Sunday School 8:30 am

Worship Service at 10 am

COUNCIL · · ·

Lynn Bulle

Paul Castille

Diane Childress

Cal Churn

Curt Cleven

Jim Dickert

Terry Huret

Edna Kinner

Dan Kleven

Amy Louthan

Sue Morgan

Sue Rasmussen

Kathy Schick

Zach Trumbo

STAFF · · ·

The Rev. Jim Bangle,

Interim pastor

Sue Morgan, Parish

Nurse

Janet Thomas, Secretary

Dr. Susan Waters,

Musician

Church Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday

9am-3pm

Telephone-

423-247-9106

Make sure you are counted-

Don’t forget to sign your name on the red pad

located on your pew every Sunday.

800 Broad Street, Kingsport, TN 37660 htlckingsport@gmail.com | holytrinitykingsport.org

New Topic coming July 7 - Adult Sunday Bible Class

Loretta Nitschke will be moderating a new and exciting Adult Sunday

Bible Class starting July 7 to July 28 at 8:30 a.m. in the Gathering Room.

This will be a relaxed and comfortable way for our visitors, and new and

existing members to enjoy fellowship, and to learn "What it means to be a

Lutheran." Hope you can join us!

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From the Interim Pastor….

Sitting in front of a blank computer screen, facing yet another newsletter

deadline, thinking I’ve been doing this for nearly half a century…. Then, an email

sharing an article from the Wall Street Journal about “pews and cradles.” Got my

attention for sure. It spoke of the declining church attendance among young

families coupled with the declining birth rate in our country. Of course, the WSJ

saw implications for the future of political power.

I was reminded of an article in Living Lutheran by Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton

titled “What’s God Up To?” She wrote of the same decline and problems as did

the WSJ, except that instead of asking what can we do, Bishop Eaton asked that

we remember whose church this and who indeed is in charge. The article

reminded us of the times when the People of God thought they were at the end

of the road only to find that God was doing a new thing. None of us knows what

God is up to, but we sure don’t want to get in the way!

If we want to attract people to our congregations to rebuild a

memory, God will not bless our efforts. But if we – grabbed by

the Spirit in baptism, changed by the word, intimately and lovingly

connected to Jesus and each other in communion, and set free

by grace to serve the neighbor – invite all people into true life, then

we shall become part of the answer.

To that, I say, Amen Bishop! It sounds a lot like Helping Transform Lives in Christ!

Pastor Jim Bangle+

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Summary of Council Meeting Minutes June 10, 2019

Staff Reports: Pastor Jim Bangle:

Pastor Bangle spoke proudly of our church’s web page as he reminded us that this is important way to represent our church (11,000 hits in the past 3 years). It was also noted that there is a lot of traffic on the web calendar. The decision was made to continue to use the web calendar and to discontinue the use of google calendar.

Committee Reports: Audio Visual: Motion-activated cameras were installed around the perimeter of the church. The next step is to determine if further monitoring is necessary during Sunday services. Call Committee: The committee is actively screening candidates. Nominating Committee: The committee did a great job of selecting our new Council members. Outreach: Terry Huret is planning to write a training program focused on creating a safe environment for children. He will propose to have Family Promise participants to read and sign a list of rules in the presence of a host. Prayer: Thank you to the donors who gave $817 for the Prayer Quilt Ministry. WELCA – Volunteers completed 93 kits during a work day. Old Business: New Treasurer and Assistant – We thank Martin Schick for his many years of dutiful service. Martin will now assist the new Treasurer, Paul Castille. New Business: Confirmation! New Members! – The church is happy to welcome the new confirmands as voting members. Thanks for faithful service to retiring Council members – Lynn Bulle, Terry Huret, Edna Kinner, and Zach Trumbo.

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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Mission Statement:

Holy Trinity Lutheran church, called by Christ, and guided by the Holy Spirit, affirms God’s love for all His creation. In response, we commit ourselves and our gifts to God’s work and His praise through worshipping, celebrating the sacraments, proclaiming the Gospel, teaching God’s Word, and loving all people. Following Christ’s example, we promise to live our faith in word and deed by being a living sacrifice for others, forgiv-ing and reconciling our differences, and ministering to those in need. All this we do in the sure and certain hope of our salvation.

Our Motto — Helping Transform Lives in Christ

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Shingles and Shingrix

➢ About 1 out of 3 people in the United States will develop shingles.

➢ If you've had chickenpox you are at risk for having shingles.

➢ Your risk of getting shingles and having serious complications increases

➢ as you get older.

➢ About 1 in 10 people who get shingles develop nerve pain that can last for months or years.

➢ Shingles can lead to serious complications.

➢ You can get shingles more than once.

➢ Shingrix is the new vaccine for preventing shingles and long term nerve pain.

➢ Research has shown the new vaccine to be more than 90% effective in preventing shingles and

the nerve pain that often accompanies shingles.

➢ People can still get shingles after taking the vaccine, but the vaccine may reduce the severity and

duration of the shingles.

➢ The CDC recommends everyone 50 years and older with a healthy immune system receive the

new vaccine.

o Shingrix has been approved and recommended for people older than 50 including those who

have had shingles before and for those who have had the original vaccine; Zostarvax.

Talk to your Doctor about your vaccine options.

Talk with your insurance provider about the cost.

Protect yourself ! Sources : CDC, Mayo Clinic

Thank You for your Blood Donation : Charles Nitschke, Patricia Wilder

Joy Wood

In His service and yours,

Sue

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The More You Know… This month Worship and Music Committee continues its series of Trumpet articles covering a variety of topics on symbols, colors, design/architecture, traditions, seasons, and festivals that many of us either don’t think about very often or perhaps are not sure of the significance of these things. In the July article, we will provide an overview of the church year.

The Church Year

The church year differs from the calendar year in a number of respects – and this often generates some confusion. And, many worshippers do not often think about the church year calendar. However, un-derstanding the church year will provide context for what is seen and said in worship. This graphic provides a clear overview of the entire year. The church year begins with Advent, the four Sundays before Christmas. As noted in an earlier arti-

cle, this is a time of prepa-ration for the coming of Christ. Christmas comes next with about 2 weeks before the Baptism of Our Lord and Epiphany (the arrival of the Kings or Ma-gi). The Epiphany season varies in length, with its end marked by the Trans-figuration and the begin-ning of Lent. Lent lasts for 40 days (not counting Sundays) and ends with Palm Sunday. “The Three Days” are at the end of Holy Week, leading up to Easter Day. The Easter season continues until Pentecost. Currently, the church is in the largest section, listed in the graphic as the “Time after

Pentecost,” which is also called the Season of Pentecost. In 2019, there will be 23 Sundays in this season, ending with Christ the King Sunday – the end of the church year. Then the calendar cycle be-gins again with Advent. This Church Year calendar provides a framework for worship and study of the Good News. It guides worshippers through key events in the life of Christ and in the life of His church. Worship is struc-tured around the readings from the Bible, and those are selected to follow this church year. To cover more of the Bible in worship readings and to prevent readings recurring annually, there are 3 “Lectionaries” or series of readings that cycle year after year. Currently the readings are coming from Lectionary C. The selected readings in turn provide text options for the sermon. And, the hymns are selected to pair with the readings and the sermon topic. Other worship details such as banners, colors of paraments, choice of anthems, and use of special symbols (Lenten cross, Advent wreath, Chrismon tree, Easter lilies, etc.) are also tied to the church year calendar. In worship, it is not just the month and the date that matter – it is also the time of the church year! This provides a framework for worship in a liturgical body such as the Lutheran Church.

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July 2019 Worship Assistants If you perceive a conflict in your personal schedule, please exchange with someone else and remember to call the office with the change.

Area of Service

July 7 Pentecost 4

July 14 Pentecost 5

July 21 Pentecost 6

July 28 Pentecost 7

10:00 Service

Acolyte Riley Hollowell Reagan Hollowell Lily DeBraal Talon Huff

Assisting Minister Patti Wilder Laura Mitchell Leigh Bergemann Jim Dickert

Communion Assistant Gene Childress Amy Louthan Lynn Bulle David Reames

Greeters Bill and Carolyn Cooper Jeremy and Kristin Steach

Gene Childress Kristi Grady Terry and Jeanette Huret

Ushers

Bill Cooper Carolyn Cooper

Jon Peters Mike Booher

Jeremy Steach Kristin Steach Kathy Schick Judy Harper

Jerry Wright Jon Peters

Kristi Grady Gene Childress

Terry Huret Jeanette Huret

Ken Perry Tim Perry

Nursery TBD TBD TBD TBD

Altar Guild Kathy Schick Jeanette Huret Sarah Wright Leigh Bergemann

Sunday Meals Cooks James & Carolyn Chandler David & Brenda Hrivnak

JoRita McMurray Carolyn Peters Brett and Sabrina Steel

Drivers – Blue: Red: Green: Gold:

Nitschke Dickert Grady Wilder

Mortenson Hollowell

Steach Kinner

Childress Reinhardt

Glauer Hrivnak

Castille Louthan Cooper Churn

Thank you to all that serve our Lord in the above roles!

Altar Flowers

Altar flowers enhance the beauty of the worship

service and are appreciated anytime to celebrate an

event or honor a loved one, especially on festival Sun-

day services.

Anyone wishing to contribute flowers for:

Reformation Sunday, October 27

All Saints Sunday, November 3

or Christmas Eve, December 24

Please contact Janet in the office so she can enter

the date on the calendar.

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We are going to have an evening Bible Study for women starting Tuesday, August 6 at 6:30-7:30 continuing for 5 weeks.

Save the date. August 6 at 6:30-7:30 we will start The Faithful: Heroes of the Old Testament

(video series)

Presented by all of our favorite teachers! (a different one each week for 5 weeks.)

Priscilla Shirer Kelly Minter Beth Moore

Jennifer Rothschild Lisa Harper

Please join us. If you have any questions, see Loretta Nitschke 677-3907 or nitschke@chartertn.net

5 Brealyn Burse 13 Sophie DeBraal 15 Shannon Hollowell 20 Lynsay Walsh 23 Tom Larsen 23 Caddy Hobbs 25 Reagan Hollowell

Standing Bible Study Groups

Adult Sunday School

Every Sunday at 8:30 am

** New starting August 6 at 6:30 to 7:30 pm for 5 Weeks!**

Women’s Evening Bible Study

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Property Ministry 1st Monday of the month at 7 pm

Quilting Group Ministry 1st Wednesday of the month at 10 am

Prayer Shawl Ministry 1st Thursday of the month at 10:30 am

Christian Education Ministry 1st Thursday of the month at 11:30 am

WELCA Meeting 2nd Monday of the month at 1 pm

Church Council Meeting 2nd Monday of the month at 5:30 pm

XYZ Breakfast Club

2nd Wednesday of the month at 9 am.

Evangelism Committee 3rd Tues of the month at 12 pm

Mutual Ministry

Last Monday of the month at 7 pm

On-going Standing Ministry Meeting Schedule

Dates for Quilting:

July 1, 3, 15, 17, 23, 25 & 30.

Aug. 1, 5 & 8.

School Backpack Appeal Once again the Outreach Committee is conducting an appeal to the congregation for donations to be used to buy school backpacks for donations to the Kingsport City Schools Homeless Students and to students in need in Dickenson County, VA. Please mark your checks and envelopes for the “Backpack Appeal”. Thank you. Jerry Kleven & Jon Peters

Outreach Committee Salvation Ar-

my Lunch Opportunity

Two people are needed to sign up for each date. Your duty will be to stand behind the counter in the kitchen, put food on Styrofoam trays, and place them on the counter for people to come by and pick them up. You go in the back entrance on Dale St. no later than 11:45 am and stay until 1:00 pm. Usually 30 to 50 people come through the line.

If you have middle school or high school age kids in your family, serving with them at the Salvation Army is a good learning experience.

Please sign up in the Gathering Room.

Saturday dates still open are: Oct. 5 and Nov. 2

Thank you!

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— Ladies join us — The second Monday of each month.

Our next meeting will be:

Monday, April 8th at 1 pm in the Gathering Room.

Contact Laura Mitchell for more information.

XYZ breakfast club meets on the 2nd

Wednesdays of the month at 9am

Meeting this month is July 10th at IHOP

**New** Please use the signup sheet in the

Gathering Room so we will be able to tell the restaurant

how many to expect!

Please Join us!

All are welcome!

Contact Larry Glauer for more info.

Meetings with additional information...

A reminder:

We still have the “Little Red Wagon” at the entrance to the Gathering Room to hold donations of non-spoilable food. When the wagon is full, we donate every-thing in it to the 2nd Harvest Food Bank.

Kristi Grady, Sue Morgan, Laura Mitchell, Loretta Nitschke, Joy Wood and Sue Rasmussen assembled 93 personal care kits for missions. Kits like these made it to Tanzania, Iraq, Armenia, and Jordan along with oth-er places in need. Thanks for the soap and money for towels!

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Health Issues Kenny Wetzel Ruth Wetzel Katie Maddox (Marty King’s sister) Victoria Burkhart (friend of Hrivnaks) Melinda Rogers (friend of Trumbos) Mike Miller (June Baker’s nephew) Marty King Wayne Whipp James Varney (friend of Marilyn Rich) Peg McDonald (mother of Jenny Trumbo’s S-I-L) Sandy Hickman- Gold Hill, NC Barbara Millsap (Jeff Bedford’s sister) Ken Kinsler (Friend of Hrivnaks) Carolyn Woods (Friend of Carolyn Cooper) Jean Winstead (Bruce Wilder’s sister) Anita Dievert Robin Norris (friend of Trumbos) Dan Schaeffer (Tracy Kiser’s brother) Kubie Harmon Ford (friend of Brenda Hrivnak) Alyse (Connie Steere’s Granddaughter) Tom Bulle Andrew Counts Greg Overbay (friend of Kathy Schick) Sam Pratt Susan LaGuardia (friend of Diane Childress) James Griffith (Carolyn Cooper’s brother) Suzanne Louthan (Jim Louthan’s mother) Judy & Erin Millington (Cicilie Aderholdt’s friends) Fred Sanders (Leigh Bergemann’s friend) Barbara Miles (Marty King’s sister) Kaleb McMurray (Jo McMurray’s nephew) Marion Hansen Pat Riggins (Tom Bulle’s friend)

Military /First Responders MAJ Will Huerth- USA, Leigh Bergemann’s son Capt Sam Oswald- USAF, The Mortenson’s neph-ew Maj John Thompson- USAF, The Mortenson’s nephew LTC James Hoffman- Jo Ella Carter’s son in law SrA Cory lee Steadman- USAF, Tim & Viorica’s son Lt Adam Patterson- USAF, The Patterson’s Grand-son (Randy’s son) LCpl Travis Churn, USMC - Cal and Pam Churn’s nephew Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Or Homebound Marilee Frye- home Dorothy Pamperl - Pam Churn’s mother at the Governor’s Bend Donna White- nursing home in Indiana Marion Hansen- Preston Place II Bob McLellan- Wexford House Kyle Jenkins- home Family/Personal Laynee and Aizlyn (Great granddaughters of Larry & Inez Glauer) Taylor Jennings (granddaughter of Larry & Inez Glauer) Michael Patten (the Wilder’s grandson) Tyler Davidson (Ken Perry’s grandson) Sabrina Steel (former member) Loss and Grief Jim Seaton (friend of Trumbos)

“They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and

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Thank you for reading our monthly newsletter to keep up to date with our growing church activities!

If you are new to the community or without a church home, please consider becom-

ing a member of Holy Trinity. The Pastor will be glad to speak with you about this.

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