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Jim Penkert; Grace Penkert; Bianca Penkert; Ruth Sundin; Lyn Vavreck, Sally Lambert; Sandy Fahning; Nathan Holtz; Brian Harrison, father of Jackie Krakow; Tom Krakow, father of Tracy Krakow; Bev Aanonsen; Bea Martinson; Tom Peterson; Ron Williams, brother of Joyce Bruce; Bruce Erkel; Erin Buss, daughter of Dale Buss; Helen Brodin, mother of Judy Maharry; Karen Dupuis; Frank Stefanoc, father of Joy Lyle; Ginny Miller; Marilyn Robertz; Fran Hoffmann, daughter of Mary Linder and sister of Linda Grack; Theresa Kampa; Sharon Unander–Miller; Donna Wick; Jo Christianson; Ruth Weiss; Jaye Marcotte, sister of Ytive Prafke; Sue Guth; and Arlene Lindquist.
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Lead Pastor
Joy G. Ekstedt Cell: 507-317-7402 Email: [email protected] OFF ON MONDAY Associate Pastor
Nikoli Falenschek Cell: 763-482-1709 Email: [email protected] OFF ON FRIDAY Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Erica Penkert Cell: 507-317-8292 Email: [email protected]
program staff
511 South Fifth Street
Saint Peter, MN 56082
507-934-4786
www.trinitystpeter.org
Trinity Lutheran Church Worship Times
Sunday 8:00 am † 9:30 am
Wednesday 6:15 pm
Church Office Hours
M-Th: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
F: 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
www.trinitystpeter.org facebook: Trinity Lutheran (St Peter, MN)
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Public Access TV Broadcast on Channel 7
Sunday at 9:30 am, 2:00 pm, & 7:00 pm
Monday at 5:00 pm
Tuesday at 11:00 am & 3:00 pm
Pray
Communication
Please feel free to contact staff members via email or cell phone. Voice mail messages at the church may not be checked regularly by all staff.
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J U N E 2 8 — J U L Y 5
The Announcements Page
Between Now and Normal.
Paul reminds us in his first letter to the Corinthians (10:23-24), "All things are permissible, but not all things are beneficial. 'All things are permissible,' but not all things build up. Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other.” Your pastors and Health Response Team are working very dili-gently and compassionately to discern how Trinity Lutheran Church should respond to the pandemic data available. The difference between what we can do and what we should do is sometimes great. Your leaders are collaborating and working overtime to generate a phased plan to safely reopen the building for worship and other gatherings. However, we don’t anticipate it being safe to begin phas-ing for some time—unfortunately, the Covid pandemic is in control of the timeline, and not us. For now, our pastors and Health Response Team recommend staying the course with our virtual wor-ship services. Soon, though, we will survey our congregants in order to better understand your struggles, hopes, and grief. When the survey reaches you, please fill it out honestly and completely so that we can best serve Trinity Lutheran Church between now and normal. That period of time—between now and normal—may be long; so, let’s continue to support, pray for, and uplift each other in the ways we can!
Worship
Services will be available on Facebook and YouTube beginning each Sunday at 9:30 am. Services will continue to be aired on SPPA channel 7 and at the care facilities. If you do not currently live in a care facility, do not have online access, and do not have St. Peter Public Access channel 7 please call the church office if you would like a DVD copy of these services.
Virtual Coffee Fellowship!
Since so many things are happening virtually during this pandemic, let’s give it a try. After the 9:30 am Facebook worship service this Sunday morning, grab a cup of coffee, click into the Zoom link that will be provided in the comments, and visit with your TLC friends and neighbors. (While we can't offer a guarantee, we hope providing coffee fellowship in this way works!)
What Can I Do….?!
What can I do to be part of the solution and not part of the problem of racism? Perhaps you’ve asked the question in the past and are asking the question again after the tragic and wrongful death of George Floyd. If you’d like to be part of a time for conversation, study, learning and growing please join Pastor Joy on July 1 at 7:00 pm via Zoom. Please RSVP no later than 5:00 pm Monday, June 29 by sending an email to [email protected].
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Contact: Pastor Nikoli Falenschek
children, youth & family ministry
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Children, Youth, and Family Ministry is Still Happening at Trinity!
Due to the Covid Crisis, we had to cancel all in-person activities including Frolic, Sunday School, Confirmation, and Youth Group. HOWEVER, we have created an online community to connect our kids and families! During this time of social distancing, every family is encour-aged to join our digital community on Slack, which is an amazing tool that will help us share inspiration, prayers, and educational tools. To get access to these free resources, simply go to trinitystpeter.com/cyf and click on the invitation!
Saturday Storytime Hiatus
Storytime with Pastor Nikoli will be taking a break. We hope to resume story time in August!
Pastor Nikoli has a new blog platform on our website where he can respond quickly to the ever-changing world and its events. Many of you have been wondering what your leaders think about the murder of George Floyd and the protests happening in the Twin Cities and across the nation. Check out trinitystpeter.org/blog to get his take on the situation.
Faith
Calling All Thrivent Members
Pastor Nikoli is looking for Trinity folks who also are members of Thrivent. If you and/or a family member purchase services from Thrivent, you can help the young people of our congregation in a big way. Please get in touch with Pastor Nikoli for an exciting opportuni-ty!
Homemade Mask Update
Thank you to those who have made masks for Trinity! We could still use about 50 masks for our supply. If you would be willing to sew some masks we even have some supplies on hand (material and wire) that we can give you! Please call the church office if you can help!
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Food Shelf Fundraiser Continues Despite COVID-19!
For the past 9 years, Thrivent and its volun-teers have collected food and monetary dona-tions for our local St Peter Food Shelf during the annual 4th of July parade. Despite the parade being cancelled due to COVID-19, we are continuing our tradition and we need your help more than ever. Weekdays between Monday, June 29 and Monday, July 6 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, we have three no-contact options to safely help and participate in our fundraiser. You can come to our Thrivent St Peter Office located at 300 S. Minnesota Ave. and drop off your donation. For those who are concerned about or unable to leave their house, please call our office at 507-934-5304 to RSVP a curbside pickup time where we will come to you. You can also donate online at www.gofundme.com/st-peter-food-shelf-fundraiser. Thank you in advance for your do-nations!
Grace Street Bible
In case you have not heard, Grace street is available through Zoom! Zoom is an interactive program that allows you – through your com-puter, tablet, ipad or some sort of device – to see and hear other participants and they will see and hear you too! If you do not have a “device” you can simply call from your phone. All are invited to be part of this Bible study. Please join us Thursdays at 10:30 am. If you are interested, please send an email to Pastor Joy at [email protected] to sign up.
Offering Options
It will be important for us to maintain our levels of offerings during this time when we are not worshipping in person. If you usually give weekly while at church please mail your offering to Trinity. Here are some other options: Text: send message to 844-373-8817 with the amount you would like to con-tribute (example: 25). App: download GivePlus through your app store. Web: click on the Give button on our website. Thank you for supporting the mission and ministry of TLC.
Keep them Coming!
We are still collecting Family Fresh re-ceipts. Thank you to those who have been sending them. Most recently we used $4,000 of the Direct Your Dollars funds to help pay for updates to our video system in the sanctuary. We just submitted an application for another $1,000 last week. The use of the Direct you Dollar funds will be determined by Church Council in the future. In the meantime, please send your receipts by mail to the church or drop them off in our “mailbox” by the parking lot en-trance doors. The mailbox is typically out during morning hours. Thank you for supporting the ministry of Trinity.
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