Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

TRINITY TRUMPETER Newsletter
Trinity Lutheran Church, Long Beach

May/June 2012
Volume 11, Issue 4

Best Wishes, Pastor Josh and Paula!

Pastor Josh Ebener and his fiancé Paula Costa will be united in marriage at Pastor
Josh’s home church, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa, on Saturday,
June 16, 2012, at 3:00 p.m.
Not surprisingly, Pastor Josh will be on vacation for the two Sundays immediately following the wedding (June 17 and June 24). Guest preachers have been arranged.

Come excercize at the new Dance Cardio Evolution classes at Trinity on Saturdays at 9:30am. Participants exercize to the rhythm of cumbia, salsa, punta, merengue, cha cha cha, quebradita, bachata and more. The cost is $2.

Order through Trinity an affordable food box from Golden Share Foods for the month of May:
http://www.goldensharefoods.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=63

As we move into Holy Week, I hope you can join us at the following servces:

· Palm Sunday - Sunday 4/1, 10:30 am We gather in the parking lot and process into the church with song and palms in hand to mark Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

· Maundy Thursday - Thursday 4/5, 7:00 pm We wash one another’s feet in light of Jesus’ command to humble service and to love one another as he loved us. We recall the Last Supper that Jesus celebrated with his disciples with Holy Communion.

Sermon – Lent 5
Jeremiah 31:31-34
March 25, 2012
“a tattooed heart”

What if I told you that you all have a tattoo? For some of you, it’s: well yeah I’ve got more than one. Others are thinking: that’s not for me.

Now, you can see tattoos of all kinds. Usually they convey some sort of meaning.
You can see tattoos on variety of locations on the body. I saw a guy recently with most of his face and head tattooed. Other tattoos are more discrete.

You get your girlfriend or boyfriend’s name tattooed on your arm… but what happens if you break up?

Sermon – Lent 4
Numbers 21:4-9
March 18, 2012
“pushed to the brink”

My brother and I just did some hiking in the desert, and it isn’t hard to get lost. “Zach, I thought we went by that rock!” “No, Josh, it was that rock.”
“Zach, I think the trail goes this way!” “No, Josh, it goes this way.”
Trekking through the wilderness certainly is disorienting.

Sermon – Lent 3
John 2: 13-22
March 11, 2012
“get outta here!”

Who brought the cattle, sheep, and doves to church? I guess there weren’t any “no animals in church” policies in Jesus’ day.

Sermon – Lent 2
Mark 8:31-38
March 4, 2012
“the way of the cross”

What does the cross mean to you?
Throughout the history of the church the cross has been used as the Christian symbol. Of course we see it on churches. We see it hanging around people’s necks, tattooed to arms, T-shirts. It is unmistakably the symbol for Christianity.

Of course marketing departments spend a lot of time and money on find a symbol or logo for their product, so you remember it and associate it with the product.

Trinity Lutheran Church, Long Beach

TRINITY TRUMPETER Newsletter

March/April 2012

Volume 11, Issue 3

Holy Week

We continue on ourLenten journey and are quickly approaching Holy Week. Midweek soupsuppers followed by worship will continue March 14 and 21. Here is thelist of Holy Week services:

· Palm Sunday -Sunday 4/1, 10:30 am We gather in the parking lot and process intothe church with song and palms in hand to mark Jesus’ triumphal entry intoJerusalem.