33 kids showed up for a fabulous time at our Parents Night Out last Friday!
Trinity Church and Preschool kids had a lot of fun that evening with our youth and adult volunteers while parents enjoyed an evening out!
Many thanks to all who served that night and the generous donations of families that will benefit Trinity Students and Kids ministries!
You are invited to a new casual Bible Study for this winter. It is called “Keep It Shut” written by Karen Ehman (she did the study “Listen, Love, Repeat” that we did a number of years ago). This will be a chance for us to have a good conversation about what the Bible says about the many ways we are to use our words and the times when we are to remain silent.
There is both a study guide and a book to read for this class. Here are the Amazon links to both. Please purchase both and have Week 1 ready/prepared before our first class on February 7th.
Paperback book:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310339642/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
Study Guide:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310819407/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
We will be meeting inside the church during these cold winter months with masks on. We are going to wait to start until the beginning of February to give Omicron a few more weeks to peak and hopefully go away! I will get back to you with a room number. The schedule will be Monday mornings at 9:30 AM on the following dates:
Week 1: Feb. 7
Week 2: Feb 14
Week 3: Feb 21
Week 4: Feb 28
We will take off March 7th due to private school and college spring break
Week 5: March 14
Week 6: March 21
This fall the Dillard Bible Study Group will be discussing Israel: Mission Impossible, Part One by Dr. James P. McCullough, Jr. A study in three parts of the early history of Israel and the Prophets, the divided kingdom and Jeremiah. Starting September 12 we will meet on Monday at 7 PM via Zoom. Contact Dianne Moore for more information.
During the weekend of November 12-14 Trinity Students hosted a Fall Retreat at Westview on the James in Goochland.
Thank you to all those who made this retreat possible through providing meals, leadership and the many ways you make youth at Trinity feel welcomed and a part of our church family.
Here’s what some of our youth had to say about their experience on Fall Retreat:
“Well this is my first retreat and it has been everything I needed to know about my life in 2 days. I feel I
have certainly grown stronger to God and have obtained a stronger relationship with God and my peers. I
hope to keep growing a stronger relationship with everyone in the church community and with God. This
weekend has been everything I needed. Thank you for sending us here and I hope to come on more retreats
in the future.”
“God has reminded me this weekend that I am not junk. I was created in the hands of a magnificent Creator
with purpose and with love. The God of love doesn’t compare me to anyone else. He has a seat for me at his
table with my name on it. My worth isn’t determined by my grades, beauty, talents, gifts that God I know
loves me beyond measure. This weekend is just what my heart, soul and spirit needed.”
“This weekend has actually been incredibly moving and special because of what we’ve talked about. I have
actually been struggling with some serious comparison problems about my body recently and the topics we
covered were really heartwarming and relieving. The fact that I’m not alone and that God has a different
standard of measurement is so moving for me and it has helped me switch my mindset some. I definitely
look at myself through a self-loathing point of view sometimes and learning about humility and how I
should replace those self-loving thoughts with thoughts that have humility really got me thinking about
how I can change the way I see myself through God.”
God is working in the lives of our youth here at Trinity UMC. Praise God!
Thank you for all the ways you support and encourage Trinity Students!
Transit is designed for kids in 4th and 5th grades, and takes place at the church from 5-6:30pm. A typical evening includes dinner, games, activities and a short devotion. Transit’s goal is to provide a place for kids in this age group to connect with their peers and begin building important friendships that will help them transition into middle school and our student ministry at Trinity.
Scheduled dates:
To sign up for Transit, please register here. Friends are welcome and encouraged to attend as well.