Week of December 15, 2019

Please sign the friendship pad and pass it on to the next person in your pew.

Thank you for coming!

Worship Servants this Week Acolyte 9:00: Jenna Heeren & Sydney Hyer

Altar Guild: Paul & Lucy Hereid, Joanie Perkins,

Steve & LeeAnne Schulz

Greeters 9:00: Volunteers

Ushers: Ernie Schmitt, Jeff Henn, Grant Anderson

& Lennie Drewelow

Trinity Website: http://trinitylutherannewhampton.org

Altar flowers are provided by Jim & Judy Arjes in honor of our anniversary.

Trinity Calendar

Last Weeks Attendance: 319

40 Plus Year Anniversaries:

Jim & Judy Arjes

December 17 - 54 years

Wednesday Night sign-ups for January thru

March are on the tables in the Narthex. Plan to

get a group of friends or members together to

make a meal. We need cooks, food and beverage

servers, people for clean-up and supplying

desserts. If you have a question or want and idea

for a meal check with Susanne Hauge.

Rodney “Rocky” Pearce

Albert Hartmann

Barb Bentley

Pat Larsen

MaryAnn Haugen

Shari Nosbisch

Jared Rude

Sunday, December 15 9:00 am Service of Lessons & Carols (No Communion) 10:00 am Adult Sunday school

Monday, December 16

Tuesday, December 17 2:00 –8:00 pm Picture Directory Photos 6:00 pm Church Council Potluck & Meeting 7:00 pm Book Club at Vi Sullivan's home

Wednesday, December 18 2:00 –8:00 pm Picture Directory Photos 11:30 pm – Advent Luncheon at United Methodist Church No Worship / No LIGHT

Thursday, December 19 9:30 am Bible Study 4:00 – 6:30 pm Mobile Food Pantry

Friday, December 20 9:00 – Noon Trinity Volunteers at Food Pantry

Saturday, December 21 - No Worship Service

Sunday, December 22 9:00 am Worship Service (Traditional) - Baptism, Ellie Carlson 10:00 am Adult Sunday school

Thanks to all that remembered

the less fortunate during this

holiday season for purchasing

presents for the Giving Tree.

We thank the ones that helped

sort and delivery gifts this past

week. God Bless you all.

Altar Flowers

We still have some dates

available to purchase.

Stop by the church office

to reserve a Sunday.

The cost for flowers will be $12.00.

Please make checks payable to

“Pocketful of Posies”.

Sunday, December 15

- 9:00 am Service of Lessons and Carols

(No Communion)

Saturday, December 21

- No Worship Service

Sunday, December 22

- 9:00 am Worship

Monday, December 24

- 3:00 pm & 5:00 pm Christmas Eve

Worship & Communion

- 7:00 pm Barn Worship Service

at Garth and Nancy Griffin Farm

- 1899 Mission Ave., New Hampton

Saturday, December 28

- No Worship Service

Sunday, December 29

- 9:00 am Worship (Hymn Sing)

Call Church answering machine - 394-2552

Check our website

- http://trinitylutherannewhampton.org

Listen to 95.1 “The Bull” or 104.7 “KVIK”

KWWL - Channel 7

Remember to pickup your pan in the kitchen

if you have supplied cake or bars

for LIGHT or one of the funerals.

www.facebook.com/TrinityLutheranNewHampton

“Living Christ’s Love”

Our Gifts to the Ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church

Giving Report for December 2 - December 8

General Fund Balance as of 11/30/19: $ 12,611.19

Note: The congregation approved the General Fund

Expense Budget for 2019 is $256,905.63

Weekly Offering Goal: $4,940.49

Offering received last week for General Fund: $7,746.09

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The New Hampton Blood Drive

will be held at

NH Community Center

(112 E. Spring)

Tuesday, December 24

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Make an appointment by contacting

LifeServe Blood Center at 800-287-4903

or visit lifeservebloodcenter.org.

Bring your loose change for the collection tube in the Narthex. Let’s see how much change we

can collect !!!!

The Church Bell display is being worked on north of the church. Mark your giving envelopes or check

with “Bell Tower Project - Building Repairs” If you have any questions, contact Mick Gage, chairman

of Buildings and Grounds.

Our Mission Cross project for December is our “Winter Wear” drive. Please bring new gloves, mittens, hats,

scarves, and socks for the local children. Also, please fill out the updated “Time Talent & Treasure” survey

available in the Narthex. If you filled one out when you got your pictures taken, we thank you. Complete the

form and return to the church office. May you have a Happy and Healthy Holiday! Glory be to God!!

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Northeast Iowa Mobile Food Bank

Trinity will host the NE Iowa Mobile Food Bank on Thursday, December 19th with volunteers needing to be in the

Fellowship Hall by 4:00 pm. Mark your calendars if you can be here that day.

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December 15: Bible Trivia about Angels December 22: 12 Days of Christmas December 29: No Class

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Church Directory

The last of the directory pictures will be taken on Tuesday, December 17 and Wednesday, December 18th.

If you are signed up for those days, please check your appointment time. If you would like to submit a picture

or use your picture from the last directory, contact Lean Heit (641-330-7596) or Kathy Stochl (641-220-0998).

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Book Club

Come join us on December 17th at 7:00 pm at the home of Vi Sullivan. Our book for December will be CARNEGIE'S MAID, written by Marie Benedict. The author skillfully introduces us to Clara, a young woman who immigrates to American in the 1860s and unexpectedly becomes the maid to Andrew Carnegie's mother. Clara becomes close to Andrew Carnegie and helps to make him America's first philanthropist.

Join us every Sunday morning at 10:00 am following worship in the Fireside Room.

Everyone is invited to join the group.

The New Hampton Ministerial group has been sponsoring Advent Lunches on Wednesdays during the month of December. The final lunch will be held on Wednesday, December 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church. Enjoy soup, sandwich and dessert, followed by a brief devotion led by one of the local clergy. All in the community are invited to join us. We’ll take a free-will offering. Perhaps, you’d like to spend

your lunch hour with us!

2020 Calendars have arrived! Trinity Lutheran Church Calendars are available in the back of the Sanctuary and in the Narthex. Calendars are also

available at: Pocketful of Posies, Mick Gage Plumbing and Heating, Dental Associates and Hugeback-Johnson Funeral

Homes.

2020 Offering Envelopes Please be sure to stop at the tables in the

Narthex and pickup your offering envelopes

for the new year. If you don’t find your

envelopes, please let the office know and we

will make sure that you get a set.