Your Defining Moment(s) It’s easy to wait for it. The movies have taught us that when the music swells and the chips are down, that’s when leaders arrive and when heroes are made. It turns out, that’s not how it works in “real life.” Our beliefs, values, ethics and character is what happens in all …
Devotions from Tri-City ELCA Pastors – Pastor Tim of Holy Trinity, July 22, 2020 Read More »
Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, July 19, is Christmas in July – not an actual church festival, but we’re just goofy that way. It started last year when we got so many Christmas favorite hymn requests that we lumped them all into one Sunday and called it Christmas in July. Who knew it would turn out to be …
Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, April 5th, is Palm Sunday. Feel free to parade around your neighborhood eating nachos and carrying a palm branch. Hope the neighbors don’t call the police. So, we have a new shelter-in-place order from the Alameda County Public Health Department that extends through May 3rd. It is stricter and more detailed with paragraphs, …
Hi, Everybody: Yes, I’m still working from home (although the siren song of the television is awfully hard to resist). I hope the only way you’re going stir crazy is with a spoon while trying out some new recipes (i.e. cream of whatever-the-store-had-left). This Sunday, March 29, is the 5th Sunday in Lent. Once again there …
Hi, everybody:In case you hadn’t heard, six bay area counties, including Alameda, have ordered a shelter-in-place starting at midnight tonight and continuing for three weeks. This means people must stay in their homes and only go out for essentials like food, prescriptions, health care, and other necessities, and to keep a “social distance” of 6 …
Dear Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Community, I’m sending this update this afternoon to inform you, with a heavy heart, that for the first time in the 55+ year history of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, we will suspend all public gatherings for worship Sunday, March 15, as well as our Mid-Week Lenten service on March 18th. …
Hi, Everyone:Sorry this is kind of late – the emails are flying fast and thick, and changes may be afoot. So, as I mentioned in yesterday’s email blast, Saturday’s Spaghetti Feed is postponed. I also mentioned some of the measures we’re taking for safety during Sunday services. Please read the email if you haven’t yet by clicking …
Hi, Everybody: It was decided just last night to postpone the Spaghetti Feed out of an “abundance of caution” (as Pastor Tim put it) due to the Corona Virus. Thank you to all who have worked so hard up to this point. This is just a pause until the virus blows over (duck!). At first …
