Trinity Lutheran - Staples, MN

06/21/2026

Noah’s Ark was our lesson today. We made banana & peanut butter arks with animal crackers along with gummy lifesavers and a multitude of goldfish. Then we made maracas and the dingers for next months wind chime project. Made a lot of extra dinger in case we have extra kids next month. Things got a little sticky at times but we all had fun.

06/21/2026

"The Word Will Endure" Jeremiah 20:7-13
Divine Worship w/ Rev Paul Koehler

"The Word Will Endure" Jeremiah 20:7-13Divine Worship. Setting Thr...

06/21/2026

Trinity’s Vacation Bible school is scheduled for the 3rd Sunday of each months through the summer with last two stories finished during regular Sunday school.
Starting Tomorrow (sorry about the short notice) from 10:30 to 11:30 or noon. Whenever we finish.
Future dates are July 19 and Aug. 16th 10:30-12:00
Please message us if you plan to attend so we can make sure to have enough supplies and treats.
Thank you And God Bless

06/20/2026

Sermon Text: Jeremiah 20:7-13

You deceived me, LORD, and I was deceived;
you overpowered me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.
Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the LORD has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.
But if I say, “I will not mention his word
or speak anymore in his name,”
his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends
are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.”
But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior;
so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;
their dishonor will never be forgotten.
LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous
and probe the heart and mind,
let me see your vengeance on them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
Sing to the LORD!
Give praise to the LORD!
He rescues the life of the needy
from the hands of the wicked.

06/14/2026

Sermon: “Jesus Compassion” Matthew 9:35-10:8

"Jesus Compassion" Matthew 9:35-10:8Divine Worship Setting One w/ ...

06/14/2026

Sermon text; Matthew 9:35-10:8

Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

06/08/2026

Happy June!🌼Check out our website for April’s calendar of service times, meetings, events, and activities.

06/07/2026

“Jesus Call To Sinners” Matthew 9: 9-13

Jesus' Call To Sinners" Matthew 9:9-13Divine Worship with Rev. Pau...

06/06/2026

Sermon text; Matthew 9:9-13 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

05/31/2026

“God Beyond Us, With Us, In Us” Matthew 28:16-20

Divine Worship w/ Rev. Paul Koehler" God Beyond Us, With Us, In Us...