VOLUME 31 ISSUE 6 The Trinity Times JUNE/JULY 2010

The First Word

From the Negev [Abram]

went from place to place until

he came to Bethel, to the

place between Bethel and Ai

where his tent had been

earlier and where he had first

built an altar. There Abram

called on the name of the

LORD. Genesis 13:3-4

From the very beginning of our history with God, we’ve been building altars and from them calling on his name. Trinity is one such place. Generations have entered its doors, heard God’s good news in Jesus Christ, been fed at God’s table, have come to faith and been sent to do God’s work in the world.

Just before Easter we finished a renovation of the place we call our spiritual home. The people of Trinity stepped out in faith to provide the means necessary to enhance the spectrum of worship styles we’re able to offer those who walk through our doors looking for an experience of God. Since Easter we have been enjoying the enhancements in sound and light, in video and in pew cushions! We have been blessed.

It’s time now to rededicate our renovated sanctuary to God’s work. A liturgy of dedication will be celebrated on Sunday, June 27 at both of our morning services.

As we prepare for this great occasion in the life of our congregation, I’m reminded of President Lincoln’s words at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg: We can not dedicate --

we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow…It

is rather for us to be here dedicated to the

great task remaining before us.

Indeed, it is. The dedication will be a great opportunity for each of us to rededicate ourselves to the unfinished work of making Jesus known and loved by all people. As beautiful as our sanctuary is with its new paint and pews and carpet and lights, it remains a lifeless tool until taken up in our hands and put to use in the enlarging of the kingdom.

As we get closer to the big celebration, my encouragement to us all is to wonder about the role we can play in introducing somebody new to God’s love in Jesus. We’ve got a beautiful, brand-new sanctuary – a gift from God – to help us in this task. Let’s put it to good use!

Looking forward to celebrating with you on the 27th! With you in Christ’s service!

Pr. Rob O’Berg

It’s Summer Time @ Trinity 2

VBS Is Coming 3

June Is Busting Out All Over 3

June & July Birthdays 4 & 5

Lutheran World Relief Fair

Trade Coffee Project

6

Tote Bags For Children In

Africa

6

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Vacation Bible School

June 28—July 2 6:00 pm—8:00 pm

Grown Ups Night Out

Friday, July 16 6 pm

Watch for information in the Sunday Buzz

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3973 N. Cedar Avenue

Fresno, CA 93726-5299

Phone: 559-229-8581

Fax: 559-229-7988

Pastor Rob O’Berg

Email: trinity@tlcfresno.com

Office Hours Mon-Thurs 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

SUNDAY SERVICES 9:00 a.m. Contemporary 10:30 a.m. Traditional

“Friendship Buffet” refreshments

after each service. Nursery Care provided.

Your 2010 Church Council

Representatives

Randy Rowe .............................. 323-4220 Ken Engelman ........................... 297-1224 Curtis Smith............................... 439-6774 Mary Ann Dews ........................ 299-1751 Ann Brewer ............................... 478-1545 Karen Gregory........................... 435-7492 Larry Huebner ........................... 227-7858 Andrew Scherf........................... 325-1657 Nancy Snedden.......................... 222-6104

It’s Summer Time

@ Trinity!!

Although some final details and kinks continue to be addressed and resolved relative to the Sanctuary renovation project, the move back into the Sanctuary has been a most welcomed event. With the first weekend being Easter Sunday plus hosting a wedding, the Sanctuary was immediately put into service. During the last couple of months there have been three additional weddings and a very well attended Confirmation Sunday Service with more than 240 in attendance.

Trinity campus continues to be a venue of choice for many purposes. Luther Hall was beautifully decorated for the WELCA Cherry Blossom luncheon in May with the decorations remaining and enjoyed by the Golden League group.

Fresno Unified has held three Math-O-Rama days in Luther Hall in May and June where 100 to 150 students consisting of various teams competed for bragging rights on their respective math skills. Also Trinity continues to be home to the Cuerpo Evangelico Cristiano Church (Cuerpo) who holds their weekly worship services on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in Luther Hall. Fresno Metro Ministries, FUSD – Community & Family Engagement Network, FUSD – Instructional Coaches, and the Central California Faculty Medical Group (CCFMG), are other outside groups that use Trinity’s facilities on a monthly basis for meetings and group gatherings. Trinity events are always a priority of course and it makes for some interesting scheduling to accommodate all the various groups. If your group is planning an event to be held at Trinity, please notify the Church office as soon as possible to enable getting the event on the calendar. With enough notice most events can be accommodated to everyone’s satisfaction.

Another big event coming up coming this month is Trinity’s Vacation Bible School beginning June 28 through July 2, 2010 during the evening starting at 5:30 pm on the church grounds.

To all those heading to various vacation locations during the upcoming summer months, have a safe and a blessed time with family and friends.

Don McClure

Check Out Our

New Website! Our website is all new and it is really great! Go to www.tlcfresno.com

and spend a few minutes looking around. The website will soon be the home of audio podcasts of sermons and is already home to all sorts of helpful information. You can look online for upcoming events, newsletters, calendars, and more!

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VBS Is Coming!

VBS Starts June 28 - July 2 6 : 0 0 p m t o 8 : 0 0 pm. Registration forms are available at the church. A $25 donation is requested. We will be inviting all the kids

we can, so we will need lots of helpers to pull this off! Please prayerfully consider volunteering for this wonderful opportunity to reach even more kids for the kingdom of God. We will let you know when we have more concrete details about what supplies we need and what volunteer positions are available. If you have any questions or would like to express interest in helping out, please contact Lori at 229-8581 or lori@tlcfresno.com.

Golden League - June 16

12 Noon—Luther Hall

Cathy Ferguson will be speaking on "It's All About Forgiveness" and Greg Panten will sing some songs for us. Please bring a friend and join us for lunch, also a Can of food the wishing well. If you have not made reservations please call Nadine Boyd at 322-1474. There will be NO Golden League in July & August. We will resume in September

June is Busting

Out All Over... Sunday, June 20 we celebrate the Scand inavian hol i day o f Midsummer's with special music and hymns drawn from Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Although the Chancel choir is on break through the summer, the Trinity Singers will continue to provide special music. Watch also for announcements about "summer choir" and special themed musical services.

Congratulations To

Our Confirmands

Praise God! Thirteen of our young people said yes to God and to all of God’s promises on Sunday, May 23.

Tyler Bardon Mackenzie Davison Laura Berry Katie Peranick Nathaniel Boyd Autumn Scherf Alexis Cattum Grayson Spate Erica Collins Alex Yokley Mat Czeshinski

Congratulations

Congratulations to Kaelin Huebner gr adua t i ng f rom Ca l i fo rn i a University at Santa Cruz.

Old Cell Phones

WELCA is collecting used cell phone again. If you have an old cell phone that you no longer use and don't know what to do with it , BRING IT TO

CHURCH. There will be a box in Luther Hall to collect them for you.

Andrew Lynch Karana Drayton

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June Birthdays & Anniversaries

Teri Bardon 6/1 Tony Peranick 6/1 Duane Wall 6/1 Laura Andrews 6/3 Nancy Bird 6/3 Gannon Perez 6/3 Nhatale Bieber - Davies 6/4 Diedre Brooks 6/5 LouAnn Skadden 6/5 Shelley Heck 6/6 Bill Stoehr 6/11 David Zellmer 6/12 John Back Jr. 6/13 Pamela Engelman 6/15 Erin O’Berg 6/15 Kristen O’Berg 6/15 Donald Gray 6/17 Betty Haak 6/17 Patty Peranick 6/17 Anna Gregory 6/18 Jessica Carrasco 6/19 Patricia Peterson 6/19 Liam Collins 6/20 Helen Dean 6/20 Barbara Johnson 6/21 Margaret Jones 6/21 Amie Sterios 6/22 Evelyn Sterios 6/22 John Malmo 6/23 Lila Poulsen 6/23 Jordan Rickard 6/23 Rhonnie Harris 6/24 Michael Carrasco 6/25 Ethel Friesen 6/25 Brittany Gibson 6/25 Barbara Hughes 6/25 Dee Donnelly 6/26 Robert Holcomb 6/27 Denise Lowe 6/30

Edward & Leona Rice 6/1/1958 John & Margie Back Jr. 6/2/1957 Stefanie & Mike Rickard 6/2/1990 Charles & Suzanne Witthoft 6/2/1951 Lloyd & Nancy Little 6/3/1961 Brian & Julie Lehman 6/8/1972 Max & Marilyn McDonald 6/9/1962 David & Carol Zellmer 6/10/1967 Laurell & Wayne Huber 6/13/1970 Jolene & Walter Marshall 6/14/1959 Patti & Tim Jackson 6/15/1985 Evelyn & Plato Sterios 6/15/1952 Elmer & Nadine Boyd 6/17/1950 Dale & Pat Kirkegaard 6/17/1950 LaVerne & Ruth Anderson 6/19/1948 Myrtle & Estle Finney 6/24/1961 Raymond & Eleanor Miksch 6/27/1970 Charles & Delories Wharff 6/28/1941 Gerald & Leone Wagner 6/29/1952 James & Julianne Brink 6/30/1990

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Karen Gregory 7/1 Robert Goosey 7/2 Logan Perez 7/2 Birger Johnson 7/3 Wyatt Czeshinski 7/4 Terri Drewes 7/4 Judith McGrath 7/4 Elaine Buchanan 7/6 Patricia Chapel 7/6 Hannah Berry 7/7 Katie Droullard 7/7 Farouk Rice 7/8 Sandra Souther 7/8 Nancy Waterhouse 7/8 Natalie Boster 7/9 Philip Jordan 7/9

John & Beverly Vaughn 7/1/1975 Ronald & Martha Copp 7/2/1960 Barbara & Walter Cucuk 7/2/1960 Ronald & Marge Sittner 7/2/1966 Ed & Ann Brewer 7/4/1996 Randy & Karen Rowe 7/4/1981 Jeri & John Techman 7/8/1972 Robert & Elaine Buchanan 7/10/1976 Denise & Leuis Lowe 7/11/1968 James & Connie Crain 7/12/1975 Gilbert & Barbara Axt 7/16/1949 Mark & Lauren Wilson 7/17/2005 Marla & Michael L. Reisman 7/20/2001 Dawn & Alan Moore 7/22/2000 George & Sandra Trippel Jr. 7/25/1970 James & Diane Durando 7/26/1975 Anita & Lawrence Frede 7/26/1977 Bernard & Margaret Jones 7/27/1952

Beverly Smith 7/12 Daniel Boyd 7/13 Zachary Gibbs 7/13 James Durando 7/15 Charles Schaefer 7/17 Clinton Wilcox 7/17 Debra Gibson 7/18 Doris Goringer 7/18 Karen Carrasco 7/20 Katherine Souther 7/20 Beverly Stoehr 7/20 William Boyajian 7/21 Mona Schaefer 7/21 Ralph Hartwig 7/22 Nathaniel Boyd 7/23

Elizabeth Davis 7/24 Deborah Murray 7/24 Cathy Elliott 7/26 Myrtle Finney 7/26 Thomas Goosey 7/26 Maurine Anderson 7/28 Eric Bach 7/28 Marilyn Boline 7/28 Louise Holcomb 7/28 Lynn Sargenti 7/28 Frank Collins 7/29 Jameelah Brooks 7/30 Elfriede Munday 7/30 Topanga Scherf 7/30 Dolores Swanson 7/31

July Birthdays & Anniversaries

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Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade

Coffee Project

Lutheran World Relief believes the best way to help people is to help them help themselves....they work hand-in-hand with some of our poorest brothers and

sisters to address their problems by tackling the root causes of their poverty. We here at Trinity have become a part of the Lutheran World Relief Coffee Project, a partnership linking Lutherans across the country with small-scale farmers all over the world. Through our participation in this project, we join more than 7,000 other Lutheran congregations, organizations, offices, camps and retreat centers who are putting their faith into action to improve the lives of farmers and help them work their way out of poverty. Trinity is serving fair trade coffee for all of our activities. You also have the opportunity to purchase it for your use at home. Loralee Scherf will be in Luther Hall with coffee to sell after the first service each Sunday, and Shirley Lauters will have the coffee available at the Information Center after the second service. Buying fair trade coffee unites you with the farmers who labor to fill your cup. That means that with every sip you are helping to send their children to school, making sure they have clean water, and giving them a steady source of income. All that from a cup of coffee! Thanks to our Women of the ELCA at Trinity for making this a possibility for our members.

Submitting Articles for Newsletter

Please submit your articles or information items for the “Trinity Times”, our church newsletter directly to the church office. Articles are due by the 15th of each month. You may email cathy@tlcfresno.com, fax to 229-7988 or bring the information to the church office. Note: Next edition will be a Aug./Sept. issue.

Therefore, need articles for both months by July

15.

Tote Bags For Children In Africa

Trinity's Women of the ELCA have again been making cloth tote bags which will be sent to Mt. Cross Bible Camp as part of their mission outreach project. Campers will provide school supplies to fill the bags. Mt. Cross then sends them to Lutheran World Relief who distributes them to children in Africa, and Asia, and other areas of the world. This year we have made 310 bags, surpassing last year's amazing 248 bags! Special thanks to Charlene Wallert who headed up the project, and to June Bruneer and Barbara Cucuk for doing the cutting, and to Margie Back, Helen Dean; Leona Rice, Lynda Roberts, Lee Wagner, Dorita Uhler, Jenny Morgan of Emmanuel Lutheran, and of course, Charlene, for the sewing. On Sunday, June 13th, a prayer for the recipients will be part of our Sunday worship service.

E.L.C.A. World Hunger Funds

At Work

Thanks to E.L.C.A. World Hunger, and a program funded by the E.L.C.A. Domestic Hunger Grant, 1,500 children from sixteen schools in low income neighborhoods in Alameda County, come to school better able to concentrate and eager to learn. Before the weekend, students go home with child-friendly recipes and a bag of nutritionally balanced foods to sustain them on days when they do not benefit from subsidized school meal programs.

Acolyte Training

There will be an acolyte training class on Sunday, June 20 in the Sanctuary right after the last service.

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Senior Exercise Class

Come & join our Exercise Class every Monday & Wednesday from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm in

Fellowship Hall. There is a $2.00 donation. All are welcome.

Poverello House

Poverello House is a great way of getting out in the community and volunteering. Trinity members have been going to Poverello for ten years. Mark your calendars with the dates below. ♦ Breakfast—Saturday, July 17, Sept. 18, Oct. 16 &

Nov. 20. Meet at Trinity at 8:15 am and arrive back at 11:00 am

♦ Lunch—Saturday, June 19, Aug. 21 & Dec. 18. Meet at Trinity at 11:15 am and arrive back at 1:00 pm. For more information call Rhonnie Harris (222-4376

Welcome Potluck For Intern Sharon

On Sunday, August 15, we will have a potluck after church to welcome our new intern, Sharon Amundson. We will begin as soon as the 10:30 service is finished. Please bring either a main/side dish, salad or cookies to share. Wear your Trinity name tag - or, nametags will be available there. Hot dogs will be provided for the children. Plan to attend so we can have a big welcome for Sharon!

Sunday School Schedule

Sunday School starts at 9:00 in Luther Hall. They are then dismissed to their classes. • 9:15 am - 10:00 am Preschool - 1st Grade - Rm 21 • 9:15 am - 10:00am

2nd - 3rd Grade - Rm 19 • 9:15 am - 10:00 am

4th - 6th Grade - Rm 22 On the first Sunday of each month there is no Sunday School so the children can worship with their families.

Thank You From Pastor Marty & Junia

We are very pleased to announce that after four years on dialysis, I finally received my kidney transplant on April 9, 2010. I am now in the slow process of adjusting my body to the many medications to prevent rejection and restoring my strength. We are especially thankful for the people at Trinity Lutheran Church for your many prayers and expressions of concern. I know that you have been praying for us and have shared progress in your newsletter from time to time. I am now on the road to a life time recovery. I hope to be in full status this fall. Grace and Peace. Pastor Marty and Junia

Address Change

Alice Fisher Donna Psenner 9303 N. Maple #117 2110 W. Rue St. Michel Fresno, CA 93720 Fresno, CA 93711 433-6717 438-1713

Richard & Aziza Boster 943 E. Buckingham Fresno, CA 93704

June/July 2010

Trinity Lutheran Church 3973 N. Cedar Avenue Fresno, CA 92726

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Our Mission:

To Lead People Into The Life-Changing Love of Jesus Christ

Sundays

9:00 am-Preschool - 6th Grade (Rms. 19, 21 & 22) 9:30 pm-Chancel Choir (Music Room) 10:30 am-Jr. & Sr. High—(Youth Room)

Mondays

11:00 am-Senior Exercise Class—(Fellowship Hall) 6:30 pm-High School Group—Room 15 Tuesdays

1:30 pm-Office Closed for Staff Meeting

Wednesdays

11:00 am-Senior Exercise Class—(Fellowship Hall) 6:00 pm-Youth Gathering (Luther Hall) 6:30 pm-2nd-12th Grade (SS Rooms) 7:30 pm-Unbound Rehearsal—(Luther Hall)

Thursdays

7:00 pm-Trinity Singers - (Music Room)

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