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• Morning Bible Study… continues every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. in the Family Center, just before the 10 a.m. Communion Service. Sunday School for all ages is available at that time as well.
  
   

• ​Heavenly Fries at the Albion Fair Planning Meeting… will be held Sunday, August 23rd at 11:00 a.m. in the Family Center, immediately following the 10:00 Communion Service. Everyone willing to help with the Fry Stand at the Albion Fair during the week of September 9th to the 13th is invited to attend.




• Fellowship/Ping Pong… continues every Monday evening at 6:00 pm. 
  
   

• NW Senior Morning Bible Study… is lead by Pastor Taylor at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesdays open to any senior at the Northwestern Senior Center, 9 Academy Street in Albion. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. immediately after the Bible Study for a suggested donation of $2.00. Please join us.
  
   

  Our next Midweek Communion Service... will be observed on Wednesday, August 19th at 7:00 p.m. This Service, as well as all Holy Trinity Worship Services, are live streamed on our Facebook page: facebook.com/HolyTLAlbion and uploaded to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@holytrinitylutheranchurch9176 . Service bulletins are posted on our website: holytrinitylutheranalbion.org/documents . Please join us in person when you are able. 
   

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• Council Meeting… will be held on Thursday, August 20th at 6:00 p.m. in the Family Center.
   

• Heavenly Fries at the Albion Fair... Tuesday, September 14th through Saturday, September 19th. The Albion Area Fair is celebrating its 81st anniversary, & we are celebrating our 75th anniversary as an iconic part of the Fair. Please volunteer to keep this heritage going! Sign-up sheets are posted on the bulletin board in the narthex. If you have a student enrolled in Holy Trinity Lutheran Preschool, you can earn up to $90.00 off their tuition by working at the Fair! Ask your family, friends, & co-workers if they would like to be part of the legacy of volunteers taking Heavenly Fries in the greater Albion Community! Then bring your family, friends, & co-workers to the Fair to feast on the fries that are truly out of this world! Gluten-free and vegan, nothing but fresh cut US Grade A Idaho potatoes, peanut oil and love. Taste and See, God is good!

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• Church Picnic on Sunday, August 30th …  at 11:00 a.m. immediately following the 10:00 a.m. service. We provide Smith's Hot Dogs, hamburgers, soda, and water. There is a sign-up sheet on the table in the narthex for you to let us know what dish you plan to share.  All are welcome for food, fun, and fellowship!

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• First Days of Preschool… will be Tuesday, September 8th for the Tuesday-Thursday class, and Wednesday, September 9th for the Monday- Wednesday-Friday class. We thank God that we have full classes again this year! Please pray for our teachers, staff, students and their families to have a blessed, safe and prosperous school year!
   

• Bible Study Classes… will be returning for the fall. Tuesday Evening Bible Study with Pastor Taylor will resume on September 29th at 6:00pm. Women’s Bible Study led by Dcn. Carolyn Lindenmuth will resume September 24th at 9:30 am, studying the book of Genesis. Sunday Morning Bible Study continues at 9:00 a.m. in the Family Center, just before the 10 a.m. Communion service. All are invited to attend one or more of these studies.
  
   

• LWML Sunday… will be Sunday, October 4th. As Lutheran Women in Mission, we joyfully proclaim Christ, support missions, and equip women to honor God by serving others. Please plan to join us after church at 11 a.m. in the Family Center for our first fall meeting of the year.
  
   

• Quarterly Voters’ Meeting… will be held Sunday, September 27th immediately after the 10:00 a.m. Communion Service (approximately 11:00 a.m.) in the Family Center. 
  
   

• Stay Connected — Join Our Church Newsletter! Do you want to stay informed about upcoming events, special services, ministry updates, prayer requests and more? Sign up for our church’s email newsletter! It’s the best way to stay connected to everything happening in our church family. Subscribe today by emailing htlcalbn@email.com or give your contact information to Carolyn Lindenmuth in the church office. Don’t miss out on the blessings of community and connection!

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• Offering Envelopes… are provided for your convenience. If you plan to attend Holy Trinity on a regular basis, you can request envelopes by mentioning this to an usher. or call our office. You need not be a member in order to have a box of envelopes, which enables us to provide you with a record of your giving for your tax records. 
   

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• Volunteers Needed…  our church will be forming a Constitution Review Committee to examine our current constitution and recommend needed updates, in order that it may continue to serve our ministry faithfully and clearly. We are looking for a few members who are willing to read, discuss, and help shape this important work. You don’t need to be a legal expert—just someone who cares about the life and future of our congregation and is willing to lend your voice and insight. If you would be willing to serve, please contact the church office. Your time and perspective would be a blessing to the whole congregation as we seek to steward well the structures that support our shared mission.
  
   

• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Library… has 400+ items available. One of our newest additions is Growing Up Lutheran: What Does This Mean? by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Johnson Nelson.  If you’ve ever searched for the word "coffee" in the Bible, if you're pretty sure that all the pairs of animals in Noah's Ark were married, and if you know that Heaven is up and Hell is down, you'll love Growing Up Lutheran. If the Lutherans you know seem rather, er, mysterious, it will do you good. Combining their own memories with those of other Lutherans who grew up in the 1940s through the 1960s, Janet and Suzann have written a delightful expose of what it means to be Lutheran and how it's done. Endearing, often hilarious stories shine a light on Lutheran life from baptism ("And His Name Shall Be Called Gilman Einar Stedje") to death ("He Is Not Gone, He Is Only Away") and everything in between. You'll learn about Sunday School, Christmas pageants (a.k.a. "bathrobe pageants"), Bible Camp, Vacation Bible School, Confirmation, Lutheran weddings and jello salad. You'll get the inside scoop on the Lutheran Church Basement Women ("a special species of people"), lutefisk suppers, pew protocol, church architecture, and much more. In the words of the authors, Growing Up Lutheran is "a mixture of ingredients that we had on hand, generously salted with gentle humor, and lightly peppered with quite a few hot granules of Lutheran theology." This is most certainly true.  Stop by the office to become a member & borrow our media.  Come to the office to borrow this movie, see what else we have to offer, donate gently used books, CDs, and DVDs. Browse our materials & request items to be placed on hold on the web @ holytrinityalbionlibrary.librarika.com/
  
   

• 🌟 Calling All Volunteers! 🌟 Get Involved in Our Church… We are looking for caring, dedicated volunteers to serve in various roles in support of our church. Opportunities to Serve Include:
   

• Altar Guild – Help prepare the sanctuary and sacred elements for worship.

• Ushers – Welcome and assist worshippers during services.

• Readers – Share Scripture readings during worship.

• Kitchen Administrators – Help organize refreshments or meals for fellowship.

• Greeters – Be a warm, friendly face at the door as people arrive.

• Money Counters – Assist with the accurate and confidential counting of offerings.

• Board Members – Preschool, Community Garden, & Financial.

• Trustees – Repair and maintain our church building and grounds.

• Outreach – Help plan and execute Heavenly Fries during Dan Rice Days and the Albion Fair.
  
  Whether you can serve weekly, monthly, or occasionally, your help is deeply appreciated. Please speak to Pastor Taylor or Deaconess Carolyn if you are interested.
  
   

• Thrivent Choice® Members… Great news! More Thrivent members are now eligible to direct up to $500 in Choice Dollars® each year to support Holy Trinity Lutheran Church—at no cost to you! You may direct your full amount anytime between now and December 31, so don't wait until year-end. Preschool, LWML, Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, Community Garden, Heavenly Fries, any of church outreaches could benefit from the thousands of dollars for which we are already eligible if you are willing to apply for it. All you need to do is ask! If you've never directed your Choice Dollars before, or aren't sure if you're eligible, please speak with Deaconess Carolyn for assistance. 
  
   

• BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND…  Issues, Etc. is a podcast and radio talk show hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. Recent topics include: Freedom from Shame; Christians & Anxiety; Mission Outreach to Indigenous Communities in Canada; Encouraging Early Marriage & Childrearing and more. You can listen at your convenience at issuesetc.org, the LPR mobile app or any podcast provider.