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December 13, 2015 Our Mission Equipping Christians to Engage and Evangelize our World LIFE
December 13, 2015
Our Mission Equipping Christians
to Engage and Evangelize
our World
LIFE
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Ronnie W. Rogers, Senior Pastor
Ext. 101 / [email protected] / Ronniewrogers@TBCNorman /
www.ronniewrogers.com
Randy Presley, Pastor of Worship
Ext. 103 / [email protected]
Ryan Polk, Associate Pastor
Ext. 105 / [email protected]
Chris Haynes, Collegiate Minister
Ext. 107 / [email protected]
Jim White, International Ministries Pastor
Ext. 108
Kathy Presley, Elementary Ministry Director
Ext. 128 / [email protected]
Gina Rogers, Preschool Ministry Coordinator
Ext. 114 / [email protected]
Kara Polk, Preschool Ministry Director
Ext. 109 / [email protected]
Anita Charlson, Pastors’ Assistant
Ext. 101 / [email protected]
Kim Pitt, Financial Secretary
Ext. 102 / [email protected]
Mandy Latham, Church Secretary (wed-fri)
Ext. 100 / [email protected]
Nancy Wood, Church Secretary (mon-tues)
Ext. 100 / [email protected]
TRINITY STAFF AND MINISTRY LEADERS
Although we have many staff and volunteer ministry leaders, below is a
list of our staff that may be able to help you if you are new to Trinity.
Call the Church Office at 405.321.2000 and request the appropriate
person, or visit our website at www.trinitynorman.org.
To contact the Here I Grow Learning Center, call 405.321.0736.
Trinity Pastors:
Max Barnett, Ronnie W. Rogers, Randy Presley, Larry Toothaker, and
Billy Wolfe
December 13, 2015
WELCOME
We extend a warm greeting of Christian fellowship to you. May you
feel Christ’s presence, hear His Word proclaimed, and be blessed. Pray
for Ronnie Rogers as he speaks in the morning worship, and Randy
Presley as he leads us in Praise and Worship.
The Trinity of God
Verbal, Plenary Inspiration of Scripture
Total Depravity of Natural Man
The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ
His Blood Atonement
His Bodily Resurrection
Personal and Imminent Return of Christ
Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
Eternal Security of the Believer
Freedom of Religion
The Autonomy of the Local Church
Worldwide Missions—the Obligation of Every Church
A Regenerated Church Membership
Personality of Satan
Justification by Faith
The Reality of Heaven and Hell
The Priesthood of the Believer
Two Ordinances Only: Baptism by Immersion and the Lord’s
Supper
Church Discipline
WHAT WE BELIEVE
HEARING IMPAIRED
Pocket-sized receivers with ear buds are available to be checked out
during the Worship Service from the sound booth at the rear of the
sanctuary.
ELDER INVITATION
Following morning worship, the elders will be available to members
and guests for prayer and ministry. Simply come to the front of the
sanctuary where we will be glad to: pray for your personal needs, lead
you in receiving Jesus Christ as your Savior, discuss church
membership.
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ESPECIALLY FOR OUR GUESTS
We are glad to have you worship with us today. You
are worshiping with people who experience the
same difficulties of life as you. We have nothing to
boast about except the God we worship. Please relax
and focus upon the Lord Jesus who loves you and
desires for you to follow Him. While God has surely
led you here, you likely still have a number of im-
portant questions about us; how to get more involved and connected in
meaningful relationships, or about your own personal or spiritual needs.
If so, please allow us to help you by completing the guest registration
inside the back cover or by coming forward during the invitation time.
—Ronnie W. Rogers
Requirements for membership
at Trinity Baptist Church
—Receive Jesus Christ by faith
—Attend all four Discovering
Trinity sessions
—Be baptized by immersion
—Be presented to the church
—Turn in membership
commitment form
SERMONS
Do you want to hear a sermon
again? Did you miss a sermon?
You can listen several ways:
•Purchase a CD / cost is $3
To purchase a CD, use the enve-
lope located in the back of the
pew or in the Welcome Center.
Place the request in the offering
plate.
•Listen online/ trinitynorman.org
For helpful information on a
variety of current issues, visit
Pastor Ronnie’s blog:
www.ronniewrogers.com
DISCOVERING TRINITY 101
Interested in joining or learn-
ing more about how Trinity
functions or what we believe?
Discovering Trinity is
designed for anyone consider-
ing joining Trinity. Attending
the class is for your infor-
mation and does not obligate
you to join, but is a prerequi-
site to becoming a member.
You must attend all 4
sessions.
Upcoming sessions of
Discovering Trinity 101
will begin again after the
first of the year.
December 13, 2015
WEDNESDAY EVENING MEALS Did you know you can eat dinner here
on Wednesdays from 5-6?
Menu this Week:
Barbecue beef and beans, corn
bread, salad, and sugar cookies for
dessert.
PRICES
Adult: $3.00
Baked potato or salad only: $1.50
Child (under 12): $1.50
Max $12 for immediate family
College: free—paid by college ministry
FINANCIAL UPDATE
ADULT VOLUNTEERS
SAFETY TEAM
December 20—Team 3
Jason Colvin
Jerry Campbell
December 13—Team 2
Zach Hunter
Gene Peavler
Blake Seeley
GUEST SERVICES
December 20
Welcome Ctr.: Mandy Latham
North: Jerry & Janice Campbell,
Shylin Presley, Shelby
Hockenbroch
After service: Tomlinson family
December 13
Welcome Ctr.: Linda Woodfin
North: Pennel family
After service: Chris Haynes
family
CHURCH INFORMATION
DEACON OF THE WEEK The New Testament
describes the role of
a deacon as a servant.
Deacons serve by
meeting needs so that
elders can equip and
the church body can
be prepared to minister. Needs can
be someone’s car won’t start after
church, someone asks for help, or
any of a variety of issues. For
December 13-19, David Bendure
will be the Deacon of the Week.
You can locate him in the building.
12/6/15 Offering $21,900.43
Offering for Month $21,900.43
Offering YTD $809,910.41
Budget YTD $813,330.91
Balance ($3,420.50)
Lottie Moon $6,880.72
Trinity’s Lottie Moon
goal is $75,000.
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WEEKLY SCHEDULE SUNDAY
9:15 a.m. Campus Groups/Sunday School
10:40 a.m. Morning Worship—worship center
K!dz Worship—rooms 201/205
Preschool Praise & Worship—room 211
5:00 p.m. AWANA
6:00 p.m. Evening Worship—worship center
7:15 p.m. Prayer Time—Led by Mason Lawrence, FH 3
Haiti Info Meeting—choir room
MONDAY
11:00 p.m. Preschool Play Date—Christmas party, room 211
7:00 p.m. Prayer Time— Toothaker home
TUESDAY
6:30 p.m. Zumba—gym
7:00 p.m. Prayer Time—Pray at home
VanDyke CG—Banks home
7:30 p.m. College Basketball—gym
WEDNESDAY
5:00 p.m. Food Pantry—room 116
Fellowship Meal—gym
6:00 p.m. Honeybees—rooms 103 & 211
Happy Birthday, Jesus Party—gym
Youth Christmas Party—skating in OKC
6:30 p.m. Haynes CG—C. Haynes home
7:15 p.m. Prayer Time—Led by Doug Wendel, FH 3
Engage Bible Study—3rd floor
8:00 p.m. Pancakes for College—C. Haynes home
THURSDAY
12:45 p.m. Brookhaven Extensive Care Ministry
2:00 p.m. Rambling Oaks Assisted Living Ministry
3:30 p.m. Brookhaven Mansions Assisted Living Ministry
6:30 p.m. Zumba
7:00 p.m. Prayer Time—Peavler home
7:30 p.m. College Basketball—gym
FRIDAY
CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED AT 12:30
7:00 p.m. Prayer Time—Pennel home
McIntyre CG—Toothaker home
SATURDAY
8:00 a.m. Prayer Time—FH 3, led by Mike Smith
December 13, 2015
LATE BREAKING NEWS
CELEBRATE MARRIAGE Congratulations on these
wedding anniversaries:
Andy & Sherrie Blackford-28 yrs
Nathan & Kristie Dilley-22 yrs
Randy & Beth Franks-13 yrs
“Prayer is the first thing, the second thing, the third thing
necessary to a ministry. Pray, then my dear brother;
pray, pray, pray.”
Edward Payson
CAN YOU GIVE
ONE HOUR THIS
WEEK TO PRAYER? Sunday 7:15 p.m., Led by
Mason Lawrence, FH 3
Monday 7:00 p.m., Led by Lar ry
Toothaker,
Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Pray at home
Wednesday 7:15 p.m., Led by
Doug Wendel, FH 3
Thursday 7:00 p.m., Led by
Gene Peavler,
Friday 7:00 p.m., Led by Har -
rison Pennel,
Saturday 8:00 a.m., FH3, led by
Mike Smith, door code 1776*
DECEMBER SPECIAL
EVENTS
TODAY, 10:40 a.m.
—Preschool & Ele-
mentary Nativity
Presentation
Sunday, 12/20, 6:00
p.m.—Lord’s Supper
during Evening
Worship
Thursday, 12/24,
5:00 p.m.—
Christmas Eve
Candlelight Service
New Years Eve, 7-10 pm at Trin-
ity in the gym, we will
have music, food, and fellow-
ship. Currently the singers/
musicians are Reta Smith, Steve
and Mary Womack, Ron Jarman,
Bill Roady, and David
Bendure. There will be NO child
care or games played in the gym.
It is strictly for music and fellow-
ship. There will be NO charge,
NO offering taken, just bring
snacks or desserts to share with
everyone and also bring your own
soft drinks. If you would like to
sing, please give David Bendure a
call. If you just want to play your
instrument with us, please come
on and be a part----we will have
fun!! David will be at the gym
around 5-530 to set up if you want
to come early. See you there!
Randy Presley has been an
elder at Trinity for 19 years.
Congratulations, Randy!
FOOD PANTRY This
Wednesday, December 16, is the
last day to bring Christmas dona-
tions for families.
The food pantry needs new vol-
unteers. Contact Chr is Haynes
or Tara Elmegreen to help.
There is a packing/wrapping par-
ty on December 20 after the
evening service.
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Do you shop online? You can
make an effortless donation to
Trinity Baptist Church at the
same time. Simply go to
smile.amazon.com and search for
Trinity Baptist Church, Norman,
OK and select our church. And
then just shop as usual. If you
had picked another charity, it
will show when you’re logged
onto smile. You can change it by
logging into your account and
going to Settings and Change
Your Charity. Then just log onto
smile.amazon.com for future
shopping
LATE BREAKING NEWS...Continued
The Health Club
of Norman
Regional, at 3720
W. Robinson, is
offering Trinity
members a
discount on memberships. A
family membership would be
reduced from $69/month to $54/
month. There are also prices for
singles and couples. See Mandy
in the office for more info.
MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY!!
The Nursing Home
Ministry encourages
everyone who is able
to participate in our
blanket ministry.
We need simply made lap quilts,
blankets, or afghans, about
40”x40”, to bless the nursing
home residents. If you sew, knit,
or crochet, or can donate scraps
or yarn to be used by others, let
the Campbells know. There is
now a box behind the Welcome
Center where you may place
blankets for donation.
Sunday School Teacher Need
The preschool department needs 2
people (either a couple or 2 ladies)
to lead our younger 3's during
Sunday School. We already have
curriculum in place that is very
easy to plan. Please contact Kara
Polk [email protected]
ASAP if you are interested or if
you have any questions.
There will be an informational
meeting for the Spring Break
Haiti trip TONIGHT at 7:10
p.m. in the choir room.
The Nursing Home Ministry will
be studying the book The
Purpose Driven Life by Rick
Warren starting in January. If
you have a copy of this at home
that you no longer need, they
would love to put it to good use.
They could use about a dozen
copies of this book. Contact
Jerry or Janice Campbell.
LOST AND FOUND IS FULL!!
Please go check out the tall black
cabinet by the coffee area and see
if your Bible, sunglasses, sippy
cup, coat, diaper bag, etc. are in
there. It will be cleaned out and
the contents sent to Salvation
Army.
December 13, 2015
TEC FALL 2015—SUNDAYS 5:00 p.m.
Introduction to Christian Apologetics — Fellowship Hall 6 & 7
Dates: 9/27—12/13, facilitated by Ryan Polk
The Atonement Thread — Fellowship Hall 5
Dates: 9/27—12/13, facilitated by Chris Haynes
Motivate Your Child — Choir Room
Began 9/27, led by Kathy Presley
Becoming God’s True Woman — Fellowship Hall 2 & 3
Began 9/27, facilitated by Emily Winkle and Kara Polk
Youth TEC — Youth Room (3rd floor)
Began 9/27, facilitated by Tristan Martin
We still need to ship our Opera-
tion Christmas Child boxes. We
have collected $530 so far toward
those shipping expenses. Our
total need is $1400. For more
info, contact Candice Dickinson
CHRISTMAS TREES
The nursing home ministry wants
5-6 gently used Christmas trees to
provide some holiday spirit for
the residents of the Rambling
Oaks Assisted Living Center. If
you can help, contact Janice
Campbell or Ryan Polk.
Ladies and High School Girls,
let’s begin our year with a night of Prayer & Praise.
Tuesday, January 5, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
in the Fellowship Hall.
Dessert and coffee following. Door code will be posted on the Trinity Women Facebook page.
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MISSIONS MINISTRY UPDATES
December 13, 2015
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Verse of the week:
Daily Bible Readings for the Week:
Sunday: Dan. 8-9, Ps. 133, Heb. 12-13
Monday: Dan. 10-12, Ps. 134, James 1-2
Tuesday: Hos. 1, Ps. 135, James 3-5
Wednesday: Hos. 2-5, Ps. 136, 1 Peter 1-2
Thursday: Hos. 6-9, Ps. 137, 1 Peter 3-5
Friday: Hos. 10-14, Ps. 138, 2 Peter 1-3
Saturday: Joel 1-3, Ps. 139, 1 John 1-2
“But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the
Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as
from the Lord, the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18, NASB
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PURSUIT COLLEGE MINISTRY
www.trinitypursuit.org [email protected]
SUNDAY MORNING CLASSES,
9:15
Theology—Terry Garner
Hosea—Richard Carpenter
Song of Solomon—Adam
Westerman
I’m Glad You Asked—Greg
Hughes
Life in Community—Chris
Haynes & Stephen Tomlinson
ENGAGE YOUTH MINISTRY
YOUTH BREAKFAST
Weekly need is 5 dozen donuts and
4 two liter bottles of drinks.
December 13—???
December 20—???
December 27—Carpenter
January 3—???
To sign up to bring donuts, contact
ENGAGE School Year Schedule
6:00 p.m.—Engage Family
Groups
7:15 p.m.—Engage Bible Study
We are going to begin
sponsoring a young
boy from the ministry
in Guatemala, CASA
ALELUYA. We will
be asking the youth to each bring
$1 on the first Sunday morning of
each month. This will pay for
the $35 per month sponsorship
fee.
SKI TRIP—January 4-8, Red
River, NM. $75 deposit. Sign up
NOW! See Chris for more info.
CHRISTMAS PARTY!!
Wednesday, Dec. 16, ice skating
in downtown OKC. Leave the
church at 6:00 p.m., return be-
tween 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. $8 per
person.
Take a break from your studying,
and come for PANCAKES at 301
Towry Drive, 8:00 p.m., Wednes-
day, December 16.
December 13, 2015
H!Z K!DZ! ELEMENTARY MINISTRY
ETC—EXTENDED TEACHING CARE
PRESCHOOL MINISTRY
December 20
109-Adam & Sherise Oxsen
105B-Elise Presley & Paula Knapp
105C-Justin & Natalie Devero
101-Jed & Gennifer Redeker
102-Justin & Anna Peavler
103-Mark & Melissa Mingle
211-The Maynes family
December 13
109-Mary & Theresa Harvey
105B-Cheryl Malone & Shoshana
Presley
105C-Charles & Lindsay Collins
101-Grant Malone & Hannah
Hathcock
102-TaMara Gibbs & family
103-The Hunter family
211-Mike & Dana Smith
K!DZ WORSHIP WORKERS:
Kathy Presley, Lisa Wilmoth, Don
& Lori Gordoni, Grace Branscum
PLAY DATE 12/14/15—
Christmas Party, room 211, 11
a.m. We will paint ornaments,
sing carols, and share our favorite
Christmas snacks! Bring enough
to share with everyone. This will
be our last playdate until January.
AWANA at 5:00 tonight.
Puggles—room 103
Cubbies—room 211
AWANA — Christmas Party,
5:00 p.m.
Tonight is our last AWANA
meeting until January 10.
Preschool needs a couple or 2
ladies to lead younger 3’s during
Sunday School. Curriculum is
already in place, and it’s easy to
plan. Contact Kara ASAP at
kara@trinitynorman for more
information.
STARZ! Nativity Presentation Sunday, TODAY, 10:40 a.m. in
the Worship Center. Elementary
children will be taken out of Sun-
day School at 10:00 and taken to
the gym to dress. After the
presentation, elementary children
will be taken back to the gym to
change and then to rooms
201/205 for K!DZ Worship.
Happy Birthday, Jesus! Party Wednesday, December 16, 6-7
p.m. in the gym. All elementary
children come join us for a cele-
bration of our Savior’s birth!
Nativity THIS MORNING!
HONEYBEES, Wednesday,
6:00 p.m., Happy Birthday Jesus
Party! This will be our last Hon-
eybees until January.
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PRAYER CHAIN MINISTRY
We invite you to join the Prayer
Team Ministry of Trinity. If
you would like to join, call the
Church Office at 321-2000, Lois
Pickard at 329-7129, or Jenny
Wheeler at 527-0029. When a
prayer request is received, the
next person on the list is called.
If the caller reaches an answer-
ing machine, the request is giv-
en; but the caller continues until
reaching a person who continues
the request. Prayer Partners
December 13, 2015
Or send your prayer requests by email—
GUEST REGISTRATION December 13, 2015
Thank you for being a guest of Trinity Baptist Church. Help us get to
know you better by providing us with some information about yourself:
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Names and ages of children and grades if school age:
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Please fill out this form or the guest form in the back of the pew and
place in the offering plate. We’re so glad you joined us for worship
today!
Prayer Requests: If you have a prayer request, please fill out this form
and place in the offering plate.
Please pray for:
Prayer request:
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SERMON NOTES
