• Our October 13 spaghetti dinner was a success in so many ways!  Absolutely $0 will be kept by the youth - they committed to splitting 100% of the proceeds between the Pastor's Discretionary Fund ($628) and Coffee with a Cop ($323.15). The winner of the $25 Olive Garden card was Patricia Pilla, guessing 500 out of the actual 530 cards in the lasagna pan! 

  The numbers don't reflect the way that God truly blessed this youth-sponsored, Five Loaves & Two Fish-supported event.  The money will be gone in no time, supporting the 2 neighbor-helping-neighbor funds.  What will last is the community building that took place within our Holy Trinity family and with our guests from the community, including lots of chatter and laughter.  Our small group of youth seemed to mushroom, and all of our volunteers stayed with the task from setup through cleanup, with servers, host, and kitchen crew working the entire dinner with only a short break for their own dinner.  Kudos also go to our volunteers for purchasing a ticket for their dinner, even though they earned a free one! 

  So, at the risk of missing someone, and acknowledging that several volunteers had multiple assignments, here's the roster of those who deserve a huge THANK YOU: host Joe Schwindenhammer (AKA Guiseppe); ticket takers Mady Williams, Brianna Walker, Jackie Williams, and Kim Riedy; servers Dylan Carfara, Lilah Carfara, Ian Thomas, visitors Lizzy Kern and Michelle Kasunic, Amanda Knauss, Jason & Jen Carfara, Paige Miller; chefs Fred Knauss & Pastor Brian; kitchen crew Rick Martson, John Suter, Chris Williams; centerpiece arrangements by Emily Suter; Jill Suter joined us for setup and cleanup (around daughter Emily's homecoming plans!); and of course Luther Itterly gets a warm thank-you for room prep and takedown - Luther was the last to leave the scene of the fun!  Big thanks to those faithful bakers who give our famous dessert bar its glorious reputation: Jill, Paige, Jackie, Jen, MaryAnn Farrand, Cheryl Kneiss, Janice Kresley, Janis Charvala, Linda Wiland, Betty Knauss, Rena Bond, Vicki Chimics, and Sue Marakovits; and to Alicia Kresley who coordinates our bakers.  Always there with our back is our amazing church secretary, Robin McCloud.  And quiet thanks to our 5 "angels" who subsidized multiple tickets - you know who you are - and to the many guests who told us to "keep the change" or who threw extra cash into our donation jar.  Finally, thank you to the Holy Trinity's SCRIP card program for donating the gift card for our "guessing jar"; and to the Weis on MacArthur Road, Giant in Coplay, and Giant in Whitehall for donating gift cards that helped defray our expenses.  If I missed anyone, my apologies...and please bring it to my attention.

  The youth-led pill bottle collection continues.  Things we have learned: bottles must be translucent prescription bottles - solid bottles from, for example, Tylenol, are not accepted; labels must be completely removed, without any sticky residue; bottles must be washed to remove any medication residue.  We ask that you recycle any bottles that don't meet those requirements. Youth are responsible for washing the bottles. Thank you to everyone who keeps bringing the bottles in, and to Nancy Miller who recently hauled thousands of clean bottles to Through These Hands in Slatington.  Want to know more?  See the display/collection area in the Alice Storch fellowship hall or in the hallway outside the church offices.

  Upcoming opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus this fall: 

  • October - Trick-or-Treat in Catty on Wednesday, October 31st, 6-8pm.  This is a different night than trick-or-treat in Whitehall as well as some other townships/boroughs, so plan your homework ahead and come out in full Halloween mode to HT!  Instead of being an unidentified face in a sea of teens out that night, make a choice to be the face of Holy Trinity in Catasauqua!  Put on your costume and makeup and help serve hot dogs and hot chocolate in your church family's neighborhood!  Bring those friends that you were planning to trick-or-treat with!!

  First & Third - includes youth time, from 5-7pm on November 4 & 18 and December 2 & 16 - 

  planning, activities, and of course food, for youth in grades 7-12.

  • Saturday, November 17 - Pancake Breakfast and Thanksgiving Bake Sale - not a youth event, but an opportunity to be part of Holy Trinity's service to the community.  Help serve and cleanup...and bring a baked good for the sale.
    • Saturday, December 1 - Prime Rib Dinner - again, not a youth event, but a chance to give back to your Holy Trinity family by helping with set-up, serving, and cleanup.

  Are there any others 7th grade and up that are hiding out there??  

  As always, rides are available to and from all youth activities as long as you call or text me ahead of time.

  Be sure to check out the new photos lining the wall of the Alice Storch Room to see everything the youth have been up to in 2018!