Contemporary Worship Begins October 3

A new Contemporary worship service begins on October 3, at 9:45 AM. You are invited to attend this new event in the life of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The service is designed to work in conjunction with our Village Sunday school (VSS) program.

All Sunday school children, 3 years to fifth grade, are to meet in the Sanctuary along with all other worshipers at 9:45 AM. After singing and a children’s message, VSS children will go to their assigned classes. The rest of the service will be done with new music and a teaching message. The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be served on the 2nd and 4th Sundays each month. The service will be over in time to pick up your children at the end of Sunday school. Come and join us.

Of course we will still have our regular worship services at 8:30 AM and 11:00 AM.

Children’s Christian Education

Our Village Sunday School Rally Day is September 12th, 2004. We will have registration for Sunday school classes for ages 3-6th grade. Come get your child or children all registered for our Bible base curriculum. We also want parents, grandparent and congrgational members to join our program by being a Villge Volunteer! You are able to choose one of the many Bible stories to share to one of our nine classes! You can share the story form a book, with a craft or a skit. We have had the story shared wonderfully differently from our Village. “It takes a Villge to share the Good News!”

Communion Preparation

For Youth and Adults! Coming to the Lord’s Table and sharing in the sacrament of Holy Communion is a wonderful privilege for the people of God. While we understand the heart the sacraments is the very mystery of an incarnate God, still we take time each year to deepen our understanding of the meaning, history and biblical witness to the sacrament of the Table.

This year classes for youth will be offered October 19, 20, and 21, immediately after school. (Conejo Valley School District dismisses early during that week.) Youth of any age are welcome to Communion Preparation classes. In order to prepare for the variety of children who participate, we need to know how many resources to order for each age group. So please call the church office to register your children for the classes. Students will be grouped into classes with others in their age group.

This year classes for adults will also be offered! Perhaps you’ve been sharing in Communion but never had the opportunity to learn about the meaning of Communion? Maybe you have questions about where in the Bible to find the story that is told of Jesus instituting this special practice? Maybe you would like to walk with your child better prepared to talk about the meaning of Communion, or perhaps you’d just like a refresher conversation! All adults are welcome to join Pastor Janet on Sunday, October 10th and 17th during the Education hour (9:45-10:45 AM) in the Fireside Room.

Early Childhood Center

Here we go again! Honey Tree Early Childhood Center is excitedly anticipating the beginning of another school year — our 32nd year. We have 250 children ages 2 through 6 enrolled in nineteen classes. We have a faculty of nineteen and we have three new people on the faculty.

We will have an “Open House” on Sunday afternoon, September 12, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 P.M. Everyone is invited to come. Our classes will begin the next day, September 13.

The first several weeks are exciting for the students and teachers as they get to know each other. Also the children will have an opportunity to meet Pastor Frank and Pastor Janet

Honey Tree is happy to be an outreach ministry of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. For additional information, please visit www.myhoneytree.com.