Trinity United Methodist Church November 2018 TRINITY TRUMPET Inside This Issue UMW News 2 Health Outreach 3 Parish Nurse 4 Youth News 5 Children’s Ministry 6 Bible Studies 7 News and Notes 8, 9 Recipe of the Month 9 Missions 10 Birthdays 11 Church Calendar 12 Membership News 13 Thank You Notes 13 November Sermon Scripture Texts November 4 - Mark 12:28-34 November 11 - Mark 12: 38-44 November 18 - Stewardship Sunday November 25 - Revelation 1: 4b-8 “To all God’s beloved (at Trinity UMC) who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 1:7) You’ll recall when I wrote my October newsletter article (September 13 th ), Hur- ricane Florence had just made landfall and wreaked devastation all across North and South Carolina. Today, as I write my November article (October 11 th ,) Hurricane Michael has made landfall on the panhandle of Florida and is headed north across the Southeast as a tropical storm barely missing the Delmarva Pen- insula. However, we will still feel its effects. This is another reminder to all of us that these kinds of storms can happen anywhere, including Delmarva, so we are to help those who will be most affected by giving to the charities and church affiliated agencies, like UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief). Once again, PLEASE give generously to hurricane relief! Someday, we may need it here! On a more positive note, it’s November! That means that Thanksgiving can’t be far away. As we all know, Thanksgiving is the one day a year that Ameri- cans are encouraged to pause and give thanks for the many blessings they have enjoyed in the past year. I’m sure you have lots to be thankful for, but this year will be very special for Pat and me. In case you didn’t know we were blessed to be able to build our new home and move in September 25 th . We are looking forward to having our first Thanksgiving dinner with our family at our house this year. That will be very special. November also means that it’s time to prayerfully consider your annual giving and serving commitment to Trinity. As I look at the many accomplishments of our congregation over the years, it’s truly inspiring! You’ve worked hard to- ward your goals and made a difference for good in the lives of many. Our min- istries reach out into our community and around the globe. As your pastor, it is a joy and a privilege to be part of this congregation. Supporting all that we do here at Trinity requires a lot of prayer, sharing of gifts and talents, being open to the leading of God’s Holy Spirit and then stepping forward in faith and love. You continually give this kind of support! What a blessing! (Continued on Page 2)
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Trinity United Methodist Church
November 2018
TRINITY TRUMPET
Inside This Issue
UMW News 2
Health Outreach 3
Parish Nurse 4
Youth News 5
Children’s Ministry 6
Bible Studies 7
News and Notes 8, 9
Recipe of the Month 9
Missions 10
Birthdays 11
Church Calendar 12
Membership News 13
Thank You Notes 13
November Sermon Scripture Texts
November 4 - Mark 12:28-34 November 11 - Mark 12: 38-44 November 18 - Stewardship Sunday November 25 - Revelation 1: 4b-8
“To all God’s beloved (at Trinity UMC) who are called to be saints: Grace to
you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 1:7)
You’ll recall when I wrote my October newsletter article (September 13th), Hur-ricane Florence had just made landfall and wreaked devastation all across North and South Carolina. Today, as I write my November article (October 11th,) Hurricane Michael has made landfall on the panhandle of Florida and is headed north across the Southeast as a tropical storm barely missing the Delmarva Pen-insula. However, we will still feel its effects. This is another reminder to all of us that these kinds of storms can happen anywhere, including Delmarva, so we are to help those who will be most affected by giving to the charities and church affiliated agencies, like UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief). Once again, PLEASE give generously to hurricane relief! Someday, we may need it here! On a more positive note, it’s November! That means that Thanksgiving can’t be far away. As we all know, Thanksgiving is the one day a year that Ameri-cans are encouraged to pause and give thanks for the many blessings they have enjoyed in the past year. I’m sure you have lots to be thankful for, but this year will be very special for Pat and me. In case you didn’t know we were blessed to be able to build our new home and move in September 25th. We are looking forward to having our first Thanksgiving dinner with our family at our house this year. That will be very special. November also means that it’s time to prayerfully consider your annual giving and serving commitment to Trinity. As I look at the many accomplishments of our congregation over the years, it’s truly inspiring! You’ve worked hard to-ward your goals and made a difference for good in the lives of many. Our min-istries reach out into our community and around the globe. As your pastor, it is a joy and a privilege to be part of this congregation. Supporting all that we do here at Trinity requires a lot of prayer, sharing of gifts and talents, being open to the leading of God’s Holy Spirit and then stepping forward in faith and love. You continually give this kind of support! What a blessing!
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Sunday, November 18, is Stewardship Sunday. This is our annual opportunity to again express our individual com-mitment to giving as well as serving. Each of us is one of God’s unique creations and because of this, there are things only you can do. What are the special gifts of time, talent and treasure that you alone can share? As we have done in the past, you will be given an annual pledge card and a Ministry Menu to help you connect with one of our various ministries here at Trinity. Please give this your prayerful consideration. Then complete it and bring it to church on November 18th. One thing I’ve learned early on here at Trinity is that we have many talented and gifted people. I’ve also learned that it is one of the most generous churches I’ve ever seen. If we continue both (reaching talented, gifted and generous people), there’s no question we’ll have another great year in 2019! In closing, I want to share words from the Apostle Paul, who, addressing the believers in his letter to Timothy, offers this instruction regarding giving: “They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous and ready to share, thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.” (1 Timothy 6:18 NRSV) Happy Thanksgiving!
Pastor Fred Duncan
A POEM FROM UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
Thanks to God Almighty for women from this church. They work, and pray, and worship, and in His Word they search.
Their fellowship has blossomed into its life-long friends, And when some member needs them, they go with tender tends.
They also touch the needy to help improve their days Through groups which offer shelter, or food, or other ways.
A goal to them is missions, both local and abroad To spread the Word of Jesus, and also Father God.
As other women join them, they’re happy for that, too, For there is joy among them, and they will welcome you!
Written with love by
Sylvia Robertson, President
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Gratitude & Health: What are the Connections?
Health Outreach Ministry
Dr. Dot Baker
GRATITUDE – What is it? Conscious appreciation of benefits received; act of giving thanks; state of thankfulness; expression of thanks; kindly thoughts; celebration of goodness; sense of abundance.
HEALTH – What is it? Condition of being sound in body, mind, & spirit; state of well-being; flourishing condition; ability to feel and perform at our levels of physical, emotional, and spiritual capacities.
What does gratitude have to do with health? Gratitude lives in our minds, hearts, actions, & choices. Gratitude is our “choice” to live in and savor the present. Our “choice” to focus on positive, ra-ther than on negative. Our “choice” to feel satisfaction. Thoughts of thankfulness and blessing “resonate in our hearts” to produce more positive feelings of happiness and contentment. Thus, gratitude can make us feel healthy as we focus on good & positive things in our lives. Even more so, expressing gratitude “ignites” our hearts and souls. What about gratitude in the “face of trouble & adversity”? If things do not go as we planned or hoped, what then? We can “choose” our responses even in the midst of unhappy or unfortunate situations. In fact, an attitude of gratitude maintains/conserves our physical, mental, & spiritual energies. This attitude empowers us to seek and recognize the ways that these situa-tions can enrich our lives.
What does research say about gratitude & health? Findings include: *feel better about our lives as a whole, more optimistic about our days & weeks (even with annoyances & other stressors) *make better progress toward our goals *show higher levels of alertness, motivation, enthusiasm, & energies *are more willing to help others *feel more connected to others *sleep better *experience spiritual be-liefs & actions *decrease material desires *share with others *are more physically active *are overall healthier.
How do we build our attitude of gratitude? *Experience God’s Word with His promises to pro-vide for us in all situations *Stop & capture/think about/remember certain moments
*Freeze & frame a someone or place to blend your physical & emotional hearts *Create a gratitude journal *Adjust your lens to first see situations broadly and then focus on micro view to find extraordinary in the ordinary *Each day, ask: What has surprised me? Touched me? Inspired me? *Send thank you notes - simple but powerful acts of gratitude
Become a sustaining member of the Circle of Gratitude in which you and others find, give & receive, share, acknowledge, and remember our goodnesses and blessings
Demonstrate thoughtfulness---appreciation---constant prayers to God
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice evermore; Pray “without ceasing”; In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
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It is hard to think that Thanksgiving is just weeks away and in the blink of an eye it will be Christmas. I am always amazed at how the time seems to move faster when the Ad-vent season approaches. God is good and has given us all many bountiful blessings this year and as you gather to gather to share in your family gatherings, remember to give thanks to the Lord for all he has done. New Treatment Shows Promise for Knee Arthritis Small study found single shot of patient's own stem cells improved pain, mobility. FROM THE WEBMD ARCHIVES By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- For those who suffer debilitating arthritis in their knees, researchers report in a small study that just one injection of stem cells can reduce pain and inflammation. The idea is experimental: Extract stem cells from a patient's own body fat -- cells known for their ability to differentiate and perform any number of regenerative functions -- and inject them directly into the damaged knee joint. "While the goal of this small study was to evaluate the safety of using a patient's own stem cells to treat osteoarthritis of the knee, it also showed that one group of patients experienced improvements in pain and function," noted Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was not involved in the study. "In fact, most of the patients who had previously scheduled total knee replacement surgery decided to cancel the surgery," Atala noted. "These results are encouraging, and it will be interesting to see if these improvements are seen in larger groups of study par-ticipants," he added. Atala is editor-in-chief of STEM CELLS Translational Medi-cine, the journal that recently published the results of the 18-patient study. The French and German researchers point out that osteoarthritis is the most common musculoskeletal disease among adults, a so-called "wear-and-tear" chronic condition that often affects the knee joint. Typified by the ongoing breakdown of the cartilage that con-nect joints and bones, the progressively degenerative disorder ultimately gives rise to severe inflammation, significant pain and often crippling disability. According to the Arthritis Foundation, osteoarthritis risk is driven by genetics; obesity; injury and joint overuse; other forms of arthritis; and metabolic disorders that can throw a person's iron or growth hormone levels out of whack.
No treatment can halt osteoarthritis' progress, and "no ther-apy is able to restore [damaged] cartilage tissue," noted study author Dr. Christian Jorgensen, head of the clinical unit for osteoarticular diseases at Lapeyronie University Hospital, in Montpellier, France. To explore the potential of stem cell therapy, the study au-thors focused on 18 French and German men and women, aged 50 to 75, all of whom had struggled with severe knee osteoarthritis for at least a year before joining the study. Between April 2012 and December 2013, all of the pa-tients first underwent liposuction to extract fat-derived sam-ples of a specific type of stem cell. The researchers noted that these particular stem cells have been shown to have immune-boosting and anti-scarring properties, as well as the ability to protect against cell "stress" and death. A third of the patients received a single "low-dose" injec-tion of their own stem cells directly into their knee. Another third received a "medium-dose" injection, involving a little more than four times the amount of stem cells, while the re-maining group received a "high-dose" injection packed with roughly five times as many stem cells as the medium-dose group. After six months, the study team found that all three groups showed improvements in terms of pain, function and mobility. However, only those in the low-dose group were deter-mined to have "statistically significant" improvements in terms of both knee pain and function recovery. Apart from one case of chest pain (about three months after the injection), only a few patients experienced mild side ef-fects. The team concluded that the stem cell treatment results were "very encouraging." The opinion was echoed by Atala, who suggested that "the study shows yet another potential treatment using stem cells." At the same time, Jorgensen and his colleagues stressed that more research with more patients will be needed before the approach can be considered a breakthrough. That effort has already begun, with a second two-year trial now underway involving 150 patients at 10 different clinical centers across Europe. WebMD News from HealthDay SOURCES: Christian Jorgensen, M.D., Ph.D., head, clinical unit for osteoarticular diseases and department for biotherapy, Lapeyronie University Hospital, Montpellier, France; Anthony Atala, M.D., director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C., and editor-in-chief, STEM CELLS Translational Medicine; May 23, 2016, STEM CELLS Translational Medicine, online
1 Corinthians Practical Christianity in the church as learned from Paul’s letters to the Corinthians Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday Afternoon Bible Study,
Sunday School: Berean Class
This we Believe This study will increase your faith and give you a greater knowledge of the word of God and the fun-damental beliefs of Christianity. You won’t want to miss this very important study every Sunday at 10:45 a.m. or Thursday at 1:00 p.m.
Thanksgiving Day Service
Begin your Thanksgiving Day by giving thanks and worshiping with us as we celebrate our 16
th yearly Thanksgiving Day Celebra-
tion Thursday, November 22 at 9:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary. This unique service in the community, allows us to start our celebration with the true meaning of this great holiday. This year our theme is “a Grateful Thanksgiving” as we learn the true meaning of this special holiday.
Thanksgiving at the DeFino’s
Welcome to the following New Members of Trinity
Joann Abercrombie Tom Hehman
Michael Abercrombie Deb Morse
Pat Duncan Charles Staiger
James Gaul
Lynn Gaul
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2018 Charitable Donations
by Tracy Shannahan Just a reminder that for your donations to be recorded as 2018 giving, the church must either receive your donation in the church office or offering plate by December 31, 2018, or it can be mailed, but must be postmarked by December 31, 2018. If you want to give cash to the church, please use your giving envelopes or otherwise identify the cash so that your dona-tions can be recorded and reported to you on a statement from the church.
Since 2007, in order to claim any charitable deduction on your taxes, you must be able to show a bank record of the donation, such as a canceled check or a written communication from the charity that includes the charity’s name, date of the donation and the amount. We have a generous church, and we want to make sure you get tax credit for giving.
TRINITY UMC MILITARY COUPON PROGRAM T. A. Phillips
Since July 2009, we have exceeded $2.35 million dollar value of coupons. Trinity continues to wonderfully support this program. THANK YOU!! We mailed September 2018 to U.S. Army, Vicenza, Italy.
HELPFUL TIPS: Please do not tear the coupon booklets apart. Leave the booklets fastened togeth-er – just like they arrive in the newspaper. If you do cut out the coupons: cut them into single coupons – not into strips. Please do not staple or roll the coupons with a rubber band. We cannot use restaurant, fast food, and grocery store coupons.
Thank you for your participation to make these services possible and helpful to military families who serve overseas.
Report for the Program
Year Month(s)
Number of
Month’s Coupons
Dollar Value ($) of Month’s
Coupons
Grand To-tal Number of Coupons
for year
Grand Total Dollar Value ($)
of Coupons for year
Grand Total Number of Coupons
Grand Total Dollar Value ($) of Cou-
pons
2009 –
Sept
2018
1, 292,419 $2,350,114.75
2018 September 9,805 $18,790.36 88,984 $183,588.21
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LUNCH BUNCH
Our guest for this month is Dawn Veatch who is the
Wicomico County Airport Director. She will be talking
about the flight service with the new jets and plans for the
future of the airport.
Please RSVP to the church office by November 12th.
CONGREGATION CARE
by Carolyn Lewis
We would like to invite you to consider signing up for some of the missions under congregational care. Our food ministry is growing, and we really need peo-ple who will volunteer to prepare or purchase meals to take to some of our shut-ins and families who are deal-ing with major health issues. We continue our card ministry each month and are sending out approximately 70 cards each month to nursing home residents and shut-ins and also cards to members or family members who are sick or sympathy cards to those who have lost loved ones. The visitation and phone call ministry is one we are trying to expand, and we hope you will look at this as a possible ministry that you would like to participate in. We visit members who are unable to get out for various reasons and also visit nursing homes and senior living facilities. The power of love and caring means so much to people who can’t be in church on Sunday mornings.
RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Gingerbread
1 stick butter 2 tsp. baking soda 1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 2 eggs 2 tsp. ginger 3/4 cup boiling water 2 tsp. cinnamon 3/4 cup of unsulfured molasses 1/2 tsp. cloves 2 1/2 cups flour 350 degree oven Butter and lightly flour a 9” x 13” cake pan. Cream the butter, add the sugar and beat until light. Add eggs and beat well. Add the boiling water and molasses and mix well. Mix together the flour, salt, and baking soda and spices with wet mixture. Pour into the pan and bake for 35-45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Great served with a warm lemon sauce.
Lemon Sauce
1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 tbsp. cornstarch Grated rind of 1 lemon 1 cup boiling water pinch of salt 2 tbsp. butter Mix the sugar and cornstarch together in a small saucepan. Add the boiling water, stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and swirl in the butter, lemon juice, and rind and mix thoroughly and serve warm over the gingerbread.
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” -Muhammad Ali
Lazarus Food Pantry: The food theme for the Lazarus Food Pantry for November is SPUDS! Any kind of potatoes –canned, boxed or packaged and a side of gravy would be appreciated too! To date in 2018, Trinity has donated 3129 food items to the Lazarus Food Pantry. Our donations fill a great need in the community the pantry serves so keep up the good work! Salisbury Urban Ministries: Tr inity Par ish Council members are hosting God’s Kitchen on Saturday, November 3rd. As always, our parishioners step up to help us serve 175 to 200 people. Giving Tuesday, is a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, November 27, charities around the world will be recipients of generosity through giving. Log into ShoreGivesMore.org and Salisbury Urban Ministries will be one of the nonprofits you can support through giving. Amazon will award $1 for every $200 spent if you select Salisbury Urban Ministries as your Charity when you log into Am-azon Smile. It is the same Amazon that you use and love. The log in for that charity is smile.amazon.com HOPE: HOPE, Inc. is serving over 100 clients a week during the past three months. This marks an increase in the number of people seeking support compared to last year. Services provided are assistance for dental and vision treatment, prescrip-tions, identification and birth certificates among other needs. In addition, they have been providing a lunch, many times in partnership with area church groups and organizations. The Seton Center is now co-located in HOPE’s offices to provide rental and utility assistance to the needy by appointment. Wicomico County Health Department and HOPE, Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding to support those with mental challenges in the homeless community. Additional volunteers are always welcome especially on Monday and Fridays from 10am-2pm. Contact Ken MacFarlane at [email protected] if you are interested in serving. Appalachia Service Project: Trinity’s Appalachia Service Project Mission Team kicked their 17th year of serving the less fortunate with an interest meeting on Sunday, October 7th. A number of high school youth and parents attended the meeting. The team will be serving at the HALO Café on Mondays and Thursdays and will build a wheelchair ramp in Snow Hill on November 10th. If you are interested in the ASP Program, please contact the church office (410) 749-5562 for further infor-mation. HALO: A group of dedicated Trinity volunteers continue to serve at the HALO Café the 2nd Monday of the month. Please contact Robin Ritchie at [email protected] or (443) 880-4748 if you are interested in volunteering. HALO is also in need of blankets for the upcoming winter months. You can drop them off at the shelter on Eastern Shore Drive or call Maureen Williams for pick-up.
Trinity Emergency Shelter Project 2019: The Trinity Emergency Shelter Project is scheduled at the HALO Shelter from February 22nd through March 9th. Contact TESP coordinator Ken MacFarlane at [email protected] for further infor-mation.
Our church is truly blessed to have so many members who generously support our mission and ministry to those in need. If you're looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of worthy, disadvantaged souls, we would welcome your participation. Maureen Williams (410) 251-0491 [email protected]
NOVEMBER 1 - Chris Burkett Patricia Derby Briden Edney Harry Gray Kevin Ireland Cam Jackson John Koch Anthony Mellone III Brian Ritchie Carolyn Ryan Jay Scott III Alex Titus 2 - Megan Bailey Rose Benedict Todd Dunsten Matthew Duvall Cynthia Malone Dot Matthews Meghan Miller Bob Moore Donna Webster 3 - Joan Dodd Alyssa Fleming Shawn Kelley Jeanne Kniceley Charlotte Miller Christine Quigley Jake Richardson 4 - Gino Bailey Dana Richardson 5 - Mark Merritt Jack Slayton 6 - Maxine Duggan Norman Lyster Tricia Payne Alex Shetler Patricia Whitelock Joseph Wright
7 - Matthew Eberspeaker Shepard Edney Joseph Godfrey Khloe Heberle Liam Payne 8 - Kirby Bryson Jonathan Doyle Dennis Klingenberg Kyle Lewis Colton Mann Art Marvel Shelly Messick 9 - Connor Banks Nancy Chernoff Chip Galloway Ann Hudson Carson Marvel Jane Menzel Dylan Pusey John Wilson 10 - Jackie Bounds Dorothy Butler Michael Carey Mary Mackes Benjamin O’Brien Kathy Riggins Christa Shaner Tom Townsend 11 - Lauran Collins Kevin Darcey Ann Nelson Ethan Thompson 12 - Susan Glenn Robert Hearn Ryan Lewis Christopher Lloyd Leann Mah Glenn Marvel Chris Mason 13 - Ted Bowne Vicki Castillo Amanda Collins Morgan Esham 14 - Whitney Ballard Jackie Cassidy Lacey Dunn Gains Hawkins II Donovan Howard Bryce Miller George Patterson Betsy Rouse Jim Webster Gabnielle Wright Ruth Yesko
15 - Robbie Horner Scott Mackes 16 - Donna DeFino Donna Gilkerson Pat Gray Mark Lopez DeVictoria Kevin Menzel Charles Moore Sonya Pusey Andrea Williams 17 - Sally Choquette Rob Freshwater Jennifer Hooper Rachel Lopez DeVictoria Keith Mitchell Robert Rozaieski Douglas Smith 18 - Henry Dolle Sam Ennis, Jr. Ryan Payne 19 - Grace Ashby Ryleigh Jones 20 - Lynda Baassiri Norris Cartwright, Sr. Sarah Hopkins Hailey Jones Lynnleigh Tregoe Ryan Wootten 21 - Victoria Abel John Agnew Jamal Baassiri Nancie Booth Emma Boram Constance DeMott Ryan Duvall Steven Hearne, Jr. Susan Purnell 22 - Hannah Arrington Andy Kitzrow 23 - Evan Ford Casey Hoch Nancy Richins William Sadler Nell Wright 24 - Debbie Abbott Jayme Block Jordyn Bostwick Kelsey Miller Bill Mortimer George Noonan Nathan Stanley
25 - Hannah Boltz Clinton Corbin Sharon Corry Kim Fehrer Christina Fishburn Joan Haldeman Ben Hawkins, III Lauren Knight Sara Larmore Melissa Marcum Robert Owens Carol Parsons Christopher Simpson Chris Snyder Pyda Sterling 26 - Dot Baker Megan Blackburn Riley Greenwood Rebecca Parsons Stephen Trader Tara Truitt Christina Wilson H.G. Wilson 27 - Scott Baker Jacob Shaffer Alice Smith Daniel Todd Garrett White 28 - Marsha Bloodsworth Sophia Brennan Craig Dobson Grant Henderson Stephanie Mason Lisa Mertensotto Dick Parsons Jordan Waller 29 - Terry Banks Kathryn Bowne Cody Clifton Eftalia Cummins Renee Esham Edward McCarty Charlotte Trice 30 - Jonathan Huddleston Griffin Jones Linda Nelson Taylor Walter Joan Windmuller
BIRTHS October 3, 2018 William Boden Doyle Son of Matthew and Katie Doyle
BAPTISMS October 21, 2018 Adalyn Rose Doyle Daughter of Jon and Katie Doyle Maternal Grandparents: Andy and Susan Lazur Paternal Grandparents: Bill and Jennifer Doyle
DEATHS October 8, 2018 Irene Dayton
Membership News
Peninsula Delaware Conference Salisbury District
Rev. Peggy Johnson Peninsula Delaware Conference
Bishop
Rev. Rob Townsend Salisbury District Superintendent
Church Staff
Rev. Frederick W. Duncan, Senior Pastor Rev. Dean D. DeFino, Associate Pastor Rev. Dale L. Vroman, Associate Pastor
Mr. Trever Pusey, Youth Pastor Mrs. Phyllis Oldham, Sanctuary Choir Director
Mr. David Lawson, Organist Rev. Harry Gray, Handbell Choir Director
Mrs. Ann Marie Barnes, Director of Nursery Ministry Mrs. Carolyn Lewis, RN, Parish Nurse
Mrs. Tracy Shannahan, CPA, Church Accountant Mr. Wayne Tull, Sexton
Mrs. Sue Posey, Office Manager Mrs. Sarah Burton, FLOW Keyboardist
Mr. Noah Mason, Video & Sound Technician
Church Leaders
Mr. Ron Boltz, Administrative Board Chairperson Mrs. Leisl Ashby, Administrative Board Vice-Chairperson
Mr. Tony Sarbanes, Lay Leader Mrs. Tina Vincent, Staff Parish Relations Chairperson
Mr. Chris McCabe, Board of Trustees Chairperson Mr. Charlie Moore, Finance Committee Chairperson
Mr. Kelly Shannahan, Leadership Development Committee Chairperson
Mrs. Ellen DiCintio, Treasurer
Committee Leaders
Dr. James C. Lackie, Annual Conference Member Mrs. Maureen Williams, Missions Committee Chairperson
Mrs. Carolyn Lewis, Congregational Care Chairperson Mr. John Custis, Safe Sanctuary Team Chairperson
Mrs. Vickie Blades, Membership Secretary Mrs. Sylvia Robertson, United Methodist Women President
Mr. Everett Thomas Morton, United Methodist Men President Mrs. Margy Meeks, Altar Guild President
Dr. Dorothy Baker, Health Outreach Ministry Mr. Ron Moore, Trinity Trumpet Editor
Ms. Linda Nelson, Video Ministry Dr. T. J. Mumford, Church Historian
Thank You!
Your cards (some of them even beautifully homemade) and prayers were truly appreciated. Each one was a testament of your concern for me through your thoughts and prayers. Vis-its from Rev. DeFino and Rev. Vroman meant a great deal. Thanks to them and to each of you! May your kindness to-ward me come back to each of you when it is needed the most. Peace and God Bless.
Jourdan Kilgour
I want to thank the Trinity family for their prayers, calls, cards, and visits after my surgery. The visits by Rev. Patter-son and Rev. Vroman were much appreciated by Bev and me. I feel blessed to be a member of such a caring church family!
Bud Horner
Thank you all for the many cards and well wishes during my long recovery from surgery. I enjoyed reading all the cards and notes of encouragement, knowing my Trinity fami-ly was thinking of me. I still have a ways to go, another 3 months, but I am getting stronger everyday. I feel so blessed to have such a supportive church.
God Bless,
Pat Bozman
Michael & Joanna Abercrombie 1103 South Schumaker Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804
Tom Hehman 5981 Gloucester Court Salisbury, MD 21801
Pat Duncan 1174 Kestrel Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804
Deb Morse 1212 Taney Avenue
Salisbury, MD 21801
James & Lynn Gaul 30716 Foxchase Drive Salisbury, MD 21804
Charles Staiger 14259 Melody Drive
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Trinity United Methodist Church 112 High Street
Salisbury, MD 21801
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