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Pastors Letter

Throughout my first two weeks here I have

repeatedly heard people say that they are happy

we are here. I can honestly say that words

cannot express how happy Lisa and I are happy

to be here. In fact, immediately following the

first luncheon at Pentecost, even before we left

the church Ethan turned to me and said “are we

coming back here next week.” There is no

greater affirmation of welcome, friendship, and

love than for a child to want to come back to

church. In the months and years that come

ahead, I am looking forward to meeting all of

you; learning about the wonderful things that

God is doing in your life. I also look forward to

worshipping with you, and serving alongside this

phenomenal staff that is already working so

diligently to serve the people of God in this

community. My door is always open, please feel

free to stop in and visit anytime.

Blessings,

Rev. Reuben E Lashley

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Online Giving

Let’s face it – we don’t carry cash or a checkbook

around with us today, so now we’ve made giving

to Holy Trinity easy. There are three ways to

give, they’re all really easy!

Text Engagement

Grab your phone and test HTPC to 77977 and

you’ll receive a text back with instructions to

start giving. Be sure to type HTPC as one word,

and make sure your phone doesn’t auto correct.

Tap the link, and you’re ready to give!

Giving Link on our website

Simply go to our website, and go to the giving

page. This will take you to the secure giving link,

and allow you to make your donation. This

option is currently in the works and we will

notify you when that is up and ready for you

to use.

Pushpay App

Lastly, simply download the Pushpay App from

the Android Play or the Apple App Store. You

can text pushpay to 77977 and receive a link

back to download the app. From there, making a

contribution is as easy as 1, 2, 3. Open the app,

choose who to give to, enter the details and

you’re done, in only seconds!

Be sure to make our church a favorite by

selecting the star in the upper right corner of the

App to easily find it later!

ACH

We’re also excited to be able to offer you ACH

giving! This is huge because it allows you to give

directly from a bank account which allows more

of your donation to go into resourcing God’s

kingdom. Simply navigate to the giving page

using one of the methods described above, and

choose “Give from Bank Account.” Enter your

account and routing numbers and give! We will

let you know when this feature is available on

our website.

With Pushpay , you can

Give easily, quickly and securely

Store multiple cards and bank accounts

Give recurring donations

Login to www.Pushpay.com and see your

giving history

If you have any questions, please contact the

church office. We’re excited about this easy way

to give, and think you’ll love it too!

Mark Your Calendar For

Vacation Bible School

This summer Holy Trinity will once again be

hosting a Vacation Bible School in June. VBS is

scheduled to begin on Sunday evening, June 14th

and conclude on Thursday evening June 18th

from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. A free dinner will be

provided for participants each night of VBS. You

can register for VBS or volunteer to help with

this year. Please contact Amanda Iacovino, this

year’s VBS Coordinator.

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Congratulations to our Graduating

Seniors

On Sunday, May 24th, we recognized those young

people in our Holy Trinity family who were

graduating from high school this year. The

graduating seniors are Gilian Armstrong, Aaron

Mehaffey, Josh Kloster, Preston LeBlanc, and

Ethan Mueller. The character and quality of this

young lady and these young men should make

everyone proud. Please take a moment when

you see each of these young people to

congratulate them and wish them the best in

their future endeavors. It has been my distinct

pleasure to get to know these youth during their

formative high school years.

Mark Widmer

Youth Events

May 31st, Youth Dinner and Devotional, home of

Stan & Niesha Marshall’s.

Holy Trinity Presbyterian Women

Congratulations to Niesha Marshall! She

received the Honorary Life Membership in the

Presbyterian Women at the May Women’s

Gathering for her outstanding work for the

church and in the Emmaus Community.

The Holy Trinity Presbyterian Women

congratulate the newly elected officers for

2015-2016.

The new officers are:

Moderator – Sheila Clark Vice Moderator – Shelley Fletcher Recording Secretary – Dawn Mitchell Corresponding Secretary – Diana Mascilli Treasurer – Susan Bartlett Moderator of the Search Committee – Kay Perez Some of the Women’s mission project donations

for this year are tuition for our student in

Uganda, the Heifer Project, RACAP, Pan American

School, SAMM Family Center, hymnals, song

books, and the Presbyterian Disaster Project.

The proceeds for the Holly Days Arts and Crafts

Fair made these donations possible.

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If you would like to serve on the Women’s

Coordination Team this coming year, please

contact Sheila Clark.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Do you know that prayer shawls can and are

given to friends and family outside of our

congregation! If you have a request for a shawl

or throw to be given please contact DiAnn

Arnold, 210-656-0540. We will be glad to

deliver or mail to recipient.

New members to the group are always

welcomed. No experience required. Yarn and

needles will be furnished with instruction on

how to use them.

The shawls on the pews in the sanctuary are

made from yarn that James and Lynn Miksch

donated to the Prayer Shawl Ministry. We are

thankful that through the Prayer Shawls her love

for HTPC continues.

Fellowship Committee

The Fellowship Committee invites you to join

our Divine Diners with the kick-off on July 12th at

Buddy and Linda Clark’s. They will host the first

gathering at their home after both services. Sign-

up sheets will be up on the fellowship bulletin

board. Deadline for signing up is July 5th. This is

a fun-filled way to have the opportunity to get to

know each other better. Sign up soon!

Book Divas

The Book Divas, the women’s book discussion

group, will meet on June 4, 2015 at 7:00 pm in

the Geneva Room at church. The book for

discussion is “The Dalai Lama’s Cat” by David

Michie. Bring a snack for six people. Beverages

and paper goods will be provided.

The book group will not meet in July. The next

meeting of The Book Divas will be August 6,

2015 at 7:00 pm in the Geneva Room. We will be

discussing “The Rosie Effect” by Graeme Sisision.

Do you have a book to recommend to our group?

Contact Sheila Clark to make your

recommendation.

Women’s Luncheon June

When: Monday, June 22, 2015 @ 11:30 am

Where: McAlister’s Deli

8121 Pat Booker

Live Oak, TX

RSVP: Katherine Mehaffey via email:

mehaffeyk@holytrinitypres.org

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Women’s Luncheon July

When: Monday, July 20, 2015 @ 11:30 am Where: Pasha’s Mediterranean Grill 15069 IH 35N Selma, TX 78154 RSVP: Katherine Mehaffey via email:

mehaffeyk@holytrinitypres.org

KeenAgers

When: Thursday, June 25, 2015 @ 11:30 am Where: El Chapparal 1604 at Redland Rd We will not meet in July, but resume our monthly fellowship lunches on August 27th. Call Sue Gray if you have any questions 210-945-8123.

Thank You

To all my Holy Trinity Family,

Thank you all for the thoughtful cards, calls, food and

visits. You have been so encouraging and have surely

kept my spirits up. I’m looking forward to getting

back into action very soon. Special thanks to my

husband, Len, who has cared for me so tirelessly and

so well.

Sue Gray

*****

I wish to express my deep gratitude for all the cards,

for the food, for the wonderful support you all gave

me during the time of Ralph’s passing. The

celebration of his life was marvelous, the men’s trio

was one of his favorites, and the party in the family

room later was one Ralph would have thoroughly

enjoyed. He loved this church, as I do, also. So thank

you all for guiding me through the valley.

Wanda Keller

June

4th Randy & Gail Schavrien 39 6th Don & Gloria Taylor 28 6th Frank & Katherine Walton 62 7th David A. & Galen Lewis 46 9th John & Shelly Fletcher 14 14th Stan & Niesha Marshall 51 17th Buddy & Lori Hockley 20 19th Mano & Debbie Perez 44 19th Matthew & Jill Porter 11 19th Gary & Karen Wallace 48 20th Don & Sheila Clark 45 20th Tony & Debbie Osborn 34 22nd Moe & June Guthrie 52 24th Daniel & Susan Lopez 30 26th Paul & Nancy Smith 60 27th Jim & Karen Ball 11 27th Leo & Mary Ann Beach 56 28th Bill & Carol Andrews 18 28th Vance & Renee Penn 18 28th George & Martha Platt 40 30th Keith & Elinor Greene 53 30th Jay & Monika Thompson 13 30th Jake & Lenora Thompson 52

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July

1st Ronnie & Linda Shaner 27 5th Art & Juanita Luensmann 62 13th Dave & Bobbie Saleen 24 14th Len & Sue Gray 36 15th Mark & Melanie Mueller 24 15th Billy & Debbie Newlin 37 15th Harry & Rosemary Dinwiddie 49 22nd Judd & Sheila Earley 48 24th Evan & Karen Armstrong 22 26th David & Alexis Arel 12 29th Jay & Peggy Collins 37 31st Eric & Maralah LaBarge 6 31st David T. & Dana Lewis 61

June Birthday’s 6th Betty Kreutzer 6th Lenore Vallery 8th Shirley McConnell 8th Fayeth Porter 9th Renee Penn 10th Rick Juarez 11th Hailey Arel 11th Niesha Marshall 11th Austin Stansbury 11th Laura Tolic 12th Mary Ann Beach 13th Mike Ginesi 16th Bill Andrews 17th Dana Lewis 18th Sarah Jackson 21st Linda Clark 21st Maria Lewis 22nd David A. Lewis 22nd Kenn Stansbury 23rd Sheila Clark 24th Thomas Hester 24th Brian Parks 24th Normarie Perez 25th June Guthrie 25th Rosie Schweitzer 26th Betts Miller 27th Dru Cessac 27th Donald Jackson 27th Preston LeBlanc 27th Megan Rouse 28th Daniel Lopez 29th Rosie Knaack 29th Riley Moynahan

July Birthday’s 2nd Emma Eichinger 2nd David Perez 2nd Abigail Ward 3rd Shelly Fletcher 3rd Gunner Morris 3rd Marc Overall 6th Adam Rouse 7th Kathy Hayson 7th Grant Hockley 7th Cody Johansen 8th Susan Gitcho 8th Janice Pioquinto 8th Jonathan Saleen 8th Gary Watson 10th Cindy Parker 11th Jane Kamata 12th Carol Andrews 12th Kristen Kreutzer 13th John Colvin 13th Glenna Solley 14th Carol Scarbrough 15th Carolyn Entler 15th Eric Puder 16th Carolyn Holtz 17th Nannette Gwaltney 19th Jan Durham 20th Buddy Marvin 20th Ron Schiller 21st Carie Bailey 22nd Scott Ericksen 22nd Chris Iacovino 23rd Lisa Magoffin 23rd Barbara West 24th Sue Gray 24th Gene Griffin 24th Charles Mascilli 24th Gloria Taylor 25th Drew Penn 26th Susan Bartlett 26th Bill Hopfensack 26th Mary Lane 26th Trevor Morris 26th Tucker Park 27th Eric LaBarge 28th Irving Jathan 28th Patti LeBlanc 29th Louise Ginesi 29th George Hernandez 30th Kaidence Herriger 31st Joann Jones

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