Holy Trinity Adult Education

This Sunday, May 31

This weekend we celebrate the Festival of the Holy Trinity: a white, wondrous day at the start of the green, growing season of Time after Pentecost. For over a thousand years, Christians around the world have dedicated the first Sunday after the Day of Pentecost as a special celebration of the mystery of the triune God.

Trinity Sunday confronts our inability to understand God, because no human model or illustration or construct can capture God. And Trinity Sunday invites us to contemplate God's loving presence in all its multivalent glory, because no human model or illustration or construct can capture God.

If words like "multivalent" or "mystery" or "perichoresis" are intriguing to you, join Pastor Nathan in Mygatt's after worship at 10:20 a.m. for an adult education lesson on the Athanasian Creed, one of the ancient symbols of the Christian faith that explores the mystery of the Trinity.

Donations Now Accepted for

July Rummage Sale

MPLC will donate the proceeds from our annual rummage sale this summer to two charities: HOPES Center of Racine

and The Inclusive Bean.

Household items, small appliances, clothing, and other items in GOOD condition are welcome. The sale will take place Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11 from 8:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

If you need assistance dropping off donated items, please bring them to the “back door” (16th St. entrance) on Tuesday, Friday, or Saturday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to noon when volunteers will be on hand to assist.

Items may also be dropped off at the back door during church office hours (Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.). Please ring the bell to alert staff that you need to be admitted, and place items in bins near the door. ALL FURNITURE donations need to wait until the week before the sale, due to space concerns.  

If you would like to volunteer with sorting items in the coming weeks on Tuesday mornings, 9:00 a.m. to noon, please contact Jan Fuller.

We are also looking for greeters, cashiers and other volunteers to help on the days of the sale, July 10th and 11th. Please sign up at the link below.

Dining Out

Hideaway Pub & Eatery

Friday, May 29 at 6:15 PM

Dine out with old friends and meet new ones on Friday, May 29. We'll gather for a fish fry (or your menu item choice) at Hideaway Pub & Eatery, 9643 S. 76th St., Franklin, WI.

For anyone who prefers to carpool, please meet in the MPLC parking lot at 5:15 p.m., for a 5:30 p.m. departure.

Sign up by May 27 at the link below.

Everyone is responsible for their own meal and tip at this event.

New Members to Join MPLC

June 6th and 7th. 

We will welcome a number of new members joining Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church during worship services on June 6th and 7th. If you would like to be included among them, please reach out to the church office or one of the pastors. We welcome all to join God’s mission we share at MPLC! 

Outdoor Worship Service and Potluck

Mark the date for MPLC's annual summer outdoor worship service and church picnic at Pritchard Park, Sunday, June 28, 10:30 a.m. service, 11:30 a.m. picnic.

Pray Without Ceasing 

Wednesday Evenings, 6:30 to 7:00

We will continue this gathering for a few more weeks. Pray Without Ceasing is a prayer movement within the ELCA with a mission of uplifting and uniting communities in prayer, during a time of significant change.

Join us in person at the front of the worship space for this 30-minute time of prayer and faithful conversation.

On Wednesday June 17th, we will pray in remembrance of Emanual Nine, on the eleventh anniversary of the South Carolina tragedy.

For more information about Pray Without Ceasing, visit:

https://praywithoutceasing.world 

MPLC Book Club

The next Book Club meeting will be Sunday May 31st at 11:30 a.m. The club will meet at The Inclusive Bean at 1930 Albert St. in Racine.

The book selection is "The Book Club for Troublesome Women" by Marie Bostwick. All are welcome to join.

 Worship Volunteers for May 30 & 31

• Sun. Greeter: Cindy Green
• Coffee Hour Treats: Pat Green, Elaine Klandrud
• Sat. Reader: One Needed Sun. Reader: Teresa Jacobs
• Sun. Communion Assistants: Karen Magee, Kassie Maier
• Video Producer: Becky Litwin

If you can help, please call the church office or email Becky Litwin.

June Food Pantry Needs

In June, the Holy Communion Lutheran Church Food Pantry is asking for:

• 15 oz. cans of mixed fruit
• 10 oz. cans cream of chicken soup
• 10 oz. cans cream of mushroom soup
• Pkgs of single toothbrushes
• Bar soap

The pantry also needs clean, lightly used plastic and large, brown paper shopping bags. Also appreciated are cookbooks, children’s Bible storybooks, greeting cards, pens, pencils that you won't use, the pantry clients are happy to receive them.

The pantry clients are grateful for your generosity!