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As we enter into the most celebrated season of the Christian faith, the one

event that has changed everything - EASTER! Let us come with such a life of

praise and faith that Mount Vernon can see Jesus shining through all of us, we

have been changed folks, we have been redeemed, we have the promise of life af-

ter death, how can we not share this message of hope to everyone? Yes we will

also have heartache as we live Good Friday again and remember all that Jesus

went through for us, but oh what a day of rejoicing as we celebrate His resurrec-

tion! So as we enter this most holy time in our Christian walk, spend time in medi-

tation, prayer, bible reading and worship and let Him touch you, renew your faith

and revive and refresh your baptismal covenant and promises you made to our

Great God and Master!

Here is a wonderful poem I found the other day that I want to share with you.

HEALING AT THE CROSS

We know when Jesus was crucified

Upon the wooden cross,

Our every sin was laid upon Him

All for loving the lost

And we know that when He rose again,

He conquered death and hell

Through His resurrection we have

Eternal life as well

For this we praise our gracious Lord

And thank Him for His love,

For we could never have had this hope

If it wasn't for His spilled blood

But we can know His resurrection power,

Right now, while we are here,

For we can come to the cross of Christ

And lay down our burdens there


The Wider Church

For everything that may hold us back,

The hurts from yesterday,

At the foot of the cross we lay it down

And then just walk away

For I believe that there is healing

At the cross of Christ

We do not need to carry these loads,

For they've all been crucified

Receive from Jesus the healing you need

For your spirit, body and soul

Then you can arise, freed from your past

To walk completely whole

For what He accomplished on the cross

Goes on into eternity,

Just reach out your hand and He will too

And receive His victory.

© By M.S.Lowndes

Think about it, Pastor Jamie

March Averages in Attendance and Offerings

Worship - 104

Offering - $2,537

Weekly Need - $3,653.30

Coming in May........ May 12 - The Evansville Tri-State Association will hold it's an-

nual meeting at Bethlehem United Church of Christ in Evansville. All members are

welcome and encouraged to attend, our President of the United Church of Christ

John Dorhauer will be the guest speaker along with a wonderful time of fellow-

ship, a great meal and awesome worship together. Please let Pastor Jamie know if

your interested in attending. Let's have a great turn out for 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 Charles Huey Betty Englebright

Good Samaritan Home Phyllis Huey Cloverleaf Geraldine Allen

Jill Brunton Allen Bryant Christine Russell DeKemper Helen DeKemper Carroll Funkhouser Jerry Funkhouser The Family of Floyd Healy Mark Healy Beverly Henry Amy Higgins Josett Higgins Lourana Howard Doris Jefferies Bruce Layeer Maya Luna Curt McCarty Ruth Ann Nation Dorothy Niehaus Josh Osborne Ruth Russell The Family of Bea Schisler Doug Taylor Janie White Anwar & Family

April 5 Logan Culley April 6 Gary Porter April 7 Phyllis Huey April 8 Brent Brauser April 13 Brad Oeth April 14 Melva Englebright April 14 Hannah Erwin April 15 Taylor Culley April 19 Ruth Duckworth

April 21 Jeffrey Hart-mann April 21 Mark Culley April 22 Steven Grabert April 28 Karl Baro April 29 Gary Redman April 30 Sarah McCarty

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

April Head Usher Carroll Funkhouser

No Coffee Hour in April

Lilies in the Chancel

If you would like to place lilies in the

chancel for Easter Sunday, April 16

please give the church office your

name and the name(s) of the person

(s) being remembered or honored by Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

Please arrange for the flowers to be delivered by 11:00 am, Friday, April

14.

Mt. Vernon Relay for Life

Saturday May 13, 2017

Noon—Midnight

at the Riverfront

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].

Magdalena Katherine Baumgart Baptised March

19, 2017. Daughter of Bill & Gretchen Baumgart.

Prayer Quilts were blessed for Carroll Funkhouser and Ruth Russell.


Trinity United Church of Christ, Mt. Vernon, IN

Church Council Minutes February 22, 2017

Members present for the February 22, 2017 council meeting were Bill Baro, Dennis Clark, Carroll Funkhouser, Judy

Heberer, Trudy Keach, Don Kleinschmidt, Gary Porter, Gary Redman, Susan Roby, David Uhde, Danny Ziegler and

Pastor Jamie Kent.

President Don Kleinschmidt called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Pastor Jamie Kent had an opening devotional and

prayer.

Minutes from the council meeting on January 16, 2017 were reviewed. Gary Porter moved to approve the minutes, Den-

nis Clark seconded and motion carried.

Old Business:

Parsonage Renovation: Gary Porter and Carroll Funkhouser reported the storm doors have been installed and one dam-

aged window screen has been replaced. The sink in downstairs bath will be replaced on February 21.

Parsonage Property Tax: Bill Baro submitted the paperwork for the parsonage to be tax exempt. He visited the asses-

sor’s office last week. There is an individual coming to courthouse to review tax exempt requests. We will receive

notification from the assessor’s office when the paperwork has been reviewed.

Custodian Hours: Linda has been able to perform extra cleaning with the increased hours. However as we have addi-

tional visitors and programs in the building we may need to evaluate adding more hours.

Secretarial Hours: We will continue to evaluate Jan’s workload to determine if additional hours are needed.

Safe Conduct Policy Training: We will have the Safe Conduct Policy Training at 6 pm on March 20th. This is for all

church council, teachers, secretary, organists, custodian and others who may work with youth and vulnerable adults.

We will have a second session for anyone not able to attend on March 20th.

College Homecoming for Pastor Jamie: Pastor will be out of town February 21-23. Pastor Doug from Immanuel is

our on call. Jan has the information if we need to reach Pastor Doug.

Church Sign: Our church sign needs replacing. The trustees have information from Stuart Sign Co and are evaluating.

The family who donated the wooden sign are ok with replacing the wooden sign with an electronic one. Cost is esti-

mated at $5,400 to $6,500 plus electric and concrete work. An announcement will be placed in the bulletin starting

this week to determine if anyone is interested in giving as a memorial.

Appointed Trustees: Council has not officially appointed the trustees for 2017. Carroll Funkhouser nominated Gary

Porter and Bill Osborn as our appointed trustees, Judy Heberer seconded and motion carried.

New Business:

Parsonage Open House: The open house on January 29, 2017 was a success. There were over 50 church and commu-

nity guests who had the opportunity to tour the parsonage. There were impressed by the work of the trustees and

church volunteers. Thanks to Judy Heberer for providing refreshments.

Movie Night: March 19, 2017 from 5 to 8 pm. Sub-Way sandwiches before the movie, Letters to God. Please bring

a snack, dessert or liter of soda to share. There may be a children’s movie in the library for the very young. Discus-

sion was where to show the movie….sanctuary or fellowship hall.

Movie Night: April 2, 2017 the movie The Easter Experience will be shown. It runs 80 minutes and there will be a

discussion period afterwards. We will share snacks that evening. Continued on p. 7


The Easter Experience at Trinity

The Easter Experience will be on April 2 beginning at 4:00pm with snacks, fellow-

ship and scripture. At 4:30pm we'll watch the movie Easter Experience and then

discuss what if what happened at Easter changes everything? Come and get pre-

pared to celebrate Easter this season like never before. Bring snacks to share.

Upcoming Events

April 4 - The Pastor/Parish committee will meet at 6:30pm in the lounge.

April 5 - Lenten soup/sandwich service at 6:00pm in the fellowship hall.

April 9– Easter Egg Hunt—9:30 a,m, in Fellowship Hall

April 12 - Spiritual Life committee will meet at 1:30pm in the lounge.

April 13 - Maundy Thursday service with Holy Communion will be in the sanctuary

at 7:00pm.

April 14 - Good Friday ecumenical service here at Trinity UCC at 12:00pm with

combined community choir and Rev. Allen Rutherford speaking.

April 16 - Sonrise Service at 7:00am in the courtyard and breakfast to follow at

7:45am in the fellowship hall. Come and worship the risen Christ and celebrate

His resurrection!

April 16 - 30 pieces of silver offering will be taken up and if we raise $300 a gift

match of $300 will also be given to go to our food bank here in Mount Vernon.

Please give and support this important ministry.

April 26 - New weekly Bible study will begin...details will be coming soon!

Community Good Friday Service

The Mt. Vernon Ministerial Association will be holding its yearly Community Good

Friday Service, April 14th from 12:00 to 12:55p.m. It will be held this year at

Trinity United Church of Christ at 505 Mulberry Street in Mt. Vernon. Ms Cindy

Searcy is organizing a Community Choir to assist with the music for this ser-

vice. Cindy will be holding two choir rehearsals on Sunday afternoons, April 2nd

and April 9th. Both choir rehearsals will begin at 3:00 P.M. at Trinity United

Church of Christ. Please plan to attend at least one of the two rehearsals at

your convenience, and both if possible. A final rehearsal will be held at 11:15a.m.

on Good Friday, prior to the start of the service. We invite all singers from

southern Posey County to sing in this community service


Women’s News Thank You Notes

Men’s Lenten Breakfasts April 1 Bethlehem United Church of Christ

April 8 Zion United Church of Christ, Newburgh, Memorial service

All men of all ages are invited and welcome to come attend these wonderful Lenten ser-

vices with wonderful lay speakers at each service. The theme this year is God’s Bucket List

and the text is from Matthew 22:34-40. Breakfast at 7a.m. Service at 8 a.m.

The women of Zion are hosting a hospitality

night for all women of the west side and Mt.

Vernon UCC churches. The Date is Thursday

April 20, starting at 6:30 p.m. Please call the

church office 812-985-2437 by April 13 if you

plan on coming . Hope to see you there for a

night of fun.

Trinity’s Sign

The council and trustees are considering replacing the sign at the corner of Mulberry and

Fifth Streets. Our current sign needs to be replaced.

If you are interested in making a memorial gift towards the cost of a new sign, contact one

of the trustees: Bill Baro, Carroll Funkhouser, Bill Osborn, Gary Porter or Danny Ziegler.

Thank you to everyone that participated in

the American Cancer Society Relay for Life

fundraiser dinner. Almost $1000.00 in dona-

tions was made. Thank you again.

Don Kleinschmidt & Judy Heberer.

Women’s Auxiliary Trinity Women’s Auxiliary is scheduled to meet

Thursday, April 6 at Solarbron for lunch at 11:00

a.m. A brief meeting will follow and Betty

Lueder will present the program “Posey

County Schools of Yesteryear”. To car pool

meet at the church at 10:30 a.m. in the

church parking lot. Call Betty Lueder 812-480-

9239 by Tuesday, April 4 to make reservations

I would like to thank everyone for the cards

sent to me and Dick and Jackie Green for

the rides to church.

Dorothy Freimiller

Plant & Rummage Sale

St. Paul’s UCC (German township)

8701 Highway 65, Evansville.

Saturday, April 29 from 7:00 a.m.—

1:00 p.m. BBQ Chicken, Sausage Bur-

gers, Cinnamon Rolls and Kuchen will

be available.

Thank you to everyone for the prayers,

cards and condolences for Linc during his

illness and passing.

The Linc Baro Family

Lenten Supper Free-Will Offering

The Free-will offering from the Wednesday

night Lenten Suppers go to the Women’s

Group—at the conclusion of the suppers

the money is designated to a project and/

or projects within the church,. To date

$535.00 has been given tyhanks to your

generosity.


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Quarterly Sunday Meal after church: Currently we have a meal to kick off Relay for Life, a picnic and a meal near

Christmas. Pastor Jamie asked if we were interested in having at least a quarterly meal after church. This encourages

fellowship and is an opportunity to meet and greet new families and individuals who are attending church.

We will consider at a future date.

Narcotics Anonymous: There have been multiple complaints about the group hanging around before and after meetings.

Neighbors feel uncomfortable with the group present. Gary Porter and Don Kleinschmidt will be meeting with the

group along with someone from police department on February 23 and ask the group to leave our facilities. We will not

allow them to hold meetings at Trinity. Keys will be collected from the group. We will be asking the police for addi-

tional patrols in our area.

Gary Porter commended Trudy Keach and Dottie Funkhouser for volunteering as teachers for the Sunday School and

Gary and Gerilyn Redman for volunteering to work with the youth group. We have a number of families and youth

who have returned to Trinity and are ready for these services. We are grateful to see this growth.

Gary Ported commented that Pastor Jamie has been doing a great job. We have received many positive comments from

community members.

Pastor Jamie noted that it takes the congregation working together, hosting a variety of activities and inviting families to

visit for us to be successful. He noted our average Sunday attendance was 49 the last 6 months of 2016. Since Pas-

tor Jamie started in January our average Sunday attendance has been 84.

Men’s Lenten Breakfast at Trinity is Saturday, March 18. We will need men to cook the breakfast and be part of the

service. Breakfast is at 7 am with the service at 8 am. The attendance at all Men’s Lenten Breakfasts is down. If

we want them to continue, we need to have a group attend at least some of them.

White folding tables: The Uhde family has requested use of the white folding tables on Saturday, March 25 for the Dia-

betes Poker Run. They will return the tables to the fellowship fall on Saturday evening. Gary Porter moved to allow

the Uhde family use of the white plastic folding tables, Bill Baro seconded and motion carried.

Letter regarding After Prom: A letter was received requesting support for the After Prom program at MVHS. This is a

drug and alcohol free event at the HS. It is a worthy program. Council agreed to research past practice for support and

discuss in March.

Big Brothers, Big Sisters: We need to approve their use of space at Trinity during 2017. Carroll Funkhouser moved to

allow Big Brothers, Big Sisters to use space at Trinity during 2017, Danny Ziegler seconded and motion carried.

Pastor’s Report:

Sacred Harmony Music Group sings Southern gospel music with a contemporary flair. They have won gospel awards.

Pastor Jamie knows the group and would be interested in inviting them to sing at Trinity. Cost is $500 plus a love of-

fering. They prefer to schedule several events in the same area for one week-end in order to save travel expenses. Pas-

tor Jamie to get additional information about their availability in our area during the fall.

Christian Education: Pastor Jamie requests that council put $1000 in the Christian Education fund to allow the purchase

of books, start up materials and VBS materials for our Sunday School and Youth groups. Bill Baro moved that we

place $1,000 into the Christian Education budget, David Uhde seconded and motion carried.

Banners: Pastor Jamie would like several new banners for the church. When he looked on-line, the cost per banner

was approximately $150. He talked with Sarah Becker who said she could design and make the 3 banners he wanted

for approximately $88. Council agreed to reimburse Sarah Becker for cost of materials.

Vacation Week: Pastor Jamie will be taking a week of vacation April 17 to 24. He will arrange with IN-KY confer-

ence for a substitute minister and minister on call during that time.


Girl Scout Troop: The local Girl Scout troop is looking for a permanent place to meet. Would Trinity be willing to al-

low them to use one of our meeting rooms? They meet on Monday evenings. Gary Porter moved that we allow the

Girl Scouts to meet at Trinity, Danny Ziegler seconded and motion carried. The Pence Endowment supports both the

Boy and Girl Scouts with funding each year.

List of Persons Moving to Mt. Vernon: A company in Ohio offers a service which provides your organization with a list

of persons who move into your zip code. Pastor Jamie would like to join the service. The cost is approximately $15

per month. He would design a post card to send to the person(s) moving into our area welcoming them and inviting them

to visit at Trinity. Dennis Clark moved to try the service for one year, Judy Heberer seconded and motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report:

Susan Roby reviewed the attached report. January income (all funds) was $18,464. January expenses (all funds) was

$34,218. We had interest income of $1,964. Loss for the month of January was $15,754. Gary Porter moved to accept

the treasurer’s report, David Uhde seconded and motion carried.

Bills: Council reviewed the list of bills to be paid (attached). Gary Porter moved to pay the bills, Danny Ziegler sec-

onded and motion carried.

Committee Reports: There was no report from Finance.

Christian Education: Trudy Keach shared there will be an Easter Egg Hunt on Palm Sunday. She asked about children

walking in church with palm branches.

Spiritual Life: They are visiting a variety of people, including inactive members.

Music and Worship: Pastor Jamie and Cindy Searcy have met to plan music during Easter Season. Trinity is the host of

the community Good Friday service.

Gifts and Bequests: Memorial gifts for Linc Baro will be used for the LED lighting project.

Trustee Report: Carroll Funkhouser and Danny Ziegler gave the report.

There are wasps in the attic and basement which have been sprayed.

Light has been replaced in closet that Pastor uses.

Ice machine has been cleaned and serviced for the year.

Fan and light in the kitchen at parsonage has been replaced.

A bench is being built for Pastor.

Turn gas valve off in kitchen after using the stove. We occasionally smell gas. Shutting the valve off prevents any

leaks.

LED replacement lights are scheduled to arrive by end of February.

e meeting closed with a prayer by Pastor Jamie.

Next Meeting: Monday, March 20, 2017 starting at 6 pm for Safe Church Training

Secretary

Gayle Vogel

We are considering removing the minutes for the newsletter to allow space for other news and upcom-

ing events. Copies will be available at the back of the church or a copy can be mailed or emailed to you

by calling Jan in the office. 812-838-3805 or [email protected].


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TRINITY TRUMPET April Vol 19 Issue 4

Trinity United Church of Christ

505 Mulberry Street Mt. Vernon, IN 47620

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Inside This Issue

Pastor Page 1-2

Spiritual Life

3

Minutes of Council Meeting

4

Easter at Trinity 5

Women’s News, Thank you

Notes 6

Minutes Continued 7

Minutes Continued 8

Calendar 9

Miscellaneous 10

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