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Through video teaching, class dis-cussions and interactive small-group activities, you’ll learn a biblical frame-work for living intentionally now so that later you’ll be able to leave a

LOVE LEARN LIVE LEAD Bringing hope to the hurting to rewrite stories one life at a time.

Pastor Update

Mission Focus

Live & Lead Opportunities

Discipleship in Action

Mission Updates

Leadership

New Small Groups

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Sermon Series: Better Together

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We believe that God’s Spirit will make us “one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world.” It’s God’s vision that we are “Better Together.” That sounds good until we hit the real world where it’s messy and confusing. Re-mind me again why we’re “Better Together.”

Jan. 7—We Are Better Together Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 The UVT virus (Us-Verse-Them) has taken the world by storm. If there is to be any hope of a cure, then we must diagnose and treat flare-ups

SELFLESS SELFIE!—Our LIFE Young Adult Group headed to the Central

PA Food Bank on Dec. 18 to help prepare food for distribution. The group

meets each month for service and study. If you’re a 20-something looking to

connect with other disciples, contact facilitator Amy DeMay at amydemay@

comcast.net or 717-566-3790.

Ramsey’s “Legacy” course set for 2018 Looking to make changes to your life as you begin the New Year? Undoubtedly, many people’s resolutions will target the area of money and how to handle it. The Legacy Journey is a seven-week, biblically-based class from Dave Ramsey that teaches you how to truly live and leave a legacy for generations to come. This class leads you deeper into investing, basic estate planning, purposeful living, safeguarding your legacy, and discovering the keys to generational wealth and true generosity.

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Pastor’s Update: 2018 Better Together

Pastor Jason [email protected]

My wife and I had been married about three years when I walked into the laundry room and said, “Something’s gotta change. This is not work-ing.” I wasn’t talking about how she folds the clothes, I was talking about our marriage. In three years, we’d been through a lot. We had a kid and moved houses, I started semi-nary and accepted my first job in ministry. In that moment, I was afraid. I didn’t know what the future held, and I knew my words could end our marriage, but I also knew that life was VERY busy, and we needed to focus on US if we were going to survive. As I’ve talked with rela-tionship experts, I’ve found that something happens at about three years. Your level of inti-macy changes. The rosy idealism is replaced by

vivid reality. Sometimes that reality is intense and overwhelming, and we run. Other times it’s an affir-mation of our first im-pressions and we lean in. But most of the time it’s somewhere in between and we’re not sure what to do. In those cases, I be-lieve it’s most important to turn to your values. What do you believe? Your beliefs will dictate your actions. For my wife and I, we believed that we were better together. We are both very stubborn peo-ple and we were deter-mined to make it work. We went to counseling for a few months and dis-covered things weren’t as bad as we had feared. We just needed a check-up and a few tools that would help us communi-cate better. Ten years later I look back on that time as a gift

and I believe it has helped us form a solid founda-tion that even though we may at times hurt one an-other with our words and our choices, we know we are in this together. That’s not gonna change. For me here at Trinity, I am entering year three, and I feel like I’ve gotten a good sense of the congre-gation. I know our leader-ship and trust that their hearts are sold out for God. I’ve learned a lot of the stories of our past, and I feel like I’ve been included in that story. Hopefully, you’ve learned a lot about me. I’m not as shiny and new, and I hope you’ve learned my own strengths and weakness-es. As we turn to 2018, I want to take our relation-ship deeper. Things are working…but I think God has even more in store. In my prayer time over that last two years I’ve been

wrestling with God trying to figure out what’s next and in the silence, I’ve heard quite clearly that I cannot do it alone. This is a relationship, like a marriage, and in-deed we are Better To-gether. Our future is a culture of discipleship that includes every per-son in the church. This year we’ll have lots of conversations. My goal is not to throw eve-rything out but rather fine-tune. Like when you go to the eye doctor and they ask, “Is it better with lens one or lens two?” Over the next year, we will create a plan, togeth-er, for a healthier church and ultimately healthier disciples and a healthier community. Because we are Better Together. Pastor Jason

whenever they occur. The Great Physician is the only healer who can truly ad-dress this condition. Jan. 14—Who Else is There? Luke 10:25-37 In the body of Christ, we think there must be stand-ards. There are certain qualifications to get in the club and requirements for being trustworthy. And

yet, when Jesus was asked, “Who is my neigh-bor?” the answer was surprising. Jan. 21—Where Did They Go? Ephesians 6:21-24 Being “Better Together” is a calling to love AND ac-tion for us all. This week, hear one person’s vision

Sermon Series: Better Together

on how we can care for one another in a brilliantly simple way that prevents others from falling through the cracks.

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Mission: Supporting LENS scholarships for learning Our Mission Focus for January is Learning Ex-press Nursery School. Financial sup-port given during January goes to the LENS Schol-arship Fund to help local fami-lies afford to send their chil-dren to preschool. Last year’s dona-tions enabled us to provide partial scholarships to six families! The need in the community con-tinues to grow, and we are so grate-ful for all the support that we have received. Preschool is an important foundation in children’s lives. It helps prepare them for kindergar-ten, not only academically, but also

in gaining social skills, friendships, independence, and spiritual growth that will benefit them for years to come. We ask that you consider giving to support this valu-able scholarship fund and the stu-

dents it will serve. We continue to carry our mission in teaching chil-dren Christian values, encour-aging independ-ence, develop-

ing social skills and positive self-image along with hands-on play, and tons of fun! Learning Express remains the place where Love and Encouragement Nurtures Self-esteem. Registration for the 2018-19 school year opens to Trinity families at the end of January. Public regis-tration will begin in February. Watch the worship folder for regis-tration details, and visit learningex-

pressns.net for more in-fo on our LENS pro-grams. Also, watch the wor-ship folder for a special hands-on missional opportunity the fourth Sunday of the month. Tracie Cartwright LENS Director

Learning about pumpkins during a fall

field trip.

Children receive a lesson in advent.

legacy that will secure your family’s future and make a lasting impact on the world around you. Trinity will host Legacy classes for seven weeks beginning Tuesday, Jan. 9, in room 307 from 7-9 PM. Classes meet for around an hour and a half each week and con-sist of seven lessons that can change your family tree forever. Topics covered in the class include: making wise choices when investing in real estate; how much is enough for you;

how to live a legacy with your family; protecting relationships; basic estate

planning; and the keys to generational wealth. A class fee of $100 includes everything need-ed for the class. Partial scholarships are available. A preview video can be found at youtube.com/watch?v=DJqPKe4IPYM If you’re interested in learning more about the class , please contact Todd or Holly by Sunday, Jan. 7, at todd.ray@ com-cast.net or holly-ray@

comcast.net or 717-566-0145.

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If you sponsored altar flowers or a centerpiece in 2017 and wish to reserve a date for 2018, please contact Rachel Irvin at [email protected] or 717-545-3438. The cost for altar flowers is $50 and $40 for a centerpiece. The altar flowers are delivered to homebounds and the centerpieces go to the sponsor. Thank you to all those who have already responded.

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Looking for ways to SERVE? Check here for opportu-nities, and connect with the contact person for more info on the ministry. If your group or ministry area has a need, contact Kay Baxter, ministry placement coordina-tor, at [email protected] or 717-612-8346 to advertise. • Responsible teens and adults are needed in Media Ministry to assist the media director during Sunday worship services. One person for audio and one for the slide presentation are needed for each service. Volun-teers would work one service on a rotating four– to five-week schedule. Basic familiarity with computers is the only requirement. Training will be provided. Contact Chris Cartwright at [email protected] • Persons are needed to staff the info desk for all ser-vices, but especially for the 11 AM worship service. Training is provided. Contact Becky Bittinger at 717-564-4357 or [email protected] • Communion servers are needed for the 9:30 AM Celebration Service. Ten persons are needed each month. Sign up on the communication card in worship or at https://goo.gl/nohPke.

Disciples head to Maryland for OCC service day It was an amazing expe-rience that they can’t wait to repeat next year. That’s how volunteers who trav-eled to Columbia, MD, on Dec. 2 to assist at the Op-eration Christmas Child warehouse describe their hours spent processing shoeboxes for children in need around the world. While working a four-hour shift, our crew per-sonally processed hun-dreds of boxes. In fact, the total warehouse count for that day was 53,183. Operation Christmas Child expected to ship over a

million shoeboxes from the Maryland warehouse and 9.8 million from eight facilities in the United States. Dressed in Christmas clothing and enjoying sounds of the season, Trinity disciples worked alongside those from oth-er churches—many from Pennsylvania—to ensure nothing inappropriate was in the boxes. The crew coordinated by Sally Cammack includ-ed Laura Waller, Tina Wallish, Emily Patrick, Terry Shope, Sue Waller, Jean Cummings, Judy

Thrasher, Darlene Haines, Audrey Thrasher, and Becky Schmehl. Laura enjoyed “zapping” boxes that were being tracked online to let donors know that their boxes were being shipped out that day and headed for Honduras. It was also fun when crews filled a large shipping box and taped it shut, chanting, “Operation Christmas Child” and waving their hands in the air. It was a team effort and great celebration! The group was also blessed to hear from a Ukrainian "full circle" speaker who received a shoebox as a child and shared the impact it had on her life. Everyone listened to her story and joined her in praying over the shoeboxes, their travels, and the children receiving them. Children only receive one shoebox in their life and remember it always; most can tell you every item that was in the box—it was that im-portant to them. But, all recipients will tell you the best gift they received was the gift of Jesus Christ that came with the box. Trinity’s Operation Christmas Child team works year-round to help support this mission. If you’d like to be part of the team that makes it happen, contact Sally Cammack at [email protected] or 717-951-5270. Sally Cammack OCC facilitator

Trinity’s 2017 Operation Christmas Child crew at the ware-

house in Maryland. Will you be part of next year’s team?


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WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!—God is doing

amazing work at Trinity, and we are celebrating the

decision and commitment of new disciples to be

followers of Jesus Christ! We welcomed two new

disciples saying yes to Jesus and yes to serving at Trinity

on Nov. 26. We welcomed Rachelle Downing (below, left)

at the early Traditions service and Donna Wagner (below, right) at the

Celebration service. An added blessing to the day was the opportunity

for Donna’s daughter, Vanessa Skidmore—who joined Trinity in 2016,

to pray over her mom as she became a disciple. Welcome to you both!

We are excited to see where

Jesus calls you!

United Methodist Volunteers In Mis-sion (UMVIM) is a grassroots move-ment within The United Methodist Church that pro-vides an official channel for both disciples and clergy to offer their skills and talents locally and around the world on short-term assignments at their own expense. Coming in February, Trinity will

host a training ses-sion for anyone in-terested in learning more about VIM. The session is open to all but is ideal training for anyone consider-ing going on a mis-sion trip in the next two years. Facilitated by Ken Mengel, the Satur-

day, Feb. 10, training will run from 8 AM to 2 PM. Refreshments and a light lunch are provided at no cost.

All welcome at February missional training session VIM work includes construction and renewing of mission facilities, teaching, witnessing, conducting medical clinics, conducting Bible study or Bible School type activities for children, and serving in disaster relief efforts around the world. Interested in learning more about how you can be ready to serve wher-ever God calls? Sign up on the com-munication card in worship. For more info about the session, contact Jan Rexrode at jrexrode43@ gmail.com or 717-215-7047.

Meet people, help with treats at Coffee Hour For years, sponsors for Sunday morning Coffee Hour have gracefully been provided by Sunday School classes, different small groups, and individual volunteers. Beginning with the New Year, the second Sunday of each month in 2018 will be a congregational share day when EVERYONE is encouraged to bring a favorite snack to share. Snacks ideas include: fruit, cheese and crackers, and baked items. If possible, please avoid products containing peanut butter due to the high incidence of aller-gies. Donations of gluten free items are greatly appreciated. You can also participate by helping to make the coffee everyone enjoys. It’s wonderful opportunity to get to know people. For more info or to volunteer, contact Karen Schank-weiler at [email protected] or 717-566-8438.

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Sierra Leone Christmas, January Meeting Chickens and goats seem to roam freely all over Sierra Leone. In a country so wracked by poverty and hunger, I wondered why nobody penned them up to har-vest the eggs, milk, and eventually the meat? I asked our driver, who owns all these animals and why they don’t use them for food? He ex-plained, although the law

says you’re supposed to tie up your livestock, most people let them roam so they can find their own food. Then at Christmas, we have a great feast with chickens and goats. Wow, once a year? Kyleen, who had lived on a farm most of her life, was dumbfounded. “It would be easy to create

portable chicken coops so they would have a renew-able source of food.” It’s a great idea, and in 2018, Kyleen is eager to go back and train farmers and res-idents on how they can get the most out of what’s around them. Maybe you have some great ideas or partner-ships too? We’re starting our planning now. For anyone interested in

learning more about going to Sierra Leone, we will have an information-al meeting on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 6:30 PM. We’ll talk about mission goals, trainings, partnerships, medical requirements, and budgeting. Be sure to sign up on the communi-cation card. Pastor Jason

Roaming goats our mission team spotted during their 2016

visit to Sierra Leone.

Missions calendar planned for 2018 “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” Corinthians 5:17 Happy soon-to-be New Year! New begin-nings can be a wel-come change; a time to reset, rethink and reprioritize what we want to accomplish going forward. Sometimes goals are lofty, other times they’re small, like drinking more water or getting more sleep. Our Missions Team met in October to discuss new min-istries and make our calendar for 2018. There are some familiar friends on the list, as well as some new opportuni-ties for Trinity to support. One familiar friend is Raising Hope, Ukraine. We are entering year three of our 10-year covenant with them and are excited to hear and see how God is changing lives. Archie and Ruslan have been very busy this past year: they teach English and hold Bible studies in the city, pro-vide safe shelter for foster children with nowhere to go during holiday breaks, assist cerebral palsy centers in their town with transportation and generally love on all they encounter while sharing about God's amazing love for them as well. The 2017 Summer of Love mission team had a wonder-ful adventure there this past July, and Trinity plans to re-turn to Ukraine with a team in 2019. Feeling called? Pray about it and feel free to talk with any of the past team members or contact me, Judy Thrasher, directly at [email protected]. Did you know in Ukraine, they love to celebrate so much, that they have two New Year’s Eves? The first one follows the Gregorian calendar and falls on the first of Jan-uary when they join in with the rest of the world in the craziness of fireworks and midnight parties. The second follows the Julian calendar and is celebrated on Sunday, Jan. 14, leaving them plenty of time to rest after the all-night dancing of the first New Year’s Eve and…do it all over again! A second new beginning in a sense, and who doesn’t like a do-over?! Judy Thrasher Mission Team chair




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The following is the final part of a

series begun in the November edition

of the newsletter.

Every Sunday families face the monumental challenge of getting out the door and to the service on time. It’s easy to find excuses to stay home, but even on the most stressful mornings it’s important that Christian parents haul their families to church, even if we just feel like we’re going through the motions. Children see what we do and, as my pastor reminds us regularly, they love what we love. The regular struggle to attend regular worship re-inforces to our chil-dren that church is a priority. You’re Building Your Own Community As I’ve already stated, perhaps bela-bored, being part of Christ’s body is essential. If you stay home, when do you have a chance to share your needs as well as offer support to others? Perhaps an exhausted tired momma with a screaming baby in the back will remind others to pray for all of the exhausted tired mom-mas (and especially you). You need the prayer. You also need to pray for others. As a mother, I surprisingly find my-self with more time to pray. This might change in the future, but with one baby I seem to have extra quiet time in my day. I find myself pray-ing on walks, while I am nursing, while I am rocking a sleeping baby.

Why you should keep taking your kids to church even when it feels pointless

By staying connected to the Chris-tian body, I can use this time to pray for others. You Are Including Your Children in Christ’s Body You are not just offering your children a like-minded community, you are faithfully including them in the body of Christ. In Acts 16:33 Paul baptizes the whole household of the jailer. In Matthew 19:14, Je-sus says, “Let the little children come to me, for to such belongs the

kingdom of heaven.” The New Tes-tament makes it clear that there is a place for our wiggly, fussy, and dis-tracting children. Our efforts as par-ents, however messy, are worth our time, if only to follow the example of both Christ and Paul. You Are Being Faithful Perhaps the most important rea-son to strive for regular church at-tendance is because it is part of the duty of a Christian parent. This builds on point number five, but it is not just a recognition of chil-dren’s place in church. Instead, it is acknowledging our responsibility

as parents to bring them up in the church. When we baptized our daughter we promised to instruct, pray with, set an example for, and “endeavor by all the means of God’s appoint-ment to bring her up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” These vows echo Paul’s words in Ephe-sians 6:4: “provoke not your chil-dren to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

This is an intimidat-ing responsibility, if on-ly for the sheer weight of its consequences. While baptism practices and vows vary between denominations, the re-sponsibility to raise our children according to God’s word is an essen-tial responsibility as a Christian parent. And why not do it with the help and guidance of the church? Take Heart and Keep It Up So dear parent, rest

easy. While Sunday morning might feel more like a wrestling match, a battle of wills, or a circus, your time, efforts, and distracted worship are worth it. Even the messiest and most frustrating days are not wast-ed. Thank God for His grace—and keep it up. Emily Carrington is a housewife and nonprofit consultant in Hillsdale, Michigan. She is also a co-founder of the start-up nonprofit organization the Early Pregnancy Loss Associa-tion.


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DATE GROUP Dec. 31 Early Risers Bible Study Jan. 7 Covenant Class Jan.14 Congregational Sharing Jan. 21 Sojourners Class Jan. 28 Seekers Class

COFFEE HOUR SCHEDULE

Terry Hefflefinger [email protected]

DATE CONTACT NUMBER Dec. 31–Jan. 6 Judy Thrasher 717-566-5737 Jan. 7–13 Rick Shertzer 717-566-3358 Jan. 14-20 Cindy Stuart 717-838-7807 Jan. 21-27 Dottie Seibert 717-566-8951 Jan. 28–Feb. 3 Karen Schankweiler 717-566-8438

CONGREGATIONAL CARE

JANUARY VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES

TV MONITOR

YOU are invited to serve! To learn where you can “plug in” and serve, contact Kay

Baxter, ministry placement coordinator, at 717-612-8346 or by email kbaxter570

@comcast.net.

It’s back! LEAD Breakfast is a conversation meant to help leaders stay connected to the vision of the church and to one another. On Sat-urday, Jan. 27, we’ll kick off our spring series with a lesson on or-ganization culture by Andy Stanley. We’ll also begin reading Ten Pre-scriptions for a Healthy Church, as part of our Better Together conver-sations. (See the book review on page 9 for more details.) Breakfast is served at 8 AM. Sign up on the communication card to

save your spot. Future dates in-clude, Feb. 24 and March 24. Then, on Saturday, April 28, you’re invited up to Lewisburg to be part of “Navigate”–a discipleship conference with keynote speaker Mike Schreiner, author of “Stride: Creating a Discipleship Pathway for Your Church.” Registration is $39 per person. Contact the church office at [email protected] for more details. Pastor Jason

LEAD returns, prepare for Navigate

Merry Christmas from all of us at Raising Hope! We are thankful for each of you as we remember the blessing the Lord has given us in your church! We are so excited about this season as it’s probably our favorite part of the year! We get to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the season allows us to share the love of the Lord. We will spend the next month giving out food packages to those in need. Negative temps are beginning and with gas so expensive, it’s very diffi-cult for families to pay bills and put food on the table. Raising Hope has a goal to bless at least 200 families and individuals this season! If you'd like to help, you can donate through our website at raisinghopeukraine.com and add the note, "food package." Just $20 pro-vides an amazing gift for someone in need. So many things are in our hearts to accomplish, so we ask for your con-tinued prayers of guidance from the Lord. We’re so thankful for each of you and your support to Raising Hope. May you all be blessed with the goodness of His birth and pres-ence this season! With love, Ruslan, Archie and all the kids Thank you, Trinity family, for providing snacks, clothing, wash cloths and toiletries, and over $100 for Daystar. We’ll do another collec-tion at Lent. Watch the Herald and worship folder for more info. Covenant Sunday School class


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FROM THE BOOKSHELF

10 Prescriptions for a Healthy Church by Bob Farr & Kay Kotan Last summer, Kay Kotan became the director of Growing Effective Churches for the Susquehanna Conference of the UMC. Since then, I’ve had the privi-lege to work with her to evaluate the needs of local churches, identify healthy ministries that must be replicated, and to plan a discipleship training for this spring. Working with another church development expert, Bob Farr, they’ve written, “Ten Prescriptions for a Healthy Church.” It’s a collection of their expertise from working with churches across the country, detailing the most common concerns and obstacles, and then go straight to the point: What to change and how, for positive results. They offer a helpful approach to fixing common problems, and strate-gies to help congregations achieve success in specific areas of ministry. Proven success stories offer practical application, inspiration, and hope. This year you are invited to read this book as a spring board into the conversations that will create a healthier Trinity.

Two new small groups will launch beginning in January. Make 2018 your year to focus on growing in dis-cipleship and connecting with others via a small group. Changes That Heal A physical wound will leave a scar after it heals. In some cases, the body builds a wall around an injury to pro-tect itself, but untreated, can create problems later. As a nurse, I can tell you stories of physical injuries, but there are also emotional wounds of the heart and soul that need recov-ery and healing. I carry a small scar on one of my hands where I once dug my nails into my skin, trying to stop painful feel-ings at a difficult time when people close to me had hurt me very badly. I am reminded of that time whenever I see this scar. I worked hard to heal from the pain of that time, but I would not have been able to move forward had I walled myself off from others and pushed it aside. Change is hard, and it’s easier to move on with life and pretend some-thing painful never happened. God is a compassionate healer, and He un-derstands how difficult it is to trust again when we are hurt. But, we are not to struggle alone. He wants us to live our lives with continual growth. One way to aid this process is be-coming part of a small group. In Janu-ary, we will begin studying, “Changes That Heal: The Four Shifts That Make Everything Better…And That Anyone Can Do” by Dr. Henry Cloud. Through this in-home small group study, we’ll journey through self-examination and God’s Word, which focus on what holds us back and how to bond with others, separate from others, sort out issues of good and bad, and take charge as an adult. As Dr. Cloud points out, believers encourage one another through shar-ing our stories, holding one another

New year brings new small group opportunities accountable, and praying for each other, which is ideal for a small group setting. This small group will be a safe, sensitive, confidential, warm, nonjudg-mental environment of trust during a focused time of shar-ing, learning, growing, and healing. This in-home small group will meet at a local residence on Wednesdays from 6:30-8 PM for 15 weeks begin-

ning Jan. 24. Deadline to sign up is Sunday, Jan. 14, and group size will be limited. If you’d like to join, please sign up on the communication card in worship and you will receive the address for the study. For more info, contact me at [email protected]

or 717-686-7000. Barbara Roy

Ladies, you know you need your girlfriends! A new wom-en’s group focused on the friendships we form with other women and how they are as important to our men-tal, physical, and spiritual as rest, exercise, and prayer. Join facilitators Pat Aungst and Donna Friedrich as we look at

“Becoming Heart Sisters” by Natalie Chambers Snapp. The group will meet Mondays, from 10-11:15 AM, beginning Jan. 15, and run for six weeks. Group size will be limited. To attend, sign up on the

communication card in wor-

ship. For more info, contact Donna

Friedrich at dfriedrich17@ gmail.com

or (717)566-1552

Becoming Heart Sisters



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COOKIES AND KINDNESS—Students in Club 56 and TUMY enjoyed an after-

noon of outreach on Dec. 9 when they headed to Frey Village in Middletown to

visit with residents. The crew baked and decorated cookies during the week,

then spent their Saturday playing bingo with the residents. A great time was had

by all, and our group leaders reminded students they can do this kind of out-

reach work with their family at any senior home by contacting the activities

coordinator and volunteering their time. Way to LEAD, Club and TUMY!

Mark your calendar: Chili Cook-off 2018 Bring your best and let the competition begin! TUMY and LIFE Young Adult Group will host their annual Chili Cook-off on Sunday, Jan. 28, and you don’t want to miss it! Everyone is invited to bring either a crock pot of chili or a dessert of their choice to enter in to chili and dessert competitions. There’s no cost, but each family should bring one entry of chili or dessert.

Arrive with your goods in Fellowship Hall any time after 5:30 PM. Cook-off begins at 6 PM when it’s time for tasting and voting. Please also bring your $1 bills to vote for your favorites in the chili and dessert categories.

Proceeds benefit the Youth Mission Trip and the Young Adult LIFE group. Please sign up on the commu-nication card in worship or contact the church office at info@ tum-chtown.org to let

us know how many will attend and what your family will bring. Awards will be given to the Chili Champ 2018, Dessert Champ 2018, and Kids’ Choice winners for both categories.

TUMY slates winter soup sale The temperature is dropping but the TUMY Soup Sale won’t leave you out in the cold. Just in time for winter weather, our Youth Mission Team

will take orders for its annual soup sale on Sun-day, Jan. 7, and Sunday, Jan. 14, in the church lob-by between services. Pay-ment is due at sale.

Soup will be available for pick up will be in Fel-lowship Hall on Sunday, Jan. 21. All proceeds will go towards the Youth Mission Trip to Blue Knob this summer.

TUMY CALENDAR

TUMY is open to students in grades seven through12. Students may join any of the activities at any time. For more info, contact Christel Buck, Children & Youth minister, at cbuck@ tumchtown.org. JAN. 4—Game Night, 6 PM. Bring snacks and games to share! JAN. 7—Youth gather in balcony for worship at 9:30 AM. Volunteers needed for soup sale. Email Christel to sign up. JAN. 10—Hershey Bears Youth Night. JAN. 11—NO Thursday Night Youth! JAN. 14—Youth Sunday School at 9:30 AM. Volun-teers needed for soup sale. Email Christel to sign up. JAN. 18—Thursday Night Youth, 6 PM. JAN. 21—Youth Sunday School at 9::30 AM. Volun-teers needed to help with soup distribution. Contact Christel to sign up.




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2018 Confirmation Class set to begin in February Confirmation registration has begun! All teens in grades seven through 12, are welcome to join this class, led by Dan and Jackie Ebright on Sunday morn-ings in the youth room. The class will meet at 11 AM, starting Sunday, Feb. 18. There will be two informational meetings for parents on Sundays, Jan. 21 and 28, in the youth room immediately following the 9:30 AM Celebration ser-vice. The parent sessions will explain the class more thoroughly as well as provide a class schedule. Students will enter into discipleship before the church in May. For more information, contact Dan Ebright at [email protected] or (717)979-1447.

SCOUT SALUTE—For months, Pastor Jason and other adult mentors have worked with a group of Scouts from

Troop 74 on the optional, but very involved God and Church award. The boys committed to meeting for 12 weeks

of study, service projects, and spiritual growth. At the Dec. 10 Celebration service, Pastor Jason recognized the

Scouts achieving the honor. It was also a time to recognize outgoing Scoutmaster Vincent Rossi (above left), who

is retiring after more than 20 years of service to Troop 74. Trinity’s own Michael Reeder (above, right) will take

over the post of scoutmaster. Thank you, Vince, for your service and congratulations to all!

The more you know, the more you care, the more you care to know. Everyone has a story. Our vision is to bring hope to the hurting to rewrite stories, one life at a time. So what’s your story? We’re look-ing for people will-ing to share their stories in short newsletter articles each month. It’s a great way to build community and inspire one another. If God’s calling you to share your story, contact Karen Reichley, communications director, at [email protected].


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TRADITIONAL WORSHIP @ 8 AND 11 AM, CELEBRATION WORSHIP AT @ 9:30 AM | ALL ARE WELCOME! SUNDAY SCHOOL: ADULT @ 8, 9:30 AND 11 AM; YOUTH @ 9 AND 11 AM; CHILDREN @ 9:30 AND 11 AM.

Giving in the New Year "Teach those who are RICH in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their TRUST should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. Tell them to use their money to do GOOD. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to SHARE with others. By doing this they will be storing up their TREASURE as a good foundation for the FUTURE so that they may experi-ence true life."

1 Timothy 6:17-19 NLT Your Stewardship Team

REMINDER: The church office will be closed through the holidays. Our regular office hours will resume Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. We will be open 8 AM to noon and 1:30-4 PM.

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