Trinity Lutheran Church Christian School & Child Care

Rev. Brian Hesse, Senior Pastor

Charessa Koontz, Director of Youth & Family Ministry

Mr. Rick Ryan, Principal

Mrs. Brittany Tarbutton, Child Care Director (TLC)

Mrs. Summer Howard, Child Care Director (TLCW)

August 2018

Sunday Services At Trinity

8:00 A.M.,10:30 A.M.

& 6:00 P.M.

Sunday School & Bible Class

9:20 A.M.

You are Cordially Invited to Attend

Non Profit Organization

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Amarillo, Texas

Permit No. 307

Trinity Lutheran Church

5005 I-40 West

Amarillo, Texas 79106

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Inside this issue

Youth & Family Life Ministry News 2 & 3

School News………………………...4, 5, 6

CEF News…………………………….........7

Elders News…..……………….…………..8

August Birthday’s. ....................... .9

August Calendar ......................... 10

Special points of interest

Tri-State Fair Parade Planning Mtg. - Pg. 6

Child Development Centers - Pg. 7

Good Samaritan - Pg. 7

LWML Mtg. - Pg. 8

Ushers/Greeters - Pg. 9

Sunday School/Bible Classes - Pg. 9

Trinity Epistle August 2018

PASTOR HESSE

We are on the verge of a new fiscal year, new school year and a new year of service for many of our elected and/or appointed officers of church boards. Every year, around this time of the year, there is a lot of new stuff taking place. It is hard not to imagine it being a whirlwind. In the Scriptures we

read that Job was questioning God and wondering why all these new, strange and horrible things were happening to him. We read that Job got the answers to his questions about God when it says, “Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind… (Job 38:1)” The answers Job got were a lesson in not questioning God, but simply trusting that He will never fail us. God is real. God is present. God is God! Our school year theme and the theme of other ministries at Trinity this year is “Real. Present. God.” We have an incredible blessing when trapped in the whirlwind of everything that is going on. The theme “Real. Present. God.” Is based on a Psalm familiar to nearly all of you; it is based on Psalm 46. Instead of a God that answers out of a whirlwind, we have a God who becomes present among us and invites us to “Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10) There is no doubt that we will have a challenge in front of us throughout the next fiscal year of service in the church. Our congregation’s budget has exceeded 2.5 million dollars. Our ministries with Pre-K and our Child Development Centers are growing. Our school enrollment is growing. Our ministries are growing. In the midst of our organizational whirlwind we have the great privilege to share with children and families that God is not only real, but present. There is no doubt that as we launch a worshiping community in the Woodlands in just a few months there will be a whirlwind of things to accomplish. We have been given the tremendous opportunity and blessing to share to the Woodlands neighborhood that God is not only real, but present. As we gather for worship, there are so many things going on in our own lives. When we worship, often times we find ourselves in the midst of personal whirlwinds. We still have a real God who makes himself present. I am not talking about God’s divine omnipotence that we could never fully understand. God makes himself present in real time and real space. We have a Lord’s Supper where we express that Jesus himself is really present. We have a worship place where God’s name is invoked and there He promises to be with us. We have a God who comes to you and me in love and grace and invites us to know Him through Jesus Christ. It was Jesus who became God in real time and in real places to bring to us that love and grace from God. There are many religions all around the world teaching that God is real. The Christian religion is the only religion teaching that God is present to love us. God makes His presence among us so that where He is we might receive the invitation to “Be still and know God.” This next fiscal year, school year and year of service guarantees to be a whirlwind. I pray that each of you in the whirlwind may know the real, present God who loves you always. In His service, Pastor Hesse, Josh 1:9

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August Family Ministry News

Promotion Sunday: August 19th We have some exciting new things kicking off this fall for our children’s ministry.

We have picked 3 Kid-to-Kid offering projects to benefit organization here in Amarillo and throughout the world. Join us in the school music room that day for a special presentation! And on regular Sundays, remember that we start in the music

room on Sunday mornings at 9:15 for opening worship.

August 12th: Back to School Blessing Join us in both services that day for a special back to school

blessing and gift to help our children and youth focus on God as they return to school.

Then join us at our Woodlands Location from 4-6pm for more fun with Barbeque and Backpack Blessing in that community. Come meet our families and students in

our new area of ministry!

August 12th Faith Milestone: 2nd Grade Students

This month our Faith Milestone will be celebrating our 2nd Grade Students and their families.

We will be gifting these precious families with a very special ESV Student Bible to encourage them in their daily practice of taking

time for God, family and prayer.

Let’s celebrate their milestone at the 10:30 am Worship.

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AUGUST 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 God Connects/ Woodlands Campus - 6:30 pm

2 Life Light Bible Study/Parlor - 9:30 am Bd. of Christian Ed. Mtg. - 6 pm

3 4

5 Social Ministry Mtg. - 9:30 am Bible Study - 7 pm

6 7 Ladies Day Guild/Parlor - 1 pm Child Care Bd. Mtg. -

8 God Connects/ Woodlands Campus - 6:30 pm

9 Life Light Bible Study/Parlor - 9:30 am Back to School Bash - 5-8 pm

10 11 All Faculty & Staff Mtg./Fellowship Hall - 9 am Good Sam Mtg./Parlor - 10 am to Noon

12 Faith Milestone/2nd Grade - 10:30 am Service Faculty & Staff Blessing - 10:30 am Service Back Pack Blessing/Woodlands - 4 pm Bible Study - 7 pm

13 14 Quilting/Parlor - 9 am Bd. of Elders Mtg. - 6:30 pm Trustees Mtg. - 7 pm

15 God Connects/ Woodlands Campus - 6:30 pm First Day of School/Chapel - 9 am

16 Life Light Bible Study/Parlor - 9:30 am Church Council - 6 pm

17 18 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

19 Bible Study - 7 pm

20 LWML - 6:30 pm

21 22 God Connects/ Woodlands Campus - 6:30 pm

23 Life Light Bible Study/Parlor - 9:30 am

24 Mountain Toppers/Parlor - 6:30 pm

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26 Bible Study - 7 pm

27 28 Meet the Teacher Night - 6:15 pm

29 God Connects/ Woodlands Campus - 6:30 pm

30 Life Light Bible Study/Parlor - 9:30 am

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Thrivent Action Teams Needed for Faith and Fun Bags for Our Trinity Tigers!

Are you a Thrivent member willing to help sponsor an action team so that every classroom can send home faith items into our children’s home each week? Please let

Charessa know and help us send the message home!

ALL YOUTH SWIM PARTY

When: Saturday, August 4th from 9:30am-11:30 Where: WTAMU Swim Center What: Private Swim Party for Trinity Lutheran Youth Why: To celebrate summer, check-in with our amazing youth,

and have some fun! Meet us at the swim entrance gate at 9:30. Cost is FREE and snacks will be provided! Also

Bring a FRIEND!!

We are so thankful to announce that the Texas District is supporting our

Woodlands Ministry Launch with a $20,000 grant for ministry.

This grant will allow us to make a great impact in that community as we look

forward to reach, teach and encourage others through the saving message of

Jesus Christ!

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Trinity School Ministry Prayer List! Summer is just about done, but it is still a GREAT TIME to set aside quiet moments for

prayer! We are united as a PRAYER FAMILY, so please join our Trinity SCHOOL MINISTRY PRAYER FAMILY as we look to lift up our mission and ministry as we grow

our school ministry and help to strengthen all our ministries, TOGETHER! Please keep in your daily prayers…

Blessings for guidance and direction with our NEW and EXPANDED programs for next year at our Woodlands campus!

To bless our staff as we welcome both new and returning teachers and staff that will bring the love of Jesus to children as they learn and grow.

An increased TOTAL enrollment for next year. An increased enrollment in each grade…Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and

Grades 1– 5! Bless all our efforts to share the love of Jesus with ALL of our Trinity families! Bless Trinity with twenty-five (25) NEW STUDENTS! The Spirit of God to move all families to make ALL this happen!

Help us to build on ALL God’s blessings!

2018-2019 Registration CONTINUES for ALL potential TLCS families! Even though it is the first of August, our enrollment process will continue. Private tours are always

available and we want to share our Trinity story with all prospective families! NOW is a great time to reserve your child’s spot for NEXT year! Be An Ambassador for Trinity…Tell the Trinity story to your friends! Don’t hesitate to encourage and send new families to see our school! Please contact Mr. Ryan for more information about ALL our programs for PK -3s through Grade Five

for next year!

Welcome…We want to welcome Mrs. Tiffany Johnson to our Trinity ministry team as our new Pre-Kindergarten teacher for our 3s and 4s. She will begin her ministry to the families and children in her midst starting in August. We also look forward to the addition of new staff to our ministry team starting before our school year begins August 15th. Please keep all our staff in your prayers. Scrip Program…Keeps on going strong! Our Summer Scrip Program continues until August 15th! There are always plenty of cards to help with all your regular purchases and all those special events, projects, and any last minute summer vacations! All are very important and all provide a great and unique way to support our school! Check out our Scrip Table every Sunday morning after first service and then on Wednesday mornings beginning August 22nd!!!

Real. Present. God.

This is our 2018-2019 school theme based on Psalm 46:1, as we celebrate and recognize all

God’s blessings for 71 years of school ministry that impacts young lives throughout the Amarillo

community! Our theme will also share the JOY we all have in bringing the love of our REAL,

PRESENT, GOD into the young lives of His precious children, and as we assist parents in

developing and loving these future leaders in our community. Join us in celebrating the Hope we

have in Jesus because we share a…Real. Present. God.

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Rhoda Koenig 8/1 Carol Duncan 8/4 Charles Gutz 8/4 Mitchell Lewis 8/5 Daniel Beggs 8/6 Gladys Carter 8/6 Dennis Clayton 8/6 Marley McElroy 8/7 Brookelynn Barclay 8/8 Sue Buescher 8/8 Maria Gossett 8/10 Cindy Frye 8/11 Justin Hurst 8/11 Gretta Johnson 8/11 James Metcalf 8/11 Danny Craigmiles 8/12 Bill McClendon 8/12 Haleigh Watson 8/12 Jim Ackley 8/13 Miah McCarty 8/13 Mavryck Schneider 8/13 Dean Vanderbush 8/15 Myrranda Billenwillms 8/16 Caleb Hesse 8/17 Sherrie Leoning 8/17 Teresa Moore 8/17 Logan Tweet 8/17 Anna Wallace 8/17 Kay Findley 8/18 Nicholas Patterson 8/18 Jeanette Forey 8/20 Brad Moore 8/20 Ali Pilgrim 8/20 Hilbert Schramm 8/21 Aaron Arrellano 8/22 Diane Johnson 8/22 Carlyn Kunkel 8/22 Owen Tormey 8/23 Frank Walerczyk 8/23 Cathy Craigmiles 8/24 Jackson Steen 8/24 Summer Johnson 8/25 Jesse Barclay 8/26 Kim Kopke 8/26 Lisa Orosco 8/26 Kevin Starbuck 8/27 Dorothy McKinney 8/29 Jerry Schlegel 8/29 Patricia Briscoe 8/30 Joshua Schneider 8/30 10:30 AM Service

Jim Ackley

Gene Bernhardt

Henry Janhsen

Roy Johnson

Brett Mackey

8:00 AM Service

Paul Unger

Join Us For Sunday School - 9:20 AM

Class Topic Location

Kristin Platter “Luther’s Writings” Pastor’s Office

Pastor Hesse Large Catechism on the Sacraments

Fellowship Hall

Rick Ryan Our Daily Life in Christ Parlor

Sarah Black Faith Weaver Rm. 4/School Hall

High School Faith Weaver Basement - Youth Room

Jr. High Rm. 3/School Hall

Grades 3-5 Rm. 2/School Hall

Grades K-2nd Rm. 5/School Hall

Grades PK3 & PK4 Rm. 5/School Hall

Remember that Sunday School for children and youth

PK-8th grade begins in the music Rm/Rm #3 with an

Opening Worship before dismissal to individual

classes!

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LWML The Texas District LWML Convention in July was attended by 10 Trinity ladies plus one Young Women Representative, Teresa Bowling , and one teen, Briana Mendez, who participated in the teen program. Our society took the wonderful collection of baby items our congregation contributed. Each zone was asked to bring a quilt runner for a Waco hospice group; thanks to the two Trinity women who each made a runner...part of the t 81 runners brought to convention. LWML will start their next year of "serving the Lord with gladness" on Monday, August 20, 6 PM; this is 30 minutes earlier than usual to give enough time for planning and a not-too-late return-home time. Everyone is encouraged to bring their ideas to this planning session for our 2018-2019 year, as we follow the convention theme, "Filled to Overflowing." The Executive Board will provide refreshments and devotions.

Board of Elders

The 61st. Texas District

Convention The Texas District of the

Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod met in Convention, June 14-16, 2018 in Irving, Texas for its 61st Convention. Pastor Hesse and Henry Janhsen served as pastoral and lay delegates to the Convention. Approximately 600 delegates and guest were in attendance. The theme of the convention was “Firmly Standing-Boldly Sending”, based I Corinthians 15: 1-6. The Rev. Dr. Dale A. Meyer, president of Concordia Seminary, served as convention essayist and presented a Bible Study on the theme text. He stated that is was a good time to be in the Church and a good time to be getting into the ministry. After all whose church is it? Is it the pastors? No. Is it the Synods? No. It is God’s Church. We should carry on the ministry with courage and cheerful confidence knowing this fact.

The Convention honored retiring president Ken Hennings for his twelve years service as Texas District President and elected Mike Newman as the new District President. President Hennings has completed 45 years in the ministry. President elect Newman is currently serving as Texas District Mission & Ministry Facilitator, Area C. He has been in this role since 2008. Prior to working for the district he was at Concordia San Antonio as associate pastor for four years. Newman has been a member of the synod for 31 years and was ordained in 1987. The opening worship with Holy Communion was held Thursday evening with the Rev. Dr. Herb Mueller, 1st. V.P. of LCMS as the preacher. This service is always the highlight of the Convention. The music and singing was awesome and uplifting. Nowhere but a Lutheran convention will the singing drowned out the organ. LCMS President Matthew Harrison gave a report on the Synod. He discussed the many challenges and opportunities facing our church stressing the efforts for church growth. He also announced the coming alter and pulpit fellowship with the 4.5 million member Malagasy Lutheran Church. He also cited an example of church mergers, similar to Trinity and Christ. The churches he spoke of were in Kansas worshiping about 40 each after combining are now worshiping 240. President Harrison praised the Texas District on its effort to plant new churches. Charessa Koontz was elected to the District Board of Directors. Congratulation to Charessa, and thank you for your dedicated service to our church. May God Bless you as you serve in this new position. I want to encourage each of you to visit the Texas District web page to listen to the worship services and the presentations by President Harrison, Dale Meyer and others. I want to thank the members of Trinity for allowing me to represent you at this convention. To God be the glory.

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OUR TIGER SUMMER REGISTRATION & ORIENTATION DAY ALL current and new families enrolled for this year need to mark their calendars for our Tiger Summer Registration and Orientation Day, including those who have not enrolled but still have time to do so! We will have a special registration/orientation day on Thursday, August 9th from 5:00 – 8:00p.m. Light refreshments will be provided and we will have lots of other information and items of importance, as we get ready for our first day of school. Call the school office for more details and information.

71 Years of Reaching, Teaching, and Encouraging ALL God’s Children!

We will have the honor and blessing of beginning Trinity’s 71st year as a Christian school in the

Amarillo community as we open our school term on Wednesday, August 15th. We will also share

in the blessings of beginning a second site PK 4s class on our Woodlands campus as well! Join us

at 9:00a.m. that morning as we gather to celebrate this important ministry in our midst! See you

there!

The FIRST DAY of school is Wednesday, August 15th starting at 8:15a.m.

Special AUGUST 2018 Calendar Dates

to Look Forward to: REAL. PRESENT. GOD.

Celebrating 71 Years of Trinity Lutheran Christian School Ministry…

Monday-Friday, August 6th–10th & Monday-Tuesday, August 13th-14th…Teacher Development and Workdays Thursday, August 9th…5:00-8:00p.m. – Tiger Summer Registration & Orientation Day Wednesday, August 15th…First Day of School! Opening Worship of our 71st Academic year at 9:00a.m.!!! Tuesday, August 28th …6:15p.m. – TLCS Meet-the-Teacher Night Get the NEW year started right with your Tiger Spirit Items…We have Tiger Mugs, Athletic Bottles, Baseball Caps, and Tiger Car Decals, along with many other items that will help to show the Amarillo community your true Tiger Spirit. Now is the time to get your spirit items from our Tiger Spirit Store!

YOU CAN FIND OUT THE LATEST ABOUT YOUR TRINITY TIGERS BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT

www.trinitylutheranschool.org or on our Trinity School Facebook page!

Tri-State Volunteers Needed...Our special Tri-State Fair Parade Float Committee continues to seek those who would like to help with the preparations for our float for the annual Tri-State Parade that will be held in September! Plans and preparations for this event will begin soon. Please contact Mrs. Kasi Gray or the church office if you are willing to be part of this important journey sharing the ministries here at Trinity with our community! We hope to hear from you soon! What a great way to share your gifts and talents while serving Him!

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BOARD OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION UPDATE: School enrollment continues to grow as we are looking at over 100

students enrolled for next year! The expanded PK 4s program on our Woodlands campus will begin

with one morning session beginning Wednesday, August 15th. Equipment and materials have been purchased in preparation for this class.

We will welcome several new staff additions to our ministry team for next year and invite everyone to join us in keeping these new staff people and our entire staff in your prayers as we begin our new school year.

We extend our thanks to Mr. Kevin Starbuck for his leadership and work on the board as his term ended this month. Thank you for all your support and dedication to Christian education at TLCS.

We continue to be blessed with many who have taken advantage of the opportunity to create a THRIVENT ACTION TEAM... Thank you to all those who took advantage of sponsoring a classroom with an Action Team! They were greatly

appreciated and helped us get to ready for the upcoming school year. Now, please consider supporting the upcoming fund-raising projects that will be starting soon. Contact Mrs. Koontz or Mr. Kleiber to get your request processed.

In addition, we want to continue to remind you to designate those Thrivent Choice Dollars! You have to make your designations online at Thrivent.com or you can call them at 1-800-847-4836. Remember, please check regularly to ensure that your designations are being made before each deadline. They do not automatically happen.

Tri-State Fair Parade Planning Meeting

On August 4th 2018 there will be a planning session at 10:00 am. It should only last an hour or so.

There will be a list of donations needed. A schedule for decorations. A "day of "schedule set up. Volunteers are needed from Woodlands Childcare, Trinity Lutheran School, Trinity Lutheran Childcare and Trinity Lutheran Church. This is a ONE UNITY event. Please consider this volunteer opportunity. The theme this year is FIESTA >>> a religious festival or celebration. This is an opportunity to show support of our ministry, but also a chance to let Amarillo know who we are.

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Child Development Centers

Trinity Lutheran Church Child Development Center enrollment – 160

Trinity Lutheran Church Woodlands Child Development Center enrollment – 106 Summer Programs will come to a close as school starts on August 15. We are looking forward to Pre-K programs beginning with a special backpack blessing for Woodlands first year on August 12 at 4:00 pm. Watch for more info to come.

A Good Samaritan Planning Meeting

Planning meeting is scheduled for Saturday, August 11 at 10:00 am in the Parlor for the Good Samaritan Harvest Festival Dinner and Country Store scheduled for Sunday, November 4. Please bring your ideas for our dinner and projects. Call Beverly Brohlin (622-1527) for more information.