1. On the night Jesus was born, an angel brought good news of great joy to some shepherds. Evangel-ism is sharing the good news that Jesus is the Savior, Christ the Lord.

Often we think of evangelism as standing on a street corner urging people to “turn or burn.” Or we picture knocking on doors and asking strangers, “Do you know the Lord?” But I like to think of evangel-ism as one beggar telling another beggar where to find food.

If Jesus is your Savior, you have a story to tell about how the Lord has fed your hungry soul with the bread of life. Your story doesn’t need to be dramatic, like Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus. Even if you have always gone to church, the angels still re-joiced the moment you en-tered the kingdom of God! The story of how Jesus has changed your life for the bet-ter will give God glory.

The Holy Spirit is actively involved in the evangelistic process. First we ask the Spirit to prepare the heart of the person we want to point to Jesus. Then while the Spirit uses our words and actions to invite people to Jesus, it is the Spirit’s grace that leads them to Christ. The effort is our responsibility, but the results are God’s responsibility. This should remove a lot of pressure from our shoulders.

This is why in our FRAN plan, for 40 days

(Dec. 1-Jan. 9) we have been invited to pray daily for

a Friend, Relative, Acquaintance, and Neighbor, then

invite the four people on our list to worship on Janu-

ary 10. My message that day will seek to “offer

Christ.” Between worship and Sunday School we will

have a reception to welcome our guests.

Pastor: Rev. David Brannock, pastortumc2@embarqmail.com

Director of Music: Kevin Flannagan, trinitymusic@embarqmail.com Administrative Assistant: Peggy Bishop

Financial Secretary: Jim “Chip” McKenna Director of Youth & Children: John Redmond john.trinity@embarqmail.com

Trinity Library: tumclibrary@embarqmail.com Custodian: Tim Cansler Webmaster: Ken Hood khood1@embarqmail.com

Office e-mail: trinity8888@embarqmail.com Office Phone: (423) 638-7521 Web Page: www.trinity-um-church.org

2. A different kind of help: Families don’t always resemble a Norman Rockwell painting. Domestic vio-lence hurts some families. Abuse can be physical, emotional, sexual, financial, or spiritual; the misuse of power and control can take many forms. In a perfect world, neither you nor anyone you know would ever need the following information. But just in case: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 Website: www.ndvh.org 3. My family is grateful for all the food, cards, gifts, and other expressions of love and kindness given to us for Christmas. Thank you most of all for your prayers. We look forward to what God has in store for Trinity UMC during 2010.

Blessings,

Pastor David

Prayer List January, 2010

Praise! A wonderful Christmas season!

For Our Armed Forces Justin Sayler Nick Fillers Brian Benton Jamie Moseley John Penland Joseph D. Carson Justin Walter Steven Ayers Thomas White David Jones Steven Sams Kenneth Kelley

For Trinity Members & Constituents Minnis Paxton Don Broyles

For Family Members & Friends Monte Cansler

Church in Mission Fran Lynch Baxter-Willow AK Steve Geegbe/Richard Tefley, Displaced persons in Ghana Pastor Boo and Phyllis in Sudan

For Our Known Bereaved

Healing Needed from Cancer Families and Caregivers of those with cancer

For the Ministry of Our Church and Its Leaders: Our Staff Church Council Pastor David Brannock

For Our Homebound and Nursing Home Members Marilyn Blevins Doc Dowden Bob George Josephine Gilreath Patsy Reynolds Evelyn Holley Ann McCamey Virginia Stegall Virgie Gray Bonnie Woody Anita Daniels James (Soap) Casteel Inez Lawing

*Bold = most recent addition

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01/02 Josephine Gilreath

01/02 Ken Carter

01/03 Norma Carpenter

01/05 Grady Shelton

01/05 Kathryn Brown

01/06 Jack Fannon

01/06 Robert Keasling

01/07 Benna Bennett

01/07 Emily Graham

01/08 Katie Fields

01/08 Wilbur West

01/09 Connor DeBusk

01/09 Marilyn Jenkins

01/11 J.H. Payne

01/12 Amanda Franklin

01/12 Dorothy Wilhoit

01/12 Ellen Boles

01/13 Jordan Lister

01/14 Susan Price

01/15 Michelle Jones

01/16 Richard McHan

01/18 Frances Arrington

01/18 Kathy Hoard

01/19 Rex Jeffers

01/22 Brent Kinser

01/22 Jim Feltman

01/23 A.J. Harmon

01/23 Brian Rogers

01/24 Aline Montieth

01/25 Clay Tipton

01/25 Kim Gregory

01/25 Sarah Wittenburg

01/25 Talma Hogan

01/26 Cassie Wampler

01/26 John Lamb

01/26 Roger Wampler

01/29 Carol Bausch

01/29 Scott Bullington

PRAYER LIST CHANGES After the first of the year, you will notice some changes to the Prayer List. We will be beginning a new list with the exception of the "Armed Forces" and "Homebound and Nursing Home Members" categories. Please resubmit names you would like added back using the yellow slips in the pews. They are to be placed in the offering plate. Also, the weekly newsletter, "The Spark" will

ONLY contain the most recent names added. The complete list, including all categories, will be published in the monthly newsletter, "The Torch". If you have questions, please contact Tracy Horner at 552-8810.

Best Wishes to Peggy Bishop…

We want to extend a huge thank you to Peggy for her years of dedicated ser-vice to our church. Peggy has been a tremendous help to us and we want to wish her the very best for the future.

SPR Committee

F.R.A.N. Plan… The Evangelism Committee has embarked on a quest to minister to our un-churched friends and neighbors.

The congregation has been asked to pray for a Friend, a Relative, an Acquaintance, and a Neighbor for forty days, asking the Holy Spirit to help them reach out to

these people and to invite them into a life that includes Jesus and a welcoming congregation.

The ministry, which runs De-cember 1 through January 9th will end with a special ser-vice on January 10th with a re-ception following the service.

This will give the congregation an opportunity to greet our un-churched friends and neighbors who have been so reverently prayed for and finally in-vited to join us.

UMW NEWS Shalom will meet at 6:30 pm on January 9th.

Maude Landemesser will not meet in January.

Ruth Group will meet on January 11th at 7 pm. UMW Unit will meet on January 25th at 7 pm.

The Clothes Closet is open… Regular hours will be the 2nd and 4th Mon-days from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm each

month. January 11 & 25 this month! The Clothes Closet is located downstairs from the sanctuary in the ‘old kitchen’. There will be signs in the parking lot to direct visitors to the correct entrance. Ques-tions? Contact Ellen Boles or Lucille Cutshaw.

Thank you, Lucille Cutshaw and

Ellen Boles

Monthly Items Trinity’s Food Bank item for

February is Soup. It can be placed in the cardboard box in the

Large Fellowship Hall. Pick up will be February 7th.

We would like to welcome Donna Lowery to the po-sition of Administrative Assistant. She will begin training with Peggy on Monday, December 28th. Donna is married to Ron and has two daughters. She is a member of Hartman’s Chapel United Methodist Church. Starting in January, her hours will be from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday (with the exception on Monday the office opens at 10:00 a.m. to allow time to process the offering from 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.), and Friday 8:30 – 12 noon. We look forward to working with her.

Staff Parish Relations Committee

Morristown District Day of Vision January 9, 2010 Panther Springs UMC, Morristown, TN

Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations Radical Hospitality Clint Cooper, “The Sunday Visitor” w/the Chattanooga Times Free Press

Intentional Faith Development Brian Taylor, Senior Pastor – Munsey, Johnson City

Risk Taking Mission and Service Danny Howe, Director of Missions & Outreach, 1st Broad Street UMC, Kingsport

Extravagant Generosity Patty Muse, Laity – Stewardship Coordinator, Munsey UMC, Johnson City

Passionate Worship Larry Trotter, Associate Pastor – Concord UMC

Staff/Pastor - Parish Relations Committee Mickey Rainwater, District Superintendent, Morristown District

"Senior" computer classes will resume on Tuesday January 5th at 9:00 a.m. In case of snow or sleet, we will follow the city school schedule. It they close, then we will not have classes." This quarter (Jan-Mar) we will be learning to use Microsoft Word and Excel.

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Children: January 6th we start back the Wonderful Wednesday programming!!!! We are also going to go ice-skating on Friday the 8th. I am working out the details on where we will be going. I will let everyone know as soon as I figure it out.

Youth: January 3rd we start back all of our Sunday night activities and that same week we will also start back our afterschool Bible study on Tuesday and Thurs-day morning Caffeine for Christ. Also, January 22-24 is Resurrection. Please let me know if you are planning to come. I need to know by the 3rd of January. Cost is 25 dollars per person plus food for 4 meals. I would sug-gest at least 40 dollars.

Samson Eats will be held from 3:00—5:00 pm on January 24. Have a great month !! Questions: contact me at (423) 426 5786.

From the Director of Music…

Special Thanks to all of our choirs for an out-standing array of music that was presented during the Advent/Christmas Season. You all truly enriched this special season for all of us. Thank you for all of your hard work! To God be the glory!!! Rehearsals resume on the following dates for 2010: Brass Ensemble: January 3rd at 4 pm Youth Handbells: January 3rd at 5 pm Kids’ Chime Choir: January 6th at 5 pm Chapel Choir: January 6th at 5:30 pm Cherub Choir: January 13th at 5:30 pm (Will not meet January 6th!) Youth Choir: January 6th at 6:30 pm Chancel Choir: January 6th at 7:15 pm Adult Handbells: January 10that 7 pm

Looking forward to a great year of making music in 2010!

Kevin Flannagan

Brooks Bequest news… Scholarship applications will not be ready for a few weeks. April 30th is the deadline for scholarship applica-tions and the next grant re-quests.

Jan. 29, 2010 - Jan. 31, 2010