LEARNING FOR ALL AGES
This summer starting in June there will be an adult offering every week, except
July 13 which has a Town Hall Meeting scheduled and a combined youth class upstairs
in the Temple Room at the same time (9:30).
Intergenerational Events
There will be an intergenerational event for all ages the third Sundays of June
(15th), July (20th), and August (17th). Each of those Sundays will deal with one
of the aspects of the trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Intergenerational
Sunday School: God the Holy Spirit. This intergenerational learning (and fun!)
event is for all ages on August 17th between the services in Founders Hall.
“Intergenerational” means that everyone is welcome, there is something for everyone,
and that everyone (yep, you too!) is needed to make it an event for all ages.
It’s an event for the whole church family. You my go on vacation, but the
doors of the church here at Trinity are always open for worship, study, and service!
LEARNING FOR CHILDREN:Learning in September:
Seasons of the Spirit Sunday School is for preschool to 6th grade.
This is a scripturally focused program that uses the reading for Sunday worship
each week. Students will not be permitted to leave the Sunday School floor unattended
and will be released after classes to a parent or guardian.
WOW Service Returns! The WOW (Worship on Wednesdays) service
will resume for September and October. So please plan to join us for this more
casual contemporary service on Wednesday, September 3rd and Wednesday, September
17th at 6:30pm in the MPR. Confirmation Midweeks: The midweek
classes for our Confirmation fall midweeks start in September! Companions
in Christ: On September 4th we will resume the Bible study, “Women of the
Bible” with Moses’ mother. Note: We will not meet on August 28th.
This Sunday School class meets on the 2nd floor of
the education building. All Bible all the time!
Classes resume September 7. Come join our
senior high students in Founders Hall at 9:45 a.m. LEARNING
FOR ADULTS (all year 'round)
Learning in August:
August 17th: Intergenerational event for all ages in Founders Hall: “God
the Holy Spirit” August 24th: Sweden Travelogue with the Bahls.
August 31st: New Zealand Travelogue with the Blews. Learning
in September: Child and Youth Spiritual Formation: The
Fall Schedule Begins! Seasons of the Spirit Sunday School is for preschool
to 6th grade. This is a scripturally focused program that uses the reading
for Sunday worship each week. Students will not be permitted to leave the Sunday
School floor unattended and will be released after classes to a parent or guardian.
Confirmation Sunday School class meets on the 2nd floor of the
education building. All Bible all the time! Senior High: -
Come join our senior high students in Founders Hall at 9:45 a.m.
Adult Spiritual Formation: The Fall Schedule Begins! September
7th: Adult Education will emphasize the stewardship of the earth, also known
as ecology, this month. Special Guest KeeKee Pregracke will speak in the Chapel.
She is the mother of Chad Pregracke, founder of Living Lands and Waters.”
September 14th: Biblical Basis for the Stewardship of our Creation
in the Chapel and Seasons of the Spirit adult Scripture study of the readings
for this Sunday in the MPR. September 21st: Going Green
as an Act of Faith in the Chapel and Seasons of the Spirit adult Scripture study
of the readings for this Sunday in the MPR. September 28th:
Greening our Congregation in the Chapel and Seasons of the Spirit adult Scripture
study of the readings for this Sunday in the MPR. New Member Class:
We’re still working on a good date for September – inquiries welcome!
From
the Children and Family Minister's Desk During Vacation Bible School
(VBS) in the RAINFOREST ADVENTURE (July 21-25, 27) we heard the Word, understood
the word in activities (through recreation, gardening, snacks, music, science,
and crafts), and then actually acted on the Word:
WE SHARED…the building
space on Monday with many who had no power, a Celebration of Life Funeral service
that afternoon in the Sanctuary, and then in the evening with Blessed Beginnings
for an Open House in the Multi-Purpose Room. On Sunday we shared our voices at
the second worship service and our crafts to decorate the Ice Cream Social.
WE
GAVE…10 lbs. of tabs to help sick children whose families need to stay at the
Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City. Others helped us to create a VBS Garden for
Trinity Church
in celebration of our going "green" by recycling cans
and paper. (You can find the garden outside the door to the Sanctuary's elevator;
take a look!)
WE GREW… in our faith by singing, making craft projects,
doing scientific tests, playing games, memorizing Bible verses, and worshipping
together.
WE LOVED…others, because we were loved first by our Lord. We
invited others to worship and to come to our Ice Cream Social. Several showed
their love by taking the Jesus doll to their home for a night.
WE PRAISED…at
snack time we learned how to lead an echo Prayer. Ava asked the hot pink Macaws
to say: Dear God…Dear God,
Thank you for this snack…Thank you for this snack.
Thank you for this church…Thank you for this church.
Thank you very, very,
very much for VBS…Thank you very, very, very much for VBS.
And, God, help
us to be even better next year…And, God, help us to be even better next year.
There
isn't anything that can say thank you to so many better than Ava's prayer.
Hope to see you at VBS next year and in church and beyond its doors now,
Jennifer Jordening Children
& Families Minister | 