The 5th grade religion class was studying the Lord’s Prayer and Lord’s Supper this quarter. We ended the quarter with a Seder meal, which is the Passover meal in which Jesus gave the Lord’s Supper on the last night before He died on the cross. During the 
Passover at probably the third cup of blessing he gave bread and wine and announced to the disciples that they were receiving His body and blood. It would have been quite a shock after about 1300 years of Passover tradition to hear this. The Seder meal give the context of the Lord’s Supper.
Because of the help of all the parents the meal came together really well. I was concerned about the amount of time we had since a full-blown Seder meal can take 
three hours. Needless to say, we had to edit the amount of content to fit our 45 minute class period. What amazed me most was that everyone was willing to try each of the different foods!
I will miss teach the fifth grade, what a great bunch of students. Thanks to the parents 
who helped with the food items and to Mrs. Dilley who participated in the meal.
Paul Krueger brought is writing class to Higher Ground today. The occasion was the reading of poetry performed and often written by the students. Higher Ground was the host, a local coffee shop in Wahiawa. Thanks to Higher Ground, Mr. Krueger and our creative students. I was so inspired I scrawled a thread on a napkin. Lots of fun!
To see some of the original works click here >> poetry
Trinity had over 70 runners this year at the NIKE FUN RUN on Sunday. They raised over 1,000 dollars for our PE and athletics program at school. Since they met the goal of 1,000 dollars, Mr. Gavin happily shaved his head and made sure to wear a hat for the race… Highlights from the race were; Aaron Calabrese winning the Lutheran School Challenge by finishing first and winning Trinity the first annual Nike Run LSSL trophy; Noah Ballaibe wasn’t tired after the 5k race, so he raced the mile with his sister Emma too; Sara McCaffrey just got her cast off her broken leg and walked the 5k in her walking boot; and thanks to all the students who stopped by our tent and said hi. After the race, about 25 students and parents gathered at the park and had their own worship service after the race while they enjoyed the free Jamba Juice and each others fellowship. Thanks to everyone that donated their time and money and made the first worship service at the park a success. See you all there next year!
Taylor Gavin, Athletic Director at Trinity, challenged the students to participate in the Nike Fun Run this Sunday and made a bet that if they could have 70 participants from Trinity then he would shave his head. Trinity exceeded that number (had Trinity reached 100, Mr. Gavin would have shaved his eyebrows too). Here’s some pictures of the event.
The Rotary Club of Wahiawa and Waialua represented by Marcia Peterson and Linda Sato presented the third grade class with student dictionaries today. The student dictionary effort is part of a Hawaii-wide Rotary literacy program. The students especially enjoyed seeing (but not reading) the longest word in the English language. The Rotary hopes that students are encouraged to use their dictionaries to strengthen their vocabulary and prepare them for the world of communication.
Thank you Rotary!!
A&B Electric is helping fix an electrical problem today by running a new wire to the meter. The wire stopped working in what the electricians believe was a failure caused by corrosion or a collapse in the conduit. We appreciate your understanding as we quickly work to correct this problem.
A&B helped last year with an upgrade to our campus by adding outlets, see article here >> More Power
Trinity was treated to songs from the handbells this Sunday. Also Noah and his ark visited, Noah literally built a 20 foot ark during the play. What a neat production! Parent, send me some good pics 
The preschool classes have been learning about community helpers this quarter. On Friday they had the opportunity to travel by city bus to the Wahaiwa firestation and then up to the library for storytime. Firefighters, Librarians and City Bus drivers all helping our community work together for our safety and support. Thanks to the teacher and parents who came together to make this a great outting!
The Hawkins family was transferred to the east coast this year. The wrote to share that opportunities are taking them to Germany. Reprinted with permission, here’s their update.
Hey Pastor Shawn,
It has been a crazy year here! We have really enjoyed it here– all the DC attractions and being near family– but Northern Virginia just isn’t for us. I think that Hawaii spoiled us. The pace and stress level here is just not good. Chip started looking around for other opportunities and Germany became the best option.
We will be living in Stuttgart, and I think we have already found a house. Ashley will finish her semester and then join us there. She is thrilled! All she wants to do is travel! The boys are both really excited, too. If they had not been, it would have been difficult to justify moving them again, but they have both been onboard from the beginning.
Anyway, we are all really excited. We sold our house in 12 hours for our asking price. We close in a couple 
of weeks and have movers scheduled for September. My head is spinning a bit, but we all agree that it seems meant to be.
Germany is beautiful, and the people are so nice! We were driving back from Heidelberg on our last Saturday there on back roads through all of these great villages. In one, all the roads were MelanchthonStrasse, etc. We turned a corner and drove right past Philip Melanchthon’s birthplace– there was a big statue of him out front. Amazing! Chip loved it, almost drove off the road!
We are really looking forward to exploring all of the history there and going to church in the city. I was in Stuttgart one day while Chip was at work and went into the Evangelische Kirche (Lutheran Church) in the center of town. Beautiful architecture from the 11th century. Southern Germany is a Lutheran stronghold so most all of the churches were protestant churches during the Reformation and are Evangelsiche/Lutheran now. Anyway, the organist was playing this unbelievable pipe organ, and all of the songs were the hymns that we sing every Sunday. I just LOVED it. It is hard to explain how cool it was to feel completely at home in a country that I had never been to before and where I can’t speak the language (yet!).
We do miss all of you guys in Hawaii.
God bless you, Pastor!
Kelly
The 5th grade religion class was studying the Lord’s Prayer and Lord’s Supper this quarter. We ended the quarter with a Seder meal, which is the Passover meal in which Jesus gave the Lord’s Supper on the last night before He died on the cross. During the 
Passover at probably the third cup of blessing he gave bread and wine and announced to the disciples that they were receiving His body and blood. It would have been quite a shock after about 1300 years of Passover tradition to hear this. The Seder meal give the context of the Lord’s Supper.
Because of the help of all the parents the meal came together really well. I was concerned about the amount of time we had since a full-blown Seder meal can take 
three hours. Needless to say, we had to edit the amount of content to fit our 45 minute class period. What amazed me most was that everyone was willing to try each of the different foods! 
who helped with the food items and to Mrs. Dilley who participated in the meal. 
