Monthly Newsletter of Trinity United Methodist Church

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SECU FAMILY HOUSE DINNER Our next SECU Family House Dinner will be Wednesday August 7. Set up is at 4:30 p.m. and serving is at 5:30 p.m. The menu is cookout and the sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board near the Fellowship Hall. We encourage anyone who hasn’t helped with one before to please sign up for August. This is a rewarding experience, visiting with outpatients and families. See You There!

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August 2019

TALK

Pastoral Thought

While at a church conference in Springfield, IL I had the opportunity to visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. I was educated anew upon the secession of states from the union that led to our Civil War. In the church there are also spiritual Cessationist. There are those with Christendom (the worldwide body of Christians) who would say that spiritual gifts such as prophecy and healing ceased with the apostolic age.

This is generally opposed to Continuationism, which teaches that the Holy Spirit may bestow the spiritual gifts on persons other than the original twelve apostles at any time. Cessationists believe that when the Old Testament canon closed at Malachi, for the next 400 years until John the Baptist, the gifts had ceased. Similarly, when the New Testament canon closed the gifts ceased, healing and tongues and prophesy ceased after the cannon or the death of the apostles.

Paul teaches, “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophe-cy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the inter-pretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. (1 Cor. 12:7-11)

The only expiration date listed is in 1 Cor. 13, as upon Christ returns. I believe scripture teaches that every believer has the Holy Spirit imparted to them through Baptism and the Holy Spirit to receive the gifting of the Holy Spirit. All gifts from God – so Paul later warns us not to build ourselves up.

The gifts are given to build up the body of Christ. (I Cor. 12:27-30). Gifts give us the means for ministry and flow out of Love. Love opens the door for ministry. Therefore, the most strived for gift should be love! According to Wesley, sanctifica-tion is perfection in love. Don’t be envois, rude, or arrogant. The most important thing is the love of Christ in all things. Dr. David Watson says, “A Methodist is one seeking sanctification in unity with other Christians.”

How do you know your gifts? You know them in community because people affirm them there. However, I know that we talk so seldom about Spiritual Gifts in our normal day to day life as a church that perhaps you have never identified your gifting. Thus, I recommend starting with a Spiritual Gifts assessment. There are several excellent websites that you can choose from online. A simple version can be found at www.umc.org/what-we-believe/spiritual-gifts A more detailed as-sessment can be found at www.umcdiscipleship.org/new-church-starts/spiritual-gifts

Please take a minute to discover your Spiritual Gifts. Share them with your church family and pastors. Most of all share them through service in our Trinity church family. Everything good happens in Christian community. The exercise of the gifts in concert with others is where it is most beautiful.

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 - 2:00 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

Director of Music Ministry: Jordyn Burton

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 Continental Breakfast 8:30 a.m. in the

Fellowship Hall

Early Worship - 8:45 a.m. Fellowship Hall

Sunday School -9:45 a.m. Worship -11:00 a.m. - Sanctuary

Sympathy To… ... Mike Fillippeli in the death of his wife, Nancy Boyd Fillippeli who died on June 21, 2019. ...The Family of Nita Wagoner who died on July 3, 2019. ...Veneta & Terry Rosbach and Family in the death of her sister, Janice Potter, of Milton, PA who died July 7, 2019 ...The Family of Margaret Jean Quass Maher who died on July 9, 2019 ...Mary Margaret Lucas, in the death of her hus-band, Frank Leo Lucas who died on July 10, 2019. ….Otto Thomas, brother of Rev. Jeanette Shegog in the recent death of his wife. ...The family of Grace Brewer of Bethlehem, PA who died on June 16, 2018.

________________________________________ Welcome New Member

Jamie Murphy

Joined Sunday, July 14, 2019 Welcome!!!

LADIES TEA On September 7 there will be a tea for ladies of Trinity, 18 years and over from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please bring a guest. Regis-tration sheets will be in the fellow-ship area or let Jane Wynne know. We are looking for ladies who would like to decorate a table with lovely teacups and saucers and center piece. If you know some-one looking for a church, this would be a great opportunity to introduce them to Trinity.

FALL FEST and TRUNK OR TREAT SCHEDULED

Fall Fest and Trunk-or-Treat will be Saturday, October 26, 2019.

THANK YOU A BIG Thank You to all who helped with placing landscape timbers in the prayer garden. It was a blessed day and 90% of the garden was done on that Monday. Please walk through the pray-er garden and check it out! Thanks to all who contribute through monies and labor. Trinity is truly blessed. Prayer Garden Committee ______________________________________

Givelify is an app for download on your phone that enables you to make donations to the church any-time, anywhere. Once you have downloaded the app, search for our church on the map or by address and enter your debit or credit card and you are ready to give. You may give to any fund. Receipts by email.

Thank You for a great Art Camp/VBS 2019. Our first Art Camp took place over four night. For three

nights the children ate dinner, had a puppet show, created art, enjoyed Bible study, music and play. On Thursday night the grand finale with a huge slip-and-slide inflatable was cut short because of thunder and lightening in the area. However, the art show and fellow-ship meal went wonderfully. We celebrate the 30 children who a ended and thank the 22 adult volunteers who made this all possible. In par cular, we thank Susan Burton for hear-ing God’s call to have a summer “VBS” and pulling our church family together to make it all happen.

Trinity Homecoming Homecoming: Sunday, September 15. Sunday School and a combined wor-ship at 11 am. No early worship or con nental breakfast before Home-coming. Coffee will be in the atrium before Sunday School. Covered Dish meal to follow.

Emmaus Walk – Rev. Doug Miller will be

the Spiritual Director at this fall’s retreat by Upper Room Ministries, The Walk to Emmaus. The Men’s weekend will be Thursday, Sept. 12 at 7 pm to Sun-day, Sept 15 at 5 pm. The Women’s weekend starts Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7 pm and ends Sunday, Sept. 22 at 5 pm. The retreats will be at Camp Ma-ranatha in High Point and are open to all. See Pas-tor Doug or Pastor John about a ending this pow-erful retreat.

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FRIDAY NIGHT JAM

August 2, 2019

6:00 pm—9:00 pm

Trinity Fellowship Hall. Everyone Wel-come!

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Trinity Singles Mee ng The Trinity Singles will meet August 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Make plans now to a end for Food and Fellowship!

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ADDRESS FOR Kassady Lynn Raynor SR Raynor Kassadylynn, M, Ship 14 Div 326, Re-cruit Training, Command, 3410 Sailor Drive, Great Lakes, IL 60088-3510

MEMORIALS In memory of Susan Lawson - Bill & Pam Doyle—Memorial Fund Susan Lawson—Benton, Pete & Collins Lawson—Music Fund Nita Wagoner—Larry & Dorothy Murphy—Budget Nancy Fillippeli—Larry & Dorothy Murphy—Budget Marge Maher—Harley & Virginia Affeldt Sanctuary Renova ons Frank Lucas—Harley & Virginia Affeldt Sanctuary Renova ons Frank Lucas—Cynthia Blair—Stephen Ministry Nancy Fillippeli—JoAnn Dunn—Columbarium Frank Lucas—JoAnn Dunn—Columbarium Frank Lucas—Larry & Dorothy Murphy Frank Lucas—Janet Yates—Budget Frank Lucas—Edward Brewer—Memorial Fund Marge Maher—Ruth Hill—Memorial Fund Nita Wagoner—Ruth Hill—Memorial Fund Frank Lucas—Sharon Mar n—Memorial Fund Frank Lucas—Barbara Miller—Memorial Fund Frank Lucas—Sandra Sco —Budget Frank Lucas—Carolyn Tillotson– Memorial Fund

HONOR GIFTS In honor of JoAnn Dunn - Frankie Jones—Budget John & Susan Nelson—Larry & Dorothy Murphy Henry Marvin—Mary Culler—Good Neighbor Fund Phil & Jane Wynne—Jim & Brenda Jones Richard & Marie Harding—Liell & JoAnn Adams Food Pantry Dennis Weir—Larry & Dorothy Murphy Prayer Garden

PRAYER GARDEN GIFT Anonymous Donor

A Handicap Chairli is availa-ble for residen al or commercial use. It li s up to 42 inches and works in leu of a handicap ramp to a porch. Please contact the Church Office if interested. _________________________________________________________

Alan and Amanda Greer’s

last Sunday at Trinity.

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OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE:

Guatemala, October 18 - 28, 2019

Clemmons UMC Guatemala Building Team will leave Octo-ber 18 for Chichicastenango to serve by leading Bible Les-sons and ac vi es to children in 3 local churches. The Team will also do work in two of the churches and help build a small home for a deserving family. Team returns October 28. Cost is $1,500. Reach out to Team Leaders, Cheryl (Lornik@aol.com 336-403-6966) and Bart Shaw (BartKShaw@earthlink.net 336-817-7325) for more infor-ma on or to join the team.

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MEMBERSHIP NOTES Transferred Vera Olds transferred to Venus United Methodist Church, Venus, Florida Address Unknown Mits Drane Dot Forbis (please contact the church office if you have their correct address)

We can all help make

Trinity a more caring

place with a bright

smile, a sincere greet-

ing, or a warm hug.

When you meet some-

one with extra needs,

tell them about Ste-

phen Ministry. En-

courage them to call

Dorothy Murphy (336

-760-4893), Pat

Slaughter (336-765-

2207) or Rev. Doug

Miller (336– 460-

0615).

SERVANTS IN

MINISTRY FOR

August

Church Lockup

Richard & Marie Harding

Greeters Be y Gardner & Be y Sluder

Ushers Van Gurganus Jane Wynne

Deb Ham Susan Nelson

Hospital Visitors (Weeks of August) 8/4 John Nelson

8/11 JoAnn & Leill Adams 8/18 Lee Capell 8/25 Deb Ham

June Lawn Care

(Saturdays in August) 8/3 Ray Brewer & Phil Wynne

8/10 Jerry Lawson & Harley Affeldt 8/17 Dyllan Witherow & Jen

Witherow 8/24 Jerry Lawson & Harley Affeldt

8/31 Mike Flowe & Liell Adams

Transporta on for Ed Reams (weeks in August) 8/5 Henry Marvin 8/12 John Nelson (other weeks NA)

1- Teresa Horton

2- Karolyn Pullen

5- Stephen Pillsbury

6 -Ashley Ragsdale

8 -Brianna Gerdes

Maria Roa-Sanchez

10-Larry Kirsch

Doris Good

11-Shane Collins

13-Henry Marvin

14-Ma Necessary

15-Susan Dinkins

Amy Hirsch

Al Reams

Paul Van Breemen

18-Spencer Rush

19-Rosalyn Fielding

Tom Harding

Dana Raynor

20-Mary Margaret Lucas

Sandra Sco

21-Hal Blakely

Sco Williams

26-Amber Bauguess

Jennie Wilson

30-Divie Pillsbury

Caroline Alexiou

Lee Capell

Nicole Champagne

31-James Purgason

Trinity United Methodist Church 3819 Country Club Road

Winston-Salem, NC 27104

HOLIDAY SALE Coming November 16

We’re having a Holiday Sale—Any Holiday sale to raise funds for the Sanctu-ary Renova on. Please help us collect any holiday decora ons, décor, trees, dishes, pumpkins, Easter baskets etc. Dona ons may be placed in the Mis-sion Room star ng this fall. UMM will do a Sausage Biscuits and Coffee Sale. Sponsored by Jane Wynne & Norma Reese.