The thrill of hope...the weary world rejoices...a new and glorious morn. These lines from a beautiful old carol sound like they could have been scripted for our world today. Come worship with us this Advent season as we make room in our hearts for the good news of a babe born in a manger.
This Sunday's message is "A Weary World Rejoices," by Rev. Catherine Fluck Price.
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Love Came Down at Christmas
6:35 Wednesday Night Contemporary Worship Service message series from November 28 - December 19. Each week we will be bringing the story of Christmas alive with a modern reading of the Biblical text. Join us to see how the story unfolds!
This Wednesday's message is "Finding Joy in the Muck," by Meghan Williams.
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Mission Box
This week's Mission Box is for Faith Mission, a Trinity UMC ministry at 3701 NE 15th St., that is a place of grace, love, and hope. The Kids Count after school program, SMILE mentoring program, LOF youth group, Women-to-Women sharing group, and Financial Empowerment Team are examples of Faith Mission serving with humility. Renovations at Faith Mission have been significant, and financial support is needed to continue improvements on the facility and the grounds. Thank you very much for your support through this week's mission box! (text 2 give keyword: faith).
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Upcoming Advent Events
Live Nativity (December 12, 5:30-7:30pm): Invite your friends and neighbors to gather around the big oak tree, sip hot cocoa and view the live nativity (preschool and elementary children dressed as the nativity characters). It will be an evening you will not want to miss!
Christmas Cantata (December 12, 7:30pm): The Cantata will be in the Worship Center with combined adult choirs & orchestra.
Christmas Poinsettia Dedications: The poinsettias that will be adorning the chancel areas in the Worship Center and Chapel are available for purchase and dedication. If you would like to order and pay online, please click here. If you would like to pay by cash or check please contact Bree Kerwin (416-3017). Orders are due no later than December 19.
Christmas Eve Worship Services: We hope you'll bring a friend to one of our Christmas Eve services!
- 3:00 pm - Children & Families (especially great for little ones)
- 4:30 pm* - Traditional (music offered by Adult Choirs)
- 6:30 pm* - Contemporary (music offered by the Worship band)
- 9:00 pm - Contemporary (music offered by Sonlight) (8:30 pm Sonlight Youth Choir Concert)
- 11:00 pm - Traditional (in the Chapel)
All services from 4:30pm on will have candlelighting and communion.
*Childcare is available for children preschool age and younger.
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Christmas Eve Serving Opportunities
There's no better time to connect with people who do not regularly attend church than on Christmas Eve. And therefore it's a time when we want to offer our best Trinity hospitality! Please make a commitment to be a part of extending this hospitality by serving in one or more of the following ways:
- Greeter - Welcoming at one of the entrance doors or the Welcome Center
- Usher - Handing out bulletins and seating people
- Communion Server - Serving the bread and cup to worshipers and assisting with the candle lighting
- Communion Steward - Setting up and/or cleaning up communion
We need a total of 14 Greeters, 13 Ushers, 12 Communion Servers, and 2 Communion Stewards for each of the four services in the Worship Center, as well as a couple of each for the 11:00 service in the Chapel. Please contact Bree or Carmen or call the church office (376-6615) to let them know how you want to serve.
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Missions
Food4Kids Backpack program is asking for our help! They need to prepare backpacks with food for 1,000 kids to cover the 2 week Christmas vacation. Please bring nonperishable food items with you to worship on Sunday and we will get it to them. Thank you for your generosity!
We are taking a mission team to Cuba to visit the mission houses around Cienfuegos and meeting the missionaries, as well as our sister church. The trip will be May 3 - 10 and is $1,500/person which includes visas, airfare, room, board, transportation and activities. Due to filing with the Cuban government for religious visas, the deadline to sign up is January 10. Please contact
John Newsom (352-258-6383) for more information.
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Free Coffee!!
The Coffee Hospitality team needs your help. Can you give 2 hours a month of your time to serve Sunday morning coffee in the Welcome Center? No prior experience needed, full training provided. Did we mention, free coffee?! Please contact
Dianne and Ken Buhr.
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Children & Family Ministries
Parent's Night Out! Join us for a Christmas Pajama Party at the next Parent's Night Out on December 14 from 5:30-8:30. Our Parent's Night Out will feature a pizza dinner and hot chocolate, Christmas crafts and the viewing of a holiday themed movie for ages 12 months and walking through 5th grade! Cost is $12 per child with a $30 cap per family. Please
register online by December 12.
CHEERS and CHEERS Cherubs will resume on January 16 for 3 year olds through 5th grade. Dawning Doves (children who turned 3 by Sept. 1, 2018 and Pre-K children) can register for CHEERS Cherubs
here! If your child was registered for the fall, there is no need to register again.
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Adult Ministries
Have you found freedom from some life-controlling habit or behavior? Have you overcome life-controlling depression, anxiety, fear or anger? Would you like to use your God-story to help others break free? There will be a day of training on February 23 from 8:30am to 4:30pm to learn how to facilitate Christ-centered support groups based on the book, "Walking the 12 Steps with Jesus Christ." Class materials will be provided, and we will have morning coffee and a light lunch. For more information or to register, please contact
Roger Stroud
(352.502.6519).
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Youth & Family Ministries
December 16 UMYF: 5:30-8:30pm, Middle School Progressive Dinner Christmas Party (drop off & pick up from the Youth Building)
December Coffeehouse Talk:
Tuesdays in December before Christmas, join the Youth Staff at the Starbucks by the church for conversations about life, God, and future plans & dreams for our youth ministry!
- December 11, 5-6pm: for Middle Schoolers
- December 18, 5-6pm: for Everyone
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Altar Flowers
This week's altar flowers are given in memory of Janet Garrett.
If you would like to provide the altar flowers, please contact Bree (416-3017). If you need to make arrangements for assistance or special accommodations during Sunday services, please contact Shannon (416-3005) Monday - Thursday. If you would like to have your milestone birthday or birth of a new child announced in the Tuesday Word, please email Kelly.
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