VOL 44 ISSUE 10 OCTOBER 2016

Dear friends,

When I was a church planter in Richmond, Virginia, we used to remind our-selves that “the fruit of the apple tree is not apples, but more apple trees!”

Now, our son Rusty, who took over as lead pastor at WFC - Winona Friends Church, where Marilee and I pastored for 16 years, is leading that church in its sec-ond church birthing Previously, on July 12, 2015, Rusty and WFC birthed their first cross-cultural church in Louisville, Kentucky. Rusty has worked with a group of Burundi, African-Americans to connect them with EFC-ER (our denomination) in the planting of this church. This group of about 30 Burundian Christian refugees here in America had been part of Friends’ Churches in Burundi before they had to escape the country due to violence and genocide. That church is growing success-fully (they had 70 in a service recently!), even though it has a long ways to go yet.

Now, on Sunday, October 9, 2016, Rusty and WFC will again help birth a new Burundi-American church - this time in Atlanta, Georgia. There is a core group of about 25 in this church plant, and it has some excellent leadership. One attended our Friends’ Bible College in Burundi and already has pastoral experience. Rusty and WFC are committed to helping them get established and mature as a church.

I challenge us as WFC’s sister church, to join in supporting this kickoff on October 9 in Atlanta. Let’s commit to PRAY for this exciting venture. And let’s celebrate their birthing in our worship service here at TFC on that day.

Your friend,

November 13-16, 2015

District Rally

Guest Minister Jeremy Liles is a very ener-getic performer who loves the Lord with all his heart, soul, mind and strength. Jeremy sings and plays the guitar and harmonica. He plays well known songs you hear on Christian radio as well as original songs from his debut album entitled "New Man". His music ap-peals to all ages from 5 to 105, but most importantly, his songs will encourage you as well as bring you into the presence of the Lord.

BIO: Playing music and singing since he could talk, Jeremy grew up in a Christian home. At age 16 he turned his back on God and went from playing music in the church to playing music in nightclubs and bar rooms. After making many mistakes and bad decisions, he found himself at rock bottom. Then on November 4, 2011, Jeremy surrendered his life to Jesus Christ. In 2014, God called him to the music ministry full-time. Jeremy has opened up for CCA acts such as Un-spoken, Mikes Chair and more. He travels all over Ohio and nearby states telling his testimony and sing-ing songs of Jesus and His amazing grace, mercy and love. District Rally at Trinity Friends Church Sunday PM, October 9, 2016 at 5:00 pm Come enjoy the ministry of God’s Word

through music! Children’s and Youth Programs Provided Food and Fellowship at about 6:15 pm No PM Service in Sanctuary

President of Harvest Prayer Ministries, David is a much sought after conference speaker both nationally and internationally. He serves on several Boards of Directors and commit-tees focused on prayer, revival and evangelism.

THRIVENT FINANCIAL SEMINARS Parents, Kids and Money Matters® workshop

TV, movies, websites, friends … all can affect your kids’ attitudes about life—and money. Find out how to talk to your kids about influences, choices and responsi-ble money habits. Join us for a free educational workshop. Parents, Kids and Money Matters is designed specifically for parents and their children ages 6 to 10. The workshop will help you: 1) Reflect on the values you want your kids to learn. 2)Teach your kids about money and values. 3) Learn practical tools to make teaching about money fun. The 50-minute workshop will be presented by Thrivent Financial representative Pastor Wayne Karges, Sunday, November 6, from Noon to 1:20 PM. complimentary lunch will be provided. Sign up for this free event at the Connection Booth by Sunday, October 16 and reserve your spot today.

Someone wants your identity. Protect it. Do you know if your personal information is safe? Are you certain? Every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. will become a victim of identity fraud. Don’t become a statistic. Take an easy step to protect yourself by attending a free educational workshop, Identity Theft: What You Need to Know. The work-shop was created by Thrivent Financial to help you learn: 1) How identity theft can occur. 2) How to take steps to prevent it. 3) What to do if your identity is stolen. Sign up for this free workshop today! Sunday, October 30 from Noon to 1:30PM. A complimentary lunch will be provided. Register at the Connection Booth.

We are gearing up for our 15th season of Upward Basketball & Cheerleading. There will be several opportunities for you to be involved in the upcoming season. Please start pray-ing for our new season. We would like to reach out to as many families as we can. Here is your first opportunity. We have 50 posters advertising our league. Feel free to pick one up from the Connec-tion Booth. Write down your name and location for the poster. Please ask for permission before put-ting the posters up in public places. Brochures will go out in a few weeks. You can register players at http://registration.upward.org/UPW62525. You can also access online registration from the church website. Thanks for helping to advertise our league.

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The Great Pumpkin Festival Donations needed: Apples Apple Cider Popcorn Pumpkins Bales of Straw Candy Corn Prizes for kids (Contact Kylie Owens)

Senior Friends We will be traveling to The Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum on October 6th. The bus will leave at 9AM and we will be stopping af-terward at Bob Evans for lunch. Please sign up in the foyer! MEN’S FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST The monthly Men’s Fellowship Breakfast meets in the Fireside Room the third Sat-urday of the month @ 7AM. Please join us as we continue to evolve men’s ministries here at TFC. Our time together includes a donuts, coffee & brief Bible study. We encourage you to give input about sched-ules and events for the men at TFC. Community Thanksgiving Dinner, Volunteers Needed Thursday, November 24 12 noon - 2:00 PM Family Life Center For those who are homeless, alone, or in need of a helping hand. Invite a friend to come out for a time of praise to our Lord for His goodness with good food, and fel-lowship. SIGN UP IN THE FOYER SOON TO HELP SERVE AND RECEIVE A BLESS-ING!!

Saturday, October 29 @ 7 PM with the Guardians

It should come as no surprise that an adversary fit to be called the "god of this world" and the "power of darkness" is a force to be reckoned with. And so he is. In The Great Deceiver explore a being so diabolical he will stop at nothing to separate us from God.

Hosted by Pastor Michael Newman (Death ... Then What?), this four-session Men's NetWork Bible study examines the most perverse character in Scripture: Satan. "Beast," "accuser" and "evil one," this "roaring lion" as the apostle Peter calls him, is adept at changing his appearance and cunning in his deceit. Popular culture may portray the devil as a cartoon character in a red jumpsuit, as need-ing our sympathy, or has having gone down to Georgia, but those characteriza-tions only muddy the waters.

Join us for a four week study of our adversary Satan, in the Fireside room Wednesdays' at 7pm as we uncover some of the tricks of The Great Deceiver.

YFC is in search of an Administrator Assistant. It would be a part time job with flexible hours. Duties would include mailings, office/clerical duties, donor management, YFC stat compliance, data entry and book keeping. If interested mail resume to West Ohio Youth For Christ PO Box 422 Van Wert, Attention John Wanner Executive Director.

West Ohio Food Bank will be in our east parking lot, Saturday, October 1 at 8:30 AM, passing out free food boxes! Until supplies run out!

Soldiers Need Your Prayers (and so do their mommas!) Isaiah Longwell, Noah Smith and Landon Goins are our new Soldiers In Training! With our Army Branch, Isaiah shipped to Ft Benning , GA. September 19. Noah Smith will ship to Ft Jackson this month on the 9th and Landon, Navy, will ship this month also to his base (location was not known at the time this went to print)… Please be in prayer for them and their families. We’d appreciate it.

A New Women's Small Group Bible Study

New Mitten Tree Director- Kathy Bolenbaugh has so faithfully manned the Mitten Tree Ministry single handed for years. She has done such a wonderful job! (Thank you, Kathy!) We are going to miss her. But she will be handing the reigns over to Karen Ladd, who is stepping up to fill that ministry need. (Thank you, Karen!) Watch for the tree to go up in November!

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Arun & Shobha Massey Serving India

Why We Are Here In southern India, many poor people at the bottom of the Hindu religious caste system live in dread of a goddess called Yellamma. One of the ways they try to appease her is to dedicate their daughters to her service as temple prostitutes — devadasis. A girl, usually about 13 or 14 years old, is brought to the temple and ceremonially married to the god-dess’s idol. Forbidden to marry anyone else, she is now a devadasi. A wealthy man can pay extra for the right to deflower her, and afterward she becomes public property, duty-bound to satisfy the lust of any man who pays. With no social security system, she will likely dedicate any children she has into temple prostitution to support her in her old age, creating a cycle that can last for generations.

How it all started People thought Arun and Shobha Massey were crazy when they left their jobs, but the Lord had given them a mission. They had been moved by a documentary on the plight of elderly devadasis. Shobha remembered seeing temple prostitutes come to her door begging for food when she was a child. The way the devadasis lived without hope for this life or the next affected her deeply. As Arun and Shobha prayed over the situation, they saw a newspaper report about how the Indian government had failed in all its attempts to bring women out of the devadasi system. Where the government failed, Shobha knew God would succeed. Confident God was calling them to do something, Arun and Shobha quit good jobs and started Caring Hands. They didn’t have any financial support but they did have faith in God’s promises. The ministry grew and now cares for over 3,000 women and children

JOIN US SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2016 at TFC

In One Meeting time is from 7 – 8pm (fellowship time from 8– 8:30) This year will be doing our meeting on Wednesday night for the week’s new topic. I will then give each family the devotional for the week which deals with the topic discussed during our meet-ing time. Parents &teens (grades 6-12)

Youth Group “A Cry for Help” – S.O.S. (Surviving Our Space)

Sundays from 7 to 8:00 (fellowship time from 8– 8:30)

SORROW WORRY MORE FAITH DISAPPOINTMENT BITTERNESS SIN DANGER LONELINES FEAR DEPRESSION PEACE REST

FRIENDSHIP HAPPINESS MEAN PEOPLE PRAYER WITNESSING COURAGE GOD’S IS DISTANCE GOD IS BIGGER

IN CASE OF SEVERE WEATHER In the event that severe weather should threaten while our church facilities are occupied, the following locations have been determined to be our safest areas: First, the downstairs hallway of the education wing on the northeast end of the building. When this area is filled, use the east first floor classrooms. Next, the north-south pre-school hallway of the Family Life Center may be used, along with the rest-rooms and locker rooms. As a last resort, the Youth Room (original sanctuary) may be used. No one should remain in the sanctuary, gymnasium, Fireside Room, kitchen or lobbies. When it is necessary to cancel services or activities because of dangerous weather or to communicate other unforeseen circumstances, we make every effort to have announcements made on the phone system, facebook and website as well as the following stations: WBCL 88.1. & 90.3, and 21Alive. In addition, we have church wide text alerts. Our TFCText List is the Over-All Congregational Group to which general texts alerts will be sent, such as cancelations of services. To sign up for these cell phone text alerts now, go to http://www.txm4.com/join/invite.cfm?i=196&cd=7973 . Or from your cell phone, send a text mes-sage to (419)930-1303. In the body of the message: JOIN Trinity63,your name. If you need assistance signing up for these texts, please see one of our Connection Booth Attendees or Pastor Steve H.

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When you want Christian assurance Psalm 121 When you leave home for labor or travel Psalm 67 When your prayers grow narrow or selfish Joshua 1 When you want courage for a task Mark 10 How to get along with fellowmen Romans 12

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