TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH July 22, 2014 Vol. 48 No.29 3rd-5th graders! Register now for INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Kids Camps 4 Youth Ministry 5 Contact Series 6 Calendar of Events 7 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. son treasure island Vacation Bible School 2014 When? August 4-6 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 Jeanne Baswell at 879-1737 or jbaswell@trinitybirmingham.com. Over 500 children and over 250 adult and youth volunteers packed the main Sanctuary on Monday morning, July 21, to kick off another fun filled week of Vacation Bible School.
PERSONAL WORD SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014 8:45 & 11:00 AM Sanctuary The 8:45 AM worship service is broadcast via 15-minute delay from 9-10 AM Sundays on WAPI-1070 AM. SERMON Dr. Andrew Wolfe MUSIC 8:45 & 11:00 AM Dixieland Band MINISTER ON CALL Andrew Wolfe, 871-1309 8:45 & 11:00 AM WESLEY HALL, Rev. Brian Erickson JULY 20 - ATTENDANCE 1286 Total Worship Attendance 697 Traditional 586 Contact 691 Sunday School When I was in the second grade, I fell off of the monkey bars at school and broke my arm. It hurt, but was not really serious! In those days they did not have those lightweight fiberglass casts in your choice of design and color. It was the old fashioned plaster cast hot and heavy. Wearing that cast made it hard for me to do the things I normally did, like cut my meat, throw a ball, write. Luckily, it was temporary. The cast was soon gone and everything was functioning again. One of Paul s favorite images of the church is the Church as the body of Christ. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. I Corinthians 12:27. For the body to function as it should, each part has a function, a role to play.the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love Ephesians 4:16. I love that image of the church as an organic living body, with every part joined to every other part with each adding to the health and vitality of the whole. One of the remarkable things about Trinity, is how this church lives that out. This week in VBS there are 150 adults serving and 45 adults gave a week of their vacation to serve with the youth on the SOS mission trip. Some of you visit hospitals, send cards and check on home-bound members. It is remarkable the scope of ministry that happens here week in and week out. This is a living, functioning body of Christ. One of our core values is that we believe that every member is gifted by God and called by God to use those gifts in ministry. Ministry is something that we all share together. We are all servants of Christ. The halls here at Trinity are filled with the noise of hundreds of children this week! Thanks for making that happen. H 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? Contact Karen Smith at ksmith@trinitybirmingham.com or 879-1737. Andrew Wolfe - Senior Minister Brian Erickson - Senior Minister Designate Nathan Carden - Minister of Outreach, Contact Suzanne Pruitt - Minister of Christian Formation Bobby Scales - Minister of Pastoral Care David Thompson - Minister of Students Church Office: 879-1737 / Fax: 868-9714 Care Line: 868-9709 Child Development Center: 879-1749
ARM Middle School Mission trip Into the Field - A group of middle school students, along with senior high and adult counselors, spent last week in Tuskeegee, AL. ARM (Alabama Rural Ministries) has become the annual mission trip for Trinity s middle school students, lasting four days, Wednesday through Sunday. While at ARM, students had the opportunity to serve others by volunteering at a day care center, painting and repairing homes, roofing homes and preparing meals. H MISSION & OUTREACH H Grow with us! Save the dates! Grow Sunday August 10 Youth August 17 Children August 24 Adults H LUNCHES NEEDED FOR URBAN KIDS! AUG. 4-8 Urban Kids is a part of Urban Ministry, located in the West End area of Birmingham. We need volunteers to provide a lunch, AUGUST 4-8, for 35 children and adult volunteers for the Urban Kids summer ministry. For more information about how to meet this need or to schedule your SS class or Small Group, contact Kay & Ken Stalnaker at klstalnak@gmail.com. OVERFLOW FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER AUG. 7 You are invited to attend A Hot Southern Night benefitting The Overflow Foundation on Thursday, August 7. This fundraiser will feature southern desserts, an art raffle, and special music by Trey Hill. It will be held from 7-9 PM at the Homewood Senior Center. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Contact Julie Adams for tickets or more info at jules80@gmail.com. For questions about any Trinity mission, please contact Rev. Nathan Carden at ncarden@trinitybirmingham.com or call 879-1737. 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/ 3
Kids Camps & Activities Questions about camps or summer dates? Contact Children s Ministry at 879-1737 or jbaswell@trinitybirmingham.com. Art Camps: July 28-Aug 1 & Aug 4-8 Basketball Camp 2: July 28-Aug 1 Venture: August 4-6 To register, visit: www.trinitybirmingham.com/kids/summer-programs/ Basketball Camp at Trinity July 28 - Aug. 1 Register now! Or, students can sign up the first day of Camp between 8am and 9am in Trinity s GYM. Lil Lambs Sale! September 5 & 6 Trinity s Lil Lambs Consignment Sale Ministry provides the community with a great source of gently worn clothing, toys, strollers and other items at reasonable prices. Sellers receive 70% of the profit with Children s Ministries receiving 30%, which is used to support children s ministries in our church, community and overseas. Proceeds have enhanced the nursery, Sunday School rooms, and other programs and areas in the church. Lil Lambs depends on the hands and hearts of over 100 volunteers for success. Be part of this incredible ministry. Volunteer by contacting Amy at amezzell@trinitybirmingham.com. Watch Tidings for details on Seller sign-up information. www.trinitybirmingham.com/kids/lil-lambs/ Full & Half Days available Boys & Girls ages 6-13 For more info contact: Coach Paul Brown (205) 240-1135 Children s Ministry Opportunity! Join our dynamic Children s Ministry by being part of a teaching team. Children s Sunday School teaching teams for next year (Fall) are forming. Spend the year having fun and learning right along with the kids! Spots are available for preschool and elementary ages. 5K and 1st Grade Sunday School classes on Ascension Sunday, June 1. For more details, contact Jeanne Baswell, jbaswell@trinitybirmingham.com or Tara Williams, tarabwilliams@bellsouth.net. Explore the possibilities! 4
Middle school students take a break from working at ARM (Alabama Rural Ministries). student ministry weekly update www.elementstudentministry.com Here is what is happening at Element this week: LUNCH CLUB Lunch Club meets Tuesday from 11-2pm. At 11:15am, we will load up buses and get food from local fast food places and bring the food back to Trinity for fun and fellowship. This is an easy and fun way to get your student out of the house during the summer. Students need to bring $5-10 for lunch. ARM MIDDLE SCHOOL MISSION TRIP A special thanks to the parents and adult leaders that helped make ARM mission trip a success. I can t thank you enough for the love, time and attention you gave to our students. We do have a few lost and found items from ARM and SOS (This includes water bottles, medicine, sleeping bags and air mattresses, etc.) If your student is missing something, please have them come by this week to look through the lost and found. HIGH SCHOOL DISCOVERY WEEKEND ONWARD is less than one month away, August 16-17! All high school students are encouraged to participate in this life-changing weekend. HS Discovery is at Camp Springville. Students need to register ASAP to reserve a spot. You can register your student at www.highschooldiscovery.com. Email Robert at rsturdivant@trinitybirmingham. com if you have any questions. (IMPORTANT NOTE: If your student is a peer helper at Homewood High School, we realize there is a leadership training on that Saturday, August 16. Please still go ahead and sign your students up. We will have a bus take all peer helpers from Trinity s parking lot to Discovery on Saturday night at 6:00pm.) Attention PARENTS of Rising 6th Graders CONFIRMATION 2014-15 Letters went out to all 6th grade parents with information about our upcoming Confirmation program that begins on Sunday, August 24. The letter explains what Confirmation is in the UMC, outlines the parent volunteers that are needed, lists the meeting schedule, along with other pertinent information. ELEMENT LEADERSHIP TEAM We had a wonderful turn out for the leadership team informational meetings. The next plan is to have a training/planning day on Sunday, August 3 from 12:00pm 6:00pm. If your student is interested in being a leader at Element please mark your calendars for this important date. As always, please let me know if there is anything I can be doing to better connect with your student. In Christ, David Thompson dthompson@trinitybirmingham.com If you did not receive this letter, please contact Amy Mezzell at amezzell@ trinitybirmingham.com or 879-1737. We do not want to miss anyone! 5
TRINITY MEN and the Birmingham Barons... fun for the whole family! Sunday 8/17-6:00 pm Email prestonwfoy@gmail.com Reservations required 3 days prior to game day. July 13, 20 & 27 CONTACT WORSHIP SERIES WESLEY HALL 8:45 & 11 AM REV. BRIAN ERICKSON TREY HILL, WORSHIP LEADER pacesetters JULY 30 - JERUSALEM at the McWane Imax Theater. Vans will leave Trinity at 10:30 AM. Cost is $7.00. JERUSALEM takes audiences on a visually stunning tour of one of the world s oldest and most beloved cities. Destroyed and rebuilt countless times over 5,000 years, Jerusalem s enduring appeal remains a mystery. What made it so important to so many different cultures? How did it become the center of the world for three major religions? Why does it still matter? AUGUST 13 - HALLELUJAH TRAIL CONTINUES... We will continue the Hallelujah Trail with a trip to North Alabama. Our trip will include the First Presbyterian Church of Athens, AL, Cambridge Methodist Church (the oldest Methodist Church in Alabama); lunch at Luvici s; the historic U.G. White Hardware Store in downtown Athens and Athens State University. We will also visit historic Mooresville, AL where we will see the Mooresville Brick Church and the oldest operational post office in the state. Vans leave Trinity at 8:00 AM. No charge for trip, lunch on your own, donation for gas is appreciated. AUGUST 24 - FUMC CONCERT. On Sunday 8/24, at 4 PM, First United Methodist Church will have a concert in the Loft, featuring Ed Kilbourne. Ed got his start in ministry as a singer/story-teller 50 years ago in the North Alabama Conference due to then Bishop Kenneth Goodson s invitation to have a rally at First Church. This is an anniversary event. Ed has recently been doing some Warmth in Winter programs at Epworth by the Sea for senior adults. We will leave Trinity at 3:30 PM. For more information on any Senior adult event, contact Amy Lewis at 879-1737 or email alewis@trinitybirmingham.com. BLANKETS AVAILABLE There will be a basket at the Welcome Center in the Narthex filled with blankets for those who are cold in worship. Please feel free to use them and then return to the basket at the close of worship. AUGUST 26 - PACESETTER LUNCH. Tuesday, 8/26 at 12:00 PM the August Pacesetter Lunch and Program will feature Judith Sullivan Hicks, principal harpist with ASO 6 since 1981. SAVE THE DATE!
CFT FSR CONF SANC FHALL highlighted events this week Sunday - July 27 8:45 AM Traditional Worship - SANC 8:45 AM Contact Worship - WHALL 10:00 AM Sunday School - various 10:00 AM Short Term Studies - various 11:00 AM Traditional Worship - SANC 11:00 AM Contact Worship - WHALL 8:00 PM Men s Basketball - GYM Monday - July 28 6:30 AM Trinity Men Small Group - SDR 8:00 AM Senior Exercise Class - FHALL 6:00 PM TCDC Board Mtg. - CONF Craft Room 143 Fireside Room 145 Conference Room 220 Sanctuary Fellowship Hall LIB NAT LP SP HAVEN Tuesday - July 29 8:00 AM Senior Adult Activities - various 6:30 PM Young Adults (20 s) - NAT Wednesday - July 30 9:00 AM Yoga - Rm. 315 6:00 PM Men s Bible Studies - various Thursday - July 31 8:00 AM Senior Exercise Class - FHALL Library 218 Not at Trinity Large Parlor Small Parlor 105 Youth Auditorium CHAPEL MS WHALL SDR FLC Mouat Chapel Music Suite 132 Wesley Hall Small Dining Room Family Life Center in the hospital ST. VINCENT S EAST: Maurice Neptune in memoriam Margie Thomas July 14 We extend our love and sympathy: to Brad and Shelley Bondurant and their daughters, Maggie and Ally, on the death of his mother, Louise Bondurant, on July 12. to the family and friends of Margie Thomas who died on July 14. to David and Cary Cherry on the death of his grandfather, J. L. Culver, on July 17. He was the great-grandfather of Caroline and Margaret Cherry. take note Nursery Volunteers - July 27 Meredith Daniel, Caroline Davis, Laura Fleming, Mandy Hillsmier, Laura Vinson To volunteer, please contact Barry Smith at 879-1737, email nurseryvolunteers@trinitybirmingham.com. Or simply sign up in the nursery on Sunday! Save the Date! AUGUST 21...UMW Spaghetti Supper Leave the cooking to UMW on Thursday, August 21 3:30-6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall Take out or dine in - $8 per plate (3 courses) Proceeds go to missions supporting women and children. Trinity UMC Young Professionals New study begins July 22 Are you in your 20 s? Not married? Out of college? If so, we would love for you to join us on Tuesday nights beginning on Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30 PM. At the home of Mark and Lisa Elliott 4168 Memorial Park Circle, Hoover 35226 Free home cooked dinner, fellowship and study. Email Lisa for more info: lelliott@trinitybirmingham.com congratulations to Jason and Brooke Yount on the birth of their daughter, Mollie McClain Yount, on July 10. Big sister is Anna James Yount and proud grandparents are Cindy and David Turner. to Lamar and Marianne Jester on the birth of their daughter, Allison Ann Jester, on July 16. to Chris and Laura Vinson on the baptism of their daughter, Emily Cate Vinson, on July 20. to Brad and Ashley Sargent on the baptisms of their daughter and son, Sloane Bradford Sargent and Henry Morgan Sargent, on July 20. treasurer s report As of July 20, 2014 Regular reporting: GENERAL BUDGET: MONTH Month to Date Revenue $244,089 Monthly Needs to Date $219,182 Balance/Shortage ($24,907 Capital Debt Retirement / month $5,817 Capital Debt Retirement / to date $48,404 Note from the Treasurer: Questions about church finances, income or expenses? If you wonder how funds are received or expensed, the financial books of Trinity are open to any member. Contact Ann Neptune at 879-1737 or aneptune@trinitybirmingham.com. 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 Lauren and Craig Deerman 411 Woodland Dr., Homewood, AL 35209 The Deermans joined Trinity by transfer from another United Methodist Church. Craig works in sales for Spectrum. They have two daughters, Anna Claire (9) and Charlotte (7). Dennis Hinton 1020 Edgewood Blvd., Homewood, AL 35209 Dennis joined Trinity by transfer from another United Methodist Church. He works in private equity for Bonaventure Capital. Hayes Johnson 1223 29th St., South #35, Bham, AL 35205 Hayes joined Trinity by transfer from another United Methodist Church. He is a quality engineer for Honda Mfg. Mary Katherine Cooke 3120 Canterbury Place, Bham, AL 35243 Mary Katherine joined Trinity by transfer from another United Methodist Church. She is a teacher at Liberty Park. WELCOME NEW staff CARRIE THAYER Educational Assistant Trinity welcomes Carrie Thayer as the new Educational Assistant. She will work closely with Rev. Suzanne Pruitt to grow and develop small group ministry. Carrie graduated from the University of Oklahoma and earned her Juris Doctor at the University of Mississippi. She has served as a member and Chair of the TCDC Board, taught Sunday School and currently serves as a member and Chair of the Small Group Committee. Carrie and her husband, Richie, have been members of Trinity for six years and have two children, Mary Marshall (6) and Charlie (4). PARKING NOTICE: Trinity members and guests should NOT park in the All Saints lot near Oxmoor Rd. Also, please 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. Thank you.