Christian Nurture at Trinity
Christian Nurture Chair: Martha Strickland
Christian education at Trinity encompasses opportunities for learning more and more about our Christian heritage, the Word, and what it means to live as God's special people in the world around us, growing stronger in our faith at all ages in the spectrum of life. We offer programs for the children and youth, for the college student, and for adults in the congregation. Our learning opportunities are not limited to our membership but include an open door to all who are searching and seeking the Truth.
Adult Ministry
Trinity offers a variety of programs for adults under the coordination of Brad and Andrea Schlomer. These include:
Adult Sunday Schools Classes
The Concord Class (Cokesbury Adult Bible Series)
The Fellowship Class (Cokesbury Adult Bible Series)
The Young Adults Class (topical)
Ushers and Greeters
Ruth Cabiness is coordinator of the ushers and greeters of the Sunday worship service, and she is very grateful for volunteers. When you perform this valuable service, you gain more than you give in that you get to meet and know most everybody in the congregation if you engage in the exuberant greeting practices of Bill Scarbrough and Henry DeVasher.
The Church Library
The church Library is located on the first floor of the Education Wing. Resources include a wide range of Christian literature, reference material, lesson material, Bibles and just about anything in the print media that you might need to grow your Christian insight and faith. Your donations of books, charts, atlases and software are heartily solicited and would help to maintain the usefulness of this valuable resource. The Librarian is Wimbreth Chism.
Trinity Archives
Youth Ministry
Trinity's youth program, coordinated by Beth Sherrill, provides our teens and sub-teen youth an opportunity to have fun-filled fellowship and practical experiences in discipleship and "doing unto others." Some years, the program is directed by a member of the ministerial staff, and in other years, Beth is ably assisted by volunteer Youth Directors who are service-oriented University students. This is one such year in which Jennifer Brown and Michelle Dunning provide co-directorship.
The programs include retreats, the Discovery Program and service projects, including one which was featured on UMTV--a web-based national United Methodist news program.
Jen Michelle
Sandy Wilson Diane Dyer
Children's Ministry
Where do the children go when they are excused from the 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning worship service after the Children's Moment? What do they do after Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner? Well, that's what Sandy Wilson and Dianne Dyer do for our church. They direct the programs for the younger age children--Sunday School, the Care & Share Club and Children's Moment/Children's Church and Vacation Bible School.
Music/Drama
Kathryn Cooper Chuck Taylor
Sunday School Superintendency
Confirmation
Wednesday Night Programs
Study Hour follows the Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner, beginning at 6:15 p.m. There are generally three programs offered to adults and one for children--The Care & Share Club. Annette Watters coordinates this Christian education fest, lining up the speakers and frequently participating as a presenter, using her knowledge of church history, biblical archeology and church art.
The Wednesday Night adult education programs include:
A spiritual topic
A bible study
A crafts workshop
New this year, the bible study consists of an open discussion seminar based on the prior Sunday's sermon. In this informal, relaxed setting, members of the congregation have their opportunity to dialog with the pastor on the points made in the sermon, and the session ends with a discussion of how to apply the lessons learned to our lives.
Nursery Ministry
For all church events, especially the Christian nurture programs, there are those who make it possible for the moms and dads to enjoy the event, knowing that their toddler children are being supervised in the nursery by trained caretakers. Missy Head recruits and orients the loving nursery attendants who are certified in infant child care.
Family Ministry
Sarah Caldwell Ruth Cabiness
Church History and Archives
Want to see a picture of Andy Hinson with hair? Or, how about a picture of the old Brandon Memorial Methodist Church, Trinity’s immediate predecessor? The history of Trinity is well-documented, and the organization of this voluminous material is the work of the Archives committee under the direction of Sarah Caldwell and Ruth Cabiness. If you like to “scrapbook” or would want to help preserve the present events so that future Trinitarians will know their past history, please volunteer.