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12 dogs, 2 newborn kittens and a 45 year old box turtle brought their people!
Pets brought their people to the Blessing of the Animals Worship 10/2020
Blessing of the Animals Worship Service Oct. 2020
Blessing of the Animals Worship Service Oct. 2020
Advent
Our Church
HTLC Steeple
Pastor Scottie Burkhalter
Pastor Scottie Burkhalter and his wife, Myra
Dr. Susan Waters
Beautiful Music
Come and walk our Prayer Labyrinth
One of our many community outreach programs
Our choir
Volunteering at Second Harvest Food Bank
- - Target for re-opening is two weeks after moving average is >17.3 YELLOW - -
Update:
Sullivan County 14-day moving average of new COVID cases is back up into the RED zone. Based on the Reopening Guidelines agreed by Council in August, this means that we will continue with DRIVE-IN style worship until the 14-day average (a) drops below 17.4 AND (b) remains below 17.4 for at least 2 weeks (2 Sundays minimum).
Please Click here to go to our Reopening Summary for more detailed explanation.
Our #1 priority is lifting the name of God on high while keeping you safe. Please continue to pray with us for God’s continued guidance as we seek to safely worship each week.
VISION STATEMENT
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is and will grow as an engaging and compassionate Lutheran worshipping community, grounded in the Word, where all are welcome to experience the grace and love of Christ through prayer, service and fellowship.
MISSION STATEMENT
Following Christ and our Vision, we promise to prayerfully live our faith in word and deed. We commit ourselves and our gifts to God’s work of building, blessing and bringing in serving God’s people. We challenge ourselves to focus on the needs of others, service to all and sharing God’s grace. When we do these things, we are Helping Transform Lives in Christ.
Our Motto — Helping Transform Lives in Christ
We are what God has made us – people whom God has created by grace to live in union with Jesus Christ and has prepared to live faithful, fruitful lives by the power of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:8-10). In Jesus Christ, God has reconciled us to God and to each other. As we gather around word and sacraments, this life in Christ is what defines, shapes and guides us as a community of faith, the church.
By God’s grace we can and do live confidently and generously in this community of faith and in service of others, amid the mysteries and paradoxes of this life in Christ – including our human limitations and failings, and the ambiguities, uncertainties and suffering that we experience.
We are Lutheran
We are a church that walks by faith, trusting God's promise in the gospel and knowing that we exist by and for the proclamation of this gospel word. We proclaim Jesus Christ crucified and raised from the dead for the life of the world. As the apostle Paul wrote (Romans 1:16-17), and we echo in our Constitution (2.02), we are not ashamed of this gospel ministry because it is God’s power for saving all people who trust the God who makes these promises. “We are to fear and love God, so, that we do not despise preaching or
God’s word, but instead keep that word holy and gladly hear it and learn it” (Small Catechism). God’s word, specifically God’s promise in Jesus Christ, creates this liberated, confident and generous faith. God gives the Holy Spirit who uses gospel proclamation – in preaching and sacraments, in forgiveness and in healing conversations – to create and sustain this faith. As a Lutheran church, we give central place to this gospel message in our ministry.
We understand to be Lutheran is to be ecumenical – committed to the oneness to which God calls the world in the saving gift of Jesus Christ, recognizing the brokenness of the church in history and the call of God to heal this disunity.
Kingsport, Tennessee 37660
- Providence Medical Clinic of Kingsport
- Friends in Need
- Hunger First
- Kitchen of Hope
- Meals on Wheels
- Salvation Army of Greater Kingsport
- Family Promise of Greater Kingsport
- The Oasis Women's Ministries
- Hope Haven
- CASA for Kids, Inc.
- Stephen Ministries
- Kingsport Community Ministry Center (KCMC). 618 Watauga Ave Kingsport, TN 37660. (423) 378-3722
- SOUTHEASTERN SYNOD
- ELCA
Vision and Mission Update
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Adult Sunday School by Zoom - 6:30 pm Sundays
We are using a Bible Study that is based on current events.
We have a different, and relevant topic each week. Our sessions start with a little visitation, a few minutes of “check-in” to see how everyone is doing. Then, our Bible study lasts about an hour.
Please consider joining us on Sunday even if it’s only to say “hello” and to tell us how you are doing.
Women’s Bible Study by Zoom
Tuesdays 10 AM - Topic: A Bible study by Melissa Spoelstra on Numbers: Learning Contentment in a Culture of More. Contact Loretta Nitschke or the church office for the Zoom invite.
Men's Bible Study / Fellowship by Zoom
Wednesday mornings at 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Topic: Ezra & Nehemiah. Please contact Charlie Nitschke or the church office for the Zoom invite. All are welcome!
HTLC Pandemic Reopening Summary
HTLC Pandemic Reopening Detail Guidance
Drive-In Worship Service Information
Drive-In Worship Service Instructional Video
HTLC is active in our Community.
Serving lunch at the Salvation Army. Cooking and delivering meals for Meals on Wheels every week. We are a Family Promise host church every quarter. Summer VBS with extended hours to help out working families. Backpack drive each fall to provide backpacks and school supplies to homeless children in Kingsport City schools and Dickenson county, VA. Starting in November, we have our Sox & Undies Sundays to collect hats, gloves, underware and soxs to provide for our homeless students program in the Kingsport City schools and Dickenson county, VA schools. We would love to have you come and volunteer in our many outreach programs!
