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~1~ Trinity United Church of Christ, Mt. Vernon, IN June 2017

June 12-17 - Trinity kids at Merom Church camp this week include Braden Bincsik, Jamilee Kent, Ella Sponn, Nicole Kent, Mallory Kuhn, Hunter Spaulding. Please send them a card or letter to Merom Camp & Retreat Center P.O. Box 127, Merom, IN 47861, send the card by June 9, 10, or 12 for them to receive it. June 4 - New Adult Sunday school class will start at 9:10 with Pastor Ja-mie teaching, the first study in the class will be "Embraced by God" stud-ies on God's love. We will meet in the library and this class is for all ages of adults from 18 to 100. Come and get into God's Word and let us all ex-pand our knowledge of His incredible love. June 4-Children’s Sunday School begins at 9:10 a.m. Coming soon........ July 23 - Dinner and a Movie with dinner being served at 5:00pm from Hawg-n-Sauce and the move "Facing the Giants" starting at 5:45. This is a great event to invite friends, co-workers to attend and enjoy a free, friendly environment to fellowship and meet new friends. August is children and youth month at Trinity UCC and we start off with a special event on ....... August 6 at 5:00pm with "Blessing of the Backpacks" service and then a hot dog supper. All students pre-school through college are invited to at-tend. Then every week during Sunday school the kids will be asked to learn new scripture and share it with the congregation during the chil-dren's sermon. The youth will also be ushers each week during August. September 2-4 is Family Camp at Merom our UCC church camp with Pas-tor Jamie as the dean. It will be a great weekend to relax, worship, hang with family and do plenty of cool activities and events. All ages from birth to 100 are invited to attend, mark your schedule and see Pastor Jamie for a registrar sheet.

Upcoming Events at Trinity


Spiritual Life Please Pray for

Solarbron The Terrace Geneva Holler Mary Jane Dausman Solarbron The Point Mary Beth Burkett Lucille Saunders West River Health, The Legacy Charles Huey Good Samaritan Home Phyllis Huey Cloverleaf Geraldine Allen

Alpha Banks Andy Bender Carolyn Brauser Jill Brunton Allen Bryant Rick Culiver Christine Russell DeKemper Helen DeKemper Carroll Funkhouser Jerry Funkhouser Gayle Gunter Lana Hagemann Mark Healy Beverly Henry Amy Higgins Josett Higgins Ann Higgs Lourana Howard Mark Hudson Bruce Layer Faren Levell Maya Luna Curt McCarty Ruth Ann Nation Dorothy Niehaus Josh Osborne Ruth Russell Doug Taylor Janie White Anwar & Family

06/02 Jennifer King 06/07 Ann Higgs 06/07 Lilly Saddler 06/09 Isabella Sims 06/09 Mark Vogel 06/12 Evelyn Seyffarth 06/12 Carroll Funk houser 6/14 John Jacobs 06/16 Sondra Knopfmeier 06/18 Nancy Renschler 06/20 James Higgs 06/20 Nolan Mandel

06/22 Erin Crawford 06/23 John Culley 06/25 David Lueder 06/26 James Keach 06/27 Brenda Schroeder 06/27 Marilyn Wallis 06/27 Cynthia Searcy 06/29 Mary Jane Dausman 06/29 Ruby Oeth 06/29 Steven Boberg 06/29 Daniel Lueder

If we have inadvertently left a name off any list, please contact the church office at 838-3805.

June Head Usher Gary Redman

Coffee Hour June 11 Gretchen Baumgart, Jackie Green

If you are not on the Trinity mailing list to

receive the monthly newsletter and other im-

portant items please call or e-mail Jan in the

church office at 812-838-3805 or

[email protected].

Our Indiana-Kentucky Conference

Annual Gathering

June 9-10, 2017. Don Kleinschmidt

and Pastor Jamie will be attending

this event.

Please bring in your wide tooth combs and

gallon Ziploc bags and place in the con-

tainer in the Sanctuary before June 1.

Birthdays this month

Graduates Congratulation to Jevin Redman, Univer-

sity of Southern Indiana , son of Gary & Geralyn Redman. Britnay Young, Harrison High School, granddaughter of Nancy Ren-schler


Vacation Bible School Vacation Bible School will be the week of June 5—9 from 5:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m..at St. Matthew. The theme this year is Sparks Lab Please help us anyway you can Thank you

Food Items Needed for VBS Monday Bagel Bites, Cutie Oranges, Baby Carrots Wednesday Spaghetti Noodles, Spaghetti Sauce, Garlic Bread, Bananas Friday Hamburger Patties, Hamburger Buns, Grapes, Pretzels. We will be serving up to 50 children. Please bring items to church May 28th. Other Items needed are: 8 Packs of Mentos, 20 packs of Pop Rocks Candy, 3 x 5lb bags of potting soil, 10 x 2 liter bottles , empty and clean, 10 x 2 Liters of Diet Coke and 10 x 20oz Diet Coke.


Thank You Notes

May Averages in Attendance and

Offerings as of May 21

Worship - 95

Offering - 2977.00

Weekly Need - $3,653.30

Lent/Easter Offering

The total amount of contributions received

for Lent/Easter was $2336.15. This will be di-

vided one third to Willow Tree of Posey

County, one third to Habitat of Mt. Vernon

and one third to camperships.

Strengthen the Church Offering

Each day, visions and dreams are created

in the hearts of many in the United Church

of Christ. Through the Strengthen the

Church offering, they can become a reality.

As God calls our congregations to be

church in new ways, your gift will plant new

churches, awaken new ideas in existing

churches, and develop spiritual life in our

youth and young adults. Because of this of-

fering, many more will hear the good news

that “God is still speaking.” Offering enve-

lopes are also available in the pews. We

will dedicate this offering June 4, 2017

Big Brothers Big Sister is so blessed and

so grateful for the donation of office

space for our organization. It is so im-

portant because it helps us give ser-

vices to three children in our pro-

gram. What a blessing you are to us!

Thank you. And may God bless all of

you for your goodness and care.

Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Dear Trinity Church

Thank you for your generous donation

of 4 x $25.00 ITunes gift cards to the

MVHS after prom event. Your dona-

tion helped make it a very successful

and exciting event for our students.

Sincerely, 2017 After Prom Committee

Friends of Trinity UCC

Thank you for your recent gift of

$1041.00. We are grateful to partner

with you and put your gift to good

work. Together, we are making a dif-

ference in the lives of our neighbors

near and far.

Thank you!

Rose Sharp

Associate Congregational Engage-

ment Specialist, Church World Service

Thanks to everyone for your prayers

and concerns for me during my knee

replacement and recovery.

Don Uhde

Relay For Life

We would like to thank everyone that

participated and donated to the

American Cancer Society Relay for

Life. A total of $2430 was raised by

Trinity. Thanks again for your support.

Judy Heberer and Don kleinschmidt


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What Do YOU See? According to a story I recently heard, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

were on a camping trip. They had retired early but had both awakened

around 2 a.m. With a clear, star-studded night sky above them, Holmes

asked, “Watson, what do you see?”

“Well,” said the doctor, “I see thousands of stars!”

“And what does that mean to you?” pressed the detective. “I suppose it

means that we are most fortunate to inhabit God’s great universe as intelli-

gent observers. Although we are small in His eyes, we are blessed with pow-

ers of reasoning that permit us to make our way in this world of blind greed

and criminal enterprises.

And surely a night so clear and beautiful as this is a portent of another

beautiful day for us to enjoy tomorrow, dear friend. What does it mean to

you, Holmes?”

To me, Watson, it means that –while we were sleeping – someone has stolen

our tent!”

Similarly, while we fortunate people of 2017 reflect on our educational, sci-

entific, and technological achievements, we may be overlooking the fact

that something has been taken from us. Things like innocence, propriety,

and decency.

Front page headlines remind us of government mistakes, morals declining,

leaders resigning over adultery, substance addictions or theft. Yet polls tell

us the majority of Americans couldn’t care less about our leader’s morality –

so long as the economy remains healthy. I do remember Jesus asking the

question, “What will a man give in exchange for his soul?” The idea that a

bull-market economy makes basic questions of morality unimportant reduces

ethics to a business proposition. Have we really come to that point in Ameri-

can culture? The nation built upon the Ten Commandments as our moral code

and laws of the land?


The tent of objective moral norms by which to frame and judge human con-

duct has been stolen from this generation. Not only the tent but the pegs

of objective truth necessary to hold it in place have been ripped from the

ground. Indeed, press our thought leaders (i.e., spin doctors) and you will

hear them explain in condescending tones that there is no “real” ground of

history and meaning beneath our feet. There is only the ongoing process of

interpretation, no definite or fixed meaning to anything.

The sins in the Bible are still sins, drunkenness, adultery, co-habitation,

cursing, taking Gods name in vein, lying, gossiping are all still sins in God’s

law and to Bible living, believing Christians.

In a commencement speech at Stanford University on June 14, 1998, Ted

Koppel counseled graduates: “Aspire to decency. Practice civility toward one

another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior wherever you find it. Apply a

rigid standard of morality to your lives; and if, periodically, you fail – as you

surely will – adjust your lives, not the standards.” That’s good advice for

people of all ages and backgrounds.

Before we speculate on the ethereal meaning of the stars, Dr. Watson, we

must pay attention to finding the tent that has disappeared. We need to

put it back in place.

Think about it,

Pastor Jamie

Brokelyn Alexis Grabert daughter of

Christopher & Amber Grabert April 30, 2017


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TRINITY TRUMPET June Vol 19 Issue 6

Trinity United Church of Christ

505 Mulberry Street Mt. Vernon, IN 47620

Tel: 812-838-3805

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Address Services Requested

A Master Calendar is in the hallway next to the

fellowship hall, please check this before scheduling

meetings or activities to help prevent double book-

ing. If you have an event that is not listed, please

tell Jan in the Office.

Inside This Issue

Upcoming Events 1-

Spiritual Life 2

Vacation Bible School

3

Thank You Notes 4

Pastor Page 5-6

Calendar 7

THURSDAY, June 15, 2017 your notes,

articles, or announcements to the office

on time! Electronic submissions are

especially appreciated!

[email protected]

Food Pantry Item

Breakfast Items Canned Fruit (no applesauce)

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