Trinity United Methodist Church

Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.

God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.”

           ~ ST. AUGUSTINE

John Wesley’s 7 Standards for Inspired

Singing (from Select Hymns 1761):

 

#4: Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. Be no more afraid of your voice now, nor more ashamed of its being heard, than when you sang the songs of Satan.

 

Crop Walk 2008

 

“Have you gotten your walking clothes and shoes ready? Remember that the Crop Walk will be Sunday, October 12 at 1:30 PM at Riverfront Park where you can walk 10 kilometers to Obadashian Bridge and back. 

 

You can’t walk that far? Well, you may walk as far as is comfortable for you. Or you may support a walker with a donation. Geraldine Warner is our recruiter this year and she can help you get involved in a way that suits you. Contact 1st Church at 663-1607.

 

Remember that the funds raised go to help people around the world who are in need of food, water and shelter with 25% of the money staying right here in Wenatchee. We walk because they walk!”  - from Skylines, a weekly publication of First UMC, Wenatchee. September 23, 2008.

 

Charge Conference November 10 @ 7:00 PM and Laity Leadership Committee

 

Our annual Charge Conference will be on Monday, November 10 at 7:00 PM here at Trinity UMC. Please plan on attending as we prepare for the coming year.

The Laity Leadership Committee (formerly the Nominating Committee) will be considering possible candidates for several open positions in the church.

If you are interested in serving with the Board of Trustees or the Staff-Parish Relations Committee, please see Dan Beattiger or Carol Taylor,

respectively. If you are interested on serving on the Laity Leadership Committee, please contact Rae Dana.

 

Some random thoughts…

I have been here just long enough now to begin to get into a cycle that begins shortly before Charge Conference. It is hard to believe that another year has passed already. While we watched our slide show of the past year’s events, I thought about how it is so simple to take a photo and how we all enjoy these tangible reminders of the activities we have been engaged in. At home, I think even more about the intangibles that cannot be captured digitally—but can be recognized in our hearts and in the evidence of a caring church family.

Maybe this was brought on by the retirements and changes of hats this year—I don’t know. What was brought up in nearly all of the conversations revolving around this activity was that for all of those that we recognize, there are so many more who work quietly in the background with little or no recognition to make the daily life of our church work for all of us. The first impulse is to have another event to say thank you, but many of these folks would prefer to share themselves without acknowledgement.

 

In the past year, this congregation has seen significant success in caring for our facility, full participation on the committees that are necessary for the administration of church business, giving in mission, meeting our

responsibilities in helping to bring Christ’s love to the world by the United Methodist Church, and growing in our understanding of the Christ through scripture. 

To borrow a friend’s favorite phrase, we are blessed.                                                    - Rae