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January 2013
Monthly Newsletter of TRINITY UMC
633 Hobson Lane Denton, TX 76205
www.tumc-denton.org 940-566-2291
Inside This Issue
Prayers, Presence,
Gifts, Service, Witness
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Missions News
3
January Calendar
4-5
Children/Youth/Music
6
Trinity Happenings
7
From the Pastor
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JANUARY SERMON SERIES...WITH
This month we are looking at Skye Jethani’s book With. What a
great time to consider God WITH us just after the Christmas season.
There are a few copies available in the office for $12. You can also
find them online at Amazon, or at Lifeway and Mardel bookstores.
Cost varies at those locations. Come grow with us! If you would like
to order a book, please fill out this bulletin insert and include your
payment of $12 marked “WITH”.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Aaron Logan in completing his first step of becoming a United Methodist Pastor. Aaron is now a certified candidate for ministry in the United Methodist Church. We are excited
about supporting his efforts and keeping he and his family in our
prayers!
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
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Prayers
CANCER
Carol Bishop
Joyce Mahoney
Steve Enfinger
Dayne Gentry
Barbara Ganzer
Irene Lunceford
Linda Hager
William Skipwith
Virginia Skipwith
Jerry Sumrell
Scott Nielsen
Donna London
Jack Ferraioli
Judy Braverman
Tom Silva
Sindie Monte
Shirley Hastings
Jerry Hilbun
Carolyn Younger
Mike McCord
Kenneth Michael
As members
of the
United
Methodist
Church,
we commit
to support
the church
with our
prayers,
presence,
gifts, service
and witness.
THE
MESSENGER
Judith Allen
Sonny Hackman
Terry Laughlin
Warren Inman
Marie Burleigh
Irby Burleigh
Bob Estes
Will Moore
Trina Aines
Bob Mathew
Ricky Schertz
Pat & Jenny Moore
Tyler Browning
Nell Butler
Shirley Trotter
Ralph Barnes
Anna Mae Walter
Ruth Kukowski
Micah Schoep
Cleta Knight
Karen Hausman
Sara Branton
Betty Dansby
HEALTH & HEALING
Mike Terry
Marlette Morehouse
Bill Taylor
Gordon Och
Greg Vennerholm
Catherine Traylor
Rachel Cryan
Melinda Layne
Debbie Culver
Mary Hines
Don Tebbetts
Major Rex Verhs
Jack Mahoney
Butch Burns
Teri Parker
Chris Voie
Brandon Gothard
Jane Tyler
Sgt. Stephen Merritt
Ann Osborne
Vonitta Akers
Homer
Dustin Wood
Micah Holden
Bob Cook
Kamryn Rakestraw
Jan Kaiser
Marion Rohwer
Larry Huff
Cherith Morrison
Lori Laube
Denise Hernandez
Nancy Lillie
Anita Witherspoon
Randy Kelly
Alide Kimbel
Debra Perry
Alee Enam
Lois Eckert
Ashley McKenzie
Oretha Darrough
Ray Scahill
Presence
12/2
8:30 Worship
44
9:45 Worship
52
11:00 Worship
140
12/9
413
Christmas Eve 7:00 PM 214
Mary Cockrell
Walter Hartsock
Bobby Burns
MILITARY
SPC Kevin Crumpton
SGT Jarrod Tepe
Jason Harjo
SGT Cory Long
Mike Miller
SFC Joshua Crawford
Captain David Plunkett
SPC Christopher Ewing
Andrew Norton
Jack Vineyard
Dustin Lamb
Kyle Rosenbaum
SGT Cody Chenault
McClain Weber
Cameron Metford
PFC Arthur Bates
Jaime Valentine
12/16
12/23
40
39
42
20
85
123
11:00 PM 50
Gifts, Service, & Witness
Gifts… We ended 2012 in
great shape with apportionments paid, bills paid and ministry happening. Thank you,
Trinity.
Service…December was an
eventful month as we celebrated the birth of Jesus.
Thank you to those who
helped make Breakfast with
Santa possible, & the Cantata
was beautiful. There was singing, decorating, planning, rehearsing, organizing, time
given and laughing that took
place for all of December’s
activities to happen. We hope
you were blessed by simply
being involved and serving
others.
Witness…Did you share your
greatest gift with someone this
Christmas season?
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Missions News
January’s Communion Rail Offering will be for community assistance.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Birthdays
1/1
We will be meeting in January on Monday, the 7th
to discuss plans for 2013. We look forward to
reaching out to those in need!
More Ways to Help
RECYCLING FOR THE
NURSERY We have an ongoing collection of items that can be recycled to
raise money for the nursery. Cell phones, laser
and inkjet cartridges, laptops, iPods, digital cameras, DVDs, GPS devices, PDAs, video games &
consoles, scientific & graphing calculators, and
iPads/tablets/eReaders, can all be collected for
cash. If you have any of these items that you no
longer can use and are wanting to get rid of, you
can bring them to the church office or Narthex. The
monies received will help with nursery needs.
Thank you!
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1/2
1/3
1/4
1/5
1/6
1/7
1/8
1/9
1/10
1/12
1/13
1/14
1/15
Sarah Catherine
Massey
Abby Newman
Megan
Van Jaarsveldt
Brandi MacAllister
Mary Gosdin
Carrie Martin
Jerry Sumrell
Christina Berryhill
Carol Gagnon
Donna Jennings
Lane Davidson
Genena Barnes
Alicia Mathney
Joy Dickson
Lee Booth
Sam Edwards
Don King
Jeremy Hallford
Marion Rohwer
Heather Sanchez
Denny Uptegrove
Betty Plunkett
Shirley McCaskill
Kirin McMillin
1/16
1/17
1/18
1/19
1/20
1/23
1/24
1/25
1/26
1/28
1/29
Paul Thomas
Amanda Tovar
Sylvia Loving
Mary Ann Towery
Joan Pedron
Lee Worley
Madison Pike
Gavin Van Jaarsveldt
Kyle Ingram
Morgan Baker
Kelly Stensgard
Carole Wilson
Artie Booth
Mary Etta McGowan
Mike McPherson
Vaughn Brooks
Kim McMillan
Aida Dougherty
Hannah Glotzbach
Alan McGrew
Anniversaries
1/8
1/9
1/13
1/22
1/22
Joe & D’Lynn Ewing
Marty & Amy Kobuck
James & Andrea Massey
LD & Sherry Shipman
Kyle & Gail Williams
EACH SUNDAY
8:30 AM
9:45 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Traditional Worship
Contemporary Worship
Sunday School
Children's Worship
Traditional Worship
Sunday School
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wedn
1
2
7:30 PM-Chancel C
6
2:30 PM-Son Beam Singers
3:00 PM-Youth Band
3:15 PM-Children’s Bells
4:00 PM-Youth
4:00 PM-Refresh
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2:00 PM-Taking down Christmas
Decorations
7:00 PM-Missions Committee
8
10:00 AM Pastor’s Bible Study
6:30 PM-Bear Webelo Meeting
7:00 PM-Trustee Meeting
9
6:00 PM-Youth
6:30 PM-Adult Han
7:30 PM-Chancel C
13
7:00 AM-First Meal
2:30 PM-Son Beam Singers
3:00 PM-Youth Band
3:15 PM-Children's Bells
4:00 PM-Youth
4:00 PM-Refresh
14
15
10:00 AM Pastor’s Bible Study
6:30 PM-Bear Webelo Meeting
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6:00 PM-Youth
6:30 PM-Adult Han
7:30 PM-Chancel C
20
2:30 PM-Son Beam Singers
3:00 PM-Youth Band
3:15 PM-Children's Bells
4:00 PM-Youth
4:00 PM-Refresh
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22
10:00 AM Pastor’s Bible Study
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6:00 PM-Youth
6:30 PM-Adult Han
7:30 PM-Chancel C
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12:15 PM Christian Life
1:30PM Admin Board
2:30 PM-Son Beam Singers
3:00 PM-Youth Band
3:15 PM-Children's Bells
4:00 PM-Youth
4:00 PM-Refresh
6:30 PM-Christian Believer Class
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7:00 PM Children’s Council Meeting 10:00 AM Pastor’s Bible Study
30
6:00 PM-Youth
6:30 PM-Adult Han
7:30 PM-Chancel C
nesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
3
4
5
8:00 AM-United Methodist Men
nd Bells
Choir
10
9:00 AM-Trinity Crafters
6:30 PM-Refuel Rehearsal
7:00 PM-Women's Bible Study
11
12:00 PM-Prime Timers
6:00 PM-Kids' Night Out
12
8:00 AM-Bell Rehearsal
1:00 PM-Chinese School
Registration
18
nd Bells
Choir
17
9:00 AM-Trinity Crafters
6:30 PM-Refuel Rehearsal
7:00 PM-Women's Bible Study
19
1:00 PM-Chinese School
Registration
25
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nd Bells
Choir
24
9:00 AM-Trinity Crafters
6:30 PM-Refuel Rehearsal
7:00 PM-Women's Bible Study
Choir
nd Bells
Choir
31
9:00 AM-Trinity Crafters
6:30 PM-Refuel Rehearsal
6:30 PM-Pack Meeting
7:00 PM-Women's Bible Study
The January Communion Rail
Offering will be for community
assistance.
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Children
Emmi Holt, Children’s Minister
emmi.holt @tumc-denton.org
Kids’ Night Out
January 11th
6-10 PM
Lowrie Hall
Children’s Council Meeting
Monday, January 28th
7:00 PM in the Conference Room
Bring your ideas for the year!
Youth
Aaron Logan, Youth Minister
[email protected]
940-453-3339
JOIN US FOR WORSHIP,
FUN AND BIBLE STUDY!
Sundays at 4 PM
Wednesdays at 6 PM
Our Youth Minister sends out informative emails on a
regular basis. If you would like to be added to this email
list, please send an email to [email protected] or like
us on Face Book!
I Love Trinity Youth/Denton.
Confirmation
Confirmation for 5th & 6th graders will be March 11-15,
2013 from 9AM to 4PM. If there are any older youth who
have not been through confirmation yet, they may also
attend. Put these dates on your calendar. It’s going to be
Music
Aaron Logan, Music Minister
[email protected]
940-453-3339
REHEARSALS
CHANCEL CHOIR
Wednesdays at 7:30 PM
ADULT BELLS
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM
CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Sundays 2:30-3:15 PM
CHILDREN’S BELLS
Sundays 3:15-4:00 PM
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Monthly & Weekly at Trinity!
UNITED METHODIST MEN · JANUARY 5TH
Our Methodist Men usually meet every
first Saturday of the month at 8 AM. For
this month, we will meet on Saturday,
January 5th in Lowrie Hall.
PRIME TIMERS · JANUARY 11TH AT 12:00
NOON Our regular meeting will be on
Friday, January 11th. We will be having
hobo stew. Artie Booth will be providing
the starter stew and we will bring the
veggies to add to it. So, bring a can of
what you would like to throw in the pot
or a side dish to go with it. This always
ends up being a tasty treat! This may
get a little messy, so bring a cloth napkin with you! Actually, we will be using
the cloth napkin for our fun event. Tommie Beckwith will be showing us how to
fold napkins into different characters,
so bring a cloth napkin you can work
with! If you do not have one, there will
be some here at the church! Invite a
friend or neighbor for hobo stew
month! We would love having new people join us!
[email protected] or 940-535-1466.
January 13th is this month’s First Meal.
BOOK CLUB · JANUARY 22ND @ 7:00 PM
Book Club meets monthly in the home
of a church member. In January we will
be reading Little Book by Selden Edwards. If you would like more information, you can contact the church office.
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD & CHRISTIAN LIFE
COMMITTEE · JANUARY 27TH The next Administrative Board Meeting and Christian Life Committee will meet on Sunday, January 27th. Christian Life will
meet at 12:15 and Administrative Board
meets at 1:30. These meetings will be in
the Conference Room.
KIDS’ NIGHT OUT JANUARY 11TH 6:00—
10:00 PM Sign up for Kids’ Night Out in
January. The cost is $20 for the first
child and $5 for each additional child
not to exceed $40 per family. Drop the
kids off and enjoy an evening out. Sign
up on-line or in the church office.
CHILDREN’S COUNCIL MEETING · JANUARY
28TH Our Children’s Council will be
meeting on Monday, January 28th at
7:00 PM in the Conference Room. We
will be discussing children’s events for
the new year, so please join us for planning.
YOGA AT TRINITY
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
4 classes in 5 weeks~ $24.00
or Drop-in ~ $8.00
Please bring a mat, bottle of water and
any other props you would like
(blankets, blocks, straps). Childcare is
available if reservation is made.
FIRST MEAL · JANUARY 13TH Once a
month, Trinity teams up with other local churches to make a difference in our
community. If you can assist with this
ministry helping the hungry in Denton,
please contact Kathy Edman at ked-
TRINITY CRAFTERS · THURSDAYS @ 9:00AM
Do you have a craft or hobby that you
enjoy? Join us on Thursday mornings at
9:00 AM in the Conference Room. No
expertise is necessary! Come join us for
fellowship!
WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY · THURSDAYS @
7:00 PM Women of the church meet on
Thursday evenings for Bible Study. Join
us in the Conference Room at 7:00 PM.
REFRESH SUNDAYS @ 4:00 PM Refresh is a
small group that meets Sundays at
4:00PM. We are interested in finding
healthful ways to eat and feed our
loved ones. Come join us as we grow to
be respectful of the temples God gave
us as our bodies.
TRINITY TWEENS If you are in 3rd to 5th
grades, we would love to see you on
Sunday afternoons at 4:00PM. We will
have Bible time, service projects, fun
and games. We will share a meal together at 5:15 each Sunday. Please join
us! Contact Emmi Holt with any questions: [email protected] or
469-247-6106.
TRINITY CHILDREN’S MUSIC Children
grades 2-5 are welcome to join the bell
choir. Children grades K-5 are welcome
to join SonBeam Singers. We meet on
Sunday afternoons as follows:
2:30—3:15 PM Children’s Choir
3:15-4:00 PM Children’s Bells
PASTOR’S BIBLE STUDY @ 10 AM ON TUESDAYS Come join Pastor John as he leads
us in Bible Study on Tuesday mornings.
THE CHRISTIAN BELIEVER SUNDAYS AT 6:30 PM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM
Aaron Logan will be leading a 34 week study of the Christian Believer.
This will begin on Sunday, January 27th at 6:30 PM. If you are interested in being a part of this class, simply join us for the first session
on January 27th. Materials will be around $45. As always, if you want
to be in the class and cannot afford materials, please let someone
know.
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From the Pastor
Greetings,
I write to
you in the name of
our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ. This has
been a very powerful
Advent season as I
have seen and felt
God moving in my life
Rev. John Peel
and the people of
Trinity United Methodist. On behalf of our
staff, I want to say a word of thank you for
the gift to us at Christmas. Your appreciation of what we do to serve our God
through you means a lot to us. Thank you
very much! Now we are really excited and
renewed to launch into the coming year.
The new year is always a time of
analyzing what has been with resolutions
about what will be. With this in mind I
want to invite you on a journey with me
from now until Easter that we take a seri-
ous look at our relationship to God
ending with a claiming or renewing
of our walk with Jesus. January will
see us focus on the book WITH by
Skye Jethani as he helps us look at
ways we have moved away from
relationship to a life under, over,
from, or for God. This little book is a
powerful understanding of why
many of our churches have lost sight
of our mission with busy work that
hinders our walk with God. You may
buy the book at any of the book
stores or ask in the office as we have
some on hand. I do think your reading of the book will help us all grow
in our relationship with God. The
Christian faith must not slip into a
religion of do’s and don’ts, but help
us to focus on a journey with our
God. This series will help us look at
the Bible’s message of living WITH
God enjoying the power of that rela-
tionship.
Lent will bring us a time
looking at the WAY Jesus traveled.
We will journey by video to places
that Jesus walked and spiritually
grow closer to this God that wants to
be with us. Remember that Jesus
came into our world so that we
might see, feel, and touch our God.
Jesus said to his contemporaries,
come and follow me. I say as your
pastor, come and follow me over
this next few months, as we grow
closer to Jesus letting us change lives
and transform our community. I
hope to see you here every week
between now and Easter.
Grace and Peace,
Pastor John