity will be serving the Community Meal. Please sign up in the Gathering Area for good items and/or to help serve the meal.

DINNER GROUP

The Dinner Group will have its next meal at Fiorentino’s Restaurant on July 8 at 6:30.


Although the weather has been wet and overcast for weeks, seeming to be more like late March than late May, I have it on good authority that Summer is not far away. In fact, as I write this letter, the weather forecast for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday is warm and humid. Oh boy, we will jump from cool and damp right into hot and sticky with no transition! Summer is soon to appear! The school year will soon conclude, and the mad dash to a Summer lifestyle will commence. None of this, of course, should mean that your faith life ends for the next three months! Summer is indeed a gift from God in so many ways. It is the growing season when vegetables and crops blossom, grow and produce a harvest that will feed many. Summer is also a time for escape, and we all need that escape from the routine that has dominated the rest of the year. This time of escape does not mean, though, that your faith should disappear. Your responsibilities as a child of God go on as much in June-August as in any other time of the year. God calls us to worship regularly, and so I hope that you do worship this Summer, If not on Sunday, then on Thursday evening. The choir loft should be full each Thursday evening. The work of God’s kingdom does not take the summer off, and there will be numerous opportunities for you to live out your faith in works of service, work that can make a real difference in the lives of others. In June alone, there will be any number of programs to support. On June 3, prior to the gathering of the synod assembly at Messiah College, hundreds of volunteers will gather to package 400,000 meals that will be distributed through the Central Penn Food Bank to people in the local area. We will work in 2 hour shifts to accomplish this lofty goal. To date, twelve members of Trinity have volunteered to help on June 3. Our Special Stewardship Focus for June will be the local shelter for women and children, the Good Samaritan Shelter here in Ephrata. Also, throughout June, we will continue to gather peanut butter, tuna, and chicken ( large cans for each) for the Power Packs Program that provides weekend meals for the families whose children receive subsidized lunches at school. The annual Relay for Life event,, supporting the American Cancer Society, will be held at the Cocalico football/track stadium on June 17-18. Once again, we will gather food items for the EASS food pantry which

typically experiences a greater demand when school is not in session. On June 9, Holy Trinity will serve the Community Meal held at the church. Actually, Trinity will be the host site for the meals on each Thursday in June. These are but some of the opportunities to share in the work of God’s kingdom in the month of June. Behind all of these June activities, will be the ongoing preparations for the July 17-21 Vacation Bible School event. The preparation work for VBS is a long term project that began in April. People have been coming each Tuesday evening to paint and to prepare the “set designs” that will be used for the nights of VBS. This work will continue until all is ready for the first child to enter the sanctuary on the night of July 17. While this prep work continues, Donna is also soliciting volunteers to serve as crew leaders and others who will shepherd the children through the various parts of the program each night. For this, she will need the help of many of you. Please volunteer! So you see, school may be out for the summer, and you may all be heading to various vacation/weekend destinations, but the work of the kingdom of God goes on each day. I wish for you God’s blessing and safe journey as you travel from the area, but I also remind you to worship and to serve. Faith is not a seasonal thing. It is what and how you live each day, with every breath you take. So be faithful this Summer. Worship as you are able and often. Remember the needs of those around who are less fortunate or in crisis. Join in the various programs to help others. Pray daily, and remember that God’s presence goes with you into all your travels. Be safe, have fun, live out your faith! In Christ, Pr. Herbener


OUR WORSHIPING COMMUNITY

Please check your assigned dates carefully and if for some reason you are unable to fulfill your obligation, please contact someone who will serve in your stead. This is your responsibility. Please let the church office or Pastor or Donna know of

June 2016 Assisting Ministers 9:45 AM

The Ministers June 5, 2016

Time after Pentecost- Lect. 10

June 12, 2016


June 19, 2016 10:30

Time after Pentecost- Lect. 12 PICNIC

June 26, 2016


Council Team Deb Moyer Peggy Dean

Peggy Croft Denise Shirker

John Weiss Adam Doughty

Peggy Dean Deb Moyer

Assisting Minister Curtis Boos Curtis Boos Deb Hornberger Bonnie Frey

Communion

Assist Christy Boos Christy Boos Deb Hornberger

Lector Philip Benigno Gary Nace Dan Doremus

Acolyte CH Evie Cable CH Tanner Good CH Clarice Doughty CH Hannah Wierbiki

Ushers #18 Curtis Boos #2 Norm Wangman #6 Jim Brodt #10 Bruce Shirker

AV Norm Wangman Brooke Moyer Tom Leaman

Altar Guild Brenda Wangman Amy Good

Heather Zimmerman

Lillian Herbener Kim Hink

Tom & Kristen Leaman

Deliver Flowers Amy Wierbiki Winnie Gerlach Dan Doremus T & K Leaman

Nursery S & M Garman Natale Benigno Lyn Weiss

June 2016 Assisting Ministers 8:00 AM

The Ministers June 5, 2016


June 12, 2016


June 19, 2016


June 26, 2016


Council Team Connie Buck Bonnie Frey

Tom Smith Mary Stophel

Ron Price Phyllis Peters

Bonnie Frey Connie Buck

Assisting Minister Todd Peters John Fuehrer Mary Stophel Ron Price

Communion

Assistant Mary Stophel Connie Buck Todd Peters Cindy Sutton

Lector Todd Peters John Fuehrer Mary Stophel Ron Price

Acolyte CH Nick Morgan CH Sydney Morgan CH Eliza Mull CH Theresa Mull

Ushers #13 Steve Sweigart #3 Phyllis Doughty #19 John Fuehrer #9 Dave Bowers

AV Dave Bowers Bob Eberly Nick Morgan Kevin Gingrich

Altar Guild Marg Price Karen Fegley

Judy Wechter Kelly & John Homan

Judy Zimmerman Mary Stophel

Penny & Doug Stick Dina Keller

Launder Linens Patrice Mull Brenda Wangman Lori Spitzer Patrice Mull

Bread Baker Connie Buck Patrice Mull Alice Hummer Penny Stick


Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Worship 7PM Property 7PM Community Meal

3

4 Walking Group 7AM

5 Time after Pentecost Eucharist 8 & 9:45

6 Yoga 6:15 Grief Support Group 6:30

7 Bible Study 10AM

VBS Decorate 6:30

Finance 7PM Executive 8PM

8 9 Worship 7PM Church Council 7:30 Community Meal by Holy Trinity

10 Evelyn Wagner funeral

11 Walking Group 7AM

12 Time after Pentecost Eucharist 8 & 9:45 8:00– Baptism Festival

13 Yoga 6:15 Fellowship 7PM Evangelism 7:00

14 VBS Decorate 6:30

15 16 Worship 7PM Community Meal

17 18

Walking Group 7AM

Men’s Prayer Breakfast 9AM

Ray Lausch Graveside service

19 Time after Pentecost Eucharist 8:00 (at church) 10:30-outdoor worship & Church Picnic

20 Yoga 6:15 Stewardship 7PM


22 Luther’s Lunch Ladies

23 Worship 7PM Community Meal Newsletter Deadline

24 25 Walking Group 7AM

26 Time after Pentecost Eucharist 8 & 9:45

27 Yoga 6:15


29 30 Worship 7PM Community Meal Newsletter Mailing

June 2016: Life Together at Holy Trinity

Relay for Life

HUNGER JAM & Synod Assembly


Begins May 29 and runs through

September 4: 8:00 & 9:45 AM

Summer is here.. warm weather has arrived .. school is out… and the Luther Lunch Ladies are ready to have some fun, good food and an afternoon lunch with Trinity’s ladies . We meet the 4th Wednesday of each month at 12:30 PM, try new places , and

just have a good time enjoying each other’s company . We welcome any lady of Holy Trinity so don’t be shy ! Contact Lois Beck at 733-7737 or speak to the pastor.

Power Packs: Power Packs provide free weekend meals for Ephrata Area School children who receive subsidized meals at school. The program is operated entirely by volunteers, and the weekly power packs are picked up on Thursdays at the Rec. They need donations of protein items: peanut butter, canned chicken and tuna. Bring donations to church. A box will be available in the Gathering Area. Thank you.

Luther Acres upcoming activities Snack and Chat: Tuesday, June 28 at 2PM. RSVP needed. Strawberry Festival: Saturday, June 11. 11AM-1PM. For more info on all of these, pic up a flyer on the table in the Gathering Area.

St John’s Herr Estate activities Resident Art Show and Open House: Fri. June 24. 5-7PM. Snack and Chat: Tuesday, June 28 at 2PM. RSVP needed. For more info on all of these, pic up a flyer on the table in the Gathering Area.

Summer hours to volunteer at Peter’s Porch Zion Lutheran Church Akron:

Wed, June 8th - 6-8pm pack food and sort clothing. Wed, June 15th - 6-8pm sort clothing. Sat, June 18th - 8-10:30am food bank is open, serve breakfast, carry groceries for those who can't, etc. Wed, July 6th - 6-8pm pack food and sort clothing. Wed, July 13th - 6-8pm sort clothing. Sat, July 16th - 8-10:30am food bank is open, serve breakfast, carry groceries for those who can't, etc. Wed, August 10th - 6-8pm pack food and sort clothing. Wed, August 17th - 6-8pm sort clothing. Sat, August 20th - 8-10:30am food bank is open, serve breakfast, carry groceries for those who can't, etc. With vacations we have less help and would love volunteers. People can call me Tracy Lagaza at Zion Lutheran Church (717.859.2100) for more info or to say they can be there for a particular time. Thank you in advance!

Stewardship Special Giving for JUNE Good Samaritan Shelter

Since 2011 the Good Samaritan Shelter has helped women and children experiencing homelessness. GSS owns 2 properties in the Borough of Ephrata that serves 15-20 people any given day. We strive to show God's love and compassion to everyone who needs our help. Our social work staff help the clients find work, save money and move into permanent housing. GSS is 100% funded by local community support.


Turkey Hill Moo Money Program Thanks to everyone who has been supporting this and bringing in their lids. If you haven’t started to save your lids, please consider doing so!! Save your Turkey Hill milk lids with the Moo Money sticker on and put them in the container in the Assembly Area. The following Turkey Hill milk items contain these stickers: Whole, 2%, 1% & Fat Free milk; Chocolate milk; Strawberry milk & Orange Cream milk. Turkey Hill will donate $50 for every 500 lids collected. NOTE: PLEASE LEAVE THE STICKERS ON THE LIDS; THE LID WITH THE STICKER MUST BE TURNED IN FOR CREDIT.

Redner’s Save-A-Tape Program Redner’s Market offers a program for members who shop at Redner’s Markets to help their congregations support a designated community program. You MUST apply for a Redner’s Save-a-Tape card and show it each time you make a purchase. Your receipt MUST say Save-a-Tape at the bottom, or it will not be eligible for this program. Place your receipts

in the designated box in the Assembly Area. Redner’s will contribute 1% of every $5000 worth of purchases. Our designated program will be the community meals. The total raised through these 2 programs has been: $2,631.94 Not bad for items that would have just been thrown away!!

Finance Committee Report

500th anniversary Reformation Tour of Germany June 16-26, 2017

Pastor Sandy Gideon will be leading a group to Germany (and Switzerland). Some of the places will include: Rhine River Cruise, Gutenberg Museum, Worms and St. Peter’s church, Heidelberg Castle, Strasbourg (France), Zurich (Switzerland) & Neuschwanstein Castle, Zugspitz (the highest point in Germany), Augsburg, Daschau concentration camp, Wartburg Castle, Erfurt, Bach Museum, Augustinian Monastery, Wittenberg & the Castle Church, & Berlin. You can read more details at: http://www.pilgrimtours.com/groups/gideonreformation.htm I also have brochures (& registration forms) I can mail you if you would like to read more just call my house at 484-1172. The price of $3,519 includes airfare, lodging, transportation, guides, 2 meals a day, plus more. You must be registered before Jan. 2017. If you have any questions please call as this will be a great year to visit Germany along with others from Lancaster County.

MOYER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP The John H. Moyer and Erma A. Moyer Scholarship Trust of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity has been established through a gift by their son, John R. Moyer, to honor his parents and perpetuate the family’s belief in the importance of higher education. The Trust provides for a one-year scholarship of at least $800, to be awarded annually to a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church who will be full-time, third year student, majoring in Elementary or Secondary Education, at a Pennsylvania college or university. Applications and detailed Scholarship selection information can be obtained from the Church office. Completed applications and transcripts must be returned to the Church office no later than July 15.

SAVE the DATE! Luthercare’s 22nd Annual: Tee it up for Kids! Golf Tournament

Monday, September 26, 2016

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IN THE COMMUNITY: COMMUNITY MEAL

UP-DATE The community meal program in Ephrata, continues to be an important part of the ministry here at Holy Trinity. There are a number of people who help with food preparation, food and monetary donation, and also coming out to help serve. The more people that help, the more successful the program is. The help that we get is greatly appreciated. The meal program in Ephrata continues

to grow. A weekly Thursday Evening meal is served at one of three Ephrata Churches. Watch the weekly bulletin for opportunities to contribute food or to help with meals. If you have any questions, please call Sue Watts at 738-2327

Ephrata Area Social Services: MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!! Ephrata Area Social Service is in need of food items this summer and we need to start stocking their shelves now. Items needed –beverage products (cool aid, juicy juice, coffee, tea, etc.) cake mixes, canned fruits, canned meats (spaghetti, spam, tuna, ravioli, etc.) canned peas, cereal, hamburger helper, premixed Jell-O snacks, pancake mix and syrup. Note: They do

not need canned corn, canned green bean or canned soups. The Social Ministry Committee thanks you for your continued support!

Peter’s Porch Prep Peter’s Porch at Zion Lutheran Church (435 Main Street, Akron) is open every third Saturday of the month. Doors open at 8:30am till 10:30am. Join us for a free breakfast, free clothing and free groceries/toiletries for families and singles. Would you be willing to volunteer at this community outreach? The two Wednesdays before Peter’s Porch is prep... packing groceries and sorting through donations. Clothing donations may be dropped off at Zion Monday – Friday 9am-2pm. Questions can be directed to Tracy in Zion’s Church office: (717)859-2100 [email protected]

BINGO AT LUTHER CARE, LITITZ PA

Holy Trinity Lutheran of Ephrata has provided Bingo on the first Monday of each month for many years for the skilled care unit at Luther Care in Lititz.

A dedicated group of volunteers helps wheel the residents into the activity room. During the hour of Bingo play, volunteers help residents look for numbers. At Bingo, everyone who participates gets a quarter. Subsequent rounds are played until approximately 3-4 places and quarters are won. The “prize”, can be used at a vending machine.

Attendance is anywhere between 20 to 28 folks. Any questions, call Darryll or Kathy Kuhns, 610-410-5410. The residents are very appreciative for activities such as bingo, to brighten their days. Greeters are needed for the 10:30 liturgy. Anyone interested in helping, please speak to Pastor Herbener. Eucharist Ministers: Volunteers are being sought to carry the sacrament from the altar to designated shut-ins after each liturgy in March. If interested, speak to Pastor Herbener. Volunteers needed to deliver the altar flowers to sick/shut-in/hospitalized members following the 2nd liturgy. All deliveries will be local. If interested contact Pastor Herbener or the church office. Additional Nursery volunteers are needed to assist with child care on Sunday mornings. If interested, speak to Pastor Herbener. Do you like to knit and/or crochet? A new ministry has begun here at Trinity-the making of prayer shawls. If you are interested in joining this group please call Marti Nissley (859-2847) or Kathy Kuhns (610-410-5410). They will send you patterns and dimensions. Soft yarn is suggested. Lap blankets may also be made. When a shawl or lap blanket is completed prayers for its recipient are said and it is presented to someone as a physical symbol of our care and prayers. Those who receive our prayer shawls are literally wrapped in our prayers and feel God’s presence and the community of His people in a most special way.

Meals on Wheels Meals on Wheels needs volunteer packers, every Thursday and the 2nd and 3rd Fridays of each month, from 8:30– 10:30. Please call 733-4846 between 8:30 & 11:00. Thank you!


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Website: holytrinityephrata.org

“A Window is but a transparent wall, through which one can see out and in.” JUNE 2016

Holy Trinity’s Staff: The Ministers ............................................................................................................. The Members The Pastor .................................................................................................. Rev. Henry E. Herbener Church Musician/Educator ........................................................................................... Donna Nace Administrative Assistant ............................................................................................... Suzan Johns The Sexton ................................................................................................................. Candy Snyder Sr. Choir Director ............................................................................................................ Deb Olson

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