March 2018 Trinity Trumpeter

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2 Let s Pray: Leaders/ Workers of Trinity : listed on back of Sunday Paper Life of Specific Needs: Ed DeKoekkoek recovery from surgery; Sheri Wieling - treatment for cancer; Jim Tate - cataract surgery; Nancy Louis - foot/ankle surgery; Mary Reaume - health issues; Wyatt Hamstra - recovering from sickness, virus, ear infection, fever; Jayne Wallace - continued pain with hand, surgery Tuesday, 27; Bob Rouwhorst - home recovering from a procedure & Mary Rouwhorst - respiratory/flu-like symptoms; Henry Reyenga Sr - health concerns. Shut-ins and members of the : Bart Bremmer (Robinswood); Dee Drenth (Timberbrook); Stu Engel (Sierra House); Loretta Hoebeke (home); Brian Holzinger (home); Laura Spangler (Christian Haven Home); Dave Kots (Sanctuary); Larry Reaume (Riverside). Members of Trinity: follow your directory Service People: Aaron Aldrich (Engels grandson); Alex Turton (Hendricks grandson); Lucas Plitcha (Weersings so-inlaw); Steve Zimmerman (VanElzelingen s grandson); Noah Baker (Bakers son). Missions: Jason and Sonia Musgrave Hospitality and Events: Small Groups meeting on Sunday and other days of the week - Sunday evening service at 6:00pm. Celebration of Prayer, Praise & Worship - Movie Night 26 - Book Club Celebrate! Community, State, National Needs Happy Birthday Praises: Paul Miles for the beautiful tree in our Prayer Corner Announcements Special Thanks to Mary Rouwhorst, Jan Hendrick, Linda Gerber, Nancy Spyker, and Nancy Louis for planning & preparing the Single Ladies Valentine Luncheon. Special appreciation to Ron Streng, Neil Louis, John Gerber and Mike Leak for serving the meal. Mark your Calendars for our next Movie Night! Plan now for, the movie to be announced later. Watch the Sunday Paper for more details. The Maundy Thursday service will be held on 2 at 7pm. Communion will be served. We hope you can join us! Marriage Small Group Date: Time: 6:00 pm Place: Paul and Gwen s Dinner: Pizza & Salad Bar Looking to learn from all ages! 1 Matthew Prelesnik Lydiah Baker Lucas De La Fuente Mary Musgrave 1 Marcia Ritsema 16 Mary Reaume 30 Jim Tate Happy Anniversary 8 Jason & Sonia Musgrave 20 Jim & Kathy Simmons 23 Ted & Jill Yonker 2 Don & Chris Hajdu 30 Bob & Mary Rouwhorst Easter Flowers will be offered in for Easter Sunday. This year we will be taking orders for Lilies and Tulips. Be watching the weekly Sunday Paper for more information. Book Club will meet on Monday, 26 at 6pm beginning with a potluck. We will be discussing the book Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks. Please remember to use our GREEN PAPERGATOR bin located in the church parking lot. See list of ACCEPTABLE PAPER on the bulletin board, church office window & south entrance door window. Invite your friends, neighbors & co-workers to use our PaperGator bin! Questions? Contact the church office ( ). Last year, we earned $.05 just from your help filling our PaperGator bin! J

3 Prayer Corner You are invited to attend on 6:00pm a CONCERT OF PRAYER, PRAISE, CELEBRATION invitation: Read the listed Scripture; Praise, Celebration, Prayer I Chronicles 16: Matthew 6:13 Psalms 23:6 I Chronicles 16:29 Philippians 2:9 Psalms 19:2 I Chronicles 29: Psalms 100:3 Psalms 3:1 I Chronicles 29:12 Psalms 100: Psalms 57:5 I Corinthians 6:20 Psalms 100:5 Psalms 63: 1 Thessalonians 5: Psalms 103:1 Psalms 8:1 1 Timothy 1:17 Psalms 103: 1-5 Psalms 89: 1 Timothy 6:1 Psalms 3:3 Psalms 89:6 2 Corinthians 9:15 Psalms 3: Psalms 89:7 Deuteronomy 6:5 Psalms 136:-9 Psalms 89:8 Ephesians 1:21 Psalms :2 Psalms 89:9 Ephesians 5:20 Psalms 15: Psalms 92:1-2 Exodus 3:1 Psalms 15:13 Psalms 95:3 Hebrews 13:15 Psalms 15:3 Psalms 95:6 Isaiah 9:6 Psalms 15:6 Psalms 96:3 Jeremiah 10:6 Psalms 16: Psalms 96:6 John 6:35 Psalms :3 Psalms 96:9 Lamentations 3:23 Psalms :6 Revelations 1:8 Jan Hendrick jhendrick@bhhsclydehendrick.com Prayer Ministry Coordinator Jim & Maria Tate tatejw22@gmail.com Prayer Chain

4 Consistory and Staff Retreat Thanks to all of you who prayed for the Consistory and Staff retreat on Saturday, February 17. We re grateful for the 19 people who were willing to invest a Saturday in seeking God for how they can contribute to making Trinity more healthy and fruitful. Need for Renewal In the spring of 2017 we perceived the need for renewal. After seven years of gradual growth modest ministry renewal and fruitfulness, we experienced a down turn in We have lost members and have not been able to sustain some of our church programs. While numbers of worshippers and ministry programs are not the mission of the church, these may be indicators of the spiritual health of a congregation. Praying for Personal Renewal We spent the summer of 2017 praying for personal renewal. A small group of people met during the summer praying for personal renewal. During this time, every member was invited to discern their need for and pray for their own personal renewal. We intend to continue to pray for personal renewal. Each month prayer opportunities will be initiated through our Prayer Team. Leading Congregational Renewal By the fall of 2017, the leaders discerned that we need to not only pray for spiritual renewal, but also lead toward spiritual renewal. Starting in the fall we have been leading spiritual renewal by having gospel conversations. These are meant to confirm either an appreciation for a true saving faith of our members, or the need for a true saving faith. This retreat was dedicated to seeking scripture and the wisdom of wise people about leading Congregational renewal. In addition to prayer and confirming a real saving faith, how might we lead spiritual renewal? We tapped the wisdom of Thom Ranier, the director of LifeWay Ministries. During the past 30 years Thom has led three congregations in a process of renewal, and has surveyed thousands of congregations to gain insight about what really brings renewal to aging congregations. Here s wisdom from the experience of hundreds of congregations like ours that was communicated at this year s retreat. If you want congregational renewal there are four steps you need to take. Step 1: Raise the bar of membership expectation. Step 2: Have a clear process of discipleship. Step 3: Increase your outward focus. Step : Develop Leadership and Relational Skills. Vision in the Driver s Seat In addition, we tapped the wisdom of George Bullard. George has helped congregations understand themselves using the metaphor of a human life. We go through stages of infancy, childhood, adolescence etc. Once a congregation reaches the aging stage of life, it needs to renew or die. The path to renewal requires a new vision. This vision needs to be in the driver s seat of the congregation, taking priority over programs and management. This retreat set in motion a process that isn t done yet. You will be invited into dreaming dreams and seeing visions for the future of Trinity. Stay tuned! The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer, nor those who say they believe in prayer, nor yet those who can explain about prayer; but I mean these people who take time and pray. They have not time. It must be taken from something else. This something else is important, very important, and pressing, but still less important and less pressing than prayer. There are people that put prayer first, and group the other items in life s schedule around and after prayer. - S.D. Gordon

5 SERVANTS OF GOD Greeters (Front/Back Doors) Front: Joe & Arlene Bierman Back: Jim & Maria Tate Front: Neil & Nancy Louis Back: Cal & Mary Garbecht Front: Pat & Suzi McCabe Back: Ron Streng & Lee Trowbridge Front: John & Pat Nickey Back: Al & Jo Hoekstra Opening/Congregational Prayer Neil Louis / Andrew Mueller Wally De La Fuente / Paul Miles Janet Wiessner / Lee Trowbridge Kathy Simmons / Mike Leak Prayer Warriors Before: Bob & Mary Rouwhorst During: Bea Wallish Before & During: Janet Wiessner Before: John Gerber During: Phyllis Reenders Before: Kathy Simmons During: Gwen Miles Children & Worship Chris Hajdu & Allison Mueller Tracy Bremmer Hilary Phillips & Abby Reyenga Chris Hajdu Nursery April De La Fuente & Emma Bierman Allison & Arianna Mueller Leah Noordhoff & Natalie Bremmer Vicki Stroud & Olivia Anderson PowerPoint Daniel Bremmer Matt & Mike Stroud Ted Breimayer Jon Yonker Sound Natalie Bremmer Megan Stroud Paul Bierman Tim Wallace Coffee Server John & Pat Nickey If you are unable to carry out your duties as assigned, please find a sub or trade weeks with another person on the schedule. Please notify the church office with changes for the weekly Sunday Paper. GREAT OPPORTUNITY! Coffee servers are needed for & the following months. Coffee and cookies are provided. Please sign up on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall or call Jill Yonker ( ) for more information. OFFERING TOTALS $, $2, $2,22.00 $2, Needed for 20 weekly budget: $3,627.00

6 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat :30am SS 2-pm DecoTec Meeting -5:30pm Nepali :5pm AWANA & :30am SS -5:30pm Nepali 6pm Celebration, Worship, Praise & Prayer Time :5pm Mission Team 7pm Life Team 1 6-7:5pm AWANA & :30am SS -5:30pm Nepali 5:30pm Movie Night (doors Trumpeter Articles Due :30am SS -5:30pm Nepali 6pm Marriage Bierman s Palm Sunday :30pm Elders 7:00pm Deacons 7:30pm Consistory 26 6pm Book Club 21 8:00am Worship Team 6-7:5pm AWANA & :5pm AWANA & pm Maundy Thursday Service 30 Good Friday 20 3pm Starlite Lanes 5pm Pizza Hut 31