Worship 8:30 & 10:45 am Solid Grounds 9:00 am Sunday School 9:30 am

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1 S e p t e m b e r 2 6, Friends, When I first met my husband, I was about to turn forty. I confessed to him that I thought I might like to do something rather daring, like get a tattoo. In response, as one of my birthday presents, he gave me a temporary tattoo that read, Vic Snyder for Congress! In July, I turned fifty, and I thought about getting a tattoo again. One of the reasons I hesitate is because I m afraid I could never decide on a design that I d like for the rest of my life. I also wonder if I d have regrets about putting the names of my sons, for example, somewhere. They d love it right now, but later, I m sure, they d think it was gross. Plus, I always think about the reality that, at some point, when aging skin sags, and it comes to us all, then what in the world is that tattoo going to look like and am I really going to want to show it off? Still, it s kind of fun to think about what you d actually put on your own tattoo or series of tattoos since more and more younger folks like to put ink or tats or art, as tattoos are commonly referred to, on any spare skin they can find. Truly, some of the custom designs tattooists produce are amazing. Obviously, tattoos are no longer just for Popeye and sailors. This past week, I was getting a pedicure and noticed that one of the pedicurists had an amazing tattoo of Jesus on her back! I asked if she d mind if I took a picture, and she readily agreed. I had to admire her adventurous spirit in having such a major piece of religious art placed across her back. When we are baptized into Christ s body, we are given a completely new identity. We are given what I like to think is a watermark, similar to the ones that are embedded in paper where one has to hold the paper up to the light in order to see it fully. The only way anyone can see we are Christians is to observe how we behave. Do we love one another? Are we forgiving others? Are we growing in Christ through study of scripture, the means of grace, like Holy Communion, prayer, service and sharing the love of Christ in the world? As you read this newsletter, over thirty Christians from Trinity, including our church staff, are traveling to Church of the Resurrection for their annual Leadership Institute. We will be there from Tues. Sept. 27- Fri. Sept. 30 to gain radically new ways of being faithful disciples and good stewards of Jesus church. Please pray for your team. We will keep you updated on our Facebook page and will share what we learn when we return. I will continue my sermons series, The Christian Bucket List: What Will You Do with The Rest of Your Life? In the meantime, let s all covenant to grow deeper in Christ and to live like we had a visible picture of Jesus on us that all could see. Worship 8:30 & 10:45 am Solid Grounds 9:00 am Sunday School 9:30 am September 18-October 16 Sermon Series: The Christian Bucket List: What Will You Do with the Rest of Your Life? October 2 Climbing Mount Everest Matthew 25:14-30 October 9 The Sky s the Limit Matthew 21:28-32 October 16 The Narrow Way Matthew 26:6-13

2 The meal for September 28 at the Wednesday Night Fellowship is hamburgers and hotdogs at a Tailgate party! Make your reservation by filling out the connect card in the bulletin, or calling the church office at Choir meets at 6:30 pm and the Prayer shawl Guild meets at 6pm on Wednesdays. The menu for Wednesday, October 5 is spaghetti and all that goes with it! The Chrismon Class is on hold for a couple of weeks. Because of circumstances beyond our control, the class on chrismons has been postponed for a few weeks. Those of you who registered will be notified when the class resumes, and others will have a bit longer to decide to get in on the fun. The Trinity Office will be closed from noon Tuesday September 27th through Friday the 30th. The staff is going to Leadership Instsitute at Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. In case of an emergency, you can reach Rev. Betsy at , or Laura Hofman Trinity is looking for some additional volunteers to answer the phones and help with a few office tasks. If you could help for a three or four hour shift, please call Laura Hofman in the church office at Men Welcome! GARDEN GUILD NEWS Have you noticed the renewed flowerbeds at the south entrance of the church? A special thanks to Karl & Carol Meyerdirk for removing the grass, weeds, and rotten tree roots to get the beds ready for new plants and mulch. More thanks go to Karl for transporting the mulch and helping Joe Reed, Lu Smith, Georgiana Soderberg, Darrel Meyerdirk, Jim Geisler, and Carol Meyerdirk dig holes for the plants and spread the mulch. It was a big job and well done. There is always plenty to do and more hands are welcome to join us. We come to work most Thursdays around 9:00AM. Please make sure are doors are locked if you are in charge of an event or meeting on the Trinity campus. Even if someone else is in the building, please lock the doors for which you are responsible. People can always get out. Tee m Up Golf and Fellowship, the 11th annual Hal Price Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Friday, Oct 21, 7am at Country Club of Arkansas in Maumelle. More information can be found at the Welcome Center or by contacting Mark Murphy drmmurphydds@sbcglobal.net or at Proceeds will benefit TUMC Youth & Columbarium. Sermon Available CDs of the entire service are located in the church office. You can also access the sermon by going to our website Click on Resources and then click on Listen/Watch online. You can also get more information about our events, activities, and the sermon on Facebook. Prayers and Presence Prayers Peter Guresky, Clay and Frances Price, Barbara Norman, Georgeann Osam, Alene Adkins, Joe Glancy, Don Wold, Dick Carter, Gerald Ewald, Len Blaylock, Sr., Jo Croft, Molly Lunt, Judy Brooks, Ginny Brumback, Stephanie Chidress, Jim and Wanda Draken, Wallace Hurley, Helen Sangster, Luby Terry, Walter Rogers, Charlotte Miller, Caroline Schaefer, Nannie Ola Carroll, Travis Tunnell, JoAnn Lane, Somali refugees and victims of the African drought, those affected by the hurricane, and flooding Trinity members active in the Military: Dylan Blancett, Will Goggans, Derek Hays. Sympathy is extended to friends and family of Vivian Kraus; to Sid Painter and family in the death of his brother, Tom; to Amanda Denton and family in the death of her father, Robert Wilson Presence and Worship September 18 Sunday School 186 Worship 373 Visitors 70 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Holy Communion is offered in the Prayer Chapel immediately following each service on Sunday morning except on the Sunday Communion is served in worship. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember to wear your name tag each Sunday. If you don t have one or need to order one, please call the church office at Rev. Betsy Snyder :)

3 Trinity Presents Performance Series Cameron Carpenter Sunday October 9, 6pm Tickets Available by calling Forget everything you think you know about an organ concert! Cameron Carpenter has been called The Maverick Organist he is a player with extraordinarily glib fingers and Astairelike footwork...a first-rate talent with a sense of how phrases move.

4 JOHN WESLEY ARRIVES AT TRINITY Each Fall, circuit-rider John Wesley arrives to visit Trinity s annual 3rd grade Bible Boot Camp and Bible Presentation. On Sat., Sept. 17th Lt. Col. Tina Collins, Sgt. Chad Collins, and Sgt. Tara Lane led the young Boot Camp privates through a Bible scavenger hunt, a special Bible story from our Jesus Storybook Bible, and an exercise in teamwork, as well as push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, marching to an original cadence by Sgt. Chad, and a visit to the Ft. Believers Village mess hall to spend well-earned military bucks. On Sunday, Sept. 18th, Rev. Betsy and John Wesley presented NIV Adventure Bibles to 10 third graders--jaina Beard, Olivia Chambers, Carter Collins, Arden Elliott, Jackson Gilbert, Kirby Keel, Carson McCormick, Nicholas Schaefer, Ashlyn Sorrows, and Jackson Waddell. Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) SERVE IN THE TRINITY ALTAR GUILD to Begin at Trinity A weekly open AA meeting will begin at Trinity UMC on The Purpose of the Trinity UMC Altar Guild is: Tuesday October 4, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Searchers 1. Serve as representatives of the church and extendclassroom. According to AA Tradition the group will be selfing appropriate courtesies. supporting, so the new group will pay rent to the church to 2. Prepare chancel area for weekly worship services help offset any expenses it may incur for the Tuesday eveand special services. ning meetings. The meeting format will be a Big Book 3. Provide assistance as needed or requested at wedstudy. The Big Book is the basic text of AA entitled Alcoding rehearsals, weddings, and funerals 4. Decorate the Chrismon Tree and pack the ornaments holics Anonymous, from which the fellowship derives its name. for storage at the end of the Advent season. 5. For their protection, remove paraments when neces- Open meetings are for anyone who is interested in learning sary for special performances in the sanctuary. about Alcoholics Anonymous. Open AA meetings may be If you are interested, please join us on the 4th Saturattended by students, professionals, and other nonday of every other month. We have meetings to discuss members who are interested in learning more about recovour upcoming duties, needs for the Chancel, changes in ery from Alcoholism. procedures and special services. We now have 4 teams The designation of a meeting as open does not change and each team serves for 3 months throughout the year, the meeting s primary purpose which is : Each group has with the entire Guild helping during Advent season to but one primary purpose to carry its message to the alcoprepare the chancel and Chrismon tree. To learn how holic who still suffers. The only requirement AA memberyou can make a contribution to Trinity's Sunday worship ship is a desire to stop drinking. For more information services, please call Joan Nichols [ ] about the new meeting or about AA in general, please call Greg B. at cell or home.

5 Calendar of Events Wednesday, September 28 5:30 pm Wednesday Night Fellowship 6:00 pm Pottery Class 6:00 pm Knitting Guild 6:30 pm - Chancel Choir* Thursday, September 29 9:00 am Craft Circle Friday, September 30 9:30 am Strong Women Saturday, October 1 Sunday, October 2 8:30 am Worship* 9:00 am - Solid Grounds Coffee Fellowship (Martin Hall) 9:30 am - Sunday School* 10:45 am - Worship* 2:00 pm Pet Blessing 5:30 pm Youth Monday, October 3 1:00 pm Line Dancing (Triune) Tuesday, October 4 6:30 am Men s Bible Study 9:00 am Tues. am Bible Study 9:30 am Strong Women 7;30 PM Open AA Meeting (Searchers) Wednesday, October 5 5:30 pm Wednesday Night Fellowship 5:30 pm - Chrismon Group 6:00 pm Pottery Class 6:00 pm Knitting Guild 6:15 pm - Miracle Team 6:30 pm - Chancel Choir* Thursday, October 6 9:00 am Craft Circle Friday, October 7 9:30 am Strong Women (Triune) 7:00 pm Open Door Fun Friday (Walker) Sunday, October 9 8:30 am Worship* 9:00 am - Solid Grounds Coffee Fellowship (Martin Hall) 9:30 am - Sunday School* 10:45 am - Worship* 5:30 pm Youth 6:00 pm Trinity Presents *childcare available **childcare available by request Grief Recovery Sessions Starting October 18 A new grief recovery ministry, helping persons who are coping with loss, will begin Tuesday, October 18 and continue six weeks through December 13 from 6 7 pm or 7:30 pm, depending on the size of the group. The ministry is comprised of 8 weeks (one week off for Thanksgiving) utilizing the resource book, Life after Loss, by Bob Diets. The group will be facilitated by Jo DeWitt who is a retired counselor and new to Trinity. Jo has been attending the Journey Sunday school class, and we are excited about having her lead this much-needed group. Who should attend? If you have had a personal loss such as, a relocation, a job loss, a relation breakup or divorce, or the loss of a loved one, then this group is for you. For more information contact Jo at or jodewitt@sbcglobal.net. To sign up, call the church office at or complete the contact card in worship on Sunday and put it in the offering plate. Rev. Betsy will lead a service of Holy Communion on November 1, the official date of All Saints Day, for the group. Intergenerational Bible Study The Intergenerational Bible Study will be beginning again on Tuesday evenings starting October 18 th at 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm. Once again Jay Sweningson will be leading the study. The last two studies Jay taught were a series on the Sermon on the Mount and the book of Ephesians. This time Jay will be teaching on the book of James. It is a great study and it is so practical in teaching us about things like enduring trials, anger, fighting, controlling our tongues, patience and prayer. This is open to everyone from 6 th grade through adults, ALL AGES are welcome. Come! Be a part! Childcare will be provided upon request. It s bound to be another great, fun, meaningful study and a great time of community as we grow together in the knowledge of Christ! News from the Brady Elementary Partnership Thanks to all the Trinity groups and members who have volunteered to serve as room parents by adopting classes at Brady Elementary! We appreciate each and every one of you: Diann Brumback, Paul Owen, Penny Bussey, Mayne and Judy Parker, Joan Nichols, Beth King, and the Serendipity, Foundations, Open Door, Kindred Spirits, Journeys, Friends in Faith, Transitions, Earthen Vessel, Crossroads, New Beginnings, and Searchers Sunday School Classes. There is still ONE classroom at Brady that has not been adopted. If you would like to work with this great teacher and her 3 rd graders, contact Georgiana Soderberg at or glsoderberg@att.net. Acolyte Training Coming Soon Cord and Cross is the Trinity acolyte program, which now includes children 4th grade and up. If your child is in 4th-12th grade, please complete the Connect Card in the Sunday bulletin to sign up for this important ministry and the upcoming training (date TBA). You can also call the church office at to receive more information. Rev. Betsy will assist in the training.

6 Blessing of the Animals, October 2 Time to bless our animal friends! It s that wonderful time of year, near St. Francis of Assisi s feast day, October 4, when we recall how this Christian friar, loved animals. Please bring your animal friends to be blessed to the Trinity courtyard on Sunday, October 2 at 2 p.m. If you have a deceased pet or a pet that is too difficult to handle, you may bring a photo to place on the altar. St. Francis dedicated his life to serving the poor and the vulnerable. We celebrate his example and his appreciation for all God s creatures. The offering will go to CARE. Pictures will also be taken. Save the date! November 12 and 13 th Central Arkansas Rescue Effort (CARE) will offer Christmas photos with Santa for people and their animal friends at Trinity, in Martin Hall! Times will be announced soon. Contacting your Church Staff Rev. Betsy Snyder David Glaze Paul Owen Jay Sweningson Laura Hofman Judy Gribble Tammy Childress Gordon Kumpuris revbsb@aol.com DAGMusic@tumclr.org powen@tumclr.org jay@tumclr.org laurahales@tumclr.org judy@tumclr.org tammyc@tumclr.org arpaddle@gmail.com Trinity United Methodist Church Main # Rev. Betsy s emergency #