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Volume 19, Issue 3

March 2019

8:45 a.m. Announcements

9 a.m. Worship Service

9:15 a.m. Children’s Sunday School

10:30 a.m. Legacy Youth class

11:00 p.m. Tongan worship

12:00 p.m. Korean Worship

Childcare is provided all morning.

Visit our website and on Facebook.

Sunday Schedule Inside This Issue

Continued… page 7

UMC Passes Traditional Plan at Special Conference

The United Methodist Church, the second-largest Protestant de-

nomination in the U.S., may face a surge in defections and acts of defi-

ance after delegates voted Tuesday, Feb. 26, to strengthen the faith’s

divisive bans on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBTQ clergy at

the four-day special session of General Conference in St. Louis, Mo.

The Traditional Plan’s success, approved by a vote of 438-384, was

due to an alliance of delegates from the U.S. and overseas. About 43

percent of the delegates were from abroad, mostly from Africa, and

overwhelmingly supported the LGBTQ bans. The other proposals, the

One Church Plan and the Connectional Conference Plan, submitted by

the Commission on a Way Forward committee earlier in the year, were

defeated earlier along with the Simple Plan. The

Annual Lenten Cantata Moves to March

Special to The Word

Christ traveled through a

physically rough area at an ex-

tremely difficult time in history.

But it is the very journey he trav-

eled that established, for the peo-

ple of this world, a pathway of

faith. He said, “I am the Way, the

Truth, and the Life.” With this ac-

clamation and the works of his life,

he became the pillar of light that

guides us through the wilderness

of this chaotic world that we live in

today.

His footprints in the sands of

time are a golden trail leading us

to joy. For Christ is the journey

and he is the journey’s end. Come.

Travel with us and together we will

follow the footsteps that lead to

faith and beyond!

Trinity’s Chancel Choir, along

with the HeartStrings Multigenera-

tional Choir, will lead you in re-

membering the life and times

of Christ in a joint trip to the

Holy Land on Sunday, March

31 at 9 and 10:30 a.m. The

annual performance directed

Footprints in Sand to Be Staged

Continued… page 7

THE W ORD

Wonderful Wednesday Begins Lenten Season

PAGE 2

Wonderful Wednesday is starting on

March 6, Ash Wednesday, and will be

centered around the apostle Simon Peter.

It promises to be a time of fun, learning

and fellowship for the whole family.

Simon Peter left everything to follow

his teacher and possessed a passion that

would change the world. That’s one way

to describe this apostle. Here’s another

way: poor, uneducated, quick-tempered,

and full of doubts and fears. Doesn’t

even sound like the same man. A flawed

but faithful disciple of the one called

Teacher.

The six-week adult Bible study by re-

nowned Christian author Adam Hamilton

will run through April 10 on the Trinity

campus. The annual Wonderful Wednes-

day Lenten program is organized by

Carol Bumgarner.

Peter was just an ordinary guy who

heard and followed God’s extraordinary

call. Discover how you, too, have special

gifts, talents, and abilities that God can

use to make a difference today. Exciting

children’s classes will have arts, crafts,

stories of Jesus, snacks, singing, and

games and adults young at heart will

gain an insight of one of Christ’s chosen

12.

A fundraising Ash Wednesday Pan-

cake Dinner to benefit Missions will be

from 5:30 to 7 p.m. with Rev. Khalif

Smith leading worship in the Sanctuary

immediately following.

On the succeeding weeks, dinner to-

gether with your church and families

each week starting at 5:30 p.m. followed

by the children’s and adult-youth Bible

study classes, featuring text and DVD

presentation, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The evening

will be rounded out with a 20-minute worship in

the Sanctuary at 7:35 p.m.

The Welcoming Ministry team has been busy

planning for this event and has been working with

other small groups in the church to plan Lenten

meals on these special Wednesday nights.

On March 13, the Society of St. Stephen minis-

try will have a Casserole City dinner including sal-

ads, desserts and beverages.

On March 20, the United Methodist Women

and Caring Ministry will be serving up a Soup and

Salad Bar, which will include desserts and bever-

ages.

On March 27, it will be Italian Night hosted by

the Staff-Parish Relations Committee, the Finance

Committee and the Tongan ministry. The menu

will also include salads, desserts, and beverages.

On April 3, a Potato Bar will be presented by

the HeartStrings and the Chancel adult choirs in-

cluding salads, desserts and beverages.

Finally, on April 10, Grill Night will be spon-

sored by the United Methodist Men, the Board of

Trustees, and the Legacy youth group with salads,

desserts, and beverages also on the menu.

Carol Bumgarner will be the facilitator in one

adult-youth class and Paul Brooks and June Deley

will co-lead an adult-youth class. Darlene Gold-

stein and Leatha Hill will be leading a children’s

elementary-level class.

Youth and young adults are encouraged to

participate in the Lenten classes.

PAGE 3 VOLUME 19, I SSUE 3

Training Conference Spreads Love

The North District offered a

spirit-filled workshop involving

many United Methodist pastors

that also reached out to young

people in the Las Vegas Valley.

The “Three Clusters in Challeng-

ing Times…Calm, Collected and

on Course” training conference

was hosted by Green Valley UMC.

The Jan. 26 event had a large

turnout for the training event

with 15 different classes avail-

able to people from churches

within the district. Trinity Rev.

Khalif Smith taught one of the

seminars entitled, The Speed of

Trust/Conference Initiative.

Members from Trinity attend-

ing included June and Tom

Deley, Donna Zbierski, Nikki

Smith, Joe Holden, Ollie Lynch,

Sabine Metoyer, David Reitz,

Steve Goldstein, Sumi Joachim,

James Lemmons, Joe Holden, Ann

Jarrell, and Pam Huff.

In addition to the conference,

a Ripple Project helped make the

event a success believes Rev.

Susan Holden, associate pastor

of University UMC and wife of

Trinity Board of Trustees chair

Joe Holden.

According to Rev. Holden, lo-

cal churches donated various

items and brought them to the

North District Leadership Train-

ing. During the day, while at the

training, attendees took time out

to put care packages together for

college-age young people. Then

volunteers wrote notes of en-

couragement to accompany the

packages.

Between the two groups at

Green Valley UMC and Hope

UMC, Bullhead City, Ariz., 60

care packages were created for

college students in the valley

who have aged out of the Clark

County foster care system. A

cluster who gathered in Flagstaff,

Ariz., also made care packages

for distribution to students at nearby Northern Arizona Univer-

sity.

Trinity’s youth and young adults, including Zoe Smith,

Alyssa Hicks, and Ofa Savou, helped put together care pack-

ages as well as attend the training.

The idea for the North District Ripple Project developed

through a collaboration between the UNLV Campus Ministry,

which Rev. Holden shepherds, the UNLV School of Social Work,

and the Clark County Step Up program.

This project will help many people to realize the need for

young adults, who often do not have a deep support system,

to know that others recognize the great challenges of getting

a degree and to know that someone cares, says Rev. Holden.

In above photo,

June Deley writes

note of encourage-

ment for care

packages for the

North District

Training Confer-

ence held at Green

Valley UMC. In

photo at left, Zoe

Smith, daughter of

Trinity’s senior

pastor at left,

pauses while also

participating in

the accompanying

Ripple Project held

the same day of

the training con-

ference.

Reporting by:

Rev. Susan Holden

of University UMC

and Word staff.

Facebook - "DSCUMC" “Trinity United Methodist Church Las Vegas”

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Legend:

OA = Overeaters Anonymous

N.A. = Narcotics Anonymous

TOPS = Take off Pounds

Sensibly

FH = Fellowship Hall

MR = Music Room

S = Sanctuary

3

8:45 am Announcements

9 am Worship Service

9:15 am Children’s Sunday

School, Rm 9

10:30 am Legacy Youth, Rm 10

10:30 am Adult Bible Study, R 7

12 pm LV Korean, Sanctuary

4

9 am CSN-ESL, FH C 4, 5, 6, 9

10 am - 2 pm Society of St.

Stephen, Potter’s Place

7 pm Welcoming Ministry,

Room 3

7 pm OA / Monday, Room 9

5

9 am CSN-ESL, FH C 5, 6

2–4 pm Blessing Bag Lunches

5:15 pm N.A., Room 7

6 Ash Wednesday

9 am CSN-ESL, FH C 9

4 – 6 pm Soc. St. Stephen,

Potter’s Place

5:30 pm Wonderful Wed.,

dinner, worship

6 pm OA / Wed, Room 9

10 Daylight Savings Begins




School, Rm 9



11

9 am CSN-ESL, FH C 4, 5, 6, 9




12

9 am CSN-ESL, FH C 5, 6



13

9 am CSN-ESL, FH C 9


Potter’s Place


dinner, class,

worship


17




School, Rm 9



18

9 am CSN-ESL, FH C 4, 5, 6, 9




19



6 pm Trustees, Room 4

20

10 am UMW Exc. Bd, Rm 3


Potter’s Place


dinner, class,

worship


24



9:15 am Children Sun. School, Rm 9


10:30 am Caring Ministry, Rm 9


1 pm Church Council, FH

31 Lenten Cantata

9 & 10:30 a.m., Sanctuary


25



5 pm Finance, FH “A”

26



27


Potter’s Place


dinner, class,

worship


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

March

Connect with North District office at

http://dscumc.org/districts/north/ OR http://dscumc.org/north/

and subscribe for the latest news.

Connect with Desert Connection

The Desert Southwest Conference’s “The Desert Connection” is available at both

http://desertsouthwestconference.org/desertconnection and at

http://desertconnection.org (web site version).

http://www.facebook.com/dscumc

http://dscumc.org/districts/north/

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http://desertsouthwestconference.org/desertconnection

http://desertconnection.org

VOLUME 19, I SSUE 5 PAGE 5

Note:

Worship services live

streaming: If you can’t make

it to any particular Sunday

service you can watch live

streaming by visiting the

TUMCLV Facebook page at

the following address:

https://www.facebook.com/

TUMCLasVegas/

1

Church Office Closed

10:30 am CC Home School Music

Program, campus

7 pm Tongan Worship, Chapel

2


6 am Korean Prayer Time,

Sanctuary

7 pm Tongan Choir, Chapel

7

12– 2:30 pm

Food Rescue Program

6:15 pm TOPS, Room 9

7 pm Adult Choir, MR

8



Program, campus


9



Sanctuary


14

12– 2:30 pm

Food Rescue Program



15



Program, campus


16



Sanctuary


21

12– 2:30 pm

Food Rescue Program



22



Program, campus


23



Sanctuary

8:30 am UMM, Café


28

12– 2:30 pm

Food Rescue Program



29



Program, campus


30



Sanctuary


2019

Sunday Worship

8:45 a.m.

Announcements

9 a.m.

Worship Service

9:15 a.m., Sunday School

for Kindergarten through

5th grade in Room 9.

Youth class, for grades 6

to 12th, in Room 10.

Childcare for toddlers up

to 4 years in Room 8 all

morning.

Please pray for the

following UM pastors,

their congregations and

communities throughout

the month of March.

First Henderson UMC

Henderson, NV

Pastor Fred Heggestad

Green Valley UMC

Henderson, NV

Rev. James Wallasky

Holbrook UMC

Holbrook, AZ

Pastor Nicholas Grainger

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Read the latest church news at: http://www.tumclv.com/ TUMC website free phone app

https://www.facebook.com/TUMCLasVegas/

https://www.facebook.com/TUMCLasVegas/

http://www.tumclv.org/

VOLUME 19, I SSUE 3 PAGE 6

An aerial view of a proposed garden on the east side of campus. Phase 1 and Phase 2 are

shown near the existing playground in the center of the photograph. A proposed area for

the planting of fruit trees is shown at far right.

Trinity is much

closer to a launch

date for a campus

Community Garden.

At the Jan. 27

Church Council

meeting, Ann Jarrell

first reported that

she informally sur-

veyed persons visit-

ing the Society of St.

Stephen’s Food Res-

cue program and

found there is

enough public inter-

est to move forward

with a proposed

campus community

garden.

Ann had planned

to provide informa-

tion and sign-up

sheets at Food Res-

cue and the Food

Pantry. A table

would also be set

up for church mem-

bers who are inter-

ested in renting a

garden bed.

The Master Gar-

dener also outlined

a proposed location

for the campus

community garden

on the east side of

the church’s prop-

erty (see the photo

above). The garden

would include about

49 raised beds with

individual water ac-

cess, 15 to 30 fruit

trees, and a utility

road that would im-

prove service access

to the current

kitchen in Café Trin-

ity. The second

phase might include

more raised beds

surrounding an ex-

isting shade structure. The proposed

location will use part of the playground

on the east side of campus, as well as

some unused land east of the Café

Trinity/Prayer Chapel building.

Ann suggested that the community

garden could be named in honor of the

late Gary McAllister, who founded the

Society of St. Stephen ministry. Gary

offered sack lunches to the homeless

who knocked on his office door in

what is now the Society of St. Stephen

Food Pantry and Clothing Boutique.

After some lively talk about possi-

bilities for using Meyer lemons from

the planned fruit orchard, the Church

Council referred the project to the

Board of Trustees. At the last Trustees

meeting in February, it was decided to

start with a small section of the pro-

posed project. Darlene Goldstein, Jo

Ann Magner, and Ann will report back

to the Trustees with specific details,

including costs, by March 26.

As part of a long-term project to

create a campus community garden,

Trinity rents two planting beds at

nearby Provident Community Garden,

6001 West Oakey Blvd., behind Moun-

tain View Church, and is open from

Trinity Community Garden Proposed

sunrise to sunset.

For those interested in gardening

right away, volunteers are needed to

care for the two beds at Provident. You

can volunteer one time, or one time a

month, or every couple of weeks, or

weekly. In addition to planting and har-

vesting vegetables, marigolds will also

be planted around the borders for ap-

pearance and bug protection.

The garden beds are raised and

there is a place to sit while you garden.

You can also rent a separate individual

bed at Provident for a modest fee that

covers water and administrative ex-

penses. Ann Jarrell can be on hand to

help you get started.

The first raised bed on the church

campus was gifted to the church re-

cently and is located near the pro-

posed campus garden space. It is a

work in progress intended for young

people to plant and care for. Volun-

teers are needed to care for this space

as well.

Trinity’s community garden project

is Ann Jarrell’s first year UMC Earth-

Keeper project. She has served on the

Board for Provident Community Garden

as a Master Gardener since 2015.

PAGE 7 VOLUME 19, I SSUE 3

Birthdays

Bret Cegavske 3/01

Sharon Watson 3/05

Larry Barnson 3/06

Pat McInerney 3/07

Rev. Khalif Smith 3/08

Mark Wallace 3/12

Andrew Hill 3/13

Jason Cooper 3/16

Katherine Landry 3/16

Patricia Letelier 3/17

Sumi Joachim 3/18

Gloisa-Faye Garcia & Andy Lai 3/07/2009

June & Tom Deley 3/17/1962

Kathy & Larry Barnson 3/18/1967

Elaine & Donald Bickford 3/23/1985

Alan & Rhonda Miller 3/31/2017

Patricia & Joseph Mercadante 3/31/1984

Jay-R Dzion 3/21

Elizabeth Unger 3/21

Doug Weber 3/23

Ann Jarrell 3/25

Heather Kimenker 3/28

April Lee 3/28

John Sunderland 3/28

Dan Haber 3/29

Jeffrey Muus 3/29

Cathy Poage 3/30

Robert Campbell 3/31

Anniversaries

All information was obtained from individ-

ual members. If we've missed your birthday

or anniversary, we apologize for the omis-

sion. To ensure accuracy, please call the

church office with your update or write the

information on the worship pad on Sunday.

Thank you.

Cantata Continued from… page 1

PAGE 6

by Carol Bumgarner is normally

scheduled on Palm Sunday but

was moved up this year because

of the way the start of the

Lenten season fell on the calen-

dar.

In the March 31 play, we will

remember the faith of the Jewish

people who cried for the Mes-

siah to come so that they might

escape the brutal control of the

Roman Empire. We will hear the

words of John the Baptist who

told the people to prepare for

the Messiah’s coming. The story

will be told through song of a

people rising up to respond to

Christ’s love and leadership. His

love, his stories, his miracles,

his works... a journey that led

him to a cross but saved a world

forever.

The joy... the excitement...the

promise of his love. Come hear

the music and stories! Travel the

dusty roads of Galilee and the

walk anew the ancient streets of

Jerusalem. Jesus’ path to Calvary

didn’t last a long time and there

were no television cameras

documenting every step he took;

but his footprints still excite us,

fulfill us, and encourage us with

hope to this very day!

Choirs, narrators, Las Vegas

professional instrumentalists,

and the explosive musical writ-

ings of Joseph M. Martin will

combine to tell God’s story and

hopefully make it come alive all

over again for each of you. Bring

your families, bring your friends!

God gave us the gift of music

to “heal the savage beast” inside

of us. We will use his gift to sing

praises for the many blessings

we have received from him.

Come and enjoy this gift of God

as the ensemble delivers a piece

of his amazing story to you –

with God’s help. Oh, yes. He’ll

be here – will you?

Songs included:

Footprints in the Sand

The Master Has Come

Rise Up! Rejoice!

Miracle Man! Open the Gates

of Jerusalem

Come to the Table of Grace

The Garden Path

Bow the Knee

The Pathway of Hope

Council of Bishops had supported the One Church Plan.

Still uncertain is how much of the legislation will take effect — or

whether it will change practices in places where a number of United

Methodists, including entire annual conferences, defy church rules.

Late afternoon, Feb. 26, delegates requested a declaratory decision

by the Judicial Council on the constitutionality of the newly accepted

Traditional Plan, which passed with unresolved amendments.

The denomination’s top court will address the request at its next

scheduled meeting April 23-25 in Evanston, Ill. The Judicial Council

will consider what in the plan can take effect.

Bishop Robert Hoshibata supported the One Church Plan and said

in a statement the conference “will continue to proclaim that God

loves all persons and we are also called to embrace diversity.”

Rev. Khalif Smith said, “As the Traditional Plan is accepted by the

General Conference of The United Methodist Church, I want my broth-

ers and sisters of the LGBTQIA+ community to know that you are

loved, respected, worthy, honored, and equal in the eyes of God. I am

committed to continue the fight for inclusivity, and I am committed to

be in ministry with all of God's beloved people. There is nothing that

will stop me from serving and fulfilling the call of God upon my life to

all who seek Christ. We will continue to love, care for, and serve ALL of

God’s beloved children at Trinity UMC Las Vegas. All means all.”

Reporting by United Methodist News Service & Associated Press

UMC Decision 2019 Continued from… page 1

The WORD Staff

The publication The Word is published monthly by Trinity United Methodist Church for its congregation,

families and neighbors. Submissions are welcome and can be submitted to the church office or electroni-

cally at [email protected] by the 10th

of the month, unless otherwise noted.

Bulletin information should be emailed to [email protected]

Staff members and volunteers:

Rev. Khalif Smith — [email protected]

Donna Zbierski, Staff — [email protected]

Dan Sahagun, Editor — [email protected]

Pam Huff, Media Specialist — [email protected]

Nikki Smith, Events Coordinator — [email protected]

Newsletter Deadline Policy

This newsletter is by you and about you, the family of Trinity. If you have an event planned, or if your event

has been held, please share it through The WORD. The publishers and editor produce the newsletter

… but it is your articles we want to produce. We also reserve the right to use all or part of your submissions.

Read the newsletter on-line at http://www.tumclv.com/

French Theme at UMW Luncheon

Women of the church were transported to Paris, France at the

UMW Ooh La La Friendship Luncheon held in the Fellowship Hall,

the first social get-together in 2019 under new President Donna

Zbierski.

The Feb. 20 event was a French theme affair unlike past UMW

luncheons. Gillian Kabat presented the program on the meaning

of exotic flowers. Each woman attending heard about a flower

from their birth month.

Darlene Goldstein gave an opening prayer, Donna Zbierski,

also the church’s office manager, gave the welcome, recited a

poem on “The Flower of Friendship” and officially introduced the

2019 Executive Board and Ollie Lynch gave the closing prayer.

Rev. Khalif Smith joined 15 women of the church at the social

event. Also attending were Kathy Barnson, Denyse Royer, Susan

Behrendsen, Jo Ann Magner, Pam Huff, Sabine Metoyer, Leatha

Hill, Sharon Contner, Connie Lively, Ann Jarrell, and Mac Pursel.

Women enjoyed fellowship and were treated to a menu of

croissant sandwiches, vegetable tray and a delicious chocolate

fountain.

In addition, ballots were distributed for the UMW Woman of

the Year taking place on April 28 during worship on UMW Sunday.

Any woman of the church can participate in the balloting for

Woman of the Year. Nomination forms must be turned into the

church office by Wednesday, March 6. Speaker Gillian Kabat before flower talk.

In photo at

left, UMW

President

Donna

Zbierski

recites a

flower

poem. At

right, part

of the 16

attendees

of the UMW

luncheon.

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