TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH July 14, 2015 Vol. 49 No. 28 During the entire month of July, you are invited to INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Senior Adults 3 Kids Info 4 Mission & Outreach 6 Calendar of Events 7 Traditional & Contact Worship 8:45 & 11 AM Vacation Bible School is this week! Over 400 children ages 3K-2nd grade are enjoying a fun-filled four days learning of God s love in action! VBS Family Celebration! Join us Wednesday, July 15 at 6:30 PM for a VBS family celebration. Ride your favorite vehicle (bike, trike, scooter, etc. - remember the helmet!) to the church, sing songs in the Sanctuary, eat a yummy treat outside, and jump in the bounce house!
CALLING ALL GOLFERS! We are excited to announce the 2nd Annual Element Golf Tournament. This tournament helps support all of the various ministries offered at Element Student Ministry. Specifically, it helps the ministry continue to fulfill our mission statement to Reach Everyone for Christ, Connect with other Christians, to Grow in our Faith, to Serve those in need, and to Honor God with our lives. SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2015 8:45 & 11 AM Sanctuary If you or someone you know would like to participate in Element Student Ministry s golf tournament fundraiser on Friday, August 7, please register online today at www.elementstudentministry.com/golf. Questions? Contact Robert at rsturdivant@trinitybirmingham.com. The 8:45 AM worship service is broadcast via 15-minute delay from 9-10 AM Sundays on WAPI-1070 AM. SERMON Rev. Brian Erickson MINISTER ON CALL Bobby Scales, 746-4547 8:45 & 11:00 AM WESLEY HALL Rev. Nathan Carden INFORMATION FOR GUESTS & NEW MEMBERS Welcome to Trinity United Methodist Church! Our mission is to Gather people to Christ, Grow people in Christ, Go to serve Christ in the world and Glorify Christ. Sunday Worship Opportunities: 8:45 & 11:00 AM TRADITIONAL services in the sanctuary, offering same sermon and a variety of music. 8:45 & 11:00 AM CONTACT a relaxed, informal, service in Wesley Hall featuring music from the CONTACT Band, children are encouraged to attend. 10:00 AM Sunday School Ages 2 yrs. and up. Nursery is provided during all services. Interested in Membership? Please join us the first Sunday of every month in the large parlor for Coffee with the Pastor. This is a time to meet the pastoral staff, ask questions and learn more about the core values and mission of Trinity. We also encourage you to attend Membership 101, a basic orientation prior to joining Trinity. It is offered on the second Sunday of each month. Questions? Call 879-1737. Brian Erickson - Senior Minister Nathan Carden - Minister of Contact Worship and Young Adults Suzanne Pruitt - Minister of Christian Formation Bobby Scales - Minister of Pastoral Care Reid Crotty - Minister of Pastoral Care David Thompson - Minister of Students Robert Sturdivant - Minister of Students Church Office: 879-1737 / Fax: 868-9714 Care Line: 868-9709 Child Development Center: 879-1749
ATTENTION: CLUB SANDWICH GENERATION Class will begin meeting on August 9 10 AM Room 308 A new Sunday School class for Baby Boomers! You are invited to a kickoff for a new Sunday School Class for the Club Sandwich Generation. Sunday, August 2, 10 AM Small Dining Room Light refreshments will be served. Questions? Contact Donna at 879-1737 or email droose@trinitybirmingham.com. SOS 2015 Service Over Self Last week, Trinity s youth along with parent volunteers were in Memphis, TN at SOS. They spent the week repairing homes in the impoverished Binghampton neighborhood. PACESETTERS NOTE! THERE IS NO PACESETTER MEETING IN JULY. AUGUST 25 - Pacesetter Lunch Pacesetters Lunch resumes in August with special speaker: J.P. Dice, Fox6 Meterologist. For more info on any Senior Adult event, contact Amy Lewis at 879-1737 or alewis@trinitybirmingham.com. Trinity UMC YOUNG PROFESSIONALS Are you a young professional? Not married? Out of college? If so, we would love for you to join us on Tuesday nights! Rev. Nathan Carden is currently leading lessons on the Seven Deadly Sins. Tuesday evenings at 6:30pm at the home of Mark & Lisa Elliott. Come hang out and have a fun time with folks like you! Free homecooked dinner, fellowship, and door prizes! Questions? Contact Lisa at lelliott@trinitybirmingham.com. 4168 Memorial Park Circle, Hoover, AL 35226 3
ATTENTION Rising 6th graders! July Basketball Camp! Coach Paul Brown, will host Basketball Camps at Trinity this summer. Coach Brown is recognized as an outstanding teacher of youth basketball in a very positive setting. This action packed camp will include fundamentals, team activities, rules of the game and learning to play. Plan to join us the week of JULY 27-31 for an exciting week of basketball. Register today at trinitybirmingham.com/kids/summer-programs 4 NOW AVAILABLE on ITUNES Hear both Traditional and Contact sermons each week Search: Trinity United Methodist Church - Birmingham, AL Don t forget your name tag... on Sunday mornings or anytime you are attending or representing Trinity! This is a great way to provide hospitality to our guests, and to help us get to know one another better. If you don t have a name tag, contact Marie Pasco at 879-1737.
3rd-5th graders! Who? Completed 3rd - 5th grade students What? Three awesome nights designed especially for older elementary students to venture into God s word with fun music, Bible stories, service activities and recreation. When? August 3-5 Mon-Wed 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner will be served) Where? Trinity UMC Cost: $10 Register your child now! Forms available online at www.trinitybirmingham.com For questions or to volunteer to help, contact Eleanor Christiansen at 879-1737 or echristiansen@trinitybirmingham.com. LISTEN TO SERMONS ONLINE Weekly sermons from both traditional and Contact worship services are available on the church website at: www.trinitybirmingham.com/worship/sermons/ 5
MISSION & OUTREACH SPOTLIGHT: Family Promise of Birmingham Family Promise of Birmingham (previously Birmingham Hospitality Network) aims to bring shelter, meals, and support services to families without homes. Trinity is on a rotation along with 14 other local congregations, and hosts families for 1 week approximately every 3 months. Get Involved! Through their annual fundraiser (see details below) AND the next time we host families (the week of August 30) by preparing meals, eating dinner with the families, spending the night at Trinity, tutoring, facilitating parenting classes, etc. Consider being a part of this ministry. To learn more, visit familypromisebham.org. You may also contact Kristan Walker, Trinity s Director of Outreach Ministries at 879-1737 or kwalker@trinitybirmingham.com. LIVE Auction F U N D R A I S E R The Family Promise Live Auction Fundraiser will be held on JULY 30 at Rosewood Hall in Homewood. We are very excited about this beautiful new venue and we have some fun surprises in store for you. There will be heavy hors d oeuvres, beverages, a photo booth, raffles and much more! Watch for further announcements! Tickets going fast! So don t wait! Contact Jamie Fitzwater for information, 205.977.6637 or email at jf2208@yp.com IMAGINE NO MALARIA During the month of June, Trinity collected over $3,500 to help stop Malaria. Our goal is $7,500. For just $10, you can supply a bed net and any additional dollars will go toward providing training for health workers, and revitalizing hospitals and clinics. Help us reach our goal! Checks can be dropped in the offering plate on Sunday, or delivered to the church office, marked No Malaria. For more info, visit www.imaginenomalaria. org Questions? Contact Julie Adams at jadams@trinity birmingham.com. www.imaginenomalaria.org 6
CFT FSR CONF SANC FHALL HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS THIS WEEK Sunday - July 19 8:45 AM Traditional Worship - SANC 8:45 AM Contact Worship - WHALL 10:00 AM Sunday School - various 11:00 AM Traditional Worship - SANC 11:00 AM Contact Worship - WHALL 8:00 PM Men Pick-up Basketball - GYM Monday - July 20 12:00 PM MahJongg, Sr. Adults - SP Tuesday - July 21 8:00 AM Senior Adult Activities - various 11:00 AM Youth Lunch Club - Haven 6:30 PM Young Adults (20 s) - NAT Wednesday - July 22 8:00 AM Senior Adult Activities - various 9:00 AM Yoga - Rm. 304 5:00 PM Contact Music Practice - WHALL Craft Room 143 Fireside Room 145 Conference Room 220 Sanctuary Fellowship Hall Isaiah 54 LIB NAT LP SP HAVEN 6:00 PM Men s Study - 310 7:00 PM Boy Scouts - Scout Room Thursday - July 23 8:00 AM Senior Adult Activities - various 9:15 AM Women s Study - Rm. 309 6:00 PM Trinity Studio - CFT 6:00 PM Reasonable Faith - Rm. 219 Friday - July 24 8:00 AM Senior Adult Activities - various NOTE: The Kitchen will be closed during the month of July. ALSO: Fellowship Hall will be closed for maintenance this week. Library 218 Not at Trinity Large Parlor Small Parlor 105 Youth Auditorium CHAPEL MS WHALL SDR FLC WELCOME NEW STAFF Mouat Chapel Music Suite 132 Wesley Hall Small Dining Room Family Life Center Rev. Reid Crotty Minister of Membership Care Trinity welcomes Rev. Reid Crotty as Minister of Membership Care. He will work with Rev. Bobby Scales in the area of caring for our elderly, along with visitation and general ministerial duties. Reid Crotty grew up in the East Lake section of Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Alabama and received a seminary degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory. He has served in the North Alabama Conference for 44 years, the last 22 years as Senior Minister of Bluff Park UMC. He and his wife, Martha, have a daughter, Colleen who is a music teacher in Atlanta. Reid and Martha live in West Homewood. NEW! INFERTILITY SUPPORT GROUP Trinity has a recently formed an Infertility Support Group for couples. The group is open to any interested members, community, and guests who are currently experiencing infertility. The group will meet on the last Sunday of the month at 5 PM in the Small Parlor (Seminole Drive entrance). Questions? Contact Mallory & Brian Wilson at mallorywilson725@gmail.com. IN MEMORIAM We extend our love and sympathy: to Ray and Pam Powell on the death of his brother, William Carl Powell, on July 8. He was also the uncle of Austin Powell, Garrett Powell and Lindsay & Ben Andrews. PLEASE NOTE: Tidings publishes each week on Tuesday (except for the week of Christmas). The deadline for submitting information to be included is on Thursday, the week prior to the publish date. Please submit info via email to Haley Smith at hsmith@ trinitybirmingham.com. Tidings is delivered to the printing company each Monday at Noon. It is printed and mailed on Tuesday afternoon. Should you not receive your copy in a timely manner, please contact your postal carrier. The online version of Tidings is available each week on Tuesday at: www.trinitybirmingham.com/news/tidings PARKING NOTICE: Do not block the dumpsters or areas that are marked as NO PARKING zones. Note that the small parking lot is reserved for handicapped, elderly and families with small children on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings. Do not park in marked handicap spaces if you do not have an official handicap permit. TRINITY STUDIO Tuesday 9 am & Thursday 6 pm Trinity has opened the doors of the old Craft Room and continues to have open paint/sketch sessions. Bring your own materials (all mediums welcome!), Bring a friend, and the fellowship and creative inspiration will be provided for free! All artists or soon-to-be-artists are welcome. Would you like to serve on the Altar Guild? Take part in a wonderful behind-the-scenes way to serve by preparing the sanctuary for worship. It only takes a few minutes each week to help in this meaningful capacity. Commit for one month out of the year, taking care of altar duties such as dusting, oiling candles, changing paraments. Work with a team member and have fun helping others worship God. Contact Noelle Cadden to get started! ncjc3@bellsouth.net or 602-5100. 7
Tidings Trinity United Methodist Church (USPS 0641-120) is published weekly, except Christmas week, by Trinity United Methodist Church, 1400 Oxmoor Road, Birmingham (Homewood), AL 35209-3998. Periodicals postage paid at Birmingham, AL. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Tidings, Trinity United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 19069, Birmingham, AL 35219-9069. SUNDAYS at Trinity: Worship 8:45 & 11:00 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Youth Activities 6:00 PM Serving Greater Birmingham from Homewood Our Mission: To Gather To Grow To Go To Glorify 1400 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, AL 35209 205.879.1737 Careline: 205.868.9709 www.trinitybirmingham.com WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Geneva Worley 3343-C Old Montgomery Hwy., Homewood 35209 Geneva joined Trinity by transfer from another United Methodist Church. She is retired. Complimentary Coffee Served Enjoy Coffee on Sundays Please enjoy complimentary coffee served on the 3rd floor (in two areas) during the Sunday School hour. Additional coffee bar areas include the Fellowship Hall and the Family Life Center hallway on 1st floor. Questions? Contact Laura Eanes at 879-1737 or leanes@trinitybirmingham.com. HOW CAN YOU SERVE THIS WEEK? Check out WEEKLY CONNECT for ways that you can plug in to ministry today simple sign-ups available now. Log on to: http://bit.ly/tumcvolunteer