 A Note From Your DCO.What a history making year 2009 has started out to be! Although I
did not get the opportunity to watch a lot of the Inauguration, there is no doubt that it
will be recorded in the history books for future generations to learn about for years to
come. As Brothers and Sisters in Christ, we will also be making history as we celebrate
First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church’s 150th Anniversary. A year- long
celebration is beginning to unfold. Here are some important dates to put on your calendar:
TENATIVE SCHEDULE
- Feb. 15th - Ladies Aid and Dorcas sponsored dinner after
church
- March 15th –Dinner sponsored by our Youth Group
- April 12th- Our Easter Breakfast
- May 17th – A Pot Luck Dinner sponsored by the Church
Council
- June 28th – Chicken BBQ and Confirmation Reunion
Sunday
- July 21st- Pig Roast sponsored by the Men’s Club
- Aug. 16th – Outdoor Service with Picnic sponsored by
the Altar Guild
- September 13th – Our special Dinner will be catered so
that everyone may have a day of rest and simply enjoy!!
As with any scheduled events, there may need to be changes
made. So be sure and watch out for further information. In fact, the Anniversary Committee
is still in the process of confirming the events with the different organizations
involved. If you would like to be part of the planning, please join the committee on the
second Tuesday of every month at 4:00 pm.
Also the Anniversary committee would like to have a
Pictorial Directory done. This would be in conjunction with a History book. If you would
like to help with the Directory, please contact me. Olan Mills has revised their procedure
and there is very little time commitment on our part. We just need someone to be the
contact person.
Also there is a bulletin board in the hallway by the
storage room which can be used to display pictures from our history. If you have ideas or
would like to use the bulletin board and create a new one as part of the celebration,
please contact me.
What an exciting year ahead!! And with so many fellowship
activities being planned what a wonderful opportunity to reach out and invite a neighbor,
colleague, or friend! Don’t be afraid to ask!
Sing Alleluia! Amen! Let your prayers and praises ascend.
Lift up your voices and sing
To our Lord God, our Savior and King!
Here brought together by grace
We are gathered as friends in this place.
And assembled as one, In the name of the Son,
Lifting hearts, lifting hands,
Celebrating as friends, And proclaiming the Lord,
All our praises afford.
We are brothers and sisters in Christ.
February Birthdays
1 Randy (Rocket) Roeske
3 Marlene Bledsoe, Gary Graham, Vickie Hand
4 Travis Dice, Terrence Monroe, Doreen Taylor
5 Roger (RC) Klein, Justin Vossler
7 Julie Eldridge
9 Don Kaake
10 Randy Moll
11 Peter Moll, Nicole Wesche
12 Debra Moll
13 Richard Kling, Robert Mangels, Chuck White
14 Kato Aldrich
15 Pete Carlin, Deb Martin, John Nydegger
17 Andy Crawford, Jon Ebeling, Beth Klein
19 Jacob Cornelius, Arnold Hurd, Zack Martin
20 Lou DiStrola
21 Dan English
22 Carlton Bledsoe
23 Lauren Moll
24 Alexis White
26 Scott Vossler
February Anniversaries
20 Jim & Dena Helms
Senior Citizens News
Our December luncheon meeting was held on the 4th with 10
members and guests in attendance. We were glad to have Jean and Gary Rushmore and Barb
Delity join us.
Christmas poems read by June were our devotions, followed
by the Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports, and cards were signed for eight
shut-ins.
Our next meeting will be February 5th at noon in the
Dorcas Room. New members are welcome to join us! Committee members will be Arlene Leave,
Dorothy Herke and June Helmer. Hope to see you there!
Submitted by Dorothy Herke
LADIES AID
Eleven ladies attended our first winter meeting Friday
afternoon, January 2nd. Devotions were done by Charlotte Ennis. Minutes and
Treasurer’s report were read and approved. Correspondence was read.
Shelley Dunne brought before the ladies a fund raiser idea
for this winter. Plans are in the works for a Valentine’s dinner, directly after
church on February 15th. The proposed menu sounds delicious but final plans and cost will
be announced as soon as possible so congregational plans can be made. We pray for a great
turnout.
After a few other issues were resolved, we closed with the
reciting of the Lord’s Prayer.
Arlene Leave & Marjorie Knowles treated us to some
tasty snacks to send us on our way home.
Respectfully,
Sally Dannheim, Ladies Aid Secretary
FELLOWSHIP DINNER—SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
Ladies Aid & Dorcas Guild will be offering the first
fellowship dinner of The Brothers and Sisters In Christ Sesquicentennial celebration at
Trinity Lutheran Church on February 15th directly following the morning worship service.
Reservations will be required, please sign up on the sheet in the lounge. The meal will
cost $7 each or $20 per family. These fellowship events will be sponsored by the various
organizations with the church and will feature a short presentation on their history and
function, but mostly we will be enjoying the long Lutheran tradition of good food and good
friends. Hope to see you there!
DORCAS
Dorcas started 2009 by tying one large colorful quilt. We
miss Janet Vargo on vacation until Easter. However, Janet had bought quilt backs, lining
and matched up six quilts. That will keep us busy until her return.
Dorcas received a “Thank you” from the community
action Angels for quilts and lap robes given them.
Betty Havens read a devotion from Barbara Johnson’s
Daily Splashes of Life. January 26th gals moved to lounge area-Dorcas Room was an ice box.
Gals tied a beautiful Butterfly quilt fashioned by Shirley Neu.
February meetings will be Feb 9th & 26th. Come tie a
knot!
Submitted by June Helmer
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING-ABBREVIATED MINUTES
DECEMBER 15, 2008
The meeting was opened by President Jim Helms at 7:00 PM.
A prayer was offered by Pastor Morris. Attending were: Jim Helms, Fran Lanphier, Barry
Dunne, Pastor Robert Morris, Betty Wood, Lois Flurschutz, Carol English, Linda Gridley,
Kristin Crawford, Kato Aldrich, Kay McCulloch, Larry and Marge Vossler and Chuck White.
The 2009 budget was reviewed and discussed. The budget was set up by identifying our
expenditures, estimating the anticipated offerings and finding where the difference would
be funded. A few changes were made and the budget was approved. The adopted budget is
available in the church office.
Various officer and committee reports were read and
approved. All reports are available with the full council minutes in the church office.
Stewardship proposed the distribution of the charities
contributions to various charities. It was decided that the Christmas Memorial monies be
divided between the Anniversary Committee and the Daycare Playground Fund.
Pastor stated that attendance averaged 117 for the month, up from 115 in 2007 and 98 in
2006. His complete report is available with the council minutes in the church office.
Respectfully submitted,
Kay McCulloch
THANK YOU NOTE FROM WELLSVILLE MANOR
Dear Members and Visitors of Trinity,
Your generosity during this holiday season has been truly
heartfelt here at Wellsville Manor Care Center. Due to your kindness each resident was
able to receive a gift from “Santa”.
I would like to thank you for your thoughtfulness of
donating gifts towards our Annual Gift Giving this holiday season. A special not of thanks
to Laurie Sagerman for her constant attention to the needs of not only her mother, but to
the other residents that reside at WMCC as well.
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
Respectfully,
Sherry Harmon, CTRS
Community Relations Director
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It’s
exciting - it’s here and now, it is our 150th birthday. We need to celebrate
God’s gift of Christian fellowship. The hardy souls who left their homes in Germany
to come here to an unknown future knew that they would need Christian fellowship and to
support each other so they formed what we have now, First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
Church. They were very wise because they brought with them the one thing that could
protect them, the love of God. We most assuredly have reason to celebrate and remember
them and give thanks to God for the work He did among them and the succeeding generations.