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Trinity Presbyterian Church 10200 Shelbyville Road Louisville, KY 40223 Phone: 502-245-5515 Fax: 502-245-5519 Trinity Email: tpclouisville@att.net Website: tpclouisville.net

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Trinity’s Vision Statement “We are a welcoming church family, developing disciples who

joyfully minister to others in the name of Christ.”

MEN’S STUDY GROUP. . .

Where: Wild Eggs at English Station Road When: First & Third Tuesdays of the Month What Time: 8:30 a.m. What: Bible Study and fellowship Who: All men of all ages connected in any way with Trinity Presbyterian Church

All men are invited; come informally, come as you are,

come for one Tuesday, come for them all.

In June, we will meet on the 2nd and 16th. In July, we will meet on 7th and 21st.

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Inside this edition . .

Pastor’s Pen

Evangelism

Music

New Addresses

CE

Faith & Art

TPC Night at the Louisville

Bats

The Knox Choir

Worship Attendance

TPW

Newsletter Deadline

June Anniversaries

June Birthdays

Back 2 School—EACM

July Anniversaries

July Birthdays

June & July Nursery

Volunteers

June & July Collection

Counters

Men’s Study Group

TRINITY TIMES June/July 2015

Pastor’s Pen

Making Good Use of Your Summer “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us

encourage one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25

Summer is upon us. Or, should I say, busy-ness is upon us! Amid our frantic efforts to enjoy the beautiful Kentucky weather, one unfortunate casualty of our increased activity is a decreased investment in our life together. While there is more light to be enjoyed and more time to be filled, we often make our church family less of a priority, albeit unintentionally, but nevertheless an unintended consequence to the craziness of summer. My friends, this should not be so. The above passage from Hebrews reminds us to not give up, not to abandon, not to neglect the important habit of being together. The writer, and most certainly God, knows the priceless value of being with others. It is as we are with others we gain and offer support. While with others we share and learn and grow. With others we are able to know others and so strengthen community. With others we are enabled to become more like Christ. Much conversation and concern has lamentably by given to the breakdown of community in our society. There is an eroding of the first community, the family. Then, as we are increasing without fellowship with others neighborhoods and cities begin to deteriorate. As people gather together less and less, the church ceases to be a relevant or vital part of the community. Eventually, as we are less and less with others there are less and less others to be with. The healthy and vitality of a community, any community, hinges on the togetherness of that community's individuals. Not only does Trinity need you, but you need Trinity. Mind you, God knows a thing or two about this idea of “with”. The title given to Jesus Christ through the prophet Isaiah was Immanuel, which means “God with us.” (Matthew 1:23). John stated the importance of Jesus Christ becoming human this way: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among (with) us.” (John 1:14) One of Jesus’ final promises to His disciples (and to us) was that he would be with us to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:20) We can count on God being for us because He is always with us! Summer is a time for recreation and for rest. But in our recreation and rest let us not loose our regard for being with one another.

May God be with you as we are with each other! Pastor Steve

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The Evangelism Committee will soon be taking orders for TPC apparel! The clothing will include sweatshirts, men’s and women’s polos, and short- and long-sleeve t-shirts. Items will be available in both adult and youth sizes in either red or blue and will feature Trinity’s logo. Watch for details coming soon!

Music . . .

Sweet, sweet Summertime- The Chancel Choir and the Adult Bell Choir will be taking a little time off this summer. Adult Bells will resume rehearsals on Wednesday evenings beginning August 19th. There has been some discussion regarding a change in our rehearsal time and that will be decided over the summer. Chancel Choir will take the month of July off with rehearsals resuming on Wednesday night August 5th. Hymns: Summer is a wonderful time to feature great hymns of our faith. Please submit your favorite hymns by either placing a note in the collection plate, putting a note in my mailbox at Trinity (Melissa Weaver) or just mention your favorites to me or Shelley. We will do our very best to sing a verse or 2 of your chosen hymns during the summer months. Your favorite hymn does not have to be in our current hymnal. We have many musical resources where we can find it. Men of Trinity please remember to come the choir room on Wednesday night June 10th at 7:00pm to rehearse with the chancel choir men. We will welcome you and make you feel very comfortable. The music is not difficult and you will be a wonderful addition to our Men's Choir for Sunday morning June 14th.

EVANGELISM. . .

New addresses. . .

Clyde Muse has moved and his new address and phone number is: 3101 N. Hurstbourne Pkwy, Apt 127, Louisville 40241, Phone: 420-7839

Linda Kennedy has moved as well and her new address is:

10104 Ledbury Way , Louisville 40223

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july Birthdays. . .

7-1 Sandy Koukola Leslie Koukola 7-4 Cathy Dawson Jeanette Priebe 7-5 Camille Williams-Neal Brooklin Hacker 7-6 Nisha Joseph 7-7 Elizabeth Bodine Emily Sappenfield 7-8 Bob Phillips 7-9 C.R. Redcorn David Schuler 7-10 Irv Ottman 7-11 Diane Jewell 7-12 Connie Levy 7-13 Barb Watts 7-14 Jack Wheat

7-17 David Brandt Ruth Hof 7-20 Ann Moorman 7-22 Cathy Conn 7-23 Mira Misleh 7-24 Lila Hayden Brenda Miller 7-25 Mary Harville 7-28 Judith Bloor Marilyn Davis 7-29 Ray Genet Jacob Sappenfield 7-31 Logan Fulmore

july anniversaries. . .

7-2 Harper & Marilyn Davis 7-9 Marc & Connie Levy 7-12 Ray & Mary Ann Genet 7-19 Chris & Emily Mullin 7-28 Abe & Geetha Joseph Bert & Suzanne Lundstrom

06/07: Sandy Koukola and Glenna Ogle 06/14: Linda Jones and Mary Harville 06/21: Lois Bringhurst and Mary Charnes 06/28: Linda Jones and Steve Kratt 07/05: Sandy Koukola and Larry Ogle 07/12: Elizabeth Latham and Glenna Ogle 07/19: Jay Charnes and Mary Harville 07/26: Lois Bringhurst and Bonnie Mullin

JUNE & July Nursery volunteers. . .

June & July Collection Counters. . .

06/07: Bill & Janet Husband 06/14: Betty Muse and Lois Bringhurst 06/21: Larry & Carol Hartmann 06/28: Roger Harvell and Betty Wilborn 07/05: Cathy Dawson and Deb Kelly 07/12: Tom Dawson and Jack Kelly 07/19: Betty Muse and Lois Bringhurst 07/26: Larry & Carol Hartmann

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JUNE anniversaries. . .

6-3 Patrick & Anna Hayden 6-8 Steve &Kay Nolan 6-11 Dennis & Brenda Miller 6-13 Jason & Erin Tenkman 6-14 Bill & Carol Lewis 6-19 Josh & Cristal Rhodes 6-20 Richard & Ruth Hof

6-22 Irv & Sybil Ottman 6-23 Jacob & Emily Sappenfield 6-27 Pastor Steve & Diane Jewell

JUNE Birthdays. . .

6-3 Kayla Hacker 6-4 Tony Koukola Christopher Mullin Douglas Oyler Diane Tinsley 6-5 Phillip Young 6-7 Heather Oyler Sabrina Oyler Mike Porter Skip Wilborn 6-10 Madeleine Sappenfield 6-12 Jim McDaniel Sybil Ottman Susan Dawson 6-16 Dottie Watson

John Ralston 6-17 Sandra C. Hollensead, MD 6-18 James Ray 6-19 Amy Kratt Pam Richardson 6-20 Blake Bonar 6-21 Philip Strohmeier 6-22 Susan Bauer 6-24 Jim Barr 6-26 Mike Conn Elizabeth Ray 6-27 Norma Pennington 6-28 Hana Duzdar 6-29 Kathy MacDonald

Back 2 school—eacm. . .

NEW THIS YEAR !! TRINITY WILL BE COLLECTING SUPPLIES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

New Backpacks need to be filled and ready to distribute. Call EACM to volunteer or ask questions—LISA ~ 426-2824 / Ext 307

Please include the following:

1—pencil box or pouch 4—1-subject wide ruled notebooks 1—pkg. wide ruled filler papers 6—two-pocket folders 1—three-ring binder

Please include one package of each: pens glue sticks

pencils crayons Colored pencils washable markers

Trinity purchased a limited number of backpacks~ Please take one to fill and return ~ OR ~ purchase a backpack to fill and donate

PLACE DONATIONS IN CONTAINER IN THE NARTHEX

Volunteer Opportunities @ Westport Road Baptist Church

Organizing: ~ Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 2:00 – 4:00 PM

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Plans are being made for

Two Nights Together (TNT) Sunday, July 12th and Monday, July 13th

6:00-8:00pm (dinner and message)

We will be discovering how God blessed the earth through Abram and Sarai

and how Jesus proclaims the coming of God's kingdom. We look forward to seeing you!

A sign up sheet will be posted in the hallway.

Faith & art. . .

Peace and Grace to all…

The pottery studio will be closed June 8th—22nd as Candy will be a guest artist at Montreat during that time.

The Center did a Yelp interview on May 28th that was sent out on the Yelp blog and other online sources.

Summer classes will start on July 6th and run through August 7th.

We are in need of volunteers. Please see sign-up sheet on Faith & Art bulletin board if you are interested in helping.

Have a great summer!

Candy

ce. . .

Tpc night at Louisville bats. . .

Again this year, TPC is organizing a group outing to a Louisville Bats baseball game. The selected date is Saturday, August 15th and the opponent will be Norfolk which is a farm team of the Baltimore Orioles. The game is scheduled to start at 6:05PM. The seats that we have obtained are along the third base line and will be protected from the sun and will be under cover if it does rain. Tickets are $11.00 each. There is a sign up sheet on the Fellowship board in the hallway.

We would like you to sign up as soon as you have made a decision so that to the extent we need addi-tional tickets we can secure them in the same area as those we have currently reserved. Payment should be made by check payable to Larry Hartmann or cash and should be given to Deanna.

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The Knox Choir is comprised of youth in grades 7 through 12 and is one of eight choirs of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio. This summer the group is embarking on a six-day concert tour. In addition to presenting concerts in churches, the group will be exploring local points of interest in Indianapolis, St. Louis, Nashville and Louisville. A wide variety of music will be sung, including works by Pachelbel, Handel and William Boyce, as well as music from the gospel tradition, and songs from around the globe. Trinity will host the choir’s concert on Friday, June 19th at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. We invite all to attend this evening of beautiful music and fellowship.

The Knox choir. . .

Worship attendance. . .

2015 2014 05/03: 159 132 05/10: 138 153 05/17: 154 173 05/24: 140 165 05/31: 140 139

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tpw. . .

As promised, the All-Church Birthday Lunch put on by TPW on May 17th was an event to remember! The tables were festively decorated in many colors, and the simple lunch was very tasty! A presentation was given explaining the current missions of TPW, including a section given by Sandra Hollensead about a community in Pala Village, Guatemala. Sew ‘n Sews offered seasonal gifts for sale in addition to lovely hand-woven cotton scarves made by the ladies in Pala Village. Thank you for those of you that were able to attend, and for your generous contributions in the form of funds, prayers and moral support! We recognize how fortunate we are here in our community, and it is with delight that we, in turn, attempt to aid, support, comfort women and children in other places facing seriously dramatic challenges. May the Lord bless those that receive help by virtue of our gifts, and bless those of us that can give. The event would not have taken place without a dedicated committee. Please thank the following women when you see them next: Glenna Ogle, Kay Nolan, Brenda Miller, Lynne Wood, Sandy Koukola and Sandra Hollensead. A HUGE thanks goes to Bob and Camille Williams-Neal, Steve Kratt, Betty Wilborn and Dennis Miller who jumped in to help wash dishes and put away tables and chairs. And we wouldn’t have had such a delightful time without the lovely birthday cakes made by the following ladies. Each cake was incredibly delicious! Because of your generosity, TPW Board has allocated funds to the following organizations: Dress for Success Maryhurst Heifer Int’l Supplies Over Seas Eastern Area Community Ministries: Food Pantry & General Fund In other news, a committee working with Pastor Steve will be reviewing different Bible study resources for use in Circle for the next school year. Look for additional information in future Trinity Times and/or Sunday bulletins. Our study of 2 Corinthians has concluded in time for summer break.

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

Galatians 5:13

Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit. Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people; praise his holy name.

Psalm 30:2-4

Newsletter Deadline—july 27th. . .

The deadline for the August Trinity Times is July 27th. Please email articles to tpclouisville@att.net or leave them in the secretary’s mailbox.

Mardi Crosser Anna Hayden Elizabeth Latham

Ann Douglas Sandra Hollensead Betty Muse

Jennifer Hacker Amy Kratt Dottie Watson

RoseMary Hambleton Sandy Koukola Lynne Wood