Trinity Church Newsletter

Dear Trinity, As I write this letter, Michelle and I are making final preparations for our trip with Trinity’s Peru Mission Team. We leave October 13, for the Colca Canyon region of Peru. The team is made up of 10 great people (Pastor Angie Kidd, Erin Bloom, Phil Corbin, Frederick Fusco, Jim and Helen Haddock, Ben Keirn, Jessica Martin, and Michelle and me.) I am nervous and excited about this amazing experience, but the hardest part of this ministry is something different than what you may anticipate. The hardest part of this mission trip has been trying to describe it to other people. Over the last few years we (as a church and community) have started to rethink how we do missions work. I add here that this shift is not to diminish the mission work that we as a church and society have done in the past. I am so proud of the ministry of Trinity Church’s missions and our work through Project 52’s, UMCOR (United Methodist Committee or Relief), as well as many mission trips and com

As I write this, I am in Colorado visiting our kids and attending a conference about asset-based community development.    In just 17 days, the Mission in the Andes team will go wheels up headed for our mission field.   We have had a lot of questions about what we will be doing and when.   Here is the tentative schedule.   As with all mission trips, there could be some changes. Oct 13th:  Depart from Trinity at noon to head for Chicago O’Hare for a 7:30 p.m. departure to Miami. Oct 14 th :  Arrive Arequipa at 11:32 a.m. (12:32 p.m. our time) We will rest that day and explore Arequipa. Oct 15 th :  Visit Yanahuara School to spend time with the students for the day.   Oct 16 th :  Travel to Chivay.  We will settle in and explore Chivay and possibly visit Casa Chapi. Oct 17 th :  Casa Chapi (Field trip to the marketplace and Condor Cross to see the Andean Condors fly) Oct 18 th :  Casa Chapi (Field trip to take the 6 th graders to Arequipa to see Yanahuara School where they

What’s Happening at Trinity October 3 – Apple Festival – fudge cutting,  (12:30 pm) 5 – Apple Festival – set-up / decorate (Fairgrounds) (10:00/10:30) 6 – Apple Festival (9:00 am – 6:00 pm) 7 –Traditional worship as usual (8:25 am); no 10:45 contemporary service 7 – Apple Festival (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) 12 – HeartSTART 5K at Bixler Lake 13-21 – Casa Chapi Trip (Peru Mission Trip) 18 – Cub Scout Pack 3105 pie order deadline 28 – Peru Sunday

What’s Going On (by Pastor Chris) As many of you know over the last few years we have been using a back stock of supplies. This is why for a period of time we used mismatched bulletins and sometimes you get older stationary that is covered by a sticker. We do all of this to be good stewards of all that we have and not be wasteful. We have done a very good job of using what we had and I want to personally thank MJ Judt for her extra effort to help us in this effort. One of the largest asks that we asked the congregation to help with was to reuse boxes of offering envelopes as we had two unused cases. Thank you so much for helping us to use up these materials. Now that we have used all of the back years the time has come to order new envelopes as we seek to offer you many ways of giving your tithes and offerings. If you would like to have a box of dated envelopes next year we need to know by October 31 st . I will remind you that we will continue have pew envelopes available and

Do you know the story behind this clock? The clock was hanging in the office until even after winding it would not keep time. Pastor Chris would like to know the clock’s history and where it came from. Please let the church office know or e-mail Pastor Chris at chris@trinitychurchum.org