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TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

TRINITY TIMESVolume 29 • Number 46 November 22, 2016

4815 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27609 • tel: 919-787-3740 • fax: 919-787-4884 • www.tbcraleigh.com

Sunday, November 27 First Sunday of Advent

“The Hour Has Come!” 8:45am & 10:55am

Hanging of the Greens 6:00pm

Sunday, December 4 Second Sunday of Advent

“We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations” Missions Walk Down

8:45am & 10:55am

Go Sing It on the Mountain Christmas Cantata

7:00pm • Meymandi Concert Hall

Wednesday, December 7

Church-wide Caroling 6:00pm • Meet in ROC

Sacred Space Christmas Missions Night

6:30pm • Chapel

Sunday, December 11 Third Sunday of Advent

“Gladness and Joy Will Overtake Them” 8:45am & 10:55am

Blue Christmas Service 6:00pm • Chapel

Wednesday, December 14

Children’s Choirs Christmas Concert 6:30pm • Fellowship Hall

Sunday, December 18 Fourth Sunday of Advent

“And What is the Name of This Child?” 8:45am & 10:55am

Saturday, December 24

Christmas Eve Communion Service “B. G. E. - Best Gift Ever”

5:00pm & 10:00pm

Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day

“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” 10:00am

Sunday, January 1 New Years Day

Sunday School 9:45am

Worship 10:55am

Deepen The Ties That BindDr. Jeff Roberts, Senior Pastor • [email protected] • Twitter: @Jeff__Roberts

Christmas at Trinity

1st Sunday of Advent

8:45am Worship (Worship Center/ROC)

Extended Teaching Care (E100 Hallway)

9:45 Sunday School (Bible Study for all ages)

10:55 Worship (Worship Center/ROC)

Extended Teaching Care (E100 Hallway)

6:00pm Hanging of the Greens (Worship Center/ROC)

Office & ROC Closed Thanksgiving Holiday:

November 24 & 25

This Sunday At Trinity

Join us for a time of

ThanksgivingNorth Hills Community

Thanksgiving Celebration

November 22 • 7:00pm The Fountain of Raleigh Church

Women’s Book Club Thursday, January 19

7:00pm • Parlor

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

For more info, contact Nancy Cummings: [email protected].

More Transitions Are Coming In January, the entire Building B will be secured and off limits for 4-5 weeks. Preparations are being made now for how to have Sunday School and other meetings utilizing the buildings not compromised. Thank you for your patience and excitement as the journey continues.

Church Conference Cancelled

The church voted in the November Church Conference to cancel the Church Conference scheduled for December 18th due to lack to

impending business.

No Wednesday Night Activites November 23rd.

They will resume November 30th.

Global Mission Offering & Foreign Mission Offering

Mission Walkdown Sunday, December 4

Begin saving monies for our international field team personnel and their ministries.

Fellowship DinnerDeacon of the WeekWednesday, November 30Hamburger Steak w/Gravy,

Creamed Potatos, Green Beans

• Adults: $5.00 • Children: $3.00

Unless meals are prepaid, reservations and cancellations need to be made in the church office prior to 4:00pm each Monday. Permanent dinner reservations for the semester, or week-to-week reservations can be made by contacting RaNada (919-787-3740 or [email protected]) or by completing a congregational response card available from the ushers during Sunday Worship and placing it in the offering plate.

Mike Bowersox has been a member of Trinity since 2009 and is a native of PA. He and his wife, Venetta, have two children: Kelli and Brett and six grandchildren: Kenley, Parker, Delaney, Bryn, Alina and Corinne. Mike is a retired School Teacher (PA). He serves as Parking Attendant, and Usher. He serves in Baptist Men Missions, NR Ministries Food Delivery, Moore Square Ministry, and TNT. He works with the Bobbie Furr Sunday School Class. He also works with deacons Larry Autry, Mark Valletta and Steve Head.

WEDNESDAy EVENING

Sacred Space: Worship, Pray, Connect, Reflect (Acts: The Story Continues)

August 31-December 7 • 6:30-7:30pm Chapel • Dr. Jeff Roberts & Rev. Lydia Tatum

DISCIPLESHIP CLASSES

Congratulations

Rhonda & Phil Torchio and big brother, Philip on the birth of their girl, Adriana MacKenzie Torchio on November 14th.

Embracing the JourneyBy Jeff Roberts

Another shipment of my first published book “Embracing the Journey” has arrived in our church office. If you would like a signed copy you may come by the office during office hours and purchase one. The cost is $15 and all of the proceeds will go to our “Deepen The Ties That Bind” Capital Campaign. I also will be available in the ROC lobby between worship services to sign them as well. Thank you for your support and encouragement regarding this publication.

This Week’s Food Pantry Needs:

• Spaghetti Sauce

• Cleaning Items

• Pasta (other than spaghetti)

• Flour

• Sugar

• Personal Hygiene Items

CPR TrainingSunday, January 22

5:00-7:00pm • E247

Certification is available in CPR and AED

Sign-up in Office or in ROC Lobby – we will need your registration.

Rev. Hal Melton, [email protected]

Mississippi RIVER CRUISE

November 1-9, 2017 Cost: $2600 and up, depending on room type

Day 1, we’ll fly to Memphis and spend the night. Day 2 we’ll tour Memphis.Then we’ll board the American Queen and for the next 7 days, encounter authentic river culture and soak in the essence of the Old South before disembarking in New Orleans and flying home. This is filling up fast; sign-up now!

$75 Deposit & copy of driver’s license due this month no later than November 28.

Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP), housed in the NC Department of Insurance, is a free program established in 1986 to help educate Medicare beneficiaries about Medicare, Medicare supplements, long-term care insurance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and other health insurance options for people with Medicare. Volunteer Counselors meet face-to-face with people. Kathy Driver, a SHIIP Volunteer and TBC member, will be in the TBC office to assist TBC members and Capital Towers residents. Call the church office at 919-787-3740 for an appointment on the following day:

Monday, November 28 • 11:00am - 4:30pm

Drug (Prescription) Plans are quite different and they are designed to be re-examined each year. Why? These policies do not go through underwriting, i.e., the rates are the same for everyone, and insurance companies’ contracts with pharmacies and drug companies may be renegotiated each year resulting in different end costs for you. Additionally, your prescription drugs may change from year

to year. For those reasons, you should use the Drug Plan Calculator at www.medicare.gov to determine which plan will be most economical for you and the specific drugs you take. It even tells you what your drugs will cost at the pharmacies you prefer to use! While the Calculator is user friendly, why not take advantage of a SHIIP Counselor’s help, especially the first time you use it?

Call and make an appointment today!

Medicare Open Enrollment Assistance at TBC

TBC Choir Christmas Cantata

at Meymandi

December 4 • 6:00pm • Cost: $10

Trinity’s Sanctuary Choir will join several other area churches to present a new Christmas cantata by Pepper Choplin, “Go Sing It On The Mountain” in Meymandi Auditorium downtown. Sign up only if you are unable to drive downtown and need transportation. All others should see any choir member to purchase your own ticket.

WASHINGTON, DCCherry Blossom

FestivalMarch 31-April 3, 2017

Cost $410

Includes transportation, 3 nights lodging, 3 breakfasts and 3 dinners, two daytime guided tours of DC, evening guided tour of memorials and monuments. $75 deposit required this month by November 30!

Rev. Hal Melton, [email protected]

TBC OCC Shoebox DonationsAs of this writing – before the final Monday of Collection Week, Trinity members have donated a total of 488 Shoeboxes! Thanks to all who have participated in this local - global missions effort! Please don’t let this be the end of your OCC experience. It is only the beginning – now pray for the child(ren) that will receive your shoebox(es). Pray that they will know the Love You are sending their way as a compassionate follower of Christ. Pray especially that they will come to know the Love of Jesus Christ and accept him in their hearts as a Savior and Lord. Who knows – s/he may come up to you in heaven and say “thanks for the Shoebox”!

Raleigh Area Collection CenterThanks so much to ALL of you who volunteered to operate the Raleigh Area Collection Center hosted at TBC again for the 10th year in a row!! It takes a LOT of folks to help greet donors, unpack vehicles, count shoeboxes, pack them into cartons, and load them onto the tractor trailers! As of this writing we have collected a total of 2,200 Shoeboxes from the Raleigh Area and north. This is xxx% greater than at this same time last year! What a joy it has been watching each of you participate in this annual mission endeavor. Yes – it is a LOT of work and a LOT of waiting for vehicles to come. But God is now in the process of blessing your efforts and those of Collection Center Volunteers all over this country.

Steve Isaacs will be our OCC Collection Center Coordinator for 2017. I’m sure he would love to hear what being involved in the collection process has meant to you, and that you will be participating again next year!! His email is: [email protected].

Disaster Relief Volunteers Needed

Want to go and be the Hands of Christ to those who have lost so much in the Hurricane Flooding in Eastern NC? If you are not already registered as a NC Baptists volunteer, please go to www.baptistsonmission.org and register. On that same page, you can indicate what you desire to do, as well as the dates and places that you would like to serve. You will receive an email letting you know exactly where to go on what date. They will be expecting you.

Upcoming date scheduled: December 12-17.

TBC Marriage RetreatFebruary 24-26

Beach Cove Resort, N Myrtle Beach

Give your Marriage a Christmas present by making plans for a Winter Get-A-Way! This year’s theme, “The Road Less Traveled”, will be focusing on some common roadblocks (like time management, mistrust and lack of quality communication) that all marriages face from time to time. We’ll look at how to build a solid foundation that will enable couples to get through these times with the help of marriage enrichment practices. The aim is to provide preparation, purpose and planning within your marriage – a road that only suc-cessful marriages go down. Our leader couple will be Reginald and Julia McClain of Clayton. They have been married for 20 years and are a Better Marriages Trained Leader Couple.

Cost of the retreat including your private Oceanfront Condo with living room and kitchenette, and program fee is $245 per couple. A $100 deposit included in the total is due by December 15. Make your check out to “TBC” and note for “Marriage Retreat”. Don’t wait – rooms are going fast! Encourage your SS Class members to join you! We’ll have a fun time from Friday evening at 7pm to Sunday worship, concluding at noon. Sign-up by contacting Hal Melton at [email protected] or 919-612-4400.

Rev. Steve Byers, [email protected]

Music NotesTake notice of the music calendar

below to stay up to date with choir rehearsals and upcoming music events!

November 27Hanging of the Greens

6:00pm • ROC

November 30Double Missions for children

No choirs for Grades 1-5

December 5Trinity Music Night • Capital Towers

Music CalendarWe enjoyed Sunday’s music of Jack Stanford, Kathy Stanford, Dawn Trollip who are now known as JOYFUL NOISE. Accompanying them was Baron Hignite and Testament who added so much to the music ensemble. This is a beautiful way that our musicians are constantly looking for ways to praise God in worship. Worship leadership and creativity are very much a part of our music ministry at Trinity.

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We are glad to have Ramona Green back with us after a short time away from accompanying our choirs and worship. Our early service accompanist, Barbara Bowen, filled-in for her during this time and we are eternally grateful for her addition to the worship leadership staff. Together, we have one of the most flexible accompanist team that supports one another our music ministry in times of need. We are grateful and blessed by your service!

Hanging of the Greens Schedule

November 27, 2016

5:15pm Children’s Choirs to Rehearsal rooms to robe up

5:20pm Middle School and High School Students report to rooms E 241 and E 246

6:00pm Hanging of the Greens 6:00pm, ROC

Please make sure your child has had a snack or food before coming to

the Hanging of Greens.

Go Sing It On The Mountain

Composer Pepper Choplin 250 Voices & Orchestra

Special Guests Triangle Wind Ensemble

Sunday, December 4 • 7:00pm Meymandi Concert Hall

General Admission Tickets $10

There’s just a little time left before our cantata at Meymandi! You may purchase tickets from any choir member at Trinity or you can go to the website on the advertisement to order them directly from Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church’s website. Pepper Choplin has added a link to his site, www.pepperchoplin.com as an additional place to order (follow the “Meymandi Concert” link). Your tickets can be picked up at Will Call at Meymandi. Don’t wait! We have 7 churches participating and the congregants of these churches and the community will be purchasing them as well. The choirs are getting ready as well as all the musicians gathering for this festive time of music. This will be presented as our Christmas cantata this year. Selections of the songs will be presented in worship at Trinity throughout December.

Christian Davis, [email protected]

www.lifehonestly.com

November 23

No Northbound

November 27

Hanging of the Greens

November 30

D-Team Celebration

December 7

Students Caroling/ Homebound Visits!

December 31

Middle School New Year’s Eve Party @ Frankies

Student Calendar

Volunteers Needed

Snack Supper Volunteers

We are in need of volunteers to provide snack supper on Sunday Nights for the Middle School and High School Students. Volunteers are reimbursed. Contact Mandy Warren or Sharon Tiller if you are interested.

Basketball RegistrationsAs basketball practices continue, please ensure that you have turned in your registrations and fees. In addition, make sure that your students meet the requirement for attended events before the beginning of the season on the first weekend of December.

Christian Life Home Mission Project

Saturday, December 3

Yard-work • 10:00am-12:00pm

House Decorating • 1:00pm-3:00pm

Sign-up in Sunday School

HIGH SCHOOL Winter Retreat

January 20 - 22 • Cost: $130 Registration Deadline: January 8

We will welcome a weekend of worship, waterslides, and the Word! Registrations will hit the mailboxes soon.

Rev. Karen Metcalf Eickhoff, [email protected]

November 27Hanging of the Greens Evening Service

November 30Double Mission – GA & RA Classes

All RA & GA Classes begin at 6:00pm

December 4Mission Walk Down: Global Mission

Offering • Both Services

Children’s Calendar

The Family Christmas Tree that is usually put up in the Fellowship Hall and is the responsibility of the Children’s ministry will not be displayed this year. We are hosting the wonderful Chrismon Tree in the Fellowship Hall. You will want to check it out!

NOVEMBER / DECEMBERGA & RA

Mission Projects• Collect your mission monies for the

Foreign Missions Walk Down in Worship on December 4.

• Winter Clothes and Coat Drive for KY through December 11. We will have large containers in E Building for Double Mission night on November 30. Bring gently used clothes or new clothes, coats, hats and gloves. Other times you can bring items to the B building drop off point.

• Hurricane Matthew Comfort Kits for baby and children. Information in the preschool and children’s hallway along with donation box.

• Solo Mission Projects! GA and RA boys and girls may begin this Fall to work on Mission Projects. All grade school children are encouraged to do an individual mission project and both can choose to race in the RA car race in March. Plan now and begin serving in a special way.

Cars are being dispersed to children to prepare for the race. Get your project ready and begin working on your car.

ThanksgivingWe are grateful dearest Lord for our

bountiful blessings.

But wait… I have had a difficult road. No one or nothing is good in my life.

What will I state as a blessing? No, Lord, there is not much to be grateful

for this Thanksgiving.

But wait a minute! What is that verse?

1 Thessalonians 5:18. “In everything give thanks for this is the will of God

in Christ Jesus for you.”

Does that mean I am to be grateful regardless?

I confess my ingratitude, Lord.

Help me to be a grateful person and to learn all that you want to teach me

through my circumstances.

Thank you, Lord, for helping me to have a grateful Thanksgiving even with

all my problems. AMEN.

Children’s DayMarch 5, 2017

Children will be participating in all aspects of the morning worship services. If you are a grade school child that plays an instrument or has a special talent and you are willing to share with us in the service, please contact me. We may not be able to use everyone but we would like to try to use you if possible.

Lead Team Volunteers Needed

We still need a lead team to work with our children and handle extra responsibilities this year. Let me know if you would like to serve on this lead team!

Katie Medlin, [email protected]

Extended Teaching Care Volunteers Needed

We need extra volunteers for Extended Teaching Care during the Holidays. Please let me (Katie Medlin) know if you are willing and able to help with any of these evenings in November and December. Thank you!

Sunday, November 27 Hanging of the Greens Arrive by 5:20 - 7:30pm

Saturday, December 24 Christmas Eve Service

Arrive by 4:20 - 6:20pm

November 27Hanging of the Greens

6:00pm • ROC (Worship Care Provided)

December 14Children’s Choir Concert 6:30pm • Fellowship Hall

(Child care provided through age 3)

December 24Christmas Eve Service

5:00pm • (Worship Care Provided) 10:00pm • (No Worship Care)

December 25Christmas Day Service

10:00am • (Worship Care Provided) No Sunday School

January 1New Year’s Day Service 9:45am Sunday School

10:55am Worship Service Only (Worship Care Provided)

Holiday Calendar

Attention: ETC Volunteers

Please make sure you are arriving downstairs on the preschool hall between 10:40-10:45. This allows for a smoother transition AND allows our wonderful Sunday School teachers to get to worship on time.

Children’s SafetyFor our children’s safety we ask that you only use the preschool hallway if you are:

• Picking up or dropping off a preschool child on Wednesdays or Sundays.

• A Sunday school teacher.

• A Mission Friends/Music Leader

• An ETC worker.

Mission ProjectsProjects that our kids can help with!

• Decorate Laundry Bags

• Disaster Relief Comfort Kits

• Bring Winter Coats for KY

You can find more information on the children and preschool hallways

about these mission projects.

Thank you for your help!

Rev. Spencer Good, [email protected] s (919) 787-4991

www.rocraleigh.com

Volunteers Needed1st Monday • 3:00pm - 6:00pm

2nd Wednesday • 7:45 - 9:00pm

2nd & 3rd Thursday • 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Contact Michelle: 919-787-3740 or [email protected] if you can sub short term or know of anyone

interested in taking on a regular spot.

ROC ActivitiesNovember 27 - December 3

Group Fitness Classes

M, W • 7:00-8:00 am • Gym FloorDance-It Group Fitness

M, W • 9:15-10:15 am • Gym FloorStroller Strides

T, Th, F• 5:30-6:30 am • Gym FloorFit for Mom

T & Th • 8:00-9:00 am • Gym FloorDance-It Group Fitness

W • 10:30-11:30 am • E247Senior Strength & Stretch

ROC Volunteers*Monday, November 28

8am-11am H. L. Warren11am-2pm Marcel Beaudreau3pm-6pm Becky Dribbon6pm-9pm Isaac & Nancy Calhoun

Tuesday, November 298am-11am Frank Evans11am-2pm Sonya Bankston3pm-6pm Nancy Hurt6pm-9pm Debbie Thomas, Valerie York

Wednesday, November 308am-11am Volunteers Needed11am-2pm Ernest Tilley7:45pm-9pm Charla Peel

Thursday, December 18am-11am Jane Sauls11am-2pm Marcel Beaudreau3pm-6pm Troy & Shirely Pegram6pm-9pm Edythe McKinney

Friday, December 28am-11am Jane Simpkins11am-2pm Jackie Mizelle

Saturday, December 39am - 12pm Closed

* The volunteers schedule is subject to change. If no volunteer is available, the ROC may close, even during regular hours.

ROC Calendar Upward Celebration Night

February 28, 2017

13th Annual ROC’n Golf May 15, 2017

ROC Hours

Monday • Tuesday 8:00 am - 2:00 pm • 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Wednesday 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Thursday • Friday Closed

Saturday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

(Gym Floor Closed during construction)

Rev. Spencer Good, [email protected] s (919) 787-4991

www.rocraleigh.com

All basketball players and cheerleaders will have one practice per week. Practices are conducted either on Monday or Tuesday evenings, on the same day and at the same time each week. All practices will last one hour, consisting of a 15 minute devotion and a 45 minute on-court practice. All games and practices are held in the ROC.

Below are the season’s practice dates. Please plan to attend practice each week, we will practice each Monday or Tuesday, having the two weeks around Christmas break as time without practice.

Practice Dates:November 28 & 29

December 5 & 6

December 12 & 13

December 19 & 20 No Practice, Christmas Break

December 26 & 27 No Practice, New Years Break

January 2 & 3

January 9 & 10

January 16 & 17

January 23 & 24

January 30 & 31

February 6 & 7

February 13 & 14

February 20 & 21

Practice Times:Kindergarten League 5:00pm • Monday or Tuesday

First - Third Grade Girls League 5:00pm • Monday or Tuesday

First & Second Grade Boys League 5:30pm • Monday or Tuesday

Third & Fourth Grade Boys League 6:30pm • Monday or Tuesday

Fourth - Sixth Grade Girls League 6:15pm • Monday or Tuesday

Important Dates:Monday, November 28, 2016 Practices begin for all basketball and cheer teams. Each team will practice once per week for one hour.

Saturday, January 7, 2017 Games Begin.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Upward Celebration Night at 6:00 PM in the ROC. All players, coaches, parents, siblings, fans and others are invited and encouraged to attend our Celebration for the season.

2016/2017 Season Practices

E-mail newsletter articles no later than Noon Fridays to: [email protected].

Trinity Times (USPS 006-883) is published weekly, except July 4th week and Christmas week by Trinity Baptist Church, 4815 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27609.

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Trinity Baptist Church StaffTel: 919-787-3740 • Fax: 919-787-4884

Prayer Line: 781-PRAY (7729) www.tbcraleigh.com

Dr. G. Jeffery Roberts Senior Pastor

ext. 4850 • [email protected]

Rev. Hal Melton Assoc. Pastor, Missions & Senior Adults ext. 4858 • [email protected]

Rev. Steve Byers Assoc. Pastor, Worship & Music


Rev. Karen Metcalf Eickhoff Assoc. Pastor, Education & Families


Rev. Spencer Good Assoc. Pastor, Administration & Recreation


Rev. Lydia Tatum Assoc. Pastor, Ministry & Outreach ext. 4857 • [email protected]

Christian Davis Minister to Students


Katie Medlin Minister to Preschool & Families


Jan Brown, Financial Administrator ext. 4853 • [email protected]

Liz Adams, Pastoral Secretary ext. 4851 • [email protected]

RaNada Thornton, Ministerial Secretary ext. 4854 • [email protected]

Michelle Kranz, Ministerial Secretary ext. 4852 • [email protected]

Maria Miller, Weekday Preschool Director ext. 4864 • [email protected]

Debbie Surface, Weekday Preschool Admin. ext. 4865

Rev. Wayne Rogers, Organist

Ramona Green, Pianist

Barbara Bowen, Pianist

When you provide a check as payment, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction.

Vision for GrowthNovember 20, 2016

Growing through Bible Study...Members New Age Group Present Members Visitors

Adults 563 0 11Students 120 0 5Children 86 0 5Preschool 153 0 4Totals 841 0 25Sunday School Total 866Growing through Worship...8:45am Worship Attendance 290 10:55am Worship Attendance 631 Total Worship Attendance 921Growing through Stewardship...(YTD totals through 9/30/2016)YTD General Fund Needs (Budget) $2,374,020.00YTD Operating Receipts $2,255,274.26 YTD Operating Expenses $2,150,134.44Capital CampaignCapital Campaign Pledges $4,162,920.00Pledged Money Received $2,041,817.71Total Received $2,283,682.63

ETC WorkersSunday, November 27

Hostess: Anna West Asst Hostess: Allison Williams

8:45 am Worship ServiceSusan Howard, Mary Worrell, Julia York, Betty Witcher, Kelly Goodson, Susan Downing, Leanne Ray

10:55 am Worship Service0-4 mos Fran Holland

5-10 mos Kevin or Karen Bell

11-14 mos Laura Avent

15-19 mos Debbie Thomas, Bill Barlow

20-24 mos David Buffaloe

2 yrs Meredith Furr, Brynn Moore

3 yrs Kim Royal, Blayne Furr

4 yrs Veronica Pollock

Wednesday, November 30Bed Babies Ben Harrell, Deborah Stroud

Toddlers

Two’s Bernice Pegram, Zach Harrell

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