TIMES REPORTS

Some “100 for the 100th Projects Completed;” Much More to Do Progress continues on projects intended to have Trinity’s building and property in shape to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the Venice Chapel in May of 2014. But, much remains to be done, and more money will need to be pledged and received if everything is to be completed as planned. Most recently, our copper gutters have been repaired, particularly on the rear side of the educational wing. The front doors to the Venice Chapel, our original building, have been repaired so as to open and close more easily; they will also be repainted. An emergency generator awaits purchase and installation. The generator will be powerful enough to keep the sump pump running, hot water heat circulating, and a significant portion of the lower level with electricity in the event of a power outage. The generator will also make Trinity a possible shelter site for the community should an outage or other difficult situation present itself. With the perimeter of the building now completely excavated and sealed, the generator is the final step in doing our best to keep water out of our lower level. Next is the decision on what to do with the flooring. Water has loosened numerous tile, and something needs to take their place. Refurbishing of the fellowship hall is on the back burner until a decision can be made regarding the floor. Air conditioning is also part of the plan for both the fellowship hall and the kitchen. All of this is needing attention while the parking lot continues to deteriorate. Best estimates, now outdated, were that the replacement of the parking lot could cost up to or more than $100,000. Where shall we go from here? Where is the Spirit leading us as regards our property? Let’s talk…

Fall Congregational Meeting Slated The annual Trinity fall congregational meeting will be held Sunday, October 28. at 6:30 pm. A 2013 current expenses budget proposal will go before the congregation, as well as a formula for distribution of community mission donations in January and July of next year. And, as suggested above, we will review progress made, work still to be done, and funds still to be raised to get our building and property “shipshape”

in time for the 100th anniversary of our first structure, the Venice Chapel. Progress reports will be given on other ministry and mission endeavors. And, officers for 2013 will be selected. It’s the Lord’s Church, and He has entrusted us to see to the work He has given it. Your attendance at the annual meeting is very important as we work to discern what we are to be about as God’s people in this place. Please make every attempt to come. 3

Marked with the cross of Christ forever,

we are claimed, gathered, and sent

for the sake of the world.

Marked with the cross of Christ forever, we, who

belong to the congregations, agencies,

and ministries of the Northwestern Ohio Synod,

will witness together to God’s creative and

redeeming Word to all the world.

The people of Trinity Evangelical

Lutheran Congregation seek to make Christ known,

welcome all in His Name, and serve the needs of our community and beyond in

His love. 4

visit www.trinityelca.com

Your comments on our new website are invited! Call Cathy Wobser at

625-6775.

Calling All Shoppers and Restaurant Goers!!!! You could help Venice Heights Elementary (VHES) earn money for their school by simply shopping or dining at any of the retailers in the mall, or in the vicinity of the mall (i.e. Target, Old Navy, Red Lobster, Cracker Barrel, McDonald’s & Pizza Hut) Save your receipts, and deposit them in the plastic zip-lock bag attached to our Adopt-A-School Bulletin Board in the upper hallway of the educational wing. The Adopt-A-School Committee also discussed providing all of the students in grades Kindergarten through Sixth grade a book as a holiday present. Monetary donations would be greatly appreciated. Monetary donations could be placed in a pew envelope, marked Adopt-A-School and deposited in the church collection plate or dropped off in the church office. On September 29, your co-coordinators will be attending a one-day, six-hour training involving the "process for adopting public schools and creating programs, including school-based mentoring, and meeting the needs of public school youth and their families." New volunteers are always welcome to join us as we begin upcoming projects for Venice Heights as well as addressing teachers’ needs in their classrooms. (See list on page 9.) Our next adopt-a-school volunteers meeting will be Thursday, October 11, at 7:00 pm. At the church. Hope to see you there! Susanne Lemert and Cindy Norman Co-coordinators Trinity’s Venice Heights Elementary Adopt-A-School Program

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5

Service of Word and Prayer

for

Wednesday

October 17

6:30 pm

We are busy gathering our pledges for the Sandusky CROP Walk on October 7th. Registration begins at 1:00 p.m. and the walk will begin at 2:00 p.m. from the Columbus Avenue Methodist Church. Your loose plate offerings on October 7th have been designated for the CROP Walk. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will be adding matchings funds and 25% of the donations and matching funds will benefit Care and Share and Huron Food Bank. Please make all checks for CROP Walk payable to CWS/CROP. Do you need a pledge packet? Do you have any questions? Please contact Bonnie Lieb at 419-684-7491

Do you have October 21st marked on your calendars for our Annual Pork and Sauerkraut Dinner? Carry out will be available. Chuck Schlett will be providing the music for your listening and/or dancing pleasure! Thrivent Financial for Lutherans have approved our request for matching funds. All proceeds have been designated for DAYBREAK 2013. Please watch your bulletins for posting of sign up sheets for desserts and one for helpers. Please plan on joining us for good food, music and fellowship.

We were pleased to see that Care and Share has received some much needed financial help, BUT that does not mean that they do not need our continued support. They will be seeing more clients as the weather gets colder and the holidays approach. Our collection baskets are always at each entry to the sanctuary for your donation of hygiene, paper, cleaning, laundry and nonperishable food items. Monetary donations for food items are best, but we will gladly accept any and all donations you may place in these baskets. The larger container remains in the coffee gathering area for larger items. THANK YOU for your continued support of this much needed community service.

COMMUNITY CONCERNS

Bonnie Lieb, Community Mission Team

Chairperson

As I realize that Fall is upon us and we are already planning our Fall Festival and thinking about other upcoming Fall events, I need to step back to the month of July, the week of Vacation Bible School, the hot weather, and the wonderful sound of kids having fun, and say a few more “Thank You’s” to some people who helped our Bible School out in a lot of big ways. First, to Rob Hershey and the Fremont Wal Mart: Rob has donated the fruit that we served each night at Bible School for the last 3 years. This saves us a lot of expense and we are truly grateful to him and his WalMart store for this donation! Second, we need to thank Dan and Gwen Miller for their donation of money towards Bible School. Then we also need to thank Ron and Marilee Werner for their generous donation of money towards Bible School and our Sunday School programs. We also want to thank Carol Ohlemacher, a friend of Jean Holbrook, who gave us some lovely homemade jewelry to pass out to our teachers and helpers and she also made a sizeable money donation towards our Sunday School program. And lastly we need to thank Vicar Sharon for her involvement in Bible School this year. Her wonderful opening skits and words of wisdom were a much-welcomed change to Bible School and we are very grateful that she was willing to help us each night. So again, thank you to these folks and to all who help make Bible School a great experience for the children who attend each year!

Have you ever used or heard the phrase “HOLY MOLY”? Well, there is a lot of Holy Moly going on in our Sunday School classrooms as of the beginning of September. Our new curriculum for the Sunday school year comes from SparkHouse and is titled “Holy Moly”. It is taught in a little different way and the teachers and students seem to really like it. If you hear your children mention anything about “Holy Moly”, we always like to get feed back on how things are going. And as long as our teachers agree to continue with this new curriculum, we will continue to use it for the next year.

Our Sunday School kids have been engaged in a “GOT BREAKFAST” campaign where we are collecting breakfast items for Care and Share. We know there are many kids who may go to school with no breakfast simply because they have nothing to eat. So, to help out the kids in our community who depend on Care and Share we are helping out by collecting cereal, poptarts, pancake mix, and any breakfast item that we can donate to Care and Share. Our “GOT BREAKFAST” campaign will go through October 14th and then sometime that week we’ll deliver the goods to Care and Share. Well, it’s that time of year again when those ‘YOU’VE BEEN MOOOOED” signs will start showing up in our members yards to help our youth who will be attending Card board City. This year Card board City will be held on November 10th and it is our turn at Trinity to host it again. Card board City if for any child in the 6 – 12 grade who wants to participate. Each child must raise $50.00 to attend Card board city. The mooed signs have become a pretty easy and popular way to help our kids raise the money. All the money they raise goes directly to the Cross roads homeless shelter. PLEASE DO NOT THROW OUR SIGNS AWAY If you get a sign in your yard but wish not to donate, please return our sign or call the students name that is on it so we can get them back. Each sign costs us about

$5.00 to make, and last year we had about 10 that didn’t make it back. And if you get a sign, please have them returned by October 30. Watch your Sunday morning worship (next page) 6

Youth and Family with SALLY WARNER, Trini-ty's Youth and Family Minis-

November TIMES

Submissions Deadline:

October 22

Items received after this date

will be held for the

December newsletter

YOUR SERVANTS AT TRINITY

PASTOR: Philip Gardner

CHURCH OFFICE SECRETARY:

Jean Holbrook

ORGANIST, CHOIR DIRECTOR, &

YOUTH MUSIC MINISTRY

DEVELOPER: Jean Holbrook

YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTRY

COORDINATOR:

Sally Warner - 419 684-7850

CUSTODIANS:

Jim Bertsch - 419 625-4377

Pat Wiedenheft - 419 625-8652

CONGREGATION PRESIDENT:

David Parker

TREASURER: Jim Bertsch

DATA ENTRY: Shannon Limberios

OFFICE PHONE: 419 626-0204

OFFICE HOURS: 7:30 am to

12:30 pm, Mon. - Fri. 7

(continued from page 6) bulletins for more information on this. Jean Holbrook has started working with our Sunday School kids on a song and some readings and poems that will be included in our Thanksgiving Eve worship service this year. All kids in the preschool – 6th grade will be asked to participate in this Thanksgiving Eve event. There is even talk of a light meal before the service. Please watch the November newsletter and any fliers coming home in the next month for more information. And, starting in the middle of October, Jean will also be starting to work with the kids on the Christmas program songs. So, regular attendance at Sunday school is important to help keep the kids in tune as to what is happening with these upcoming events. By Rite of Confirmation and acceptance of our Congregation Council, the following students will be accepted into voting membership at Trinity on Sunday, October 28: Briana Casanova, John Harris III, David Siverling, Elizabeth Siverling, Connor Swartz, and Deanna Thompson. May God bless these six young adults and be with them always! The “Helping Hands” Christmas tree will be going up in just 8 short weeks, and this year, I am going to ask you for your help. If you know of a family or families or maybe just an individual who are struggling to make ends meet and could use some help during the holiday season, we would like to see if we could help with our “Helping Hands” tree project. No names are needed, just a little information about what it is they may need. Please see me as soon as possible so we can get the needed paper work to them and returned by the 1st of November.

Holy Moly,

Fall Festival Date and Theme Set Attention, all first- through eighth-graders! This year’s Fall Festival is titled “Trinity Corn Festival.” It celebrates the three colors of candy corn as they relate to our triune God. Come on Sunday, October 14, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, for an afternoon of fun, food, crafts, and games. We’ll even hand out door prizes in reward for Turkey Trot tickets! Be there!

- Annette Siverling, Children, Youth, and Family Coordinator

Trinity Friends Approach 100-year Milestone October brings the one-hundredth birthdays of two women in our faith community. Miriam Py will reach the centennial mark on October 6, and Eloise Rafferty on October 31. Miriam holds membership at First Presbyterian Church, but became a friend of Trinity and a frequent visitor when she moved to The Commons of Providence. When able, she has attended our 10:30 service. Eloise is a life-long Venice resident who presently lives at Portland House. Our Congregational Life Team is sponsoring card showers for both women. Bring your cards for them to the church, and they will be delivered to our celebrants!

On behalf of our congregation, our Congregation Council thanks:

- Judy Welser for her Sunday morning cookies

- Bernie Neidler for refinishing and adding a shelf to a “pretty sad” table in the

church office

- Norm Stierhoff for seeing to the repair of one of the legs on our sanctuary

piano

- Don Seedorf for making a “soap donations cross” for Lutheran World Relief

- Wendy Wiedenheft for helping clean-up and straighten-up the Sanctuary before Sunday worship

- Ronnie Van Zandt, Sr. for cutting down and disposing of a tree on the church property

Norm and Ruby Stierhoff would like to thank everyone for the cards and heartfelt congratulations received for their 50th wedding anniversary celebrated on September 15. Thank you! Norm and Ruby

Phil and Janet Gardner thank the Congregation Council for the planter and the congregation for its cards and

remembrances for their 35th wedding anniversary.

Shannon Limberios thanks the congregation for its donation to granddaughter Ella’s trust fund in the wake of

the death of her father, Shannon’s son, Jacob. With Treasurer Jim Bertsch, Shannon maintains the computerized

financial transaction records of the congregation. She writes, “I feel very blessed to be part of the Trinity

‘family.’” [Editor’s Note: Shannon, we feel likewise!]

“Our heartfelt thanks for your kind generosity and support of our work with wildlife and education. I am

thrilled to be a part of helping children learn to respect and protect our natural world and discover nature’s mira-

cles. Thanks so much for believing in our mission and helping to make a difference!”

- Mona Rutger, Back to the Wild

[Editor’s Note: our Vacation Bible School collection this year went to Back to the Wild] 8

Volunteer Possibilities at Venice Heights Elementary School Our first school year as adopt-a-school partner to Venice Heights Elementary School is going to be a learning experience for all concerned. What is needed? Where can we help? And, the learning process is already underway. Third-grade teacher Lou Ann Cebull is the staff coordinator for our partnership. And, at our September volunteers meeting, she named several classroom volunteering opportunities:

Kindergarten: Learning Centers - Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 10:50-11:20 am

Computer Lab Assistance - Monday 10:45-11:15 am Math Stations (times TBA)

Second Grade:

Reading Fluency Activity - Monday/Wednesday 1:30-2:10 pm Accelerated Reader Conferences - Friday 1:30-2:10 pm

Fifth Grade:

Listen to Students Read - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:00-9:00, 9:00- 10:00 am

You can do this! Volunteer for as much or as little time as you wish. Just show up when you are scheduled; the teacher and students are counting on you. All volunteers must register with the Sandusky City Schools office on Decatur Street. Trinity has the form you need to complete before appearing at the schools office. Our next Trinity volunteers meeting will be on October 11, at 7:00 pm. In the meantime, see coordinators Susanne Lemert and Cindy Norman for more information!

National Speaker to Offer Introduction to Poverty Jodi Pfarr, who tours the country with presentations to help launch anti-poverty efforts in community after community, is coming to northern Ohio next month for a day-long session at Kalahari Resort. Pfarr will offer her “Bridges Out of Poverty” presentation on Friday, November 2. She is a guest of “Erie County Matters,” a community group seeking to help people get out from under generations of poverty. (See this month’s “Our Ministry Together” for more information.) Trinity’s Congregation Council will pay for our congregation to attend this event. If you have interest, contact Bonnie Lieb, our Community Mission Team Chairperson at 684-7491.

Shayna Brocco’s World Mission Trip Underway Shayna Brocco is now in the second month of an eleven-month, eleven-nation, Christian Mission tour called “The World Race.” A granddaughter of Fred and Mary Ann Wobser, Shayna is on her second such mission trip, and her group is presently in Central America. You can follow Shayna’s trip on line by visiting:

http://shaynabrocco.theworldrace.org

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Fifty Years Later, Vatican II Continues to Reverberate through Church

By John Thavis Catholic News Service

Editor’s Note: As Lutheran Christianity gears up for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, we must not overlook another significant reformation of Christianity that began fifty years ago this month when, on October 11, 1962, the Second Vatican Council gathered for its first session. Pope John XXIII had actually set things in motion three years earlier when he announced the Council would be convened. John XXIII died in June of 1963, and it would be his successor, Pope Paul VI, who would see the Council to its conclusion. Vatican II opened doors that had been locked shut since the days of the Reformation of the sixteenth century, and the impact was felt far beyond Roman Catholicism.

We searched for a concise summary of what was achieved at Vatican II, and, on line, we came across the following article from the Catholic News Service. It was written in 2005 (hence dating notes in italics) on the fortieth anniversary of the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council. Catholic News Service operates under the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and CNS notes that it intends fresh coverage of the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council in coming weeks. CNS invites us to check periodically its website at www.catholicnews.org. We thank CNS for permission to reprint this piece.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Forty years after the close of the Second Vatican Council, the deep transformation it set in motion continues to reverberate through the church at every level, from the halls of the Vatican to the pews of local parishes. The council's four sessions from 1962 to 1965 and its 16 landmark documents modernized the liturgy, renewed the priesthood and religious life, enhanced the role of lay Catholics, opened dialogue with other churches and non-Christians, and identified the church as the "people of God" attuned to the problems and hopes of the world. Although the council defined no new dogma, Catholics who lived through the Vatican II era will never forget the changes -- some of them abrupt -- that visited their church communities in the mid-1960s. Altars were turned around so that priests faced the people. The Mass in Latin gave way to Mass in the vernacular. Other sacraments were updated and simplified. Men and women religious adopted a more modern form of dress. Not all the changes were immediate, however. Church leaders began a long and sometimes contentious process of revising nearly every area of pastoral life, from the teaching of religion to lay ministries. "The council represented a Copernican revolution for the church, which challenged itself by asking how it could reopen a dialogue with the modern world," said Father Dario Vitali, who teaches church history at Rome's Gregorian University. "Through the council, the church drew closer to contemporary men and women and made the Gospel meaningful to them. If there had been no Vatican II, I think the church today would be a small minority, closed off in rites incomprehensible to the modern mentality," Father Vitali said. Not everyone in the church sees the council as a positive thing. Some Catholics are still nostalgic for the old ways of worship, and at times some church officials -- including several in Rome -- have

criticized the way Vatican II has been understood and implemented. In many cases, the ongoing debate reflects issues that were argued heatedly on the floor of the council. 10

Early in his papacy, John XXIII signs the document that calls for

a Second Vatican Council

Dec. 8, 2005, marked the fortieth anniversary of the close of the council in 1965, and in the fall of 2005, Rome and the Vatican hosted several commemorative encounters to reflect on how far the church has come over the last four decades. Pope Benedict XVI, who participated in the council as a theological expert, was expected to speak about the importance of the council's documents. Although he has criticized some postconciliar changes, the pope has made it clear that Vatican II will be the "compass" of his papacy. The compass, of course, sets direction; it will be up to the new pope to provide the details. The pope also has emphasized that implementation of the council is an ongoing task in the church, not just something that happened 40 years ago. One goal is to make sure Vatican II is not viewed as ancient history by young generations of Catholics. "Younger Catholics may not be as intellectually aware of the council, but they are continually experiencing its effects," said Alberto Melloni, a church historian of the Vatican II period.

"Thanks to the council, young people have been taught to see the world not simply as a threat to Christian life, but as an opportunity to announce the Gospel," Melloni said. Vatican II is sometimes described as a revolution, but it did not appear out of the blue. There had been 20 previous ecumenical councils in the church's history, including the First Vatican Council in 1869-70. Vatican I defined the dogmas of papal infallibility and the primacy of papal jurisdiction, but the council was suspended when war broke out in Europe, and it never resumed. The theological ferment of the mid-20th century helped lay the groundwork for Vatican II. Pioneering theologians like Dominican Father Yves Congar and Jesuit Fathers John

Courtney Murray and Henri de Lubac were trying to build bridges between Christianity's ancient truths and the contemporary world. All three were silenced in some fashion by the Vatican during the 1950s, but re-emerged to become important voices of the council. Pope John XXIII surprised almost everyone when, after only three months as pontiff, he announced he was convening the council. The pope spoke of the need to update the church and promote Christian unity; above all, he said, he wanted to show the modern world that the church had been transformed and intellectually reinvigorated. Pope John said the world was marked by spiritual poverty and needed the church's vitality. But, as he later told the council, the church wanted to offer the modern world the "medicine of mercy" and not severe condemnations. Preparation for the council took almost three years, and Pope John, already diagnosed with cancer when it began, presided over only the first of four annual autumn sessions in 1962. The invitation to Protestants, Orthodox and other non-Catholics to attend had already made Vatican II a historic event. Pope Paul VI guided the completion of the council's work, presiding over the other three sessions and directing the important follow-up work in areas of liturgy, ecumenism, religious life and evangelization. Between 2,000 and 2,500 bishops attended each Vatican II session, and participants have said the debates ranged from free-wheeling to finely tuned, with verbal skirmishes not uncommon. To give just one example, when the first draft of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ("Lumen Gentium," “Light of the Nations”) was presented, it was roundly criticized as triumphal, clerical and legalistic; the document was adopted two years and many amendments later. 11

From the beginning, bishops recognized that their task was not just updating church practices but also a process of "ressourcement," or going back to the sources of the faith. There was a sense among participants that they were indeed making history, said Bishop Frank Fernando of Chilaw, Sri Lanka, one of a handful of still-active bishops to have participated in a session of the council. "The debate was very systematic, with a great exchange of ideas. The documents would come back again and again with amendments, which the bishops would study. That's why these are very polished documents -- it was not just a matter of bringing them in one day and passing them the next," Bishop Fernando said. In the end, the council issued four constitutions: on the liturgy, the church's structure and nature, on the church in the modern world and on divine revelation. It produced nine decrees: on the church and the media, ecumenism, Eastern Catholic churches, bishops, priestly formation, religious life, the laity, priestly ministry and missionary activity. It issued three declarations: on non-Christian religions, Christian education and religious freedom. Most experts list the council's biggest achievement as a new way of understanding the church -- as the "people of God" and not simply a hierarchical structure, and as a "sacrament" to the world with an active mission in all sectors of human society. "Lumen Gentium" presented the church as a mystery and a communion of baptized believers moving toward heaven as one body that is holy, yet imperfect while on earth. Although organized hierarchically, the church as a communion is a living body whose individual members are called to holiness and who each have specific roles, rights and responsibilities, the document said.

The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ("Gaudium et Spes," “Joy and Hope”) was written more for the average reader and was approved in 1965, during the council's last vote. Bishop Fernando remembers the moment well, and he said he considers "Gaudium et Spes" the most important thing to come out of the council. He said many bishops thought the council had spoken in previous documents primarily to experts and specialists and wanted this document to communicate a message to the whole world. "Gaudium et Spes" called on the church to engage in dialogue with contemporary society and its problems, bringing church teaching and moral values to bear on a world too often torn by hatred, war and injustice. The

document acknowledged that science and culture have things to teach the church, but also said the church has a mission to sanctify the world around it. In the years after its close, the renewal outlined by the council was refined and codified in a number of decrees, norms and changes in canon law. The church witnessed countless changes: -- The new Roman Missal was issued in 1970, with a new cycle of readings designed to offer a richer selection of Scripture. The liturgical calendar was simplified. The rites for sacraments were revised,

emphasizing the communal aspects of their celebration. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults was revived and reformed. As the changes took places, active liturgical participation 12

increased dramatically in many local church communities. -- Lay ministries multiplied. Lay readers and lay ministers of Communion appeared during Mass. Laity were represented on parish councils and diocesan boards, and lay men and women, many with theology degrees, replaced clerics in a number of administrative church positions. -- Throughout the church, there was a renewed attention to Scriptures, in liturgy and in individual spirituality. -- Eastern Catholic churches were encouraged to return to their own traditions, ending a period of Latinization and opening a new appreciation of variety within the universal church. -- Ecumenism flourished, in formal dialogue between Catholic officials and other Christian churches, and in prayer and fellowship encounters at the local level. -- After the council acknowledged the possibility of salvation for non-Christians, dialogue also began with other religions. -- Religious life changed dramatically, as religious orders adopted Vatican norms and rewrote their own constitutions, taking a new look at issues of authority, community and identity. -- The council restored the permanent diaconate as a ministry and allowed married men to be ordained deacons. Today, there are more than 29,000 permanent deacons around the world. -- The council's teaching that the pope and bishops together form a single collegial body led to a new appreciation for bishops and bishops' conferences. The Synod of Bishops was formed to meet regularly and advise the pope. -- Theology was revitalized, especially moral theology, which focused increasingly on biblical sources and the individual conscience, and less on church law or authority. -- The council underlined the church's solidarity with humanity instead of its separation from the secular world, and this led to a mushrooming of social and charitable activities. Church leaders spoke frequently about the church's identification with the poor and suffering, and the pope became a strong human rights advocate. At the same time, the church experienced some worrisome developments, including a dramatic drop in vocations and an increase in the number of priests and religious seeking laicization. Mass attendance fell in many places, many Catholics abandoned the sacrament of penance, and dissent on certain teachings, such as birth control, was widespread. All that has helped fuel a 40-year debate over the proper reading and realization of the council. Pope Benedict has been a sometimes critical voice in this debate. But he always distinguished between the council and its implementation, saying that what hurt the church in the decade following Vatican II was "not the council but the refusal to accept it."

Contributing to this story was Cindy Wooden.

Copyright (c) 2005 Catholic News Service/USCCB. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. 13

Pope Paul VI oversaw the work of the Council following the death of his

predecessor, John XXIII

Mary Ann Neidler’s Blueberry Bread Pudding

350° for 50 to 60 minutes

3 eggs 4 cups heavy whipping cream 2 cups sugar 3 tsp. vanilla 2 cups frozen or fresh blueberries 1 pkg. (10-12 oz.) white baking chips 1 loaf (1 lb.) French bread cut in 1inch cubes Topping 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 half pkg. white chocolate chips In a large bowl combine eggs, cream, sugar and vanilla. Stir in bread cubes! Let stand for 15 minutes or until bread is softened. Stir in blueberries and white chips. Put in greased 13” x 9” baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes, uncovered until knife comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes before serving For topping put chips in a small bowl. In small pan bring cream to a boil. Pour over chips and whisk until smooth. Drizzle some over dessert. This sauce makes way too much so I make one half of a recipe.

Ruby Stierhoff’s Frosted Ginger Ale Salad

I. 2 3 oz. pkgs. lemon Jell-o 4 diced bananas 1 3/4 cup boiling water 1 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows 1 3/4 cup ginger ale 1 can crushed pineapple (drain and save juice) II. 1 cup pineapple juice 1 egg, beaten 1/2 cup sugar 2 Tbs. butter 2 Tbs. flour 1 Tbs. lemon juice Cook until thick; let cool.

III. Whip 1 pkg. Dream Whip and fold into Step II. Spread over Jell-o. Top with chopped walnuts.

Trinity Lutheran Church Women

October, 2012

OCTOBER ALTAR

COMMITTEE

Barb Sessler, Chair

Missy Hacker, Susan Cullen

EUNICE CIRCLE

October 2, at 1:30 am,

at The Commons of Providence

NAOMI CIRCLE

October 9, at 9:00 am at Trinity Church

Hostess: Jean Cline

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Congregation Council Highlights -

President Dave Parker gave the Capital Projects report beginning with a description of the natural gas powered generators available to us, ranging from a 7KW unit to a 17 KW unit that would provide electricity to a larger area, including the sump pump, the heating system water circulators, and a good portion of the lower level. Council approved the 17 KW unit at a price of $7,004.00. Dave reported that other building needs had been addressed, including repair of gutters. The dedication for the rear portico will be October 14. The portico has been paid for in memorial gifts for Luther Gantz; Henry, Ruth, and Ken Nuber; and John and Mary Parker. A tree, fallen because of a storm, was removed with no charge to the church. The church annual meeting has been set for October 28 beginning at 6:30 pm.

Pastor Gardner’s report began with the most recent “Adopt-a-School” meeting regarding Venice Heights Elementary School. Pastor has suggested that we help to get donations from local businesses to construct a school sign for Venice Elementary. Brady Sign has told Pastor Gardner that a sign that size would cost in the neighborhood of $6,500.00 It was decided to take that information to the annual meeting for approval. Erie County Matters (Anti-Poverty) will offer a fall presentation and Jodi Pfarr will be the speaker on the mindset of the poor. Pastor recommends that council provide payment for the fall presentation November 2. Second Harvest poverty simulation is to be held October 16 at LCCC, Elyria. Pastor Gardner has the information on that simulation. Cathy Wobser would like to have each ministry team have a link to the website. Lutheran Homes Society is still requesting that Trinity have a representative on the Lutheran Memorial Home local advisory board; no one has stepped forward.

SALM representative Barry Gill stated that the momentum for “Daybreak” is building and the fall pork and sauerkraut meal in October will benefit “Daybreak.”

Community Missions’s Bonnie Lieb reported the Crop Walk will be held on October 7 at 2:00 pm. Bonnie has a table set up for after each service with information about CROP Walk and pledge sheets for walking. Bonnie also stated that they will accept donations. Also, the loose offering on October 7 will go for the CROP Walk. Care and Share items were taken 2 weeks ago and the boxes are “over-flowing” again.

Congregational Life’s Linda Gantz reported that the Christmas dinner will be held on December 2, at the Common Ground Deli in Port Clinton. Miriam Py is having her 100th birthday in October and it has been decided to give her a card shower. There will be a box in the educational hallway to place any birthday cards to her in celebration of the 100th birthday. Eloise Rafferty will be having her 100th birthday at the end of October and we will have a card shower for her as well.

Faith Builders’ Dave Miller reported that the team had a meeting on September 6. The Sunday School enrollment is down. Sally Warner sent out post cards and made telephone calls to encourage attendance. The Fall Festival will be held on October 14. Trunks for Treats will be October 28. New drivers will be acknowledged on November 11. Sunday School kids will be collecting breakfast foods to deliver to Care and Share. Confirmation will be celebrated on October 28, 2012. Cardboard City will be held at Trinity this year.

Witness and Welcome’s Guy Miller stated attendance is very poor at both of our church services. Worship and Music’s Paul Wiedenheft reported that Dale Cerny, a son of the congregation, will give the

message on September 30 while Pastor is on vacation. The liturgist at the 8:00 service will be Dave Miller and Barry Gill at the 10:30. The petitioner at the early service will be Guy Miller and Deanna Thompson at the 10:30. Their next meeting will be held on November 1.

Old Business: Pastor asked treasurer Jim Bertsch if we have paid our dues ($100) to Christian Community for Youth? Jim was not sure but would look into it and send it to Gary Smith if we have not.

New Business: An altar care person was surprised by a person who entered the building as she was tending her duties. Consensus was to lock the church, and that the florist should have a key. Jean Holbrook introduced a music folder to purchase for each choir member. Folders will be purchased with money from the Memorial Fund.

from a high school classmate of Pastor Gardner...

"If you really want something in your life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers." --Homer Simpson 15

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BIRTHDAYS

1 Todd Stierhoff Hemi Palmison 2 Betty Miller 3 Patricia Lang 4 Robert Sessler Rosemarie Canter Joyce Patterson 5 Nancy Sessler Gwen Miller Brock Parker 6 Geraldine Watson 8 Casey Miller 9 Debbie Sharp Trent Hershey 10 Jerry Wobser Mark Markley Chris Nielsen Sally Hershey 11 Paul Wiedenheft Ron Werner Geoffrey Saunier 13 Elisa Kurth Adam Davis Jack Lickfelt 14 Bill Hirt Amanda Griffin

15 Roger Huff Tylie Weyer 16 Halle Miller 17 Marvin Roeser Denise Casanova 19 John Miller Gayle Thompson 20 Kellie Warner 21 Michelle Orshoski Troy Karbler 22 Charlie Bango Cameron Swartz 23 Amy Baum Kevin Cox 24 Amy Fuller Brad Poock 25 Mary Kuhn 27 Susan Corbin 28 Madison Brogle 30 Jean Schrenk 31 Eloise Rafferty (100!)

Lillian Neuschaler, Ruth Scates, Dora Myers and David Myers, Thomas, Diane & Megan Ried and Caryl Van Wy in memory of Curt Miller

Jim & Nancy Shelley, Jim & Cathy Limbird, M/M Larry Wiedenheft, Dora Myers and David Myers, M/M David Wobser, M/M Neal Leimbach, Wm. & Patricia

Wilson, Jean Miller, Evelyn Zeller, Ron & Marilee Werner, and Todd & Sharon Miller in memory of Dorothy E. Miller

Roy & Kathy Duskin, Betty Roeser, Steve Pinisky, Linda Gantz, John & Shirley Miller, Jim Bertsch, Jean Cline, Wesley & Betty Miller, Norm & Ruby Stierhoff, Larry & Pat Wiedenheft and Caryl Van Wy in

memory of John Saylor

M/M David Wobser, M/M Bernie Neidler, Jean Holbrook and Gale Friedberg, Dorothy H. Miller, Bill Bertsch, Robert & Nancy Sesser, Cindy Norman, and Greg Norman in honor of the 50th wedding anni-

versary of Norm & Ruby Stierhoff

Betty Roeser, Mary Ann & Bernie Neidler, M/M/ Richard Hire, Judy Welser, and Jean Cline in memory of Helen Bodi

David & Sally Warner in honor of Mary Hemminger’s 85th birthday

1 Shawn & Jamie Board - 2nd 3 John & JanMarie Miller - 4th 4 Sally & Robert Hershey - 4th 6 John & Shirley Miller - 61st Mary & Joel Kuhn - 11th 9 Matthew & Dana Savage - 8th 10 Carrie & Ken Killingsworth - 2nd 13 Amy & Pete Palmison - 11th 21 Chris & Jeffrey Nielsen - 23rd 22 Andrea & Kevin Krupp - 2nd 23 Jeff & Shelly Robbins - 30th

Just a friendly reminder that the phone number

for John and Shirley Miller in our latest pictorial directory

is incorrect.

The correct number is 419 626-5409.

Please make a note of it! :)

ANNIVERSARIES

OCTOBER MILESTONES

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SALM Board Latest - September 17, 2012

The treasurer’s report listed the balance in the checking account as $63.20. The balance in the savings account was $12,586.41. The final profit from the Carruth fundraiser was $1,515.56. Bridges out of Poverty – Paula Hoffman reported that letters of invitation have been sent to community leaders for a meeting on September 28th. There will be a 9:00 a.m. meeting at St. John, Sandusky and a second session at 3:00 p.m. at Sandusky High School. The purpose of these 60 minute meetings is to inform the community leaders of what the Bridges out of Poverty program is and why they should send their staff members to the training at the fall workshop on Friday, November 2, 2012 at the Kalahari Convention Center from 8:15a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Daybreak 2013 – Barry Gill reported that three organizing meetings have been held. Pr. Ruben Duran has been contacted and the date has been confirmed. The reservation has been made at Kalahari for July 26-28. The planning teams have been formed. The Youth team will be led by Sally Warner and Holly Yetter. The PR team is working on an initial “save the date” mailing to go out the beginning of October. They will send out a detailed information kit the beginning of January. Prayer cards will be produced and distributed to all the congregations so that people who cannot volunteer time or skills can be praying for the success of the event. Latest information will be available on the SALM website: www.salm-elca.com. New Business: The All Saints Day joint worship is to be hosted by Zion, Huron. Judy Burrows sent music that each SALM representative is to take to their music director. Since Zion is in the process of calling a new pastor, a motion was made by Cathy Wobser that Zion be given the option by SALM to invite a guest pastor and that SALM will pay for the cost of the guest pastor. The motion was seconded by Paula Hoffman. Motion passed. A motion that the donations from the All Saints Day joint worship be divided between Grace’s Table and the Huron Helping Hands Food Pantry was made by Leslie Foxworth and seconded by JaneAnn Cummings. Motion passed. A motion that SALM provide $150 toward the expenses of Cardboard City which will be held at Trinity Lutheran, Sandusky on November 10th, and that any unused monies be donated to Crossroads Homeless Shelter was made by Paula Hoffman and seconded by Leslie Foxworth. Motion passed.

Synod Initiative to Offer Foundations for Mission Our Northwestern Ohio Synod is launching a “home-grown” program next Feburary aimed at encouraging congregations and their members toward a common foundation for mission. It’s called “Good News+Amen!” Paperwork from Findlay indicates the effort involves experiential learning whereby participants will “know the Gospel, trust the Gospel, and respond to the Gospel,” all of which equipping participants “to be signs of and participants in the in-breaking reign of God in Christ Jesus.” I am excited about this possibility for us at Trinity. We seem to be doing the “cart” a little better, but have we forgotten the “horse”? There’s going to be 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, introduction to “Good News + Amen!” on Saturday, November 10, at St. Mark, Bowling Green. And, I’m looking for participants to go and take a look with me. If you have interest, let me know. Thanks!

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ASSETS End of Period

Checking Account 51,696.68

Petty Cash 20.00

First Federal CD (Pavement) 6,742.94

Thrivent Money Market Acct. 956.60

First Federal Savings CD (Reserve) -0-

Endowment Svgs. - Thrivent 53,184.19

Mission Plus Investments (4 CD’s) 4,458.88

Savings Acct. (Rent Fund) 8,661.52

Mission Term Select (Schol. Fund) 6,057.72

Thrivent Moderate Fund (Reserve) 14,497.84

Thrivent Mod. Fund (Pavement) 7,319.12

Mission Term CD 6,892.42

TOTAL ASSETS 160,487.91

LIABILITIES

Accounts Payable/Vendors 4,700.00

Ohio Dept. of Taxation 170.64

Treasurer of State of Ohio 11.00

R.I.T.A.

ELCA Board of Pensions

TOTAL LIABILITIES 4,881.64

FUND BALANCES Start of Period Receipts Disbursements End of Period

Current Expenses (3,683.30) 14,258.50 17,649.72 (7,074.52)

Benevolence Fund 496.38 735.00 833.34 398.04

Community Mission Fund 1,234.56 529.00 224.75 1,538.81

Memorial Fund 15,625.23 4,477.50 339.98 19,762.75

Endowment Fund 58,500.80 329.01 -0- 58,829.81

Building Improvement Fund 31,063.96 2,101.00 480.07 32,684.89

Library Fund 12.87 -0- -0- 12.87

Pavement Fund 15,076.97 20.00 -0- 15,096.97

Internship Fund 944.62 40.00 1,100.00 (115.38)

Parsonage Rental Fund 9,092.45 659.07 -0- 9,751.52

Scholarship Fund 6,525.51 -0- -0- 6,525.51

Reserve Fund 18,158.91 36.09 -0- 18,195.00

TOTAL FUND BALANCES 155,606.27

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