TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH February 24, 2015 • Vol. 49 No. 8 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Lenten Studies 3 Lenten Service 3 Honors & Memorials 4 Student Ministry 5 Jen Hatmaker Event 6 Calendar of Events 7 Lent Soul Keeping See inside for Lent details, special events & information. This is YOUR DISCOVERY WEEKEND 15 March 6-8 Register your student today! elementdiscoveryweekend.com For more info, please visit www.trinitybirmingham.com/kids/lil-lambs/
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TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH February 24, 2015 • Vol. 49 No. 8
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:Lenten Studies 3Lenten Service 3Honors & Memorials 4Student Ministry 5Jen Hatmaker Event 6Calendar of Events 7
Lent
Soul Keeping
See inside for Lent details,special events & information.
This isYOUR
DISCOVERY WEEKEND 15March 6-8
Register your student today!elementdiscoveryweekend.com
For more info, please visit www.trinitybirmingham.com/kids/lil-lambs/
IT’S TOUGH TO TALK ABOUT THE SOUL. Like most holy things, you can’t touch it, you can’t see it, you can’t even easily describe it.
As a result, we spend most of our best energy and time talking about everything but the soul – our jobs, our family, the balance in our bank account, the recruiting class for next year. Since we cannot see the soul, we focus on what can be seen. It’s easier to fix the visible than wrestle with the spiritual. Even if we are not doing well, we can put on a good show. There is no bruise that cannot be covered by makeup, no hurt that can’t be conveniently hidden away.
But the constant declaration of scripture is that we are more than the sum of what can be seen. And at some point, there is a reckoning for all those inner struggles that we avoid. The soul will have its say. As the writer Dallas Willard put it, “You are an unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe Memorize it. Say it to your friends. Tell it to people you meet. Strong currents in our society will attempt to keep you from realizing who you are before God.”
Beneath all your roles and responsibilities, beyond all the other voices in the world trying to tell you who you are, you are a soul. Failure to tend your soul is to forget who you are. John Ortberg points out that the only person in the universe who is in charge of keeping your soul is you. No one else can do that for you.
Lent is a journey to reclaim the soul. It is not meant to be a religious diet where you give up extra calories for the glory of God, nor is it meant to be forty days of guilt leading up to Easter. Lent is an admission that we are the kind of creatures prone to give up our souls for the sake of the world, and the only cure is Christ. In these forty days, we are not just memorializing what Jesus did for us, we are not merely recount-ing the story of salvation in calendar form – in a profound spiritual way, we walk alongside Christ as he makes his way to Golgotha. Like the disciples before us, we face temptation and betrayal and the urge to run the other way. But somewhere deep down, we know that the way of the cross is the only way to authentic life.
In Lent, we attempt to let go of all that steals life, for the sake of the only One who can save our lives. For Lent to be what it is meant to be, it cannot be a rehearsal of reli-gious routines, it must be a lived-out experience of discipleship.
So my prayer for all of us in this season is that we would remember who we are: an unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny. Remind yourself of that truth every day as we move towards Jerusalem.
See you Sunday on the way to the cross.
INFORMATION FOR GUESTS & NEW MEMBERSWelcome 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 encour-aged 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 “Mem-bership 101,” a basic orientation prior to joining Trinity. It is offered on the second Sunday of each month. Questions? Call 879-1737.
Andrew Wolfe - Senior MinisterBrian Erickson - Senior Minister Designate Nathan Carden - Minister of Outreach, ContactSuzanne Pruitt - Minister of Christian Formation Bobby Scales - Minister of Pastoral CareDavid Thompson - Minister of Students
• Church Office: 879-1737 / Fax: 868-9714• Care Line: 868-9709• Child Development Center: 879-1749
FEBRUARY 22 - ATTENDANCE 1,460 • Total Worship Attendance935 • Traditional | 525 • Contact829 • Sunday School Attendance
SERMON Rev. Brian Erickson
Sermon Series:“Soul Keeping”•
MUSIC8:45 AM
Danielle Eggers, Praise Alliance11:00 AM
Danielle Eggers, Cross & Flame Youth Choir•
MINISTER ON CALLBrian Erickson, 410-8583
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 20158:45 & 11:00 AM • Sanctuary
Second Sunday of Lent
The 8:45 AM worship service is broadcast via 15-minute delay from 9-10 AM Sundays
on WAPI-1070 AM.
8:45 & 11:00 AMWESLEY HALL, Rev. Nathan Carden
Sermon Series: “Soul Keeping”
Traditional: 935Contact: 525Total: 1460
PERSONAL WORD
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CHURCHWIDE STUDY – Most adult Sunday School classes will be studying this year’s Lenten theme book Soul Keeping by John Ortberg. If you do not currently participate in a Sunday School class, you are invited to attend a Soul Keeping Study that will meet in Wesley Hall, 10-10:40 AM, every Sunday of Lent. Class is ongoing and will conclude 3/29. Questions? Contact Carrie Thayer at [email protected].
YOUNG ADULT STUDY – (20’s) Are you in your 20’s? Are you out of college? Are you not married? If so...you’re invited to join us for dinner and Soul Keeping Study at the home of Mark & Lisa Elliott. The study begins Tuesday, February 24 and will run until Easter. Din-ner is free and is served at 6:30 PM with the study following dinner. For more info, email Lisa at [email protected] or call 879-1737.
YOUNG ADULT STUDY – (30’s) If you are a young adult in your 30’s, you are invited to join us on Tuesday nights at 6:30 PM in the small dining room at Trinity for a Bible study. A new study on Joshua begins February 24. Dinner provided. For more info, email Lindsay Hembree at [email protected].
Lenten Study Opportunities
LentSoul Keeping
outreach lenten speakersDuring the five WEDNESDAY EVENINGS leading up to Holy Week, we will highlight mis-sion work around Birmingham and beyond, that Trinity sponsors financially and with volun-teers. Speakers will present in Fellowship Hall from 6:15-7:00 PM.Beginning the Wednesday...• February 25 – Urban Ministry and Community Church Without Walls, Ama Shambulia & R.G. Lyons
• March 4 – Church of the Reconciler, Matt Lacey
• March 11 – United Methodist Children’s Home, Rebecca Morris & Liz Kindred
• March 18 – Firehouse Shelter, Doug Kovash
• March 25 – International Justice Mission, Scott Adams
habitat lenten build March 14Trinity is joining with other faith communities this Lent for “Building on Faith 2015”– a home build with Habitat for Humanity. The home will be built with the Mary Sanders Family. Trinity’s dedicated work day is March 14.
steeple 2 steeple run March 21On Saturday, March 21 at 8 AM, Trinity is par-ticipating in Steeple 2 Steeple, a unique point-to-point 5K that takes runners/walkers through both Homewood and Mountain Brook as they make their way from Trinity UMC to Canter-bury UMC. The run will benefit the United Methodist Children’s Home. To sign up or for more info, visit www.steeple2steeple.com.
Opportunities to Serve & Give
Handmade clay clutch crosses have been given out for this Lenten season. During the winter months, numerous Trinity ser-vants have been diligently making these beautiful crosses – each one unique in color and shape. Have you picked yours up? They are available in the church office. Left hand crosses are also available.
The crosses are packaged with a special bookmark. There is a daily Bible selection listed on the bookmark that follows our Lenten theme, SOUL KEEPING. Join to-gether with our church family as we pray, read the scriptures and tend our souls for the 40 days of Lent.
Lenten Clutch Crosses and Bookmarks
For Holy Week and Prayer Garden Services,
and more information on Easter events, visit:
www.trinitybirmingham.com/lent-2015/
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MISSION & OUTREACHPANAMA - SUMMER 2015, July 25-Aug. 2If you are interested in joining a mission team of Trinity members to travel to Panama in July, please contact Julie Adams, International Mission Coordinator, at 879-1737 or email [email protected].
Thank You from MEALS ON WHEELS Thank you for your generous response to the The Home-wood Meals on Wheels program! The open delivery spots have now been filled by Trinity volunteers.
Questions about Trinity’s mission and outreach efforts? Contact Rev. Nathan Carden at 879-1737 or email [email protected].
DALE MILLERRip & Norma HarmonConnie BarnettDean & Donna Burgess
ABBY PRUTZMANJulie Adams
GRETCHEN RINICKERJulie Adams
SUSAN ROHRERJulie Adams
BOB & MARTY SNOWAnn Morris Smith
KAY STALNAKERJulie Adams
KEN STALNAKERJerry & Jane Smith
DAVID WARREN IIIJulie Adams
MEMORIALSJanuary 23-February 20, 2015
JOAN BLOMELEYThe Shroyer Family
ROB CHANDLERAldersgate Class
MARGARET DUNCANJoe & Diane WurteleLes Jeunes Meres Study ClubCynthia BarnesDuane & Terrie ShroyerBobby & George & B. D. HowellTim & Jean HayesTrinity’s UMW
RALPH LANEMr. & Mrs. Benjamin Jackson Lunsford
BETH LUNCEFORDTrinity UMCTim & Jean HayesMary R. SomervilleBetty B. JohnsonJim & Debbie FlyLarry & Jane WeygandRip & Norma Harmon
HERSHEL L. WOMACK, SR.Duane & Terrie ShroyerJohn & Noelle CaddenTim & Jean HayesJohn Wesley Bible Class
GIFTS TO GLORIFY GOD & TO REMEMBER THOSE WE LOVE
$20.00 Family Maximum (or) - $6.00 per adult - $3.00 per child (9 and under) - $5.00 per senior adult - $5.00 Salad Bar option
menu february 25ADULTS: Chicken divan, steamed rice, KIDS: Hot dogs, chips, fruit, cookie, milk
menu march 4ADULTS: Spaghetti, green beans, garlic bread, small salad, cookie KIDS: Pizza, fruit, cookie, milk
Please let us know you are coming! Make a reservation online at www.trinitybirmingham.com
food & fellowship
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www.elementstudentministry.com
Here is what is happening at Element this week:
DESTINATION FUNknown – Steel City Jumps This Sunday, March 1 Element Student Ministry is going to Steel City Jumps from 6-8 PM. We would LOVE if your child could come to this fantastic event! We will be meeting at Trin-ity at 6 PM for dinner and departing right at 6:10. Please bring $10 for jumping and dinner, along with a signed permissions slip. If you have any questions, please email Tori at [email protected].
Register for DISCOVERY WEEKEND - it is just days away, and some of you haven’t signed your student up! This week, we’ll be contacting students who have not signed up yet, so signing up now will save us a ton of time. IMPOR-TANT: If you need us to reach out to your student to personally invite them to Discovery, then please let us know. It is our desire that EVERY student get a chance to participate in this life-changing weekend. Visit the website today and sign up at: www.elementdiscoveryweekend.com. Discovery is March 6-8!
DISCOVERY WORK DAY is Next Monday, March 2. We will have a Discovery work day from 9:00am – 8:00pm. We would love for you and your student to drop by (even for just an hour) to help prepare for Discovery. There will be small jobs like cutting things out and making posters to big jobs like moving tables and chairs around. This work day is for anybody and everybody (except our middle school students. We want the weekend to be a big surprise for them). Just drop in if you can help!
REFRIGERATORS NEEDED! We still need 2 more refrigerators to help store food for Discovery. If you have a second refrigerator we could come pick up the week before Discovery (3/2) and use them through the weekend, please email David Hayes at [email protected].
ELEMENT CAFE is this week on Tuesday and Thursday from 3-5:30. We will be selling Savages smiley face cookies during the month of February (only 50 cents!). This is a wonderful alternative to going home and being bored. Come hang out with us, grab a snack, plays some games and hang out with our staff and friends. All candy, chips and drinks are only 50 cents!
ARM MISSION TRIP is full! If your student is interested in going, please email David Hayes at [email protected] to place them on the waiting list. This year’s trip will be July 19-24. The total cost will be $235, and there is a deposit of $100 due at registration. Those who have already registered, please turn in your deposit ASAP to reserve your spot!WE NEED MORE ADULT LEADERS for this trip. If you are willing to be an adult leader on ARM, please email David Hayes at [email protected].
As always, if there is anything that we can do better to reach your student, please let us know. Remember, we want to partner with you in helping your student grow in their relationship with Christ.
HERSHEL L. WOMACK, SR.Duane & Terrie ShroyerJohn & Noelle CaddenTim & Jean HayesJohn Wesley Bible Class
For details, please visit: www.trinitybirmingham.com/jen-hatmaker/6
PACESETTERSFEBRUARY 24 - PACESETTERS LUNCHThe February Pacesetters Lunch featuring the “Kool Kats” will be on Tuesday, February 24 at Noon. Kool Kats will perform your favorite Doo Wop 50’s and 60’s tunes. Lunch served at Noon. $6.
BRIDGE PLAYERS WANTED!Where: Trinity UMC Family Life CenterWhen: Any Tuesday and/or ThursdayWe are looking for men and women who enjoy Bridge, at any level. This is social Bridge. Welcome beginners!
APRIL 10-12 - EUFAULA SPRING PILGRIMAGEExperience Southern hospitality at its finest when you visit Eufaula, Alabama during its 50th Annual Pilgrimage on April 10-12. We will enjoy an open-air art exhibit, gardens, afternoon teas, candlelight tours, musical entertainment and more. Watch Tidings for more info!
For more info on any Senior Adult event, contact Amy Lewis at 879-1737 or [email protected].
EXCITING NEW MINISTRY COMING TO TRINITYTrinity’s Club Sandwich Generation
• DO YOU. . . ???Feel sandwiched in one way or another between elderly parents, adult children and grandchildren? Then, you are already a member of the Club Sandwich Generation accord-ing to Wikipedia and Dictionary.com.
• ARE YOU. . . ???Mid 50s (ish) to mid 60s (ish) A Baby Boomer?Still working? Interested in meeting people in the same demographic?
• WOULD YOU. . . ???Like to get in on the ground floor and help launch this new ministry of Trinity’s Club Sandwich Generation?
If so, we definitely need your help and input. Please call the church office (879-1737) or e-mail Donna Roose ([email protected]) for more information about this excit-ing new opportunity for SPIRITUAL FORMATION, FELLOW-SHIP and CHRISTIAN SERVICE with others in Trinity’s Club Sandwich Generation.
As of February 22, 2015Regular reporting:GENERAL BUDGET: MONTH Month to Date Revenue $233,311Monthly Needs to Date $234,224Balance/Shortage $ (913)
Capital Debt Retirement / month $15,957Capital Debt Retirement / to date $24,563
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 [email protected].
TREASURER’S REPORT
CONGRATULATIONS• to Jeremy and Kimee Duck on the birth of their daughter, Audrey Louise Duck, on Febru-ary 17. Proud big sister is Celia Anne Duck.• to Mark and Caroline Pridgen on the birth of their son, Burke Thomas Pridgen, on February 18. Proud big brother is Mark Allan Pridgen.• to James and Ashely Gustin on the birth of their son, Whitley James Gustin, on Febru-ary 20. Proud big sister is Edith Lane Gustin and proud great-grandmother is Pat Mouat Farrell.
CFT Craft Room–143FSR Fireside Room–145CONF Conference Room–220SANC SanctuaryFHALL Fellowship Hall
LIB Library–218NAT Not at TrinityLP Large ParlorSP Small Parlor–105HAVEN Youth Auditorium
CHAPEL Mouat ChapelMS Music Suite–132WHALL Wesley HallSDR Small Dining RoomFLC Family Life Center
IN THE HOSPITALST. VINCENT’S: Jan HermanyBROOKWOOD: Beverly JonesUAB: Lorain DeVitoLAKESHORE: Elizabeth Rogers
FAIRHAVEN REHAB: Wayne Tucker
HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS THIS WEEKSecond Sunday of Lent - March 1
8:45 AM Traditional Worship - SANC8:45 AM Contact Worship - WHALL10:00 AM Sunday School - various10:00 AM Soul Keeping Study - WHALL10:00 AM Coffee With the Pastors - LP11:00 AM Traditional Worship - SANC
11:00 AM Contact Worship - WHALL4:00 PM Youth Handbells - Rm. 2255:00 PM Cross & Flame Choir - MS6:00 PM Element - Haven6:00 PM Adult Handbells - Rm. 2256:00 PM Adult Studies - various8:30 PM Men’s Pickup Basketball - GYMMonday - March 26:30 AM Trinity Men - SDR6:30 PM SPRC Meeting - CONFTuesday - March 36:30 AM Element Prayer B’fast - Haven8:00 AM Senior Adult Activities - various8:00 AM Sr. Exercise Class - FHALL10:00 AM Trinity Singers - MS11:00 AM Trinity Singers Lunch - SDR
3:00 PM Element Cafe - Haven & GYM5:00 PM Trustees Meeting - CONF6:30 PM Young Adults (20’s) - NAT6:30 PM Young Adults (30’s) - SDRWednesday - March 49:00 AM Yoga - Rm. 3044:30 PM Wednesday Supper - FHALL5:00 PM Kids Bells & Chimes - Rm. 2255:30 PM Music in Motion - various6:00 PM Children’s Choirs - various6:00 PM Adult Studies - various7:00 PM Sanctuary Choir Practice - MSThursday - March 58:00 AM Sr. Exercise Class - FHALL9:15 AM Adult Studies - various3:00 PM Element Cafe - Haven & GYMFriday - March 68:00 AM Sr. Exercise Class - FHALL
DISCOVERY WEEKEND isMarch 6-8
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 [email protected]. 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
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• Who is John Wesley?• What do Methodists believe?• How is Methodism different from other denominations?
New members, new Christians or those who want to know more about Methodism…get answers to these questions and more.
Join us to learn about Methodist history, theology and practice.
Led by Dr. Andy Wolfe
SundaysMarch 15
March 22
March 29
Small Dining Room1st Floor
10 AM (Sunday School hour)
Join us for one or all three sessions. Registration not required. Contact Laura Eanes at 879-1737 or [email protected] with any questions.
Intro to Methodism
March 15, 22, 29
TRINITY STUDIO, March 12 • Trinity is re-opening the doors of the old Craft Room and will have our first open paint/sketch night on Thursday March 12 from 6-8PM. 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 welcome.
Tidings Trinity United Methodist Church (USPS 0641-120) is pub-lished weekly, except Christmas week, by Trinity United Method-ist Church, 1400 Oxmoor Road, Birmingham (Homewood), AL 35209-3998. Periodicals post-age paid at Birmingham, AL.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Tidings, Trinity Unit-ed 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 Glorify1400 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, AL 35209 • 205.879.1737 • Careline: 205.868.9709
www.trinitybirmingham.com
Coffee with the PastorsSunday, March 1
10 AM • LARGE PARLOR
This is a casual time for guests to meet the pas-toral staff. During this hour, you will learn about the mission statement of the church as well as Trinity’s core values. This is also an excellent time to ask general questions and learn more about the church family.
CWP is held the first Sunday of the month at 10 AM in the Parlor.
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: bit.ly/1AHGA3h
WELCOME NEW MEMBERSMichelle Dowda705 Rockbridge Road, Vestavia 35216Michelle joined Trinity by vows from another Christian denomination. She works in medi-cal sales and is married to Trinity member Rob Dowda.
Pam Saunders111 Rockaway Road, Homewood 35209Pam joined Trinity by transfer from another United Methodist Church. She works in sales.
