Monthly Archives: May 2005

2005 Church Council Retreat

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2004 Holy Trinitly Lutheran Church Council MembersThe Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Council is scheduled for an offsite retreat at California Lutheran University on Saturday, June 4. The Council members and Pastors will spend the morning in prayer and fellowship to reflect upon the upcoming year.

The Council will elect a new Executive Board, which currently consists of Gary Bague, President; Sheri Groenveld, Vice President; Julie Ruth, Treasurer; and Howard Young, Secretary.

Two new Council members, whom the Holy Trinity Congregation will elect on Sunday, May 22, will replace outgoing members Julie Ruth, Karen Lindgren and Lee Harris, each serving for two three-year terms as Council Members.

Thank you, Council Members for all the hard work and accomplishments achieved this past year. Your leadership is invaluable to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and the ministry of Christ.

Howard Young
Council Secretary

Springtime at Honey Tree Early Childhood Center

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The Honey Tree children have really been enjoying the wonderful springtime weather. They love to be on our great play yards at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. We have lots of things growing here. The flowers in the garden are blooming. Many of the children have planted some grass that they can watch sprout. We also have silkworms, caterpillars, and tadpoles. Pastor Frank talked with the children about Easter at our April Chapel Time and Pastor Janet will be with them in May. Honey Tree will be collecting “box tops for education.” There will be a box to put them in the church office and also in the Honey Tree office.

Winter Homeless Shelter at Holy Trinity

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The 2004-2005 Winter Homeless Shelter season at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church has come to an end and Leslie and I want to thank the HTLC members who gave so freely of their time, talents and breakfast making skills. Without your time and efforts the shelter would not have run as smoothly as it did.

This year, as well as the last 3 years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of dinner guests as well as the number of people staying overnight. Dinner guests increased 13% over last year while overnighters increased by 7%. The reasons for these increases are varied, but needless to say, unless some sort of state funding miracle happens, we must continue to provide stopgap shelter and dinners.

This season we tried a different approach to running the shelter by establishing a committee of 6 couples. This meant little more than a month commitment from each of the couples. Besides making the shelter easier to run, having additional people helped make more people aware of the homeless situation in the Conejo Valley.

Next year we, again, will be using this approach and welcome your help with the shelter. Time commitment is minimal and the reward is immense. If you would like to become involved with the Winter Homeless Shelter, please contact Tom or Leslie Robison.

Synod Assembly 2005

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The Church Council has appointed four delegates to attend along with Pastor Frank, Pastor Janet, and Shannon Savage, AIM to attend the Synod Assembly in Woodland Hills, CA. The theme this year is “Marked with the Cross of Christ Forever, Prayerfully Living the Faith of Our Baptism.”

Addressing the assembly will be the Rev. Dr. Maria-Alma Rainey Copeland. Pastor Copeland, is the interim pastor at New Jerusalem Church, Lexington, North Carolina. She was the first African American female ordained by the former American Lutheran Church. Also, Pastor Josephine Tso, President of our Companion Church the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong, will be Friday’s keynote speaker.

The Rev. Dr. Mark Allan Powell will be the Bible study leader Dr. Powell is professor of New Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. Representing the ELCA will be Dr. Lowell Almen, the secretary of the ELCA. Pastor Janet will be the preacher at the closing worship service!

Helping Through Loose Change

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Our Loose Change Jar KEEPS GIVING because of your generosity! Thank you. Sometimes, people may feel more inclined to give to a ministry that is far away because in some way it feels more like “giving.” We at Stewardship are grateful that your own perspective of ministry is less romantic and more practical. Kind of like the parables our Lord used to teach us. Your caring is shown in the way you feed the Loose Change Jar which this year will go to Lutheran Social Services, Ventura County, through which we serve many in our own communities who are in dire circumstances — everything from homelessness and unemployment to family crises.

Your $5 ‘s & $1 ‘s. your quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies this past month have added up to another $77 making the total for this year of $254.

Please look around for the Jar. Some days it is just inside the nave of the church — where the baptism font used to stand. And remember, if you should forget your loose change at home, we love seeing those dollar bills! Hopefully, we’ll reach $1,000 or more this year for LSSVC. May God bless our participation in this ministry, and you!