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PERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

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Life Coaching

Home & Family Ministers

Workplace Ministers

Contact Person: Pastor Dan Rowe

Phone: 238-3702

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Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: As a disciple of Jesus, you are called by God to be a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people God has placed in your life—family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and each person you meet. Every day, you have the opportunity to be a testimony to the greatness of Jesus Christ in your words and actions. With people you already love and care about, you are called by God to help them learn and grow into who they are in Christ.

o    Want to know how to read the Bible for growth and fruitfulness?

o    Want help in growing in your prayer life?

o    Want to learn how to share your relationship with Jesus in your everyday life?

o    Want to discover your passions and SHAPE for ministry? Want to discover where God is calling you to serve in Jesus’ name?

o    Want to grow in your stewardship of God’s financial blessings to you? Want to learn about how to give tithes and offerings for God’s work? Want to discover the blessings about putting God first with your money?

Ways you can serve: Contact one of us if you would like some Life Coaching (by phone, email, or meeting), or just chat with us about ways you can grow as a minister of the Gospel. We take a Christ-centered, Gospel-focused approach to growing in Christ-like maturity. We want you to be everything God enables you to be, whether you’re starting at ground zero or you’ve reached the spiritual heights.

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Lifetime Plan for Giving

Contact Person: Brian Hyde

Phone:

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Description of Ministry:

Do you want to continue to give where your heart is after the Lord has taken you home? Do you have a special heart for a certain ministry that you’d like to see continue long after you’ve gone to be with Jesus? Whether you want to give to your own children, to missions, to the school, for youth ministry, for children’s ministry, you need to have a plan. Brian will provide a $500 service free of charge. He is paid by the LCMS Foundation to provide this service to Lutherans because they feel so strongly about maximizing people’s gifting plan.

Ways you can serve:

Contact Brian about developing an estate plan that matches your heart for your children and the ministries you care about.

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LAP: Leadership Advancement Process

Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: Training classes are provided through Concordia University—Portland to develop skills that will enable you to serve at Trinity as an empowering leader. We are constantly trying to start new ministries at Trinity. We need leaders to start and develop those ministries, or to continue ongoing ministries. What sparks your passion? New worship services, leading Bible study, visiting the sick and homebound, etc.

Ways you can serve: Contact me if you’re interested.

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Vacation Bible School

Contact Person: Michelle Ehlers

Phone: 467-9758

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Description of Ministry: Vacation Bible School provides the opportunity for children ages 3 through 6th grade to learn about Jesus Christ in a week long program in the summer. Mt. Cross Lutheran camp counselors come down to put on a great program for 1st through 6th grades and volunteers put on a program for the preschool and kindergarten age children. It is lots of fun to learn new songs, hear Bible stories, make crafts, and make new friends.

Join us July 21-25, 2008

Ways you can serve: Volunteer to host a Mt. Cross counselor, host a dinner at your house. Or volunteer to teach or assist with crafts, snacks, songs, or the Mt. Cross team. It is lots of fun!!

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SMALL GROUPS

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“Welcome to the Family” Group

Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: Those wishing to join our Trinity family are offered a great small group opportunity. You will get to know people. You will learn the basic teachings of the Bible and Trinity. And you will help develop godly habits that will serve you for all eternity. This 18-week group will leave you wanting more.

At the completion of this group, you are invited to be formally received into membership. But please note, we care much more about you being connected to God and our family than about “membership.”

Ways you can serve: Contact the church office at 238-3702 for more info or to express interest in joining the next group that forms. If you’re interested in hosting or facilitating a group, please contact me.

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Youth Group

Contact Person: Josh Weygandt

Phone: 805-610-8826

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Description of Ministry:

Trinity’s youth group provides regular fellowship for Jr. and Sr. High Youth in an environment that reflects the Christ Life and affirms each individual.  In short, we have a good time together.

Ways you can serve:

Drivers and Chaperones are always needed. The biggest obstacles to coordinating youth events is the need for adult help in organizing, leading, and traveling to events. Prayerfully consider helping us nurture the future of our church.

Youth Confirmation Group

Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: Confirmation is an important step for a young adult as he or she “confirms” or “says yes to” the promise God made to him or her in baptism. We do not have a one-size-fits-all confirmation process. We believe each child and family is different with unique needs and passions. We do have three required seminars that cover the basic teaching of the Small Catechism. But the heart of the process is what each family decides is best for the confirmand—a small group, a home course of instruction, a  life transformation group, etc.

Please fill out the “My Confirmation Plan” form and meet with Pastor Rowe or Willweber to discuss your confirmation process.

Ways you can serve: Contact Pastor Willweber for more info on joining in the confirmation process. Or, if you have a heart for young people, contact me about mentoring a confirmand.

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Small Groups

Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber/Keith & Julie Aikenhead

Phone: 238-3702/227-4485

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Description of Ministry: Any group that gets together can be a Trinity Small Group. These groups meet to reflect the love of the three persons of our Triune God have for each other—perfect fellowship and friendship. Trinity Small Groups are a part of the overall ministry of Trinity. The basic goal is to help one another grow one step closer in their relationship with Jesus.

Ways you can serve: Join an existing Trinity Small Group. Or start your own. They can be any size, meet anywhere and at any time, with any topic, as long as your bringing people one step closer to Jesus. Talk to me about the possibilities!

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Small Group for Teens

Contact Person: Keith Aikenhead

Phone: 227-4485

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Description of Ministry:

Bible study, prayers for each other, equipping yourself to be a Christion out in the hard, fallen world as you grow to adulthood.

Every Sunday 10:40-11:30 am in the Fellowship Hall

Ways you can serve:

Join the group, tell others, offer prayers for this group.

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Life Transformation Groups

Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: I love my LTG. It’s just me and another guy or two meeting for an hour a week. It is a highlight of the week. We each read about four chapters a day of a book of the Bible. We pray for our lost friends. And we work on Christ-like character. And then for our hour a week, we discuss growth in Christ-like character and the book of the Bible we read. It’s hard to stop at an hour.

Ways you can serve: To start a group, all it takes is finding one other person of the same sex who is willing to commit to the simple principles of an LTG. Get a pamphlet from me or talk to me about this great opportunity to grow in Christ.

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Outdoor Ministries

Contact Person: Jim Burgess

Phone: 434-0344

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Description of Ministry: Outdoor Ministries was developed to allow the opportunity for all Trinity members and their families and friends to participate in activities designed to experience the wonder and marvel of God’s creation.

Ways you can serve: Join us!

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WORSHIP

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Bells of Trinity

Contact Person: Shirley Werner

Phone: 227-6412

Email: shipley712@sbcglobal.net

Description of Ministry: Ring a joyful noise unto the Lord. This is a three-octave hand bell choir, and we welcome interested ringers willing to make the commitment to rehearsals and performances. We are willing to teach you how to ring.

Ways you can serve: We ring once a month at both services and on Easter, Christmas, and other times if it fits into the ringers’ schedules.

Contemporary Worship Teams

Contact Person: Jane Fairbank

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: Our Worship Teams lead the congregation in encountering God through songs of praise and worship.

Ways you can serve: If you can sing or play an instrument, contact me about joining a Worship Team.

We are also looking to start new worship services with different styles (but for that, contact Pastor Willweber: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

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Worship Assistants

Contact Person: Tim Newkirk

Phone: 227-0776

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Description of Ministry: Volunteers serve as worship assistants during services. Duties include reading Scripture, presenting prayers, serving Holy Communion, and chanting the liturgy (traditional service). Participation requires approval of pastors and a willingness to participate on a recurring basis.

Ways you can serve:

Offer to share your gifts and talents in this area with the congregation in leading worship once or twice a month. Contact either pastor or Tim Newkirk for more information

Other Worship Helpers

Sound and Video Operators enhance our worship experience by making our audio and video system run smoothly. Contact Josh Weygandt, 610-8826

Readers read the Scripture during our Sunday worship. Contact Wayne Thompson, 239-3734

Ushers assist with the worship service—bulletins, offerings, etc. Contact Tim Benedix, 831-382-4766

The Altar Guild changes the paraments on the altar and sets up for Communion. Contact Sue Schliebe, 238-1567

Greeters welcome people as they enter to worship. Contact the church office, 238-3702

Refill and organize prayer cards and pencils. Contact Helen Hardcastle, 238-0108

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Children’s Church

Contact Person: JoAnn Ernst and Michelle Ehlers

Phone: JoAnn, 238-3073; Michelle, 467-9758

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Description of Ministry: Children’s Church provides the opportunity for all children ages three years through 3rd grade to grow in their knowledge and love of our Triune God. Children’s Church is offered on Sunday mornings in the middle of the 9:00 am worship service at about 9:30 am. Parents are able to worship while their children are in a safe place learning about Jesus’ love for them.

Ways you can serve: Leading the children in worship and activities is simple. Serving one Sunday every couple of months is easy.

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New Worship Services

Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: We are constantly looking to start new worship opportunities. We believe that one size does not fit all. And we know that the more worship opportunities we have available, the more people we will reach for Christ. So we’re looking for leaders to start new worship services in as many different locations, at as many different times, and in as many different styles as God may lead us to start.

Ways you can serve: Has God placed on your heart to start a Cowboy Service? Or maybe a small group, in home worship experience? Or perhaps you’d enjoy worshiping in the Fellowship Hall around tables, with drama, dialog, singing, discussion, small group prayer, and taking the Lord’s Supper as part of a full meal? Or how about whole family worship? Or maybe “EPIC” worship—experiential, participatory, image-based, connective worship? Outdoor worship, anyone?

If God has placed this on your heart, you can do it! Trinity will help provide prayer and guidance as you follow God’s lead.

Contact me to let me know you’re interested.

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BIBLE STUDIES

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Life Light

Contact Person:

Phone:

Email:

Description of Ministry:

LifeLight is an in-depth Bible study series that truly digs into God’s Word. Throughout the week, participants read articles from their student guide and answer daily study questions for a personal study of the Bible. This guide outlines five days of Scripture readings with suggestions for personal worship.

Once a week, participants get together for group worship, group lecture, and small group discussion. The focus of the weekly meeting is based on the personal study from the week before. The Leader Guide contains helpful information for lecture and small-group leaders.

Ways you can serve:

Become a LifeLight Leader and see the countless blessings members will receive through their study of God’s Word.

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Sunday Adult Classes

Contact Person: Jim Burgess

Phone: 434-0344

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Description of Ministry: Adult Bible Study Classes are provided for the educational advancement of all attendees in a variety of formats and topics.

Ways you can serve: Join a Bible study!

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Home Groups

Contact Person: Roger Stallmann

Phone: 239-0464

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Description of Ministry: Mid-week in-home evening Bible study. Study topics that last from six to eight weeks each are selected by our group throughout the year. Our studies begin at 7:00 pm with a half-hour fellowship time followed by an hour of Bible study.

Ways you can serve: Consider starting an in-home study in your home. Many good resources are available at our church. We must all remember Psalm 119:105: “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

The Lord’s Supper Seminar

Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: Whether you want to join us at the Lord's Table for the first time or have been a life-long member, it’s a great time for a review of the Bible's teaching on Holy Communion and on the Lutheran differences. God offers a multitude of riches at the Lord’s Table. A better grasp of the Bible’s teachings will help you fully experience all that God wants to give you in Holy Communion.

The Seminar is offered a few times each year on Sundays from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. It is open to everyone ages 10 and up.

For Confirmation Students: This is a required Small Catechism Seminar for confirmation students—the first of three. After this seminar, confirmation students are then welcome to join us for Communion as they continue their confirmation journey. Please fill out the “My Confirmation Plan” form and meet with Pastor Willweber to discuss your confirmation process.

Ways you can serve: Let the church office know you’re interested. Check the bulletin to see when the next seminar is offered.

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SERVICE GROUPS

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Lutheran Hour Ministries Fellowship

Contact Person: Glen Butler

Phone: 238-5393

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Description of Ministry: Bring a bag lunch at noon on the first Wednesday of the month (Sept to May). A program of general interest follows. Guest speakers and videos provide informative and interesting topics. Time is provided for discussion and fellowship.

Ways you can serve: Help with the programs. Promote the Lutheran Hour.

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Fellowship Ministry

Contact Person: Delia Marshall

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: The Fellowship Ministry Team helps organize special meals for meetings and conferences and helps promote fellowship events throughout the year. The team also maintains the kitchen, refrigerator, freezer, and pantry.

Ways you can serve: There are many areas of the ministry team that you can be involved. Are you a cake decorator? Do you like creating table centerpieces? Do you like to cook? Would you like to help keep the kitchen organized? Would you like to help keep the pantry organized and stocked? Are you an interior designer? Do you like to paint? Besides creating food, we would like to make the Fellowship Hall, as well as the restrooms, a place where it is warm and inviting.

As a team member you are always invited to join in on special projects or to “pass” if you are not able to join us at that particular time. If you have a servant’s heart and enjoy the fellowship of others, please call the church office at 238-3702.

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Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML)

Contact Person: Shirley Werner, Dorothy Bice

Phone: 227-6412, 239-3522

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Web: www.lwml.org

Description of Ministry:

Ladies working together to share the Gospel with one another and with the people of the world. By gathering together for inspirational meetings, ladies grow in their personal faith and desire for service. Mites are personal offerings that, when gathered and pooled, add up to mighty dollars used for mission projects around the world. (Millions of dollars are gathered!)

Ways you can serve:

1. Place your mites (coins & dollars) in an offering box, then bring them to the large box at the church once a month.

2. Attend the events offered at Trinity in our zone (Central Coast) district (California-Nevada-Hawaii) or nationally.

3. Serve on one of the organizational committees.

4. Pray for the LWML and its mission.

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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Contact Person: Church Office

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: Thrivent is a fraternal benefits organization that not only provides Christian financial advice and products but also distributes tens of thousands of dollars each year to our area. Thrivent Coordinators help distribute that money in Paso. Those serving on the County Board help distribute that money to the entire area.

Ways you can serve: Trinity is the largest Lutheran church in the area and yet has not influenced the Chapter in the distribution of the fraternal benefits much. Consider serving on the Chapter Board.

You may also consider contacting our Thrivent Representative about becoming a Thrivent member, making use of the Christian financial advice and products available.

Or you can become a Congregational Coordinator:

Each Lutheran congregation has a congregational coordinator. They administer the resources available to Thrivent Financial members in their congregation through the Care in Congregations^® program, encouraging activities that maximize Thrivent Financial member involvement, awareness of Thrivent Financial, and high impact on Lutheran congregations and their related institutions. You need to have access to the Internet and e-mail.

What will the team of congregational coordinators do?

Responsibilities are to provide leadership and encourage participation in activities that take place at the congregation:

• Ensure at least six Thrivent Financial member households actively participate on a congregational service team to qualify for Care in Congregations^® funding.
• Let the congregation know how the Care in Congregations^® money is being used.
• Provide leadership to Care in Congregations^® program volunteer efforts in the congregation.
• Request funding from the Operations Center for congregational service team activities.
• Report Care in Congregations^® program activity results, and forward necessary information, including receipts, to the chapter leadership board.
• Assure that Care in Congregations^® funding is used as intended.
• Communicate with chapter leadership board as needed.
• Order and coordinate distribution of congregational resources (baptismal medallions and confirmation crosses).

How much time will this position require each month?

About four to eight hours a month. There is no set term limit for congregational coordinators.

How will Thrivent Financial for Lutherans support this position?

The congregational service team director, a required elected leader on the chapter leadership board, will train and support congregational coordinators. Along with the chapter leadership board, the congregational service team director will monitor and help fill vacancies to ensure access to Care in Congregations^® funding, follow up on activities, and act as liaison between the congregational coordinators and the chapter.

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Prayer Chain

Contact Person: Eunice Dieter

Phone: 238-3036

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Description of Ministry: Email and telephone prayer chain for special concerns and thank you prayers for church members, family, and friends.

Ways you can serve: Join the prayer chain by sending me an email or by phoning.

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Peacemakers

Contact Person: Pastor Dan Rowe

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry: Peacemakers are appointed by Pastor Rowe to help bring about Christ-centered reconciliation when conflict arises between people and groups. Conflict is an unfortunate reality in this evil age. But the church must be different. Biblical conflict resolution, forgiveness, and reconciliation should be what Trinity is known for. Contact one of our Peacemakers if you need help with a conflict:

Keith Aikenhead........... 227-4485

Eunice Dieter................ 238-3036

Gene Ehlers.................. 238-2879

Jane Fairbank............... 239-3530

Mark Fairbank.............. 239-3530

Chris Iversen................ 238-1377

Cindy Newkirk............. 227-0776

Chuck Schliebe............. 238-1567

Howie Steinbeck.......... 238-3931

Paul Warnke................. 238-0305

Ways you can serve: Feel free to contact Pastor Rowe, the church office, or one of our peacemakers if you need help in bringing about reconciliation in a conflicted situation. Or if you’d like to serve as a Peacemaker at Trinity, contact Pastor Rowe to evaluate whether you have the gifts to serve in this way.

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Stephen Ministry Training

Contact Person: Pastor Dan Rowe & Jim Burgess

Phone: 238-3702

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Description of Ministry:

Stephen Ministry is a system of training and organizing lay people for caring ministry in and around their congregations. Stephen Ministry equips lay people to provide effective caring ministry to the hospitalized, the terminally ill and their families, people who are homebound, those with a job crisis, the inactive in the congregation, those facing life transitions, the aging and elderly, those with disabilities and their families, the separated or divorced, the lonely, households experiencing birth or adoption and new members in the church.

Ways you can serve:

Once you are Stephen Ministry trained, you will be assigned ministry opportunities directly related to these areas of need. If you are interested in being trained, please let us know. We are always compiling a list for our next class.

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Church Organization Task Forces

Contact Person: Pastor Rowe

Phone: 238-3702

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The Mission & Ministry Council operates on behalf of the congregation as Pastor Rowe’s accountability team. The MMC develops and monitors policy that helps our congregation stay focused on our mission of making disciples of all nations.

The Endowment Task Force works with Pastor Rowe in overseeing the endowment funds, distributing the funds as part of Trinity’s mission, and raising awareness of the opportunities to give through the Endowment Fund.

The Facilities Manager oversees the maintenance of our buildings to ensure that they are well-maintained, safe, and functional for our ongoing ministries at 940 Creston. Contact Tom Ehlers, 467-9758, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Grounds Maintenance oversees the care of our grounds so that they are aesthetically pleasing and well maintained. Contact Guy Dahlen, 238-5184

The Church-School Family Connection Team helps bring together our church and school families.

The Visitation/Homebound Ministry Team visits sick or homebound people, bringing God’s love. (You may also speak with Pastor Rowe about bringing the Lord’s Supper to our homebound members.)

The Ministry Advisory Team assists Pastor Rowe in maintaining the overall health of the congregation and the staff.

The School Advisory Team assists Pastor Rowe in making sure our school is in compliance with State Law and our own policies.

Ways you can serve: Contact Pastors Rowe or Willweber or the church office if you would like to help on one of the above task forces.

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Church Health Coordinators

Contact Person: Pastor Rowe

Phone: 238-3702

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The Empowering Leadership Coordinator helps empower, equip, and encourage leaders to do the ministry to which God has called them.

The Spiritual Gifts Coordinator helps match people to ministries that match their God-given gifts, bringing meaning, fulfillment, and significance to those serving and being served.

The Passionate Spirituality Coordinator encourages and helps people grow in their personal relationship with Jesus, discovering the joy of knowing Jesus intimately through His Word and prayer.

The Effective Structures Coordinator assists Pastor Rowe and the Council in following our Policy Governance model—achieving God’s ends while avoiding prohibited actions.

The Inspiring Worship Coordinator helps our worship grow as place where people encounter God and experience His joy.

The Holistic Small Groups Coordinator develops and encourages leaders of the wide variety of small group experiences, places where people experience the life and joy of Christ.

The Need-based Evangelism Coordinator helps connect broken, hurting, and lost people to a loving and healing Jesus who makes us whole.

The Loving Relationships Coordinator helps our people develop intimate, lasting, close, authentic relationships with one another where the love of God as tangibly experienced in community with a sense of belonging.

Ways you can serve: Contact Pastors Rowe or Willweber or the church office if you would like to help on one of the above task forces.

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Witnesses to Jesus through…Trinity Lutheran School

School, K – 8

Contact Person: Jane Fairbank

Phone: 238-0335

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Description of Ministry:

Trinity Lutheran School is a fully accredited Kindergarten through Eighth Grade School. We provide a Christian foundation with a strong academic base. The school is a safe, friendly environment where respect is number one. Students score well on standardized tests and go on to perform well in high school. There are numerous programs, events and extra curricular activities offered throughout the year.

We want every student to leave Trinity Lutheran School with skills in basic communication, critical thinking, reasoning, analysis, and synthesis. We want to ensure that all students learn to the best of their ability. We consider our school community an integral part of the Northern San Luis Obispo County and in it we strive for responsibility, forgiveness, friendliness, and social awareness. The faculty and staff strive to create a sense of both support and structure in the student body. Through our approaches to instruction and discipline, we communicate to all students a sense of their self worth, pride, and success in all endeavors, school related or not. We establish a partnership with parents and open communication between home and school and church.

Ways you can serve:

There are so many ways you can serve and be an integral part of Trinity Lutheran School.

1.     First and foremost, keep the staff, students, parents and families in your prayers.

2.     Support the school by attending one of our many programs, musicals, dramas, sporting events, open houses, game nights, weekly chapel services or other fellowship opportunities. The children have a beautiful way of expressing their love of Jesus Christ with others. “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

3.     Support our school through our fundraising efforts. The tuition collected does not come close to covering the expense of providing an outstanding private education. We are not privileged to receive government assistance. There is not only the cost of student learning materials, salaries, and overhead, but maintenance and depreciation of facilities. In order to provide the extent of programs, facilities, learning materials and manpower used, it is a necessary part of our school. Further, this helps in keeping the tuition rates more affordable. The larger of these efforts include the annual dinner/auction held every year in May, the Fun Run, and a drawing with five different large ticket items available.

4.     Our school also has specific funding needs that can be directly contributed to by making a check to “Trinity Lutheran School” with a memo for: Scholarship, Accelerated Reader/Library, Playground/Outdoor Education/Sports Program, Technology (computers and software), Capital Outlay, and Educational Materials.

5.     Trinity also accepts donations of some used products. Please check with the school prior to dropping off used items to make sure they can be of use.

6.     The school also has opportunities to serve through our volunteer tutoring program. This is a wonderful opportunity to build a relationship with a student who is struggling in one or more subject areas. You have the experience of seeing them learn and grow first hand. They appreciate the extra help and you have the satisfaction of knowing you’ve made a difference in someone’s life.

7.     Also, if you have any gifts, talents, or time to share, please contact the school office about volunteering. I’m sure we can find a place for you to help.

8.     Trinity has many links to the business community in the Paso Robles area. You can easily support the school through these businesses. See the following pages for the vast array of ways—simply by doing what you already do.

Albertsons “Community Partners”

Our School ID #: 49000106498 7

Link your club card to the community partners #

Scolari’s “Friendship Fund Code”

Our School ID #: 5421

Link your club card with our code # — link both numbers

Vons “www.escrip.com“

Our School ID #: 6677885

Renew or sign up on-line with your Vons Club Card. Must renew every year

Shop on-line with many merchants “www.escrip.com“

Our School ID #: 6677885

If you are making online purchases, make them through the escrip link. Chances are the store you’re ordering from is available through escrip.

Land’s End “www.landsend.com”

Our School ID #: 9000-3523-9

Any purchases made at Lands End gives our school a kick back

Target “Take Charge of Education - Target Card or Target Visa Card”

Any purchases made with your Target Card or Target Visa gives our school a kick back

Campbell’s “Labels for Education”

Save product labels, lids, and UPC’s from designated products. On the soup cans, save the UPC and Labels for Education icon, not the Campbell’s soup name. Specially Marked Varieties of Campbell’s Condensed Soup, Specially Marked Campbell’s SpahettiOs , All Campbell’s Microwavable Soup, UPC from Supper Bakers Meal Kits, UPCs for all Pepperidge Farm Gold fish crackers, All V8 Splash Beverages

Turn in at school or church drop off box

Nature Valley, Kleenex Brand, General Mills and many more brands “Box Tops for Education”

Save Box Top coupons

Turn in at school or church drop off box

Any Brand cartridge or cell phone “Funding Factory”

Turn in laser and ink jet cartridges and old cell phones at school drop off drawer

Washington Mutual “WaMoola debit MasterCard”

Our School ID #: 82695

Use anywhere you shop

QSP.com “Online Magazine orders or renewals, books and music”

Our School ID #: 425-900154

Check the QSP.com site and order directly from there. Trinity gets 4% on all orders.

Witnesses to Jesus through…Trinity Lutheran Preschool

Preschool

Contact Person: Kim Norman

Phone: 238-0335

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

Trinity Lutheran Preschool serves two through five year olds in classes geared specifically to their age group. Currently, the two and three year olds meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the four and five year olds meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There are various times and classes available.

A carefully planned and balanced program is offered to assist each student in his or her learning process. This is accomplished through developmentally appropriate activities in the areas of Christian Studies, Language Development, Math Awareness, Music and Movement, Science, Nutrition, Social Studies, Peer Relations, Art, Sign Language, and Spanish.

Ways you can serve:

See the previous few pages under “school” for ways you can serve our school and preschool.

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Pages 38-40

Ministries to

the people of Paso Robles

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Judea” (Paso Robles)

Creston Village Bible study

Contact Person: Cindy Newkirk, Chris Iversen

Phone: 227-0776

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

On Thursday nights (6:30-7:00 p.m.), Trinity hosts a fellowship gathering at this retirement community. Residents gather together to talk about their lives and families, and a short devotion on Bible Study feeds their hearts and souls.

Ways you can serve:

1. Attend with Chris or Cindy and meet and greet the residents

2. Substitute for an evening

3. Lead a fellowship time

4. Transport individuals to Trinity on Sunday morning

5. Pray for the residents and the mission field at Creston Village

1919 Creston Road in Paso Robles

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Judea” (Paso Robles)

Vineyard Hills Convalescent Home

Contact Person: Chris Iversen

Phone: 238-1377

Email:

Description of Ministry:

Trinity offers a service the third Sunday of the month at 3:00 pm.

Ways you can serve:

Attend the serve to connect and encourage the homebound.

Vineyard Hills is at 290 Heather Court in Templeton

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Christian Outreach Visiting Team

Contact Person: Jim Burgess

Phone: 434-0344

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry: Christian Outreach, formerly known as evangelism, is responsible for making contact with all of our visitors by telephone, email, letter or personal visit.

Ways you can serve: Join us!

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Pages 41-50

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Hispanic Ministry along the central coast

Contact Person: Pastor Herb Burch

Phone: 260-3286

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry: Bring the good news of Jesus Christ to people whose first language is Spanish. Gather together people in small groups for Bible study, children for vacation Bible School (VBS) and Sunday School. Provide social services as required to help Hispanics with orientation to our culture, citizenship, and various other services. Provide instruction in English as another language.

Ways you can serve: Pray for those who do not know Jesus as their savior. Pray that you can enter in conversation with people of other cultures and share your faith with them. Host a Bible study in your home and invite people who speak Spanish. Assist people in obtaining social services and help available in North San Luis Obispo County. Help organize Vacation Bible School in a neighborhood in North San Luis Obispo County. Be a literacy tutor. Coach soccer or another sport in your community.

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Loaves and Fishes

Contact Person: Jackie Sebro, Executive Director

Phone: 238-4742

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry: Loaves & Fishes is a ministry to the neediest people of Paso Robles. We help working families who sometimes stumble in the fight against the high cost of living and need help in becoming self-sufficient again. We help the unloved and those society has given up on. Your continued support as a member of our community is more important than ever.

Ways you can serve:

·       Pray for the workers and those receiving food that lives would be transformed into God’s image

·       Give money or food (garden vegetables are welcome)

·       Work in the back room, stocking shelves and organizing bags

·       Work as an interviewer, a great opportunity to meet the hungry of Paso, serve them, and even pray for them and witness to them

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

People’s Kitchen

Contact Person: Debbie Jaeger

Phone: 467-9366

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry: We prepare and serve a meal for twenty to forty people on the fourth Friday of every month at 2^nd Baptist Church in Paso Robles.

Ways you can serve: Prepare and donate food; volunteer to help serve.

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Family Care Network

Contact Person:

Phone:

Email:

Description of Ministry:

Ways you can serve:

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Tree of Life Pregnancy Center

Contact Person: Pamela Sharp

Phone: 805-237-2640

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

Tree of Life is a non-profit agency offering compassion, support, and assistance to women, men, and families facing unplanned pregnancy. Their purpose is to offer compassion, hope, options, information, and practical support. Free first trimester ultrasounds and accurate information regarding fetal development, parenting, relationships, and birth control is provided confidentially and free of charge. Practical support includes maternity and baby clothes, furnishing(s) for baby, medical referrals, housing referrals, and adoption referrals among others. A majority of their funds are generated by generous congregations such as ours.

Ways you can serve:

·       Take home a baby bottle from the worship center entryway and fill it with your spare change.

·       Participate in activities that raise funds, like the Walk for Life.

·       Be a coordinator (at your place of work, in your neighborhood, among your family and friends) to collect baby and maternity cloths, furnishings and other needed items for baby.

·       Make a financial donation or donate baby items.

·       Please contact Pam if you have any creative ideas to help support this wonderful ministry.

·       Spread the word! 

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Lutheran Braille Workers

Contact Person: Thelma Friedrichs, Marilyn Credo, Thora Snelson

Phone: Thelma, 237-2568; Marilyn, 239-0039; Thora, 238-2774

Email:

Description of Ministry: We produce books of the Bible and devotional material in Braille and ship it all over the world. We are one of 200 centers in the U.S. headquartered in Yucaipa, CA. We have been a mission of Trinity for 31 years.

Ways you can serve: No knowledge of Braille is necessary. Come visit us Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, 9 AM to noon. We work in one-hour segments. We have six people on a team. Call or drop by and see what we do—we are always in need of volunteers. Maybe you have an hour to give to the Lord’s work.

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Women’s Shelter

Contact Person: Earlene Reynolds

Phone: 238-7255

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

Assistance for women and children in distress.

Ways you can serve:

After Thanksgiving a Tree of Warmth is put up in the Church Entryway. Donations are placed under the tree and are delivered to the Women’s Shelter just before Christmas. You may help by donating or by helping deliver donated items. Please pray for this ministry.

They have a limited amount of storage space, so suggested gifts are

ü     Gift certificates from grocery and department stores

ü     Prepaid gas vouchers

ü     Various children size sweaters and jackets

ü     Regular bed size blankets and sheets (new only please).

ü     Small items such as slippers, scarves, soap, alarm clocks, etc.

ü     NO toys, except coloring books and crayons.

ü     NO used clothing.

Your gift items help decorate the tree and are much appreciated by the Women’s Shelter.

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Transitional Food and Shelter

Contact Person: Pearl Munak, President

Phone: 238-7056

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

This temporary shelter program for disabled homeless persons provides the temporary use of 12 apartments throughout the county (7 in the North County) for our clients until they can either get well, or, if they are permanently disabled, until they get subsidized housing.

Ways you can serve:

We need volunteers to

ü     move donated furniture and household goods

ü     help with the newsletter

ü     help with fund-raising events

ü     direct other volunteers

ü     help write grant applications

ü     etc.

If you don't know where you fit in, come to a meeting or call the president, and we'll talk about it.

Also, if you would like to rent a room in your house to a quiet person with a disability (no special accommodations required), let us know, and we will give you applicants to screen. People on DDI Disability get $871/mo. and can pay $300/mo. We have a connection with a donated furniture program if someone wants a disabled tenant, either in a room or an apartment. No need for kitchen privileges in a room if there is a small refrigerator and microwave. If you own apartments, would you be willing to accept Sec. 8? We can show you how and send you tenants to screen.

Call Pearl Munak at 238-7056.  We meet every second Wednesday at the Paradise House (old rectory) at Second Baptist, Riverside at 19th, Paso Robles.

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Relay for Life

Contact Person: Julie Aikenhead

Phone: 805-227-4485

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

Relay For Life of Paso Robles is a fun and unique 24-hour event to increase cancer awareness and raise much needed funds for the American Cancer Society’s patient services programs, cancer research, advocacy, and community education. Teams are formed throughout the community and will raise funds before and during the event. Our team camps out all night at our tent. We take turns walking on the track day and night, as cancer never sleeps. We offer to pray with those in the community at the event. We honor survivors and invite them to join us as honorary guest for a survivor opening lap. Their strength and courage are truly uplifting to all.

Ways you can serve:

ü     Join our team—Trinity Lutheran Guardian Angels—and raise money.

ü     Sign up to walk for an hour or two.

ü     Be a prayer warrior.

ü     Purchase a luminaria for a survivor or in memory of a loved one.

ü     Donate money

ü     Donate drinks or food items for the day of the event

ü     PRAY, PRAY, PRAY for those participating in the event

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Club 10:14

Contact Person: Karen Benedix

Phone: 831-382-4766

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

      Our little San Lucas ministry is to the kids who hang out around the school, and it is going well; all thanks and credit go to the Holy Spirit. My kids realize the importance of prayer for these people every day. We ask God to guard and protect and prepare the kids’ hearts for what we talk to them about. Every time we talk about repentance and forgiveness along with other things, such as serving our neighbor. In December, we talked focused on Jesus’ birth. We made “Happy Birthday Jesus” cakes for them to decorate and take home so they can explain the story to family or neighbors and have a party for Jesus.

      They listen to the C.D.’s I made them and they say that these songs play over and over in their heads! Cool! We’ve had the opportunity to do some other pretty cool things with these kids. There are anywhere from 4-12 kids that show up, and they are very special . It’s nothing that we’ve done, it’s all the work of the Holy Spirit and God using us how He wants to. Thank you so much for any prayers regarding our group. ( We call it “Club 10:14”, based on Mark 10:14 “Let the little children come to Me, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”)

Ways you can serve: Pray for us and the kids we minister to. And consider ways you can reach out to those around you.

Witnesses to Jesus in…our “Samaria” (the broken, hurting, and disenfranchised)

Vineyards Growing Veggies

Contact Person: Cindy Newkirk

Phone: 227-0776

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

The Vineyards Growing Veggies™ garden was planted at Steinbeck Vineyards & Winery with a sole mission: to help end hunger in their local community and all of San Luis Obispo county. Dozens of loyal volunteers from faith-based groups, high school and university organizations, along with other active community members, harvest thousands of pounds of fresh, locally-grown summer veggies from one fertile acre. The produce goes to nearby food banks and food pantries to distribute to the poor, disabled, and others in need.

A major recipient of the fresh produce has been Loaves and Fishes of Paso Robles. Executive Director Jackie Sebro says, “The Vineyards Growing Veggies™ garden is a fantastic program. It gives a healthy choice of vegetables to our recipients. We can’t always get this volume or produce this fresh from our other generous sources. Quite often canned vegetables are all we have to hand out.” “In addition,” she continued, “with food costs continuing to skyrocket, this prolific, community garden has supplied us with an abundance of fresh, healthy, locally-grown produce that would otherwise be unaffordable or unobtainable for many of our beneficiaries. This garden has helped our organization save money. In these tough economic times, cash donations have fallen a bit short and this is when we need money the most because more people come to us for help. The Vineyards Growing Veggies™ program has allowed us to continue to help those in need. For that we are very blessed and grateful.”

Urban Farming (http://www.urbanfarming.org) is an international 501c3 organization headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, that plants food on unused land and space to give it to those in need. Their mission is to end hunger in our generation. Food gardens are planted on unused land in cities, on rooftops, on walls, in planters, in malls and within landscaping. They also develop Green Science Gardens on school campuses, K-College. The guiding principle of Urban Farming is to form win-win partnerships with local, national and international businesses, government agencies, non-profits as well as community members and leaders, faith-based organizations and youth and senior groups. They facilitate mentoring youth and adult entrepreneurship and teach about agriculture, alternative flues, math, science, life skills and healthy eating.

Ways you can serve:

Contact Cindy to join the gardening team—planting, weeding, harvesting, delivering.

Witnesses to Jesus in…
the ends of the earth (foreign missions)

Pages 55-62

95% of the unreached people groups

of the world live in the 10/40 Window

Witnesses to Jesus in...the ends of the earth (foreign missions)

Lutheran World Relief Quilters

Contact Person: Foy Roberto and Frances White

Phone: 227-6832 and 238-9211

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry: Puts quilts together to send to the needy around the world as well as disaster areas.

Ways you can serve: Join us on Thursdays in the Fireside Room from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.

Witnesses to Jesus in...the ends of the earth (foreign missions)

Mission India

Contact Person: Pastor Dan Rowe

Phone: 238-3702

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry: Trinity fully funds ten Church Planters, enabling them to learn and witness for two years. Each of them will start at least two churches, rescuing thousands for God’s Kingdom.

Ways you can serve: Donate with a memo to “Mission India.” And join us for a mission trip.

2009 India Mission Trip

Join us to renovate the Lutheran Hour Christian Media Center in India in August, 2009. Or help fund the trip at www.cnhindiamission.org. We need $69,000 for our missionaries.

Purchase Mission and Trinity clothing and merchandise to support God’s mission:

http://www.cafepress.com/tlcpaso/5006955

If you have questions, please contact Chuck Weygandt at (805) 610-4540 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

To listen now to LHM India broadcasting, go to http://www.vaanmalarfm.in/ and then listen by selecting your player. 

Witnesses to Jesus in...the ends of the earth (foreign missions)

Mexico Mission Trip

Contact Person: Pastor Herb Burch

Phone: 260-3286

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry: Every year, we build houses for poor people as part of the mission of Lutheran Border Concerns. This trip is fun, hard work, and an eye-opener to the needs to the rest of the world. Our annual Mexico Mission trip will be July 10-18, 2008 U June 19-26, 2009 U June 25 to July 2, 2010. Put this in your calendar!

Said one: “I learned that God blesses people in different ways. We in America take everything we have for granted, or at least I do, and going down to Mexico really opened my eyes. The people we built houses for and the kids we worked with had close to nothing, but still, they were extremely kind. I’d love to do more mission work.”

Ways you can serve: Join us! Or give money so others can go, with a check to Trinity with a memo to “Mexico Mission Trip.”

Witnesses to Jesus in...the ends of the earth (foreign missions)

Faith Comes by Hearing: Audio Bibles for the Azeri people of Azerbaijan & Iran

Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber

Phone: 238-3702

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry: The Bible has been translated into the language of almost every person on earth. But not everyone can read. “Faith Comes by Hearing” meets the needs of those who desire to know God through His Word by distributing the Bible in audio form.

Ways you can serve: Make a donation to buy Bibles for the Azeri people to “Trinity Lutheran Church” with a note in the memo for “Faith Comes by Hearing.”

Witnesses to Jesus in...the ends of the earth (foreign missions)

California-Nevada-Hawaii District of the LCMS

Contact Person:

Phone:

Email:

Description of Ministry: Trinity is a part of the CNH District, one of 35 districts in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Our district helps the over 175 congregations in our district with resources to better enable us to reach people for Christ—Congregational Revitalization, Intervention and Reconciliations Teams, Calling pastors, Seminars and workshops, Specialized District Staff, etc.

Ways you can serve: Make a donation to “Trinity Lutheran Church” with a note in the memo for “CNH District.” There are also service opportunities on boards and committees for both pastors and lay people.

Witnesses to Jesus in...the ends of the earth (foreign missions)

Missions Collections of Eye Glasses

There is no more collecting of Bibles and tracts at this time.

Contact Person: Andi Malone

Phone: 237-1099

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

The glasses collected by our church are sent to MOST Ministries in Minnesota where they then take them all over the world. Some of the countries they are visiting this year include Sierre Leone in Africa, Guatemala, Cambodia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Panama. They have wonderful stories of people seeing their grandchildren for the first time and children being able to see their parents clearly.

Your donation brings sight and hope to people around the World! Consider placing a collection box in your place of employment as well. (Please sort glasses before mailing. Broken glasses as well as individual lenses or frames cannot be accepted. Thank YOU!)

Ways you can serve:

Donate used Eyeglasses

·       Adult glasses (single lens only)

·       Children’s glasses

·       Sunglasses without prescriptions.

·       Over-the-Counter reading glasses

Witnesses to Jesus in...the ends of the earth (foreign missions)

MOST

Mission Opportunities—Short Term

Contact Info

Phone: 734-994-7909

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Web: http://mostministries.org/

Description of Ministry:

MOST Ministries impacts the world for Jesus Christ through Short Term Mission Teams by empowering the found to reach the lost. MOST is gospel-centered, part of the LCMS, and responsive the needs of the mission field. Mission teams are being sent throughout the year. Check out the 2008-09 Mission Teams schedule at the website. Teams go Sierra Leone, Dominican Republic, Cambodia, Latvia, Poland, Nicaragua, etc.

This Year:

·        Over 16,600 people heard the Gospel message or witnessed the love of Christ through a MOST Ministries team!

·        389 people responded to the Great Commission by joining a MOST Ministries team and serving the Lord internationally!

·        11,857 people received the gift of sight or corrected vision.

·        11,265 pairs of glasses were given out through Eyeglass Clinics!

·        2208 people received medical or treatment through MOST Ministries healthcare teams!

·        504 students heard about Jesus and furthered their English language skills through MOST Ministries Bible-based ESL (English as a Second Language) curriculum!

·        2700 children, youth and young adults learned of Jesus' love and forgiveness for them through MOST Ministries VBS, outreach and sports teams!

·        17 professionals provided workshops and seminars in four different fields of study on three continents!

Ways you can serve:

Join a Mission Team for a short-term mission trip

Make Ministry (Witness) Tools

MOST Mission Teams take simple tools to assist in sharing the gospel. Teams will pass out Witness Bracelets, Finger Puppets, and Wordless Books to thousands of eager people wanting to learn about Jesus. Go to mostministries.org for desciption and instructions.

Other Opportunities

·        Pray for our teams (see Team Schedule for dates and locations)

·        Pray for specific countries and ministries that MOST serves

·        Give financial support, enabling teams to serve around the world

·        Pledge to share information regarding MOST Ministries and our team opportunities with your church or organization and put information in bulletins/newsletters.

Witnesses to Jesus in...the ends of the earth (foreign missions)

Other Ministry Opportunities in need of leaders

Contact Person: Pastor Steve Willweber

Phone: 238-3702

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

Go and serve where God is leading you:

o    Homeless Ministry—Hang out with the homeless under the 24^th Street bridge

o    Where is God calling you to serve your neighbor?

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Ways you can serve: Let me know if you have a ministry that God is placing on your heart, where God is calling you to serve. New ministries are easily added to this Ministry book.

Witnesses to Jesus in...our giving
—now and beyond your lifetime

The General Fund

Contact Person: Pastor Dan Rowe

Phone: 238-3702

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

Your offerings given in worship or through Simply Giving provide for ongoing ministry at Trinity. Below are approximate percentages of the budget:

ü     63% Staff Salaries^*: Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor, Office Administrator, A/V Director, Youth Director, Visitation Pastor, Music Director, HR Administrator, Bookkeeper, Cleaning Personnel

ü     17% School Mortgage for the new school building

ü     10% District and Mission funding: outreach around the globe, District support staff, training and placing of church workers, crisis intervention, etc.

ü     4% Christian devotional materials and supplies

ü     2% Utilities

ü     2% Building upkeep

ü     2% Property and Equipment

ü     1% Insurance

ü     <1% Publicity

ü     <1% Licenses, etc. for use of music, video, etc.

^* The church staff oversee the entire ministry of the church—worship, outreach, Christian education, small groups, business administration, and many other ministries you see in this book. They are often times directly active in these ministries as well. On Sundays alone, they make sure you have quality music, outstanding overhead presentation, a Christ-centered message, and the announcement bulletin. During the week, they are ministering to your children. They are the friendly face you see in the office. They are visiting the sick and elderly.

Ways you can serve:

Your gift of time will always be considered as more valuable than your gifts of money. Your gift of undesignated money, however, does enable church workers to give of their time to serve the ongoing ministry of Trinity. It also enables us to keep the lights on and the property in good order. Consider meeting with District representative Brian Hyde to discuss your Lifetime Plan for Giving. (Contact the church office.)

Witnesses to Jesus in...our giving—now and beyond your lifetime

Endowment Fund

Contact Person: Pastor Dan Rowe

Phone: 238-3702

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Description of Ministry:

Imagine with me for a moment if you would…

ü     What a blessing it would be to fund a full time Hispanic Pastor and church-sponsored church plant where Spanish-speaking souls worship weekly;

ü     The Kingdom impact we could have by sending 100 souls each year on mission trips without having to seek financial support for their journey;

ü     The lives that could be reached by providing scholarships to dozens of families so that their children can attend our school, VBS, and summer camps at little or no cost;

ü     The true joy of providing any member who wishes to attend a Concordia University or Seminary a full-ride college scholarship to do so;

ü     Even new roofing, HVAC units, carpeting, and other refurbishments paid for—free and clear—without having to impact the church operating budget a single cent;

ü     What a blessing it would be to be able to accelerate plans for building and expansion of our facility

By contributing to the Trinity Endowment Fund, you can make these dreams and others a reality for years to come. Do you have a heart for a particular ministry? Your gift to the Endowment can make sure that ministry is funded long after your lifetime.

Ways you can serve:

As a steward of God’s gifts, we encourage you to meet with our District’s Planned Giving Counselor, Brian Hyde, who will help you realize your dreams for your family and ministries through a Lifetime Plan for Giving workshop and personal guidance. Contact a pastor or Brian directly at 209-613-2125 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Consider making a gift to celebrate an anniversary, birthday, graduation, or other special occasion, or even a memorial gift for a departed loved one. A gift of stocks, bond, or real estate is a great gift. Some even have a life insurance policy with the Endowment as a beneficiary.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

…our “Jerusalem”

$______ 1.     General fund (Staff Salaries—Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor, Office Administrator, Media Ministries Director, Youth Director, Visitation Pastor, Music Director, Cleaning Personnel, HR administrator, Bookkeeper; District support and Missions; property upkeep, utilities, bulletins, etc.)

For the following, please give beyond your “tithe”

…our “Judea”

$______ 2.     Mortgage repayment on new school building

$______ 3.     School Scholarships

$______ 4.     School Playground/Sports/Outdoor Education

$______ 5.     School Library/Accelerated Reader

$______ 6.     School: Capital Outlay

$______ 7.     School Educational Materials

$______ 8.     School Computers/Software

$______ 9.     The Agapé Fund (financial help for members with special needs)

Items 3-8 can be matched 50% up to $300 per Thrivent member ($600 = $300 match). Matching Fund forms are in the entryway narthex.

…our “Samaria”

$______ 10.  Hispanic Ministry along the central coast (Pastor Burch)

$______ 11.  Loaves and Fishes (feeding the hungry)

$______ 12.  People’s Kitchen (feeding the hungry)

$______ 13.  Christ’s Kitchen (feeding the hungry at Second Baptist)

$______ 14.  Tree of Life Pregnancy Center

$______ 15.  Family Care Network (foster care and adoption)

$______ 16.  Lutheran Braille Workers

$______ 17.  Women’s Shelter

…the ends of the earth

$______ 18.  Mission India—literacy courses, church planters

$______ 19.  Christian Media Centre (Lutheran Hour in India)—radio and written Gospel/Bible distribution

$______ 20.  Mexico Mission Trip—building shelters, VBS

$______ 21.  Short term mission trips (sponsor a member of the congregation)—MOST Ministries

$______ 22.  Faith Comes by Hearing: Audio Bibles for the Azeri people of Azerbaijan & Iran

$______ 23.  Seminary training of pastors

Signature: ______________________________________ Date: ________

Name (Printed): _________________________________

(See opposite page for more info)

Frequency of Funds Transfer

o    Weekly on Monday          o Weekly on Friday

o    Semi-monthly (1^st and 15^th)

o    Monthly on the 1^st                    o Monthly on the 15^th

START DATE: _____________ Church Envelope Number: _____

o To make changes to your giving plan, submit this form only to the office.

o To begin automatic withdrawal of your gifts, or to change account info, please complete the following:

SIMPLY GIVING MEMBER ENROLLMENT AND AUTHORIZATION FORM

Last Name: ______________________________________

First Name: _____________________________________

Middle Initial: ___________________________________

Mailing Address: _________________________________

City, State, Zip: __________________________________

Home Phone:_____________________________________

Work Phone: ____________________________________

Check the appropriate box: o New enrollment/authorization o Change in Account

Gifts/payments should be taken from:

o Checking (attach a voided check)

o Savings (attach a savings deposit slip)

Routing Number: ______________________________

(Valid routing number must start with 0,1,2, or 3)

Account Number: ______________________________

REQUIRED:

I authorize Thrivent Financial of Lutherans and Vanco Services, LLC to automatically withdraw contributions /tuition payments/donations from my account. I have attached a voided check or savings deposit slip. This authority will remain in effect until I give reasonable notification to terminate the authorization.

Account Holder Signature: _____________________________________

*** ATTACH EITHER A VOIDED CHECK OR A SAVINGS DEPOSIT SLIP ***

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