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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

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, March 8, is the Second Sunday in Lent and Scrip Sunday.  It’s also the beginning of Daylight Savings Time, so remember to set your clocks forward an hour.  If you forget, first service people will be just in time to help Praise Band set up, and second service people will be just in time for

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, March 1st (yes, it’s March already), is the First Sunday in Lent (yes, it’s Lent already).  Time to turn that broken New Year’s resolution into a Lenten resolution (I’m sure avoiding carbohydrates for forty days will bring you closer to God).  Remember, Jesus fasted in the wilderness for forty days and even refused to turn

Hi, Everybody: First, I wanted to let you know that Jean Heaivilin passed away on Friday, February 14, of cancer.  She and her husband Russ were beloved long-time members of Holy Trinity and parents to Roy Heaivilin, who officially became a member just two weeks ago.  Please keep the Heaivilin family in your prayers.  There is no information about

Hi, Everybody, and happy Saint Valentines’s Day!  Saint Valentine, the patron saint of love, epilepsy, and beekeeping, was a Roman priest who was jailed, beaten and beheaded for his faith in the 3rd century.  Let’s celebrate with flowers and chocolates! This Sunday, February 16, is the 6th Sunday after Epiphany, and Fill the Food Barrel Sunday. There

Hi, Everybody: The most important thing you need to remember about This Sunday, February 9, is that there is a single 10 am worship service followed by the Annual Congregational Meeting.  Not that Scrip Sunday, the 5th Sunday after Epiphany, and Pastor Tim being back aren’t important (PT doesn’t even rate bold letters!), but they won’t screw up your schedule

Hi, Everybody: By now, you may have heard of the passing of Steve Holland, son of Holy Trinity’s founding pastor Eugene Holland.  The memorial service for Steve Holland will take place on Saturday, Feb 22nd, at 1 pm with reception to follow, at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 401 Grizzly Peak Blvd, Berkeley, CA 94708.  The

Hi, Everybody:This Sunday, January 26, is the Third Sunday after Epiphany.  It’s the first Lutheran Loose Change Sunday of the year, so let’s start the year right with lots of clinking sounds emanating from the narthex.  There will be a Spaghetti Feed Meeting at about 12:15 pm to plan the details of the annual Spaghetti Feed, which is coming up