The Trinity Trumpet

www.trinityfairview.com

Monday, April 16

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM - TCNSK

6:30 PM - Confirmation Class

Tuesday, April 17

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM - TCNSK

7:00 PM - Executive Council Meeting

7:30 PM - PEAL Rehearsal - New Sanctuary

Wednesday, April 18

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM - TCNSK

12:00 PM - ROMEO’s Lunch

7:00 PM - Bring One Buy One Committee Meeting

7:30 PM - SALT Rehearsal - New Sanctuary

Thursday, April 19

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM - TCNSK

1:00 PM - TCNSK Staff Meeting

7:30 PM - CAPPELLA Rehearsal - New Sanctuary

Friday, April 20

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM - TCNSK

4:30 PM—RSCM Rehearsal - New Sanctuary

Saturday, April 22

3:00 - 5:00 PM - Pastoral Candidate Meet & Greet

Sunday, April 22 - Easter IV

10:00 AM - Trinity United Eucharist with Pastoral Can-

didate Preaching & Presiding

11:15 AM - Congregational Meeting with Vote to Call

Candidate

Trinity’s Clergy:

The Reverend Janet Peterman, Interim Pastor

pastorpeterman@trinityfairview.com

Upcoming Events

Mission at Trinity

Habitat for Humanity is planning to build a new

home in Bridgeport this year. As part of our

community outreach, we would like to be a part of

this build. To participate, we will need volunteers

to work on at least two separate occasions on the

worksite as well as raise $2500 to be building

partners. If you are interested in donating your

time and/or your dollars, please speak with or

email Lynn Chialastri

(lmchialastri@shannondell.com) for additional

information.

Please join us Saturday, April 21st for a Meet and Greet with the Pastoral Candidate from 3:00-5:00 in

the original sanctuary. It will be a time to mingle, munch and welcome our candidate. From 3:30-4:00

there will be a short presentation and a brief question period. We encourage everyone to attend.

On Sunday, April 22nd at 10:00 our candidate will preach and preside at worship. Immediately

following, a congregational meeting will be called to order. There will be a short Q & A time with

Council and the Call Committee to answer questions you may have regarding the candidate or

the criteria used to call the candidate. A vote will then take place whether to accept the candidate as our

new senior pastor. Please attend, everyone's vote is important. This is the next step in Trinity's future!

Call Candidate Weekend April 21st & 22nd

Youth Group Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser

Surprise!

Nina Wason, Christian Education Director

Sometimes, when I am telling the resurrection story at chapel for the Trinity Country Nursery

School children, I open up a carton of eggs, choose one and toss it up and down in my hand while I am

talking. There’s an initial patter about how fragile eggs are, and how careful I need to be and how you

must not try this at home, but eventually I get to Easter.

The story is pretty sanitized, I admit: the children hear

that Jesus had died, and his friends were very sad, but

then – surprise! - one morning Jesus is alive again!

And when I say, “Surprise!” I catch the egg by

squashing it between both my hands and….there is an

explosion of confetti, not raw egg, because I had previously blown out the eggy innards, dried out the

shell and then filled it with glittery paper bits. Easter, I tell them, is all about God’s Big Surprise.

Meeting with the unexpected is a bit of a theme in this Sunday’s Scriptures. In the gospel Peter

and friends have been out fishing all night and caught exactly zero fish. Some non-fishing guy on the

beach calls out to them, just as they are hauling in to shore, “ Toss the net out on the other side of the

boat!” When they do (tiredly, grudgingly) the net is suddenly, shockingly, filled with fish (!) and the guy

on the shore turns out to be the risen Jesus (!!!). In his astonishment, Peter jumps out of the boat and

swims to meet him.

In the reading from Acts – taking places some months later - Peter and John are the conduits for

healing a severely disabled man. Once begging for his daily bread, the man was suddenly able to jump

and dance and sing praise to God, which attracted quite a crowd of astonished onlookers. Peter wonders

why they are so surprised. “What are you staring at? What’s the big deal? Isn’t God present and able?

What’s surprising about God stepping in and healing?”

This is the Easter church: Surprised by the places and times Jesus breaks in to our lives and our

life together. And then surprising the world around us as we allow God to work miracles through us. Let

the confetti fly.

Just a reminder to wear your nametags on Sundays. Next Sunday the pastoral

candidate will be preaching & presiding. This will help them especially during

communion so they can commune you by name.

Women’s Fellowship - Mother’s Day Raffle Basket

Mothers’ Day will be here before we know it! This is a request for items for the

Mother's Day basket raffle that is soon approaching! Anyone can donate something for

this special annual Mother’s Day/Ladies Basket. Some suggestions: spa items, small

gardening tools, coffees or teas, gift cards for a special treat or pampering, a

relaxation CD, chocolates (can’t ever go wrong there), or anything else you ladies would like or

the special lady in your life might like. Please place your donations in our collection basket in the

Narthex or see Karen Mendenko, Joan Nyahay or Meg Smith. Please have your donations in by

Sunday April 22. Raffle tickets to win this lovely basket will be available starting April 29th. The

Lucky ticket will be pulled on Mother’s Day, May 13th. See Karen Mendenko for more infor-

mation.

Help for Bruce Hembrick

Friends and neighbors have set up a Go Fund Me page for Bruce to

help with medical expenses and other household needs while Bruce

undergoes some special care at Bryn Mawr Rehab.

https://www.gofundme.com/helpthehembrickfamily

Nametags

Bring Something & Buy Something Auction & Social

Benefits the 2nd Pastoral Position Director of Youth & Family Ministries

Friday May 11, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church

Registration and preview 6:30pm Live auction begins at 7:15pm

Bring Something for auction: Item You

Made, Bought or a Service You Can Provide and Buy Something

(See below for examples)

Refreshments will be provided as we come together in fellowship for this fund raiser.

Child care will be available.

Examples of Auction Items

Note: New or Good Quality Items Only

This is not a Flea Market

Services Gift Cards/Tickets Baby Sitting Restaurants Grass Cutting Movies Weeding Sporting Events Planting Flowers Spa Treatments General House Keeping Yoga Classes Paint a Room Cooking Class Pet Walking Admission Tickets – Longwood Gardens, Zoo, Museums Greens Fees

New or Used Items in Good Condition Designer Bags Smart Home Electronics Crystal Items Other Items Tools Homemade Pies or Cakes Jewelry Vacation Home Donation Small Kitchen Appliances Eagles Attire Antique Furniture Pieces Golf Balls Artwork Good Cook or Baker (Specialty Items Your Friends Scarves Ask You to Make)

Gift Baskets Coffee or Tea Baskets Wine & Cheer Baskets Movie Night Baskets Beauty Product Baskets

COLLECTION DATES: SUNDAY, APRIL 15 & 29

IN THE NARTHEX

Lynn Chialastri April 1 Mona Khalil April 3 Bill Sweeney April 3 Reese O’Brien April 5 Paige Earley April 8 Natalie King April 8 Florence Vikingstad April 8 John Nowmos April 9 Scott Castor April 10 Jim Sorom April 11 Jennifer Castor April 12 Donna Kenneson April 13 Jeanne Plymette April 14 Ray Gross April 17 Jeff Livingston April 17 Jeremy Stansbeary April 18 Bill Mohr April 19 Pat Wolfe April 20

Diane Livingston April 21 Elizabeth Castor April 22 Scott Earley April 22 Karl Joseph Schafer April 22 Kelly Avery April 23 Sally Jeffries April 23 David Stone April 223 Trent Bailly April 24 Rachel Graham April 24 Leslie Van Alstyne April 24 Dean Castor April 25 Brittany Hembrick April 26 Ashley Hembrick April 26 Paul Wason April 27 Kelly Bontempo April 28 Megan Earley April 28 Mya Brown April 29 Aidan Khalil April 30

David & Doreen Marberger April 3 Jim & JoAnn Sorom April 15 Jerry & Janice Linfoot April 20 Michael & Heddy Martorelli April 26 Howard & Maryellen Foulke April 27

Church Council Contacts

Ann Dungan, President rella1@comcast.net

Susan Chambers, Vice President schamb2795@aol.com

Mike Martorelli, Treasurer michael.martorelli@fairmountpartners.com

Dan Ditzler dand@newtonassociates.com

Marilou Doughty mdoughty@montcopa.org

Rick Cole earl6949@aol.com

Lynn Chialastri lmchialastri@shannondell.com

Craig Moyer reyom0825@comcast.net

Rebecca Shadle rebwynn@gmail.com

Meredith Booz booz1887@comcast.net

Reese O’Brien, Youth Representative reesepiecy4@gmail.com