The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed! With words of joy and hope like these, early Christians would greet each other when they met on the street. As we have gathered and celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are all filled with the same sort of joy that they felt. Nos is a time for family and for celebration. May God bless each one throughout the Easter Season.
Gene Feagin, Pastor
With the celebration of Palm/Passion Sunday, we begin Holy Week. In our community all of the churches are invited to take part in a community-wide worship service each day at noon. During these services, area pastors take turns speaking, and area churches work together to share a lunch– from beginning to end, 12:00 noon to 1PM. This year we will meet at 1st Baptist Church. Last year it was at the Catholic Church. Christians of all denominations gather to celebrate the passion of Christ. (more…)
This Sunday will see Christians waving palm fronds and singing songs of “Hosanna” in celebration of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem a week before his crucifixion. We often call this “Palm Sunday,” though in recent years we have begun to emphasize both the joyful entry with the palms and the painful events that we mark later in the week and call the day “Palm/Passion” Sunday. There is something dramatic about the way (more…)
Trinity is beginning to have a Facebook presence. If you aren’t a fan, it doesn’t take too much to find our page and become a fan. I just uploaded some of Terri Versen’s beautiful pictures from the wedding on Valentines Day. Follow this link to see them. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=148046&id=128785899023&l=56750210ee
Gene
Please join us on Wednesday Night, February 17th for our Ash Wednesday service. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, a season of self-examination and preparation for celebrating Easter. In the early church this was a season of instruction and preparation for baptism. In our modern church the season is one of preparation through prayer and fasting. On Ash Wednesday we begin with confession and the imposition of ashes as a reminder of our sin and our mortality.
Here we are again on a Friday waiting to see what the weather will do. Last weekend God blessed us by letting us come to worship and to all of the other activities without having to be concerned about the weather too much. The weekend before was a much different story! As I write this, just before 10:00 on Friday morning, some of us are wondering whether we will be taking the bus to Abbeville to show our love and support to Tom and Nancy after Nancy’s dad passed away. It looks like the weather is a threat! Now, for Sunday, there’s another question. We have a wedding scheduled after the 11:00 service, and a church-wide lunch after that, and some very important committee meetings after that! It’s hard to know how to plan. Watch this space and unless we have a power problem or internet problem I’ll try to keep you updated as to what we’re planning for Sunday. Watch you e-mail if you’re on the Trinity Newsflash list and we’ll let you know by that means, as well. In the meantime, God bless each one and we’re hoping to see you for worship on Sunday.
Gene Feagin, Pastor
Due to the bad weather, the depth of the ice in the parking lot and the danger to folks who might try to come out, we have canceled services for Sunday. Join us Wednesday night for the Fellowship Supper and then on Sunday for worship.
In today’s issue of MountainWings (www.mountainwings.com), an inspirational daily e-mail thought-provoker, Ted Janusz of Hilliard, Ohio reminds us of something that I find amazing. He quotes from CrazyAboutTV.com (I’m trying to make sure nobody misses credit for their material here) as saying that the final sketch on most of the old Red Skelton tv show would be a silent performance. The only noises were sound effects and the laughter and applause of the audience. They note that for decades, this laughter was used as a laugh track for most other TV comedies. They go on to say that (more…)
I am writing this blog between the two Christmas Eve services here at the church. It is really amazing to me how many people will come and worship with us on this holy evening. Every year we have families come and sing, receive communion, light candles and remember the birth of the Christ Child–and some of these folks we won’t see again until next Christmas Eve. Some pastors make jokes about the folks who come so (more…)
One of the images that always comes into our minds when we think of the Christmas story is the image of the angels appearing to the shepherds and telling them of the good news of the Savior’s birth. The angels were praising God and giving glory to God and promising peace on earth. This Sunday there will be a multitude of the heavenly host at Trinity– proclaiming the good news and singing praises to God. Of course, other times of the year we may call them “The Chancel Choir,” but on Sunday they will, as usual, sing like angels and praise God in ways that draw us all closer to God. There will be only one worship service on Sunday, and it will be at 11:00. (more…)
