This Sunday's sermon is " Interruptions and Invitations" by Rev. Catherine Fluck Price.

Wise Words - Lessons from Proverbs for our Everyday Lives is a 6:35 Wednesday night Contemporary Service message series from August 8 - September 5.

This week's sermon will be by Rev. Lenora Rousseau.

The Mission Box for this Sunday celebrates our veterans on Independence weekend. The HONOR center, a 45 bed facility for men and women, provides a place for Veterans to stay as they transition from homelessness to independent living. Your donation will help with many recreational therapeutic activities including Bikes for Vets and Frets4vets (text 2 give keyword: honor). 

Join us for food, fun & fellowship!  Wednesday Night Dinner's kick-off on August 22 with free spaghetti night! Dairy and gluten free options are available. The kitchen will be open from 5 - 6:30pm. Starting August 29, adult meals are $ 7 , children 6 and up are $ 3 , 0-5 eat free with a $25  family cap.

Do you have a heart for hospitality? Experience or interest in the kitchen? The Trinity food service ministry needs you! Volunteer one  Wednesday  per month and help serve our weekly fellowship dinner. Contact Franny ( 352-416-3027) for more information.

3rd Grade Parents:  The 3rd Grade Bible Presentation is September 9 at 9:40am. When we give the gift of a Bible to our children, we continue to experience and explore the beautiful faith we all share. Please register your 3rd grader by September 2.  If you are in 4th or 5th grade and did not receive a bible, please email Amy. We want everyone to have the opportunity to receive a bible from Trinity!

Rejoice! and CHEERS registrations are now open! Rejoice! from 2 - 4pm is for elementary-aged students and includes music, dance and crafts. The fall 2018 session of Rejoice! will meet on Wednesday afternoons beginning August 22 from 2 - 4pm in the Choir room (3rd floor Education Building), and will end with a fun-filled performance on November 14, at 6:30pm in the Worship Center. $40/child. Register now!

CHEERS is our mid-week experience on Wednesdays from 4:00 - 5:30pm with fun science experiments, cooking, crafty creations, games, dancing, recreation and singing! The 2018 fall session is for kids in grades Kindergarten - 5th and will run from August 22 - November 7. (CHEERS Cherubs (age 3 by September 1, 2018) will begin in January for the spring session.) Register now!

 

Acolyte Ministry Team: ATTENTION all parents of children in grades 2nd - 5th, it's time to get our Acolyte Ministry Team started again! Parents and children, please join us on August 26 in the Worship Center at 12pm for a brief orientation. We will be exploring what it means to be an acolyte, practicing the acolyte's role on a Sunday morning and signing up for dates to acolyte. Please contact Elizabeth if you are planning to attend. 

All youth (7th-12th) grade are welcome to join the fun and see what Sonlight Youth Choir & Band is all about! Rehearsals are on Sunday afternoons from 4 - 5:30pm in the 3rd floor choir room in the Education building.

6th Grade Confirmation & Sonrise Choir: all 6th graders are invited every week to the choir room during the 11am Sunday School hour for Confirmation class and a brand new 6th grade youth choir called Sonrise!  Confirmation will be taught by Rebekah Saveland and Sonrise will be directed by Keven Braswell. On August 19 at 11am in the choir room we will have a parent and student meeting where we will share our vision for the year and answer any questions you may have.

UMYF KICK OFF!!!! On August 19 from 5:30-7:30pm we will be kicking off the new school year in style with a large 90's themed kickoff bash. So get excited to throw it back a decade and dance the night away! Dress up in your favorite 90's attire or come as your favorite 90's character. It will be a fun night where we will be enjoying the classic food of the 90's, the music of the 90's, and of course channeling the crazy fun spirit of the 90's.

Do you currently lead an adult spiritual formation group (small group, Bible study, or Sunday School)?  Or, do you have the gift of leadership and would like to explore the option of leading an adult group?  You are invited to a Leader Luncheon on August 19, from 12 - 1pm in room 222.  This will be a great opportunity to connect, support and learn from other leaders.  To help us plan, please register by August 15. For more information please contact Kim directly (416-3704) 

 

Fall classes are up and registration is still open! There are so many offerings (18!!) for you this season, we hope you'll check out all the different classes and small groups and find something you're interested in and a way to grow your faith. Learn More!

We need your help! We are looking for a couple of people that would be willing to drive the Trinity bus a couple of times a year. Trinity works with Acorn Clinic (a dental clinic) by providing transportation for individuals to and from the clinic once a month. If you might be interested or would like more information please contact Ted Grueser.

On August 25, we will be hosting a sew-a-thon for Days for Girls. Each month girls around the world must miss a week of school because of a lack of basic sanitary supplies. Days for Girls is an international organization that makes kits of reusable, washable supplies.  Two sessions will be held: 9am - 1:15pm and 12:45-5pm. Pizza lunch will be available for $5. Bring your sewing machine if you can, but sewing machines and all materials will be provided. Whether or not you sew, come join us; there are lots of jobs to be done! Sign up here.

The annual Trinity Talents Art Show is in its final few weeks.  It all comes down  on September 11, so d on't miss this beautiful show on the 2nd floor of the Education Building.  The next Art show, "Families are Forever," goes up in October. We are looking for family trees, portraits, reunions, weddings, graduations, birthdays, pets, the old homestead, vacations, and more.  It can be in the form of photos, paintings, fabric art, sculpture, plaques - whatever we can hang on the wall or put in the art display case!  Start searching for your contributions today.  More information coming in September.