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Monday, February 29—Leap Day!

9 AM - 2 PM - Trinity Country Nursery School

7:15 PM - 2nd & 3rd Year Confirmation Class Service Night

Tuesday, March 1

9 AM - 2 PM - Trinity Country Nursery School

7 PM - Liturgy Team Meeting

7:30 PM—PEAL Rehearsal—New Sanctuary

Wednesday, March 2

9 AM - 2 PM - Trinity Country Nursery School

10 AM - TCNSK Chapel

12 PM - ROMEO’s Lunch

6:30 PM - Lenten Dinner

7:30 PM - Program

8 PM - Compline

Thursday, March 3

9 AM - 2 PM - Trinity Country Nursery School

7:30 PM—CAPPELLA Rehearsal—New Sanctuary

Friday, March 4

9 AM - 2 PM - Trinity Country Nursery School

4:30 PM - RSCM Rehearsal—New Sanctuary

7 PM - LIFT Women’s Group

Saturday, March 5

2:00 PM - Church Cleaning

Sunday, March 6 - Fourth Sunday in Lent

9:00 AM - Traditional Mass with Dr. Asha George –Guiser

Preaching

10:15 AM - LOFT & “Discernment & Decision Making” New

Adult Forum Begins

11:15 AM - Contemporary Mass with Dr. Asha George –

Guiser Preaching

Our Clergy: The Rev. Kim Guiser, Senior Pastor The Rev. Asha George-Guiser, Associate Pastor Vicar Micah Krey, Seminarian

Upcoming Events

Thank you to all who have contributed to the

Chair Change Collection. Just a reminder that

this is the last Sunday in February so if you haven’t

brought in your change, please do so this week. The

Essential Elements of Worship Committee thanks

everyone for their support.

Last Sunday to Bring in Your Change!

Dedication of the New Sanctuary With Bishop Claire Burkat

Sunday, April 24 Mass with Reception to Follow

Time to Be Announced

The Scream

From the Desk of Nina Wason, Chris Ed Director

One of my first real jobs was teaching English as a Second Language at Hofstra University.

Toward the end of my second semester there, one of my classes was visited by an ongoing stream of

professors from the English department observing my class. Perfectly normal: an unannounced bit of

review of the new faculty member. Except my position was not attached to the English department. I

was in the linguistics department, having been trained by linguists to teach the language. The people

visiting my class were taught the great literature of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Sylvia Path, Walt Whitman.

I was teaching college kids from Ecuador various forms of the past tense and vocabulary they might need

while asking for directions to a Mets game.

It was a really terrible review. The English profs described how I missed opportunities to delve

into various Latin prefixes that mark past and present time references, wondered why I didn’t make use

of some very fine passages from Last of the Mohicans to give all those verbs a richer context….on and on.

I was so bad, they said, this semester really needed to be my last. They recommended cutting me from

the staff.

It was, of course, a completely unfair review, and turned out to be part of some larger political

game that naïve little me knew nothing of. After I was done crying, I wanted to scream, and I do recall

ranting a bit more than I should have back at those professors. But, overall, it was a good reminder to me

to do my work well, to be open to new approaches to teaching the past tense, and to not be an

uninformed critic of other people’s work.

Jesus has a parable for us this week about a fig tree that wasn’t being figgy enough, so the owner

wanted to cut it down. The gardener had a different idea. Tree. Cutter. Gardener. Have you been

there? Come talk about it with us in Loft. We’ll have the help of this painting by Edvard Munch. It’s

titled The Scream; can you guess why I picked it?

Trinity Now Accepting Sunday Bulletin Advertising

Code Blue Ministry of Phoenixville

What did you do last time it snowed? Did you settle into your couch and watch a movie? Did you bake

cookies with your children? Did you light a fire and read a book? Did you bundle up to go outside to build a snowman (or

clear the driveway)- only to rush back inside moments later to warm your fingers and toes?

What if you didn’t have a nice warm place to be? What if you didn’t have a heating system or even a roof and walls to keep

you warm and safe? Unfortunately, that is the reality for many members of our community. There are people in our

neighborhoods that lack these “comforts” we all rely on, especially throughout the winter.

Although there are several shelters in the greater Philadelphia area, locals in Phoenixville identified that there were not

sufficient winter warming resources in that area. In response to this need, St Ann’s Parish in Phoenixville has taken the call

to ministry and has initiated a winter warming center in Phoenixville. This enter was opened several weeks ago, and is

looking for volunteers to operate this ministry. Specifically, they need adults to staff the shelter from 8pm-8am (in 4 or 8 hr

shifts) throughout the winter (until late March/early April). They also are requesting meals for their guests.

We will have a member of the coordinating committee for the Code Blue Ministry of Phoenixville with us at adult forum

this Sunday, February 28. Please join us then or contact me if you would like to make a difference in the lives of those

around us by participating in this ministry.

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me

Matthew 25:35

Trinity Library Open House

Trinity Library has a new location and a new look! On March 6, the Library Team invites you to an

Open House to celebrate our beautiful new Library, conveniently located next to the new Narthex! Trinity Library Team

members will be on hand after each mass to show you everything our new library has to offer. We will have a selection of

“Top Picks” from Trinity’s Pastoral Staff members and Library Team members, as well as top resources for Middle

Schoolers and High Schoolers. Always wondered what Pastor Guiser’s favorite book in the library is? Now you can find

out! There will be a special Children’s Cart in the Narthex so little ones can easily choose their favorites to take home.

For each book, CD, or DVD signed out during our open house and subsequently returned, Library Team members will

donate $1 to be used towards the purchase of future resources. Is there a book, DVD, or CD you love? Let us know at the

Open House!

Attention local business owners (especially those owned by congregants and by friends of Trinity). This week, Council

approved a pilot program making our Sunday bulletin back covers available for advertising sponsorship. All potential

advertising must conform to the Christian values that form the core of the Trinity mission. The space will be sold on a

rotational, first come/first served basis. Discount rates are available for booking multiple weeks/months. For details, rates,

and specifications, contact Pastor or Dan Ditzler at dand@newtonassociates.com.

Easter Candy Sale: Benefitting the Youth Mission Trip in June

Trinity Lutheran Church Youth Group is excited to announce the beginning of a See’s Candies®

fundraiser in support of our June 2016 Youth Mission Trip. Orders for Easter candy and chocolates will

be taken on February 28, 2016 and March 6, 2016 before and after each service; as well as during Lenten

Dinners on March 2 & 9, 2016. Fundraising flyer is below to illustrate the candy/chocolates that will be

available for purchase. Orders will be ready for pick-up prior to Easter Sunday Service.

Cash, checks (payable to Trinity Lutheran Church) and credit cards will be accepted at the time of

orders. Please come out and support the youth group by purchasing See’s Candies® this Easter season.

Please feel free to contact Mona Khalil at 484-973-6315 or makkhalil@yahoo.com regarding this

fundraiser.

Register Today...Spring Adult Forum

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Yes, I Would Like to Register... Name: _____________________________

Email Address: _______________________

(Please Return to Asha George-Guiser’s Mailbox or in the offering plate)

Doris Mohr February 2 Jayson Wenstrup February 3 Katrina Stansbeary February 5 Jon Berg February 6 Georgia Anne Berky February 6 Gerri Vattimo February 6 Ralph Berky February 9 Christine Steiner February 9 Kate Taxis February 9 Shaun Carlson February 10 Kyle Murphy February 10

Shateera Thompson February 10 Bill Rice February 12 Colette Zahour February 12 Justine Fry February 17 Jerry Linfoot February 17 Sandy DiPrinzio February 22 Philip Ditzler February 22 Riley Archer February 23 Herb White February 23 Emily Hardy February 24 Charles Kline February 25 Jim Wolfe February 27

John & Alma Nowmos February 10 Kathleen & Dennis Aspinall February 23

Readings for Sunday, March 6

First Reading: Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm: Psalm 32

Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32