Sunday’s Coming ~ February 21, 2016

This week, I’m beginning five weeks in the Gospel of John.  We’ll be walking with Jesus and his disciples during the night before he died.  In five chapters (John 13-17), in just a 2-3 hour span, Jesus gives his final words.  

We’re calling this worship series, “Before I go…”  If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do today?  

Easter Lilies

Trinity will be having our annual memorial of lilies on Easter Sunday. You may also contribute a lily in honor of someone special to you. The ordering deadline is March 9th. Your name and the name of the person in whose memory or honor the lily is given will be published in the bulletin on Easter morning. You may take …

Sunday School Snip-It (February 14, 2016)

David was the youngest of eight sons. After God had rejected Saul as king, God sent Samuel to find the next king of Israel. God directed Samuel to anoint David as the next king. Soon David was taking food to his brothers and ran across a battle line with a giant named Goliath. David took five smooth stones—and the power …

Sunday’s Coming ~ February 14, 2016

This week is a very, very special week.  We welcome as our preacher Rev. Ann Bilbrew.  She is an amazing person who has touched several of our members with her passion for prayer, her compassion for people, and her over-flowing joy in the Lord.  She will preaching on the Lord’s Prayer today.  

Sunday School Snip-It (February 7, 2016)

Saul continued his pattern of sin. This week in The Gospel Project, your kids heard a story of how God responded to Saul’s continued failure. God had placed Saul in the position of king, but due to Saul’s folly and failure, God commanded that he would only rule for a short time until another was given his throne. Samuel delivered God’s …

Guest Preacher ~ Rev. Ann Bilbrew ~ Prayer

I’m pretty sure you’re going to laugh and cry and be deeply moved.  I first met Rev. Ann Bilbrew at a dicsipleship training event in Dallas, along with Pastors Bob and Ben, and elders Michelle and Barb. Ann’s contagious love for Jesus, deep spirituality, and spunky prophetic voice encouraged our own journeys in rich ways.  We love her so much, …

Funeral Help ~ Mert Vander Broek Service

We express our sympathies to Helen Vander Broek and family for the loss of her husband, Mert Vander Broek, who passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2016, at the Orange City Area Health System. There will be a memorial service on Monday, February 8, at 9:30am, at the Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City. A private burial will be held …

Sunday’s Coming ~ February 7, 2016

The words the Apostle Paul has for us this week are powerful. As with the previous sermons in our series on Romans 12, Paul lays out rules for living; instructions for how to get along with each other and how to thrive in a world of competing cultures and allegiances. And I hate to ruin the ending for you this week, but I just need to say this: the only way we have even a chance at living the way Paul suggests here in Romans 12, the only way we can make this work, is if we fall on the mercies of God in Jesus Christ and trust that the Holy Spirit will do a work in us that will produce the kind of lifestyle and community that’s prescribed in this passage. That’s the only way. We have to trust that the blood of Jesus is sufficient to do away with all our sin and that through God’s mighty act of reconciliation we can begin to realize a new kind of life – a life that has been transformed.

Uganda 2016 Summer Mission Opportunity

We’re making plans for a June 5 to June 20 mission experience with our partner in Uganda.  Pastor Jon will be leading this group.  Our primary purpose will be to walk with our brothers and sisters as they minister in the name of Jesus in Uganda.  Our partner is Words of Hope Uganda, a radio ministry that broadcasts the Gospel …

Ash Wednesday Service

Trinity will be having an Ash Wednesday service on February 10, 2016 from 6:30-7:30pm in the sanctuary. All are welcome for a time of worship, confession, prayer, and the imposition of ashes. Children’s and Youth Ministry students will lead this service.