Trinity Newsle er for Trinity United Methodist Church

January 2019 Volume 1

January 1-Office Closed for New Year’s Day

January 5 - 10:00 a.m. Sonshine Circle

January 10- 12:30 p.m. Morning Glories Lunch

January 14 - 10:00 a.m. Morning Glory Circle

January 21—Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday Observance

Office Closed

Mark Your Calendar

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Talk

“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD” – Proverbs 19:17 2

PASTOR’S PEN "Surrounded by Blessings"

Social media finally did a helpful thing. It helped me reflect on the past year. How? Facebook auto-generated a video review of 2018 using my photos. I had already been thinking about God’s many blessings from this year, but this brought it into focus.

This has been the year of BIG and BLESSED events: my oldest daughter Jordan's master degree graduation and marriage to Ryan Win-gate, my younger daughter Christian's senior year at Salem Col-lege, moving to Trinity after being at Canaan for six years, bicycling across the US with friends and family helping; doing a first "brothers ski ad-venture" in Colorado with Jon and Tim, going to WV Wesleyan College for

my 30th Class Reunion with my mom and dad, Mary and I celebrating our 30th anniversary this Dec. 31st, just to name a few.

I am overwhelmed and grateful to think of all the blessings of this year. What about you? Have you sat down to consider your blessings and even put them to paper?

Perhaps you may feel your life isn’t so blessed. If you spends some time reflecting I believe you will find much the same as me - God’s grace is evident in your life.

Johnson Oatman in 1897 encouraged Christians to do this in a hymn he wrote:

When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, when you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,

count your many blessings, name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord has done. Count your blessings, name them one by one. Count your blessings, see what God has done!

In Psalm 5 the psalmist put it this way, "But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ev-er shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You. For sure-ly You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of your favor.” (v. 11-12)

As we head into 2019, take some time to reflect on your blessings and see what God has done. He has surrounded you with a shield of favor. He has sheltered you in the midst of the storms. So, as you enter a new year you can now take refuge in God’s grace and rejoice for how the Lord will bless your life. Depending on Christ,

Pastor Doug

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

3819 Country Club Road Winston-Salem, NC 27104

336-765-0150

Pastor: Rev. Doug Miller Cell: 336-765-0150 Email: DMiller2@wnccumc.net Office Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 10:00am - 1:00 pm

Assistant Pastor John Nelson Cell: 336-287-2256

Lay Leader: Deb Ham

Administrative Assistant: Phyllis Brown Church Office Hours: M. - Th 9 am -2 pm

Choir Director: Carolyn Roe

Disbursing Treasurer: Veneta Rosbach Contact: vmrphantom@yahoo.com

Sign Language Interpreter: Amanda Greer

Nursery Worker, Donna Nichols

Custodian: Barbara Patterson

Church Email: tumcws@gmail.com

Website: trinityumc.church

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

Meet and Greet Coffee - 8:30am -

Fellowship Hall

Early Worship - 8:45am - Fellowship Hall

Sunday School -9:45am Worship -11:00am - Sanctuary

THANK YOU NOTE Trinity Church Family,

Thank you so much for those of you that called, brought food and for the prayers that were li ed up for me during my recent health problems. Friends are something we cannot do without, also thanks to Pastor Doug and Pastor John for their calls and vis-its. Trinity is truly a loving, caring church. You all are in my prayers. - Wilma Neubach

MEMORIALS

In memory of Ken Cook Barbara Lash— Good Neighbor Fund In memory of Harper Varner Barbara Lash—Good Neighbor Fund Barbara Miller—Good Neighbor Fund Carolyn Roe—Food Pantry Frankie Jones—Capital Improvement In memory of Dennis Sa erfield Carolyn Roe—Food Pantry In memory of Sco Grant Earl & Carol Williams—Good Neighbor Fund

HONOR GIFTS

In honor of Sara Sylvester & James Oakes Lee & Tina Capell—Prayer Garden In honor of Ann Mabry Dorothy Murphy—Stephen Ministry In honor of All Stephen Ministers Dorothy Murphy—Stephen Ministry Fund In honor of Wilma Neubach Mary Culler—Food Pantry In honor of Treasured Trinity Friends Ruth Hill—Maintenance Fund In honor of Carol & Earl Williams Dorothy Murphy—Stephen Ministry In honor of Ann Mabry Dorothy Murphy—Food Pantry

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CHRISTMAS AT TRINITY 2018

ments Announce

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FRIDAY NIGHT JAM will take a winter break in January and February. Be ready to enjoy fellowship and music every first Friday of the remaining months of the year in 2019.

CHURCH CLOSINGS IN JANUARY

January 1—New Year’s Day

January 21—Mar n Luther King Jr’s Birthday Observance

People who receive care from a Stephen Minister receive quality Chris an Care. You may contact Dor-othy Murphy (336-760-4893) or Pat Slaughter (336-765-2207) for more informa on.

TRUSTEE NOTE - Roofing

The membrane roof on our Sunday School building is at least 25 years old and the normal warranty of this material is 10 years so it has held up reasonably well. However it is now giving us problems with leaks. We do have new membrane roofs on the office/choir room roof and the connector. The sanctuary roof seems to be holding up well. Replacing the Sunday School building roof is a necessary expense. I am allocated $6000 per year for general repairs around the church property and this bill is going to be close to $22,000. I know we just completed our 3 year fund raiser for the Expansion Fund and we raised over $100,000.00 for that project which resulted in our front canopy extension, bathroom upgrades, Sunday School room make overs, and the new atri-um between our two buildings. As begin a new year, please consider a dona on to the maintenance fund of the church so we can all stay in the dry.

Bill Davis Chairman, Trustees

2019 CHURCH DIRECTORY

We are working on the 2019 Church Directory. Please call the church office with your additions or changes. All committees/groups should also up-date their information.

WINTER WARMTH O God, you give the winter’s cold, as well as summer’s joyous rays. You warmly in your love en-fold, and keep us through life’s wintry days. —Samuel Longfellow ________________________ Free Upper Room Devotionals Located throughout the church. Be sure to pick up your January-February 2019 copyand meditate on God’s words each day of the year.

Pastor John Nelson calls Bingo numbers at our last Bingo for 2018. Bingo will resume in the Spring

“Learn to light a candle in the dark-est moments of someone's life. Be

the light that helps others see.” —Roy T. Benne

United Methodist Men’s Mee ng In January

The UMM will meet on Tuesday, January 22 at 6:00 p.m place to be determined. Watch for more in-forma on in your Sunday bulle n.

FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS

Remember to drop off your Food Pantry Dona ons in the container near the elevator. Special Thanks to the Staff & Tenants of Country Village Apartments, who contributed Food in December.

Next Newsle er Deadline is Tuesday, January 15, 2019.

Contact the Church Office by phone, email or by dropping your ar cle/note in the door slot at the office.

SERVANTS IN

MINISTRY FOR

January

Church Lockup

Chuck Burkleo

Greeters JoAnn Adams

Sue Pe t

Ushers Van Gurganus

Richard Harding Chuck Burkleo Sandy Waldron

Hospital Visitors

(Weeks of January) 6– John Nelson

13–JoAnn & Leill Adams 20– Lee Capell 27—Deb Ham

1-John Dunn Mike Ingram 3-Fred Hahn Maria Williams 4-Lenda Fisher Kelli Rush Daniel Starr 5-Ellen Billings Emily Nelson Samuel Reavis 6-Will Boyer 9-David Burkleo Mizpah Johnson 10-Carolyn Hamby Alexandria Roe 11-James Jones 12-Patsy C. Johnson 14-Lauren Roscana 15-Ka e Tyler 16-Mike Flowe Malcolm Pe t 17-Jarrod Mar ere JoAnn Dunn 18-Tommy Brewer Linda McNeely 19-Mallory Oates 20-Linda Sue Brewer Kate Lassiter Patrick Raynor 21-Mitzi Tredwell Jason Wilson 22-Becky Folger Ruth Hill 23-Daisha Damon 24-Riley Boyd Vikki Holcomb 26-Clay Manning Mark Necessary 27-Mary Catherine Bones Allison D. Atkinson 29-Stephanie Donithan 31-Juanita Baldwin Nancy Burne

Trinity United Methodist Church 3819 Country Club Road

Winston-Salem, NC 27104

Communion Sunday, January 6, 2019

2019 WORSHIP

As we are heading into 2019, make it a resolution

to be in worship each week. Our new worship to start the

year is “My God and My Rock” based on the Psalms. Each week we will be using different images of God pro-vided from different Psalms.