The Trinitarian

Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, Newton, Kansas JULY 2017

From the Pastor… I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! July is upon us and is there really anything better than a wonderful cup or cone of Ice Cream. What is your favorite flavor? I remember the first time I got to have Neapolitan. I couldn’t believe Ice Cream with three colors. No one else in my family thought much of this Ice Cream they wanted one flavor and that was it, no mixing of flavors for anyone else in my family. Personally, I have always thought it was a great picture of the trinity. Three flavors, three colors, all ice cream. Actu-ally it comes from Italy and may have started as the three colors of the Flag of Italy. In Ire-land the flavors are vanilla, lemon, and strawberry. Whatever the colors or flavors, I just love Ice Cream! Now I have your attention for my article for this month. July is missions month! Katie Brenneman is going to India; we are able to be a part of her trip and give her support while she goes. Now, I am hopeful we will not just give her an of-fering. but remember her in our prayers as she is in Calcutta this month. What a multitude of learning and experiences. You will find ten ways to pray for both Katie and Ann on an-other page of the newsletter. One of our prayers for Katie was already answered; she was able to arrive with all her luggage and that was one of the things we prayed for. Keep pray-ing, another culture is so much different. I would also say praying for mom, dad, and brother never hurts; a month can seem like a long time. Ann Walker leaves for China. What a great gift to people in China -- someone to help them learn English. We have sent American gifts with her for the other adults she will help. We will pray for her as she leaves for several weeks. We helped her to go and will look forward to hearing about what it was like to be teaching in China when she returns. Now, what about your missionary moment? We need you involved in VBS, this is our mis-sion field. We need you to volunteer for one evening or part of an evening. Having help for any part of the evening or someone to come and watch the opening or closing is helpful. We’re never too old for VBS; we can use your help. This is your missionary moment! We have the opportunity to reach out and touch the lives of the kids who come to VBS. If noth-ing else, come and get a snow cone on Thursday night. Should be good! Loving God and Loving Neighbor Pastor Donna P.S. Only school takes a summer vacation, the church does not! See you on Sunday

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Our Campers at Camp Horizon Back Row: Corbin Nelson-Craig, Audrey Nelson- Craig, Olivia Adams, Lauren Anton and Bryttan Adams Front Row: Dylan Nelson-Craig and Ethan Adams

Trinity Heights Campers Trinity Heights awarded 8 church camp scholar-ships to our children and youth this year. Here is a list of the United Methodist camps the chil-dren attended or will this summer. When you see them around the church, ask them about their camp experiences. Young Wonders Ethan Adams Elementary Explorers Aliyah Rossiter Lucas Kaufman Junior High Journey Bryttan Adams Olivia Adams Lauren Anton Overnight Camp Trek Wedel Survivor Camp Clayton Kaufman VBS Cave Quest runs July 9-13 from 6:00-8:00 pm. If you haven’t turned in your registration card, please do so as soon as possible. If you have-n’t invited a friend, do that as well! There are registration cards in the church office or print one off the church website. This will be a fun and energetic week of music, games, science and snacks as well as stories from the Bible on Following Jesus, The Light of the World.

Having fun at Camp Horizon Aliyah Rossiter (right) and camp friend

Our respite care mission has taken on a new responsibility for the summer. Financial funds received from the Harvey-Marion Community Developmental Disability Organization made it possible for Trinity Heights Respite Care to pro-vide more hours for summer care. It is difficult and quite challenging to find care in the summer for children with disabilities. A summer pilot program is being offered to families that receive funds from HMCDDO. But even with the funds to provide care, it is difficult to find activities that our clients can attend. Sadly, after all these years, specific programs designed for children with disabilities are still lacking. We are experi-encing a demanding summer and it is an eye opening learning environment for our summer pilot program. I have become more aware of the lack of opportunities for children with dis-abilities in our community. But we accept this challenge and are thinking outside the box as we continue creating our own activities for our clients.

With much thought and prayers, Ken and I have decided to begin a new chapter in our life. It is time for me to become less involved in Trinity Heights Respite Care.

The last four years have been an awesome ex-perience for me. I have always taken great pride in addressing the responsibilities of my job. I truly loved my position as director. I have been blessed to work with compassionate/caring co-workers and parents. Trinity Heights United Methodist Church members and Pastor Donna have always been supportive of our mis-sion and the unique challenges we strive to meet. The respite care board members have been a consistent blessing to me and the chil-dren we serve. Nevertheless, now is the time for me to move in a new direction. Ken and I look forward to spending more time with our children and grandchildren.

Thank you! Connie

SALVATION ARMY The Salvation Army needs our help in

feeding the families that come to them for assis-

tance during the summer months. The children

need food when they are not eating breakfast

and lunch at school. So if you could pick up a

can of vegetables or soup, a bag of rice or

beans, a box of cereal. We won’t notice one or

two more items on our ticket, but together we

can make a difference in the lives of families

that are not as fortunate as we are.

Thank You and God Bless, Mission Committee

MISSION

NEWS

Brown Bag Fellowship Everyone Welcome

If you enjoy eating with others as you have a time of conversation and fellowship together -- then the

Brown Bag Fellowship group is for you!

The group meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 12:00 noon in Room 103 (the room off of Murray Hall). Each person brings their own sack lunch -- homemade or your favorite fast food -- and they enjoy a devotion or thought for the day, eating their lunch and visiting together. Everyone is welcome to come!

(This group was formerly the Singles Brown Bag that is now being opened to all who would enjoy coming.)

The church doesn’t take a

summer vacation. Ministry

and programs continue and

the bills still must be paid

each month, including the mortgage on the building.

Please don’t forget your contribution to Trinity

Heights whenever you enjoy some time away this

summer. When you are in town - be sure to join us

each Sunday at 9:00 or 11:11 and at 10:10 for Sun-

day School.

Our annual meeting was June 10, 2017 at Wa-

ter’s Edge in Hesston, Kansas. Executive

Board Officers were installed for our next pro-

gram year: July 2017 through June 2018.

President: Connie Rickard

Vice-Presidents:

Loraine Richards, Elizabeth Circle

Sue Lammers, Martha Circle

Sue Walker, E-Circle

Secretaries: Marian Stubbs and Dee Schroeder

Treasurer: Phyllis Greene

Pastor: Rev. Donna K. Voteau

Communications: Nancy Martin

Mission Outreach: Donna Tanner Mourey

Secretary of Program Resources: Sue Swender

Historian: Jean Pauley

Circle Chairpersons:

Shari Kaiser, Elizabeth Circle

Phyllis Schneider and Bev Gering,

Martha Circle

Connie Rickard, E-Circle

Committee on Nominations:

2018 - Betty Melcher

2019 - Melynnie Williams

2020 - Paula Allison

All women are invited to join our Trinity Heights

United Methodist Women Circles. Contact Con-

nie Rickard for more information about UMW

activities at cmrickard@cox.net.

Connie Rickard

I would like to thank everyone for all the pa-tience and help during the last 3 years as Presi-dent of Trinity Heights United Methodist Women. I have enjoyed getting to know more of you (but, if you know me very well, you know I still won’t remember names). I look forward to helping Connie with her duties.

God Bless, Judy Rittgers

Praying for

Katie and Ann

10 Ways

1. Pray for save travels and not too much jet lag,

for luggage to be safe and for each of them to

make it through customs.

2. Pray for opportunities to share their faith with

people who can listen and understand a different

language.

3. Pray for food that is easy to eat, and seems to

taste good.

4. Pray for enough clean water to drink. 5. Prayer for patience with a different culture and

language.

6. Pray for Katie and Ann to feel safe in their sur-

roundings, and to meet people where they can

find friends for their time away.

7. Pray for restful sleep, a feeling of safety in new

surroundings, a comfortable bed.

8. Pray for a deeper understanding of a different

culture and what is valued in that culture.

9. Pray for a deeper understanding of poverty and

the people it affects.

10. Pray for their families waiting at home to have

peace while they are away and have confidence

that they are each safe.

David & Marilyn Warkentine 7/1

Jason & Sarah Harkness 7/3

Matt & Melanie Dillon 7/6

Bob & Donna Nattier 7/6

Rick & Rochelle Glover 7/11

Ken & Connie Rickard 7/14

Jim & Sharon Wiens 7/15

Tom & Ann Adrian 7/17

Matt & Jennifer Hamm 7/20

Truman & Ellenora Meyer 7/20

Jim & Marcia Neal 7/26

Richard & Ann Walker 7/28

JULY Anniversaries

HOW TO REACH US . . .

Trinity Heights UMC

PO Box 232, 1200 Boyd Ave

Newton, KS 67114

(316 283-6410

Church email: trinityheights@att.net

THUMC Website: trinityheightsumc.org

Eli Bontrager 7/1

Adrienne Buss 7/1

Cody Reber 7/1

Margaret Snyder 7/1

Kandy Olsen 7/3

Arlene Bowers 7/4

Lisa Timmons 7/6

Gerald Greene 7/7

Harlan Rittgers 7/8

Tim Rawlins 7/9

Mary Kaufman 7/10

Sue Engel 7/11

Chance English 7/12

John Lachenmayr 7/12

Dick McCall 7/12

Janean Williams 7/12

Larry Myers 7/13

Pam Wedel 7/14

Darla Wilken 7/14

Kathleen Ross 7/15

Josey Trimble 7/15

Tamie Schroeder 7/17

Edd Wallace 7/17

Lois Wedel 7/17

Jim Brown 7/19

Heidi Vagts 7/19

Richard Walker 7/20

Ben Walker 7/22

Cheryl Williams 7/25

Elda Penner 7/27

Iva Reber 7/27

Chris Brenneman 7/28

Kay Jenkins 7/29

Cole Davis 7/30

Jean Pauley 7/30

JULY Birthdays

THUMC CALENDAR . . .

The church calendar can be

viewed by going to the Trinity

Heights website:

trinityheightsumc.org.

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