Trinity MCC Church - Gainesville, Florida

Pastoral Ponderings

Dear Trinity Members and Friends:

 Remember our service time, beginning this Sunday, April 6, is now 11:00AM. The choir will meet for their warm-up at 10:15, fellowship hour will be at noon, and the Trinity Lunch Club will gather shortly after that.  Many of you have expressed your happiness about trying this, so I look forward to hearing and seeing how it works for us.  Mark your calendars now!  This is the week.

 We are wonderfully blessed at Trinity with a number of faithful service volunteers.  These volunteers serve as readers, prayer ministers, prayer leaders, greeters, acolytes, choir members, and in a variety of other roles.  We’re always seeking additional volunteers to join us, so if you’re interested, please contact Barbara Grimes, who provides our service volunteer schedule each month.  Also, and important reminder that if you are on the schedule and find that you cannot complete your task, it is your responsibility to provide a replacement and notify us in advance.  Thank you very much for your service to Trinity.

 Now some really good news.  God has blessed us again with the abundant offering we need to cover the expenses from last week’s emergency repair on the church grounds.  I wrote and let you know we were $941 short of the funds we needed to cover the $2,000 repair.  We asked you again on Sunday morning to help us cover the expense we made on faith, believing that you would.  I’m very pleased to let you know that we collected $1040, a little less than $100 MORE than we needed to cover the expense.  Thanks to all of you who showed your ongoing commitment to the ministry of Trinity by supporting us in this way.  Let’s all pray together that these repairs hold up for many years to come.

 Since April is here, our Holy Week and Easter celebration seems close at hand.  Please mark these special dates on your calendar now: Palm Sunday April 13 Normal Service Schedule, Potluck luncheon & Board  Meeting PALM SUNDAY

Good Friday April 18 7:00PM Good Friday Service with  Jes Morgan

 Easter Sunday April 20 9:00AM  Early Service with Jes Morgan

 9:45AM  Potluck Breakfast

 11:00AM Easter Worship Celebration

Watch for more about these dates in our Trinity publications.

 Trinity is a church that is committed to spreading the message of God’s inclusive love.  We try to make that our focus in all of our activities together.  Thanks to each one of you who participates in the life of our church each week.  We’re in this together.  Have a wonderful week.

Very Fondly,

Rev. Dr. Jim Merritt

Pastor