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If it's August ....
If it's August, we've had our share of hot and humid days, but notice the lengthening days as autumn will be here before we know it.
If it's August, enjoy the bounty of the garden and field. Fresh fruits and vegetables abound. Take in a farmer's market this week; rather than the bad tomatoes of January, savor the mouth-watering fresh foods of the season!
If it's August, we've had a row of "green" Sundays, but alas, the mid-August festival of Mary, Mother of Our Lord will be celebrated this Sunday. Always a high point of our summer at Holy Trinity, come and hear a large Holy Trinity men's choir sing a stunningly beautiful setting of Biebl's Ave Maria. Mary sings of God's justice, reminds us the importance of the incarnation, and invites us to be bearers of the divine grace to the world.
If it's August, it means that Holy Trinity is welcoming a refugee family. Thanks so much to all of you who have donated household items, volunteered time, and offered financial support. Yesterday we welcomed the family to Chicago and took them to their new home in the 3000 block of W. Ainslie. Hospitality is a mark of our faith and what a gift to be able to welcome the Dhakal family from Bhutan to our country.
If it's August, we are in the midst of many preparations for our fall programs. Look for a documentary on forgiveness to be shown September 11 at our Sunday Forum. Look for a number of special "Worship Matters" courses and special "Worship Moments" on Sunday Mornings, all part of a year-long emphasis on worship renewal.
If it's August, take some time to savor these days with a slower pace. Summertime blessings to you,
Pr. Craig M. Mueller
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August 14 - Mary, Mother of Our Lord
 Mary's role is not limited to giving birth to Jesus and mothering him in his childhood. In John's gospel, she is among the women standing near the cross; in Acts, she is among the disciples awaiting the gift of the Spirit. Through all that happened she continued to see how God was at work through her son, keeping the ancient promises to her ancestors, brushing aside the rich and powerful, and focusing on those as poor and powerless as Mary herself.
August 14 Schedule:
- 9:30 a.m. - Festival Eucharist
- 10:30 a.m. - Coffee Fellowship in Garden (Weather Permitting)
**We are in need of two ushers for Sunday! Please email the office if you are able to help out!**
Prayer of the Day
Almighty God, in choosing the virgin Mary to be the mother of your Son, you made known your gracious regard for the poor, the lowly, and the despised. Grant us grace to receive your word in humility, and so to be made one with your Son, Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
August 21 - Lectionary 21
 In Isaiah the people are bid to look to their spiritual ancestors as the rock from which they were hewn. Jesus declares that the church will be built on the rock of Peter's bold confession of faith. God's word of reconciliation and mercy are keys to the church's mission. Paul urges us to not be conformed to this world, but to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, using our individual gifts to build up the body of Christ. From the table we go forth to offer our spiritual worship through word and deed.
August 21 Schedule:
- 9:30 a.m. - Eucharist
- Music: Cantor - Elizabeth Milnikel; Violin - Erika Robeck
- 10:30 a.m. - Coffee Fellowship in Garden (Weather Permitting)
Prayer of the Day
with all your faithful followers of every age, we praise you, the rock of our life. Be our strong foundation and form us into the body of your Son, that we may gladly minister to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
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| Purpose & Principles | Purpose Statement
Open to the Mystery...
Connect, Strengthen, and Serve with Joy!
Guiding Principles
--Act with courage
--Be radically inclusive
--Cultivate empowering relationships
--Delight in God's beauty
--Engage with intention |
| CELEBRATIONS | BIRTHDAYS:
Michael Temple 8/11
Paul Sherry 8/15
Forrest Stewart 8/15
Dana Wurzburger 8/17
Leon Stevens 8/18
James Perez 8/21
Laurie Sullivan 8/21
Dave Wurzburger 8/25
BAPTISMS:
Ashley Kincaid 8/21
Michael Musgrave 8/23
ANNIVERSARIES:
Andy Sajdak & Natalie Ford Sajdak 8/11
Matthew & Anna Petersen 8/15
Caroline & Josh Judd-Herzfeldt 8/15
Kimberly & Adam Miller 8/16
Pat & Amy Buzby 8/20
Dan McAdams & Rebecca Pallmeyer 8/20
Ben & Beth Stewart 8/21
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SOCIAL MINISTRY NEWS - REFUGEE FAMILY
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Thank You!
We would like to thank ALL volunteers as well as those who purchased household items, all who donated money to our refugee family, and the chlidren who made welcome signs. So many people doing so many wonderful things! It was a big success and we really pulled together beautifully as a congregation to contribute to such a worthy cause! - Pete Hillman
Yesterday members of Holy Trinity and Refugee One welcomed the Dhukal family to Chicago. The story on channel ABC Channel 7 will air Thursday, August 18, 5:00 p.m. as part of their "The Spirit of Giving" weekly segments.
 
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UPCOMING EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND NEWS
| Past Attendance
July 31, 9:30 - 85
August 7, 9:30 - 119 Financial Update Through July
| Actual offering (July 31): | $166,170 | | Budgeted offering (June 30): | $175,925 | | Difference: | ($9,755) - behind | | Offering through June 2010: | $170,039 |
Bring a Meal to Elvina!
Elvina Moen recently returned to her home after a couple of months of rehab following hip surgery. She is excited to be home and welcomes visitors and home cooked meals. If you are interested in cooking and delivering a simple, nutritious meal to Elvina in the next couple of weeks, please e-mail Pastor Michelle Miller. Pastor Miller will give you an access code for the "Take Them a MEAL" site and schedule. Thank you. Contemplative Eucharist - Tonight, 6:00 P.M.
Take a break from the busy city life, and join us for this simple, contemplative eucharist.  CPR Training at Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity is considering hosting CPR/defibrillator training. This course would teach you to respond to emergencies and provide care until medical personnel arrives. If you are interested in such training, please contact Kathryn Vigen or Karen Moran. If there is sufficient interest, we will then contact you to schedule a mutually convenient time for the class. Mom's Night Out for a Little BS
Got kids? Join us for Bible Study and discussion the 2nd Friday of each month. We will meet next this Friday, August 12. RSVP to Carrie Egan if you plan to attend, she will provide you with the address, directions and additional information, if needed.  Annual Church Picnic - August 28
--Held in our garden - 11:00 a.m.
--Burgers, hot dogs (vegetarian options available) and beverages will be provided.
--Bring a side dish, salad, or dessert to share.
To volunteer with set-up or clean up please contact Karen Moran. Lakeview Churches VBS 2011
August 22-26 @ Lakeview Lutheran Church, 9 a.m. - noon
- For children age 4-12
- Held at Lakeview Lutheran Church (835 Addison)
- Pre-register by August 12
- $15 per child
- Register on-line now. Children of Abraham Course - Save the Date
All are invited to register now for Children of Abraham: Christians Study Islam and the Qur'an, to be held Tuesday evenings 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., September 27 - November, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1004 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL 60201. The course will address issues of Islam in the modern world, as well as a close comparison of the Bible and the Qur'an texts on such topics as God and creation, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Mary.
The series will be led by Dr. Carol Schersten LaHurd, interfaith lecturer and adjunct professor at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, with area Muslim community leaders participating as guest lecturers. Cost is $20.00 person (which includes course materials).
Please RSVP (with phone number and e-mail address) now or no later than Sept. 13 by email or 847.475.3403. Meditation Group at Holy TrinityMondays at 7:00 p.m. You are welcome as a beginner or as an experienced meditator trained in a specific method. This is a drop-in group and you can attend as you are able. For more information, and to RSVP for each session, click here
"Team Trinity" Volunteer Opportunities
Please consider joining Team Trinity today! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Check out Volunteer website for upcoming opportunites. It is Holy Trinity's goal to register as many members on-line to assist in helping with our ministry projects within the community. Simply log-in now and sign-up online to volunteer today
--The CribThe Night Ministry will be reopening their youth/young adult homeless shelter, The Crib, in August. Holy Trinity will be preparing and serving a meal once per month. On the third Saturday of each month, volunteers will meet at Holy Trinity at 7 p.m. to prepare the meal, then will head to The Crib to serve the meal. For more information, speak with or email Ken Duckmann. --The Night Ministry Outreach VanHoly Trinity will be assembling and distributing 'meals in a bag' with the Night Ministry in Rogers Park on a quarterly basis. Stay tuned for more information and how to help out. New Members: View pictures/bios of recent new members: May here, February here.Next Baptism Dates: August 21, October 23, December 4. More info. Next New Member Orientation Date: September 25, November 20. More info. Office Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs., 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Wed., 12:00-7:00 p.m.; and Sun., 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. |
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 July 31, 2011
Lectionary 18a
Jason Glombicki, Holy Trinity member
and senior seminarian at Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Philadelphia
It was an early Tuesday morning about four months ago when I received a phone call. It was during my pastoral internship, it had been four days since my supervising pastor left for Haiti, and I was left to handle everything at the church alone. Thing were going moderately well as I was working on a sermon for Sunday, running from hospitals to nursing homes to hospice centers to homeless shelters to prison, and gearing up for a wedding on Saturday, but it all seemed like another week to me. I knew that when the phone rang it was exactly what I had dreaded. I picked up the phone and on the other end was the bride for the Saturday's wedding who was in tears as she informed me that her mother had died. I had visited with her and her mother countless times in the hospital and the hospice center after the bride's mother instantly went from healthy to sick two weeks before the wedding. After talking with her for some time, I hung up the phone, sat on my bed, and for the first time on internship sobbed. I remember saying "God, would you just let up on this family already? Just cut 'em a break. They've been through so much lately." I was simply overwhelmed by how things can go so wrong in this world so quickly.
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Sermon - August 7
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 August 7, 2011
Lectionary 19a
Matthew 14:22-33; I Kings 19:9-18
Pr. Craig M. Mueller
WEATHERING THE STORM
Weather. It's topic we're comfortable talking about with nearly anyone: a stranger, a neighbor, someone on the elevator. Can you believe you humid it is? How many cloudy days we've had? How much snow they're forecasting?
In a year of remarkable floods, drought and the deadliest tornado season in half of century, and scientists exploring the implications of climate change, the weather is about more than what to wear for the day. Or if you need to carry an umbrella.
Continue reading this sermon here
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10
6:00 p.m. Contemplative Eucharist
7:30 p.m. AA & SAA (St. Mark's Room & Passavant Hall)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
10:00 a.m. Weekly Bible Study
7:15 p.m. Congregation Council
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12
6:00 p.m. Mom's Night Out
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14
9:30 a.m. Festival Eucharist
10:30 a.m. Fellowship in Garden (Weather Permitting)
MONDAY, AUGUST 15
7:00 p.m. Meditation Group
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17
6:00 p.m. Contemplative Eucharist
7:30 p.m. AA & SAA (St. Mark's Room & Passavant Hall)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
10:00 a.m. Weekly Bible Study
6:00 p.m. HTLC at Lakeview Pantry
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
7:00 p.m. HT at The Crib shelter
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
9:30 a.m. Summer Eucharist
10:30 a.m. Fellowship in Garden (Weather Permitting)
MONDAY, AUGUST 22
7:00 p.m. Meditation Group
7:05 p.m. Cub's Home Game
COMMEMORATIONS FOR THE WEEK Wednesday, August 10 - Lawrence, deacon, martyr, died 258
As one of the seven deacons of the church at Rome, Lawrence was responsible for the church's financial matters and for the care of the poor. Asked by the emperor to gather the church's treasure, he presented a collection of orphans, lepers, and the like. The enraged emperor had him put to death.
Thursday, August 11 - Clare, Abbess of San Damiano, died 1253
A contemporary of Francis of Assisi, Clare and a growing number of companions established a women's Franciscan community, called the Order of Poor Ladies, or Poor Clares. She inspired other women to pursue spiritual goals.
Saturday, August 13 - Florence Nightingale, died 1910; Clara Maass, died 1901; renewers of society
Nightingale was born in England, and horrified her wealthy family by deciding to become a nurse. She led a group of nurses in ministering in the midst of the Crimean War, and worked for hospital reform. Maass, a native of New Jersey, was also a war nurse, and volunteered as a subject for research on yellow fever. She died of the disease.
Sunday, August 14 - Maximilian Kolbe, died 1941; Kaj Munk, died 1944; martyrs
Father Kolbe was a Franciscan priest arrested by the Nazis and confined in Auschwitz. Kolbe gave generously of his meager resources, and finally volunteered to be starved to death in place of another man. A Danish Lutheran pastor and playwright, Munk strongly denounced the Nazis who occupied Denmark in the Second World War. His sermons and articles helped to show the anti-Christian nature of the movement.
Monday, August 15 - Mary, Mother of Our Lord
The church (including Martin Luther) honored Mary with the title theotokos, meaning "God-bearer," for her role in giving birth to the Son of God. Her song, the Magnificat, speaks eloquently of God's lifting the lowly and feeding the hungry.
Saturday, August 20 - Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, died 1153
Bernard, a Cistercian monk, was a man of great spirituality who wrote mystical works and criticized those whom he thought took an overly intellectual approach to the faith. He became an abbot, and wrote several hymns that are still beloved today.
From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2010 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #26481. |
AMONG OUR COMMUNITY
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Congratulations to Kristi Harreld who has a piece published in the Nurturing Wisdom Blog <link>.
Heather and Jonathan DeSouza gave birth to a daughter, Rilla and we send blessings to the the family. Please send news about awards, new positions, life passages and other important events in your lives for this section of our e-news. |
| IN OUR PRAYERS |
Those ill or in special need:Elvina Moen;
Barbara Wahler;
Yoshi Saka;
Mary Lynn Brooke;
Norma Brooke;
Kay Scott;
Phyllis Zangri;
Myleen Dunleavy;
Merri Pierce;
Mary Stoner;
Carol Stoner;
Norm Andersen;
Yanan Haring;
Maureen Zarrella;
Jeanette Zabel;
Vivian Carter;
Marji Shannon's sister;
Ken Duckmann's nephew, Anthony Drago;
Paul Weber;
Lisa Bouzek;
Scott Johnson's mother, Virginia Johnson
Chris Stelter's grandmother;
those struggling with infertility.
Family and friends of Jose Somera, father of Amy Fanale;
Mark Avery and Amy Rouce;
Kathy Lund;
Susan Pare;
Sam Zangri;
Paul Geist III;
Christine, friend of Susan Twetten;
Mary Cannon;
Sam Patitucci;
Patti Ann Smith;
Brent Vicknair;
Mark Sauer;
Alan Stang, Jeff Stang's father;
Teah Barthalomew;
Victor Jimenez;
Rick Boyum's mother;
Serving in the Military: Benjamin Brackley, in Afghanistan.
Ministries Supported by Holy Trinity: ELCA World Hunger Appeal; RefugeeOne; Lakeview Action Coalition; Lakeview Pantry; The Crib; Lutherans Concerned; The Night Ministry; Christian Peacemaker Teams; Arise Chicago; Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches; The Lutheran Volunteer Corps; Anti-Racism Team of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod; Holy Family Lutheran Ministries; Lutheran Youth on the Northside (LYONS).
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Check It Out!
| | Andrew Sullivan on Gay Marriage
 As a child,when I thought of the future, all I could see was black. I wasn't miserable or depressed. I was a cheerful boy, as happy playing with my posse of male friends in elementary school as I was when I would occasionally take a day by myself in the woodlands that surrounded the small town I grew up in. But when I thought of the distant future, of what I would do and be as a grown-up, there was a blank. I simply didn't know how I would live, where I would live, who I could live with. I knew one thing only: I couldn't be like my dad. For some reason, I knew somewhere deep down that I couldn't have a marriage like my parents.
It's hard to convey what that feeling does to a child. In retrospect, it was a sharp, displacing wound to the psyche. At the very moment you become aware of sex and emotion, you simultaneously know that for you, there is no future coupling, no future family, no future home. In the future, I would be suddenly exiled from what I knew: my family, my friends, every household on television, every end to every romantic movie I'd ever seen. My grandmother crystallized it in classic and slightly cruel English fashion: "You're not the marrying kind," she said. It was one of those things that struck a chord of such pain, my pride forced me to embrace it. "No, I'm not," I replied. "I like my freedom."
Continue reading this moving and thought-provoking essay published in Newsweek. If you know folks struggling with this issue, pass on the link!
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Josh Judd-Herzfeldt and Craig M. Mueller
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