Sunday, January 4: Worship with Communion – 8 & 10:30 am Bible Activity Hour & Classes – 9:15 am Monday, January 5: TSL Classes Resume Monday Morning Bible Class – 7 am Staff Meeting – 9 am Bible Instruction Class – 6 pm Joint School Board Meeting @ Trinity – 7 pm Tuesday, January 6: TSL Confirmation Class – 8 am Men’s Choir – 6 pm Senior Choir – 7 pm Wednesday, January 7: TSL Confirmation Class – 8 am Worship – 6:30 pm Trust & Estates Meeting – 7:30 pm Thursday, January 8: TSL Confirmation Class – 8 am Bible Study – 10:30 am Women in Service – 1 pm Public School Confirmation Class – 4 pm Saturday, January 10: Jesus Cares @ LPS – 9:30 am Sunday, January 11: Worship – 8 & 10:30 am Bible Activity Hour & Classes – 9:15 am

Schools we support with our prayers and offerings

SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 Isaiah 42:1-7 Acts 10:34-38

Matthew 3:13-17

Trinity’s Mission Statement Uniting us in the worship of the Triune God, Christ gives us our mission:

Proclaim the Gospel in order to make disciples throughout the world and to nurture them for lives of service.

Trinity-St. Luke’s School Principal James Moeller Mr. Gregg Birkholz, Mr. Matthew Foxen, Mrs. Cheryl Holzhueter, Mrs. Michelle Wegner & Mrs. Peggy Uttech 801 S 5

th Street – 920-261-3615

303 Clark Street – 920-206-1844 www.fastdir.com/tsl

Lakeside Lutheran High School (grades 9-12)

231 Woodland Beach Road – Lake Mills - 53551 www.llhs.org Principal James Grasby

Luther Preparatory School (grades 9-12)

1300 Western Avenue – Watertown - 53094 www.lps.wels.net President Matt Crass

Bible Classes & Bible Activity Hour Between Sunday Service from 9:15-10:15 am

Most Sunday morning classes can be found on the lower level. An elevator is located by the 5

th Street entrance

Sunday January 4

Sunday January 11

Adult Fellowship Hall - West Knowing God’s Will Job

Teens Teen Room TBA TBA

K – Gr. 6

Fellowship Hall - East Jesus Heals the Centurion’s Servant

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

2yr. old - K Sunday School Room God Keeps Jesus Safe from Herod

Twelve –Year-Old Jesus

Monday at 7 am Conference Room

Very Important Chapters of the Bible

Thursday at 10:30 am Conference Room

1 Samuel

Church Attendance

Christmas Eve, December 24 4 pm – 232 6 pm – 310 9 pm – 49

Christmas Day, December 25 201

Sunday, December 28 245

Sunday, December 21

Serving Jesus at Worship

WORSHIP LEADER & PREACHER: Pastor Brett Brauer ORGANIST: Naomi Fritz ELDER COMMUNION ASSISTANTS FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 4: (8a) Larry Arndt, Greg Foxen

(10:30a) John Thoma, Wayne Zuleger USHERS FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 4: (8a) Roger Virgil, (10:30a) Kent Buss and Herb Staude FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7: Kent Buss and Herb Staude FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 11: (8a) Jim Schwartz and Tom Zimmerman, (10:30a) David

Zastrow and Eric Zastrow

GREETERS FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 4: (8a) Greg and Debbie Ebert, Phil and Barb McAleer, Steve and Kathy Strucely, Bruce and Joan Marley, (10:30a) Rick and Kim Schwartz, David and Sharon Zastrow, Nancy Albertin, John and Patrina Boehringer

FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 11: (8a) Jack Nass, Armin and Kay Schuetze, Herb and Ione Staude, Carl and Margaret Voss, (10:30a) Myron and Birdie Duin, Dennis and Debbie Whiting, John and Sandy Braun, Mike Duehring

COUNTERS FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 4: René Kreilkamp and Tina Krueger FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 11: Matt and Theresa Asmus, Troy Thede BIBLE CLASS REFRESHMENTS FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 4: FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 11: Sunshine Card Committee II BULLETIN COMMITTEE FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 9: Sandy Kastens, Betty deGalley, Ann Clifford FLOWER COMMITTEE FOR JANUARY: Eileen Sell (261-3888), Becky Knauth (262-0647) ALTAR COMMITTEE FOR JANUARY: Jackie Arndt and Nancy Zastrow

Our Ministry at Trinity

Annual Voters’ Meeting – Monday, January 19 We will hold the annual meeting on Monday, January 19 beginning at 7:00. In

addition to reports about our ministry at Trinity, we will discuss the resolution at the last voters’ meeting to assess whether or not to continue calling a second full-time pastor in light of needs and financial resources.

Thank You for Your Kindness and Gifts! The pastor and the Trinity faculty from TSL thank members for their gifts from the

door offering before Christmas. We thank Christ for the privilege and joy of serving you!

Trinity Men’s Choir All male members of Trinity, high school age and above, are invited to join the Trinity

Men's Choir. All men, regardless of musical talent, are urged to attend our first rehearsal on Tuesday, January 6, at 6 pm. For more information, contact Jim Moeller, Matthew Foxen, Troy Thede, or John Schmoller.

Pioneers Pioneer Parents are reminded that the January meeting dates have been changed and

both meeting will be held off-site. On January 13 the boys will meet at Dale Staude’s to begin work on their pine car and the girls will meet at 1509 Country Club Lane to learn water safety skills. On January 20 the boys and girls will switch places. Check out the Pioneer bulletin board in the Fireside Room.

Women in Service WIS will hold a regular meeting on Thursday at 1:00 in the Conference Room. Pastor

Brauer will present a program. Come and join in Christian fellowship, with coffee, tea, cocoa, and cookies! Hostess will be Kathy Strucely.

First Love Thank You Trinity members again showed their love of God and those in need by generously

donating money and gifts to the First Love at Christmas program. Fifteen families were given the makings for a Christmas dinner, complete with the turkey, along with other food items and household goods. They also received Christmas gifts and gift cards. We especially thank the crew who went shopping and distributed the gifts: Rachel and Matthew McManama, Elroy and Michelle Maas, Shelly Robbins, and Dawn Bittorf. Thank you again, Sandy McManama, First Love at Christmas coordinator

What Goes up, Must Come Down Join us on Saturday, January 10 at 9 am to take down the church Christmas tree.

2015 Offering Envelopes The 2015 offering envelopes are available in the Fireside Room.

Available from the Ushers

Quiet bags for young children

Children’s bulletins

Hearing devices

Large print hymns and bulletins

2015 Ushers Schedule This year’s usher schedule can be found on the ushers’ table, grouped by teams.

Thank you to the fifty or so men who give of their time to fill the role of usher in each of our services.

Forward in Christ The January issue of Forward in Christ is available to subscribers in the Fireside Room.

New Financial Reporting Method In an effort to communicate more clearly about our financial status, we will no longer

publish a weekly report of offerings in the bulletin. A financial update will be provided in the monthly newsletter instead. As of the end of November, we had received $279,000 in offerings compared to expenses of $257,000. Offerings to this point are about $14,000 less than needed to fully fund our ministry plan, including a second pastor. However, expenses are $36,000 less than budgeted because we have not had a second pastor since July. We pray that God will continue to move the hearts of our members to generously support His work here at Trinity.

Gold! Incense! Myrrh! Gifts given to the little Jesus came from the far corners of the world. Those gifts were carried to Jesus by those who were seeking a King to deliver them from sin, death and hell’s punishment. They came a long way to see him and they prepared for their visit by packing the gifts in their baggage. We may not be as wealthy as they were, but we can bring gifts to Jesus. We can plan ahead too. God gives us an example to follow, “On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income” (1 Corinthians 16:2).

Prayer Partners Prayer Requests – Contact Pastor Brauer

Flower Calendar available in Narthex

Available online – www.trinitywatertown.net

Bulletins

Sermons

Updated calendar, Newsletters

Electronic Donation Forms, Daily Bible readings

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