The Trinity Window April ~ 2011 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 292 Orange Street New Haven, Connecticut

Phone: (203) 787­6521 Fax: (203) 776­7915

www.TrinityLutheranNH.org Email: office@TrinityLutheranNH.org

From the Pastor

Christ humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death —

even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him

and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess

that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father

Philippians 2:8­11

Look at the Cross, and see Jesus dying for you. Look as Jesus takes away your sins, dies your death, and is buried in the tomb with your name on it.

… But on the third day, on Easter Sunday, God raises his Son. God raised Jesus out of death, rolled away the stone, broke the tomb, scattered the darkness, proved his love cannot die, and promises he will raise you too.

Now, in these last weeks of Lent, during this Holy Week and Easter, let your knee bend in worship, and let your tongue confess all that Jesus has done for you. – Pastor Ryan Mills+

Lent continues this month with: Thursday Supper & Lord’s Prayer Study, 6 pm

Thursday Evening Prayer, 7 pm

Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday, April 17, 10:15 am

Maundy Thursday, April 21, 7:30 pm

Good Friday, April 22, 7:30 pm

Easter Vigil, Saturday April 23, 7:30 pm

Easter Sunday, April 24, 10:15 am

Welcome to Our Newest Member!

John Edmund St. Maur Mills Born to Pastor and Kathleen Mills

Yale­New Haven Hospital, March 16, 2011 8 lbs. 9 oz., 21 inches

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you, says the LORD.

See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands." Isaiah 49:15

Movie Night

Movie night is for movie lovers of all ages every month. Everyone is welcome to join us. The movies are shown in Emma’s Place (in the church basement) the 2 nd Friday of every month. Friday, April 8 th , 2011 at

6:30 pm the feature film will be “Karate Kid”. During intermission we will provide snacks, juice and coffee. Hope you can join us. Mark your 2011 calendars for every 2 nd Friday of the month at 6:30 p.m.

Pat Sundermann

LCW News April LCW Meeting There will be a LCW/AG meeting on April 13th in the Sunday School room at 7 PM. Upcoming events such as the Palm Sunday bake sale, talent show, and wine tasting will be discussed. Refreshments will be served.

Mardi Gras Celebration A big thank you to everyone who came to celebrate Mardi Gras with us on Sunday, March 6th. A great time was had by all! We appreciate the support and help that we received in putting this event together. Proceeds from the event will be used to help pay for the shipping of the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes.

Palm Sunday Bake Sale The LCW/AG will be hosting their annual bake sale in the Parlour after Palm Sunday service, April 17th. Baked goods and cookbooks will be for sale. Donations of baked good items will be greatly appreciated (cupcakes and cookies are always a crowd­pleaser). PLEASE, no store­bought baked goods.

Parish Nursing Andrea's monthly blood pressure screening will be held on April 10th in the Mission Mart after Sunday worship.

Sugar and Spice Month

Thus the theme for Operation Christmas Child for April. Sugar and spice and everything nice. That's what little girls are made of. We are asking for donations of little dolls , Hair do dads, paper dolls, play jewelry, or anything that a little girl would like to find in her treasure box. That's what these boxes are to millions of children around the globe. The gifts these boxes hold and the gospel they spread is a bright light for the children. We at Trinity helped to brighten the lives of 8,173,749 children in 2010. Can you picture all those boxes? WOW. The donation box is in the Narthex. Thanks for your continuing support to this mission. God Bless you all Barbara Mourer

Thank You!

On Saturday, Feb 26 a dedicated group of Trinitarian's came to perform several much needed maintenance tasks at Trinity.

Replacing a faucet, installing a baby­changing table, painting a bathroom, and cleaning and reorganizing the vestment storage cabinet were just a few of the many tasks which were accomplished. All of the tasks were important, even if many will be unseen.

I would like to thank Linda and Luke Thompson, Pastor Mills, Ruth Ann Setaro, Doug, Kent and Christine Golden, Beth Lubenow, Si Young Yu, Walter Boyle, Heidi Edgerton, Pat Sundermann, Jamie Holowaty, and Gail Pederstuen. My apologies if I overlooked anyone.

And for anyone who is disappointed that they missed out ­ we will be having another fix­it day sometime later this year. Thank you, Fred Sundermann Chair ­ Property Committee

Trinity Window Articles Trinity Window articles for next month are due by the 15 th . It is important that you get your articles in on on time and think ahead for the next month. Please mail articles to Office@TrinityLutheranNH.org or place them in the folder in the rear of church.

Sanctuary Eternal Light Burns to the glory of God…

In memory of Erik Minkkinen Mar 13

In memory of Joan Child Mar 20

In memory of Emma Sundermann Mar 27

The new flower and candle charts for 2011 are posted in the narthex.

Upcoming Events Here is a preliminary listing for the events we have for this month. Please mark your calendars in advance so you can save the dates.

APRIL 3 rd 5:00 pm Agape Concert 5 th 7:30 pm Young Adult Table Talk 7 th 7:00 pm Council 7 th 6:00 pm Lent Supper & 7 pm Prayer 8 th 6:30 pm Movie Night

“Karate Kid” 10 th 12:00 pm Confirmation Class 12 th 7:00 pm Emerson Board 12 th 7:30 pm Young Adult Table Talk 13 th 7:00 pm LCW Meeting 13 th 7:00 pm Finance 14 th 6:00 pm Lent Supper & 7 pm Prayer 17 th 10:15 am Palm Sunday Worship 17 th After Worship Palm Sunday Bake Sale 19 th 7:30 pm Young Adult Table Talk 21 st 7:30 pm Maundy Thursday Service 22 nd 7:30 pm Good Friday Service 23 rd 7:30 pm Easter Vigil Service 24 th 10:15 am Easter Worship 26 th 7:30 pm Young Adult Table Talk

Oremus “Let us pray”

This month we prayed for the following members and friends of Trinity who were sick and/or hospitalized: Catherine Delnicki, Yoshi Manale, Evelyn Klaiber, Kenneth Froeberg, Edna Rutenberg, Bill Carlen, Vincent Pasalaqua, Peggy Tocey, Amelia Palm, Brian Esch, Kirt Atwater, Jeff George, Roy Garza, Jayme DeLucia, Jeanne Carafano, all those who serve in the armed forces especially Bob Macarz, Andrea Reynolds, Michael Atem, Tameka & Cedric Wheeler, Andy Ching, Kenneth Froeberg, and our homebound members, Marilou Cone, Evelyn Harris, Mabel Hoffman, Mary Marenholz, Bertha McGhee, Anne Ockert, Olga Oravec, Lillian Richkowski, Mary Lou Semmler, and Dorothy Stahlschmidt and those who mourn Eleanor Herpich.

Happy Birthday to the Editor!

Baby Shower

Mardi Gras Luncheon

Every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Young adult

Table talk

Study of “What Lutheran Christians Believe”, using 1530 Augsburg Confession & the Bible

Free Pizza Dinner

Compline (Night Prayer)

Team­Taught by Pastor Ryan Mills, Trinity Lutheran Church, New Haven & Pastor Tim Boerger, Zion Lutheran Church LCMS, Orange

TABLE

Talk

May: Time to Celebrate May is a month that brings us joy and renewal. We celebrate the events and the warmer weather with parties and fun while the natural world around us once again bursts into bloom. The LCW/AG is setting aside Sunday, May 22, (12­2pm) as a day for Trinity members to get to know each other a little better, to celebrate individual achievements and who we are as a Church. We are planning a light lunch and bright entertainment in the form of a Day of Talents.

First, we are asking people who like to perform to delight us with their abilities in creative presentations. Feel free to encourage friends/family to work with you or design a solo… “routine”; “number”; “skit”; or an “act” to share with the rest of us. Let it reflect a part of you that we all know or surprise us with a hidden talent.

Secondly, if your talents do not include being ‘on stage’ there will also be a Talent Display area. We would like to showcase a variety of items that our members enjoy creating from artwork to toy making to poetry and everything in between. In this way we will have an opportunity to get to know a little more about the artisans with whom we worship on Sunday mornings.

So, put on your thinking caps and let us know how you would like to share a part of yourself with all of us. You can call me at 203­934­0831 or talk with Karen Chaffin or me at Church on Sunday mornings; or speak to a member of LCW/AG; or call the office during the week and let Pat know you are interested in being part of this special day.

We also encourage you to invite extended family and friends to enjoy our presentations on the Day of Talents. Although there will be no ‘ticket price’ reservations will be required for space and food considerations. (Of course, generous donations to our free­will offering are always very much appreciated and profits will benefit Operation Christmas Child.)

Let us praise God with our hands, feet, bodies, voices and all the talents He has given us. Let us admire each other’s talents and celebrate with each other as a truly unique body of believers in our loving triune God. He has put us here, together, for His own purpose. Let us give Him thanks and share with joy our variety since only together are we Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Gail Pederstuen

Agape Church Anniversary

With the blessing of our gracious God, Agape Church will celebrate our 9 ­ year anniversary in April. For 9 years Agape has been serving the homeless with the compassion of Pastors Pawluk and Mills and the generosity of the Trinity Lutheran Church.

Agape Church experienced transformation to a new phase in last two years. We have been blessed with many worship leaders and counselors from various parts of Yale University: divinity school, graduates, OMSC and more organizations. Agape Church is serving people on the streets, but also incubating the future and faith of young leaders.

On the coldest morning in January, under several feet of snow, the day when the mayor ordered to the shelters to stay open for homeless people, 14 young men and women volunteers participated in the Sunday morning service to heal the suffering. No one said anything, or why they came by foot, bicycle or car, but I could see that these young angels couldn’t sleep while thinking about the poor men and women freezing out on the street. These young Christians sow seeds for their life at teens and twenties and I believe they will be the foundation of tomorrow in America.

Agape Church could be invisible or could be in vain since there are many evil forces and dangerous logical reasons to discourage helping the homeless when no one can fully solve these injustices and failures. It entails making trouble, looks unorganized, and leaves behind a mess. Anyone can criticize, or can choose to support.

We have been doing this for 9 years because of our desire to help address social injustice, structural unbalance, personal failures, etc. Most Christians want to be servants of God, to be instruments of God and to be used to bring the Kingdom. There is a need to connect these desires to real activities for a broken society. Agape is hosting very small portion of a much bigger ministry, but attracts all different kinds of organizations and individuals to help ending homelessness. Unfortunately we didn’t make many people into their own apartments last year, but once anyone gets the apartment, we can get all appliances, furniture, etc. in a week with a few phone calls.

Some real examples of fruit can be seen in one Yale senior student’s confession that he became to Christian after serving at Agape Church, in the times that Tina and Juliet sang at local churches for fund­raising, and in services at the Green during the summer time.

Hopefully we will have very successful years to come, as we did last year, with the help of God.

Regards, Siyoung Yu

You are invited to

Agape Church for the Homeless

9 th Anniversary Celebration Service

Sunday, April 3 2011 5:00 PM

At Trinity Lutheran Church 292 Orange Street, New Haven CT. 06510

(Tel) 203‐444‐1445

2011 Lent and Holy Week Schedule Lenten Supper & Study Lenten Evening Prayer

Every Thursday, March 10 th – April 14 th

Soup Supper with Lent Lord’s Prayer Study ­6:00pm Sung Evening Prayer – 7:00­7:30 pm

Lent is a time to fast, pray & give, turning from sin to the arms of Christ

Special offering Self­Denial Folders will be available for those who wish to take them.

Lent is a sacred time to remember our charity towards the poor and hungry.

Holy Week Services Palm / Passion Sunday

April 17 th , 10:15 am Procession of the Palms, St Matthew’s Passion

Maundy Thursday April 21 st , 7:30 pm

Holy Communion, Individual Absolution, Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday April 22 nd , 7:30 pm

Service of Tenebrae

Easter Vigil April 23 rd , 7:30 pm

Service of Light with Readings, Renewal of Baptism

Holy Eucharist

Easter Sunday April 24 th , 10:15 am

Festival Service of Holy Communion

Easter Lily Order Form

Orders are now being taken for Easter Lily’s ($12.00 each plant) to decorate our sanctuary on Easter Sunday. You may place your order by completing this form and returning it, along with payment to the church office. You can mail it or put it directly into the offering plate by Friday, April 15 th . Please print clearly! Make sure to fill in memory of or honor of! (Please note that only one family name per plant; i.e.: Fred, Pat and Erik Sundermann, could be 1 plant, but Fred & Pat Sundermann & Jim Smith would be 2 plants.)

In Honor or In Memory of Name: Given by:

Number of Plants: ___________ Amount Paid: $___________

ELCA World Hunger Donations

Donations to the ELCA World Hunger Fund may be given Instead of or in addition to Lilies.

In Honor or In Memory of Name: Given by:

Trinity’s Lenten & Easter Service Project:

PERSONAL CARE KITS

When natural disaster strikes or political conflict flares, families often have little chance to gather their belongings before fleeing the danger. They arrive in a refugee camp or other place of safety scared, vulnerable and dirty from the travel. The simple items included in a Personal Care Kit allow them to wash away the dirt and sweat, with the fresh scent of soap and the softness of a towel as reminders of someone’s care and concern for them in their plight.

To create these Personal Care Kits we will be collecting…

• Bath­size towels (approximately 52" X 27"), dark color recommended • Bath­size soap bars (4 to 5 oz.) any brand, in original wrapping • Adult­size toothbrush in its original packaging • Comb • Metal nail­clipper

These items can be given by:

• Kids during the Children’s Sermon throughout Lent • In a Basket in the Vestibule • Put in an Easter Basket to bring to church on Easter Sunday!

Trinity Lutheran Church 292 Orange Street, New Haven, CT Phone: (203) 787­6521 Fax: (203) 776­7915

Website: TrinityLutheranNH.org

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 1

7:30 pm AA

2

7:00 pm Youth NA

3Lent 4 9:00 Sunday School

Adult Bible Study 10:15 Worship Agape Concert

2­5 Unity House 7:00 NA

4

6­8 Girl Scouts

57:30 pm Young Adult Table Talk

8:45 pm Compline

610:30am North Haven Bible Study

Noon WW 7:00 Womens NA

76:00pm Lent Supper & Study 7:00pm Evening Prayer 7:00pm Council 7:30pm Choir

86:30pm Movie Night “Karate Kid”

7:30 pm AA

9

7:00 pm Youth NA

10 Lent 5 9:00 Sunday School

Adult Bible Study 10:15 Worship 12:00 Confirmation

2­5 Unity House 7:00 NA

11 12 7:00pm Emerson Board

7:30 pm Young Adult Table Talk 8:45 pm Compline

13 10:30am North Haven Bible Study

7:00pm LCW Meeting 7:00pm Finance

Noon WW 7:00 Womens NA

14 6:00pm Lent Supper & Study

7:00pm Evening Prayer

7:30pm Choir

15

7:30 pm AA

16

7:00 pm Youth NA

17 Palm/Passion Sunday 9:00 Sunday School

Adult Bible Study 10:15 Worship Bake Sale 2­5 Unity House 7:00 NA

18

6­8 Girl Scouts

19 7:30 pm Young Adult Table Talk

8:45 pm Compline

20 10:30am North Haven Bible Study

Noon WW 7:00 Womens NA

21 7:30pm Choir 7:30 pm Maundy Thursday Service

22 7:30 pm Good Friday Service

7:30 pm AA

23 7:30 pm Easter Vigil Service

7:00 pm Youth NA

24 Easter 9:00 Sunday School

Adult Bible Study 10:15 Easter Sunday

Festival Worship 2­5 Unity House 7:00 NA

25 26 7:30 pm Young Adult Table Talk

8:45 pm Compline

27 10:30am North Haven Bible Study

Noon WW 7:00 Womens NA

28 7:30pm Choir

29 30

April 2011

April 2011 Celebrations

2 nd ~ Kaileen Langlois 3 rd ~ Denver Lamont 4 th ~ Dawn Mankowski 6 th ~ Sebastian Esch

~ Robert Gamache 7 th ~ Carol Lee Robinson 8 th ~ Jessica Sorbo 12 th ~ Ebony Latimer 13 th ~ Cynthia Olson 14 th ~ Jonathan Auman

~ Janet Garrity 15 th ~ Patrick Morris 21 st ~ Marion Fox

~ Allison Handy 24 th ~ Aiden Spears 26 th ~ Nellie Horner 28 th ~ Kai Langlois

Baptismal Anniversaries Kent Golden ~ April 2

Tai’Asia Hutchinson ~ April 11 Camaje Moore ~ April 11

Kenneth Sturdivant ~ April 11 Jason Auman ~ April 30

Wedding Anniversaries Fred and Pat Sundermann – April 29

April 2011 Altar Guild – Marlene Warsawski and Cynthia Holowaty

APR 3 APR 10 APR 17 APR 24 FLOWERS

(Charge for flowers is $20 per vase, 2 vases per week) LENT LENT LENT Easter Lilies

ETERNAL CANDLE (Charge for the Eternal Candle is $5)

Olson Sundermann

ASSISTING MINISTERS DATE COMMUNION

ASSISTANT LECTORS ACOLYTE – CRUCIFER

USHERS GREETER DEACON

APR 3 Fred

Sundermann Robert Cone Vern Beaudoin

Louise Bahner (C) Zenon Holowaty (A)

Team 3 – R. Cone, R. Paquette, E. Jordan,

H. Neveski

Joe Fox Ruth Setaro

APR 10 Marlene Warsawski

Cynthia Olson Barbara Mourer

Amy Handy (C) Drew Gensicki (A)

Team 4 – J. Fox, D. Nicolson, R. Parks

Bob deLaubell

Kent Golden

APR 17 Barbara Mourer Fred Sundermann Bob Child

Louise Bahner (C) Ronasia Watts (A)

Team 1 – A. Atem, E. Jordan, L. Thompson

Eileen Gwotz Marlene Warsawski

APR 24 Ruth Setaro Debbi Cakal

Carol Lee Robinson Louise Bahner (C) Zenon Holowaty (A)

Team 2 – D. Cakal, R. deLaubell, J. Holowaty,

C.L. Robinson

Pat Sundermann

Fred Sundermann

MONEY COUNTERS 1 ST SUNDAY 2 ND SUNDAY 3 RD SUNDAY 4 TH SUNDAY 5 TH SUNDAY

(if needed) LISA ESCH

FRED SUNDERMANN LISA ESCH

FRED SUNDERMANN FRED SUNDERMANN

LISA ESCH ROBERT deLAUBELL

JOE FOX LISA ESCH

FRED SUNDERMANN