Trinity Church Newsletter

Dear Trinity Family, As I sit to write this letter, it is the week after our annual rummage sale. It has been interesting that as I have seen many of you this week I get the same question, “How did we do (at the rummage sale)?” As I answered this question multiple times, I felt this letter might be a way to address this question more fully. But I warn you that my answer comes with a question. The question is this. What does doing a good job look like in the church? How do we define success as the church? The place to start to answer this question is with our mission. The mission of the church follows Jesus command to “make disciples.” Our mission is to be and make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. And this is lived out in our vision, which is to connect to God in Jesus Christ, grow in our faith in Jesus Christ, and to serve in our world for Jesus Christ. The thing that holds all of these together is that they are built on relationships. We as the churc

I am at a loss for words.  Maybe it’s because I have been feverishly writing ordination papers, a   Bible Study, sermons, bylaws, policies and procedures. Maybe my words are all used up.  Alert the media!!  That NEVER happens.  Just ask Chris.  Yet, while I usually have this article to Jayne by the 15 th of the month, here it is June 25 th and I am still just not finding words to share with you.  So it has come to this:  I am sitting on my deck in the evening, listening to the wind in the trees with my computer on my lap, waiting for words.  My Canon-in-D wind chimes are dancing on the breeze, making music that I’m convinced could calm the savage beast.  The sun is playing hide and seek behind the clouds and the neighborhood is quiet.  The birds are deep in the woods chirping away, happy to have protection out of the wind.  The bull frogs are quiet tonight, too, probably keeping their little heads out of the cool, windy air.  Once in a while a plane will glide over or a train will

Mark your calendars! We have an awesome opportunity to join with our brothers and sisters in Christ to help serve our community. Sunday August 27 th , thirteen local churches are coming together to serve in our community together as they take part in Engage Sunday. The final details are still being worked out, but we anticipate over 600 people coming together to do a variety of different projects (for all abilities) and then have a meal together and worship together. We will only have one service that Sunday at 8:25am and then I encourage everyone to take part in this marvelous ministry where we can show the Kendallville community that the children of God are not divided and, despite our differences, we can show God’s love together. Keep an eye out for more details as they become available.

Prayer Warriors Needed As we continue to seek God’s will as a church, we need to be rooted in prayer. This includes prayer for each other, prayer for our ministries, as well as prayers for our community. We are seeking people who have a heart and passion for prayer to help us form a prayer team or teams. Some of the activities this group will work through are how we pray for our church, and for our community, as well as how to build (rebuild) our prayer room. If interested please contact Pastor Chris at the church office, through e-mail at chris@trinitychurchum.org , or by signing up at the ministry center.