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Lenten Focus: Forty Days For Food

Lent lasts for forty days. Long ago God sent rain to earth for forty days and forty nights. Noah was commanded to build an ark and assemble all living creatures and store up all varieties of food. The earth was destroyed, but eventually the waters receded and God's creation flourished once again. Today much of God's creation is in peril, including the lack of food and water for many on our earth.

During Lent, we'll have a large ark mural or model in the dining hall area, and there will be a vast variety of animals for sale for you to color and attach to the ark. (In this case we hope to have more than just a pair of each.) The animals will be for sale for $1.00 apiece, or $2.00 for a pair, and the collections will be sent to the ELCA Hunger Appeal.

As you eat your Lenten dinners (held Wednesdays at church 5:30-6:45pm, Feb. 22 through March 28), please reflect on the fact that many in our world go hungry every day. Just as Noah saved the many species, we can play a small role in helping save lives and provide food for those who need it. In addition to filling the ark, please bring a non-perishable food item with you each week for Family Sharing.

Thank-You From Time and Talents

Once again I have the pleasure of thanking member(s) of Trinity for donating money to our organization during the last quarter of 2011. I wish I knew who you were so that I could give you great big hugs.

We have a small team of only women traveling for a dental mission departing on 3/4/2012. Everyone is excited. The two female dentists who are traveling with us do not have their own instruments as they work for a large dental corporation. We will be using the $100.00+ funds donated to buy dental instruments. Once we have those instruments we can tap all sorts of "corporate dental" groups with people willing to travel.

If there is any interest in traveling on either the dental or construction missions in fall, be sure to let Greg or me know. We will be building that team starting the end of March. We hope to travel as often as we can get teams together.

Trinity's Quilters Need Your Help

Our Quilters group need sheets! They need any size, any color, flat, fitted, or flannel. If you have some you'd like to donate to the group, you can leave them downstairs in the corner near the Quilters' room. Thank you!

The Tidings Newsletter

With the price of postage going up, we are wondering how many of you would be interested in receiving the monthly Tidings newsletter in an email instead of being mailed a copy. We would not be getting rid of the mailed copies, but hopefully we could cut that number way down. Please email Lori, lori@trinitycedarburg.org, or call her at 262-377-0610 if you would be interested.

Cents for the Citizens with the Saints

The 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering will take place in New Orleans in July, and you can help! All the loose coins collected in the offering will go toward sending our kids to this wonderful, faith-affirming event.