The Trinitarian. Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, Newton, Kansas March 2015

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1 The Trinitarian Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, Newton, Kansas March 2015 From the Pastor See You March 6 th Sunday Morning for the second round of the all church meeting. We will meet around the tables once again to hear the outcomes of our first meeting. I think a meeting like this can help us choose our priorities of how we will grow. I am sure you and I are both continuing to pray for how our church can grow. HELP! HELP! I have fallen and I can t get up!! If I owned life alert I would press the button. I am your church mortgage and I don t own life alert; I need your help! I am close, within three years, of being paid off!! I still cost our church $6, a month. Perhaps many of us need to consider giving a payment to the building fund as well as the budgeted offering of the church. As a building I provide you with a great place to worship and beautiful office space, a nursery to care for the littlest members, and a cry room so parents can sit comfortably with their children. I have comfortable heating and cooling and restrooms, and a choir room with robe storage. I know I cost you money, but you are really close to paying me off and retiring my debt. Together we can make sure that I continue to be paid and then we all know our church is really ours and we all had a part in helping to pay this mortgage. Thanks for your help. Thank you to Brad Stephens and his family for their wonderful leadership in the 11:11 worship. It is with sadness that we accept their resignation from this position. They will provide leadership on February 28 and allow us an opportunity to thank them as a family for their worship leadership. We will miss Brad, Shirley, Colin, Sarah, and Darin. They are a talented family! Maundy Thursday: The Thursday of Holy week is when Jesus ate Passover with his disciples, and thus began the tradition of communion. I am inviting you to the first annual Maundy Thursday March 24, 2016 meal and worship here at Trinity Heights. The evening begins at 6:00pm with a meal of pizza and salad and ice cream in the fellowship hall. We will then remember the Passover meal with a short Seder supper which reminds us of how the disciples celebrated Passover with Christ, and then we will finish with communion. We will then process to the sanctuary by candlelight to remind ourselves that each of us as disciples have been called by Christ and each of us have not followed Christ. I am certain that we will be finished with all of what we are doing by 7:20 and yet in that brief time we will have worshiped, eaten and fellowshipped together. I am hopeful that you will make this a must attend event in your Easter plans. Pastor Donna

2 The Christian Education Scholarship Applications The Trinity Heights Endowment Committee has scholarship money available to THUMC members earning a post-secondary education. You may get an application at the church office or on the church website. Applications are due by April 1. Those receiving scholarships will be notified in May of the amount of award. For questions, contact Stephanie Anton at or steph.thumc@att.net. Summer Camps The time to sign up for summer church camps is fast approaching. If you would like to look at the camp information online, you can visit the websites at or Christian Education will fund as great of a percentage as possible within the camp scholarship budget. If you have questions or would like to apply, please contact Stephanie Anton. The deadline for scholarships is April 15 th. Please get your camp information to Stephanie by that date. WOW Kids Wednesday Activities in March March 2 nd & 9 th Continuing our Easter curriculum March 16 No WOW or Activities for children. Have a wonderful Spring Break! March 23 NO WOW or Activities for children- Holy Week March 30 Spring Activities for children

3 NEWS FROM MISSIONS As I plan and seek donations for the Dinner/ Entertainment/Auction, I would like a few ideas from you about items for the auction. The auction is going to be revamped with less baskets and a different approach to auctioning off the baskets. The auction will be just as much fun or more than before. One big item that has been donated is four rounds of golf at Crestview Golf Course in Wichita. All you golfers start saving for this big item! The Dinner/Entertainment/Auction is April 1 st at 6:00 P.M. in Fellowship Hall. Reservations may be made now through March 25 th. Remember you may reserve a table. This is a great opportunity to invite friends to a function/activity/ ministry of our church. Also if you have never heard vocalist Jennifer Lee perform you are in for an awesome concert. Once again Richard Denno s special pork chops plus all the fixings is the dinner menu. Trinity Heights Respite Care is a much needed ministry in our community. I thank all of you that have given to help this ministry thrive and continue serving our clients. Connie Rickard Director Alzheimer s Support Group March 18, and April 15 the Support Group will meet at Asbury Park at 3:00pm in the Lakeside Room at the Assisted Living building. We meet every 3rd Friday. Co-coordinators are Merrill Reber, Harlan and Judy Riggers. We would love to have you come and share as caregivers or just with questions. Those in the early stages of Alzheimer s are also welcome. Plan now to be with us in March. For questions, please contact Harlan or Judy Rittgers. Salvation Army Needs for March The Salvation Army still is in need of personal items: shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothpaste, mouthwash, soap, etc. They are always thankful for any food items, but sometimes we forget about other needs a family has. So please pick up some of these items also. Whenever you are traveling remember to gather the sample items in the motel. These are great handouts for people that come in for help. The food items they do need for March are snack items to hand out and always pb&j. The United Methodist Church GREAT PLAINS AREA Scott J. Jones Resident Bishop As a Conference we continue to focus our time, talents and resources on increasing the number of highly vital congregations in Nebraska and Kansas. One of our resources is the power of prayer. On 3/27/2016 I will be praying for you (Pastor Donna) and the Newton Trinity Heights United Methodist Church. I will be sending an to all of your sisters and brothers and many others inviting them to pray for you on that day. May the Lord bless your ministry and empower all of those you serve to grow in their faith, hope, love and witness for Christ. Confirmation Classes will begin in April 3, and continue through May 15, when we will have confirmation on Pentecost. If you have someone needing to be confirmed let the church offices know so that we can order enough materials.

4 Dear Trinity Heights Brothers and Sisters Let me express on behalf of our residents heartfelt appreciation for the Christmas eve service support that came to Asbury Park. The funds received will go into the Resident Care Club fund that supports approximately 67 individuals living at Asbury Park who have outlived all of their savings. Thank you for your continued prayerful and financial support. Tom Williams Dear Trinity Heights Volunteers, Thank you so much for volunteering at Sunset School! Thank you also to your gracious "families" at Trinity for donating to our Santa Shop so students could buy gifts for their families. All of us at Sunset appreciate all you do!! THANK YOU!! Fondly, Sunset PTO Thank you so much for all your thoughts, prayers, and concerns during Anita s illness and following her passing. Thank you for the generous memorial contributions. The money will be put to good use for the church. A special thank you for everyone who prepared, served, and cleaned up after the meal following the service. It was very much appreciated (and delicious). The Dennis Houdek Family The Mission s Committee want to thank those in our church family who have contributed to help underwrite the cost for Tom Williams to go to Haiti March He hopes to learn and determine if this is a Mission trip for our Church in the future. Thanks again for your generosity. Regretfully we had to cancel our Book Study in February due to Anita s Memorial Service. We haven t set a new time for the study, but we will send out s to everyone when we get the date set. We will have our Board meeting on Sat, March 12 th at 9:00 am at the church. The circle meetings are Elizabeth on March 14 at 6:30 pm and Martha on March 16 at 9:30 am at the church. Everyone is welcome to come to either of these meetings. Come visit us and get acquainted with the ladies. Sedgwick United Methodist Church has invited everyone to a Quilt Show on Sat, March 19 from 10 am to 3 pm. There will be all types of quilts and items that are quilted. This helps fund their Mission projects for the year like our Bazaar. Snacks & appetizers will be served. Judy Rittgers, UMW President Congregation Meeting #2 Sunday, March 6th Congregation Meeting #2 will be held in Fellowship Hall. The meeting will begin at 10:15. The purpose of the meeting is to provide feedback from the first Congregational Meeting and continue to gather additional ideas for meeting our goal of increasing worship attendance by 25 individuals by December 31, 2016.

5 TRINITY HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Report On Feb. 14 Congregational Meeting Prepared by Willis Heck, Chair NEXT STEPS TASK FORCE Purpose of the meeting was to gather information to develop strategies for meeting the goal of increasing attendance at worship services by 25 individuals by December 31, Background information: *Average worship attendance in 2008 was 239 *Average worship attendance in 2015 was 202 *To reach our goal: attendance by December 31, 2016 would be 227 There were 103 people in attendance at the meeting. Three questions were asked / discussed: * How did you become involved with Trinity Heights? * What might be some strategies we can use to increase attendance and grow our church? * What do you think a church could be doing in our community? A sample of comments from the discussion: *I was invited or visited liked the service, church and stayed. *Grew up in the community and church. *Expand our marketing efforts including social media. *Our youth and children s programs need to be strong. *Communicate our willingness to volunteer in the community. *Expand our outreach in the community. A Gentle Fitness Group for Men & Women open to members & friends WOW Menus March 2 Sausage Gravy & Biscuits March 9 Pot Roast Every 11:00am & 4:00pm Trinity Heights Fellowship Hall Leader: Traci Strain Director of the Newton Recreations Wellness Center Certified fitness Instructor & CPR Certified First class is Free! Monday Cost: $8-$12 per month per person Treasurer: Sue Lammers - Make checks payable to Sue - note Fitness Wednesday Cost $8 per month per person Treasurer: Bev English/Shirley Long - Make checks payable to Bev/Shirley - note Fitness For more Information contact Sue March 16 No WOW - Spring Break March 23 No WOW - Holy Week March 30 Spaghetti with Garlic Bread April 6 Sausage Gravy & Biscuits April 13 Chicken Casserole April 20 Hamburger/Hot Dog Cookout

6 March Birthdays Kristi Colvin 3/2 Katie Brenneman 3/3 Lee Cannon 3/3 Ken Rickard 3/3 Cynthia Wyss 3/3 Pat Osborn 3/5 Janelle Sanneman 3/5 Rob Wharton 3/8 Jackie Dalke 3/9 Margaret Hwa 3/9 Derek Webb 3/9 Jenna Gatz 3/10 Ken Stein 3/10 Erin Graber 3/11 Addison Vagts 3/12 Vere English 3/14 Ina Mae Kinkaid 3/14 Lurena Dunn 3/15 Devlin Kealy 3/15 Ashley Lachenmayr 3/15 Steve Wenger 3/16 Melynnie Williams 3/16 Angela Thurston 3/17 Marcia Neal 3/19 Caitrin Kealy 3/21 Donna Mourey 3/21 Caileane Thurston 3/23 Cheyenne Garrison 3/25 Harper Lujano 3/26 Rex Kaufman 3/29 Scout Wedel 3/29 Duane Barker 3/30 Curtis Stubbs 3/31 Community good Friday service 7:00 pm at First United Methodist Church in Newton. Please put this on your calendar. March 25, 2016 Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. Please make your pilgrimage to the sanctuary on Good Friday anytime from 7:00am to 9:00pm to walk through and pray the ten Stations of the Cross. You will walk through ten points at which you will stop and pray and contemplate what Jesus and those present were feeling. March Anniversaries Tim & Melanie Graber 3/21 Dan & Lisa Timmons 3/22 Aaron & Carey Austin 3/31 THUMC CALENDAR... The church calendar can be viewed by going to the Trinity Heights website: trinityheightsumc.org. TRINITARIAN DEADLINE Monday, March 21 for the April Trinitarian HOW TO REACH US... Trinity Heights UMC PO Box 232, 1200 Boyd Ave Newton, KS ( Church THUMC Website: trinityheightsumc.org