Joyce came to Trinity in 1967 and raised her family here.  Over the years she has been involved in a wide range of ministries, including fellowship, circle, sewing and quilting.  She started the annual butterfly release with the Sunday School students.

Joyce worked for many years at Lutheran Social Services of Illinois.  She advocated for LSSI’s work at Trinity and volunteered working with children in Cabrini Green.  Joyce has continued her dedication to LSSI’s work coordinating the Caring Tree here at Trinity every Christmas and Easter.  Since the pandemic, we switched to purchasing gift cards and provide them for over 100 children each holiday.   

When Joyce moved to Oakton Arms, she quickly became a leader and evangelist.  Joyce never misses an opportunity for mid-week worship and always invites others to join us.  She keeps tabs on other Trinity members who live there and keeps us informed about who needs pastoral care.  She gathers a group to worship with us via livestream on Sunday mornings via.

Joyce’s commitment to doing God’s Work, even at age 93 is an inspiration to us all and reminder that we all have ways to serve.

 Thank you, Joyce, for all you do for Trinity!!!

John and his wife, Diane Bermann, have been members of Trinity since 1983 and raised their two daughters here.  Over the years, John has been involved at Trinity in countless ways, including assisting with confirmation and chaperoning youth events when his children were young.  Currently, John changes the message on our outdoor sign, is a key part of lawn and garden crew, and helps set up for events.  He is one of the leaders of the monthly Theatre and Theology group, as well as a part of the Wired Word.  John sings in the choir and is also an usher.

John has a strong commitment to getting the word out about all that goes on at Trinity.  He is our main contact with the local newspapers and distributes flyers for all our events far and wide.  As part of his work with the Green Team, John was instrumental in coordinating the Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge here at Trinity.  He reached out to many area businesses to collect their plastic, which not only helped us win a bench, but also helped our sister churches in their collections as well.  He has been a tireless champion for ministries for young children, both the Trinity preschool in the past and the Little Blue Bear Bulgarian School today.

John is always thinking of better ways to do things and ways Trinity can be more visible in the community.

Thank you, John, for all you do for Trinity!!!

Thank you to everyone who stayed after worship last Sunday to participate in our God’s Work, Our Hands service project.  We put together 92 Blessing Bags for people in need.  We encourage you to take a couple to keep in your car in case you run into people who could use them.  The folks who went to Clean Up, Give Back ended up separating plastic bag donations.  We learned that Clean Up, Give Back collects all the clean bubble wrap from the plastic donations and makes it available to the public for free.  So, if you know anyone who needs bubble wrap, encourage them to contact Clean Up, Give Back and help steward God’s creation through reuse.