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1 March 2017 Trinity United Methodist Church Merchantville, NJ Pennsauken United Methodist Church Christian writer Kathleeen Norris tells the craziest story about the bible in her book, mazing Grace: Vocabulary of Faith. Norris recalls a conversation she and her husband once had in a local steak house with one of their South Dakota neighbors, a grandson of dirt-poor immigrants who now owned several thousand acres and bought new cars for his family every year; a man who had now begun treatment for a probably terminal cancer. That night this man of few words who usually spoke about business when he did speak, began telling about receiving a wedding gift, many years before, from his devout grandfather. Norris says: His wedding present to rlo and his bride had been a bible, which he admitted he admired mostly because it was an expensive gift, bound in white leather, with their names and the date of their wedding set in gold lettering on the cover. I left it in its box and it ended up in our bedroom closet, rlo told us. But, he said, for months afterward, every time we saw grandpa he would ask me how I liked that bible. The wife had written him a thank you note, and we d thanked him in person, but somehow he couldn t let it lie, he d always keep asking about it. Finally, rlo grew curious as to why the old man kept after him. Well, he said, the joke was on me. I finally took that Bible out of the closet and found that granddad had placed a twenty-dollar bill at the beginning of the Book of Genesis, and at the beginning of every book over thirteen hundred dollars in all. nd he knew I d never find it. This Lent I want to invite you to read the Bible, at Trinity. Each Wednesday evening we will begin with a light soup supper and then gather for the study. We will be examining the accounts in the Gospels and other places in the New Testament that tell about Jesus death and resurrection. March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 pril 5 pril 13 sh Wednesday Service at Trinity 7:30 pm Holy Week in the Gospel of Matthew Soup and Study 6:30pm Holy Week in the Gospel of Mark Holy Week in the Gospel of Luke Holy Week in the Gospel of John Holy Week in the New Testament Holy Thursday Service at Pennsauken 7:30 pm eading the bible prayerfully and studying with other believers are essential spiritual practices for Christians, and prayer, worship, witness, and works of mercy, justice, and love are our other most basic practices. ll depend on listening to God through God s word. Join us this Lent. May God give us grace to open wide the scriptures and find treasure far beyond price. The grace and peace of Jesus Christ our Savior be with you, Pastor Walt

Message from the Finance Committee of Trinity I hope everyone has begun the New Year in good health and with great optimism for the year ahead.

s we began the New Year, however and began making financial projections for 2017, the Finance Committee determined that some efficiencies needed to be made in the operation of the church.

or our ministries. However, I want to make sure everyone is aware of them.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. lthough her days might be a little different, this is similar to the schedule she keeps in the summer months.

This relieves us of the need to retain, and pay for, substitute organists as Doc is able to play the piano. Finally, rather than retain a sexton devoted solely to the church, we have asked. Mr.

Pastor Walt and Peter Johnston from our Board of Trustees will be pitching in to take care of other needs, and from time to time they may also be looking for some volunteer assistance.

2 Message from the Finance Committee of Trinity I hope everyone has begun the New Year in good health and with great optimism for the year ahead. We, too, are optimistic about Trinity and all the good things that continue to take place here. s we began the New Year, however and began making financial projections for 2017, the Finance Committee determined that some efficiencies needed to be made in the operation of the church. These changes, which were made in conjunction with Trinity s Staff Parish elations Committee and approved by the church s dministrative Council at its last meeting, should not affect worship services or our ministries. However, I want to make sure everyone is aware of them. In particular, if you would like to reach Cindy in the church office, please be aware that she will now be working three days a week rather than four. She will be in the office from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. lthough her days might be a little different, this is similar to the schedule she keeps in the summer months. We have also asked organist Helen Carrell and choir director Doc Maddison to coordinate their vacation schedules over the summer so that one or the other of them is at worship every Sunday. This relieves us of the need to retain, and pay for, substitute organists as Doc is able to play the piano. Finally, rather than retain a sexton devoted solely to the church, we have asked. Mr. Johnny, who works as both a janitor and assistant teacher for our child care center, to spend some time on Mondays and Fridays attending to cleaning the bathrooms and chapel area. Pastor Walt and Peter Johnston from our Board of Trustees will be pitching in to take care of other needs, and from time to time they may also be looking for some volunteer assistance. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we move forward with these changes. Sincerely, Cece Torok, Chair Finance Committee March 8, 15, 22, 29 & pril 5. at 6:30pm ll members of Trinity and Pennsauken UMC are invited to join Pastor Walt for Soup & Lenten Bible Study on Wednesday evenings at Trinity UMC. Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities at Trinity UMC Sunday Morning (You may choose the date(s) that you are able to serve.) Greeters: rrive a few minutes early to welcome members and visitors to worship. sign-up sheet can be found on the bulletin board in the chapel or speak with Pat Shockley. Fellowship Hosts: Provides snacks (store bought or homemade). Sets up serving table with plates, napkins, forks, etc. and cleans up after fellowship time. More than one person/family may sign up for the same day. sign-up sheet can be found on the bulletin board in the chapel. Worship Leaders: Leads the congregation in opening part of worship. The information can be provided to you prior to the service. Call Debbie Curcio for more information or to schedule a date to serve. Multimedia Techs: dvances the slides of the PowerPoint presentation during worship service. Easy training can be provided. Please speak with Pastor Walt or Peter Johnston. Other Opportunities: Newsletter: Help get the newsletter ready for mailing one Friday afternoon a month. Please contact Cindy at the church office or office@gotrinity.org if you re willing help. Holiday Mailings: Help out occasionally by stuffing and stamping envelopes. Contact Cindy at the church office to let her know you re willing to help. Church Cleaning: Help with general housekeeping chores to maintain cleanliness of the church. Please speak to Pastor Walt about your availability. Yard Clean-up: Plan to come out and help clean up the church grounds on Scout/Trustees Cleanup Day Saturday, pril 8th from 9:00am - noon. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 sh Wednesday Service March 1st at 7:30pm at Trinity UMC Looking ahead to Holy Week Palm Sunday - pril 9 Holy Thursday Service - pril 13, Good Friday Breakfast - pril 14,

long with Spring we will move into the season of Lent. There will be an sh Wednesday service at Trinity on March 1st.

3 The Lighthouse/Tidings Newsletter March 2017 Pennsauken & Trinity United Methodist Churches Hello Trinity With a few exceptions, we have experienced a pretty mild winter. Sure we've had a few bitterly cold days with strong wind gusts but compared to some of the winters in our not too distant past, we made out pretty well. long with Spring we will move into the season of Lent. There will be an sh Wednesday service at Trinity on March 1st. Pastor Walt will be holding a Bible Study every Wednesday evening through Lent at Trinity UMC. The Holy Thursday service will be held in Pennsauken and the Women Serving Together Good Friday Breakfast will be held at Trinity. More details on all of these services and studies will be available either in this newsletter or during services in the coming weeks. We will also be offering a selection of Easter Flowers to decorate the sanctuary on Easter morning. There will be order forms in your bulletin beginning in March but if you aren't able to attend services but would like to order flowers, please either contact me by calling or ing me at "sewanso@comcast.net". You can also call the church office or send an to "office@gotrinity.org". n Easter Lily with 3-4 blooms, Tulips with 8-10 Blooms, Daffodils with 6-10 Blooms or Mini Daffodils with Blooms will cost $10.00 each. The Pansy Bowls with tulips in the middle will be available again at a price of $15.00 each. We will also be accepting financial donations in honor or memory of a loved one. Your dedication will also be included in the list. If you have a preference, please let us know where you would like your donation to be used or if it can be used on an as needed basis. Please place your order by pril 2nd. Sue Summers has done a wonderful job leading our adult Sunday School class but now that she is taking on other leadership roles in the church, Doc Maddison has offered to lead the discussions on Sunday mornings. When I'm setting up for fellowship or communion and I hear the discussions going on in the classroom, it's obvious that they are enjoying themselves. Thank you Sue, for your years of service and thank you Doc for adding this job to your resume. I want to thank Michael Hall for his years of service taking care of the church building. I always appreciated his help decorating the sanctuary for the holidays. If you find you have some free time, I'm sure Cindy could use a hand folding our Sunday bulletins and/or preparing our newsletter. With her shortened schedule, we need to be sure she has the time to get everything done. Cindy, please let us know when you need an extra hand and again, thank you for always going above and beyond. You truly are a blessing to this church! Thank you again to all who participate in the service by serving as Greeters, Worship Leaders, running the slide show and sound system, and helping with snacks and clean up for our fellowship time. Pat Shockley has agreed to find volunteers to serve as greeters each Sunday so please either talk to her or sign the volunteer sheet. Thank you, Pat, for your help! s we go through this Lenten season. my prayer continues to be, May God Bless Us, Everyone! Debbie Curcio, Worship Committee Chairperson Community Servant Trinity UMC Food Pantry Wednesday - March 8th 10:00 am - 12:00 noon Canned meats and cereal are needed! s always, all non-perishable food and monetary donations are accepted and appreciated. ************************* The purpose of this ministry is to reach a little further out into our surrounding community. Please plan to join in by participating and/or volunteering on Fridays! ll activities will be held in the Wesley Hall at Pennsauken United Methodist Church from 10am 12pm. Hope Mobile Food Bank Ministry ~ 1st Friday of the Month ~ ssistance with food for those who meet the qualifications as set forth the by the Food Bank of South Jersey. Community Luncheon hosted by Haddonfield UMC ~ 2nd Friday of the Month ~ We will serve out of our kitchen to those in our community. Clothing Ministry ~ 3rd Friday of the Month ~ Our ongoing Clothing Ministry has grown in popularity! Once a month, people from the community are able to shop our bins and racks of clothing. Fellowship & Gathering ~ 4th Friday of the Month We will join with those of our community for a time of fellowship and gathering. Light snacks will be served. This will be a time to offer Bible Studies, devotional studies, exercise class, games, crafts etc. Prayer Chain equests If you or a loved one is in need of prayer and would like to be added to the prayer chain please contact: t Pennsauken UMC - Jean Plasket t Trinity UMC - Pat Nelson Music Ministry Choir ehearsals at Pennsauken UMC - 11:00am - 12 noon each Sunday morning. at Trinity UMC - Thursday evenings at 7:30pm. The Handbell Choir meets for rehearsals on Thursdays at 6:30pm at Trinity UMC. Interested in joining the choir? Please speak with Catherine de Laurentis at Pennsauken or Doc Maddison at Trinity.

(Women Serving Together) Our Bible study will meet on Thursday, March 2nd at 9:30 am in the Trinity Church Library. ll women are invited to join us.

Looking head: WST Good Friday Breakfast will be held Friday, pril 14 in Trinity's Chapel.

Please contact Jessie Welty (609) 876-9075 if you would like to join them for delicious food and fellowship!

Fellowship Time at Trinity Join us for fellowship and light refreshments in the chapel following Sunday worship services.

4 The Lighthouse/Tidings Newsletter March 2017 Pennsauken & Trinity United Methodist Churches educing Food Waste Sisters of Joy & Community March 14th & 28th 10am - 12pm (In the Yellow oom of Pennsauken UMC) Please join us for a time of discussion, support, guidance and fellowship. ll women of the churches are invited to attend! W.S.T. (Women Serving Together) Our Bible study will meet on Thursday, March 2nd at 9:30 am in the Trinity Church Library. ll women are invited to join us. Our WST breakfast meeting at Pennsauken Country Club is scheduled for Saturday, March 18th at 8:30am. We will be planning our Good Friday Breakfast. ll women are invited. Looking head: WST Good Friday Breakfast will be held Friday, pril 14 in Trinity's Chapel. Fellowship ise & Shine Breakfast Club The ise & Shine Breakfast Club is continuing to meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 8:30am at the Penn Queen Diner in Pennsauken. Please contact Jessie Welty (609) if you would like to join them for delicious food and fellowship! Fellowship Café at PUMC Sundays, 10:30am (following service) Yellow oom Join in a time of fellowship and a delicious home cooked meal. Fellowship Time at Trinity Join us for fellowship and light refreshments in the chapel following Sunday worship services. The communion offering at Pennsauken UMC this month will be used for One Great Hour of Sharing. If you would like to help s cut down on printing and mailing costs please consider switching from our paper to our newsletter mailing list. It s simple to do. Just send an to the church office office@gotrinity.org and let us know. Please include the word newsletter in the subject line. In the US, we waste 30-40% of our food supply. ccording to the USD about 90 billion pounds of food go uneaten each year. What can you do? Plan meals. Creating a weekly menu not only saves time and energy, it ensures that you buy only what you need for the week and prevent you from buying foods that my end up going to waste, which saves you money. Use as much of your ingredients as you can, and be creative. Use some of your vegetable scraps to make broth. Learn how to store fruits and vegetables so they stay fresh longer inside or outside your refrigerator. Freeze, preserve, dehydrate or can surplus fruits and vegetables - especially abundant seasonal produce. Many fruits give off natural gases as they ripen, making other nearby produce spoil faster. Store bananas, apples, and tomatoes by themselves, and store fruits and vegetables in different bins. Wait to wash berries until you want to eat them to prevent mold. If you like to eat fruit at room temperature, but it should be stored in the refrigerator for maximum freshness, take what you ll eat for the day out of the refrigerator in the morning. Use airtight containers and chip clips to keep foods fresher. Compost in your back yard Take stock before you shop, make a list of what you intend to purchase Split the dish when eating out to avoid waste, unless you take home the leftovers and eat them. void clutter in the refrigerator. Practice FIFO - first in, first out If you think some foods might go to waste, add them to salads, casseroles, soups, or stir frys. Donate nutritious safe foods to the food pantry. Monitor what you toss, and develop a plan help prevent this in the future. If you find you are throwing out unused fresh produce, buy frozen vegetables and fruit, dried fruit, canned fruit packed in it s own juice, low sodium canned vegetables. Buy a smaller quantity of fresh produce, until you get better at planning and buying only what you will need or use. Barbara Wilson, D March at Trinity Meetings 7 th - Board of Trustees - 7:30pm 21 st - Church Council Mtg. - 7:30pm

5 Birthdays 1 Elena Torok 4 Stephen Taylor Mia Griffith 5 Edna Cole Colin O Shea 6 Mercy Gaisie 10 Jamie Hendricks Ekene Ezeiruaku Carley Bird 11 Claudia Buderman Betty Herrera 12 Frank Shockley Evelyn Petrie 14 Dave rber Sr. 15 Pat Goodwin 16 ichard Ingram Moses Jones 18 Dorothy Harris lex Herrera Christopher Edwards 27 Betty Slater Look who s celebrating! nniversaries Kofi ssan & Mercy Gaisie yan & Jonelle O Shea Steve & Eurdine Moulier Bill & Elizabeth Taylor B I T H D Y S & N N I V E I E S M C H sk the UMC is new answer site Do you ever have questions about The United Methodist Church? nswers to many church-related questions are on UMC.org, the denomination's official website, under the "What We Believe" tab on the FQ page. There you can find answers to questions regarding United Methodist beliefs, structure, service and resources. new page, "sk the UMC", is now available on the FQ page. It answers questions that are more general in nature, or as Vicki Wallace says, "Topics that may be more interesting than the more commonly asked questions." Wallace is director of InfoServ, the information service at United Methodist Communications. Questions currently posted include "Does The United Methodist Church have a position on Halloween?" "Does the church have an official Bible?" and "Do United Methodists believe in saints?" If you have questions check out the new page by following the steps above. You may find that your question has already been asked and answered. If not, you may submit your questions by going directly to eprinted from the January-February issue of Interpreter Magazine Trinity Child Care Center Quality child care serving ages 2 1/2-6 yrs. Safe - Clean - Nurturing Environment Trinity s New Church Office Hours Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays 9:00am - 1:00pm Phone: office@gotrinity.org ******** Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 12th at 2 am Don t be late for church. emember to set your clock forward one hour before going to bed on Saturday, March 11th. ENOLLING NOW! ffordable Weekly ates We accept WorkFirst New Jersey (WFNJ) & New Jersey Cares for Kids (NJCK) vouchers. For more information or to arrange a visit call: Juanita Wilson, Childcare Director Hours of operation: Monday - Friday 7:00am - 5:30pm

Instructions: Find and circle the words from the list. Words may be forward, backward, vertical or diagonal within the puzzle. Memory- Improvement- Tips.

6 Instructions: Find and circle the words from the list. Words may be forward, backward, vertical or diagonal within the puzzle. Memory- Improvement- Tips.com Copyright 2015 HarperCollins Christian Publishing Bible Scramble Unscramble the letters in each word to discover the passage. EH TTH TSSPIHEED SIH ONIHGEB TSNNIHE: UTB EH TTH THH YMEC NO EHT POO, YPPH SI EH. OD YTHE TON E TTH VSIEED VLIE? UTB YMEC ND UTTH SLLH EB OT TMHE TTH VSIEED OOGD Bible DINGBTS The Say What You See Bible rebus puzzles. Phrases, names or sayings linked with the Bible cunningly hidden in cryptic ways. They are also known as WHTZIT? in the US. The answer can be hidden in many ways. It could be the size, or position, or direction. Sometimes it's the number or the picture that will give you the solution. Funny quote of the day Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. ~ Mark Twain Solutions Solution to Bible DINGBTS Puzzle : Forgive and Forget Puzzle B: Ten Commandments Puzzle Puzzle B More puzzles like these can be found on-line at & Solution to Bible Scramble: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. John 17:20-21

7 Sunday Worship 10:45 am The Tidings/Lighthouse The Tidings is periodic publication of Trinity United Methodist Church Office Hours Tues., Wed. & Fri. 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (856) Fax: (856) office@gotrinity.org Website: Visit us on Facebook Sunday School 9:30 am 2017 Trinity United Methodist Church 36 W. Maple ve. Merchantville, NJ 08109

February Grow Your Soul. The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10 th, and continues until Easter Sunday, March 27 th.

February Grow Your Soul. The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10 th, and continues until Easter Sunday, March 27 th. February 2016 Trinity United Methodist Church Merchantville, NJ Pennsauken United Methodist Church Grow Your Soul The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10 th, and continues until Easter