Plans are afoot for a Chancel Choir outing or two to hymn festivals in Winchester, sponsored by the Shenandoah Conservatory Church Music Institute. We car pool and welcome guests. The events are free.
Details from Marcia Merry (814 360 4469) marciamerry@verizon.net
The Council has approved Pastor Heidi Schakel Moore as our interim pastor for the summer. Pastor Heidi is an energetic, charismatic pastor with more than 15 years pastoral experience. She believes that God works through her as she lives out her baptismal covenant and call to love God, love people, and make disciples. Pastor Heidi will be joining us beginning on June 1, and will be here through the remainder of the summer. Her first day to preach will be June 5…let’s make her feel welcome!
SOCIAL MINISTRY/FELLOWSHIP IS TEAMING WITH MOBILE HOPE by conducting a DIAPER DRIVE to benefit families with babies and toddlers. Please donate DISPOSABLE DIAPERS in various sizes. The most needed sizes are 4, 5, and 6 (numbers appear on packaging). Collection point is in the Gathering Area.
DATES OF DRIVE: May 22 – June 30
Our littlest Lutherans need special care while our regular Nursery Attendant is away for the summer. This is a paid part-time position from June 12 through August 21. If you have an interest or know someone perfect for this position, please ask them to contact the Church Office at office@holytrinityleesburg.org or Pam Landis @ lanx4@aol.com or 703.297.9004 for more information.
THE R
EV. DR. ANGELA ZIMMANN will be our guest preaching and presiding minister on Sunday, May 29. She is the Executive for Advancement and Communication and Visiting Professor of Preaching at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg.
Dr. Zimmann is a dynamic preacher with broad experience in the church and the world. She served in Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine as Pastor and Special Assistant to Bishop Dr. Munib Younan, President of the Lutheran World Federation. While in Palestine she was a leader of the English congregation at Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem. Dr. Zimmann has also served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Riga, MI, ran for congress in the 5th District of Ohio, and worked part time for Bowling Green University.
Help with our Flip Flop Drive for Mobile Hope! We are trying to beat our goal of about 800 pair that we met last year. Mobile Hope is a charitable organization who, through donations, helps provide needed items to teens and families who need help. Please consider donating NEW flip flops in all sizes. Please place your flip flops in the Golden Grocery Cart located in the Commons. Thank you for help!
THE SATURDAY MORNING BRASS PROJECT – six super-skilled players, presents an exciting program, with all freewill proceeds shared between Holy Trinity’s Pipe Organ Fund and the Project’s community activities. An audience sing-along will be featured, using our organ and its one-year-old zimbelstern!
WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNION MINISTERS! Communion Ministers take Holy Communion to the home bound as an extension of our worship service. As we gather on Sunday mornings around Word and Sacrament we remember those in our fellowship who cannot be with us. Communion Ministers take the fellowship we share in the Lord’s Supper to them. Please give thanks for: Chaye DeMark, Mike Geyser, Sandy Philips, John Sapienza, Rita Sims, and Jen Ward!
THE MAY PRAYER CARDS ARE HERE! You are encouraged to take a prayer card bookmark home and use it to pray for those on the list. The prayer cards will be updated monthly. In addition to committing to praying regular- ly for those on our prayer list, Jen will be in touch with people for updates on their situations. If you have an update on an individual on our prayer card, you may contact the church office or Jen Ward.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
at 4:00PM
A production of Loudoun Lyric Opera
Did you know? The great composer, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750), not only gave to the world great sacred music and scientific advances, he also wrote comedy. His charming “Coffee Cantata” (BWV 211) tells the story of a father, who is exasperated with his teenage daughter (sound familiar?), because she defiantly insists on drinking lots of coffee. In the end, various cunning interventions bring about a resolution, including the involvement of the daughter’s boyfriend. The characters sing beautiful melodies (featuring an Ode to Coffee), accompanied by strings, flute and keyboard. The audience will be seated bistro-style, at separate tables. Our Holy Grounds is the perfect setting for this fun concert! Coffee and cookies will be served by an HTLC youth team, with donations welcomed to HTLC ministries. Tickets will be sold at the door or from LoudounLyricOpera.com .
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Dear Friends,
This season of interim time with you has been a blessing. You welcomed me with great warmth and acceptance. With humor and grace, you have forgiven me my quirks, foibles and failings.
Most important, you worked hard, first with the transition team, and then with the call committee, to clarify your sense of you are, and where God is leading you. You are ready to call your next pastor.
There are a number of congregations in our synod in transition, some of whom do not yet have a transition pastor. In light of this need, the synod asked if my work among you is complete and if I would be able to move on to another congregation.
I have to answer this question affirmatively. Your Ministry Site Profile is complete and your call committee is poised to begin interviewing. Your council is strong and proactive. The faith community of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is ready to move into God’s future.
God is calling me to a new future as well. I will be going to Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Herndon as their transition pastor beginning on June 1, 2016. My last Sunday with you will be Pentecost Sunday, May 15th.
During this interim season, we celebrated 50 years of ministry at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. As part of this celebratory year, you purchased new air conditioning units for your sanctuary, remodeled your narthex, and updated your website. You demonstrated support for the wider church, with special gifts to the synod, the ELCA Malaria campaign, and Gettysburg Seminary. We shared times of laughter as we welcomed children into God’s family through the sacrament of baptism. We have shared times of grief as we honored loved ones at funerals and memorial services. We have worked and struggled together, played and worshiped together.
I will never forget the season I spent with you. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as your pastor. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will always have a place in my heart.
Please pray for me as I accompany Holy Cross Lutheran Church on their interim journey. I will continue to keep all of you in my prayer.
May God richly bless you!
The Rev. Margrethe S. C. Kleiber, Transition Pastor