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  It's only days away - the Super Bowl, and the Souper Bowl of Caring!  Whether or not you're a football fan, we hope you'll catch the spirit and team up with the HT youth for our 20th annual Souper Bowl collection.  This is a nationwide youth movement, but 100% of what each group collects is sent directly to a local charity chosen by the youth.  On February 3, 2019, two teams will go head-to-head in Super Bowl LIII, while nearly 42 million Americans will be struggling to find their next meal. What if everyone who watched the game gave one dollar or one can of food to those in need?

   

  On Souper Bowl Sunday, all our Holy Trinity youth will ask is that you toss a dollar in our soup pots, but we also have come to know the love and generosity at Holy Trinity.  Last year, the youth decided to break from tradition and donate their Souper Bowl collection to the Pastor's Discretionary Fund - and your donations totaled $723.32!!!!  As if that amazing response from our congregation weren't humbling enough, here's the other jaw-dropper.  There was some nostalgia during confirmation class on Souper Bowl Sunday 2018.  You see, most of the years since 2000 - when Holy Trinity youth started participating in the Souper Bowl of Caring - they have used their collection to shop and shelve for the Catasauqua Food Bank.  Not wanting to give up that tradition, the youth chose to give an additional $200 from their checking account to go shopping and shelving for the Catty Food Bank the Saturday after the Souper Bowl. As of this writing, the youth have not yet selected the recipient of this year's collection...but we look forward to seeing you at the sanctuary doors on February 3rd!

   

  Coming on March 10th:  2nd Sunday refreshments after 10:30 worship hosted by the youth, featuring ballpark-style food and beverages just in time for Spring Training!  Save the date!

   

  And speaking of spring training....I will be away from Saturday, March 16 through Monday, March 25, and will be looking for someone to spend time with the youth during First & Third on Sunday, March 17th from 5-7pm.  If you're feeling the luck o' the Irish restin' on your wee head, see me (Diane Czar) to see how easy it is to be blessed with the company of this motley crew!  Swing into some Bible Baseball to pass the time and share the laughs.

   

  [H]e asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”...Jesus replied,  "Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”   He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” - Luke 10: 29b, 36-37