ENTOSn e w s l e t t e r

December 2019 Volume 25

JOIN US FOR ADVENT

Join us each Sunday as we prepare to celebrate the true meaning

of Christmas

Blessed

Faithfulnessby His

CHRISTMAS FUNFOR THE FAMILYWe have something for the whole

family to enjoy See whatrsquos happening this month

Christmas EveServices

Traditional Service

Contemporary Family Service3pm

5pm

7pm

Traditional Family Service

Christmas UNPLUGGED

There will be no child care for this serviceFeel free to wear your ugly Christmas sweater

11pm

As we come to the close of 2019 and we stand on the threshold of a New Year I wanted to take this opportunity to give you an update on the three ministry emphasis we have for 2020 Ministry Emphasis 1 Implement a lifelong Discipleship Plan for all age groupsOver the last two months several staff members have met almost every week to help develop this Discipleship Plan The Plan will focus on people of all ages and is very comprehensive The Plan centers around our three Core Values Connect Grow Go and will have learning and experiential opportunities for each Core Value A significant part of this Plan is the church wide retreat that will be held at Glen Lake Camp from February 28-March 1 Registration for the retreat will begin December 1 with the Discipleship Plan being introduced to the congregation in the middle of December

Ministry Emphasis 2 Build intentional relationship with adults 18-45 Grow Younger This ministry emphasis is going to be very rewarding but also challenging Part of the issue is that we do not have a person on staff whose specific job is to focus on this area like we have with the other two ministry emphasizes So I am looking for people in the congregation who have a passion for this area I want to get the names of interested people and set up a Task Force that will research this ministry and come up with a specific strategy for accomplishing this goal If you are interested in serving in this way please contact me

Ministry Emphasis 3 Build intentional relationships in the Handley CommunityItrsquos been a year since our Church Council voted to accept the ministry opportunity to help create a multicultural con-gregation in the Handley community which we call Trinity West The people of Trinity have worked hard over the last year to help get the building ready for ministry While that has been happening the Trinity West staff team has been busy laying the foundation for the future ministry Now there are four significant aspects of the ministry that have started or happened (1) There is a weekly prayer meeting on Monday morning at 10am in the Prayer room at Trinity West Everyone is invited to attend (2) There is a weekly chapel time with the children at the Day Care Center on the Trinity West campus This has been a great way for the staff to get to know the children the teachers and the parents (3) There is tutoring each Thursday afternoon at Jean McClung Middle School which is across the street from the Trin-ity West campus (4) There was a very successful Trunk or Treat even in October which allowed our staff and ministry partners to get to know several families in the neighborhood The goal for Trinity West is to have a self-sustaining multi-ethnic congregation within 3-5 years and with these four aspects of ministry already happened we are laying a healthy foundation for the future If you would like more information about any one of these three ministry emphases or would like to serve in any way to help these three become a reality please contact me in the church office Bless youDr Dean Posey

Registration opens December 1Register at trinityarlorgcamptrinity

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 - SUNDAY MARCH 1

REGISTRATION FEES

OVERNIGHT RATES

DAY RATES (SATURDAY ONLY OR STAYING OFFSITE)

$100 PERSON

$50 PERSON

$300 FAMILY

Special Souls Wayne amp Wanda Agnew ndash Janna amp Wick Alexander ndash Harriet Ander-son ndash J L Bass - Wally Berndt ndash Jackie Bolen ndash Diane Boring ndash Pat Boyd ndash Cynthia Bullard - Sandy Chambers ndash Jack Cleesattel - Dr Elena Cogdell ndash Anna Covington ndash Joyce Cox ndash Carole Craddock ndash Faye amp Jimmy Denton - Roberta Evans ndash Gale Forten-berry ndash Betty Geisert ndash Joyce Gillman ndash Margaret Gonce ndash Elizabeth Harlan ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Nelle Hixson - Kay Holman - Francine Jones ndash Terry Jones ndash Jesse Langston ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Carla Machacek ndash Daphne Mathis - Pauline Maxwell ndash Gloria Mc-Queen ndash Shirley Miller ndash Jeanne Newton - Marianne Norton ndash Jim amp Beverly Phil-lips ndash Gayla Robertson ndash Marjorie Rudig ndash Bobbye Schellhammer ndash Cheryl Seese ndash Wilma Shepherd ndash LG Sims - Margaret Singleton ndash Lita Smith ndash Mildred Spence ndash Maralee Stapper ndash Mary Starks - Joyce Sturgess ndash Neta amp Alvin Suggs - John Thomas - June Tomlinson ndash Glenenne amp Martin Turner ndash Tom Waldrop ndash Jerry Wallace - Lucille Ward ndash Jo Wentz ndash Dick Wilkinson ndash Carolyn Williams ndash Iva Mae Yeats

Members of Our Congregation Bud Thames ndash Barbara Hauschild ndash Diane My-coskie ndash Paul Stewart ndashKevin Elliott ndash Margaret Singleton ndash Patsy Jenkins ndash Deanie Bena ndash Dan Smith ndash Kathleen Kelly ndash Linda Simpson ndash Sherry McClure ndash Joyce Olson ndash Bill Bastable ndash Mac Chisolm ndash Susan Atkins ndash Jerry Miller ndash Harper Clark ndash Claire Wheeler ndash Kathy Washington ndash Rev Gary Turner

Extended Family Janet Baugusrsquos sister Karen ndash Laura Tauzelrsquos mother Pat ndash Mary Dawn Burnett Hudspeth ndash Karen Steerrsquos grandson Andrew ndash Linda Templeton ndash Mary Jane Bates ndash Terry amp Bill Sewellrsquos granddaughter Sami ndash Sue Irwinrsquos nephew Tom ndash Dr Tim Smithrsquos mother Nancy ndash Jessica Carterrsquos father David ndash Bernice Grantrsquos daughter Heather ndash Cathy Alexanderrsquos mom Shirley ndash Kathy Casersquos mom Jane ndash Bob Taylorrsquos daughter Diane ndash Mary Beth Coffey ndash Elisa Coffey ndash Shari Nortonrsquos dad Paul ndash Kathleen Kellyrsquos mom Lila ndash Sheri Hall ndash Lisa Averyrsquos daughter Sarah Moore ndash Nathan Agnewrsquos mother Charlene ndash Mallissa Danielsrsquo father Rick

Sympathy to Kristel Carter and family on the death of her mother Shirley on Sep-tember 16 - Garry Childress and family on the death of his mother Doris on November 1 - The family of Pat Boyd on her death on November 17 - Rev Carol Roberts on the death of her cousin Jim Barth on November 17

CONNECT

Military Gavin Anderson ndash Eric Antochy ndash Gunner Berg ndash Chris Burgess ndash Abigail Chavez ndash Tyler Cobb ndash Travis Dowty ndash Matthew Hoffman ndash Robert Monroe ndash Philip Pakhizer ndash Devin Parrish ndash Rich Powell - Morgan Rasco ndash Morgan Smyth ndash Adam Thornton ndash Wes Weir ndash Austin Williams

CO N G R E G AT I O N A L C A R EN E W S

Coming Blessings Ryan and Erin Powers (Dec)

Members with Long-Term Needs Jerry Allen ndash Matthew Andrews ndash Bruce Betzner ndash Lois Buchert ndash Misty Castro ndash Marcia Dingler ndash John Elliott ndash Kevin Grubbs ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Laylan McMahan ndash Ruth McMillan ndash Carmelo Melendez ndash Bonna Pernell ndash Peg Pokrifcsak ndash Mary Jo Roberson ndash David Shepard ndash Ken Wrobel ndash Kayleen Gallagher ndash Owen Thornton ndash Mitchell Talley ndash Sherri Hanusrsquos grandson Payton ndash Vicky Woolseyrsquos grandson Tristan ndash Gene Wiles ndash Wayne Duke

P R AY E R L I S T

Breast Cancer Support Group Monthly MeetingThe Breast Cancer Support Group will NOT meet in De-cember We will resume our meetings on the 4th Tuesday evening of each month beginning with the January 28 2020 meeting at 700pm in the Coffee House If yoursquod like more information about this supportive network please contact Rev Brenda Beaver at 817-274-1345 or via brendatrinityarlorg

Blood DriveTrinity will sponsor a Blood Drive through Carter Blood Care on December 8th this year is from 830 ndash 1230 in the South Parking lot near the South TELC entry facing the Dining Room There are flyers posted around the church that provide the electronic link to register to be a blood donor As well all donors will receive a gift from Carter Blood Care Each unit of donated blood provides life-giv-ing assistance to three persons

Blood Pressure ScreeningTrinityrsquos monthly Blood Pressure Screenings will be held on Sunday morning December 22nd in the Great Hall See you thereOur Health Ministry team wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas with safe travels into the New YearAnita Mitchell RN CNOR CDP ndash Faith Community Nurse Trinity United Methodist ChurchChristina Tindel RN Peggy Brady RN

Join us and hear from the famous Rosemary Rumbley an accomplished actress and author of four books Join us for an afternoon of stories smiles and laughs This is open to senior adults (55+) but you donrsquot need to belong to Trinity Guests are very much welcome and encouraged

Happy Hearts LuncheonDecember 6 | noon | Activity Center

Rev Kathy Cooper-Ledesma Pastor of Hollywood UMC (yes that Hollywood) tells of visiting family in Huntsville AL As she was driving around town she was captivated by a commercial on the radio that kept airing for a local jewelry store It went like this ldquoWomen like to receive nice gifts Men like to buy nice gifts for the women in their lives In fact men love to shop ndash but only if they have a list So to all the women out there ndash come by our store and make a list of all those gifts yoursquod love to find under the tree on Christmas morning Because remember men love to shophellip but only with a listrdquo

A few years ago I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas I didnrsquot get an answer I kept asking until she texted me a pic of two rings she liked at Macyrsquos both on a female African American hand a week before Christmas I hate going to the mall in December let alone the week before Christmas But I had my list er my text pics So I fought the crowd and the traffic and then went to the ldquoring counterrdquo and an African American salesperson was helping another couple I looked at the picture and then her hand and sure enough it was her When she was free I said to her ldquoI have a picture of your hand on my phonerdquo She was taken aback until I showed her the picture and the ring I wanted to buy She brought it out and I looked at the price tag It was 4 times what we normally spend on Christmas But itrsquos what was on the list and so I bought it On Christmas morning when Giovanna opened the present she looked at the price tag and said ldquoO Tim I canrsquot believe you spent this muchrdquo I said ldquoItrsquos what you texted merdquo She replied ldquoNo that was another ringrdquo Sometime with a list or even a picture you canrsquot get it right

Have you ever asked rdquoWhatrsquos on Jesusrsquo wish listrdquo In Matthew 25 --where Jesus says whatever you do for the least of thesendash like offering food to the hungry or a cup of cold water to those who thirst welcoming the stranger visiting the sick and those in prison - you did for me So in a season when people are stressed and rushed short of time and temper be intentional about serving them by helping those in need allowing others to cut in line in front of you reaching out to the lonely saying a very warm thank you to those serving you in stores or restaurants And then do-ing the thing that can make the greatest difference in their lives this season and perhaps for eternity invite them to attend our Advent andor Christmas Eve services

When the Christ child looked up from the manger to see the Wise Men I canrsquot help but think he smiled just as he does when new people come seek him in worship today Make it a very Merry Christmas for Jesus this year by participating in His mission to reach those who are far from Him

Dr Tim Smith

T H E C H R I S T MA S W I S H L I S T

Join us Sunday nights at 6pm to learn How We Got our Bible This informative course will give you the tools you need to feel confident in your knowledge of the development of the Scripture its origins and the process used to compile it Brenda Wiles will teach from January 5 ndash February 16 2020 (taking Super Bowl Sunday off) in room C-208 This is a wonderful follow up to Following Jesus The Wesleyan Way Confirmation parents and grandparents are encouraged to attend along with anyone else who would like to know more about the Holy Word of God

New Sunday School forming at the 11AM hour Come check out SALT (Sharing And Learning Together) on December 8 and 15 at 11am in room S-110 SALT will be facilitated by Rev Elizabeth Martin Deborah and Eric Neill and is a deep discussion-based study of the Bible open to people of all ages If you are ready to share and learn together with other people who are serious about their faith join us in December for SALT

Join Prayer Without Walls Join a growing number of people willing to pray for church-focused concerns and those given by the community around us To be added to the email list contact prayerwithoutwallsyahoocomYou will receive an email every Monday Wednesday and Friday The emails will include one or two prayer focuses for your personal prayer time

Should you find yourself needing immediate prayer you may email a concern to the address above and type URGENT in the reference line No concern will stay on the list multiple days

Our goal is to have a large amount of people praying together without walls getting in our way We are opening ourselves as a place for Arlington to submit requests knowing that we will support anyone in prayer This unique ministry is another prayer innovation brought by our prayer team If yoursquod like to join our prayer team in any capacity please contact Jessica Buchert at gail080803yahoocom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg

GROW

NE W BIBLE STUDY HOW WE GOT THIS B IBLE

NE W SUNDAY SCHOOL

PRAYER WITHOUT WALLS

GROW IN JESUS

GROW IN PR AYER

Trinityrsquos Emmaus Community is alive well and growing The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with a 72-hour short course in Christianity comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of Gods grace disciplines of Christian discipleship and what it means to be the church The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion The Emmaus community made up of those who have attended an Emmaus weekend show support with a prayer vigil preparing and serving meals and other acts of love and self-giving The Emmaus Walk typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening Men and wom-en attend separate weekends

If yoursquod like to know more about the Walk to Emmaus experience contact Susan Bragg at sbragg100aolcom Charles LeBus at clebus7947aolcom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg Your spiritual life will be deepened by your time spent on a Walk to Emmaus

2020 Schedule of Womens Walks

Walk 446 - Feb 20-23Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

Walk 448 - Apr 16-19Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group DeCorEllis

Walk 450 - Jul 9-12Solid Rock Camp Eastland TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Breckenridge

Walk 452 - Oct 8-11TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

2020 schedule for Mens Walks

Walk 447 - Feb 27-1TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

Walk 449 - Apr 30-3Heart of Texas Baptist Camp Brownwood TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Pecan Valley

Walk 451 - Sep 10-13Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TXSponsoring 4th Day Group Greater Waco

Walk 453 - Oct 22-25Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

GROW

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UPDATE

GUATEMALA STOVE BUILDERS MISSION TRIPINFORMATION MEETING

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 | 1215PM | C-208

Thank you Trinity You packed and provided 810 shoebox gifts which will bring the love of Jesus to 810 children around the world this Christmas season Your generosity is overwhelming Each shoebox gift will include a book in the native language of the recipient to tell them the Good News of Jesus so 810 children will learn that Jesus loves them because of YOU

Of this total the children of Trinity packed 50 shoeboxes during Camp Can Do Trinity packed 178 boxes at the DO Something Week Packing Party one family packed 90 on their own the Endeavor Sunday School Class packed 100 Shoebox gifts and Trinity packed 392 as part of our pledge cam-paign Thank you for your generous gifts

Special thanks to Claire Reddig and Christian Hunter who head this amazing ministry These ladies have a real heart for Operation Christmas Child and do an awesome job inspiring the rest of us Thanks also to the Foundations Sunday School Class and their kids who sponsor this outreach of love You are all a wonderful and loving Church Family

Texas GuatemalaTrinity United Methodist Church

Iglesia Metodista Primitiva de Guatemala

Amigos Por Siempre

Friends ForeverAs you read this article the Guatemala Stove Builders Mission Team is still on the ground in Guatemala building stoves for the Mayan people The stoves we provide give families a safer way to cook by getting the fire off the floor of their homes This gives them clean air to breath by venting the smoke out of their homes

We are planning a Spring Break mission trip to build more stoves in 2020 in addition to a trip in late Novemberearly December 2020 Are you interested in learning more Have you considered joining the mission but December was not a good time for you Join Malissa Daniels and Josh Broadus for an informational meeting on Sunday December 15th These lay mission leaders are excited to expand the stove building ministry at Trinity 2020 may be YOUR year to be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love in a tangible way by building stoves Please contact Malissa maldanielshotmailcom or Josh jbroadussbcglobalnet for more information

GO

On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

Christmas EveServices

Traditional Service

Contemporary Family Service3pm

5pm

7pm

Traditional Family Service

Christmas UNPLUGGED

There will be no child care for this serviceFeel free to wear your ugly Christmas sweater

11pm

As we come to the close of 2019 and we stand on the threshold of a New Year I wanted to take this opportunity to give you an update on the three ministry emphasis we have for 2020 Ministry Emphasis 1 Implement a lifelong Discipleship Plan for all age groupsOver the last two months several staff members have met almost every week to help develop this Discipleship Plan The Plan will focus on people of all ages and is very comprehensive The Plan centers around our three Core Values Connect Grow Go and will have learning and experiential opportunities for each Core Value A significant part of this Plan is the church wide retreat that will be held at Glen Lake Camp from February 28-March 1 Registration for the retreat will begin December 1 with the Discipleship Plan being introduced to the congregation in the middle of December

Ministry Emphasis 2 Build intentional relationship with adults 18-45 Grow Younger This ministry emphasis is going to be very rewarding but also challenging Part of the issue is that we do not have a person on staff whose specific job is to focus on this area like we have with the other two ministry emphasizes So I am looking for people in the congregation who have a passion for this area I want to get the names of interested people and set up a Task Force that will research this ministry and come up with a specific strategy for accomplishing this goal If you are interested in serving in this way please contact me

Ministry Emphasis 3 Build intentional relationships in the Handley CommunityItrsquos been a year since our Church Council voted to accept the ministry opportunity to help create a multicultural con-gregation in the Handley community which we call Trinity West The people of Trinity have worked hard over the last year to help get the building ready for ministry While that has been happening the Trinity West staff team has been busy laying the foundation for the future ministry Now there are four significant aspects of the ministry that have started or happened (1) There is a weekly prayer meeting on Monday morning at 10am in the Prayer room at Trinity West Everyone is invited to attend (2) There is a weekly chapel time with the children at the Day Care Center on the Trinity West campus This has been a great way for the staff to get to know the children the teachers and the parents (3) There is tutoring each Thursday afternoon at Jean McClung Middle School which is across the street from the Trin-ity West campus (4) There was a very successful Trunk or Treat even in October which allowed our staff and ministry partners to get to know several families in the neighborhood The goal for Trinity West is to have a self-sustaining multi-ethnic congregation within 3-5 years and with these four aspects of ministry already happened we are laying a healthy foundation for the future If you would like more information about any one of these three ministry emphases or would like to serve in any way to help these three become a reality please contact me in the church office Bless youDr Dean Posey

Registration opens December 1Register at trinityarlorgcamptrinity

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 - SUNDAY MARCH 1

REGISTRATION FEES

OVERNIGHT RATES

DAY RATES (SATURDAY ONLY OR STAYING OFFSITE)

$100 PERSON

$50 PERSON

$300 FAMILY

Special Souls Wayne amp Wanda Agnew ndash Janna amp Wick Alexander ndash Harriet Ander-son ndash J L Bass - Wally Berndt ndash Jackie Bolen ndash Diane Boring ndash Pat Boyd ndash Cynthia Bullard - Sandy Chambers ndash Jack Cleesattel - Dr Elena Cogdell ndash Anna Covington ndash Joyce Cox ndash Carole Craddock ndash Faye amp Jimmy Denton - Roberta Evans ndash Gale Forten-berry ndash Betty Geisert ndash Joyce Gillman ndash Margaret Gonce ndash Elizabeth Harlan ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Nelle Hixson - Kay Holman - Francine Jones ndash Terry Jones ndash Jesse Langston ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Carla Machacek ndash Daphne Mathis - Pauline Maxwell ndash Gloria Mc-Queen ndash Shirley Miller ndash Jeanne Newton - Marianne Norton ndash Jim amp Beverly Phil-lips ndash Gayla Robertson ndash Marjorie Rudig ndash Bobbye Schellhammer ndash Cheryl Seese ndash Wilma Shepherd ndash LG Sims - Margaret Singleton ndash Lita Smith ndash Mildred Spence ndash Maralee Stapper ndash Mary Starks - Joyce Sturgess ndash Neta amp Alvin Suggs - John Thomas - June Tomlinson ndash Glenenne amp Martin Turner ndash Tom Waldrop ndash Jerry Wallace - Lucille Ward ndash Jo Wentz ndash Dick Wilkinson ndash Carolyn Williams ndash Iva Mae Yeats

Members of Our Congregation Bud Thames ndash Barbara Hauschild ndash Diane My-coskie ndash Paul Stewart ndashKevin Elliott ndash Margaret Singleton ndash Patsy Jenkins ndash Deanie Bena ndash Dan Smith ndash Kathleen Kelly ndash Linda Simpson ndash Sherry McClure ndash Joyce Olson ndash Bill Bastable ndash Mac Chisolm ndash Susan Atkins ndash Jerry Miller ndash Harper Clark ndash Claire Wheeler ndash Kathy Washington ndash Rev Gary Turner

Extended Family Janet Baugusrsquos sister Karen ndash Laura Tauzelrsquos mother Pat ndash Mary Dawn Burnett Hudspeth ndash Karen Steerrsquos grandson Andrew ndash Linda Templeton ndash Mary Jane Bates ndash Terry amp Bill Sewellrsquos granddaughter Sami ndash Sue Irwinrsquos nephew Tom ndash Dr Tim Smithrsquos mother Nancy ndash Jessica Carterrsquos father David ndash Bernice Grantrsquos daughter Heather ndash Cathy Alexanderrsquos mom Shirley ndash Kathy Casersquos mom Jane ndash Bob Taylorrsquos daughter Diane ndash Mary Beth Coffey ndash Elisa Coffey ndash Shari Nortonrsquos dad Paul ndash Kathleen Kellyrsquos mom Lila ndash Sheri Hall ndash Lisa Averyrsquos daughter Sarah Moore ndash Nathan Agnewrsquos mother Charlene ndash Mallissa Danielsrsquo father Rick

Sympathy to Kristel Carter and family on the death of her mother Shirley on Sep-tember 16 - Garry Childress and family on the death of his mother Doris on November 1 - The family of Pat Boyd on her death on November 17 - Rev Carol Roberts on the death of her cousin Jim Barth on November 17

CONNECT

Military Gavin Anderson ndash Eric Antochy ndash Gunner Berg ndash Chris Burgess ndash Abigail Chavez ndash Tyler Cobb ndash Travis Dowty ndash Matthew Hoffman ndash Robert Monroe ndash Philip Pakhizer ndash Devin Parrish ndash Rich Powell - Morgan Rasco ndash Morgan Smyth ndash Adam Thornton ndash Wes Weir ndash Austin Williams

CO N G R E G AT I O N A L C A R EN E W S

Coming Blessings Ryan and Erin Powers (Dec)

Members with Long-Term Needs Jerry Allen ndash Matthew Andrews ndash Bruce Betzner ndash Lois Buchert ndash Misty Castro ndash Marcia Dingler ndash John Elliott ndash Kevin Grubbs ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Laylan McMahan ndash Ruth McMillan ndash Carmelo Melendez ndash Bonna Pernell ndash Peg Pokrifcsak ndash Mary Jo Roberson ndash David Shepard ndash Ken Wrobel ndash Kayleen Gallagher ndash Owen Thornton ndash Mitchell Talley ndash Sherri Hanusrsquos grandson Payton ndash Vicky Woolseyrsquos grandson Tristan ndash Gene Wiles ndash Wayne Duke

P R AY E R L I S T

Breast Cancer Support Group Monthly MeetingThe Breast Cancer Support Group will NOT meet in De-cember We will resume our meetings on the 4th Tuesday evening of each month beginning with the January 28 2020 meeting at 700pm in the Coffee House If yoursquod like more information about this supportive network please contact Rev Brenda Beaver at 817-274-1345 or via brendatrinityarlorg

Blood DriveTrinity will sponsor a Blood Drive through Carter Blood Care on December 8th this year is from 830 ndash 1230 in the South Parking lot near the South TELC entry facing the Dining Room There are flyers posted around the church that provide the electronic link to register to be a blood donor As well all donors will receive a gift from Carter Blood Care Each unit of donated blood provides life-giv-ing assistance to three persons

Blood Pressure ScreeningTrinityrsquos monthly Blood Pressure Screenings will be held on Sunday morning December 22nd in the Great Hall See you thereOur Health Ministry team wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas with safe travels into the New YearAnita Mitchell RN CNOR CDP ndash Faith Community Nurse Trinity United Methodist ChurchChristina Tindel RN Peggy Brady RN

Join us and hear from the famous Rosemary Rumbley an accomplished actress and author of four books Join us for an afternoon of stories smiles and laughs This is open to senior adults (55+) but you donrsquot need to belong to Trinity Guests are very much welcome and encouraged

Happy Hearts LuncheonDecember 6 | noon | Activity Center

Rev Kathy Cooper-Ledesma Pastor of Hollywood UMC (yes that Hollywood) tells of visiting family in Huntsville AL As she was driving around town she was captivated by a commercial on the radio that kept airing for a local jewelry store It went like this ldquoWomen like to receive nice gifts Men like to buy nice gifts for the women in their lives In fact men love to shop ndash but only if they have a list So to all the women out there ndash come by our store and make a list of all those gifts yoursquod love to find under the tree on Christmas morning Because remember men love to shophellip but only with a listrdquo

A few years ago I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas I didnrsquot get an answer I kept asking until she texted me a pic of two rings she liked at Macyrsquos both on a female African American hand a week before Christmas I hate going to the mall in December let alone the week before Christmas But I had my list er my text pics So I fought the crowd and the traffic and then went to the ldquoring counterrdquo and an African American salesperson was helping another couple I looked at the picture and then her hand and sure enough it was her When she was free I said to her ldquoI have a picture of your hand on my phonerdquo She was taken aback until I showed her the picture and the ring I wanted to buy She brought it out and I looked at the price tag It was 4 times what we normally spend on Christmas But itrsquos what was on the list and so I bought it On Christmas morning when Giovanna opened the present she looked at the price tag and said ldquoO Tim I canrsquot believe you spent this muchrdquo I said ldquoItrsquos what you texted merdquo She replied ldquoNo that was another ringrdquo Sometime with a list or even a picture you canrsquot get it right

Have you ever asked rdquoWhatrsquos on Jesusrsquo wish listrdquo In Matthew 25 --where Jesus says whatever you do for the least of thesendash like offering food to the hungry or a cup of cold water to those who thirst welcoming the stranger visiting the sick and those in prison - you did for me So in a season when people are stressed and rushed short of time and temper be intentional about serving them by helping those in need allowing others to cut in line in front of you reaching out to the lonely saying a very warm thank you to those serving you in stores or restaurants And then do-ing the thing that can make the greatest difference in their lives this season and perhaps for eternity invite them to attend our Advent andor Christmas Eve services

When the Christ child looked up from the manger to see the Wise Men I canrsquot help but think he smiled just as he does when new people come seek him in worship today Make it a very Merry Christmas for Jesus this year by participating in His mission to reach those who are far from Him

Dr Tim Smith

T H E C H R I S T MA S W I S H L I S T

Join us Sunday nights at 6pm to learn How We Got our Bible This informative course will give you the tools you need to feel confident in your knowledge of the development of the Scripture its origins and the process used to compile it Brenda Wiles will teach from January 5 ndash February 16 2020 (taking Super Bowl Sunday off) in room C-208 This is a wonderful follow up to Following Jesus The Wesleyan Way Confirmation parents and grandparents are encouraged to attend along with anyone else who would like to know more about the Holy Word of God

New Sunday School forming at the 11AM hour Come check out SALT (Sharing And Learning Together) on December 8 and 15 at 11am in room S-110 SALT will be facilitated by Rev Elizabeth Martin Deborah and Eric Neill and is a deep discussion-based study of the Bible open to people of all ages If you are ready to share and learn together with other people who are serious about their faith join us in December for SALT

Join Prayer Without Walls Join a growing number of people willing to pray for church-focused concerns and those given by the community around us To be added to the email list contact prayerwithoutwallsyahoocomYou will receive an email every Monday Wednesday and Friday The emails will include one or two prayer focuses for your personal prayer time

Should you find yourself needing immediate prayer you may email a concern to the address above and type URGENT in the reference line No concern will stay on the list multiple days

Our goal is to have a large amount of people praying together without walls getting in our way We are opening ourselves as a place for Arlington to submit requests knowing that we will support anyone in prayer This unique ministry is another prayer innovation brought by our prayer team If yoursquod like to join our prayer team in any capacity please contact Jessica Buchert at gail080803yahoocom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg

GROW

NE W BIBLE STUDY HOW WE GOT THIS B IBLE

NE W SUNDAY SCHOOL

PRAYER WITHOUT WALLS

GROW IN JESUS

GROW IN PR AYER

Trinityrsquos Emmaus Community is alive well and growing The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with a 72-hour short course in Christianity comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of Gods grace disciplines of Christian discipleship and what it means to be the church The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion The Emmaus community made up of those who have attended an Emmaus weekend show support with a prayer vigil preparing and serving meals and other acts of love and self-giving The Emmaus Walk typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening Men and wom-en attend separate weekends

If yoursquod like to know more about the Walk to Emmaus experience contact Susan Bragg at sbragg100aolcom Charles LeBus at clebus7947aolcom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg Your spiritual life will be deepened by your time spent on a Walk to Emmaus

2020 Schedule of Womens Walks

Walk 446 - Feb 20-23Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

Walk 448 - Apr 16-19Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group DeCorEllis

Walk 450 - Jul 9-12Solid Rock Camp Eastland TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Breckenridge

Walk 452 - Oct 8-11TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

2020 schedule for Mens Walks

Walk 447 - Feb 27-1TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

Walk 449 - Apr 30-3Heart of Texas Baptist Camp Brownwood TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Pecan Valley

Walk 451 - Sep 10-13Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TXSponsoring 4th Day Group Greater Waco

Walk 453 - Oct 22-25Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UPDATE

GUATEMALA STOVE BUILDERS MISSION TRIPINFORMATION MEETING

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 | 1215PM | C-208

Thank you Trinity You packed and provided 810 shoebox gifts which will bring the love of Jesus to 810 children around the world this Christmas season Your generosity is overwhelming Each shoebox gift will include a book in the native language of the recipient to tell them the Good News of Jesus so 810 children will learn that Jesus loves them because of YOU

Of this total the children of Trinity packed 50 shoeboxes during Camp Can Do Trinity packed 178 boxes at the DO Something Week Packing Party one family packed 90 on their own the Endeavor Sunday School Class packed 100 Shoebox gifts and Trinity packed 392 as part of our pledge cam-paign Thank you for your generous gifts

Special thanks to Claire Reddig and Christian Hunter who head this amazing ministry These ladies have a real heart for Operation Christmas Child and do an awesome job inspiring the rest of us Thanks also to the Foundations Sunday School Class and their kids who sponsor this outreach of love You are all a wonderful and loving Church Family

Texas GuatemalaTrinity United Methodist Church

Iglesia Metodista Primitiva de Guatemala

Amigos Por Siempre

Friends ForeverAs you read this article the Guatemala Stove Builders Mission Team is still on the ground in Guatemala building stoves for the Mayan people The stoves we provide give families a safer way to cook by getting the fire off the floor of their homes This gives them clean air to breath by venting the smoke out of their homes

We are planning a Spring Break mission trip to build more stoves in 2020 in addition to a trip in late Novemberearly December 2020 Are you interested in learning more Have you considered joining the mission but December was not a good time for you Join Malissa Daniels and Josh Broadus for an informational meeting on Sunday December 15th These lay mission leaders are excited to expand the stove building ministry at Trinity 2020 may be YOUR year to be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love in a tangible way by building stoves Please contact Malissa maldanielshotmailcom or Josh jbroadussbcglobalnet for more information

GO

On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

As we come to the close of 2019 and we stand on the threshold of a New Year I wanted to take this opportunity to give you an update on the three ministry emphasis we have for 2020 Ministry Emphasis 1 Implement a lifelong Discipleship Plan for all age groupsOver the last two months several staff members have met almost every week to help develop this Discipleship Plan The Plan will focus on people of all ages and is very comprehensive The Plan centers around our three Core Values Connect Grow Go and will have learning and experiential opportunities for each Core Value A significant part of this Plan is the church wide retreat that will be held at Glen Lake Camp from February 28-March 1 Registration for the retreat will begin December 1 with the Discipleship Plan being introduced to the congregation in the middle of December

Ministry Emphasis 2 Build intentional relationship with adults 18-45 Grow Younger This ministry emphasis is going to be very rewarding but also challenging Part of the issue is that we do not have a person on staff whose specific job is to focus on this area like we have with the other two ministry emphasizes So I am looking for people in the congregation who have a passion for this area I want to get the names of interested people and set up a Task Force that will research this ministry and come up with a specific strategy for accomplishing this goal If you are interested in serving in this way please contact me

Ministry Emphasis 3 Build intentional relationships in the Handley CommunityItrsquos been a year since our Church Council voted to accept the ministry opportunity to help create a multicultural con-gregation in the Handley community which we call Trinity West The people of Trinity have worked hard over the last year to help get the building ready for ministry While that has been happening the Trinity West staff team has been busy laying the foundation for the future ministry Now there are four significant aspects of the ministry that have started or happened (1) There is a weekly prayer meeting on Monday morning at 10am in the Prayer room at Trinity West Everyone is invited to attend (2) There is a weekly chapel time with the children at the Day Care Center on the Trinity West campus This has been a great way for the staff to get to know the children the teachers and the parents (3) There is tutoring each Thursday afternoon at Jean McClung Middle School which is across the street from the Trin-ity West campus (4) There was a very successful Trunk or Treat even in October which allowed our staff and ministry partners to get to know several families in the neighborhood The goal for Trinity West is to have a self-sustaining multi-ethnic congregation within 3-5 years and with these four aspects of ministry already happened we are laying a healthy foundation for the future If you would like more information about any one of these three ministry emphases or would like to serve in any way to help these three become a reality please contact me in the church office Bless youDr Dean Posey

Registration opens December 1Register at trinityarlorgcamptrinity

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 - SUNDAY MARCH 1

REGISTRATION FEES

OVERNIGHT RATES

DAY RATES (SATURDAY ONLY OR STAYING OFFSITE)

$100 PERSON

$50 PERSON

$300 FAMILY

Special Souls Wayne amp Wanda Agnew ndash Janna amp Wick Alexander ndash Harriet Ander-son ndash J L Bass - Wally Berndt ndash Jackie Bolen ndash Diane Boring ndash Pat Boyd ndash Cynthia Bullard - Sandy Chambers ndash Jack Cleesattel - Dr Elena Cogdell ndash Anna Covington ndash Joyce Cox ndash Carole Craddock ndash Faye amp Jimmy Denton - Roberta Evans ndash Gale Forten-berry ndash Betty Geisert ndash Joyce Gillman ndash Margaret Gonce ndash Elizabeth Harlan ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Nelle Hixson - Kay Holman - Francine Jones ndash Terry Jones ndash Jesse Langston ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Carla Machacek ndash Daphne Mathis - Pauline Maxwell ndash Gloria Mc-Queen ndash Shirley Miller ndash Jeanne Newton - Marianne Norton ndash Jim amp Beverly Phil-lips ndash Gayla Robertson ndash Marjorie Rudig ndash Bobbye Schellhammer ndash Cheryl Seese ndash Wilma Shepherd ndash LG Sims - Margaret Singleton ndash Lita Smith ndash Mildred Spence ndash Maralee Stapper ndash Mary Starks - Joyce Sturgess ndash Neta amp Alvin Suggs - John Thomas - June Tomlinson ndash Glenenne amp Martin Turner ndash Tom Waldrop ndash Jerry Wallace - Lucille Ward ndash Jo Wentz ndash Dick Wilkinson ndash Carolyn Williams ndash Iva Mae Yeats

Members of Our Congregation Bud Thames ndash Barbara Hauschild ndash Diane My-coskie ndash Paul Stewart ndashKevin Elliott ndash Margaret Singleton ndash Patsy Jenkins ndash Deanie Bena ndash Dan Smith ndash Kathleen Kelly ndash Linda Simpson ndash Sherry McClure ndash Joyce Olson ndash Bill Bastable ndash Mac Chisolm ndash Susan Atkins ndash Jerry Miller ndash Harper Clark ndash Claire Wheeler ndash Kathy Washington ndash Rev Gary Turner

Extended Family Janet Baugusrsquos sister Karen ndash Laura Tauzelrsquos mother Pat ndash Mary Dawn Burnett Hudspeth ndash Karen Steerrsquos grandson Andrew ndash Linda Templeton ndash Mary Jane Bates ndash Terry amp Bill Sewellrsquos granddaughter Sami ndash Sue Irwinrsquos nephew Tom ndash Dr Tim Smithrsquos mother Nancy ndash Jessica Carterrsquos father David ndash Bernice Grantrsquos daughter Heather ndash Cathy Alexanderrsquos mom Shirley ndash Kathy Casersquos mom Jane ndash Bob Taylorrsquos daughter Diane ndash Mary Beth Coffey ndash Elisa Coffey ndash Shari Nortonrsquos dad Paul ndash Kathleen Kellyrsquos mom Lila ndash Sheri Hall ndash Lisa Averyrsquos daughter Sarah Moore ndash Nathan Agnewrsquos mother Charlene ndash Mallissa Danielsrsquo father Rick

Sympathy to Kristel Carter and family on the death of her mother Shirley on Sep-tember 16 - Garry Childress and family on the death of his mother Doris on November 1 - The family of Pat Boyd on her death on November 17 - Rev Carol Roberts on the death of her cousin Jim Barth on November 17

CONNECT

Military Gavin Anderson ndash Eric Antochy ndash Gunner Berg ndash Chris Burgess ndash Abigail Chavez ndash Tyler Cobb ndash Travis Dowty ndash Matthew Hoffman ndash Robert Monroe ndash Philip Pakhizer ndash Devin Parrish ndash Rich Powell - Morgan Rasco ndash Morgan Smyth ndash Adam Thornton ndash Wes Weir ndash Austin Williams

CO N G R E G AT I O N A L C A R EN E W S

Coming Blessings Ryan and Erin Powers (Dec)

Members with Long-Term Needs Jerry Allen ndash Matthew Andrews ndash Bruce Betzner ndash Lois Buchert ndash Misty Castro ndash Marcia Dingler ndash John Elliott ndash Kevin Grubbs ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Laylan McMahan ndash Ruth McMillan ndash Carmelo Melendez ndash Bonna Pernell ndash Peg Pokrifcsak ndash Mary Jo Roberson ndash David Shepard ndash Ken Wrobel ndash Kayleen Gallagher ndash Owen Thornton ndash Mitchell Talley ndash Sherri Hanusrsquos grandson Payton ndash Vicky Woolseyrsquos grandson Tristan ndash Gene Wiles ndash Wayne Duke

P R AY E R L I S T

Breast Cancer Support Group Monthly MeetingThe Breast Cancer Support Group will NOT meet in De-cember We will resume our meetings on the 4th Tuesday evening of each month beginning with the January 28 2020 meeting at 700pm in the Coffee House If yoursquod like more information about this supportive network please contact Rev Brenda Beaver at 817-274-1345 or via brendatrinityarlorg

Blood DriveTrinity will sponsor a Blood Drive through Carter Blood Care on December 8th this year is from 830 ndash 1230 in the South Parking lot near the South TELC entry facing the Dining Room There are flyers posted around the church that provide the electronic link to register to be a blood donor As well all donors will receive a gift from Carter Blood Care Each unit of donated blood provides life-giv-ing assistance to three persons

Blood Pressure ScreeningTrinityrsquos monthly Blood Pressure Screenings will be held on Sunday morning December 22nd in the Great Hall See you thereOur Health Ministry team wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas with safe travels into the New YearAnita Mitchell RN CNOR CDP ndash Faith Community Nurse Trinity United Methodist ChurchChristina Tindel RN Peggy Brady RN

Join us and hear from the famous Rosemary Rumbley an accomplished actress and author of four books Join us for an afternoon of stories smiles and laughs This is open to senior adults (55+) but you donrsquot need to belong to Trinity Guests are very much welcome and encouraged

Happy Hearts LuncheonDecember 6 | noon | Activity Center

Rev Kathy Cooper-Ledesma Pastor of Hollywood UMC (yes that Hollywood) tells of visiting family in Huntsville AL As she was driving around town she was captivated by a commercial on the radio that kept airing for a local jewelry store It went like this ldquoWomen like to receive nice gifts Men like to buy nice gifts for the women in their lives In fact men love to shop ndash but only if they have a list So to all the women out there ndash come by our store and make a list of all those gifts yoursquod love to find under the tree on Christmas morning Because remember men love to shophellip but only with a listrdquo

A few years ago I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas I didnrsquot get an answer I kept asking until she texted me a pic of two rings she liked at Macyrsquos both on a female African American hand a week before Christmas I hate going to the mall in December let alone the week before Christmas But I had my list er my text pics So I fought the crowd and the traffic and then went to the ldquoring counterrdquo and an African American salesperson was helping another couple I looked at the picture and then her hand and sure enough it was her When she was free I said to her ldquoI have a picture of your hand on my phonerdquo She was taken aback until I showed her the picture and the ring I wanted to buy She brought it out and I looked at the price tag It was 4 times what we normally spend on Christmas But itrsquos what was on the list and so I bought it On Christmas morning when Giovanna opened the present she looked at the price tag and said ldquoO Tim I canrsquot believe you spent this muchrdquo I said ldquoItrsquos what you texted merdquo She replied ldquoNo that was another ringrdquo Sometime with a list or even a picture you canrsquot get it right

Have you ever asked rdquoWhatrsquos on Jesusrsquo wish listrdquo In Matthew 25 --where Jesus says whatever you do for the least of thesendash like offering food to the hungry or a cup of cold water to those who thirst welcoming the stranger visiting the sick and those in prison - you did for me So in a season when people are stressed and rushed short of time and temper be intentional about serving them by helping those in need allowing others to cut in line in front of you reaching out to the lonely saying a very warm thank you to those serving you in stores or restaurants And then do-ing the thing that can make the greatest difference in their lives this season and perhaps for eternity invite them to attend our Advent andor Christmas Eve services

When the Christ child looked up from the manger to see the Wise Men I canrsquot help but think he smiled just as he does when new people come seek him in worship today Make it a very Merry Christmas for Jesus this year by participating in His mission to reach those who are far from Him

Dr Tim Smith

T H E C H R I S T MA S W I S H L I S T

Join us Sunday nights at 6pm to learn How We Got our Bible This informative course will give you the tools you need to feel confident in your knowledge of the development of the Scripture its origins and the process used to compile it Brenda Wiles will teach from January 5 ndash February 16 2020 (taking Super Bowl Sunday off) in room C-208 This is a wonderful follow up to Following Jesus The Wesleyan Way Confirmation parents and grandparents are encouraged to attend along with anyone else who would like to know more about the Holy Word of God

New Sunday School forming at the 11AM hour Come check out SALT (Sharing And Learning Together) on December 8 and 15 at 11am in room S-110 SALT will be facilitated by Rev Elizabeth Martin Deborah and Eric Neill and is a deep discussion-based study of the Bible open to people of all ages If you are ready to share and learn together with other people who are serious about their faith join us in December for SALT

Join Prayer Without Walls Join a growing number of people willing to pray for church-focused concerns and those given by the community around us To be added to the email list contact prayerwithoutwallsyahoocomYou will receive an email every Monday Wednesday and Friday The emails will include one or two prayer focuses for your personal prayer time

Should you find yourself needing immediate prayer you may email a concern to the address above and type URGENT in the reference line No concern will stay on the list multiple days

Our goal is to have a large amount of people praying together without walls getting in our way We are opening ourselves as a place for Arlington to submit requests knowing that we will support anyone in prayer This unique ministry is another prayer innovation brought by our prayer team If yoursquod like to join our prayer team in any capacity please contact Jessica Buchert at gail080803yahoocom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg

GROW

NE W BIBLE STUDY HOW WE GOT THIS B IBLE

NE W SUNDAY SCHOOL

PRAYER WITHOUT WALLS

GROW IN JESUS

GROW IN PR AYER

Trinityrsquos Emmaus Community is alive well and growing The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with a 72-hour short course in Christianity comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of Gods grace disciplines of Christian discipleship and what it means to be the church The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion The Emmaus community made up of those who have attended an Emmaus weekend show support with a prayer vigil preparing and serving meals and other acts of love and self-giving The Emmaus Walk typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening Men and wom-en attend separate weekends

If yoursquod like to know more about the Walk to Emmaus experience contact Susan Bragg at sbragg100aolcom Charles LeBus at clebus7947aolcom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg Your spiritual life will be deepened by your time spent on a Walk to Emmaus

2020 Schedule of Womens Walks

Walk 446 - Feb 20-23Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

Walk 448 - Apr 16-19Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group DeCorEllis

Walk 450 - Jul 9-12Solid Rock Camp Eastland TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Breckenridge

Walk 452 - Oct 8-11TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

2020 schedule for Mens Walks

Walk 447 - Feb 27-1TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

Walk 449 - Apr 30-3Heart of Texas Baptist Camp Brownwood TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Pecan Valley

Walk 451 - Sep 10-13Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TXSponsoring 4th Day Group Greater Waco

Walk 453 - Oct 22-25Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UPDATE

GUATEMALA STOVE BUILDERS MISSION TRIPINFORMATION MEETING

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 | 1215PM | C-208

Thank you Trinity You packed and provided 810 shoebox gifts which will bring the love of Jesus to 810 children around the world this Christmas season Your generosity is overwhelming Each shoebox gift will include a book in the native language of the recipient to tell them the Good News of Jesus so 810 children will learn that Jesus loves them because of YOU

Of this total the children of Trinity packed 50 shoeboxes during Camp Can Do Trinity packed 178 boxes at the DO Something Week Packing Party one family packed 90 on their own the Endeavor Sunday School Class packed 100 Shoebox gifts and Trinity packed 392 as part of our pledge cam-paign Thank you for your generous gifts

Special thanks to Claire Reddig and Christian Hunter who head this amazing ministry These ladies have a real heart for Operation Christmas Child and do an awesome job inspiring the rest of us Thanks also to the Foundations Sunday School Class and their kids who sponsor this outreach of love You are all a wonderful and loving Church Family

Texas GuatemalaTrinity United Methodist Church

Iglesia Metodista Primitiva de Guatemala

Amigos Por Siempre

Friends ForeverAs you read this article the Guatemala Stove Builders Mission Team is still on the ground in Guatemala building stoves for the Mayan people The stoves we provide give families a safer way to cook by getting the fire off the floor of their homes This gives them clean air to breath by venting the smoke out of their homes

We are planning a Spring Break mission trip to build more stoves in 2020 in addition to a trip in late Novemberearly December 2020 Are you interested in learning more Have you considered joining the mission but December was not a good time for you Join Malissa Daniels and Josh Broadus for an informational meeting on Sunday December 15th These lay mission leaders are excited to expand the stove building ministry at Trinity 2020 may be YOUR year to be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love in a tangible way by building stoves Please contact Malissa maldanielshotmailcom or Josh jbroadussbcglobalnet for more information

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On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

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1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

Registration opens December 1Register at trinityarlorgcamptrinity

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 - SUNDAY MARCH 1

REGISTRATION FEES

OVERNIGHT RATES

DAY RATES (SATURDAY ONLY OR STAYING OFFSITE)

$100 PERSON

$50 PERSON

$300 FAMILY

Special Souls Wayne amp Wanda Agnew ndash Janna amp Wick Alexander ndash Harriet Ander-son ndash J L Bass - Wally Berndt ndash Jackie Bolen ndash Diane Boring ndash Pat Boyd ndash Cynthia Bullard - Sandy Chambers ndash Jack Cleesattel - Dr Elena Cogdell ndash Anna Covington ndash Joyce Cox ndash Carole Craddock ndash Faye amp Jimmy Denton - Roberta Evans ndash Gale Forten-berry ndash Betty Geisert ndash Joyce Gillman ndash Margaret Gonce ndash Elizabeth Harlan ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Nelle Hixson - Kay Holman - Francine Jones ndash Terry Jones ndash Jesse Langston ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Carla Machacek ndash Daphne Mathis - Pauline Maxwell ndash Gloria Mc-Queen ndash Shirley Miller ndash Jeanne Newton - Marianne Norton ndash Jim amp Beverly Phil-lips ndash Gayla Robertson ndash Marjorie Rudig ndash Bobbye Schellhammer ndash Cheryl Seese ndash Wilma Shepherd ndash LG Sims - Margaret Singleton ndash Lita Smith ndash Mildred Spence ndash Maralee Stapper ndash Mary Starks - Joyce Sturgess ndash Neta amp Alvin Suggs - John Thomas - June Tomlinson ndash Glenenne amp Martin Turner ndash Tom Waldrop ndash Jerry Wallace - Lucille Ward ndash Jo Wentz ndash Dick Wilkinson ndash Carolyn Williams ndash Iva Mae Yeats

Members of Our Congregation Bud Thames ndash Barbara Hauschild ndash Diane My-coskie ndash Paul Stewart ndashKevin Elliott ndash Margaret Singleton ndash Patsy Jenkins ndash Deanie Bena ndash Dan Smith ndash Kathleen Kelly ndash Linda Simpson ndash Sherry McClure ndash Joyce Olson ndash Bill Bastable ndash Mac Chisolm ndash Susan Atkins ndash Jerry Miller ndash Harper Clark ndash Claire Wheeler ndash Kathy Washington ndash Rev Gary Turner

Extended Family Janet Baugusrsquos sister Karen ndash Laura Tauzelrsquos mother Pat ndash Mary Dawn Burnett Hudspeth ndash Karen Steerrsquos grandson Andrew ndash Linda Templeton ndash Mary Jane Bates ndash Terry amp Bill Sewellrsquos granddaughter Sami ndash Sue Irwinrsquos nephew Tom ndash Dr Tim Smithrsquos mother Nancy ndash Jessica Carterrsquos father David ndash Bernice Grantrsquos daughter Heather ndash Cathy Alexanderrsquos mom Shirley ndash Kathy Casersquos mom Jane ndash Bob Taylorrsquos daughter Diane ndash Mary Beth Coffey ndash Elisa Coffey ndash Shari Nortonrsquos dad Paul ndash Kathleen Kellyrsquos mom Lila ndash Sheri Hall ndash Lisa Averyrsquos daughter Sarah Moore ndash Nathan Agnewrsquos mother Charlene ndash Mallissa Danielsrsquo father Rick

Sympathy to Kristel Carter and family on the death of her mother Shirley on Sep-tember 16 - Garry Childress and family on the death of his mother Doris on November 1 - The family of Pat Boyd on her death on November 17 - Rev Carol Roberts on the death of her cousin Jim Barth on November 17

CONNECT

Military Gavin Anderson ndash Eric Antochy ndash Gunner Berg ndash Chris Burgess ndash Abigail Chavez ndash Tyler Cobb ndash Travis Dowty ndash Matthew Hoffman ndash Robert Monroe ndash Philip Pakhizer ndash Devin Parrish ndash Rich Powell - Morgan Rasco ndash Morgan Smyth ndash Adam Thornton ndash Wes Weir ndash Austin Williams

CO N G R E G AT I O N A L C A R EN E W S

Coming Blessings Ryan and Erin Powers (Dec)

Members with Long-Term Needs Jerry Allen ndash Matthew Andrews ndash Bruce Betzner ndash Lois Buchert ndash Misty Castro ndash Marcia Dingler ndash John Elliott ndash Kevin Grubbs ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Laylan McMahan ndash Ruth McMillan ndash Carmelo Melendez ndash Bonna Pernell ndash Peg Pokrifcsak ndash Mary Jo Roberson ndash David Shepard ndash Ken Wrobel ndash Kayleen Gallagher ndash Owen Thornton ndash Mitchell Talley ndash Sherri Hanusrsquos grandson Payton ndash Vicky Woolseyrsquos grandson Tristan ndash Gene Wiles ndash Wayne Duke

P R AY E R L I S T

Breast Cancer Support Group Monthly MeetingThe Breast Cancer Support Group will NOT meet in De-cember We will resume our meetings on the 4th Tuesday evening of each month beginning with the January 28 2020 meeting at 700pm in the Coffee House If yoursquod like more information about this supportive network please contact Rev Brenda Beaver at 817-274-1345 or via brendatrinityarlorg

Blood DriveTrinity will sponsor a Blood Drive through Carter Blood Care on December 8th this year is from 830 ndash 1230 in the South Parking lot near the South TELC entry facing the Dining Room There are flyers posted around the church that provide the electronic link to register to be a blood donor As well all donors will receive a gift from Carter Blood Care Each unit of donated blood provides life-giv-ing assistance to three persons

Blood Pressure ScreeningTrinityrsquos monthly Blood Pressure Screenings will be held on Sunday morning December 22nd in the Great Hall See you thereOur Health Ministry team wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas with safe travels into the New YearAnita Mitchell RN CNOR CDP ndash Faith Community Nurse Trinity United Methodist ChurchChristina Tindel RN Peggy Brady RN

Join us and hear from the famous Rosemary Rumbley an accomplished actress and author of four books Join us for an afternoon of stories smiles and laughs This is open to senior adults (55+) but you donrsquot need to belong to Trinity Guests are very much welcome and encouraged

Happy Hearts LuncheonDecember 6 | noon | Activity Center

Rev Kathy Cooper-Ledesma Pastor of Hollywood UMC (yes that Hollywood) tells of visiting family in Huntsville AL As she was driving around town she was captivated by a commercial on the radio that kept airing for a local jewelry store It went like this ldquoWomen like to receive nice gifts Men like to buy nice gifts for the women in their lives In fact men love to shop ndash but only if they have a list So to all the women out there ndash come by our store and make a list of all those gifts yoursquod love to find under the tree on Christmas morning Because remember men love to shophellip but only with a listrdquo

A few years ago I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas I didnrsquot get an answer I kept asking until she texted me a pic of two rings she liked at Macyrsquos both on a female African American hand a week before Christmas I hate going to the mall in December let alone the week before Christmas But I had my list er my text pics So I fought the crowd and the traffic and then went to the ldquoring counterrdquo and an African American salesperson was helping another couple I looked at the picture and then her hand and sure enough it was her When she was free I said to her ldquoI have a picture of your hand on my phonerdquo She was taken aback until I showed her the picture and the ring I wanted to buy She brought it out and I looked at the price tag It was 4 times what we normally spend on Christmas But itrsquos what was on the list and so I bought it On Christmas morning when Giovanna opened the present she looked at the price tag and said ldquoO Tim I canrsquot believe you spent this muchrdquo I said ldquoItrsquos what you texted merdquo She replied ldquoNo that was another ringrdquo Sometime with a list or even a picture you canrsquot get it right

Have you ever asked rdquoWhatrsquos on Jesusrsquo wish listrdquo In Matthew 25 --where Jesus says whatever you do for the least of thesendash like offering food to the hungry or a cup of cold water to those who thirst welcoming the stranger visiting the sick and those in prison - you did for me So in a season when people are stressed and rushed short of time and temper be intentional about serving them by helping those in need allowing others to cut in line in front of you reaching out to the lonely saying a very warm thank you to those serving you in stores or restaurants And then do-ing the thing that can make the greatest difference in their lives this season and perhaps for eternity invite them to attend our Advent andor Christmas Eve services

When the Christ child looked up from the manger to see the Wise Men I canrsquot help but think he smiled just as he does when new people come seek him in worship today Make it a very Merry Christmas for Jesus this year by participating in His mission to reach those who are far from Him

Dr Tim Smith

T H E C H R I S T MA S W I S H L I S T

Join us Sunday nights at 6pm to learn How We Got our Bible This informative course will give you the tools you need to feel confident in your knowledge of the development of the Scripture its origins and the process used to compile it Brenda Wiles will teach from January 5 ndash February 16 2020 (taking Super Bowl Sunday off) in room C-208 This is a wonderful follow up to Following Jesus The Wesleyan Way Confirmation parents and grandparents are encouraged to attend along with anyone else who would like to know more about the Holy Word of God

New Sunday School forming at the 11AM hour Come check out SALT (Sharing And Learning Together) on December 8 and 15 at 11am in room S-110 SALT will be facilitated by Rev Elizabeth Martin Deborah and Eric Neill and is a deep discussion-based study of the Bible open to people of all ages If you are ready to share and learn together with other people who are serious about their faith join us in December for SALT

Join Prayer Without Walls Join a growing number of people willing to pray for church-focused concerns and those given by the community around us To be added to the email list contact prayerwithoutwallsyahoocomYou will receive an email every Monday Wednesday and Friday The emails will include one or two prayer focuses for your personal prayer time

Should you find yourself needing immediate prayer you may email a concern to the address above and type URGENT in the reference line No concern will stay on the list multiple days

Our goal is to have a large amount of people praying together without walls getting in our way We are opening ourselves as a place for Arlington to submit requests knowing that we will support anyone in prayer This unique ministry is another prayer innovation brought by our prayer team If yoursquod like to join our prayer team in any capacity please contact Jessica Buchert at gail080803yahoocom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg

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NE W BIBLE STUDY HOW WE GOT THIS B IBLE

NE W SUNDAY SCHOOL

PRAYER WITHOUT WALLS

GROW IN JESUS

GROW IN PR AYER

Trinityrsquos Emmaus Community is alive well and growing The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with a 72-hour short course in Christianity comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of Gods grace disciplines of Christian discipleship and what it means to be the church The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion The Emmaus community made up of those who have attended an Emmaus weekend show support with a prayer vigil preparing and serving meals and other acts of love and self-giving The Emmaus Walk typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening Men and wom-en attend separate weekends

If yoursquod like to know more about the Walk to Emmaus experience contact Susan Bragg at sbragg100aolcom Charles LeBus at clebus7947aolcom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg Your spiritual life will be deepened by your time spent on a Walk to Emmaus

2020 Schedule of Womens Walks

Walk 446 - Feb 20-23Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

Walk 448 - Apr 16-19Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group DeCorEllis

Walk 450 - Jul 9-12Solid Rock Camp Eastland TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Breckenridge

Walk 452 - Oct 8-11TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

2020 schedule for Mens Walks

Walk 447 - Feb 27-1TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

Walk 449 - Apr 30-3Heart of Texas Baptist Camp Brownwood TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Pecan Valley

Walk 451 - Sep 10-13Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TXSponsoring 4th Day Group Greater Waco

Walk 453 - Oct 22-25Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

GROW

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UPDATE

GUATEMALA STOVE BUILDERS MISSION TRIPINFORMATION MEETING

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 | 1215PM | C-208

Thank you Trinity You packed and provided 810 shoebox gifts which will bring the love of Jesus to 810 children around the world this Christmas season Your generosity is overwhelming Each shoebox gift will include a book in the native language of the recipient to tell them the Good News of Jesus so 810 children will learn that Jesus loves them because of YOU

Of this total the children of Trinity packed 50 shoeboxes during Camp Can Do Trinity packed 178 boxes at the DO Something Week Packing Party one family packed 90 on their own the Endeavor Sunday School Class packed 100 Shoebox gifts and Trinity packed 392 as part of our pledge cam-paign Thank you for your generous gifts

Special thanks to Claire Reddig and Christian Hunter who head this amazing ministry These ladies have a real heart for Operation Christmas Child and do an awesome job inspiring the rest of us Thanks also to the Foundations Sunday School Class and their kids who sponsor this outreach of love You are all a wonderful and loving Church Family

Texas GuatemalaTrinity United Methodist Church

Iglesia Metodista Primitiva de Guatemala

Amigos Por Siempre

Friends ForeverAs you read this article the Guatemala Stove Builders Mission Team is still on the ground in Guatemala building stoves for the Mayan people The stoves we provide give families a safer way to cook by getting the fire off the floor of their homes This gives them clean air to breath by venting the smoke out of their homes

We are planning a Spring Break mission trip to build more stoves in 2020 in addition to a trip in late Novemberearly December 2020 Are you interested in learning more Have you considered joining the mission but December was not a good time for you Join Malissa Daniels and Josh Broadus for an informational meeting on Sunday December 15th These lay mission leaders are excited to expand the stove building ministry at Trinity 2020 may be YOUR year to be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love in a tangible way by building stoves Please contact Malissa maldanielshotmailcom or Josh jbroadussbcglobalnet for more information

GO

On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

Special Souls Wayne amp Wanda Agnew ndash Janna amp Wick Alexander ndash Harriet Ander-son ndash J L Bass - Wally Berndt ndash Jackie Bolen ndash Diane Boring ndash Pat Boyd ndash Cynthia Bullard - Sandy Chambers ndash Jack Cleesattel - Dr Elena Cogdell ndash Anna Covington ndash Joyce Cox ndash Carole Craddock ndash Faye amp Jimmy Denton - Roberta Evans ndash Gale Forten-berry ndash Betty Geisert ndash Joyce Gillman ndash Margaret Gonce ndash Elizabeth Harlan ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Nelle Hixson - Kay Holman - Francine Jones ndash Terry Jones ndash Jesse Langston ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Carla Machacek ndash Daphne Mathis - Pauline Maxwell ndash Gloria Mc-Queen ndash Shirley Miller ndash Jeanne Newton - Marianne Norton ndash Jim amp Beverly Phil-lips ndash Gayla Robertson ndash Marjorie Rudig ndash Bobbye Schellhammer ndash Cheryl Seese ndash Wilma Shepherd ndash LG Sims - Margaret Singleton ndash Lita Smith ndash Mildred Spence ndash Maralee Stapper ndash Mary Starks - Joyce Sturgess ndash Neta amp Alvin Suggs - John Thomas - June Tomlinson ndash Glenenne amp Martin Turner ndash Tom Waldrop ndash Jerry Wallace - Lucille Ward ndash Jo Wentz ndash Dick Wilkinson ndash Carolyn Williams ndash Iva Mae Yeats

Members of Our Congregation Bud Thames ndash Barbara Hauschild ndash Diane My-coskie ndash Paul Stewart ndashKevin Elliott ndash Margaret Singleton ndash Patsy Jenkins ndash Deanie Bena ndash Dan Smith ndash Kathleen Kelly ndash Linda Simpson ndash Sherry McClure ndash Joyce Olson ndash Bill Bastable ndash Mac Chisolm ndash Susan Atkins ndash Jerry Miller ndash Harper Clark ndash Claire Wheeler ndash Kathy Washington ndash Rev Gary Turner

Extended Family Janet Baugusrsquos sister Karen ndash Laura Tauzelrsquos mother Pat ndash Mary Dawn Burnett Hudspeth ndash Karen Steerrsquos grandson Andrew ndash Linda Templeton ndash Mary Jane Bates ndash Terry amp Bill Sewellrsquos granddaughter Sami ndash Sue Irwinrsquos nephew Tom ndash Dr Tim Smithrsquos mother Nancy ndash Jessica Carterrsquos father David ndash Bernice Grantrsquos daughter Heather ndash Cathy Alexanderrsquos mom Shirley ndash Kathy Casersquos mom Jane ndash Bob Taylorrsquos daughter Diane ndash Mary Beth Coffey ndash Elisa Coffey ndash Shari Nortonrsquos dad Paul ndash Kathleen Kellyrsquos mom Lila ndash Sheri Hall ndash Lisa Averyrsquos daughter Sarah Moore ndash Nathan Agnewrsquos mother Charlene ndash Mallissa Danielsrsquo father Rick

Sympathy to Kristel Carter and family on the death of her mother Shirley on Sep-tember 16 - Garry Childress and family on the death of his mother Doris on November 1 - The family of Pat Boyd on her death on November 17 - Rev Carol Roberts on the death of her cousin Jim Barth on November 17

CONNECT

Military Gavin Anderson ndash Eric Antochy ndash Gunner Berg ndash Chris Burgess ndash Abigail Chavez ndash Tyler Cobb ndash Travis Dowty ndash Matthew Hoffman ndash Robert Monroe ndash Philip Pakhizer ndash Devin Parrish ndash Rich Powell - Morgan Rasco ndash Morgan Smyth ndash Adam Thornton ndash Wes Weir ndash Austin Williams

CO N G R E G AT I O N A L C A R EN E W S

Coming Blessings Ryan and Erin Powers (Dec)

Members with Long-Term Needs Jerry Allen ndash Matthew Andrews ndash Bruce Betzner ndash Lois Buchert ndash Misty Castro ndash Marcia Dingler ndash John Elliott ndash Kevin Grubbs ndash Jeanne Harrison ndash Doug Luttrell ndash Laylan McMahan ndash Ruth McMillan ndash Carmelo Melendez ndash Bonna Pernell ndash Peg Pokrifcsak ndash Mary Jo Roberson ndash David Shepard ndash Ken Wrobel ndash Kayleen Gallagher ndash Owen Thornton ndash Mitchell Talley ndash Sherri Hanusrsquos grandson Payton ndash Vicky Woolseyrsquos grandson Tristan ndash Gene Wiles ndash Wayne Duke

P R AY E R L I S T

Breast Cancer Support Group Monthly MeetingThe Breast Cancer Support Group will NOT meet in De-cember We will resume our meetings on the 4th Tuesday evening of each month beginning with the January 28 2020 meeting at 700pm in the Coffee House If yoursquod like more information about this supportive network please contact Rev Brenda Beaver at 817-274-1345 or via brendatrinityarlorg

Blood DriveTrinity will sponsor a Blood Drive through Carter Blood Care on December 8th this year is from 830 ndash 1230 in the South Parking lot near the South TELC entry facing the Dining Room There are flyers posted around the church that provide the electronic link to register to be a blood donor As well all donors will receive a gift from Carter Blood Care Each unit of donated blood provides life-giv-ing assistance to three persons

Blood Pressure ScreeningTrinityrsquos monthly Blood Pressure Screenings will be held on Sunday morning December 22nd in the Great Hall See you thereOur Health Ministry team wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas with safe travels into the New YearAnita Mitchell RN CNOR CDP ndash Faith Community Nurse Trinity United Methodist ChurchChristina Tindel RN Peggy Brady RN

Join us and hear from the famous Rosemary Rumbley an accomplished actress and author of four books Join us for an afternoon of stories smiles and laughs This is open to senior adults (55+) but you donrsquot need to belong to Trinity Guests are very much welcome and encouraged

Happy Hearts LuncheonDecember 6 | noon | Activity Center

Rev Kathy Cooper-Ledesma Pastor of Hollywood UMC (yes that Hollywood) tells of visiting family in Huntsville AL As she was driving around town she was captivated by a commercial on the radio that kept airing for a local jewelry store It went like this ldquoWomen like to receive nice gifts Men like to buy nice gifts for the women in their lives In fact men love to shop ndash but only if they have a list So to all the women out there ndash come by our store and make a list of all those gifts yoursquod love to find under the tree on Christmas morning Because remember men love to shophellip but only with a listrdquo

A few years ago I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas I didnrsquot get an answer I kept asking until she texted me a pic of two rings she liked at Macyrsquos both on a female African American hand a week before Christmas I hate going to the mall in December let alone the week before Christmas But I had my list er my text pics So I fought the crowd and the traffic and then went to the ldquoring counterrdquo and an African American salesperson was helping another couple I looked at the picture and then her hand and sure enough it was her When she was free I said to her ldquoI have a picture of your hand on my phonerdquo She was taken aback until I showed her the picture and the ring I wanted to buy She brought it out and I looked at the price tag It was 4 times what we normally spend on Christmas But itrsquos what was on the list and so I bought it On Christmas morning when Giovanna opened the present she looked at the price tag and said ldquoO Tim I canrsquot believe you spent this muchrdquo I said ldquoItrsquos what you texted merdquo She replied ldquoNo that was another ringrdquo Sometime with a list or even a picture you canrsquot get it right

Have you ever asked rdquoWhatrsquos on Jesusrsquo wish listrdquo In Matthew 25 --where Jesus says whatever you do for the least of thesendash like offering food to the hungry or a cup of cold water to those who thirst welcoming the stranger visiting the sick and those in prison - you did for me So in a season when people are stressed and rushed short of time and temper be intentional about serving them by helping those in need allowing others to cut in line in front of you reaching out to the lonely saying a very warm thank you to those serving you in stores or restaurants And then do-ing the thing that can make the greatest difference in their lives this season and perhaps for eternity invite them to attend our Advent andor Christmas Eve services

When the Christ child looked up from the manger to see the Wise Men I canrsquot help but think he smiled just as he does when new people come seek him in worship today Make it a very Merry Christmas for Jesus this year by participating in His mission to reach those who are far from Him

Dr Tim Smith

T H E C H R I S T MA S W I S H L I S T

Join us Sunday nights at 6pm to learn How We Got our Bible This informative course will give you the tools you need to feel confident in your knowledge of the development of the Scripture its origins and the process used to compile it Brenda Wiles will teach from January 5 ndash February 16 2020 (taking Super Bowl Sunday off) in room C-208 This is a wonderful follow up to Following Jesus The Wesleyan Way Confirmation parents and grandparents are encouraged to attend along with anyone else who would like to know more about the Holy Word of God

New Sunday School forming at the 11AM hour Come check out SALT (Sharing And Learning Together) on December 8 and 15 at 11am in room S-110 SALT will be facilitated by Rev Elizabeth Martin Deborah and Eric Neill and is a deep discussion-based study of the Bible open to people of all ages If you are ready to share and learn together with other people who are serious about their faith join us in December for SALT

Join Prayer Without Walls Join a growing number of people willing to pray for church-focused concerns and those given by the community around us To be added to the email list contact prayerwithoutwallsyahoocomYou will receive an email every Monday Wednesday and Friday The emails will include one or two prayer focuses for your personal prayer time

Should you find yourself needing immediate prayer you may email a concern to the address above and type URGENT in the reference line No concern will stay on the list multiple days

Our goal is to have a large amount of people praying together without walls getting in our way We are opening ourselves as a place for Arlington to submit requests knowing that we will support anyone in prayer This unique ministry is another prayer innovation brought by our prayer team If yoursquod like to join our prayer team in any capacity please contact Jessica Buchert at gail080803yahoocom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg

GROW

NE W BIBLE STUDY HOW WE GOT THIS B IBLE

NE W SUNDAY SCHOOL

PRAYER WITHOUT WALLS

GROW IN JESUS

GROW IN PR AYER

Trinityrsquos Emmaus Community is alive well and growing The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with a 72-hour short course in Christianity comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of Gods grace disciplines of Christian discipleship and what it means to be the church The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion The Emmaus community made up of those who have attended an Emmaus weekend show support with a prayer vigil preparing and serving meals and other acts of love and self-giving The Emmaus Walk typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening Men and wom-en attend separate weekends

If yoursquod like to know more about the Walk to Emmaus experience contact Susan Bragg at sbragg100aolcom Charles LeBus at clebus7947aolcom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg Your spiritual life will be deepened by your time spent on a Walk to Emmaus

2020 Schedule of Womens Walks

Walk 446 - Feb 20-23Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

Walk 448 - Apr 16-19Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group DeCorEllis

Walk 450 - Jul 9-12Solid Rock Camp Eastland TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Breckenridge

Walk 452 - Oct 8-11TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

2020 schedule for Mens Walks

Walk 447 - Feb 27-1TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

Walk 449 - Apr 30-3Heart of Texas Baptist Camp Brownwood TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Pecan Valley

Walk 451 - Sep 10-13Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TXSponsoring 4th Day Group Greater Waco

Walk 453 - Oct 22-25Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

GROW

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UPDATE

GUATEMALA STOVE BUILDERS MISSION TRIPINFORMATION MEETING

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 | 1215PM | C-208

Thank you Trinity You packed and provided 810 shoebox gifts which will bring the love of Jesus to 810 children around the world this Christmas season Your generosity is overwhelming Each shoebox gift will include a book in the native language of the recipient to tell them the Good News of Jesus so 810 children will learn that Jesus loves them because of YOU

Of this total the children of Trinity packed 50 shoeboxes during Camp Can Do Trinity packed 178 boxes at the DO Something Week Packing Party one family packed 90 on their own the Endeavor Sunday School Class packed 100 Shoebox gifts and Trinity packed 392 as part of our pledge cam-paign Thank you for your generous gifts

Special thanks to Claire Reddig and Christian Hunter who head this amazing ministry These ladies have a real heart for Operation Christmas Child and do an awesome job inspiring the rest of us Thanks also to the Foundations Sunday School Class and their kids who sponsor this outreach of love You are all a wonderful and loving Church Family

Texas GuatemalaTrinity United Methodist Church

Iglesia Metodista Primitiva de Guatemala

Amigos Por Siempre

Friends ForeverAs you read this article the Guatemala Stove Builders Mission Team is still on the ground in Guatemala building stoves for the Mayan people The stoves we provide give families a safer way to cook by getting the fire off the floor of their homes This gives them clean air to breath by venting the smoke out of their homes

We are planning a Spring Break mission trip to build more stoves in 2020 in addition to a trip in late Novemberearly December 2020 Are you interested in learning more Have you considered joining the mission but December was not a good time for you Join Malissa Daniels and Josh Broadus for an informational meeting on Sunday December 15th These lay mission leaders are excited to expand the stove building ministry at Trinity 2020 may be YOUR year to be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love in a tangible way by building stoves Please contact Malissa maldanielshotmailcom or Josh jbroadussbcglobalnet for more information

GO

On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

Rev Kathy Cooper-Ledesma Pastor of Hollywood UMC (yes that Hollywood) tells of visiting family in Huntsville AL As she was driving around town she was captivated by a commercial on the radio that kept airing for a local jewelry store It went like this ldquoWomen like to receive nice gifts Men like to buy nice gifts for the women in their lives In fact men love to shop ndash but only if they have a list So to all the women out there ndash come by our store and make a list of all those gifts yoursquod love to find under the tree on Christmas morning Because remember men love to shophellip but only with a listrdquo

A few years ago I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas I didnrsquot get an answer I kept asking until she texted me a pic of two rings she liked at Macyrsquos both on a female African American hand a week before Christmas I hate going to the mall in December let alone the week before Christmas But I had my list er my text pics So I fought the crowd and the traffic and then went to the ldquoring counterrdquo and an African American salesperson was helping another couple I looked at the picture and then her hand and sure enough it was her When she was free I said to her ldquoI have a picture of your hand on my phonerdquo She was taken aback until I showed her the picture and the ring I wanted to buy She brought it out and I looked at the price tag It was 4 times what we normally spend on Christmas But itrsquos what was on the list and so I bought it On Christmas morning when Giovanna opened the present she looked at the price tag and said ldquoO Tim I canrsquot believe you spent this muchrdquo I said ldquoItrsquos what you texted merdquo She replied ldquoNo that was another ringrdquo Sometime with a list or even a picture you canrsquot get it right

Have you ever asked rdquoWhatrsquos on Jesusrsquo wish listrdquo In Matthew 25 --where Jesus says whatever you do for the least of thesendash like offering food to the hungry or a cup of cold water to those who thirst welcoming the stranger visiting the sick and those in prison - you did for me So in a season when people are stressed and rushed short of time and temper be intentional about serving them by helping those in need allowing others to cut in line in front of you reaching out to the lonely saying a very warm thank you to those serving you in stores or restaurants And then do-ing the thing that can make the greatest difference in their lives this season and perhaps for eternity invite them to attend our Advent andor Christmas Eve services

When the Christ child looked up from the manger to see the Wise Men I canrsquot help but think he smiled just as he does when new people come seek him in worship today Make it a very Merry Christmas for Jesus this year by participating in His mission to reach those who are far from Him

Dr Tim Smith

T H E C H R I S T MA S W I S H L I S T

Join us Sunday nights at 6pm to learn How We Got our Bible This informative course will give you the tools you need to feel confident in your knowledge of the development of the Scripture its origins and the process used to compile it Brenda Wiles will teach from January 5 ndash February 16 2020 (taking Super Bowl Sunday off) in room C-208 This is a wonderful follow up to Following Jesus The Wesleyan Way Confirmation parents and grandparents are encouraged to attend along with anyone else who would like to know more about the Holy Word of God

New Sunday School forming at the 11AM hour Come check out SALT (Sharing And Learning Together) on December 8 and 15 at 11am in room S-110 SALT will be facilitated by Rev Elizabeth Martin Deborah and Eric Neill and is a deep discussion-based study of the Bible open to people of all ages If you are ready to share and learn together with other people who are serious about their faith join us in December for SALT

Join Prayer Without Walls Join a growing number of people willing to pray for church-focused concerns and those given by the community around us To be added to the email list contact prayerwithoutwallsyahoocomYou will receive an email every Monday Wednesday and Friday The emails will include one or two prayer focuses for your personal prayer time

Should you find yourself needing immediate prayer you may email a concern to the address above and type URGENT in the reference line No concern will stay on the list multiple days

Our goal is to have a large amount of people praying together without walls getting in our way We are opening ourselves as a place for Arlington to submit requests knowing that we will support anyone in prayer This unique ministry is another prayer innovation brought by our prayer team If yoursquod like to join our prayer team in any capacity please contact Jessica Buchert at gail080803yahoocom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg

GROW

NE W BIBLE STUDY HOW WE GOT THIS B IBLE

NE W SUNDAY SCHOOL

PRAYER WITHOUT WALLS

GROW IN JESUS

GROW IN PR AYER

Trinityrsquos Emmaus Community is alive well and growing The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with a 72-hour short course in Christianity comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of Gods grace disciplines of Christian discipleship and what it means to be the church The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion The Emmaus community made up of those who have attended an Emmaus weekend show support with a prayer vigil preparing and serving meals and other acts of love and self-giving The Emmaus Walk typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening Men and wom-en attend separate weekends

If yoursquod like to know more about the Walk to Emmaus experience contact Susan Bragg at sbragg100aolcom Charles LeBus at clebus7947aolcom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg Your spiritual life will be deepened by your time spent on a Walk to Emmaus

2020 Schedule of Womens Walks

Walk 446 - Feb 20-23Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

Walk 448 - Apr 16-19Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group DeCorEllis

Walk 450 - Jul 9-12Solid Rock Camp Eastland TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Breckenridge

Walk 452 - Oct 8-11TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

2020 schedule for Mens Walks

Walk 447 - Feb 27-1TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

Walk 449 - Apr 30-3Heart of Texas Baptist Camp Brownwood TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Pecan Valley

Walk 451 - Sep 10-13Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TXSponsoring 4th Day Group Greater Waco

Walk 453 - Oct 22-25Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

GROW

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UPDATE

GUATEMALA STOVE BUILDERS MISSION TRIPINFORMATION MEETING

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 | 1215PM | C-208

Thank you Trinity You packed and provided 810 shoebox gifts which will bring the love of Jesus to 810 children around the world this Christmas season Your generosity is overwhelming Each shoebox gift will include a book in the native language of the recipient to tell them the Good News of Jesus so 810 children will learn that Jesus loves them because of YOU

Of this total the children of Trinity packed 50 shoeboxes during Camp Can Do Trinity packed 178 boxes at the DO Something Week Packing Party one family packed 90 on their own the Endeavor Sunday School Class packed 100 Shoebox gifts and Trinity packed 392 as part of our pledge cam-paign Thank you for your generous gifts

Special thanks to Claire Reddig and Christian Hunter who head this amazing ministry These ladies have a real heart for Operation Christmas Child and do an awesome job inspiring the rest of us Thanks also to the Foundations Sunday School Class and their kids who sponsor this outreach of love You are all a wonderful and loving Church Family

Texas GuatemalaTrinity United Methodist Church

Iglesia Metodista Primitiva de Guatemala

Amigos Por Siempre

Friends ForeverAs you read this article the Guatemala Stove Builders Mission Team is still on the ground in Guatemala building stoves for the Mayan people The stoves we provide give families a safer way to cook by getting the fire off the floor of their homes This gives them clean air to breath by venting the smoke out of their homes

We are planning a Spring Break mission trip to build more stoves in 2020 in addition to a trip in late Novemberearly December 2020 Are you interested in learning more Have you considered joining the mission but December was not a good time for you Join Malissa Daniels and Josh Broadus for an informational meeting on Sunday December 15th These lay mission leaders are excited to expand the stove building ministry at Trinity 2020 may be YOUR year to be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love in a tangible way by building stoves Please contact Malissa maldanielshotmailcom or Josh jbroadussbcglobalnet for more information

GO

On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

Join us Sunday nights at 6pm to learn How We Got our Bible This informative course will give you the tools you need to feel confident in your knowledge of the development of the Scripture its origins and the process used to compile it Brenda Wiles will teach from January 5 ndash February 16 2020 (taking Super Bowl Sunday off) in room C-208 This is a wonderful follow up to Following Jesus The Wesleyan Way Confirmation parents and grandparents are encouraged to attend along with anyone else who would like to know more about the Holy Word of God

New Sunday School forming at the 11AM hour Come check out SALT (Sharing And Learning Together) on December 8 and 15 at 11am in room S-110 SALT will be facilitated by Rev Elizabeth Martin Deborah and Eric Neill and is a deep discussion-based study of the Bible open to people of all ages If you are ready to share and learn together with other people who are serious about their faith join us in December for SALT

Join Prayer Without Walls Join a growing number of people willing to pray for church-focused concerns and those given by the community around us To be added to the email list contact prayerwithoutwallsyahoocomYou will receive an email every Monday Wednesday and Friday The emails will include one or two prayer focuses for your personal prayer time

Should you find yourself needing immediate prayer you may email a concern to the address above and type URGENT in the reference line No concern will stay on the list multiple days

Our goal is to have a large amount of people praying together without walls getting in our way We are opening ourselves as a place for Arlington to submit requests knowing that we will support anyone in prayer This unique ministry is another prayer innovation brought by our prayer team If yoursquod like to join our prayer team in any capacity please contact Jessica Buchert at gail080803yahoocom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg

GROW

NE W BIBLE STUDY HOW WE GOT THIS B IBLE

NE W SUNDAY SCHOOL

PRAYER WITHOUT WALLS

GROW IN JESUS

GROW IN PR AYER

Trinityrsquos Emmaus Community is alive well and growing The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with a 72-hour short course in Christianity comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of Gods grace disciplines of Christian discipleship and what it means to be the church The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion The Emmaus community made up of those who have attended an Emmaus weekend show support with a prayer vigil preparing and serving meals and other acts of love and self-giving The Emmaus Walk typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening Men and wom-en attend separate weekends

If yoursquod like to know more about the Walk to Emmaus experience contact Susan Bragg at sbragg100aolcom Charles LeBus at clebus7947aolcom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg Your spiritual life will be deepened by your time spent on a Walk to Emmaus

2020 Schedule of Womens Walks

Walk 446 - Feb 20-23Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

Walk 448 - Apr 16-19Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group DeCorEllis

Walk 450 - Jul 9-12Solid Rock Camp Eastland TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Breckenridge

Walk 452 - Oct 8-11TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

2020 schedule for Mens Walks

Walk 447 - Feb 27-1TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

Walk 449 - Apr 30-3Heart of Texas Baptist Camp Brownwood TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Pecan Valley

Walk 451 - Sep 10-13Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TXSponsoring 4th Day Group Greater Waco

Walk 453 - Oct 22-25Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

GROW

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UPDATE

GUATEMALA STOVE BUILDERS MISSION TRIPINFORMATION MEETING

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 | 1215PM | C-208

Thank you Trinity You packed and provided 810 shoebox gifts which will bring the love of Jesus to 810 children around the world this Christmas season Your generosity is overwhelming Each shoebox gift will include a book in the native language of the recipient to tell them the Good News of Jesus so 810 children will learn that Jesus loves them because of YOU

Of this total the children of Trinity packed 50 shoeboxes during Camp Can Do Trinity packed 178 boxes at the DO Something Week Packing Party one family packed 90 on their own the Endeavor Sunday School Class packed 100 Shoebox gifts and Trinity packed 392 as part of our pledge cam-paign Thank you for your generous gifts

Special thanks to Claire Reddig and Christian Hunter who head this amazing ministry These ladies have a real heart for Operation Christmas Child and do an awesome job inspiring the rest of us Thanks also to the Foundations Sunday School Class and their kids who sponsor this outreach of love You are all a wonderful and loving Church Family

Texas GuatemalaTrinity United Methodist Church

Iglesia Metodista Primitiva de Guatemala

Amigos Por Siempre

Friends ForeverAs you read this article the Guatemala Stove Builders Mission Team is still on the ground in Guatemala building stoves for the Mayan people The stoves we provide give families a safer way to cook by getting the fire off the floor of their homes This gives them clean air to breath by venting the smoke out of their homes

We are planning a Spring Break mission trip to build more stoves in 2020 in addition to a trip in late Novemberearly December 2020 Are you interested in learning more Have you considered joining the mission but December was not a good time for you Join Malissa Daniels and Josh Broadus for an informational meeting on Sunday December 15th These lay mission leaders are excited to expand the stove building ministry at Trinity 2020 may be YOUR year to be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love in a tangible way by building stoves Please contact Malissa maldanielshotmailcom or Josh jbroadussbcglobalnet for more information

GO

On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

Trinityrsquos Emmaus Community is alive well and growing The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with a 72-hour short course in Christianity comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of Gods grace disciplines of Christian discipleship and what it means to be the church The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion The Emmaus community made up of those who have attended an Emmaus weekend show support with a prayer vigil preparing and serving meals and other acts of love and self-giving The Emmaus Walk typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening Men and wom-en attend separate weekends

If yoursquod like to know more about the Walk to Emmaus experience contact Susan Bragg at sbragg100aolcom Charles LeBus at clebus7947aolcom or Rev Carol Roberts at caroltrinityarlorg Your spiritual life will be deepened by your time spent on a Walk to Emmaus

2020 Schedule of Womens Walks

Walk 446 - Feb 20-23Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

Walk 448 - Apr 16-19Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group DeCorEllis

Walk 450 - Jul 9-12Solid Rock Camp Eastland TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Breckenridge

Walk 452 - Oct 8-11TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

2020 schedule for Mens Walks

Walk 447 - Feb 27-1TBD

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Twin Lakes

Walk 449 - Apr 30-3Heart of Texas Baptist Camp Brownwood TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Pecan Valley

Walk 451 - Sep 10-13Latham Springs Baptist Camp Aquilla TXSponsoring 4th Day Group Greater Waco

Walk 453 - Oct 22-25Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center Glen Rose TX

Sponsoring 4th Day Group Tarrant County

GROW

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UPDATE

GUATEMALA STOVE BUILDERS MISSION TRIPINFORMATION MEETING

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 | 1215PM | C-208

Thank you Trinity You packed and provided 810 shoebox gifts which will bring the love of Jesus to 810 children around the world this Christmas season Your generosity is overwhelming Each shoebox gift will include a book in the native language of the recipient to tell them the Good News of Jesus so 810 children will learn that Jesus loves them because of YOU

Of this total the children of Trinity packed 50 shoeboxes during Camp Can Do Trinity packed 178 boxes at the DO Something Week Packing Party one family packed 90 on their own the Endeavor Sunday School Class packed 100 Shoebox gifts and Trinity packed 392 as part of our pledge cam-paign Thank you for your generous gifts

Special thanks to Claire Reddig and Christian Hunter who head this amazing ministry These ladies have a real heart for Operation Christmas Child and do an awesome job inspiring the rest of us Thanks also to the Foundations Sunday School Class and their kids who sponsor this outreach of love You are all a wonderful and loving Church Family

Texas GuatemalaTrinity United Methodist Church

Iglesia Metodista Primitiva de Guatemala

Amigos Por Siempre

Friends ForeverAs you read this article the Guatemala Stove Builders Mission Team is still on the ground in Guatemala building stoves for the Mayan people The stoves we provide give families a safer way to cook by getting the fire off the floor of their homes This gives them clean air to breath by venting the smoke out of their homes

We are planning a Spring Break mission trip to build more stoves in 2020 in addition to a trip in late Novemberearly December 2020 Are you interested in learning more Have you considered joining the mission but December was not a good time for you Join Malissa Daniels and Josh Broadus for an informational meeting on Sunday December 15th These lay mission leaders are excited to expand the stove building ministry at Trinity 2020 may be YOUR year to be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love in a tangible way by building stoves Please contact Malissa maldanielshotmailcom or Josh jbroadussbcglobalnet for more information

GO

On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UPDATE

GUATEMALA STOVE BUILDERS MISSION TRIPINFORMATION MEETING

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 | 1215PM | C-208

Thank you Trinity You packed and provided 810 shoebox gifts which will bring the love of Jesus to 810 children around the world this Christmas season Your generosity is overwhelming Each shoebox gift will include a book in the native language of the recipient to tell them the Good News of Jesus so 810 children will learn that Jesus loves them because of YOU

Of this total the children of Trinity packed 50 shoeboxes during Camp Can Do Trinity packed 178 boxes at the DO Something Week Packing Party one family packed 90 on their own the Endeavor Sunday School Class packed 100 Shoebox gifts and Trinity packed 392 as part of our pledge cam-paign Thank you for your generous gifts

Special thanks to Claire Reddig and Christian Hunter who head this amazing ministry These ladies have a real heart for Operation Christmas Child and do an awesome job inspiring the rest of us Thanks also to the Foundations Sunday School Class and their kids who sponsor this outreach of love You are all a wonderful and loving Church Family

Texas GuatemalaTrinity United Methodist Church

Iglesia Metodista Primitiva de Guatemala

Amigos Por Siempre

Friends ForeverAs you read this article the Guatemala Stove Builders Mission Team is still on the ground in Guatemala building stoves for the Mayan people The stoves we provide give families a safer way to cook by getting the fire off the floor of their homes This gives them clean air to breath by venting the smoke out of their homes

We are planning a Spring Break mission trip to build more stoves in 2020 in addition to a trip in late Novemberearly December 2020 Are you interested in learning more Have you considered joining the mission but December was not a good time for you Join Malissa Daniels and Josh Broadus for an informational meeting on Sunday December 15th These lay mission leaders are excited to expand the stove building ministry at Trinity 2020 may be YOUR year to be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love in a tangible way by building stoves Please contact Malissa maldanielshotmailcom or Josh jbroadussbcglobalnet for more information

GO

On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

On behalf of the Kairos Mountain View Advisory Council and Team of the Kairos Prison Ministry at Mountain View Womenrsquos Prison we would like to thank Trinity United Methodist Church for your prayers the dozens of cookies baked and the financial donations plus a very special thank you goes out to the TELC children who used their artistic gifts to make hand-drawn place mats for the 42 female participants of the Kairos weekend to use at their meals

The following is an edited summary of the Kairos 30 weekend written by the Kairos Weekend Leader Regina Wilcox who at-tends First United Methodist Church of Waco

Kairos 30 at the Mountain View Womenrsquos Unit was held October 17-20th and God did an amazing work behind the razor wire fence The unit was on administrative lockdown on Thursday the first day of the Kairos weekend (An administrative lockdown is a confine-ment of all the offenders in their living spaces while the unit is searched for contraband) The Kairos team was not allowed inside the prison gym for setup of the Kairos weekend until late Thursday and the 42 offender partic-ipants were not allowed to attend Kairos until Friday morning which meant we would need to complete all of Thursday and Fridayrsquos activities in the same day What an impossible task ndash we had no choice but to rely on God He of course had no problem making every-thing work just the way it should We finished every chapel time every talk had fabulous worship times sweet fellowship during meal times and ended the day with time to spare The Kairos participants our sisters in white didnrsquot miss a thing They heard every message and received every tangible expression of agape love they were meant to have on that jam-packed day God is so good

Saturday was another eventful day Our sisters started working towards forgiveness and the table discussion groups began to feel like real family They started to open up to share to bond with each other to develop community

On Sunday we presented each of our sisters with a cross as well as a Bible and they received a surprise greeting at closing from the Kai-ros Mountain View community as well as our free-world guests Irsquove included a sampling of ldquoopen-micrdquo comments to show the impact the weekend had on our 42 sisters in white

bull ldquoAll honor and glory to God He helped me with my fear I felt like a cow-ard When the prayer chain came in and when I look at all of you I see the goodness of the Lord and I donrsquot have to despairrdquo

bull ldquoToday is the anniversary of my dad passing away And I found out that I have a new father that loves me And my mom will be surprised to see how many sisters I have now ldquo

bull (This was all said through many tears) ndash ldquoI am new at this and new to Christ I never believed in Him I was angry bitter This will change me to be a better personrdquo

bull (She had to turn around to get composed before she could speak) - ldquoThis is so overwhelming but in a good way I got God smacked Irsquom here and blessed This has opened doors and relationships with people I never knew God spoke to me this weekend and I heard Him He said ldquoYou are worthyrsquorsquo I am worthy Everyone puts labels on us We should be labeled Children of Godrdquo

I will be forever humbled by the ways that I saw God move to make this weekend happen and the changes I saw on the faces of my sisters in white over the three days we were together To God be the glory

Trinity your gifts of agape love to the women incarcerated at the Mountain View Prison enabled the Kairos team to spread the forgiveness and love of God just as Jesus called us to do in Matthew 2540 ldquoThe King will reply lsquoI tell you the truth whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for mersquo

Susan Bragg and Janice Gooch

GO

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

Mitten ampHat Tree

TELC MISSION PROJECTTELCrsquos Mission Project for this season is the Mit-ten amp Hat Tree Our Mitten amp Hat Tree is located in the Childrenrsquos Hallway Please consider giving to help those in our community who have very little to stay warm this winter Put new hats gloves mittens undies amp socks on or beneath the tree now through December 24th

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

We are a MulticulturalWorshiping Community

Una Comunidad de Adoracioacuten Multicultural

Play an instrument sing skilled in

Have a love for Jesus ChristLove music from other culturesAre committed to serveHave a great attitudeHave tons of creativity

IF YOU

production or gifted in the arts

WE WANT YOUcontactessencetrinityarlorg for an interview and audition

Tocas un instrumento cantaspuedes hacer produccioacuten o dotadoen artesAmas a JesucristoAmas la muacutesica de otras culturasEstas comprometidoBuena actitudTiene mucha creatividad

Si Tu

TE NECESITAMOScontactar essencetrinityarlorg para una entrevista y audicioacuten

MAIN AND WEST CAMPUSrsquo

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

Come enjoy hearing music performed by the Trinity Kidrsquos Choir to help celebrate the Advent season This yearrsquos musical will take us on an adventurous tour to Bethlehem Filled with scripture and songs of truth this will be the most exciting living nativity tour yoursquove ever experienced We are bringing Old Testament prophecies and the Christmas story to life through scripture-based songs everyone will love

DECEMBER 15 | 830am and 11am Services

There will be no Childrenrsquos Worship on Sunday December 15th to enjoy the performance

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

DECEMBER SPECIAL OFFERING RECIPIENT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE PROMISED GIFT

Reggiersquos brother gave him an automobile as a Christmas pres-ent On Christmas Eve Reggie came out of his office and saw a young man admiring his shiny new car ldquoIs this your car Mis-terrdquo he asked Reggie nodded in affirmation ldquoMy brother gave it to me for Christmasrdquo The boy was surprised ldquoYou mean your brother gave it to you and it didnrsquot cost you anything Boy I wishrdquo He hesitated Reggie knew what he was going to wish for He was going to wish he had a brother like the one Reggie has But what the young man said was far beyond Reggiersquos ex-pectation ldquoI wishrdquo the boy went on ldquothat I could be a brother like thatrdquo

For a few seconds words failed Reggie and then he impulsively added ldquoWould you like to take a ride in my automobilerdquo ldquoOh yes Irsquod love thatrdquo After a short ride the boy turned to-wards Reggie His eyes were glowing with a smile on his face a mile wide he said ldquoWould you mind driving in front of my houserdquo Reggie smiled a little He thought he understood what the young man wanted He wanted to show it off to his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile But Reggie was wrong again ldquoWill you stop where those two steps arerdquo the boy asked He got out and ran up the steps After a few moments Reggie saw him coming back carrying his little brother who was physically challenged He gently sat him down on the bottom step then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car ldquoThere she is Buddy just like I told you upstairs That manrsquos brother gave it to him for Christmas And some day Irsquom going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Irsquove been trying to tell you aboutrdquo

Reggie got out and lifted the physically challenged child to the front seat of his car His brother whose eyes were gleaming with joy climbed in beside him and the three of them embarked on a memorable holiday ride That Christ-mas Eve Reggie learned what Jesus meant when he said ldquoIt is more blessed to giverdquo

There is no better time to give than in response to the Christ child If you havenrsquot given anything this year Irsquod like to encourage you to make an offering this Christmas And if you have please fulfill your pledge and maybe consider giving over and above it in response to the abundant grace we have received in Christ Jesus Merry Christmas

Dr Tim Smith

December Special Offerings will go to the Methodist Childrenrsquos Home in Waco and to the AISD Back to School Kickoff which supports Arlington Independent School Districtrsquos school supply drive for students in August

Christmas Eve Special Offerings will support Rise Against Hunger Proceeds will go directly to packing food for the hungry on DO Something Day January 20 2020 (MLK Day) in the Activity Center

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013

SUNDAY WORSHIPDr Dean Posey Our Core Values

TrinityUMCArl

Sunday December 1Blessed by the Anticipation

Mark 11-8 Rev Kevin Anderson

`Sunday December 8

Blessed by His Faithfulness ZechariahLuke 15-25

Joshua 21-20Sunday December 15

Blessed by His Faithfulness MaryLuke 126-38

Romans 812-17Sunday December 22

Blessed by His Faithfulness ElizabethLuke 124-25 39-45

John 316-17Sunday December 24

Blessed by His Faithfulness JesusLuke 21-20

Sunday December 29We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Romans 814-17Rev Carol Roberts

CONNECTGROW

GO

1200 West Green Oaks Blvd Arlington TX 760138172741345 bull wwwtrinityarlorg

1200 West Green Oaks BlvdArlington TX 76013