LLL

Members in picture: Standing--Dave George, Jud Dupy, Frank Rapp, Dennis Nelson, Neal Stuber, Walt Frederking, Norman Jones, Gary Neuschafter; Seated--Lester Timm, Ed Bonin, Al Bosch, Dennis Burmaster, Van Whitmer, Tom Summers. Members not pictured: Charles Adams, Rick Beck, Ken Berndt, Earl Bosak, C.J. Cross, Harvey Disque, Art Erickson, Del Frederking, Henry Ham, Larry Kuder, LaVern Lyon, Daran neuschafer, Jeff Rapp, Robert Rindt, Rocky Sanders, Bob Schaedel, Vern Schepmann, Tom Stanton, & Billy Wing

The mission of the Lutheran Laymen's League, also known as "Lutheran Hour Ministries" is to "Bring Christ to the Nations and the Nations to the Church." We do this with cutting-edge communications on TV, radio, the internet, literature, and viddeo and audio cassettes. We work in 135 nations around the world in 25 languages.

Our local LLL men's group at Trinity has 35 members and meets ten times a year on the 1st Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of fellowship and spiritual uplifting. The two major projects sponsored by our local LLL each year to raise funds for the Kansas District LLL projects and local needs are the Annual Pancake Feed and the Annual Ice Cream Social. The local LLL is celebrating its 50th year in 2002 so we have posted some pictures taken at the 1-27-02 annual pancake feed.

If you are interested in joining our local LLL for Christian fellowship and growth, call the church office for more information or contact one of the members. Officers are:

Being a sponsor of the Lutheran Hour Ministries programs is an opportunity open to anyone. Entry level sponsor plans begin at $25 per year and enroll you to receive the Lutheran Laymen newspaper, along with other publications.

For this special 50th annual Ground Hog Feed, Rocky Sanders displays one of the new aprons for workers while Walt Frederking models one of the aprons worn in the past. It is called Groundhog Day after the sausage (ground hog) which is served with the pancakes. Proceeds go to scholarships given to students studying in church-related fields. With some help from the youth group, there are separate committees in charge of mixing the batter, frying the sausage, flipping the pancakes, serving extra pancakes and drinks, and keeping the tables supplied with warm syrup & butter patties, while keeping on top of cleaning off tables in order to handle the large number of diners.


	Flipping pancakes from right to left is Dr. David George, Walt Frederking, and Alex Andreson. There are two kinds of pancakes served, the regular kind, plus a special buckwheat pancake, which was added about 12 years ago. According to Frederking, the actual recipe is kept a secret and passed down only to select laymen. It's an all-you-can-eat pancake meal with serving from 4 to 7 pm.


Youth helping (back row-left): Erin McDonnell, Crystal Moore, Kyle Schmidt, Stephanie Lantz, Betsy Sanders, & Cody Burger; (front row-left): Erin Moore, Kyle Emme, & Josh Rickman

At the January 27, 2002, LLL Ground Hog Feed, over 600 people were served and $2,500 was raised to be used to help young people enter into the work of the church.

LLL working crew (back row-left): Norman Jones, Jud Dupy, Harvey Disque, Dr. David George, Lester Timm, George Boston, Frank Rapp, Art Erickson, Daran Neuschafer, Henry Ham, Bob Rindt, Ed Bonin, Al Bosch, Van Whitmer, Del Frederking, Alex Andreson; (front row-left): LaVern Lyon, Gary Neuschafter, C.J. Cross, Rocky Sanders, Walt Frederking, Tom Summers, Eric Campbell.

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Lutheran Laymen's League (LLL)