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Understanding
Islam
The controversy surrounding the
Islamic Center near the site of the World Trade Center has once again put
the Islamic religion front and center in the news. However, lots of misrepresentations
and misunderstandings are being spread. Did you know that 1 in 5 people are
Muslim? Did you know that the
same percentage of Muslims and Americans reject terrorism? Did you know that most American Muslims
come to live in America because our values of Freedom, Liberty, and Justice
are the same values upheld within their religion? Did you know that giving to the poor
is a main task of all Muslims?
Find out more by watching
this video from the ELCA.
You can also find out more by visiting
this website devoted to expanding the picture of Islam. Click
here to listen to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (the Imam proposing the cultural center) to judge
for yourself his beliefs and theology.
Youth Trip To
Argentina! Apply By September 3
The
Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod, ELCA, is a companion synod with the
Lutheran Church in Argentina and Uruguay. In July 2011, a group of youth and three adult chaperones will travel
to Argentina for a 2-week-long service trip. (The actual dates will be set
in January 2011.)
Information about the trip may be found on the youth news and events page,
including qualifications
for participation, the application
form, and a poster
you can distribute to others.
Applications are due September
3. At this time, do not
worry about cost. Congregations
almost always help to raise funds.
Opportunity
To Help A Local Family
The
Rosemary Hoffmann is looking for a kind individual with a heart for helping
special-needs young men. Jacob
and Ben Hoffmann need providers to help them reach the goals of their
individual support plans.
Duties include taking Jake and/or Ben out into the community to shop
and volunteer and also to work on independence and life skills at
home. The program is
through Future’s in Towanda and the pay ranges from $10 to $16/hour. The hours can vary according to the
time you have to offer. Call
Rosemary at 265-7126.
Rally
Sunday: Mark Your Calendars
September 12 is a big day! It is the Sunday that we return to
our 10:15am worship time. It is
also “Rally Sunday” when we start the educational year of the
church! As the children will be
with us, it will be a Child’s Faith Sunday! Last: we will also focus on ELCA
world hunger this Sunday.
Please bring your ELCA world Hunger coin boxes and your offerings
for this vital ministry. Mark
your calendars now!
God’s
Vegetable Bin
Sunday, September 12 (Rally Sunday) following
Sunday worship the Social Ministry Team will hold God’s Vegetable Bin. Bring your fresh vegetables, canned
goods, or other fresh goods to be sold after worship for a great cause:
ELCA World Hunger. Also, bring
your shopping list of needed fresh items for the day!
Rummage
And Bake Sale
The Willing Worker’s fabulously famous fall Rummage
and Bake Sale will be on Thursday,
September 16 and 17 from 9:00am until 3:00pm. We will set up on Monday, September 13 and could use
any male help available on that morning also! Baked goods are welcome on both
days. Cutoff date to bring in rummage is on September 5.
Upcoming
Bible Studies
On Tuesday, September 7, at 7:00pm the
People of Faith Bible study will resume in the Estelle home.
On Tuesday, September 21, at 7:00pm the Exploring the Bible study will resume in Caroline Russell’s
home.
In
October, these two Bible studies will combine and will meet on the first
Tuesday at 7:00pm in congregation member’s homes for the rest of the
year.
Trinity
Online Bible Study Opportunity
If you have wanted to participate in a Bible study, but cannot make it to
one of our church’s afternoon or evening Bible studies, or cannot schedule
a regular time, we have a solution for you. Trinity
will start an online Bible study group powered by Google Wave. This format will allow you to join
the conversation whenever it is right for you, it is in real time, and it is
completely free. Contribute to
the conversation right after checking email or right before bed. You decide. Join others who for reasons of
distance or time cannot participate any other way. The study will be simple with no
previous knowledge of the Bible expected. Contact Pastor Jira Albers if you
want to be invited to participate.
pastorjira@yahoo.com
Take Your
Family To Family Camp
September 3 - 6 is Bear
Creek’s Labor Day Weekend Family Camp. The weekend will offer many
traditional summer activities. The lake is open for swimming and boating.
Also available will be the Giant Swing, Climbing Wall and Low Ropes
Course. And no, you do not need
to have a family to come!
Singles are welcome too.
Also the October Outing will be October
8 - 10. It too offers many of the fun activities we have in the summer.
Check out Bear Creek Camp’s website for more on each of these
opportunities or call: 570-472-3741.
Bishop
Hanson’s Town Hall Meeting
If you could ask Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson a question about the ELCA,
what would it be? You are invited to submit your question at the next
online Town Hall Forum with Bishop Hanson on Sunday, September 19, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT.
Participating
is easy and convenient:
•Watch
the event live from 5-6 p.m. EDT at www.elca.org/townhall
•Log
in to post questions online
•Post
comments using Facebook Connect
•Tweet
about the event using the hashtags #ELCA and #BishopHanson
•View
open captioning
Whether
or not you have a question to ask, you’ll be part of a nationwide
conversation with other ELCA members about issues that matter to all of us.
What a remarkable opportunity!
Coming
Soon
Look for
more information in the coming weeks.
New Book
For The Book Club
The book club has started reading “The Glass Castle” by
Jeannette Walls. This book will
be discussed in the early fall, so it is not too late to get a copy and start
reading! To receive a copy of
the book, contact Pastor Jira at pastorjira@yahoo.com
or speak to him in church. To
read a description of “The Glass Castle” Click
Here.
2 Children + 1 Family
= Grace
1.
Choose one child
in the church (who is not a son or daughter or grandchild) and help raise
them in the faith, treating them as if you would die for them.
2.
Choose one child
outside of the church (who is not a son or daughter or grandchild) and help
raise them in the faith, treating them as if you would die for them.
3.
Choose one family
either within the church or without whom you could mentor in the faith
(youth choose a friend).
Children
and Youth Need You
The
faith of children and youth require you. Yes, you. Even if you are 72 and have touched
the lives of many children, they still need you. Everyone is a youth minister. You don’t have a choice. The question is: How effective of a
youth minister are you? Click here to find out what
you can to do shape the next generation.
Still thirsty? Come to www.trinluth.com to find much more about
the life of faith and Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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