November 2, 2025
We invite you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:30am.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS THIS WEEKEND...WE FALL BACK! Just a reminder to set your clocks back one hour before bed on Saturday night. Enjoy that extra hour of cozy sleep and see you in church on Sunday!
THIS WEEK’S READINGS: Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18, Psalm 149, Ephesians 1:11-23, 11-12, Luke 6:20-31
THIS WEEK’S WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS
PRESIDING: Pastor Linnea Wilson
ASST LEADER: Amy Luckett
READER: Dawn Evans
USHER: Jeff Kueltzo, NEED ONE
COMMUNION ASST.: Maureen Ligeski, Judy Goebel
MUSICIAN: Candace Peters
ALTAR FLOWERS – Flowers on the altar this weekend are given by Linda Wood in memory of her sister, Caryn DeBoer.
ALL SAINTS SUNDAY at TRINITY - This weekend, we join Christians around the world in observing All Saints Sunday - a time to give thanks for all the beloved ones who have left this life in the past year and now rest in peace with God. During worship we will pause to honor those individuals and as we read their names in prayer, a candle will be lit in their memory.
Vinnette Bernard ~ Janice Nielsen ~ Jean Schuberth ~ Manfred Strigun ~ Jim Meyer ~ Ariceli Bedolla ~ Janet Billows ~ Ruth Dahl ~ Caryn DeBoer ~ Marcelyn Schultz ~ Nancy Justus-Stevens ~ Dominic Saunders ~ Kyler Campion
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
SUNDAY SCHOOL & CONFIRMATION – Meet on Sundays from 9:30am-10:15am.
Practices for our Christmas Program begin this weekend. Mark your calendars for Sunday, December 14th Our students and teachers will be performing a short Nativity play together with the congregation as part of the 10:30AM worship service. Registration is on-going...click the links below to get started!
SUNDAY SCHOOL REGISTRATION - Classes for children in PS-6th grade
CONFIRMATION REGISTRATION - Classes for 7th and 8th graders
LSSI THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE UPDATE – Thank you to all who signed up and/or already purchased items on the LSSI Thanksgiving Food Drive list. Our Trinity family is so generous…we have just about collected everything we need already! Take a look at the sign-up binder in the Gathering Place. All items are due back by 11/16 and that’s when our confirmation students will pack up the meal boxes to be delivered later this month. We thank you again and ask you to please pray for the 20 families that will be blessed with these meal boxes for Thanksgiving.
CINNAMON ROLL SUNDAY – Wow! A gigantic THANK YOU to all who purchased cinnamon rolls last weekend. Thanks to the generosity of our Trinity family, we collected $113 to support Sunday School activities. We sold out quickly! Our apologies to those who missed out…but stay tuned for the next sale, we plan to make twice as many!! Your enthusiasm and support are truly appreciated.
THIS WEEK’S OFFICE HOURS As always it is recommended to call before stopping by.
Mon- 8am-2pm | Tues- CLOSED | Wed-8am-2pm | Thurs- 8am -12pm | Fri- CLOSED
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK…
Sunday, November 2nd Daylight Savings Time Ends – Fall Back!
Sunday, November 2nd 10:30am All Saints Sunday
Tuesday, November 4th 7:00pm Women of the Church
Thursday, November 6th 12:30pm. Seniors Meeting
NEXT WEEK’S WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS
PRESIDING: Pastor Linnea Wilson
ASST LEADER: Amy Luckett
READER: Dawn Evans
USHER: Jeff Kueltzo, NEED ONE
COMMUNION ASST.: Maureen Ligeski, Judy Goebel
MUSICIAN: Candace Peters
LOOKING AHEAD…
Saturday, November 8th 4:00pm-7:00pm Scout Troop 618 Spaghetti Dinner @ Trinity
Tuesday, November 11th 4:00pm Worship Committee
Tuesday, November 11th 6:30pm Council Meeting
Sunday, November 16th 11:30am Congregational Meeting/Council Elections
ANNOUNCEMENT of CONGREGATIONAL MEETING to ELECT 2026 COUNCIL MEMBERS
Per our Constitution, Council elections must be held in October or November every year. The 2026 Council elections will take place at the congregational meeting scheduled for Sunday, November 16, 2025, directly following worship. This year’s nominating committee: Paul Enderle, Jobey Hendel, Sue Phelan and Kurt Staehlin.
The nominating committee presents the following slate of candidates for election:
Paul Andersen – Trustee / 2-year term
Julie Constantine – Deacon / 2-year term
Gene Mondello – Trustee /2-year term
Gary Enderle – Deacon / 1-year term
Dave Thompson – Trustee/1-year term
Jay Rzechula – Deacon / 2-year term
Craig Lanigan – Elder / 2-year term
Diane Valdez –At Large Member / 2-year term
Pat Yeager - At Large Member / 2-year term
NEED TO KNOW
VETERANS WALL OF HONOR – Check out the Veterans Wall of Honor banner in the Gathering Place. Help us celebrate those who have served in our community and beyond.
JOB OPENING – Trinity Lutheran Church is looking to fill the position of Director of Congregational Engagement. We ask Trinity members to share the information with anyone that might be interested in applying. Job descriptions can be picked up from the Gathering Desk. Any questions and/or resumes should be emailed to Careers@TrinityOL.org More information to come soon.
DAILY PRAYER FOR TRINITY - The worship committee thanks Mickey Von Asten for writing prayers for the Trinity community as we work and pray toward calling a new pastor. We encourage you to pray these prayers daily, either individually or as a family. The prayers can be found on the second page of the "More for Announcements" attachment.
EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT By:Jopeph Reich, of Troop 609 - Collection of worn and un-serviceable American flags, concluding with a flag, retirement ceremony on November 8th at 10:00am. Check out the "More for Announcements" attachment for details.
FOURTH QUARTER MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
The Fourth Quarter Missions theme is "Feeding/Caring." From October-December you will have the opportunity to make monetary contributions to ELCA World Hunger and Beds+ Please use “Special Offering” envelopes and designate the specific mission OR CLICK HERE to give online. Click “FUND” and then “MISSIONS” and select the one you'd like to support.
PILGRIM CHURCH FOOD PANTRY- We'd like to thank everyone that has already donated, but if you haven't yet, you still have a chance! Please bring unexpired non-perishable food items from the PILGRIM CHURCH FOOD PANTRY WISH LIST to the Gathering Place (place them in the grocery cart) THIS WEEKEND, by Sunday, 11/2! Please see the "More for Announcements" attachment for the specific items needed.
In November the Women of the Church will sponsor Bethshan Christmas gifts and the ELCA Thank offering...
-BETHSHAN CHRISTMAS PROJECT- Women of the Church are once again collecting gifts for the Bethshan House. Find the tags in the Gathering Place…take a tag and follow the directions on the attached sheet. Be sure to return the gifts back to Trinity by Sunday, November 23rd. Thank you for sharing the love of Christ through your generosity ~ Women of Church
-WOMEN of the ELCA THANKOFFERING- Every fall, during church services held the weekend before Thanksgiving, the Women of the Church are asked to make a monetary thank offering. Long time Trinity members may remember small thank offering boxes used to collect the donations. Collecting donations in small offering boxes dates to the early 1800s, when women formed “mite” or “cent” societies to raise money. Mite boxes were given out as fundraising tools to collect pennies for the support of church projects and foreign missionaries. Thankofferings show gratitude for God’s blessings and give us an important and tangible way to express that gratitude. It is a tradition grounded in our celebration of community and of meeting together to joyfully give thanks for what God has given us (Hanson, E. 2010. All About Thankofferings, Retrieved 10/10/2025 from https://www.womenoftheelca.org/filebin/pdf/resources/AllAboutThankofferings.n.pdf). The article is also attached to these announcements.
There are purple-edged envelopes labelled, “Women of the ELCA - ELCA Thankoffering” located in the envelope holders in each pew. Donations will also be gratefully accepted on or before November 23. Simply place the envelope with your donation in the offering plate. Consistent with the greater church, the envelopes marked “ELCA Thankoffering” will be collected during Sunday service on November 23, as described above.
WELCOME PASTOR LELAND ALBRIGHT
Welcome to Pastor Leland Albright who has graciously accepted our invitation to serve as our regular supply pastor for December and January. God bless our ministry together.
Leland Albright was a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and chief of pediatric neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for many years. In 2010, he and his wife, Susan Ferson, a pediatric nurse practitioner, felt led by God to move to the Kijabe ( Kenya) Medical Center to teach and to do pediatric neurosurgery as global associates of the ELCA. There was no other pediatric neurosurgeon in East Africa. In Kijabe, they taught nurses and neurosurgery residents. Leland, a neurosurgical fellow he trained, and visiting neurosurgeons from the U.S. did more than 5000 neurosurgical operations before he and Susan returned to the U.S. in 2015. Leland then went to LSTC (spell out??) and was ordained in Grace Lutheran Church in LaGrange as Minister of Caring in 2017. He served in that capacity until June 2023. He and Susan are now members of Ascension Lutheran Church in Riverside.
DON’T FORGET
DIVINE DOLLARS – We have a limited supply of Divine Dollars gift cards that are still available for purchase. Contact Jan in the office if you are interested. All proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund. Thank you to all who have supported Trinity through this fundraiser over the last sixteen years.
GIVING STATEMENTS- Third quarter giving statements (7.1.25-9.30.25) were emailed October 22nd. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the office.
FUNDRAISER FOR CHLOE SMITH- Trinity’s own Chloe Smith has been chosen to represent Spirit of America Productions and Xperience Cheer in Rome, Italy, for the Rome New Year’s Day Parade on January 1, 2026. She was one of only 115 athletes across the nation to receive this award. Check out https://gofund.me/b6de41b3 for more information on how to support Chloe’s cheer journey to Italy.
SCOUT TROOP 618 SPAGHETTI DINNER at TRINITY - Are you hungry for some spaghetti?! Scout Troop 618 is hosting a spaghetti dinner at Trinity on Saturday, November 8th. Please see the "More for Announcements" attachment for details.
PRAYER LIST 11-2-25
Trinity Members
Larry Reich, Linda Jaeger, Steve Sakal, Karen Weaver, Daniel Garcia, Candace Peters, The Family of Randy Skendzel, Dawn Fish, Mike Maty, Linda Kay
Friends & Family of Trinity Members
Cathy by Carol Cloutier
The Family of Michael Faubel
C.J. Gracey by the Gallagher Family
Al by the Gallagher Family
Team Alpha International Ministry
Beth Goodfellow by Trinity Prayer Team
Jill Lynch by Amy Enderle
Melissa & Family by the Gallagher Family
Jayce Lowe by the Gallagher Family
Bob Johnson by Gene & Nancy Mondello
Richard Thompson by Dave & Diane Thompson
Alpha Primary School in Pakistan
Michael Thompson by Dave & Diane Thompson
Trinity Prayer List Reminder
Please note, names submitted to the Trinity Prayer List will remain on the list for four weeks. After that time, the name(s) will be taken off but they can be re-submitted. Please use the pew Connection Cards or email office@trinityol.org for all prayer requests.
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
11/2 Heather Rzechula
11/2 Linda Wood
11/3 Lillian Pyzik
11/3 Sammy Vranicar
11/4 Beth Kelly
11/4 Gary Enderle
11/4 Andy Reich
11/4 Melissa Martinez
11/4 Andrew Waterstraat
11/8 Jeff Kueltzo
11/8 Carolyn Lanigan
11/10 Sue Phelan
11/13 Becky Evers
11/13 Joel Craig
11/15 Jesse Rezendez
11/16 Tracy Doherty
11/17 Jim Buschbach Jr.
11/18 Steven Buschbach
11/18 Ariel Bedolla
11/21 Naomi Peters
11/22 Charlie Jobb
11/23 Carol Nutter
11/25 Michael Petersen
11/27 Danielle Allen
11/29 Diane Thompson
11/29 Jonathan Waterstraat
NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
11/2 Dennis & Tracy Doherty
11/5 Joseph & Ruth Enderle
11/23 Don & Liz Cyze
11/23 Jeff & Danealle Kueltzo
STAFF CONTACTS
Jan Enderle Office Manager office@trinityol.org
John Weaver Custodian johnweaver9701@trinityol.org
-- See the printed announcements for a list of our 2025 Church Council Members.
