We are placing a great emphasis on Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations. There will be a sermon series beginning on September 28. Beginning Wednesday, September 24, there will be a class on these five practices from 6:30 to 7:30 in the chapel. Everyonw is called to participate by sharing in worship but also reading a devotional book called “Cultivating Fruitfulness.” We want every household to have a book where each member reads daily readings (1-2 pages) for five weeks beginning Monday, SEptember 22. The books are free for everyone. if you would like to help cover the cost of the books, donations of any size will be accepted.

For those who would like to read more, you can get the book Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations by Robert Schnase. If you are interested in getting a copy of this book, email the church office and we can get a copy for you.

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Jesus commanded his disciples to become “fishers of people.” Beginning April 6th, we will go on a fishing expedition of our own, through a six-week study called “Christianity and World Religions: Wrestling With Questions People Ask.”

This special church wide event will include worship, sermons, and small-group studies; and we are making a special effort to invite people from the community to join us. The study is being publicized through The Smithfield Times and flyers posted throughout the community. Two new study groups will be formed to welcome our guests. There is a day-time study at 10:30 am and an evening study at 6:30 pm, and both will meet on Wednesdays. Please invite your neighbors and friends to join us.

“Christianity and World Religions” is based on a video-based study of the same name created by the Reverend Adam Hamilton, founding pastor of the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. Topics include:

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Islam
• Judaism
• Christianity

For more information on this special event contact the church office at 357-3659 or visit the church. To sign up for the class use the “Opportunity” section of the bulletin or send an email to trinityumcsmithfield@verizon.net.

As we continue to refine and improve this website, I’ll post some updates for those of you who are interested.

Recently, we added sermon texts to the website here. We are investigating adding audio files of the sermons, too.

A while back, we added a calendar to the site, available here. I’m trying to keep this updated; we’ll add a feature so that users can email updates easily to the site easily.

More updates as they happen!

bob

Greetings web users!

I’ve had a successful day of coding and was able to incorporate this Blog into the MyTrinity.org website.  Look here for future Pastor’s Epistles and other narrative messages that are suitable for web delivery.

Should you have any questions or comments, please give me a yell at legweak at legweak dot org.

Be well,

bob