2012 No. 7 July 25, 2012

MISSIONARIES JEFF & NATALIE FAUST will be our guests at Trinity on August 25 and 26. Trinity has supported this ministry with monthly finances and prayers since 2009. If you do not know or remember this dynamic young couple, then save the last weekend of August to hear about their lives and ministries. The Fausts are staff members with Ascent Ministries, an evangelical outreach to inner-city Kansas City. Jeff and Natalie, whose family now includes four-month-old Kingston, will stir your hearts. Some of what they do with youth includes: • Leading Bible Studies in their home in the inner city • Conducting football camps and clinics • Opening their home to youth in their community to just come and hang out • Having cookouts together

COME HUNGRY!! Following the 5:30 Service on Saturday, August 25, we’ll provide a Kansas City style Beef BBQ meal (free-will offering) featuring Drinnin Beef Brisket plus all the trimmings! Jeff and Natalie will briefly talk about their personal experiences in ministry and how God has touched their lives and the lives of so many inner-city Kansas City youth through God’s love and faithfulness.

After the meal there’s a drawing for two free tickets to a Kansas City Chiefs’ football game!

AUGUST 25 & 26 — MISSIONARY FROM ASCENT MINISTRIES

Offerings to Date.................................... 328,021 Other Income to Date .............................. 13,460 Total Income to Date ............................. 341,481 Income Budget to Date ......................... 344,012

Expenses to Date ................................... 332,407 Expense Budget to Date ....................... 345,893

TRINITY’S FINANCIAL

UPDATE

Year-to-Date through June 30, 2012

TRINITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Marcia Muhle .......................................................................... President Dan Mickey .................................................................... Vice-President Judy Dicke .............................................................................. Secretary Todd Pedersen....................................................................... Treasurer LeAnn Kjergaard ................................................. Recording Secretary Kathy Barcel Sharon Becker Mike Cerny Ken Christensen

Dennis Durkop Ron Leimser

Jaymee Mueller Johnell Pennington

Vern Ramaekers Doug Styskal

Jim Wiese Pastor Tim White

Not Baptized?

Baptism Celebration Come to the

Do you want to be?

Sunday, July 29, 5:00 p.m. Pawnee Park West Shelter

• Free picnic dinner and music • Hear a down-to-earth Word about God’s Love • Receive the gift of Holy Baptism - no pressure • Begin afresh with the God who

meets us right where we are

Curious as to what you can expect? Call 402-564-8547

Your Event Host: Trinity Lutheran Church

2200 25th Street www.trinityalive.org

NEW CONFIRMATION YEAR

All parents of 7th & 8th

Graders, please keep the following dates in mind.

Sept. 9.........6:00 pm....... 9th Grade Confirmation Dinner

Sept. 12.......6:30 pm....... Confirmation Rehearsal and Pictures

Sept. 16.......10:30 am..... Rite of Confirmation

Sept. 30.......6:30 pm....... 7th Grade Parents’ Orientation

Sept. 30.......7:45 pm....... 8th Grade Parents’ Orientation

Oct. 17 ........6:30 pm....... First Day of Confirmation

TRINITY’S ENDOWMENT FUND: A gi ft to Trinity’s Endowment Fund designated in your Last Will and Testament is one way to express your gratitude to God for the blessings received from your membership in God’s family here at Trinity Lutheran Church.

FIRESIDE FORUM 9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

PARABLES Join us as we study some of the most well-known parables of Jesus:

NEW MEMBER SEMINARS Sundays, August 5, 12 and 19

9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

These seminars are for those who wish to become a member of Trinity or for anyone wanting to learn more about the teaching of the Lutheran Church.

• Baptism • Prayer • Apostle’s Creed • Communion • Christian Living

† Sower & Seed

† Prodigal Son

† Talents

† Wise & Foolish Virgins

† Unforgiving Servant

Meets in the FIRESIDE ROOM through August 26

ALL-COMMITTEE NIGHT REMINDER:

Monday, August 20th 7:00 p.m.

Trinity Fellowship Hall

Gale & Bev Alm American Legion Mavis Applegate Rodney & Emily Bailey Gerald & Eleanor Barnes Karla Baumert Marian Beck Bob & Sharon Becker Kay Berg Gloria Brandenburgh Gordon Buchholz Bern ice Busteed Mike & Doris Cerny Marv & Lynn Charipar Kendall & Linda Christensen Columbus Fire Department Bob & Jan ice Cothern John & Janell Cromwell Dale Employees Cred it Un ion Loren & LaDonna Davis Sam & Anita Drinnin Dennis & Donna Dubsky

Ray & Diane Dyer Phil & Sharon Ernst Jerry & Ingrid Evers Ron & Connie Falk Kay Ferris Troy & Kim Gaver Keith & Den ise Gilmore Dennis & Coni Grennan Wayne & Dianne Hellbusch Bill & Rita Ingold Tamra Jackson Lon & Sandra Jochens Marlin & Judy Johannes Kelly & Deb Johnson Carroll & Leona Kant Alice Kastanek Ruby Kiburz Charlene Klug Marilyn Klug Rich & Tami Kush Ray & Marilyn Labens Vio la Leimser

Dick & Goldie Liebschwager Larry & Joyce Linder Paul & Marcia Louis Larry & Carolyn Lueschen Jim & Glenda Lundstrom Bill & Rose Lusche Marilyn Lusche Dale & Ruby Lutjens William & Beth MacArthur Lilyan Martensen Denise Matejkar Betty Michener John, Jeannette & Paul Miksch Paul & Dolores Montag Rich & LoJean Morgan Harvey & A lta Nauenburg Nebraska Energy Federal Credit Union Fred & Diana Neemeyer Ted & Marlene Niedbalski Jody Nygren Mr. & Mrs. Delmer Peters

Dale & Marilyn Plugge Arden & Nancy Saalfeld Paul & Norma Schettler Darlene Schieffer Lillian Schroeder Sondra Sedlacek Evelyn Speckman Jim & JoAnn Stachura Larry & Lanette Stec John & June Steiner Barb Stutz Alice Wagner Hilda Went Cathy White Pastor Tim & Cindy White Marlene Wilke Bill & Jean Will Bonnie Willets Nancy Merritt & Dan Woerth Alice Woodard Tom & Karen Zimmerman

Your contributions to TRINITY’S MEMORIAL FUND are greatly appreciated. Gifts are accepted at any time in memory of or in honor of a loved one. Names of those being memorialized are listed in Trinity’s Annual Report. THANK YOU for your contribution to the Memorial Fund in the Second Quarter of 2012.

T hank you to Pastor White, Pastor Zurek,

Pastor Nestor and the Church Council for all you

did to make my retirement so special. Thanks to everyone for the cards, gifts, well wishes and your attendance at the reception which is much appreciated. God Bless you all for your kindness.

Alta Nauenburg

WHAT MAKES LUTHERANS LUTHERAN - BAPTISM More than a few times I’ve been awakened in the middle of the night by a call from the hospital to learn that a newborn child is not expected to live. The anxious and heart-sick parents want me to come immediately to baptize their child before he or she dies. Of course, I do. But the experience always causes me to reflect again on the meaning of baptism and its place in salvation. Nowhere in the Bible is it even suggested that those not baptized are condemned eternally. In fact, it’s in Mark 16:16 that we read, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved.” In the very next phrase, Jesus says, “But whoever does not believe will be condemned.” No mention here of not being baptized. Throughout the Scriptures, wherever salvation is spoken of, it is always the outcome of one’s faith. But Lutheran teaching is that baptism, like Holy Communion and like the written and spoken Word of God, is a “means of grace. ” Unlike the teaching that baptism is just a symbol of the cleansing from sin given when a person receives Jesus and their Savior, we believe God does something wonderful and supernatural when water is applied in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In fact, the Bible could hardly be more clear about it: “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His

death? We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death, so that, as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.” (Romans 6:3-5) Baptism unites us spiritually with Christ, and we share in His death and resurrection. This does not mean that baptism in other churches is invalid. Baptism is

something God does. Its benefit does not depend on the theology of the one doing the baptizing, nor even his or her faith. So this means there is no such thing as being “baptized Lutheran” or “baptized Catholic” or any other label. As Jesus commanded there is “one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all” done with water and in the name of the Triune God. Every Christian church baptizes by this formula; and so, such baptisms are valid.

Lutherans baptize infants and children because in baptism it is God alone who acts, and the Bible doesn’t say who not to baptize. God initiates a saving work. But we shouldn’t think of baptism as somehow magical. What God initiates must be nurtured in the Word of God. Parents are given great responsibility for the faith formation of their children, that they might grow to know and love their Savior.

by Pastor White

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Mark Your Calendar! Something Exciting!

Something New! Columbus Days Parade

Sunday, August 19th — 3:00 p.m. Trinity’s Special Parade Float

For more information call Cindy White at 402-564-8547

Thursday, August 23 Fellowship Hall — 6:30 p.m.

Please bring a salad to share with others.

Coffee, iced tea and

table service provided.

◄◄ P R O G R A M ►►

TOUR OF THE HOLY LAND

Presented by Pastor and Cindy White

Garden of Gethsemane

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE?

In the paragraph below there are the names of sixteen books of the Bible. Some of them are found in whole words, others in adjoining words. Can you find them? I once made a remark about the hidden books of the Bible. It was a lulu—kept people looking so hard for facts but for others it was a revelation. Some were in a jam—-especially since the names of the books were not capitalized, but the truth finally struck home to numbers of readers. To others, it was a real job. We want it to be a most fascinating few moments for you. Yes, there will be a really easy one to spot; others may require judges to help them. I will quickly admit that it usually takes a minister to find one of them, and there will be loud lamentations when it is found. One woman says she brews a cup of tea so she can concentrate better. See how well you can compete. Relax now, for there really are sixteen books of the Bible in the story. (Answers on Birthday Page) Pastor Zurek

All Trinity Women are invited! Bring a friend.

Music Ministry ♦ Trinity Kids & Teens ♦ Contemporary & Traditional Worship ♦ Missions Work ♦ Men’s Ministry ♦ Women’s Ministry ♦ Bible Study Groups Fireside Faith ♦ Adult Forum ♦ Care Ministry ♦ Prayer Ministries ♦ Video Ministry ♦ and much more!!

"Let us rejoice and be glad, and give him glory!" Revelation 19:7

AUGUST 2012 by Glenda Lundstrom

All Stars Express: Sunday mornings 9:30-10:15am 3yrs - 6th Grade

Summer Fun

Looking Ahead to Fall

AUG 19, 3YRS-6TH GRADE

There will be a schedule break for 2 weeks prior to our Fall Kickoff as we prepare to make Sunday mornings in ASE the most engaging and li fe-changing for every age!

August 5 & 12: NO 9:30 class for 3yrs-6th Grade or Jr. High or High School. ASE will be meeting in the fall classrooms. Look for the directional signs to guide you.

July 29: Last Day of Summer Sundays 9:30-10:15; 10:30am: Grades 3yrs - 6th Sing in Worship Aug 5 & 12: NO ASE—WORSHIP with your family Aug 19: All Stars Express Fall Kickoff 9:30-10:15 Sept 16, 23 & 30: Using My Bible Class for 3rd Graders & their parents 9:30-10:15am; Bible Presentation Sept. 30, 10:30am Worship Oct 7: Kids practices begin for Christmas Program Grades 1-6 practice 9:15-9:30am Before ASE Grades 3yrs-Kinder practice 9:30am in ASE Oct 10: Breakout Begins with “A Taste of Breakout” for families. 6:30-7:30pm time for this night only Dec 2: 2:00pm Children’s Christmas Program

All Stars Express Fall Kickoff

PARENTS of 3rd Graders

Look for August mailing with details regarding the “Using My Bible” class that will be offered this fall. It’s one of those faith-building tools for your child that you won’t want to pass up.

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5th & 6th Graders began a Birthday Kit project for children at the Columbus Rescue Mission, giving the family a few basics to celebrate a child’s birthday. The students pictured here are using their artistic talents to make a birthday banner.

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3rd Taylor Cooney Glenda Lundstrom Wayne Nestor Joe Quigley Cooper Stuhr

4th

Craig Behrens Chris Dahmke Arlyn Johannes Cindy Loveless Billy Meyer Brea Muhle Diana Neemeyer

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Laurie Bardsley Jason Engel Anthony Ganskow Stephanie Henry William Jasper

6th Daneill Beck Cory Hellbusch Richard Wagner

7th Greg Barlow Sharon Brown Preston Connelly Coleigh Kluck Kimi Lescelius William Loseke Avona Malpert Linda McMeekin Eric Runquist

8th Kathy Barcel Tony Barcel Desiree Johnson Tamara Liskovec Joshua Luebker Marlene Potts Susan Schroeder Cody Seebohm Rod Seidel

9th Paul Hicks Larry Kuncl Taylor Steiner

10th

Gale Alm Chad Clayburn Madelyn Hoefer Robert Lewis Michael Mueller Blake Ramaekers Jami Schoch Sarah Schroeder Mike Wendt Jackie Wilke

11th Ralph Olson Melissa Salak Hilda Went

12th

Melissa Engel Morgan Langmack Shawn Peach Jim Reicks

13th

Richard Cieloha Sam Drinnin Sara Kruse Paige Medinger Margie Mercer Julia Schrad

14th Adam Davidson

15th

Liam Barcel Thomas Glock Dennis Parker Deb Svoboda

16th

Chase Davis Morgan Dreesen Ron Dush Katie Kluck Carole Tessendorf

17th Barrett Brown Jim Ernst Krista Lenz Emmit McMeekin Mandy Novak Jim Sander Eunice Smith

18th Amanda Daugaard Andrea Stockman

19th

Perah Connelly Crystal Hollmann Michael Klink Bob Marker Aubree Quast Jordan Went

20th Todd Bardsley Sharon Becker Dan Lueders Rae Ann Went

21st

Lindsay Anderson Cole Brodecky Kelly Kinzer Allsman Terry Went Arlene Woodworth

22nd

Leland Ahrens Kayla Earl Amanda Frandsen Ervin Hake Deserae Mann Mary Seckman

23rd

Michaele Kasper Steve Larson Merit Rodehorst Sheila Sloup Steven Steiner

24th Anita Drinnin Lauree Lenz Erik Nelson Ashton Stubbert Rhylan Wright

25th

Kordell Abel Peyton Connelly Keith Mihulka Alta Nauenburg Arde Petersen

26th

Macy Blahak Lexi Jeffryes Jillian Kinzer Vi Leimser Jarret Peabody Justin Sindelar Jason Spale

27th Maxine Glaser Myron Klug Jordan Lippstreu Brittney Oltmer Jennifer Quigley Josh Rich Sondra Sedlacek Melissa VanDerslice

28th

Sharon Barlow Gordon Buchholz Eric Loseke Joan Mimick Jane Moore Kenneth Wendt Arthur Wiser

29th Jolene Bruce Makayla Cherry Austin Cromwell Jeanette Jackson Jennifer Johnson Babe Krumland Logan Rasmussen Delaney Young

30th

Tom Brodecky Malerie Fyfe Kristine Greenlee Terry Hollmann Brenda Spulak Stan Wielgus Justin Young

31st Lucas Arlt Verona Moeller KayD Nauenburg Joseph Recek Ian Stirek

ANSWERS TO THE BIBLE QUIZ Books of the Bible appear in this order: Mark, Luke, Kings, Acts, Revelation, James, Ruth, Numbers, Job, Amos, Esther, Judges, Titus, Lamentations, Hebrews and Peter.