Welcome our new Youth Worker, Christopher Tabisz!

Trinity Church welcomes Christopher Tabisz, a graduate student in German at UW Madison, as our new Youth Worker. Chris grew up a Presbyterian in Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland in 2010. He has experience counseling at the Concordia summer language camp and did campus ministry at the University of Maryland. Chris is fluent in German, French, Spanish and Dutch and was a Fulbright Teaching Assistant in Schonebeck, Germany last year.

Chris will begin teaching a Sunday School class for 6th – 10th graders starting on November 13th. He will teach on Dec. 11th, January 15th and February 12 and other dates to be announced. Chris will also plan and lead a monthly outing for the youth. Watch the web site and bulletin for details about the first outing which will be scheduled in December. — Please join me in welcoming Chris Tabisz to Trinity UMC on November 13th. – Pastor Marianne

Trinity’s Trick-or-Tailgate!

From 4-7pm on Halloween (10/31), we’ll be celebrating and reaching out to the neighborhood right here in Trinity’s parking lot! Lots of activities are planned, including:

• Face painting
• Pumpkin decorating
• Car decoration contest (Bring your car, park it, and decorate as spooky as you can!)
• Costume contest
• Pumpkin-carving contest (Create your best jack-o-lantern during fellowship time on 10/30 to show off to your church friends! Bring your own pumpkin if you’re able.)

Please bring candy to pass out to neighborhood trick-or-treaters and trinity kids. We will also be grilling hot dogs for the event. Contest winners will be announced at the end, and the winners will receive a delicious prize! Download a flyer here: Trick-or-Trunk

Dear Friends in Christ at Trinity UMC,

United Methodist pastors get four weeks of vacation a year. You may wonder, “If Pastor Marianne just got here three and a half months ago, why is she taking vacation now?” I am going to India with my life’s partner Jim, and we’re traveling now in order to avoid the monsoon rains. We are celebrating the many gifts God has given us through our 26 years together!

Why India? In the 1970′s Satish Gyan, a Methodist Church of India pastor, came as a missionary to Wisconsin. Jim got to know Satish that year and then was part of a young adult group Satish led to India. Satish (now retired) will be our tour guide as we travel to Dehli, Kanpur (for a family wedding), Benares, and Dehradun. We will also spend time with Satish’s brother who serves a Methodist congregation in the foothills of the Himalayas.

We will fly out of O’Hare the evening of October 23rd and return Thursday, November 10th. God willing, I will be with you all at the Fall Dinner on November 11th. In the meantime, you’ll be in the capable hands of Mark Saltzman and Bob Jones (who are available for pastoral care) and Sara in the office (who will handle all other questions). I will be holding you all in my prayers, and ask that you do the same for me!

Welcome to Trinity!
I’d like to introduce to you Jaime Borotz, our new Sunday School Teacher! Jaime is a UW student majoring in Elementary Education and Spanish, is fluent in Spanish, and has experience teaching children in a church setting. She will be teaching the children ages 7 through 11 three Sundays a month. Jaime’s first Sunday with us will be October 9th! Welcome, Jamie! Greetings! — Pastor Marianne

Hello from Jaimie…
My name is Jaime Borotz and I will be the new Sunday school teacher at Trinity United Methodist Church. I am a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying Elementary Education and Spanish. I have experience teaching kindergarten through middle school students in a variety of educational settings. I have a lot of experience working with children and youth for both Sunday school and Confirmation classes.

One of my passions is art. I worked at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts as an art teacher for elementary school students and I still love to paint and sculpt. In addition to art, I am passionate about Spanish. I taught English and studied abroad in Guatemala. I am really looking forward to being a part of your community and to meeting all of you.

Blessings,
Jaime Borotz