On The Calendar

Lenten Schedule 2011

Ash Wednesday worship, March 9, 2011 with imposition of ashes.
Worship at 7:30p.m. with Pastor Jack DiMatteo.

Thursday Soup and Study (March 17 and on):
Book Study: A People’s History of the Christian Church: the Other Side of the Story, by Diane Butler Bass.

6:15 p.m.: Soup Supper (Sign up to bring some soup)
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Book Study
8:00 p.m. – Choir

Please remember that during lent we will not have our Monday evening or Thursday afternoon studies.

Thiel College Choir Concert
The forty-voice Thiel Choir from Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania, a college of the E.L.C.A. will participate in evening worship at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5, 2011 at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Road, Wayne, N.J. 07470. They will also present a concert following the worship service. The performance is part of the Choir’s 2011 spring choir tour.

The choir, under the direction of Dr. Michael Bray, and including Vickie Boyer (niece of Scott and Debbie Jones) will perform a variety of sacred a cappella works by various composers as well as arrangements of spirituals and folk songs and hymns.

There will be no admission charge; however, a freewill offering will be taken.


Nutley Churches Music Concert
Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 p.m. at Vincent United Methodist Church.


Bach Vespers
The Grace Festival Choir is singing J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 1, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Lovely Shines the Morning Star) at Grace Lutheran Church, Teaneck on March 6 at 4:00 PM. The choir of 35 singers, with professional soloists, is under the direction of Carol Weber and will be accompanied by a professional Baroque orchestra. The cantata is sung as part of a Vespers Service and an offering will be received. (The Jones family is not singing this time!)

Grace Lutheran, 1200 River Rd., Teaneck, NJ 07666. www.GraceLutheranTeaneck.org
(Driving directions are available in the narthex.)

NJ Synod Annual Conference
The NJ Synod’s Annual Conference on Congregational Ministries will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2011. It will be held at the Steinert High School, Hamilton Township, N.J. from 8:00am – 3:30pm.

This years’ speaker is Kelly Fryer, of “a renewable enterprise, inc. (are)”

Registration is $10.00 plus an additional $5.00 for lunch. Registration forms must be postmarked by Friday, March 11 by mail OR by Tuesday, March 14 if registering online. Please let us know if you would like a Registration Form, or you can download one from the Synod website at www.njsynod.org. Put the date on your calendar and plan to attend with a group from Holy Trinity!