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April 2014

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

TRINITY TIDINGS

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord is good; God’s steadfast love endures forever! The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad! Psalm 118:1, 22-24

Last week as I was driving past the Meadowlands Sports Complex on Route 3, there is a digital billboard right in front of the Timex Performance Center. Usually as I am riding by enroute to my office at Holy Trinity, it reports the temperature and the day’s weather. However, this one day as I was driving by, it was displaying the familiar watchword — This is the first day of the rest of your life. What really got my attention was that the phrase was called “a North American proverb.” It seemed to me (as I kind of snickered to myself) calling this saying “a proverb” might be making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Despite my derision and dismissal of it, the phrase and my astonishment at its attribution hung around and bounced in my thoughts. I decided I had to find out what the origin of this phrase was. It turns out that “This is the first day of the rest of your life” is a piece of 1960’s street wisdom and it comes out of the drug rehabilitation community. Some attribute it to the late Charles Dederich who was the founder of Synanon, a substance abuse organization. Suddenly I had a little more respect for what I had thought was just an advertising slogan. It brought some depth and weight to the statement to know that people who have to struggle and resist temptation every day to overcome addiction use this phrase as a reminder that they can start anew each day on the road to recovery and sobriety. The phrase reminds them that they can be free from the patterns of their past choices; new patterns can form out of new choices and new perspectives.

Thinking about new patterns, new choices and a new day got me thinking — actually singing — the words of Psalm 118 which we proclaim in praise every Easter Day — This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad. To acknowledge either that this day is the first day of the rest of our lives or that this day is the day that God has made and we will rejoice and be glad is to practice resurrection. And it is especially appropriate for us as individuals and as a community to practice resurrection during the Easter season.

What do I mean by practicing resurrection? Practicing resurrection includes celebrating new beginnings, seeking life-giving practices and values that call forth new life from seemingly barren places, creating new relationships and strengthening and deepening our roots of faith with new growth. Here is my perspective on what practicing resurrection is: remembering to name the day as the Lord’s and a new beginning; bringing faith, hope and love into every situation; bringing joy that shatters despair; forgiving others; reminding others of their great worth and dignity as children of God; giving people the possibility of a future by speaking the truth and confronting injustice; peacemaking and reconciliation within families and communities — all of these are ways that we can be agents of God’s grace to bring people back from the dead.

We can only practice resurrection, however, if we are deeply rooted in God’s goodness and grace through the regular nourishment of our souls through prayer and the word, the bath and the meal. Because to practice resurrection is also to give thanks to God for God’s goodness and to remember and praise God’s steadfast love that endures forever.

It may come as a surprise but even pastors need to be reminded to practice resurrection. And so I have decided that before I even put my feet on the ground as I rise out of my bed each morning, my prayer will be: This is the day the Lord has made — the first day of the rest of my life — let me rejoice and be glad in it! I hope that some of you will join me in this reminder too and together we will be an Easter people of God bringing life out of death.

Pastor Susan

April 2014

THE TIDINGS

— HOLY TRINITY — Living faithfully ┼ Renewing hope ┼ Sharing God’s love

A Little Child . . .

For most of my ministry I have not thought very highly of Easter Egg hunts. The symbol of an egg hatching a chick does not, to my way of thinking, say much about the power of the resurrection. And Easter Egg hunts are usually done too early, before the church has actually celebrated the

gift of the resurrection of Jesus. So, bah-humbug (oops, wrong season). Listen to what one congregation in the Boston area did in the parish graveyard after their Easter Sunday service:

The young people came early to hide the eggs and then the little ones came bursting out of the sanctuary to find the eggs — among the tombstones. Since we were just south of Boston, some of those Easters meant they found

the eggs lying in the snow as well. The whole scene was a marvelous picture of the resurrection: the children running and laughing among the silent granite slates, some with names we remembered and some long forgotten. It

was not uncommon to find one of the little gatherers perched on a gravestone stuffing her face with as much candy as possible before one of her parents caught on (from "On Beyond Easter," Milton Brasher-Cunningham, Christian

Reflection - a series in faith & ethics, 2014, Easter. Baylor University).

Perhaps I am not too old to change my view. Maybe along with the rites of Passion Sunday, Maun-

dy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and the Resurrection of our Lord, there is room for the children with their Easter Eggs. As the church moves from the cold bitterness of death to the warm surprise of new life, perhaps there is room for the little children who remind us of the joy that

resurrection means for us!

Yours in Christ,

Pastor Wayne Dreyman

“God’s lambs are all around us. God’s sheep live in huts, in

double-wides, in skyscrapers, in yurts and on the street — they are children and adults like you and me . . . And far too many of those lambs are suffering and dying from diseases of poverty.”

— by Brenda Wagner, Synod Malaria Coordinator

Synod Vice President, Northeastern Minnesota Synod

“Feed My Sheep: A Sermon for Women’s Day”

April 2014

THE TIDINGS

April 2014

THE TIDINGS

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Be[Attitudes] . . . The Blessed Way of Life Thursday Evenings at 7:00 PM April 24, May 1, 8 and 15 Attitudes can be defined as the ways we think or feel about something or someone. They can be good or bad, but they are always powerful because they steer us. Our attitudes are formed by the way we respond to the circumstances of life. How often we find that two people have responded differently under the same circumstances. We can either cement or dissolve our hurt. We can bind or set our hearts free. Our language and our habits will cement the good or the bad. So we Christians are to guard our hearts; ban the offense and cultivate forgiveness. It’s critical to our health and our witness. The Beatitudes from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount are attitudes that ought to be. That is, attitudes that define what it is to live a blessed life. Unlike a circumstance-driven emotion such as happiness, blessedness is eternal and grounded in the reality of Christ living in, with and through you. Join us for this four-week exploration and discussion of the Beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke facilitated by Pastor Susan on Thursday evenings from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. The Bible study begins on April 24 and concludes on May 15. For more infor-mation about this Bible study, please contact Pastor Susan Nelson-Colaneri at (201) 288-6889 or at [email protected].

April 2014

This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Psalm 118:24

Cut here and place on your refrigerator as a reminder.

Keeping up with Confirmation Ministry

Confirmation students discussed the difference between knowledge and wisdom, and which one they would most like to possess. This discussion was followed up with a discussion about justice and mercy, which they thought was the most important and which was the most difficult to exact. This was all a part of our study of the story of King Solomon and the use of his knowledge, wisdom, justice and mercy in how he decided between two women claiming to be the mother of a baby boy.

On Monday, March 24, we welcomed Pastor Janet Blair from Zion Lutheran Church in Ridgefield along with her Confirmation student, Julia. Pastor Blair led the class in a discussion of the prophets and kings of Israel.

In April, the Confirmation class will begin working on their personal faith statements as the culmination of their Confirmation studies. They will be required to answer in their own words who God is and what this means for their lives.

Please keep these young people in your prayers and encourage them whenever you see them.

Come to God’s Table Holy Communion Instruction

Seven students along with their families met with Pastor Susan on Sunday, March 16 to begin their five weeks of instruction in preparation for receiving their First Holy Communion. This class offers a time for deeper instruction and understanding of the Lord’s Supper for the students as well as their families.

At the family orientation session, Pastor Susan asked students and their families to talk about their favorite foods and memories of special meals they have shared with family and friends. We discovered that sharing food together is a special part of life and relationships. We also remembered our baptisms and the promise given of being brought to the Lord’s Table when we were baptized.

At our second class, we learned about a special meal that God provided for the Israelites in the desert. God provides for us because God loves us!

On Sunday, March 30, the students will make their Communion banners, which they will carry in procession when they receive their First Communion. Students may receive their First Communion either on Easter Day, April 20, or on Sunday, April 27.

Please keep the children of the Holy Communion class and their families in your prayers as they prepare for a special moment in their journey of faith.

We welcome you into the body of Christ and into the mission we share:

join us in giving thanks and praise to God and bearing God’s creative and redeeming word to all the world.

THE TIDINGS

April 2014

THE TIDINGS

This month, Sunday Church School students

learned about Jesus' disciples and how some

were fishermen. The children made their own

beautiful fish to remind them that we are all

disciples of Jesus and should follow him!

Transfiguration Sunday The children help bury the Alleluias

What the children have been up to . . .

Sunday School students joined us at the Adult

Forum about our new church organ. They were

thrilled to hear the variety of sounds it could

make but especially to have the opportunity to

try a few notes under the watchful eye of our

Minister of Music.

FROM THE PORCH . . .

FOR THOSE IN NEED Thank you to everyone who helped to make a happier Easter for the children served by Lutheran

Social Services of New Jersey with your generous donations for Easter baskets.

During the months of April and May, our From the Porch ministry, coordinated by SWIM (Single Wom-

en in Mission), will be collecting infant layette items. The gift of a layette will be given to each new

mother living on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in Montana through Our Savior Lutheran Church

which is located on the Reservation. Rocky Boy is home to 2500 Chippewa-Cree Indians and, during

these difficult economic times, there are many in need of even the most basic items for their families.

What better way to honor your mother or her memory on Mother’s Day than by providing a much-

needed gift for a new mother.

Items needed (size newborn-6 months) include onesies, receiving blankets, hooded towels and wash-

cloths, socks, booties, sleepers, bibs, caps, and baby quilts.

As always, thank you for participating so generously in our ministries. Throughout the year, we try to

find different projects or needs to address. We hope that at least one touches your heart and that

you are able to join us in “God’s work, our hands.”

PARTNERS IN THE GOSPEL with the Spirit’s gifts, empower us for the work of ministry . . .

April 2014

THE TIDINGS

DEBBIE STELZLE TAKES ON NEW PROJECT FOR LENT

This year during Lent, Debbie Stelzle will bowl to

support Our Savior Lutheran Church, an ELCA

congregation located on a Native American

Reservation in Rocky Boy, Montana. Two years

ago, Debbie visited Our Savior and the Reser-

vation. While there, she learned a great deal

about the interaction of the Lutheran Church

and the Reservation, the customs of the Native

Americans, and she helped with a hands-on

project which involved readying a small plot of

land for a memory garden. She also learned

first hand of the economic conditions and the

poverty that so many of the Native Americans

living on the Reservation experience. (Read

more in SWIM’s From the Porch article above.)

Debbie will bowl three games for Our Savior and

will then let you know her total score for those

three games. If you choose to, you may make

your contribution based on a per point basis —

whatever amount you decide on times the total

number of points scored in the three games; or,

you may contribute any amount you choose

without regard to the points scored. All of the

proceeds will be sent to Our Savior in Rocky

Boy, Montana. For more information, you may

contact Debbie at 201-820-1300 or at

[email protected].

Phone Chain Callers Needed

Holy Trinity is organizing a phone chain that will

be activated in the event of the death of a

member or other important event or information

that needs to be shared as quickly as possible

with every member. The phone chain will help

us keep in touch with every member, especially

those who do not have e-mail or the few who do

not receive newspapers. We are looking for

people who would be willing to make phone calls

to members assigned in groups of 8 to 10.

Please fill out the form below and place it in the

offering plate on Sunday morning or call the

church office if you are available to partici-

pate in this very important ministry.

PHONE CHAIN MINISTRY _____ Yes! I would be willing to be a phone chain caller.

Name: Phone: E-mail:

Please place in the offering plate when completed.

April 2014

Joyful Noise Ringers

Newcomers are always welcome!

Wednesday Rehearsals

April 2 and 9 — 6 PM

April 16 and 30 — 7 PM

Contact: George Moser at 201-288-6889

or at [email protected].

The Joyful Noise Ringers will perform on April 6

and on Easter Day, April 20, at the 11 AM

Services of Holy Communion.

SHARE YOUR GIFTS OF TIME AND TALENT

Many Hands Make Light Work

Even though the sign-up sheets have been re-

placed, you can still get on board the committee

and/or ministry of your choice to share your gifts

of time and talent.

Each ministry and/or committee has a unique

purpose in helping our congregation carry out its

mission — and, there is much to do. If you have

a particular interest and/or set of skills in any of

the following areas or would just like to try some-

thing new, there is still time: finance, property,

stewardship, education, worship and music,

outreach, mailing, social ministry, bell and/or

vocal choirs, caring ministry, WELCA, SWIM, pray-

er chain ministry, coffee hours, or photo- graphy

and/or writing. Everyone’s contributions are of

utmost importance in the life of our congregation.

It is the Spirit’s gifts that empower us for the work

of ministry.

Please feel free to contact any of the ministry/

committee chairpersons with questions, ideas

and/or suggestions, or to let them know of your

interest in participating. Chairpersons assigned

and their contact information can be found on the bulletin board outside of Pastor Susan’s office or

you may call the church office at 201-288-6889

and leave a number where you can be reached by

the chair of the ministry and/or committee that

you are interested in.

Thanks from WELCA

Thank you everyone who filled our coffee can

with labels and box tops for education. We

collected more than 450, an all-time high!! As

this is a year-round project, please keep them

coming. Currently, our officers this year are:

Marie Nurge, President, Ruth Bunge, Vice Pres-

ident, and Rita Krieger, Secretary-Treasurer. Be-

low are our missionary and table prayers, which

guide us in all our activities:

God be merciful to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us,

That Thy ways may be known on earth, Thy saving ways among all nations.

Amen

Be present at our table, Lord,

Be here and everywhere adored, These mercies bless and grant that we may live and love and serve but Thee.

Amen

BOOKS OF HOPE PROJECT

Our project got off to a great start on Shrove

Tuesday with congregants working on the covers

for our Books of Hope. Using white crayons for

designs that watercolor will not adhere to and

kosher salt, large sheets of watercolor papers

were painted. A sample of the project was on

display along with the original book. Many

people filled out blank cards with their favorite

Bible verse or inspirational sayings. The cards

are being compiled by Dianna Mammone and will

later be assembled into booklets that will be

dispersed to those in need, similar to our prayer

shawl ministry.

This is an ongoing ministry. If you would like

to contribute, please give Bible verses or your

inspirational sayings to Dianna Mammone or

leave them in David Mammone's mailbox. We

will keep you posted on our progress.

THE TIDINGS

April 2014

From the Finance Committee . . .

We thought now is an appropriate time to define each of our giving categories/envelopes since we haven’t done this in years — probably when we went from a one envelope every Sunday system to a monthly mailing of envelopes for several categories.

The reason we did that was so our members could designate their giving in areas they wished to support. Some members use every envelope; some a few envelopes, and some only the weekly envelope. It is your decision how you wish to designate your giving.

During the year, you will also see envelopes in your monthly packets for Ash Wednesday, Lent, Maundy Thurs-day, Good Friday, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

THE TIDINGS

Weekly Envelope This envelope has a colored border, is dated for the appropriate Sunday, and the giving portion is broken up between Current and Mission.

Current is to support the expenses of Holy Trinity — salaries, utilities, music, etc. Mission is money that goes to the NJ Synod for its work in many different areas. Note: If you do not designate in either one or both of these categories, the entire amount included in your envelope will go toward current expenses.

Capital Improvements

Several years ago we established a Capital Improvement Fund so that funds would be available to keep the church property in good condition. We have used money from this fund for things like refinishing the floor in the multi-purpose room, a new roof over the multi-purpose room, etc.

Flowers This envelope is a general fund for altar flowers for Sunday mornings. After the service these flowers are brought to our shut-in or sick members. (See below for placing flowers on the altar for special occasions.)

Homeless Supports the Homeless Dinners that we prepare during the year.

World Hunger For Synod in support of World Hunger relief.

Utilities To help with our utility bills — especially during the peak heating and cooling seasons.

Tidings Supports the postage and other expenses incurred in preparation and mailing of our monthly newsletter.

Lutheran Every member family receives a copy of The Lutheran. Your donations help sup-port these subscriptions. The cost of The Lutheran is $8.95 per subscription.

Initial Once a year to help support the cost of envelopes. Envelopes cost approximately $1 per set per month.

Mission Renewal Fund To help support Pastor Dreyman’s ministry.

Organ Fund

In the Fall of 2013 we purchased a new organ. Donations in this envelope go toward the re-payment of the loan we took from the Capital Improvement Fund for approximately half the cost of the organ. We have committed to pay back the CIF at a rate of $500/month or $6,000 a year over a period of 5 years. We did this to avoid interest charges on a bank loan.

From the Finance Committee . . . (continued)

Flowers in honor of a special occasion If you would like to put flowers on the altar in remembrance of someone or a special occasion – anniversary, birthday, etc., please indicate the occasion — ex. Bob and Mary Smith’s 50th anniversary, and the date you would like the flowers — on the chart hanging over the desk in the Narthex. A donation of $15 per bouquet is suggested. You may sponsor one or both bouquets. A notice will appear in the bulletin. Donation and your information may also be put in the offering plate and the counters will alert the secretary.

Non-cash gifts If you purchase something for the church and do not wish to be reimbursed but rather make it a gift to the church, you can submit the bill with an explanation of what was purchased for what reason and give it to the Financial Secretary (Karen Niestempski) via an envelope with her name on it placed in the offering plate. If it is something for which you need reimbursement, submit the invoice to our Treasurer, David Mammone.

Just a reminder — when you aren’t at church, the expenses still go on, so if you can “catch up,” it is greatly appreciated.

THE TIDINGS

April 2014

World Malaria Sunday April 27

About 1 1/2 years are left until the ELCA’s 5-year campaign to help

make malaria history in Africa ends. In the March issue of The

Lutheran, we read that the $11 million mark has been reached, with

a remaining $4 million left to be raised before the campaign ends in

January 2016. The current focus is to raise $250,000 in the week

which includes World Malaria Day, April 25, to kick-start malaria

programming in the country of Namibia. 12 African countries have

seen great progress in the fight against the disease because of the

ELCA’s work with their Lutheran neighbors there. With your donation,

we can help save more lives and make it 13 countries.

The facts — you may have heard some of them before . . .

Malaria is one of the top three diseases in the world that kill children. A child dies from malaria every 60 seconds (it used to be 45). A child born in the Democratic Republic of Congo is estimated to have an average of eight episodes

of malaria every year. Approximately 180,000 Congolese children under five do not recover. An insecticide treated bed net big enough for 4 costs only $10. Mosquitoes are nocturnal so sleeping

under a treated net can dramatically reduce the chances of contracting malaria.

A 6-day course of medication to effectively treat a child with malaria, if it is given early in the course of the illness, costs about $2.

Nearly half the world’s population lives in areas prone to malaria. And, really heart-wrenching — malaria is entirely treatable and entirely preventable. Your gifts to the ELCA Malaria Campaign impact many lives — especially the lives of mothers and

children.

At $10 each, how many nets can we provide? At about $2 per 6-day course of medication, how many children can we help to cure?

We hope you will consider the facts and give generously to the Campaign on World Malaria Sunday,

April 27, to help make malaria history. Checks should be made payable to Holy Trinity and marked

“ELCA Malaria Campaign.” Donations may also be mailed to ELCA Malaria Campaign, P.O. Box 71764,

Chicago, Il 60694-1764; they can be made online at www.ELCA.org/malaria/donate; or by calling 800-

638-3522 to make a donation by credit card.

God’s work, our hands!

April 2014

Northeastern NJ Chapter End of March Spring Event

March 30 — 1-3 PM, Jewelry making — Create Faith Bracelets — Our Savior Lutheran Church, 22-15 Broadway, Fair Lawn, NJ Space is limited to 25 people for this event so RSVP quickly to Kristin or Dena Hertel at 201-337-4949 or [email protected] if you are interested in attending.

ABOUT THOSE NAME TAGS . . .

March was officially designated

Name Tag Month . . . while we’re in the habit, can we continue wearing

them through Easter Day?

It was so nice to see people looking for their

name tags on that first Sunday in March, the

beginning of “Name Tag Month.” You really do

read your Tidings! All joking aside, wearing

name tags is another small way we show that

we are a welcoming and friendly congregation.

So, thank you again, to all of you!

With all of the newspaper coverage coming up

for our Holy Week and Easter Day events, we

will have visitors. So, we are asking you to

reach for those name tags again, just through

Easter Day (only 3 more weeks) to make sure

the visitors who do come feel welcomed. Of

course, throughout the year, wearing name tags

is always appreciated — particularly so on

special occasions and for special events.

PS: If you can’t find your name tag, please ask

one of the ushers for help. If your tag is missing,

let an usher know and a new one will be made for

you. And, don’t forget to return your name tags to

the boxes before you leave on Sunday mornings. READERS

The Readers Group has chosen to

read Still Life with Breadcrumbs

by Anna Quindlen. The novel begins with an

imagined gunshot and concludes with a new tin

roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing

portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer

whose work made her an unlikely heroine for

many women. This is a deeply moving and

often funny story of unexpected love.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Friday,

April 25, at 6:30 PM, place to be determined.

For more information, please contact Rita

Krieger, 201-288-9256 or Dianna Mammone,

201-843-5769.

THE TIDINGS

When life gets too hard to stand, kneel!

For Daily Devotions . . .

The April-June issue of The Word in Season is

available for your use and can be found on the

rack in the narthex.

COUNCIL O

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MARCH 18, 2014

The Average Sunday attendance

for February was 43, including a high of

57 on February 23.

$10,000 was received from the estate

of Barbara Smith, designated for youth

activities.

Funds raised from Souper Bowl collections

will be donated to the Center for Food Action.

Two new Lenten banners were purchased for

the back of the church.

A detailed description of Holy Trinity’s

“envelope system” for giving and other giving

opportunities has been included in the April

issue of the Tidings as a guide for new

members and a reminder for long-time ones

as well.

First Holy Communion will take place on two

dates this year, Easter Day, April 20, and the

following week, on Sunday, April 27.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday,

April 8, at 7:15 PM.

April 2014

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

4-6:30 pm

Edie’s Dance Class

6 pm Joyful Noise

Ringers

6:45 pm Simple

Soup Supper

7:30 pm Lenten

Evening Prayer

3

10:30 am

WELCA

4 5

4-6 pm

Use of Sanctuary/

Multipurpose Room

Piano Recital

6 Lent V

9:30-10:30 am

Holy Communion

Instruction

9:45 am

Sunday School

11 am

Holy Communion

Noon

Coffee Hour

7

7-8:30 pm

Confirmation

Class

8

7:15 pm

Church Council

9

10:30-11 am Wellington Hall

Holy Communion

4-6:30 pm


6 pm Joyful Noise

Ringers

6:45 pm Simple

Soup Supper

7:30 pm Lenten Evening Prayer

10 11 12

13 Sunday of the

Passion/Palm Sunday

9:45 am Sunday

School

11 am Procession

with Palms & Liturgy

of the Passion

Noon

Coffee Hour

Easter Flower

Forms Due

14

No Confirmation

Class

15 16

4-6:30 pm


7-8 pm


Tidings Articles Due

17 Maundy Thursday

7:30 pm

Maundy Thursday

Liturgy

18 Good Friday

10-11 am

Children’s

Holy Week Walk

7:30 pm

Good Friday Liturgy

Service of Darkness

and Light

19

10 am-noon

Set-up for Easter

Brunch

20 Resurrection of

Our Lord/Easter Day

10 am

Easter Brunch &

Easter Egg Hunt

11 am

Holy Communion

First Holy Communion

Blessing of Easter Eggs

21

No Confirmation

Class

22

7 pm

Contemporary Club

23

4-6:30 pm


7 pm

Outreach

24

7-8:30 pm

Beatitude Attitudes:

Bible Study

25

6:30 pm

Readers

26

27 Easter II

9:45 am

Sunday School

11 am

Holy Communion

First Holy Communion

Noon

Coffee Hour

28

7-8:30 pm

Confirmation

Class

29 30

4-6:30 pm


7-8 pm


May 1

10:30 am

WELCA

7-8:30 pm

Beatitude Attitudes:

Bible Study

May 2

May 3

April 2014

PLEASE READ THIS SCHEDULE CAREFULLY. IF YOU CANNOT SERVE ON YOUR ASSIGNED DAY, PLEASE REMEMBER IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ARRANGE FOR A SUBSTITUTE

AND TO NOTIFY THE CHURCH OFFICE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE LATEST. PLEASE ALSO MAKE THE CHANGES TO THE LIST POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD OUTSIDE PASTOR SUSAN’S STUDY. THANK YOU.

April 2014

4/6 PALM SUNDAY

4/13

7:30 PM

MAUNDY

THURSDAY

4/17

7:30 PM

GOOD FRIDAY

4/18

EASTER

SUNDAY

4/20 4/27

WORSHIP

ASSISTANT/

CRUCIFER

Sara Kuzmenka Rita Krieger

Anthony Gugliotti Karen Bulin

Marge Heeren

Karen Niestempski Vinnie De Cicco Vinnie De Cicco

LECTOR Jennifer Varga Judy Danilchick Joe Colaneri Sharon Ramsaier

ACOLYTE/

TORCHBEARERS Kristin Kunnapas

Owen De Cicco

James Frazee Joe Colaneri

James Varga

Jennifer Varga Rebecca Wright

USHERS

Ruth Bunge

Charlie Davis

Richard Fanslau

James Smith

Gene Danilchick

Judy Danilchick

Bert Heeren

Marge Heeren

Bert Heeren

Marge Heeren

Arnie Ulrich

Gail Gugliotti

Ruth Bunge

Charlie Davis

Richard Fanslau

James Smith

Ruth Bunge

Charlie Davis

Richard Fanslau

James Smith

Anthony Gugliotti

Melissa Vaughn

Anthony Palkowitz

Arnie Ulrich

COUNCIL

MEMBERS Sharon Ramsaier

Ruth Bunge

Michele Hickey

Karen Niestempski

Charlie Davis

Angela Kuzmenka

Dottie Heflich

Debbie Stelzle

COFFEE

HOUR Alice Wright Karen Niestempski Outreach

Sharon Ramsaier

Marie Mohry

ALTAR

FLOWERS Eleanor Altomare Dottie Heflich

ALTAR GUILD

Rita Krieger Cindy Vicari

Dottie Heflich Sharon Ramsaier Michele Hickey Karen Niestempski

CARING

MINISTER Marge Heeren Gail Gugliotti Sharon Ramsaier Debbie Stelzle

SERVING IN APRIL 2014

Please remember our Shut-ins

with visits, cards and prayers!

Marion Lawler

Ruth Miller

Doris Schwarz

April

Meghan Lang Raymond Heck Dan Kuzmenka Joseph Pirrello Mallory Frazee Janey Schafer Vinny Krieger

Andrea Otazu

Debbie Burniston

Lois Nitus

Jocelyn Fadanelli

April 2014

Many hands were at work to make light work for

our Shrove Tuesday Pancake and Fasnacht Supper.

Special thanks go to . . .

Pastor Dreyman and the Men’s Ministry group

for “manning” the kitchen and managing the

pancake supper — all the way from setting up

tables on Sunday to cooking and cleaning up on

Tuesday.

Owen De Cicco and James Frazee who were our

waiters for the event.

Karen Niestempski who worked with Pastor

Susan on table decorations and for the home-

baked Fastelavnsboller, those delicious Norwegian

Shrovetide Buns.

Dottie and John Heflich for the munchkins and

the wonderful home-made Fasnachts which were

made from a tried and true recipe given to Dottie

by Marie Nurge.

Nancy Fanslau, Sara Hemans and Phyllis Smith

for their help in the kitchen.

Pastor Susan for overseeing the event and provid-

ing for a craft activity and mardi gras parade for the

children and Angela Kuzmenka for her assistance.

A good time was had by all.

Dianna Mammone and Debbie Stelzle for her

assistance in providing the materials and direction

to get our Books of Hope project underway.

All who attended! If you were there, you proba-

bly ended up helping in some way.

To the Confirmation students, Marge Heeren,

and all who helped Pastor Susan set up, cook

and clean up for the movie and a meal event on

March 16; to Karen Niestempski for her help and

for her home-made Norwegian cookies; and to Bert

Heeren and Jim Smith for setting the tables up for

the event.

To Charlie Niestempski for the fine job he did in

building a second credence shelf for the chancel so

we have adequate room for the additional chalice(s)

we use to offer grape juice in Communion.

To George Moser for bringing Nathan Ash-Milby, a

freshman at Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ, to play for us at the 11 AM service on March 16.

Nathan studied piano for about 7 years, the last two

with George. He attended the Lutheran Summer

Music Program at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa

last summer and will return there again this year.

IN MEMORIAM

In Memory of Given By

Gen Galli Sparrow Peggy Von Bargen

April

Anniversaries

Arnold and Ursula Steinhauff

THE TIDINGS

NEW ADDRESS

George Moser

Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID

Permit No. 340 Hackensack, N.J.

The following is a list of urgently needed

items in our food pantry. There is a bin in the

narthex for your donations.

Supermarket Gift Cards Rice

Canned Hearty Soups Instant Potatoes

Canned Meat 100% Fruit Juices

(tuna, chicken, etc.) Baby Formula

Canned Vegetables Diapers (Sizes 4,5, & 6)

Peanut Butter & Jelly Paper Products Macaroni & Cheese Toothpaste

Cereal Toothbrushes

(low sugar kids cereal) Shampoo

Dry Milk or boxed Parmalat Bar Soap

Canned Fruits

If you are reading this newsletter of the

people of Holy Trinity in Hasbrouck Heights

and are either looking for a church home or

are just interested in finding out more about

what goes on at Holy Trinity, we invite you

to come and worship with us or to call the

church office at 201-288-6889. Our Pastor,

The Rev. Susan Nelson-Colaneri, can also be

reached on her cell phone at 973-980-2367

or by e-mail at [email protected]. If

you should call the church office and get

an answering machine, please be assured

that your call will be returned at our first

available moment.

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

COME WORSHIP WITH US

Sundays 11 AM – Service of Holy Communion

Coffee Hour After the Service

9:45 AM – Sunday Church School

www.holytrinityhasbrouckheights.com

The Ministers . . . . . . . . .The People of Holy Trinity Pastor . . . . . . . . .The Rev. Susan Nelson-Colaneri [email protected] 201-288-6889 Pastoral Associate.The Rev. Dr. E. Wayne Dreyman

[email protected] Minister of Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . George W. Moser [email protected] Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Mills Newsletter Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judy Danilchick

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Mailed March 25, 2014

92 Burton Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604 201-288-6889 Fax: 201-288-0645

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