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CALENDAR
5/16
7-8pm, Jonah Bible Study
5/19
10am, Youth outing at Vilas (bike ride and picnic)
5/20
Trinity Singers, Sunday School, Trinity Shares Auction
5/22
5:45-6:45pm, Centering Prayer Group (Conference Room)
5/21-28
Pastor Marianne on vacation
YOGA CLASSES
Fridays at 4:30pm. Bring a yoga mat (small rug or towel will do). Please wear comfortable clothing. Contact: Bethany Alwa.
LOOKING AHEAD TO WORSHIP…
May 20 Parable of Prodigal Son
May 27 Jen Southworth preaches
June 3 Bishop Linda Lee’s Ordination Service
June 10 Bluegrass Service
BIBLE STUDY GROUP
All are invited to a Bible study on the Book of Jonah Defyingly, I Worship Thee, led by Robert Jones. It will be held on Wednesday evenings, May 16 & May 23, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the upstairs Conference Room. The group may also decide to meet on June 6th as well. Come explore the struggle between Jonah and God with an emphasis on understanding Jonah’s motives. Questions? Contact Bob Jones.
IN THE MAIL…
Dear Trinity Church,
On behalf of the United Students Against Sweatshops, I want to thank you once again for your hospitality during our National Conference in Madison, Feb 17-18. Without your generous hospitality it would be impossible for us to continue our important work, so we sincerely appreciate your support. Please find enclosed a donation to the church. THANK YOU! – George Robertson
Dear Trinity UMC Young Adults,
Thank you so much for volunteering an afternoon in our food pantry garden. We truly appreciate your hard work. Thanks to you, we were able to plant cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, carrots, spinach, collards, and more. All these plants will eventually give us produce that we can take to our food pantry here at the Center. We couldn’t have had such a successful and productive start to the growing season without your help.
Feel free to stop by the Center sometime in a couple of months to see where the veggies you planted ended up (and maybe taste a few samples)! — Sincerely, Laura Green (Catholic Multicultural Center)
(See pictures here!)
JEN SOUTHWORTH IN PULPIT
On Sunday, May 27, we welcome Jen Southworth (Trinity Member and student at Wesley Theological Seminary) to the pulpit! Come and hear Jen’s Pentecost message!
YOUTH OUTING
On Saturday, May 19, Trinity Youth will go on a bike ride and have a picnic at Vilas Park. All youth through 7th grade up are welcome. Contact Chris if you can come (tabisz@wisc.edu).
BLUEGRASS MUSIC SERVICE – JUNE 10
“Keep on the Sunny Side” – Bluegrass Music for Traveling the Faith Journey. Sunday, June 10 at 10:00 a.m. here at Trinity Church! Join us for an all Bluegrass music service performed by “Bluegrass Collective” – Shauncey Ali, Dale Ward, Chris Powers, and Pat Spaay
Mark your calendars! Invite your friends! Can you help with distributing flyers about this service around campus and in the neighborhood? If so please let Julie Stalheim know. Thanks.
JARS FOR JESUS
Quart jars were distributed earlier this year to raise money for conference apportionments. We are making apportionment giving our number one mission giving priority to ensure we pay 100% in 2012. Thank you for helping make this possible through putting your spare change in your Jar for Jesus. Any time between now and June 10th you are invited to bring in your Jars for Jesus.
You can either…
1.) Bring your full jar in, and pick up an empty to fill again (OR)
2.) Take your jar to a bank, credit union, or place that has a coin counting machine. Convert the coins to currency and bring in the money, keeping your empty jar to start filling again.
In both instances, please make sure your contribution is clearly labeled with your name and the purpose for which it is given so that our offering counters can include these funds in your quarterly giving statement. (We will put out another call to bring in your jars at the end of the year.)
Questions? Please speak to Dave Jahr, Treasurer.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN-GATHERING
Every year the Mid-West Distribution Center of United Methodist Committee on Relief invites congregations from all over Wisconsin to participate in an in-gathering. Supplies needed for health kits, flood relief, emergency supplies of all kinds are received and loaded onto trucks at Annual Conference. These are then available for Volunteers in Mission teams to bring them to folks in need throughout the year. This year Laura Graves our Annual Conference representative is asking us to bring in items for bedding kits. You may bring in a full kit or one or two items. The deadline is May 30th. (Annual Conference begins May 31st and ends the afternoon of June 3rd). Thank you!
Annual Bedding Kit: 2 flat double-bed sheets, 2 pillowcases, 2 pillows. (All items should be new and unused and in plastic bags – the bags in which they are packaged from the manufacturer are fine.)