Morning Glories

 Trinity Morning Glories

We are a daytime women’s group here at Holy Trinity.  Our focus is on the spiritual and service to others.  Along the way, we share food, work, laugh, chat and pray together!  Please join us!

Note:  Our meetings will always be the 3^rd Monday at 10:00 (exception: Dec. will be the 2^nd Monday).

Our meeting on Monday, July 15, 2024 had 31 women attend.  Included in that number were Marge Kovacs, a member who hasn’t been able to attend recently and Jackie Simone, who moved away but made sure to come back on her visit to the Lehigh Valley.  Betty Henderschedt played our opening song, “Good Morning, Lord.”  Thanks, Betty!

Betty Henderschedt gave a thought-provoking devotion this month.  Before the meeting she set a small white paper with a black dot in the center at each seat.  Betty asked what we saw on the paper and she was happy when the answers were a black dot and white space.  She explained that the paper was an analogy of life.  The black dot represented the negative thoughts that we get bogged down with, such as hurt, flaws, even deaths.  The bigger white space represented the positive aspects of life, such as helping others or having close friends to share life with.  She read Proverb 27:17 and challenged us to make positive thoughts the bigger part of life, to “share the white spaces.”   

Lois McAllister became aware of Twilight Wish Foundation from Doylestown.  Donna DeQuila, director of Business Development, came to tell us all about it.  Twilight Wish is a non-profit started 21 years ago and has 25 chapters all over the country.  Its mission is to celebrate senior citizens and they have fulfilled more than 6,000 wishes so far.  To qualify for a wish fulfillment, a person needs to be over age 65 and earn less than 200% of the poverty level.  She talked about how Betty’s devotion spoke to her.  She lost her 35 year old daughter and said it becomes easy to get consumed by the “black spot” in life.  That experience led her to quit her full time job and come to Twilight Wish.  While they handle a variety of wishes, Donna explained that about 80% meet basic needs of individuals and 20% are more celebratory.  She gave us some examples.  One basic wish was for a lift chair for someone having difficulty getting out of a chair, making them sleep in it, while one celebratory wish was a 100^th birthday party for a man who had no family left.  Twilight Wish is always looking for referrals.  The Morning Glories had an extra collection this meeting and Donna told us that the $271.00 from it will be used for wishes in Lehigh County.                 

New Business:

A vote was taken and Sue Marakovits will book Rob Ballonoff for next June’s picnic. 

Barb Fister will be the point person to contact WFMZ if our meetings are canceled because of weather in the coming winter months.

There will be a new “job” added to our monthly sign up lists, Kitchen Clean Up.  We are asking for 2 different people each month be in charge of cleaning up after our meal.  That way, we share the work.  Thanks in advance!   

Old Business:

Birthdays: The birthdays for July were acknowledged and each person was given our birthday picture, created by Karen Frankenfield.

Trinity Morning Glories (cont’d)

Turning Point used cell phone collection:  Linda Wiland delivered 13 cell phones, 2 tablets and 1 digital camera to Turning Point.  Turning Point receives cell phones from many sources and this has earned it over $61,000.

Cay Galgon Baby Bottle Campaign:  The campaign wrapped up on June 6 with a total of $1,583.06 collected.  Thanks for all your work, Diane Carfara and Sandi Smith!  

Thinking of You Card Ministry: Once again Sandi Smith and Diane Jones, along with Trevor Smith, filled our tables with cards to sign.  Thanks! 

September 14, 2024 “Murder at the Moulin Rouge”:  Great news!  All 80 tickets for Murder Mystery are sold.  Brenda Ondush is handing over distribution to Ruthann Reinsmith.  The money is due by the end of July.  An “Angel” donated $1,100 as the down payment for the show and another angel donated $100.  We will owe the remaining $410 on the day of the show.  Liz Burda will again do the catering.  We decided to use the same delicious menu from last year:  roasted chicken, roasted potatoes, salad, bread, ice cream and drinks.  We chose The Children’s Home of Easton as our charity.  See below for details. 

Distribution of Offering:  Our donation this month was $294.00 with an additional $58.91 already in our account.  As is our practice, we are giving two $25 Scrip cards to Cay Galgon.  Members voted to put the remaining $302.91 into the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund.

We planned our upcoming meetings for the months of August through January.  We ended with our Edelweiss Song.  This month our menu was meatballs and wraps, salads, desserts and drinks. 

Since Sept. 2008, $77,401.55 has been donated to special causes; this does not include all the non-monetary donations that have been made over the past 15 years which probably equal that amount.

Future Dates:

Monday, August 19, 2024

Devotions:  Diane Jones

Speaker:  Wendy Wright, 6^th Street Shelter – Kathy Nattress, point person

Collection:  new pillows, towels (all sizes), twin size bed sheets, mops, toilet bowl cleaner, 13 gallon garbage bags, 13 gallon trash cans, serving spoons, can openers, pots and pans set, mouthwash, shampoo, conditioner, Q tips, lotion

Food:  Ice Cream Sundaes

Ice cream:  Cheryl Kneiss, BJ Kunkel

Dairy free ice cream or yogurt:  Ann Dreyman

Redi-whip and ice cream:  Vicki Chimics

Toppings:  Michele Kasunic; Caramel:  AnnMarie Overdorf

Redi-whip:  Diane Jones;  Roll-ups:  Linda Heiberger

Peaches:  Lois McAllister; Strawberries:  Karen Frankenfield

Drinks:  Marie Huber and Betty Rabenold

Kitchen Clean-up:  AnnMarie Overdorf and Linda Heiberger

Monday, September 16, 2024

Devotions:  TBD

Speaker:  TBD

Donations:  TBD

Food:  Tacos

Kitchen Clean-up:  Diane Carfara and Ann Dreyman

Trinity Morning Glories (cont’d)

Monday, October 21, 2024

Devotions:  TBD

Speaker:  The Clubhouse of the Lehigh Valley – Linda Wiland, point person

Donations:  TBD

Food:  Hoagies

Kitchen Clean-up:  Diane Jones and Linda Fetters

Monday, November 18, 2024

Devotions:  TBD

Speaker:  Gene Schlegel, Friends of Catasauqua Parks – Sandi Smith, point person

Donations:  TBD – girl/boy gifts, hats, gloves

Holiday Hope Chest Box collection

Food:  Soup

Kitchen Clean-up:  Lois McAllister and Karen Frankenfield

Monday, December 9, 2024 (note:  2^nd Monday)

Christmas Party – Fun Team:  Deb Frey, Paula Kesack, Sue Smale, Deb Daddona

Devotions:  TBD

Donations:  P.J.s for The Pajama Program

Food:  Buffet

Kitchen Clean-up:  Brenda Ondush, Cheryl Kneiss and Vicki Chimics

Monday, January 20, 2024

Devotions:  TBD

Speaker:   Catasauqua Community Cares Program (C3P) – Diane Carfara, point person

Donations:  white socks

Food:  Pizza

Kitchen Clean-up:  Linda Wiland and Linda Fetters

Saturday, September 14, 2024:  5:30

                                                            “Murder at the Moulin Rouge”        

 Ticket sales:  Brenda Ondush/Ruthann Reinsmith – $40/person

Baguettes and butter (check to see if there is enough butter in the church stash):  Judy Connelly

Ice Cream Sundae cups from King Kone: Pat Fried

Rolled wafer cookies:  Janis Charvala

White Tablecloths/purple & red napkins:  Cheryl Kneiss

Centerpieces:  Kathy Nattress

Raffle ticket sales:  Cheryl Kneiss (8 tickets for $5)

Raffle items:  Diane Lindeman, Cheryl Kneiss, Diane Czar, Diane Carfara