Serving as Christ’s Living Presence to North Omaha since 1915

6340 N 30th Street Omaha, NE 68111 402-453-4080
The Trinity Tidings - October 2011

From the Pastors:

Advent nears! We come to the end of the Church Year in November and begin the new year a full month ahead of the rest of the world! In Advent we celebrate God's mighty decision to engage the world of sin and sorrow one-on-one and bring life and immortality to light! I love Advent!

We also get ready for the changes coming in January to our worship and learning life together. Remember - our Worship service schedule goes through some changes at the end of December:

Christmas Eve: Same worship service schedule as always –5pm, 7pm and 11pm

Christmas Day (Sunday, December 25) One worship service at 10 am - no Sunday School

New Year's Day (Sunday, January 1st) One worship service at 10 am - no Sunday School

January 8th- First Sunday of the New Schedule

For the health and well being of our Mission Center at 30th and Redick - we need to devote a full two hours a week of our lives (please note that is just a little over 1% of your 168 hours per week) to learning together, planning together, and preparing ourselves for our mission into the world. I hope you'll spend two hours a week with your sisters and brothers at Trinity preparing for the other one hundred sixty six. You owe it to yourself. You're worth it!

Pastor John


Wednesday’s Women

A new group for women will meet again Wednesday, November 2nd from 6 – 7 p.m. The plan is to gather on the first Wednesday of each month. We will meet in the church lounge to share a devotion, snack & conversation.  Please join us!! For further information contact,

Open House

Please mark your calendars for Saturday, December 17th. John and Liz invite you to share in the joy of Christmas with an open house at their home, 2720 Mary Street from 2 p.m. until 5:30. 5:30, anyone wishing to will go caroling to homes of shut-ins. is welcome.


Christmas Treasures

December 18th from 4-5:15pm

Come celebrate the birth of Jesus!

Music from Chancel Choir, Chancel Bells, and Trinity Ringers. A skit by Alleluia Kids. Singing of carols and the Christmas story. Cookies and drinks will follow in Fellowship Hall. Everyone will be invited to work on a Christmas craft. We hope you can make it!


Special Offering for World Hunger

Thanks to all who gave to thias special offering. 25% will be given to Project Hope and the remaining 75% going to ELCA World Hunger. Trinity has received a total of $818.58.





TWELCA Board Meeting:

November 21, at 9:30 am, in the lounge. If you are a circle leader and cannot make the meeting, please send someone to represent your circle.


Lyamanyaki Sale

Sundays, November 6th and 13th

Items from Lyamanyaki will be sold in the gathering area before and after all three services. Handcrafted baskets, bags, jewelry, wall hangings, etc. are among some of the items being sold. All proceeds from the sale will go toward the continued construction of the preschool.


"In the Sanctuary"

November brings changes in seasons of the church as well as in the weather. Since May the church has been worshiping through the "Sundays after Pentecost".  The color on the altar has been the green of ordinary time. November begins with "All Saints Sunday" when we remember those who have died in the past year. The color on the altar will be white. November 13 is our last "ordinary" day of the year.  November 20 brings the Church Year to an end with the celebration of "Christ the King". The altar will again be white for this day. November 23 is our service of Thanksgiving. The following Sunday, the 27th, is the first Sunday of the new church year.  It is the "First Sunday of Advent,” and the altar color changes to blue. Advent is a time we focus on waiting for Christmas and the birth of Jesus, and on preparing our hearts to welcome the living God who wants to come into the hearts of all God's children. We use the time to get ready, to hope, to listen, to share.


Poinsettia Orders

November 20th, 27th & December 4th

This year we will once again be ordering poinsettias to decorate the church for Christmas. The flowers may be purchased in memory or honor of someone. Each plant costs $7.00 and order envelopes will be available in the red books on said dates.  Last year the turn out was great, we are hoping for the same this year!  


Thanksgiving Eve

Trinity Youth will once again host their annual Thanksgiving Eve spaghetti dinner. It starts at 5:30pm and goes until 6:45pm. The youth will set up, serve/cook, and clean-up. Free-will donations are welcome! All money raised will go to Trinity youth programs.

After the dinner there is worship at 7pm. The offering at the Thanksgiving worship will be sent to Lutheran Metro Ministries, to help with their mission. We hope to see everyone here!

Please note: Trinity Will be closed the 24th and 25th for Thanksgiving.


Christmas Gifts for Kids

Trinity will participate this year in the Christmas Gifts for Kids program once again. Karen Reed and Caren Weed will be in charge of organizing it. Information cards will be located in the Gathering Area on November 20th. The cards will contain a child’s size information. Take a card, buy a gift, wrap the gift, and bring it back to Trinity by December 11th. For questions please contact  Erin  at the Church office - 402-453-4080.


New Plans for Homework Help

The homework help for the Sudanese children is very successful. I have a lot of kids who are hungry for knowledge and great volunteers. For me it is important that the kids get a broad knowledge about art, music, theater etc. That’s the reason why I decided to change the idea of the homework help a little bit. My plan is to organize a monthly event for the kids. A monthly event could be a visit to the Joslyn Museum or the Rose Theater. But there will also be special cooking events (for example baking cookies at Christmas time). A very fantastic thing for my kids would be if we could visit a farm and see how cows are milked. In this way the children learn a lot of things around making cheese, cream and so on.

The reason why I tell you this is because I hope you can help me with organizing these events. It would be great if some of you have a talent for example crafting, paint in watercolors etc., which he or she wants to share with the kids. Also very welcome are all kinds of donations (food, tickets for events etc.)

Please give me a call the Church office or send me an e-mail julia@trinityomaha.org

Best wishes,

Julia