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Miscellaneous 2
Youth & Family News 3
Youth & Family News 4
Immanuel
Letter from Pastor Reep Faith & Grace Parish
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Faith & Grace Cont’d April Birthdays Council Meeting
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Council Meeting Cont’d Annual Cong, Meeting
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Annual Meeting Cont’d Moving Pastor Corson
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Moving Cont’d
Council President Letter
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April Calendar 10
TRINITY
From Pastor Gayle Online Worship
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March Council Minutes Miscellaneous
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Birthdays, Anniversaries Nursing Home, Misc.
April Calendar 14
Server Roster 15
April, 2020
VOLUME 10, ISSUE 4
Any information you would like in the May newsletter must be submitted in its entirety by Monday, April 20th.
Thanks in advance!
PLEASE SAVE YOUR BROWN PAPER BAGS!!! Harley will need many brown paper bags to make items for
VBS.
Please keep your bags and she will let us know when she is ready for them.
Please note the following changes regarding some of our ministries. • The Community for Christ Assistance Center has closed the thrift store for the
next several weeks, donations for the Thrift Store will no longer be accepted, until it is reopened. They would very much like cash donations at this time. The food pantry will be open by appointment only with curb side pick-up. Anyone who needs assistance should call Pat Heinecke at 217-593-7052. Please share this phone number with anyone who may need assistance.
• GGSH is no longer allowed to deliver mail to residents but they can get email
correspondence to the resident. If it is a card, take a picture and email the pic-
ture. All emails should be sent to Abby at: [email protected] Other nursing
homes have similar policies in place.
The rise of COVID-19 has created a challenge for the Churches that we have never experienced before—and we hope never again!
We will continue to worship online until it is safe for everyone to return to church and resume your normal activities.
Trinity’s service is online at: www.trinitygolden.org
In the column on the left, click ‘worship service live’
Immanuel’s service will be on their Parish Website at:
Faithandgraceparish.org/
Masks Badly Needed by Blessing Hospital
A note to all your sewers—Blessing is in need of MANY MASKS. The masks will be worn over their approved masks to protect them so they can reuse them. Please use 100% cotton fabric (no lining) They need to be 2 layers. They will be laundered, sterilized and used again so they don’t want them to ravel. The finished edges should be 8” X 8” and the tie will be 40 “ long on each side. There are videos on YouTube that will give you an idea of how to do them. If you are interested in mak-ing the masks, please call or email Karen at church and she will email a pattern that shows the folds. When finished, you can put them in a bag and take them to the main entrance at Blessing and drop then in the Tupperware Bin.
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Community for Christ Assistance Center Needs Please do not take anything to CFCAC at this time, they are happy to accept monetary donations.
The Assistance Center has given us a list of their needs. Immanuel’s suggestions for the month of April are: Laundry Detergent (small) and Canned Carrots
Trinity’s suggestions are: Paper Towels and Pork& Beans
Caregiving 101
Join us for this powerful educational event!
Free and open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served.
"Caregiving 101" a program open to the public, will be presented at Christ Lutheran Church in Quincy on Thursday,
April 16 at 6:30 p.m. Speakers are Susan Archambo, a retired RN with years of experience working at Blessing Hospi-
tal and the Illinois Veterans Home and Paula Bristol, MA, MSW, with over 35+ years experience in public and private
counseling, and former Executive Director of Family Service Agency (now Cornerstone). They will cover Caregiving
by the Numbers, How Does Caregiving Affect Us, Family Dynamics, Downsides of Caregiving, Depression, Burnout,
Resources, Did you Know, and time for Q & A after the program. Please call Christ Lutheran Church, 217-224-1624
after March 23 to make your reservation.
...For Your Information... RMD Charitable Tax Break
If you’re required to take a minimum distribution from your IRA, you have the option to make that distribution tax free by directing it to the charity of your choice. It’s called “Qualified charitable distributions” (QCD’s)
These distributions can be a convenient way to support charitable causes and get a tax break while meeting tax re-quirements for IRAs.
In understanding qualified distributions, it’s helpful to recall the basics of required minimum distributions (RMDs):
With the new rule that went into effect in 2020, individuals will not have to take RMDs from traditional IRAs and retire-ment plans until April 1 following the year they turn 72.
You generally must withdraw a minimum amount each year from your traditional IRAs (ROTH IRAs are excluded) and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The money you’re required to withdraw gets added to your taxable income. Fail-ure to take your RMD by year-end could result in a stiff IRS penalty—50% of the amount you should have withdrawn.
Under the renewed QCD rule, you can have all or part of your distribution made directly from your IRA to a quali-fied charity (up to $100,000 per taxpayer, per year). Unlike conventional RMDs, QCDs aren't subject to ordinary federal income taxes.
However, donor-advised funds aren’t eligible for QCDs. To contribute from your IRA to a donor-advised fund, you’ll still need to take your distribution, pay the income taxes and penalties, and then offset them with a contribution into your philanthropic account.
You should consider consulting with a professional advisor to determine from not only an income tax perspective, but also an estate planning perspective, how best to achieve your wealth and charitable planning objectives.
Edward Jones has informed us that they can set up a monthly check (or any schedule you may want) to go out of an IRA directly to the church. You may check with the business that takes care of your IRA to see if this can be done.
*The information provide here is intended to be general and educational in nature and shouldn’t be construed as a substitute for legal or tax advice. Please consult an independent legal and/or tax advisor for specific advice about your individual situation.
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TriniTy’s news
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.trinitygolden.org
Phone: 217-696-4837 April 2020
Volume 65, Issue 4
The Trinitarian
Some Things Never Change
As I write this article for the April newsletter, changes are happening at a fast pace and the future is full of unknowns.
How will we observe Palm Sunday? Will we be able to worship together during Holy Week and on Easter? I wish we had this all figured out, but the situation keeps changing and we are doing our best to keep up and to communicate new information via email.
At the same time this congregation is in between votes to leave the ELCA. At its last meeting, your council tentatively set May 31 as the day to meet again for the second vote. But will we be able to gather by that time?
Whenever the second vote is held, if it passes there are some other unknowns to follow. For example, I will not be able to continue as your interim pastor and the call process will change. How the joint arrangements with Trinity and Immanuel will be affected is another unknown. The hope is for these programs to continue unchanged. I imagine discussions and meetings will be held with Immanuel’s council and their new pastor, Rev. Jeff Corson.
On a personal level, people are being impacted emotionally, socially and financially. Everyone is facing changes and unknowns in their own lives.
At such a time as this, it’s good to know we have a God whose love, mercy, faithfulness and promises are unchanging. No matter what may come, God is with us. Dwell on these beautiful words from the Apostle Paul to the church at Rome:
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? … No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to sepa-rate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35, 37-39.
What good news! I see the love of God in Christ Jesus everywhere as people are responding to the present crisis with kindness, patience, concern, support and action.
So, even as we continue to deal with changes and unknowns, let us give thanks for what we DO know! Let us continually turn our hearts to God in prayer. Let us turn to God’s Word in Scripture and God’s Word made flesh, Jesus Christ. Let us continue to be alert to ways we can help others. Remember, prayer makes a difference!
May the Lord bless you and keep you in His unchanging love.
Pastor Gayle Pope
You may join us for our online worship services on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.
Go to www.trinitygolden.org
In the column on the left, choose ‘Worship Service Live’
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New Business:
• The second vote to terminate Trinity’s affiliation with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is tentatively set for May 31st. The date will be decided at the April council meeting.
• Pastor agreed to have our Sunday Church Ser-vices Streamed even though services have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus.
• No gatherings will be allowed in the basement at this time due to the Coronavirus.
• Motion was passed to donate $25 for the Bacca-laureate.
• Motion was passed to purchase a new elevator door to replace the broken one.
• Motion was passed to pay the remainder of the Kid’s Club 2019 donation of $500 from the Youth Fund and also the $1,000 for 2020 Kid’s Club. This will relinquish that account.
Committee Reports:
• Cemetery Committee Report: Reviewed.
• Youth & Family Ministry: Reviewed.
We closed with the Lord’s Prayer.
Respectfully Submitted, LaDonna Houston, Council Secretary
President John Heinecke called the meeting to order. The council recited the Purpose Statement in unison. Present were: John Heinecke, Roger Flesner, Jackson Yingling, Gary Ideus, Iris Trantham, LaDonna Hou-ston, Michael Houston and Kurt Schuster. Pastor Pope, interim minister, joined our meeting. Pastor Pope led devotions.
Secretary’s Report: reviewed and approved.
Treasurer’s Report: reviewed and approved.
Pastor’s Report: reviewed
• Attended several meetings - Confirmation, Lent Service, Communion, Ministers and Council
• Visited Nursing Home and shut-in and Home vis-its with members.
• Online call with Adams County Emergency Man-agement (The call was to provide church leaders and others in the community information on dis-tancing for preventing the spread of the corona-virus)
Old Business:
• None to review
Council Minutes Trinity Lutheran Church March 17, 2020
The Trinitarian
Any information you would like in the April news-letter must be submitted in its entirety by Monday,
April 20th—No Exceptions!! Thanks in advance!
Remember our Cemetery
Just a reminder that our cemetery’s income is from sales of plots, and for the small amount of farm land north of the cemetery. There aren’t very many plots sold, so very little funds are coming in for the care of the cemetery.
Please consider the cemetery if you have to make deductions from your IRA’s. You may want to con-sider naming it in your will.
Thanks!
The Committee
Just a Reminder
Our expenses here at Trinity go on, even if we don’t have every-one here for worship services. You may mail your contributions, drop them in the basket on the coat rack outside Karen’s office, or donate on our website.
On the web site, the contributions can be made with a credit card or bank withdrawal. The contribution can be one time only or can be set up for weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and more. It can be stopped at any time. At this time, the contribution will go to the cur-rent fund. If you would like to donate to another fund, please contact Karen and it other funds can be added.
Thank you in advance!!
The Trinitarian
Birthdays 1 - Jeanne Flesner 3 - Jeanne Church 4 - Joyce Emerick 5 - Tesha Buss 6 - Kristin Shaffer 6 - Diana Brosius 9 - Donald Buss 10 - Robin Ideus 12 - Marshall Beatty 15 - Brandon Cornell 15 - James Schuster 19 - Shelly Jones 19 - Matthew Stanley 20 - Bryce Schuster 20 - Tammy Smith 23 - Gracelynn Zenk 26 - Tonya Beatty 26 - Justin Cassens 29 - Andrew Buss 30 - Karlee Marlow
Anniversaries 5 - Marshall & Tonya Beatty 8 - Matt & Heather Hawley 11 - Todd & LaDonna Houston 12 - Alan & Gloria Reuschel 16 - Tom & Diana Brosius 17 - Gene & Ruth Ann Janssen - 60 Years! 22 - Gentry & Lauren Ideus 27 - Glen & Hildegarde Leerhoff 30 - Gary &Robin Ideus
Our Nursing Home Residents
Golden Good Shepherd Home: Mildred Hughes, Leona Ihnen,
Timber Point Health Care: Ruby Schlueter
Good Samaritan Home: Bill Cassens
Serving in the Military: Max Hennen
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If your birthday or anniversary isn’t listed, please contact Karen in the church office.
The Trinitarian
Thanks to everyone for picking up your winter decorations from Trinity’s cemeteries. We really appreciate it! The Cemetery Committee
Please be cautious when using the church elevator as one of the folding gates is damaged. Be sure nothing is touching either gates and nothing is protruding through the folding gates.
Guideposts
If you would like to renew or place an order for Guideposts, please fill out the envelope in the narthex and drop it with your payment of $9.95 each in the box. Orders are due by April 20th.
The Calendar on the next page. It is partially filled in.
We are not sure when we will resume
our worship services, but will keep you informed.
Our sincere sympathy goes out to Pastor Lynn Bergren on the death of his wife, Chris. Pastor Bergren was our Pastor at Trinity from 1990-1999. Chris passed away on Sunday, March 22nd. There will me a Celebration of Life at a later date.
You may send him a card at:
2113 4th St SW #3 Waverly, IA 05677
***Just a few notes***
During this time of social distancing, our Worship Services are on our web site at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday Mornings. On March 22nd, we had 54 views (Computer, phones, etc.) We had viewers in Minnesota, Iowa, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Missouri and several cities in Illinois! We may have had 100 people watching!
Go to Trinity’s web site: www.trinitygolden.org to watch past worship services.
Karen is working. Feel free to call or email. The office door is closed to limit contact with others—for you safety and mine.
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