Members:
Sylvia Collinson
Janet Elsbury
Josh Langhoff (chair)
Betty Nelson (secretary)
Bonnie Oldfield
Terry Oldfield
FALL WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Our church worship schedule will be as follows:
Worship Service 9:30 AM
Sunday School, 11 AM
Join Bell Choir and Vocal Choir!
A new music season will restart in September 8 for Vocal Choir and for Bell Choir, and you can be a part of this! Bell Choir will resume under the direction of Lea Langhoff. Choir practice will resume under the direction of Josh Langhoff. We hope to see you there!
Notes from Josh
This February our church lessons run the emotional gamut. We hear hopeful stories of Jesus healing people and the triumphant glory of Jesus’s transfiguration, but we also share the laments of Ash Wednesday. The famous opening verse of Psalm 30 sums up this contrast: “I will exalt you, O Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.”
At its best, our worship exalts God while acknowledging the depths in which we all sometimes find ourselves. We don’t forget about our troubles simply by walking into church. Rather, God invites us, troubles and all, to remember that our truest calling is praising God with our fellow believers.
Outside the Church, February is also Black History Month, so once again I’ll try to schedule one spiritual or gospel tune during every service. This works out well, because nearly all our favorite spirituals run the same emotional gamut as Psalm 30. Take the joyful “I’m So Glad Jesus Lifted Me”. The second verse admits, “Satan had me bound”, and the third asks us to remember “when I was in trouble”. Even if we don’t want to talk about those specific times Satan had us bound, we can proclaim it in song, and then proclaim the even greater truth that “Jesus lifted me.”
This tradition carries into contemporary African-American hymns, like “Through It All”, by the gospel music innovator Andraé Crouch. This beautiful song of trust opens with the lines,
“I've had many tears and sorrows,
I've had questions for tomorrow,
There've been times I didn’t know right from wrong.”
In other words, “Satan had me bound”. So let’s sing praises to God for freeing us from that bondage, in Epiphany, in Lent, and all year long.
JOIN THE CHURCH CHOIR!
The brilliant Christian psychiatrist, Dr. Walter Menninger, said that singing in a church choir was very helpful to him. After an exhausting day at work, he found it inspirational and soothing to go to choir practice at his church. The music enabled him to put the stress of his day behind him, get in touch with something beautiful and holy, and end the day relaxed and uplifted.
Ask a choir member what singing in a choir does for him or her. It's very likely that you'll find he or she gets great joy in serving the Lord through singing. And remember, also, there is wonderful fellowship among choir members. Singing in a choir is a good way to make new friends. Try it.
TRINITY'S CHOIR PRACTICE RESTART5ED on September 8 on THURSDAYS 8 PM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOSH LANGHOFF. NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME!
WANTED MORE BELL CHOIR MEMBERS!
Bell Choir PRACTICE RESTARTED on September 8 on THURSDAYS 7 PM under the direction of Lea Langhoff. NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!
Desiree Cole would like to have you join her Praise Dance Group! Have Desi show you the right moves! Contact Desi.
Singers and musicians, Trinity’s Praise Band can fulfill that wish! In addition, instrumentalists of all kinds may perform a solo and/or add to our worship music. Contact Josh
Voice Choir
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Sundays after the Epiphany: Green is used for its symbolism of our growth in Christ. Green, in a sense, is a "neutral color," used when more festive or more somber color is not appointed.
Ash Wednesday: Black is the preferred color, since it is the color of the ashes to which we will all return. Purple is the alternate color for this first day of Lent.
Lent: Purple is indicated, as the stark color of repentance and solemnity
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