Sunday Worship Service

We worship together in person and online every Sunday at 11 AM.
Our worship service is broadcast online via Zoom.
Please contact the church office to receive weekly Zoom invites in your email.

All are welcome!

 

Good Friday Service

Good Friday services will be held on Friday, April 3. There will be an 11 am service that day at Augustana, and a 7 pm service here at TOL.

 

Palm Sunday

This year, we will gather at Augustana Lutheran Church for the Palm Sunday worship service on Sunday, March 29 at 9:30 am. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will be there also. There will not be a worship service at TOL that day.

 

Midweek Lenten Worship

Here is this year’s schedule of Wednesday Lenten soup suppers (6 pm) and worship services (6:30 pm):
 

• February 25 - Abiding Savior, 1534 Ruie Rd, North Tonawanda

• March 4 - Good Shepherd, 2669 Sheridan Dr, Tonawanda

• March 11 - Augustana, 3143 Eggert Rd, Tonawanda

• March 18 - St. Martin's, 322 Old Falls Blvd, North Tonawanda

• March 25 - TOL
  
   

Mission of the Month: March 2026

Pastor Sohail and the South Asian Worship Community. For the month of March, our focus will be on Pastor Sohail and the South Asian Worship Community, which began in 2023. It is a mission start of the ELCA and serves people whose languages of origin are Urdu and Hindi. The monetary donations will be received to help their ministry evangelize and grow. Please mark gift with South Asian Worship.

 

Adult Education

Charlie Schmidtke begins his next series of adult education in September. The classes begin at 1 pm, in person and on Zoom. The focus this year will be Places and Writings of the Early Followers of Jesus. The next two classes are as follows:
 

• Monday, March 16:  Ephesus - Paul

• Monday, March 30:  Alexandria and Byzantium
  
   

Sandwich Ministry

TOL's Sandwich Ministry team prepares 100 sandwiches per week for Friends of Night People. If you’d like to get involved, please see Sharon Wall or Lanny Repman.

 

Grief Support

For those who have experienced the death of a child or grandchild.  We meet the first Tuesday of each month, next on Tuesday, February 3. The meetings begin at 10 am until 11:30.

 

Friends of Night People

To help keep their clients warm during the upcoming cold weather, they are asking for donations of blankets, sleeping bags, hoodies, jackets, hats and gloves. Please bring your clean used or new items; they will be delivered to Friends of Night People, along with the sandwiches, each week.

Thank you for your ongoing support of this important mission!

 

Operation Christmas Child

We are collecting items for this year’s shoeboxes throughout the year. There is a list of items needed in the Trinity Tidings and a collection box in the narthex for your items. Thank you for your continued support.

 

Worship with us on MeTV!

If you are unable to join us for in-person or Zoom worship on Sundays, Lutheran worship is available on Cable TV channel 5, MeTV, Sundays at 10:00 am. “Church Unleashed” is run by local Lutheran Pastors Beigner, Griffiths and Smith.

 

Food Drive

We are so grateful for all your donations. We will continue to accept grocery donations of non-perishable items, such as: ​

• Soups and other canned goods (vegetables, tuna, beans, etc.)

• Peanut butter, jelly, pasta sauce, applesauce Breakfast items: cereal, oatmeal, grits, granola bars

• Boxes of pantry staples: instant potatoes, rice, mac and cheese, pasta, ramen noodles (Please check food expiration dates before donating.)

• Paper goods (toilet paper, paper towels, etc.)

• Personal care (feminine hygiene products, bar soap, shampoo, toothpaste, diapers, etc.)

• Gift cards for Tops or Wegmans.

• Food items can be dropped off here at TOL Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. – noon by entering through the far-left front door, where the elevator is situated, and placing the bags of groceries in the bins provided there. Thank you for your generosity!