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Trinity Presbyterian Church
367 Cranbury Rd
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
(732) 257-6636
Fax: (732) 257-0150

PCUSA

[Monmouth Presbytery]
Today at Trinity
July 30, 2010





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Life at Trinity

Growing disciples of Christ who know God, love God, and serve God...

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORSHIP & PRAYER

We invite you to join us for worship this July, as we gather to thank and serve the Lord in our air-conditioned sanctuary at our 9:30 a.m. Sunday services.  All are truly welcome; we do hope you'll join us.


OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH & FELLOWSHIP

Sunday school for children and youth is a vital means of growing disciples who understand the depths of God's love for us.  While Sunday school has ended for the 2009-2010 school year, it will be returning with an even richer program on Rally Day, Sept. 12.  Until then, to learn more about Trinity's exciting Christian Education program, please click here

Sunday morning Adult Education enables adult disciples to grow in their understanding of all the blessings and responsibilities faith imparts.  While the Sunday morning Adult Christian Education program takes a break until Rally Day, Sept 12., please  click here for more information. 

Small Groups - Have an interest you'd like to share?  Have a question you'd like to explore?  Desiring deeper fellowship?  Feeling called to use your gifts in significant ways?  Click here to explore Trinity's Small Group Ministry.

Women At The Well (WATW) - All women of the church (members & visitors alike) are invited to join in the rich fellowship of Trinity's women's group, which meets every second and fourth Sunday of the month followship worship.  WATW enjoys fun, creative, and spiritually formative events throughout the year, including retreats, trips, dinners, and other celebrations. 


OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARING & SERVICE

FISH (a local network of Family Promise's Interfaith Hospitality Network) - Trinity has recently covenanted to become a "host" church for the FISH (IHN) network, which seeks to help situationally homeless families find sustainable employment and housing.  What a blessing it is to be able to offer the gifts of our time and space to this powerful ministry (which has an 80% success rate)!  As such, 4 times a year Trinity hosts up to 14 guests (all of whom are rigorously screened families with children or single women) for one week, providing shelter, food, and companionship during their stay.  Trinity's is next hosting FISH the week of August 22 - 29.  To learn more about FISH and IHN, please click here.  To explore how you can actively help to fight poverty and homelessness throughout Trinity's participation in FISH, please see Trinity's FISH coordinators, Debbie O'Halloran and Susan Kaczmarek.

Serving Soup - Trinity has prepared and served meals at Elijah's Promise Soup Kitchen for over 10 years. Join the 10-12 people who give to those in need - 2nd Wednesday each month. We either depart the Church parking lot at 4:30 PM in a car pool or meet at the Kitchen. There, we prepare the food and serve around 150 men, women and children. Call Bob Sullivan or see any member of Mission. Some of the Trinity volunteers enjoy a fellowship afterwards at a local diner.

Sing & Share - Trinity and St. Bart's host a sing-along the third Friday at Sunrise Assisted Care, Summerhill Rd. at 7 PM. Join us in a travel down memory lane as we sing favorite show tunes from the mid-20th century. Residents enjoy some refreshments and fellowship afterwards.  Please join us - no special voice requirements needed. Contact Dottie Spengel.

Donate Clothing - The Mission Commission is collecting career clothing in new or gently used condition for donation to the New Brunswick based Hire Attire, a center that provides adult hands-on retails sales experience, combined with work related skills, diploma preparation, workplace readiness skills and job placement experience. Other organizations who provide job placement as well, issue scrip for purchase of the clothing at Hire Attire.  Please help the clients of the many organizations gain employment in the work force.  Please call the Church Office if you have any suitable work clothing.


PASTOR'S THOUGHTS

Dear Friends,

Last month, I shared how important connectionalism is to Presbyterianism.  In essence, we believe we can’t (and shouldn’t try) to be Christians by ourselves.  We know we don’t know it all; that we don’t have all the right answer or all the right gifts.  We thus also know we need to hear the voice of the Spirit speaking through others.  We need to see gifts of the Spirit alive and at work in others. 

Thus, our Presbyterian way of life inherently seeks to connect us to other Presbyterians.  It does this first by connecting all churches (and church members) into a regional body known as the presbytery.  Trinity’s...More

An Introduction to Trinity
and Pastor Rob Carter

VERSE OF THE DAY Provided by The International Bible Society

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:15-17 NIV Listen

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Garbage Island
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The other day I ran across a troubling report about people who think it is acceptable to use the ocean as a giant garbage dump. Here is an excerpt: “If you should see this amazing floating pile of plastic in the Pacific Ocean, it’s called ‘The Great Pacific Garbage...More

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