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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
February 9, 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 warmly invite you to join us as we gather to worship God this Sunday, February 7, at our 10:15 a.m. service.  We will continue exploring the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry, according to Luke 5: 1-11, as Christ calls his very first disciples.  And yet, according to Luke, there is no actual "call."  All Jesus says is, “From now on, you’ll be catching people.”  What do "calls" reall look like?  Sound like?  And what does it take to leave everything behind to follow someone (and something) so unknown—so new? 

We will also celebrate the sacrament of our Lord’s Supper on this first Sunday of the month that, together, we may be nourished by Christ’s eternal gifts of love and grace. 

So please join us as we celebrate God's grace alive and within us!  All are welcome.


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.  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.  For more information, please click here

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 December 13-19.  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,

Have you been to The Well lately?  I hope you have (!), but just in case you haven’t, first let me offer a reminder of just what, exactly, The Well is. 

In its truest form, The Well is Trinity’s attempt to help members dive into what is so desperately needed for discipleship—soul nourishment.  It stems from key questions, like:  how do disciples learn how to live a spiritually healthier life?  What steps can disciples take to grow closer to God and one another?  As there are no how-to manuals on spiritual formation, the truth is, many disciples do not feel well-equipped to nurture their own spiritual formation and...More


An Introduction to Trinity
and Pastor Rob Carter

VERSE OF THE DAY Provided by The International Bible Society

Psalm 139:13-18
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you. Psalm 139:13-18 NIV Listen

[Our Daily Bread] [shim]
In Praise Of Slowness
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The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness. —2 Peter 3:9

If there were a contest for most popular virtue, I suspect that “fast” would beat “best.” Many parts of the world seem to be obsessed with speed. The “fast” craze, however, is getting us...More
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