Hello Trio Family,
How we can work at building meaningful, personal connections with God and people when we are being encouraged (or forced) to avoid people?
2 Corinthians 1:8-11
has been on my mind this week. In hard circumstances, God pushes us to
rely on him
and not ourselves, to
put our hope and trust in his deliverance
, and to help each other with
prayer
. That applies to our families, our Trio family, and our broader Mora/Kanabec communities too. We don't give into fear or panic, because "
God gave us a spirit not of fear, but of power and love and self-control
" (1 Tim 1:7).
Here are some practical things we can do in the coming days:
Dig into God's Word and pray together.
You, and your school/college aged kids if applicable, may have some extra time together these days. I hope to have a daily devotional from a group of pastors I meet with monthly available for you by next week. If you want those devotions, drop me a text or email and I'll send them your way.
Trio's staff and ministry depend upon your generosity and giving.
For the past 2 years, God has been faithful to Trio keeping us in the black financially even with small margins and savings. We won't be meeting for at least two weeks, possibly longer.
This may be the time for you to set up an online giving account or to give one-time gifts online
(no account needed for 1-time gifts). You can also mail offering/gifts (PO Box 11, Mora, 55051) or drop them off at the Trio Community Center.
Call, text, or chat with a Trio person or family once or twice a week
. Though meeting together is discouraged, we have social media, phone calls, texts, and email to communicate with each other. We can build connections through these means.
Check-in with your neighbors
. Especially if they are in a higher-risk category, be sure they are okay and see if you can bless or help them. We also support our neighbors by spending money at local businesses.
Catch the Eagle Brook messages and/or music
on Sundays or when you can. Trio will post the links on our Facebook page. Share one thing you learned with someone in your electronic sphere of influence.
We can still meet in small gatherings.
If you feel comfortable with it and your clan is healthy,
invite a person or family to join you for a meal on Sunday, 3/29
, since we can't do brunch as a church. Watch a message together.
Finally, let's pray together
. I will be using Google Hangouts to connect to up to 10 people at a time with Google accounts. These will be 5-10 minute prayer sessions to seek God for people and our church.
Reply to this email with your Gmail address and which date/time you want to pray. Then, I'll send you an invite within 5 minutes before whichever of these times you request:
Sunday - 3/22/2020 - 12:00pm
Sunday - 3/22/2020 - 6:00pm
Wednesday - 3/25/2020 - 8:00am
Wednesday - 3/25/2020 - 6:00pm
Note the changes and cancellations below.
Stay tuned to these Eblasts and our Facebook page for updates & changes.
Peace,
Pastor Kirk
P.S.
-You are always welcome to call, text, or email me:
Office
: (320) 225-8746
Cell
: (320) 469-8207
Email
: kirk@triochurch.com
