Trinity Times The Week of November 13, 2016

A Family in Christ Loving and Serving

Our World

Pastoral Sta� Senior Pastor: Dr. Peter Vogt

Director of Worship: Ebony Ramquist Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministries: Koby Radcli�e

Director of Children’s Ministries: Mindy Boe

Date changes for Wednesday evenings coming soon!

There will be no Wednesday evening activities (except for adult choir practice) both November 23 and 30. November 23 is due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. On November 30, TKBC will be hosting

their annual Sweet December celebration. This involves their entire congregation welcoming December, the month of Christ’s birth, with festivities, similar to our New Year’s Eve, including worship, prayer and of course, food. Wednesday evening activities will resume, December 7, before taking a break until January 11, 2017.

Trinity Women’s Christmas Brunch “Sounds of Christmas Joy”

Date: Saturday, December 3, 2016

Time: 9:30 - 11:30 am (Doors open at 9:00 am) Place: Social Hall

Tickets: $12 for adults; $5 for children (10 and under)

Special Guests:

Men of Praise Chorus

*Please bring a paperback children’s book for Christmas Hope.

Tickets available Sundays,

November 13, 20 & 27

October Food Drive Update

During the month of October over 384 food items were donated and $800 was raised! Thank you for your

generosity to families in need!

Nominations now open for Board of Stewards and Nominating Committee

Every year Trinity elects new members to our Board of Stewards and Nominating Committee. Please take the opportunity to nominate a candidate, or candidates, for the Nominating Committee (two vacancies) and the Board of Stewards (four vacancies). Nominations close Sunday, December 4.

If you wish to nominate a Trinity member, please get that person’s approval and then give the name or names to a Nominating committee member (Karen Burton, Dan Carlson, Gwen Larson, Dick Nelson, BOS Rep Bill Weigel, and ex-oCcio member Pastor Peter Vogt).

Outreach to our Neighbors - Christmas Hope 2016

On Wednesday evening, December 14, Trinity will once again host Christmas Hope, an event that distributes toys, clothing and personal care items to needy families in our community. Last year, 1,000 kids received donated gifts. Guests will receive a Bible, a meal, socks, mittens, hats, children’s books, soap, shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste. These gifts will come from Trinity and various local businesses and churches who choose to contribute. Toys are provided by the annual Toys for Tots drive headed by the US Marine Corps. Trinity musicians will oFer entertainment throughout the evening. How can you help? Volunteer your time - there are many opportunities. See Ross Rud for details. Give money - place your check in an oFering envelope and mark it for Christmas Hope. Bring children’s socks - sizes 2-10, and place them in the box that will be in the foyer. Questions? See Cami Vogt, Kathy Erickson, Dave Healy, or Wendy Vlasich of the Neighborhood Engagement Team (NET). And look for more information in the Times in the coming weeks.

A new representative: Congratulations to Trinity member and Board of Stewards Chair, Randy Jessup on winning the Minnesota State Representative seat in District 42A. He represents Arden Hills, Shoreview and Mounds View.

Help build a wall of Blessing Bricks: During this season of thanksgiving and moving into the Christmas season, we have many reasons to feel blessed. Now you have an opportunity to share those blessings with all of Trinity. In the East hallway, across from the Community Care Room (Room 103), Children’s Ministries Director Mindy Boe invites all Trinityites to write your blessings on a paper “brick.” These bricks will then be put up on the wall for all to see - the goal is to fill a wall, or two, with Blessing Bricks. The Blessing Bricks will stay up into the new year.

When it snows: When an event at Trinity is cancelled because of inclement weather or cold, you may get the information in the following ways: Call Trinity (651-774-8609, then press 0) and listen to the message, or check Facebook or our website (tbcmn.org). We will also do our best to post the weather-closings information at www.ktis.fm.

Looking for Our Daily Bread? Trinity has about 20 copies of Our Daily Bread available every quarter. However, if you would like to receive your own copy in the mail, you can subscribe at www.odb.org. The devotional books are mailed free of charge.

Trinity Talk

Sta� - Out and About Pastor Peter represented Trinity at a benefit for Our Lady of Peace Hospice. This amazing ministry serves the dying without charging for their services. Several members of Trinity have been served through this ministry over the last few years.

Preparing to Be LifePointers In June 2015, the Board of Stewards appointed a Name Change Assessment Committee to wrestle with the question of whether we should change the name of our church as part of our eForts to live out our calling and to be able to communicate more eFectively all that the Lord is doing here.

After much prayer, discussion, research, and reflection, the congregation voted last Sunday to change the name of the church to LifePoint Church. We will now enter into the implementation phase of this process, where details are worked out about how to most eFectively make this change. We want to have the greatest kingdom impact possible through this change. Please pray for wisdom, creativity, and clarity in that process. At the same time, we need to prepare ourselves to be “LifePointers.” In John 10:10, Jesus says, “I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly.” As Christ followers, we are called to point others to the source of abundant life. Jesus also says in John 14:6 that he is the way, the truth, and the life. As such he is the point of our lives. In these ways, we are called to be “LifePointers.” I want to encourage each one of us to pray that God will help us to be ready to serve the world around us by pointing the way to the source of true life, Jesus. May He be glorified in all we do as we seek to continue to love and serve our neighborhood and world in His name! In Christ, Pastor Peter

Contributions

October Income October Expenses YTD Inc. - Exp. as of 10/31/16

2016 YTD Giving 2016 YTD Budget 2016 Annual Budget

Missions

$ 7,332.00 5,115.01

($ 137.22)

$ 51,513.00 $ 66,666.68

$ 80,000.00

General Fund

$ 38,805.00 52,815.66

($ 60,390.34)

$ 388,437.68 $ 468,071.16 $ 561,685.38

By the numbers - October, 2016

Attendance

Worship - Both services total (October average) - 150

October Caregivers’ Purse - $ 670.00 October Food Shelf - $ 800.00 October Roof Fund Donations - $ 2,543.00

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Wednesday Dinner November 16

(Please note there is no Wednesday dinner or activities on November 23 & 30)

Dinner ~ 5:00 p.m. Dinner is served from 5:00 - 5:50 pm. There is no cost for dinner; however a suggested donation of $5 per adult and $2 per child (under the age of 10) is appreciated. No reservations are necessary.

Menu

Chow Mein

Programs ~ 6:15 - 7:30 pm Children Infants (birth - 24 months) ..................................................... Nursery

AWANA Programs Cubbies: Ages 2, 3 and 4 (by September 1) .................. Room 110 Sparks: Kindergarten - Second Grade .......................... Room 106 Adventure: Grades 3-4 .........................................................Room 107 4:12 Experience: Grades 5-6 .............................................. Room 109 Adults

Adult Bible Study - Praying by the Book - a study of the book of Psalms................................................. Fellowship Room (Teacher: Pastor Peter Vogt)

Choir............................................................................... Worship Center (Choir Director: Denice Hinrichs)

Prayer is the most important part of our Christian lives. Join us this week in praying for:

For those with long-term health concerns - Debbi Anderson, Lorimer Berglund, Joann Bjostad, June Borowski, Cornell Erlanson, Vivian Johnson Erwin, Warren Gravink, Irv Gutsche, Wilma Harrington, Gary Hunt, Gerry Kleiter, Bill and Char Lane, Edith Larson, Janell Lewis, Terese McLean, Pearl Naitram, Dorothy Nelson, Ginny Olson, Shirley Otto, Wes Thompson, Mary Willard

For those on active military duty - Marc Jessup (USMC, San Diego)

Trinity Pastors and StaF - Renee Nelson, OCce Manager

Trinity Board member - Ross Rud

Trinity Lay Leader(s) - Prayer team leaders: Tracy Rud (Email), Bonnie Newman and Darlene Ripley (Phone)

Trinity supported missionary - Chad and Britt Peterson, Teens For Christ

For immediate prayer concerns, you may contact Trinity’s email prayer chain at tracylrud@gmail.com, or the phone prayer chain by calling Darlene Ripley or Bonnie Newman.

Praye r Mat te r s

Info for the Trinity Times?

If you have news concerning upcoming events, please remember that the deadline for information submitted to the oCce is Tuesday at 4:00 pm. You may call Renee Nelson at 651-774-8609 (ext. 370) or send an email to rnelson@tbcmn.org.

Weekly Calendar for November 13 - 20, 2016

Sunday, November 13 8:15 - 8:45 am Prayer Time - Historical Rm. 9:30 - 10:00 am CoFee Connections - Mustard Seed Café 10:00 am All-Church Thanksgiving and Prayer Service 11:35 am All-Church Potluck - Lower Level 12:30 - 4:00 pm TKBC Worship - Worship Ctr. 6:00 - 8:15 pm Alpha Course - Fellowship Rm. 6:30 - 8:00 pm Youth Group, Room 108

Monday, November 14 3:00 - 5:00 pm Liberty Classical Academy - Social Hall 7:00 pm Boy Scouts - Lower Level

Tuesday, November 15 9:30 - 11:00 am Women’s Bible Study - Fellowship Rm. 9:30 - 11:00 am Men’s Bible Study - Historical Rm. 6:30 - 7:00 pm BOS Prayer Time - Fellowship Rm. 7:00 pm BOS Meeting - Fellowship Rm.

Wednesday, November 16 5:00 - 5:50 pm Wednesday Dinner - Social Hall, Fireside Rm. 6:15 - 7:30 pm Wednesday Activities (AWANA, Adult Bible Study, Adult Choir) 8:00 - 9:00 pm Classic worship team practice - Worship Ctr.

Thursday, November 17 9:00 - 10:30 am CoFee Connections - Fellowship Rm. 3:00 - 5:00 pm Liberty Classical Academy - Social Hall 6:00 - 7:30 pm Bible Quiz Team Practice - Room 107 6:00 - 9:30 pm Contemporary worship band practice - Worship Ctr. 6:00 - 10:00 pm TKBC Midweek Services - Fireside Rm. 6:30 pm Missions Committee Mtg. - Historical Room

Saturday, November 19 9:30 am - Noon Adult Choir Practice - Worship Center 1:00 - 9:00 pm TKBC Youth - Worship Ctr., Fellowship Rm., Social Hall

Sunday, November 20 8:15 - 8:45 am Prayer Time - Historical Rm. 9:00 - 10:00 am Classic Worship - Worship Ctr. 10:00 - 10:30 am CoFee Connections - Mustard Seed Café 10:30 am - 12:30 pm TKBC Sunday School 10:30 am - 3:00 pm MN Thai Church - Fireside Rm. 10:35 - 11:35 am Contemporary Worship - Worship Ctr. 11:00 - 4:00 pm TKBC Sunday School - Various rooms 12:30 - 4:00 pm TKBC Worship - Worship Ctr. 6:00 - 8:15 pm Alpha Course - Fellowship Rm. 6:30 - 8:00 pm Youth Group - Room 8

Bold items denote events for Trinity Baptist Church (TBC)

Trinity Sta: Dr. Peter Vogt, Senior Pastor

Ebony Ramquist, Director of Worship and Music Denice Hinrichs, Choir Director

Koby Radclie, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Mindy Boe, Director of Children’s Ministries

Christine Carlson, Children’s Ministry Associate and Food Service Coordinator

Renee Nelson, O.ce Manager Joe Stodola, Manager of Buildings and Grounds

Charles Erickson, Organist Jane Weigel, Pianist

Lynette Harris, Caretaker

Trinity Board Members: Kip Bloomer, Kathy Erickson, Juanita Gustavson, Mike Holmes,

Randy Jessup (chair), Bryan Karel, Parnell Kingsley, Rod Larson, Ross Rud, Lynda Rupp, Bill Weigel (vice-chair), David White

Trinity Baptist Church

Thank you for worshiping with us. If you have any questions a greeter, one of our ushers, or the person at the Welcome Center (north side of the foyer) will be happy to assist you. Brochures with detailed information about our ministries and programs are available at the Welcome Center.

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