Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday worship and Christian education materials

Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday worship service:

Bulletin PDF, including full sermon text:

Passion-Palm 2020

A printable version can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dq4y9t19dd6el6e/Passion-Palm%202020.pdf?dl=0

Weekly announcements, including a copy of the pastoral letter sent earlier this week: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5eu0bgzg3fnmhbl/April%205%2C%202020%20announcements.pdf?dl=0

Sunday school resources for our young people for Passion/Palm Sunday (parents, I highly recommend these!): sunday-school-home-april-5-2020

For those of you in Karen Yancey’s adult Sunday school class, an outline for session 3 for your study/pondering: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rpwlhyy22co2yij/THE%20PASTORAL%20EPISTLES%20Session%203.pdf?dl=0

 

What Wondrous Love Is This

An impromptu read of this stunning arrangement by Laura E. Wasson.

To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing;

To God at to the Lamb I will sing;

To God and to the Lamb, who is the great I AM,

while millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing,

while millions join the theme, I will sing.

Worship: March 29, 2020 (Lent 5, Year A)

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

Good morning in the name of Jesus on this 5th Sunday in the season of Lent! Below you will find the following links:

1. Sunday School resources for our children, courtesy of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod. I would invite the parents of school age children to check out these lectionary based materials and spend some time immersed in God’s word together. The resources can be found at https://iksynod.org/2020/03/28/sunday-school-home-march-29-2020/

2. Our worship service for today can be found at: https://youtu.be/Jj4ZyFJTfS0. It includes a children’s sermon this week, too!

3. A bulletin for today’s worship service, including the full text of the sermon can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqa7n13p3x5lsqg/March%2029%2C%202020%20%28bulletin%29.pdf?dl=0

4. The weekly announcements (a regular feature while we are worshipping in this online format) can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zr1t5naexqaglr/Scroll%20April%202020%20announcement.pdf?dl=0

Please know that I pray for you all and think about you many times a day during these challenging times. Even though we are physically apart, we ARE Church together!

I would like to invite you to stay up-to-date on the latest happenings at Holy Trinity, including all the latest details and news regarding our COVID-19 plans, by regularly checking our website at holytrinitync.org. It has been completely revamped and you can see all the latest news and posts in a timeline-like fashion on the main page. You can also stay up-to-date by checking out our Facebook page, which will have other little tidbits, meditations, etc. from time to time.

Stewardship is an important part of being a follower of Jesus, so I want to encourage you to continue to be good stewards in the following ways:

1. Please take stay at home and social distancing orders/recommendations seriously. You can always get the latest, reliable information at coronavirus.gov.

2. Please continue to financially support the work of Holy Trinity! Even though we don’t gather in person on Sunday, the important mission and day-to-day work of Holy Trinity continues. Your financial support, while always important, is especially important in these days as we respond to near-term and long-term ministry and mission needs. You can give by sending a check through the mail and you can also give online (wow!) at our website. Check out the “Giving” menu or the “Give” button on the right side of the page. It is extremely convenient and easy. Give it a try. You can even use Apple Pay!

3. Please look for ways that you can support the work of your wider community. Stay tuned on the website and Facebook page for ways you can help. The needs are great, and they will only get greater.

Thank you in advance for the great generosity that I am confident you will show!

Friends, next Sunday is Palm Sunday, and we will walk the holy journey from the cross to the empty tomb together. I am deeply saddened that we cannot be together in person for this holiest of weeks. But, I am thankful that, through technology, we can still join together in prayer, in song, in preaching, and in praise. We are resurrection people, even in the midst of a pandemic. Especially in the midst of a pandemic!

Please be well, sisters and brothers. See you (or, at least you’ll see me!) next Sunday for Palm Sunday!

Peace,

Pastor Matt

Second Harvest Tailgate: please help

Sharing with my church families….

Second Harvest is doing an additional food tailgate because of the overwhelming need in this time of crisis- if you could share with your congregation I would appreciate it!!  Todd Thalls

Second Harvest Tailgate 

Saturday Mar 28th

9:00am First Baptist Church

Little Free Food Pantry

Members of Holy Trinity,

   An opportunity has been presented for our church to establish a pantry through the use of our Little Free Library boxes.
   Please drop off,  outside the church door (near the parking lot), any non-perishable items that you can share.  Outside the church door will be a crate to receive your donations.  As you drop off these donations, please just text one of the phone numbers found on the sign. This will alert someone to come and place the items inside the church.
   These items will be sanitized and then placed out in the library boxes off 14th Street.   Thank you for your support, as always!
Your Evangelism Team

Worship: March 22, 2020 (Lent 4, Year A)

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

Good morning in the name of Jesus! Below you will find two links to worship resources for today:
1. A video of the worship service can be accessed here: https://youtu.be/I83pBXRDMMQ
2. A bulletin with the complete liturgy and text of the sermon can be accessed here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tup6z4jy5k9cw50/March%2022%2C%202020%20%28liturgy%29.pdf?dl=0
It is my prayer that we celebrate our unity in Christ as we gather in this unique way today as a part of the communion of saints of all times and all places—one, in Christ Jesus.
— Pastor Matt

New look!

How about a new look for the Holy Trinity website?

Stay tuned for more! Still under significant construction!