Trinity has hired Christy Hanson to serve as the new Director of the Trinity Preschool. Christy Hanson is married to Scott and they have four children: Whitney, Max, Faith, and Bella along with their fur baby, Mia. Whitney, Max, and Faith are in college and Bella is a 6th grader at Owatonna Middle School. Their … More Christy Hanson to Serve as the new Trinity Preschool Director
Hello friends, Beginning tomorrow, January 12, 2022, Trinity is instituting a mask mandate for people within our building. This mandate will last for two weeks. Unfortunately, we have all watched the number of COVID cases in our community spike in recent days. (Influenza cases are on the uptick as well.) We have all heard of friends … More 2 Week Mask Mandate at Trinity
When I think of Christmas, I often think of car trips. I think of packing up suitcases and sleeping bags. I think of laundry baskets full of Christmas presents for the cousins, that go into the station wagon. I think of my brothers and I, loading into the back, rear-facing seat of the Ford Country Squire (complete with … More Where Heaven Meets Earth
Dear friends, Brenda Jensen, who has served faithfully as the Director of the Trinity Preschool will be stepping down from her position at the end of the 2021-2022 school year. “For 24 years, Brenda has been an important part of the lives, the development and the faith of literally thousands of children in our community” … More Brenda Jensen Stepping Down as Preschool Director
A question I wonder about a lot is: “When God imagines Trinity in the days to come, what does God see?” Our leadership has spent a lot of time thinking…and praying about this question. We are confident in our mission, (Remember the mission? “Through Jesus’ love we welcome, connect, learn and serve.”) But what does it look like to be … More God’s Vision for Trinity
Hello friends! This past weekend, we promised you that we would let you know as soon as possible how the new (and unexpected) COVID and mask guidelines would affect our life together as a congregation. Our leadership teams have met and formulated new plans for Trinity and a timeline moving forward. Of course, if we’ve … More Trinity’s Updated Mask and COVID Policies
We do it without even thinking about it. Somewhere between 12 and 16 times a minute, our chest contracts and then expands, and our lungs fill with air. The lungs extract oxygen, which our body uses to pump our blood, move our limbs, and power our thoughts. We do this over and over, from birth, … More Breath of Life
And God said, “it is good.” It is good. It is amazingly, astonishingly, good. And we are the beneficiaries of this goodness. The scripture tells us that there is an author, a creator, and that the creator is good. The creator is the source of all things good. The Hebrew word for God is Elohim…Elohim … More Created Fresh
On Sunday, a new book chronicling the 100 year history of Trinity Lutheran Church will be released as a part of the Trinity100 Festival Worship service. Let Us All Be Builders, written by Marla Holt, tells the story of the determined group of people who founded what was then knows as “Trinity English Lutheran Church.” … More “Let Us All Be Builders” Releases Sunday
Today is the day! 100 years ago this evening, a group of about 60 people gathered in the Universalist Church building in downtown Owatonna and decided that it was time to form a new church. Up until that point, the Lutheran churches in Owatonna offered worship or confirmation in only Danish, German or Norwegian. The … More Today is the Day! Happy Birthday…To Us!
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