PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Happy Fall Equinox,

We have so many things to Celebrate and be Thankful for:

1. Congregational members who faithfully minister to the community and give continued

support to our Faith community

2. Bolt leadership renewing another Christian education season for our Pre-k through fifth

grade children

3. Council members growing together and stretching for current needs at the church

4. Musicians and voices singing praise to God

5. Call committee members patiently waiting to discern another candidate

6. Secretaries giving daily presence and supporting multiple needs

7. Parents giving voice to planning of confirmation

8. Community members gathering to share a Fall supper on October 3rd.

The list grows as we journey forward in change.

As part of our journey together the council would like to announce the following;

Starting October 1, 2019, Trinity will welcome in, Colin Grangaard as our Bridge Pastor.

Colin will serve three-quarter time to lead Sunday worship, fulfill pastoral needs, work with

the council, families, and congregation to develop a confirmation program, and get to know

the community.

As Bridge Pastor, Colin will support Trinity until we call a Pastor or he is called to a

permanent position. Trinity has done its interim work, and continues to actively seek a

Pastor. Sustainability and viability are what Trinity wants and continued ministry work may

take a more collaborative and conjoined approach.

We are blessed to have many opportunities to be a Faith Community!

Rose

October 2019

TRINITY CONNECTIONS

October 19th from 4-7 pm is a great opportunity for our Youth to be out in our Community! The Hammond Library is having their annual Halloween Party with Trunk or Treating available! We are looking for some youth and adults to help put together a Trunk!

On October 27th from 2-3 pm Cross Lutheran in Roberts is having a Trunk or Treat event. They have graciously invited us to participate with them. Another great opportunity for us to be active in our local communities! Please let me know if you are interested in being a part of either event! If you have a great idea to decorate a trunk, please share that also! We can have more than one trunk also! The more the merrier!

High Schoolers: Godstock is approaching fast! It will be November 8, 9 and 10th at Metropolis Resort in Eau Claire! The theme of the weekend is Finding Strength through the Storm! The speakers and musicians for the weekend are: AGAPE and Joe Davis. We are lucky to have four people currently serving on the Synod Youth Board! Talk with Hunter Feyereisen, Karter LaVenture, Mandi Wilberg and Sarah Pommerening if you have any questions! It’s A LOT of FUN!

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Excited to Serve, Christine

On Sunday, October 13th we will be celebrating GODS WORK, OUR HANDS SUNDAY. There will be a FREE brunch served after our 9:00 A.M. worship service. ALL are invited.

The Evangelism team wants to say a BIG THANK YOU for all that you do for Trinity and our community. We keep our hands busy and it makes a difference. It does not go unnoticed and is always appreciated. So PLEASE plan to attend. Hope to see you on Oct. 13th.

GODS WORK, OUR HANDS. Betty Johnson and her team

QUILTER’S CORNER

We will be quilting in the quilting room at 9 am on the 10th and 24th of October, where we will be tying knots on Lutheran World Relief quilts and graduating Senior quilts. Following the knot tying there will be fellowship

coffee and laughter, please come join us.

On November 1, we will be putting our finished quilts on the chairs. We will be selling quilts for $25.00 each

during November.

Evangelism-Betty Johnson, Chair

Welcome back from summer. This is the time to catch up on your giving if you’ve fallen behind

during those summer months. Trinity is brimming over with opportunities for sharing

your God-given talents. As it says in Romans, Chapter 12, “So we are to use our different gifts

in accordance with the grace that God has given us. If our gift is to speak God’s message, we should do it according to the faith that we

have. If it is to serve, we should serve; if it is to teach, we should teach. If it is to encourage

others, we should do so. Whoever shares with others should do it generously; whoever has authority should work hard; whoever shows kindness to others should do it cheerfully.”

Confirmation, BOLT, Fellowship Teams, the Fall Supper, and other programs need your

time & talents for Trinity to survive and thrive.

Stewardship – Ron Pratt, Chair

Trinity’s office hours:

Monday: 9am-11am and 2:30-5pm

Tuesday: 9am-11am and 2:30-5pm Wednesday: 9am-11am and 2:30-

5pm Thursday: 9am-11am and 2:30-5pm

Friday: 9am-12pm and 2:30-5pm

Serving Hot Turkey and Gravy over Biscuits Corn, Coleslaw

Pickles Milk and Coffee

Homemade Desserts

Free-will donation

We will be doing the Thank offering Sunday

on November 24, 2019. There will be a

meeting after church during October to plan

the Thank offering Sunday. Look in the

bulletin for the date of the meeting.

One Pair of Hands, Kathy

WELCA – Kathy Jensen, Chair

Youth-Christine Pommerening, Chair

Fall Supper and Bazaar

Thursday, October 3rd, 2019

4:30-6:30 PM

We kicked off BOLT on Wednesday, September 11. We had 16 kids get registered and welcomed three new families to BOLT. BOLT will be Wednesday nights from 6:30-7:30 pm for pre-school through 5th grade. We are looking forward to another great year learning about God’s Love.

Greeting BOLT Families -

BOLT has an Operation Christmas Child donation bin in the Education wing where you can bring donations throughout the year. We packed 94 boxes this past year and we are aiming for 100 this coming year, so if you have items to donate, please bring them in anytime of the year. Each month I will share some ideas to consider donating, so this month, let’s think about SCHOOL GAMES!

Education - Kelly Browning, Chair

Coffee Chat with the Treasurer

The Tuesday Community Supper is served the first Tuesday of every month at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 1350 Florence Street, Baldwin, Wisconsin. This is a free meal open to anyone in the community, served from 5:00 to

6:30 p.m. Area churches, businesses and organizations take turns preparing and serving good nutritious food every

month.

First Reformed Church and St. Croix Electric will be preparing and serving

the meal on Tuesday, October 1st, 2019. The menu is creamed Chicken over

Biscuits, Mixed Vegetables, Cake and Cookies.

Tuesday Community Supper

Friendly reminder that we have a Closed Facebook group where I post what is happening with BOLT on a regular basis. You can request to join here: Trinity Lutheran BOLT

As August 30, 2019 Financial Overview Year-to-date:

Income Total $9,958.00

Expense Total $7,030.00

Total Income $2,928.00

Month of August Financial Overview:

Beginning Checkbook Balance $20,978.44

Ending Checkbook Balance $23,589.94

All bills were paid for the month of August.

Your Co-worker in Christ, Kelly, BOLT Team Leader

I am looking for one more BOLT Guide to teach a class the coming BOLT year and someone who can lead music for BOLT. Please let me know if you are interested, we would love to have you join our team. Also, if there are youth interested in helping as a BOLT Guide, please contact me and I am more than willing to talk to them and help in the planning of lessons each week.

October Schedule

10/2/2019 Peace (Isaac and the Wells)

10/9/2019 Patience (Jacob Waits for Rachel)

10/16/2019 Kindness (Abraham Shows Hospitality)

10/23/2019 Goodness (The Parable of the Good Samaritan)

10/30/2019 Faithfulness (David and Jonathan’s Friendship)

No BOLT on the following Wednesdays – November 27, December 18 and 25, January 1, February 26, March 25, and April 8

Tim Haugen has been part of the BOLT family and prior to this program, our Sunday School family, we will say good bye to him in the coming weeks as he will moving to a different church. I want to thank him for all the time he given to the children of Trinity through our education programs. He will be missed, especially the kids will miss him and his lessons. Thank you for your service.

• Continued prayers for Becky Eckman and DeEtte Willert as they continue with Treatments.

• Continued prayers for Jim Dittman (Deb Henry’s father) and Arlen Peterson.

• Continued prayers to Jim Krizan and Justin Krizan.

• Prayers to Sammie Criego.

• Prayers of healing to Sandy Gillis who is undergoing more tests.

• Prayers for the Elk Mound area affected by the tornado.

• Prayers to the Hodnefield Family as Susan’s brother passed away this past week.

• Pastor Ralph’s daughter Emily had a baby girl who is in PICU. Emily is home, baby is still in the hospital.

There are many we are praying for privately. If you know of someone who would like prayers,

please let me know.

Kathy Jensen 715-781-9618 or kajkaj79@hotmail.com

Church Record - August

Funerals

Myland “Jerry” Lloyd

Funeral: August 12, 2019

Funerals

JoAnne Jacobson

Funeral: August 23, 2019

FOOD PANTRY UPDATE

Next Food Shelf Sunday is: October 13

Thank you for helping others in need!

October 2: Tim & Jennifer Haugen

October 9: Brian & Joan Ramberg

October 10: Steve & Jean Peterson

Prayer Requests

October Anniversaries

October 2: Vera Grant

October 2: Chris Peterson

October 3: Bailey Davis

October 5: Kinzi McNamara

October 7: Missy Davis

October 7: Jordan Edison

October 7: Brantley Ellsworth

October 7: Kirk Lyksett

October 8: Eric Davis

October 8: Tyler Wycoff

October 11: Stewart Carrick

October 13: Dan Doornink

October 13: Ethan Gardner

October 13: Kylie Hodnefield

October 13: Jessica Marx

October 13: Brian Sittlow

October 15: Jessica Brown

October 15: Lois Worbes

October 17: Mitchell Larson

October 18: Jeremy Brathol

October 18: Amanda Schone

October 20: Katie Marx

October 20: Brody Nusbaum

October 21: Mike Haller

October 21: Alex Owens

October 24: Julie Boumeester

October 27: Tadan Holzer

October 28: Daniel Hauge

October 28: Vincent Thomley

October 29: Parker Owens

October 29: Greyson Sobottka

October 30: Aidan Thorsen

October 30: Brock Thorsen

October 30: Caroline

Wilcoxson

October 31: Alyssa Iverson

October Birthday’s

OCTOBER 6 OCTOBER 13 OCTOBER 20

OCTOBER 27

GREETERS Judy Newton Nusbaum’s Barb Schrank Lois Koosmann

Ushers (2) Youth

and/or Adults Arnold & Bev Jacobson Posey’s

Alan Owens Harold & Lenore Moll

Reader Bev Jacobson Marti Peterson Rose Kuebker

Acolyte Charli Nusbaum Torri Posey

Power Point

Ron Pratt Ron Pratt Ron Pratt

Sound Tech

Communion Helpers

Nusbaum’s + + Daryl & Susan Frank + +

Communion Set Up

Worship Team + + Worship Team + +

Bread Baker

+ + Rose Kuebker + +

Offering Counter (2)

Marti Peterson Marti Peterson

Sarah Pommerening Sarah Pommerening Sarah Pommerening

Bulletin Sponsors

To Sponsor a Bulletin, please see Betty Johnson BOLT Sponsors

Fellowship Servers

Team F – Steve & Vickie Holzer

Team G – Becky Fowler Team H – Steve & Jean

Peterson Team I – Sue Bork

Exterior Property

Team

Team #2 – Travis & Laurie Posey Family

Team #3 – Pete & Kathy Nusbaum Family

Team #3-Pete & Kathy Nusbaum Family

Team #4-Lance & Cindy Olson Family

October 6th BULLETIN: WELCA October 13th BULLETIN: WELCA October 20th BULLETIN: Lillian Jorgenson in memory of her children Louise, Jens, Hugh and Mike Roger & June Lindquist Thanking God for a bountiful fall October 27th BULLETIN: NO SPONSOR

Do you have a special day, memory or event coming up?

Sign up to be a bulletin sponsor in 2019! Interested in being the contact to accept bulletin

sponsors? Reach out to the Church Office at trinityhammond@centurytel.net or 715-796-2788.

October Ministry Calendar

Please consider how you might do God’s work with your hands. Sign up at the Communication Corner or call the church office. Instruction available for every role & a reminder call or email a few days before your commitment.

Contact church office to sponsor a bulletin! Just $8.00! October Bulletin Sponsors

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

6:30pm Boy Scouts

6:30pm BOLT

7:00pm Confirmation

Planning Meeting

9:00am Quilting

4:30-6:30pm WELCA Fall

Bazaar

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 9:00am Worship w/Holy

Communion

10:15am Coffee Fellowship

10:15am Prep Treat bags for Trunk or Treat at

Hammond Library

7:00pm Council Meeting

9:00am Jumpstart!

6:30pm BOLT

Evangelism Team Prep Brunch for God’s Work, Our

Hands Sunday

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

9:00am Worship

Food Shelf Sunday Lunch Munch Moola

God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday

10:15am Coffee Fellowship

6:30pm Cub

Scouts

10:00am Heritage Worship

6:30pm BOLT

Newsletter items due!

4-7 pm Trunk or Treat event at

Hammond Library

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

9:00am Worship w/Holy Communion

10:15am Coffee Fellowship

5-8 pm Burger

Night at Parkside for Sammie

Criego

9:00am

Jumpstart! 6:30pm BOLT

9:00am Quilting 5:30pm

Grace Place Meal

27 28 29 30 31

9:00am Worship

10:15am Coffee Fellowship

Lunch Munch moola 2-3 pm Trunk or Treat at Cross Lutheran, Roberts

10am

Newsletter Folding

6:30pm Cub Scouts

6:30pm BOLT

October Calendar of Events

Call to order by President Rose Kuebker at 6:59 pm. Devotions led by Rose Kuebker. Present: President Rose Kuebker, Laurie Posey, Deb Henry, Sue Frank, Tim Haugen, Betty Johnson, Becky Fowler, Ron Pratt Absent: Kathy Jensen, Deb Henry, Christine Pommerening Guests in attendance: Pastor Randy Olson from Synod Office, Sarah Pommerening

Secretary Report: Review August 13, 2019 Council minutes: Motion made by Marti Peterson. Second by Laurie Posey. Motion Carried. 1. Treasurer Report: Ending balance as of August 31, 2019 is $23,589.94. This balance includes

money that is designated for Fellowship and Education. Question in regards to children’s Bibles, will

look into seeing if WELCA still handles purchasing Bibles for 2nd Graders receiving new Bibles.

Motion by Ron Pratt to accept the Treasurer’s report. Second by Sue Frank. Motion carried.

Old Business: 1. Call Committee Update: Sue Frank and Becky Fowler update the Council on the Call Process.

-Pastor Randy Olson attended the council meeting to discuss next steps with the Call Process and helping Trinity with Pastoral Needs going forward. Pastor Randy suggested that Trinity think about calling a Bridge Pastor, while he continues to look for names of additional Pastors to be interviewed by the call committee. Motion made by Betty Johnson to have Pastor Randy contact a Bridge Pastor for Council to interview. Laurie Posey second. Motion carried. Council will interview for a Bridge Pastor on Saturday, September 14th at 8:00 am. Compensation: Ron Pratt, Deb Henry and Rose Kuebker met and discussed what compensation would look like for a new pastor.

2. Hired Personnel: gas card update: Ron Pratt update the Council on Gas cards for the Secretary. It is considered income and should have Social Security taken out. Ron and Rose will talk with Secretary’s to discuss next options.

3. October Pastor roster. Currently, Pastor Gordon Gathright is scheduled for October 13th. In light of possibly having a Bridge Pastor by October 6th, we are holding on scheduling any additional Pastors, otherwise Sue Frank will reach out to Pastor Jerry Malak.

4. Confirmation Education: parent meeting update: Rose Kuebker and Sue Frank updated Council on the process of Confirmation. Rose, Sue and Tim Haugen met with Pastor Paul to talk about how a Confirmation program could be ran. On Wednesday, September 4th, Rose and Sue met with the Parents and confirmation students to have a discussion about what could Confirmation look like? Talked about Building relationships and having caring conversations. Looking to assemble an education team to look at programming for Kindergarten through Confirmation. More discussion to happen. Confirmation students and Parents will be meeting again on Wednesday, October 2nd to plan Service Project Events.

5. Synod Assembly Model Constitution updates: Please review and we will discuss next month.

New Business 1. 9th Grade Confirmation: Sue Frank reported she met with 3 of the 4 families that have students being

confirmed. Confirmation Sunday is September 29th. Cake will be ordered from Nilssen’s. Dinner the night before with a run through of the program. Request to have Pastor Ralph back to confirm, otherwise Pastor Jerry will be here and would confirm them.

2. Trunk or Treat invitation from Cross Lutheran: Amanda Swanson reached out to see if Trinity would be interested in participating in their Trunk or Treat on either Sunday, October 20th or 27th from 2-3pm.

3. Hammond Library Trunk or Treat: Saturday, October 19th from 4-7pm

Council Committee updates:

1. Youth: Christine Pommerening sent her report by email. Youth are having an overnight on Saturday, September 21st at 6:00pm.

2. Worship and Music: Sue Frank reported Band did not play last month, in October the first and third Sunday will be Becky, second Sunday will be Darcy and fourth Sunday will be the band.

3. Evangelism: Betty Johnson reported Sunday, October 13th is God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday Brunch following worship.

4. Mission and Human Needs: Marti Peterson reported Feed My Starving Children is Saturday, September 21st from 11:30-1:30pm. >continued on next page

Trinity Council Minutes for September 10, 2019 (Unofficial)

5. Fellowship: Becky Fowler reported she will be working with Trunk or Treat, and Table Tents.

6. WELCA: Kathy Jensen reported by email that the Fall Bazaar is Thursday, October 3rd from 4:30-6:30pm.

7. Education: Tim Haugen reported BOLT open house is Wednesday, September 11th from 6:30-7:30 pm. BOLT will officially start the following week and run from 6:30-7:15 pm. Sunday, September 29th four 2nd graders will be receiving the First Bibles.

8. Properties: Laurie Posey reported Handicap Accessible door is still having issues. Sarah and Kathy will start a log to document and track the issues.

9. Stewardship: Ron Pratt reported he will have his team meet in the next month to start talking about a Fall Stewardship Drive, would like to wait until the Bridge Pastor is here.

Open: 1. Bulletin Sponsors: Betty Johnson would like to be done being the contact to collect Bulletin

Sponsors. Action: Sarah to put in the bulletin looking for someone to take over collecting bulletin sponsor information.

2. Financial Secretary: Jen Haugen is stepping down from Financial Secretary. Sarah to put in bulletin looking for someone to take over this role. Will be approved by Council.

Motion made by Betty Johnson to adjourn at 9:02pm. Ron Pratt second. Closed with the Lord’s Prayer.

Next Meeting is Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 7:00 pm at Trinity Recorded by: Sarah Pommerening, Office Secretary Subject to approval by full Council on October 8, 2019

Dear Orville Owens Family,

I would like to express my gratitude for being

a recipient of the Trinity Congregation-Orville

Owens Memorial Scholarship. I am so

thankful to be putting it towards my

Elementary Education major at UW-La

Crosse this fall. Thanks to your generosity, I

will be able to offset the costs associated with

attending a university. Thank you again.

Sincerely, Claire Moll

Dear Trinity Lutheran Church,

I would like to extend my

utmost gratitude upon

receiving the Orville Owens

Memorial Scholarship! The

$1,000 scholarship has

helped relieve a lot of stress

when it comes to paying for

college. Thank you!

Olivia Wasley

Thank you to whom it may concern,

I am especially grateful for your generous

scholarship, which will allow me to

continue my education at a Christian

institution. I am excited to continue my

journey not only in school, but in my

education of faith and my personal

values. The generous scholarship I

received will allow me to do this!

Thanks,

Marianna Buckel

To the UCC Scholarship Committee ~

First off, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the generous

scholarship! I apologize that it has taken me so long to get

this thank you note out – the summer has gone so quickly. I

am truly grateful for your generosity and humbled that you

selected me for this scholarship. I actually leave for college

tomorrow and am anxious to start this next chapter and

your financial gift makes it easier.

Thank you again for believing in me,

Claire Frankiewicz

Trinity Council Minutes Continued

Trinity Lutheran Church,

Thank you for your

willingness to allow us to hold

our Father’s visitation at

Trinity. It was comforting to

have the connection to your

church from our childhood.

Thank you!

Melissa and the Jerry Lloyd

Family

Mission & Human Needs – Marti Peterson, Chair

BOLT Open House Pictures

We had 9 people who went to Feed My Starving Children on Saturday, September 21st. We had a good time packing meals for Malawi. Our 2-hour time slot packed 141 boxes, totaling 30,456 meals which will feed 83 kids for a year. We try to do this quarterly and will be booking a slot in December (December 7th). We usually reserve 25 places and would love to fill these and request more spots.

Please prayerfully consider joining us on that day. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the St. Croix Central School Supplies. We were able to take an additional 2 bags of school supplies to the Elementary School after Labor Day.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Food Shelf, Grace Place, Little Food Pantry, and SCC Backpack Program. Reminder that the next Food Shelf Sunday will be October 13th. Grace Place is currently in need of size 5 and 6 diapers, sensitive skin wipes, toilet paper, and paper towels. Thank you also to all who make sure that the donations are delivered to the locations. We could not do this without your donations and time. We also have donation boxes for used eye glasses (with Roberts Lions) and empty pill bottles (with Hammond Healthcare).

In October, we will also be collecting donations for SCC’s school lunch program. This money will be available for students whose lunch account has dropped below the minimum. Thank you for your generosity.

We will be serving the evening meal at Grace Place on Thursday, October 24th. Grace Place currently has 35 residents. We prepare and deliver the meal to Grace Place in disposable containers, offer the dinner prayer, and they clean up after they have eaten. A sign-up will be available a couple weeks before we serve. ~Cont’d

Matthew 25:35-40: “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”

Mark your calendars for Monday, October 21st the United Fire – Hammond Station is having a Burger Night for Samantha (Sammie) Criego and her Family. This is for Sammie and her family for any needs as she goes through cancer treatments. Stop by The Parkside Restaurant in Hammond for supper. You can get a hamburger and fries all for $5.00. Add-ons are $0.25 each. Dine-in or Carryout is available.

Seen on Facebook: Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare is in need of blanket donations for their kiddos after they come out of surgery. Specifically, they could use more youth boy fleece blankets and more adult men and women’s fleece blankets. If interested in donating, please contact Paula Graham at informationdesk@gillettechildrens.com for more information and guidelines. Thank you to all! God’s Blessings!

Mission & Human Needs Continued

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