SPOTLIGHT: CHARLIE DICK AND MARLA MORIARTY By Marla Moriarty

Published by Trinity United Methodist Church, Port Townsend, Washington January 2018

The mission of the Trinity United Methodist Church is to be a welcoming ministry to all persons equally;

to nurture spiritual development, fellowship and outreach.

TRINITY T IMES

C harlie and I met in 1983 in

Houston, through a mutual

friend at Exxon. We spent the

next 10 together at Exxon, before

Charlie joined an engineering

company, while I was at Exxon for

5 more years. Leading up to

2000,we began a career in part-

time consulting; after the Y2K is-

sue disappeared, our clients and

our interest in working dried up,

so we retired.

Most of our family members

were originally in the Pacific

Northwest; Charlie was born in

Seattle and I was born in Port-

land. My folks had retired to the

San Diego area; Charlie’s family is

centered in the Seattle area. We

were sailors, so we bought a cou-

ple project boats, and used them

as liveaboards, one in Shilshole

Marina in Seattle, and one in

Oceanside California. That

worked for us for more than five

years. We’d work a day or so on

the boat and then sail for a day or

so for fun, choosing to spend the

nicest weather days on one of our

boats.

Charlie’s dad was a small busi-

nessman and had a manufactur-

ing company making restaurant

food warmers. He loved pool, and

was probably pretty good with his

own pool table in the house. My

dad was a fighter pilot and had a

career in the Marines. After retire-

ment in 1969, he played golf 2 – 3

times a week. My mother was club

champion in those days.

Because of the Marines I trav-

eled around the US growing up,

constantly moving. Charlie lived

in Seattle (Magnolia area) for his

childhood years and over in the

University District for his college

years.

We both like to read, and have

similar interests, though I like

StarWars and Harry Potter in ad-

dition to Charlie’s favorite, The

Lord of the Rings. My favorite

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Pastor’s Log.................................... 2

United Methodist Women.............. 3

Candlelight Concert ...................... 4

Finance Committee ........................ 5

Children’s Christmas Play ............ 6

January Events 2018 .................... 8

Music & Fellowship ...................... 8

Announcements & Events ............. 9

Trustees’ Report ............................. 9

In Our Prayers ............................ 10

Our Amazing Volunteers ............. 10

Bible Readings ............................. 10

Calendar ...................................... 11

Celebrations ................................. 12

Information .................................. 12 IN

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I t was a very cold and snowy day up

at Mount Rainier when I took this

picture a few weeks ago. Eric, a friend, and I did a 5

mile snowshoe trip from Paradise lodge. At some

points the snow was so heavy that it was hard to see

more than a few hundred feet away. I had to climb up

the side of a ridge to capture this picture of the snow

forming on the side of the trees. It was beautiful, but it

was a little unnerving not being able to see far ahead.

As we enter into a new year we may have that same

feeling. What will 2018 bring in our lives and in our

world? Will there be a nuclear bomb denoted in 2018?

Will there be mass

deportation? Will

the rich keep getting

richer while the

poor get poorer?

How about in your

own life? Will 2018

be filled with won-

derful events in

your life, or will it

be filled with trag-

edy and let downs?

Walking through

life is a lot like

walking through a

snow storm with

little visibility. All

we can do at times

is make the best of

the present and live moment to moment looking for the

beauty in life. But, is that all the hope we have in the

midst of uncertainty? Absolutely not!

As people of faith we not only know who anchors

our present, but we know who anchors our future as

well. Even though we can not see down the road into

this new year, there is a certainty that we have. God

will be with us today and God will be with us tomor-

row. And, though we'd all like to have perfect lives that

never experience pain or hardship, that is not some-

thing that we should expect. We live in a world that is

filled with pain and hardship, and we can almost cer-

tainly expect that we will experience it as well.

So, if you are reading this and thinking, "good grief,

this is depressing", I do not mean for it to come across

that way. Hopefully you will take it as more realistic

than pessimistic. This very real life that we live is of-

ten filled with good things, but let's be honest, it comes

with it's bad things as well. 2018 will certainly be filled

with it's high moments and it's low moments. It will

have it's mountain top experiences and it's "valley of

the shadow of death moments". The good news of our

faith is what the

writer of Psalm 23

was getting at when

he boldly pro-

c la imed , "even

though I walk

through the valley of

the shadow of death

I WILL FEAR NO

EVIL, because God

is with me!" He goes

on to say, "surely

goodness and mercy

shall follow me all

the days of my life

and I will dwell in

the house of God".

These are not

words for heaven,

these are words meant for now in our present life. As

we practice our faith may we continue to grow as chil-

dren of God so that in the face of uncertainty we too

can boldly proclaim, "I will fear no evil because God is

with me". May God's presence and peace be with you

throughout 2018.

In Christ,

Pastor Tony

PASTOR’S LOG By Pastor Tony Brown

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United Methodist Women shall be a community of

women whose purpose is to know God and to

experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus

Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship;

and to expand concepts of mission through

participation in the global ministries of the church.

These photos were taken at UMW’s fabulous and

delicious Christmas luncheon!

UMW ladies are invited to our monthly luncheon on Thursday, January 11, 2018, at

11:30. Our guest speaker will be a representative from ECHHO. Please join us as

we hear about all they have accomplished in our community, what a valuable resource they are, and

how you can become involved. Contact Jen Caldwell for items needed to fill our menu. Merry Christmas and Happy

New Year!

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN By Sheila Burrell

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J oe Euro, a Port Townsend entrepreneur and classi-

cal guitarist will appear in the Candlelight Con-

cert series at Trinity United Methodist Church

on Thursday, January 25th at 7:00 PM. Euro has

had a musical presence in Port

Townsend since 1979. The per-

formance will include: Acoustic,

Instrumental Classical-Finger

Style Guitar, featuring many of

Euro's Original "Neo-Classical"

Compositions, and some of his

"Ambient Space Guitar." Euro’s

performance is always intriguing

because his selections are played

on at least 4 different guitars

which are all in different tunings.

Describing his concert, Euro

says, “I’ll be playing quite a vari-

ety including many of my own

“Neo-Classical” creations, often

with variations and improvisa-

tions. So if you know my music

from my CDs, I rarely play it the

same way every time! I’ll do a few

lite jazz solo guitar arrangements too, such as “Black

Orpheus” and maybe Monk’s “Round Midnight”,

and/or “Blue Monk” for some jazzy Acoustic Blues. A

few straight pieces “plucked from my Classical Guitar

repertoire”. Perhaps some Scarlatti, Satie, Sor, Pa-

ganini (yes, he wrote for the guitar as well), and Cho-

pin. Then some of my Big Spacey Sound Ambient

pieces such as my “Alone Among Angels”, and a

medley of two: “Then They Were Gone” and

“Midnight Watch”.

“I will use at least 4 different guitars, with various

tunings, which often includes, my Takamine Classical;

Ovation (black top Classical) Sammick Steel String

"Jumbo"; and last, but not least...my ‘Open Bodiles

frame and neck’ of a Classical ny-

lon string guitar made by Yamaha.

A lot of stuff to schlep around, but

the guitars are all tuned differ-

ently, look and sound different,

and nylon string guitars do not

take well to quick tuning change,

often going out of tune by the mid-

dle of the piece and steel strings

often break strings when doing a

lot of onstage retuning.” I do a fair

amount of techniques that allow

me to, with the use of various

“Iconoclassical” (as I’ve termed it)

‘reach overs’, ‘slap ons’, ‘hammer

ons’, ‘pull offs’ that allows the lis-

tener to experience playing two

parts of a song at once.

Euro has had the privilege of

studying or taking part in “Master

Classes” with Scottish Classical Guitarist David Rus-

sell, Rosewood Guitar founders Gary Bissirri and

Steve Novechek, and Brazilian jazz legend

Laurindo Almeida, of the LA 4.

Euro has 5 CDs out now, the first 3: The High

Road (1994), Eyes on the Horizon (2002), and Sou-

venir (2008) are all available on iTunes, Amazon, CD

Baby, Rhapsody, MP3 Tunes and Spotify – all will be

available at this year’s concert.

Joe Euro, Classical Guitarist Original Scores, Jazz, Improvisations & Ambient Music

CANDLELIGHT CONCERT Thursday, January 25, 7:00 PM

By Dan Purnell

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November 2017 Financial Report (annual budget is $170,000. $14,150 average needed per month)

Income $12,006.58 (4 Sundays) 76.57% of income budget

(November income also includes parsonage rent and candlelight concert income.)

Expenses $15,048.39 105.67% of expense budget

Difference $-3041.81

FINANCE COMMITTEE By Sally Helman

W ith just one month left in 2017, Trinity still

needs $18,246.61 to make our budgeted in-

come. But whereas our year to date income is low at

96.97%, our expenses are also slightly under budget at

99.56%. That coupled with the fact that December is

traditionally a higher income month, we expect to

make up some of the difference before the year

ends. Thank you all for the many ways you support

the ministry and community of Trinity.

Thank you, too, for trusting me with the honor of

serving as your Treasurer for the last 4+ years. Please

welcome Charlie Dick as he graciously takes on the

position in January!

quote, however, is from my dad, Psalm 121. Char’s is

the “For I know the Plans...” (Jeremiah 29:11.)

We’ve given up owning/restoring sailboats, and now

limit ourselves to the two extremes: kayaks and trans-

oceanic cruise ships. We hope to continue both activi-

ties as we both really like being on the water.

Because we’ve had multiple college degrees and ca-

reers, several spousal units, and past health issues,

we’ve focused on small towns, establishing volunteer

roles and physical exercise habits as the goals for this

new phase in our lives.

Knowing this, the Port Townsend Uptown area ap-

pealed to us because of the rain-shadow weather, and

the boating culture. We do enjoy the walks around

though we haven’t yet been active on the Hiking Club

routes. We just finished moving out of our Texas house

and have it on the market to sell. Charlie’s active on

the Cornerstone and Finance efforts and the Wooden

Boat Festival. I plan ito continue with UMW, AAUW,

and other church committee work.

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MUSIC & FELLOWSHIP

WAFFLES WITH WENDELL

WWW is taking a little break until the end

of the month.

TRINITY CHOIR

Trinity Choir provides WONDERFUL music

for our church family. Wednesday

rehearsals are 5:45 - 6:45 with Terry and

Diane. Come sing and be a part of this

fun ministry!

FRIDAY POTLUCK &

SING-ALONG AT CARLYN’S

Potlucks are at 6 PM on the last Friday of

(almost) every month, at Carlyn Stark's

House, 1237 Clay St. (Sept-May)

WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNER

We have a Church dinner served from 5-

6 PM on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of

(almost) every month for anyone who

would like to fellowship during the week.

Come and have dinner with us. A small

donation to help with costs is

appreciated. Thanks!

If you'd like to help with the dinners or TNT

(teen mentoring program), please

contact Pastor Tony.

T he New Year starts Monday January 1. We

can make resolutions and let go of what

happened last year. Start fresh! Get motivated!

January 15 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, when we remem-

ber once again his famous "I have a dream" speech. He said,

"Hate is too great a burden to bear".

Two full moons occur in January: the 1st and the 31st, with a

total lunar eclipse on the 31st, visible in Seattle at 5:29 am.

Some call the second one a "blue moon". The term "once in a

blue moon" is used for something rare.

JANUARY EVENTS 2018 By Molly Jacobson

Boiler Room Soup

On the third Sunday of each month, we pro-

vide soup for the Boiler Room. If you can help

with this any month, please sign up with

Marlene...we need

you!

HOMELESS SHELTER MEALS

On February 11, 12, and 13 we will be preparing lunches

and dinners for the homeless shelter. This is an AMAZING

way to help those with less than ourselves. Please consider

helping out.

Contact Marlene to lend a helping hand: 360-344-2423

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TRINITY TIMES MAILING LIST

We are updating our newsletter snail-

mailing list. Please let us know if you

would like to be added to or removed

from our mailing list.

trinityumc@olympus.net

ALZHEIMER’S ASSOC.

SUPPORT GROUPS

A free information and support group for

unpaid care partners, family members,

and friends is held the 2nd Monday of

each month 10:30 am-12 pm at Tri-Area

“Community Center, 10 West Valley Rd,

Chimacum. For more information, please

contact group facilitator, Linda Whiteside

at (206) 529-3875 or 1-800-848-7097.

W ell, TUMCers, we have quite a list of

accomplishments for 2017!

New Chairs in the Dogwood Room

New Candlelight Concert Sign

Church was Thermal Imaged so we can prevent heat es-

cape

Steeple Painted

Trees Trimmed

Fence installed between parsonage and neighbor

New gravel in parking lot

New waterproof flooring in part of the Nursery

A grand cleanup and clean out of the facility

Dedicated Music Room created

Fellowship Hall rearranged for better flow

Firefly Preschool flourishing in the Play School Room

That’s only the major things - lots of other tasks completed

also and several new things purchased like vacuums, copy

machine, coffee machine, etc.

So THANK YOU to everyone in this church family for your

contributions to preserving this historic building and further-

ing our service to the community.

Hope you have had a wonderfully blessed Christmas and

will find peace and joy in 2018!

TRUSTEES’ REPORT By Penny Vorster

GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR THE

HOMELESS

We raised $125 for McDonald’s gift

certificates for folks who are homeless.

We purchased 25 certificates for $5 each

and gave them to the homeless shelter

to distribute to those in need.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNERS AND

FELLOWSHIP

Come out on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 5 pm

for dinner and fellowship.

Please contact Pastor Tony if you would like to help.

You can make it more fun by partnering up with a

friend in the church.

Hope to see you on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays!

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Please remember these people

and their families in your prayers:

Wendell Ankeny, Marlene Betzel,

Juanita Campbell, Martha Crow,

Karin Davis, Diana Hall and

Family, Mary Hedberg, Phil

Johnson, Marge Luther, Rachel

Munoz, Lorraine Newman, Phyllis

Nielsen (Beth Mackey’s sister),

Joseph Purnell, Emily (Rivas),

Irene (Rivas), Julie (Rivas), Jim

Ryan, Carolyn Stillwell, and Carla

Williams. Please pray for healing

and support for our Trinity family,

friends, family members and all

those who are lonely, grieving, in

need, homeless or looking for

work and for peace in our world.

Also, remember in our prayers

all those in the military and pray

for all in harm’s way and for their

families and all those who have

lost loved ones to war.

Please pray for those innocents

who have died and those

affected by war and violence

throughout the world.

IN OUR

PRAYERS THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS — YOU KEEP TRINITY VIBRANT!

VISIT OUR VOLUNTEER SIGNUP CORNER! If you walk down the stairs you’ll see signup clipboards on the wall. You

can sign up there for Fellowship Friends, Wednesday Night Dinners, and

Worship Service. Thank YOU for all you do!

SUNDAY SERVICE

January 7

Liturgist: Jeff Krida

Greeters: Sheila Burrell

Ushers: George & Shirley Williams

Coffee: Nancy & Alan Stevens

Money Counters: Penny Vorster &

Marlene Colvin

January 14

Liturgist: Harvey Crow

Greeters: Vicki Long

Ushers: Dan & Donna Purnell

Coffee: Dan & Donna Purnell

Money Counters: Sally Helman and

Chris Walvatne

January 21

Greeters: Nancy & Alan Stevens

Ushers: Nancy & Alan Stevens

Coffee: Marlene Colvin

Money Counters: George Williams &

Dalene Edgar

January 28

Greeters: Mary Hedberg

Coffee: Marlene Colvin

Money Counters: Donna Abbott &

Harvey Crow

Master of Ceremonies: Dan Purnell

Money Counters: Marlene Colvin &

George Williams

CANDLELIGHT CONCERT

January 7

Epiphany Sunday

Isaiah 60:1-6

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 (UMH 795)

Ephesians 3:1-12

Matthew 2:1-12

Baptism of the Lord

Genesis 1:1-5

Psalm 29 (UMH 761)

Acts 19:1-7

Mark 1:4-11

January 14

2nd Sunday after the Epiphany

1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 (UMH 854)

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

John 1:43-51

January 21

3rd Sunday after the Epiphany

Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Psalm 62:5-12 (UMH 787)

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Mark 1:14-20

January 28

4th Sunday after the Epiphany

Deuteronomy 18:15-20

Psalm 111 (UMH 832)

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Mark 1:21-28

BIBLE READINGS

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Trinity United Methodist Church

609 Taylor St.

Port Townsend, WA 98368

Rev. Tony Brown, Pastor

Phone: 360-385-0484

Email: trinityumc@olympus.net

www.trinityumcpt.org

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Molly Jacobson, Nancy Carter

and Colleen Gawle.

Office Hours: 9 — noon

Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

609 Taylor Street

Port Townsend, WA 98368

Pray for Love, Peace, Justice

and Rebirth in the world.

Photos in this issue were submitted by

Pastor Tony, Dan Purnell,

and Jill Buhler.

Birthdays

1 Will Kenney

4 Margaret Finedell

4 Vicki Tallerico

9 Natalie Norvell

12 Randy Burnside

12 Glenda Holt

12 Joann Pope

16 Alan Stevens

21 Jeff Krida

21 Mary Weeding

24 Eli Allen

31 Lynn Zephryna

JANUARY