Dr. Mike Oliver Senior Pastor

Rev. Glenn Bowers Minister of Education and Missions

Rev. Taylor Johnson Minister of Worship & Young Adults

Rev. Teresa Bowers Minister to Youth and College Students

Amy Sims Minister to Children and Families

Trinity Baptist Church of Madison, Alabama August 2015

I have come to rely on my cell phone for many things. I can look at an app

for news notifications. I can find directions to places I need to go. I can text

with my family and friends. I use an app to make appointments and check my

calendar. I can listen to radio stations through my phone. Of course, I can also

use my cell phone to make and receive phone calls, imagine that? The other

day I discovered my phone was actually working without my knowing it. I had

my phone in my pocket while I was mowing. At one point, I paused to take a

break and I heard my phone ringtone. My phone was actually cycling through

ringtones. Later that evening I discovered I had called a few people and texted

another. The text was something like this: Wyzopusl;kjpoerj. I told my friend

I was shooting for Egyptian hieroglyphics.

I also use my phone to help me sleep and to awaken me. I set the alarm on

it each night and then hit the snooze function when it goes off in the morning.

At night, I open the app that has relaxing sounds to help me sleep. I prefer the

rain sound. But one morning I woke up and I had overslept. My phone alarm

hadn’t sounded. In fact, the phone was completely off. Usually, I leave it

plugged in and sure enough it was still plugged in to the phone. What I

discovered, is that the other end of the cord was loose and was not getting

power. All through the night my phone was running down the battery until it

suddenly was empty and the phone shut down. No more rain sounds and no

more alarm.

As we enter our fall programming at church, I want to ask you to consider

ways you can “plug in” to what we do here at Trinity. One of the primary ways

God renews us and strengthens us for life is through our church and its

ministry. When we unplug from church, we are cutting ourselves off from one

of the great ways God wants to empower us and use us for God’s mission in

the world. Maybe this summer you have travelled or your kids have been at

camps or you’ve just gotten out of the routine and rhythms of church life. Fall

is a special opportunity to plug in to church life. I want to encourage you to

find places and groups and ministries that will enrich your own life walk with

Christ for your sake and for the sake of others you are called to serve and love.

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Engage. Plug In. Find a small group Bible study. Perhaps attend a Sunday school class. On Wednesday evenings

during Bible Study/Prayer meeting, I will be teaching on practical skills for our spiritual growth such as How to Pray

and How to Read the Bible. I will also teach about interesting customs from Bible times that will help us better

encounter the biblical story. On Sunday mornings, I will be preaching a series on great stories of the Bible that in

other times most people grew up learning such as Noah and the Ark, Jonah and the Whale, and Jesus Stilling the

Stormy Sea.

In addition to Sunday morning Worship and Wednesday Bible Study/Prayer meeting, we have many more places

for you to learn, grow, serve, and minister. I hope you will check it out. Being in church can be one of the most

energizing things we do with our lives. So, ask one of our church members or a staff minister and we will be glad to

help you Plug In. There are many places for you. God desires to shape us and lead our lives. One of the primary ways

that happens is through God’s church. So, Plug In this fall! If you do, I know you will see a tremendous difference.

~Mike

Your Story, Our Story, God’s Story

Coming Together at Trinity.

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GA’s, RA’s and Mission Friends will begin on August 12th. We’re excited about the year of fun and learning ahead of us! Please make plans to be a part of your class from 6-7 on Wednesday nights.

3’s and 4’s Mission Friends: B102 5 Year Old Mission Friends: B108 1st-3rd Grade RA’s (Boys): B207 4th-6th Grade RA’s (Boys): B209 1st-6th Grade GA’s (Girls): B219

Big Enough for Big Church Breakfast: The

Preschool Committee would like to invite all Pre-K

and Kindergarten students and their families to a

“Big Enough for Big Church” Breakfast at 9:00 on

August 1, 2015, in the Fellowship Hall. We will enjoy

breakfast together and learn about why we meet

together in worship. Please sign up by July 22nd.

1st Grade Bible Luncheon: On Promotion Sunday,

August 2, we will present students entering the

Children’s Department with their First Grade Bibles.

In addition, we would like to invite these families to

a special lunch in the LOFT after the late service. If

your family has a first grader in it this year, please

let us know which service your family will be

participating in (8:30 or 10:30) and how many

people will be attending the lunch.

Our next craft night will be

Friday, August 7th, at 5:00 p.m.

We meet in Room C-100. Come

join us!

Will resume this fall! Stay

tuned for dates and places we

will meet.

August 2015 Carrie Anne Cooley

Dee Dee Evans

Nancy Foster

Beth & Ronnie Francis

Hallie Kenny

Lisa & Kayley Horn

Jackie & Frank McCall

Each month a group from

Trinity delivers meals for the

Salvation Army. This month we

meet on August 14th, at 5:15 pm.

If you would like to volunteer,

please contact Mike Rogers for

more information.

Melinda Melton

Julie Reyburn

Kate Rogers

Chris Rosson

Laura & Nicholas Segraves

Mitzi Taylor

Thanks to all of our VIP’s!

Boo-Hoo Breakfast: If your child is beginning a new

journey and starting Kindergarten or College, please join

us on Friday, August 7th for a “Boo-Hoo Breakfast” from

8:15am-9:15 in the Youth Room. We’ll support each

other and celebrate as we mark this important

milestone. Breakfast and tissues provided!

Preteen Lunch: Our new Preteens (those who have

just begun grades 5 & 6) are invited to lunch at Jack’s on

Hughes on August 23rd. We will meet at Jack’s after late

worship, around 11:35. Pick up will be at 12:45pm. We

are excited to welcome our new preteens!

August 2nd!

August 2nd!

You are invited to a wedding

shower for Brian Spencer &

Catherine Butler on August 16th

1:00-2:30 p.m. They are

registered at Bed, Bath and

Beyond, Williams Sonoma, Crate

and Barrel and REI.

Sunday Nights

We are moving all our children’s

and youth music to Sunday nights

this fall and adding Trinity

University back to our Sunday night

rotation! The youth will be adding

discipleship groups as a Sunday

night option as well so here is the

schedule for this fall:

5:00 p.m. Youth Praise Team

6:00 p.m. Children’s Choirs

Youth – Activities

Adults – Activities

7:00 p.m. Handbells

Youth and Adult Activities

August & September at 6:00 p.m.

Aug. 30: Celebration & Youth SNF

Sept. 6: Sabbath Night

Sept. 13& 20: Youth Discipleship

Adult TU (Trinity University)

Sept. 27: Youth Ministry Projects &

SNF, Adult TU

You are invited to a wedding

shower for Chris Finch and

Chelsea Lewis on August 9th

1:00-2:30 p.m. They are

registered at Bed Bath and

Beyond, Target, Amazon and

Honey Fund.

Perry County Family Mission Trip ~ July 9-12

Youth Pizza & a Movie

We have had a fantastic summer

with our youth! We have seen

Cathedral Caverns for the first time

as a group, served at Manna House,

and spent some good time getting to

know our upcoming 7th graders. We

have also been so blessed to have

Becca Brann as our summer intern!

She has been instrumental in making

our special events, Passport camps,

and Bible studies go smoothly and I

am so grateful for her help and

passion for our youth ministry. Be

sure to tell Becca thanks and pray for

her as she returns to Auburn this fall.

We also have some good things

coming up this fall! On August 2nd

we will end our summer events with

Youth Ministry

Youth Calendar

August 2

Promotion Sunday

Recognition of New Youth 10:30 a.m.

Paintball 3-6:00 p.m.

August 9

Youth Parents Meeting 11:30 a.m.

August 12

Birthday Party for Blerina & Arega

6:00 p.m.

August 14

Prayer Breakfast @ Chick-fil-A

6:45 a.m.

August 23

Little Brother/Sister Lunch

11:45 a.m.

August 30

Celebration Worship 6:00 p.m.

Praise Teams Schedule:

August 16

Praise Team 1, 5:00 p.m.

August 23

Praise Team 2, 5:00 p.m.

August 30

Praise Team 1, 5:00 p.m.

Praise Team 1, 6:00 p.m. Celebration

Young Adult Sunday School Class: A new class is

forming and will be meeting in the modular beginning on

August 2nd. This class will be taught by Taylor Johnson

and is open to all people in their 20s and 30s. Plan to

come on out!

Teacher Training Day Lunch, August 16, 11:30 a.m.:

All Sunday School teachers and families are invited to

come to lunch and prepare for the upcoming Sunday

School year.

Committee Kick-off, September 13, 4:30-6:00: All

Committees are invited to come and plan out the

committee’s events and responsibilities for the year.

Weekend Backpack Snacks: We will resume our

ministry providing food for children from Columbia

Elementary School. The first pack-night will be Sunday,

August 30. In your Sunday School, class please discuss

requesting a date to participate in this program.

(Detailed information will be in the Sunday School

packets.)

another trip to play paintball on

Promotion Sunday and begin the fall

with a Parents Meeting on August 9.

We will kick off our Wednesday

nights with our annual Birthday

Party for Blerina and Arega, the

children we sponsor in Albania and

Ethiopia. We will also have our first

Prayer Breakfast and Little Brother

& Sister Lunch this month as we get

into our fall schedule.

The Praise Teams begin their

practices on Sunday, August 16, and

our first Celebration Worship is on

August 30. I’m looking forward to a

new fall semester, getting back into

the school year routine, and getting

to know our new 7th graders!

August 2015

Trinity University is Back, Sept. 13! After being

gone for a few years, we will officially bring back

Trinity University on Sept. 13 at 6:00 pm! In the

future TU will offer some things focused on:

In-depth study of particular books or character

from the Bible

Marriage

Parenting

Spirituality

Aging Parents

The Journeys of Paul

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Apocrypha

Church History

An introduction to a foreign Language (to

prepare for an upcoming mission trip)

Authors such as Beth Moore, Max Lucado,

John Ortberg, and others

Discipleship classes

TU is back!

~ Glenn

I hope everyone enjoyed their summer! Here is the

schedule of when each music group at Trinity will start

back for the fall:

Adult Choir – August 5th

Adult Praise Team – August 12th

Heart of Praise – August 12th

Youth Praise Team 1 – August 16th

Youth Praise Team 2 – August 23rd

Children’s Choir – August 23rd

Handbells – August 23rd

We will begin rehearsals for Christmas Music on

September 9th.

~ Taylor

Missions Fair and

Cookout Fundraiser

Wednesday, August 5

5:00 p.m.

Fellowship Hall

The excitement is building for another year of

Preschool! The preschool teachers will soon be

decorating rooms, planning fun activities, and

anxiously awaiting the children to return. I have

seen some of our preschool parents and talked to a

few on the phone; they are excited for preschool to

start. Beth, Carol, and I are pleased to welcome back

all but two of our teachers. We are thrilled to be

adding three new teachers to our preschool family!

On Friday August 14th we will have an Open

House for the parents and children and then on

Monday, August 17th the children will be back with

us. We are very happy that some familiar faces will

return and also that we will have many new faces to

share the gift of Christ’s love. We do have some

spots available so please continue to spread the

word about our preschool

We thank God everyday for a loving and

supportive church family. Please continue to pray

for our preschool program, the staff, and the

preschool families as our school year begins.

~ Nancy

College News

We are so proud of our college

students who have been serving in

different ministry positions this

summer!

Thank you for serving and for

being representatives of Trinity in

so many areas!

Katie Colson at

Metro Baptist Church in NY!

College Lunch

Sunday, August 2

Our college students are

invited to lunch at Terranova’s

on Sunday, August 2, right after

late worship!

Jessica Haywood with her

team this summer at Passport Missions Camp!

Becca Brann has served brilliantly

as our summer intern here at Trinity!

We are so thankful for all her work

and dedication to our youth and

children’s ministries.

Thanks also to Bethany Foster for

chaperoning at Passport Youth Camp!

~ August 2015 ~

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

9:00 Big Enough for Big Church Breakfast

2

11:30 1st Grade Bible Luncheon 11:45 Prime Timers Lunch @ Ruby Tuesday’s 11:45 College Lunch @ Terranova’s 5:00 Deacons Meeting

3

4

5 5:00 Mission Fair & Cookout 7:00 Adult Choir Rehearsal

6 5:30 am Men’s Bible Study

7 8:15 Boo-Hoo Breakfast 5:00 Craft Night

8

9

11:30 Young Adults Out to Lunch 11:45 Youth Parents Meeting 1:00 Finch/Lewis Shower

10

11

12

5.00 Fellowship Supper 6.00 Children’s Mission Classes, Youth Bible Study 6:15 Adult Bible Study 7:00 Adult Choir Rehearsal

13 5:30 am Men’s Bible Study

14 6:45 Youth Prayer Breakfast @ Chick-fil-A 5:15 Salvation Army Food Delivery

15

16 9:40 Meet the Staff 11:45 SS Training & Lunch 1:00 Spencer/Butler Shower

17 WPM Begins

18

19 5.00 Fellowship Supper 6.00 Children’s Mission Classes, Youth Bible Study 6:15 Adult Bible Study 7:00 Adult Choir Rehearsal

20 5:30 am Men’s Bible Study

21 6:00 Prime Timers Pot Luck

22

2311:45 Preteen Lunch/Jack’s

11: 45 Little Bro/Sis Lunch/ La Placita on Hughes Road 4:00 2014-15 & 2015-16 Church Council 6:00 Children’s Choirs Begin, 6:00 Sundae & Such

30 6:00 Celebration 6:00 Children’s Choirs

24 31

25

26 5.00 Fellowship Supper 6.00 Children’s Mission Classes, Youth Bible Study 6:15 Adult Bible Study 7:00 Adult Choir Rehearsal

27

5:30 am Men’s Bible Study

28 29

1: Chris Carroll, Brigid White

2: Luke Allison, Hal Espy,

Brian Legere, Wyatt Shankle

3: Isaac Espy, Kathy Finch-Douglas,

Brady Ford, Paige Miller

4: Annette Murray, Lindsey Tucker

6: Kade Koler

7: Stephanie Crowell, Ben Farr,

Brianna Hart

8: David Parker

9: Julie Reyburn

10: Miles Livingston, Jackson Morton,

Robert Peyton

11: Jan Carson, Peggy Cobb,

Ruth Reynolds

12: Ben King, Matthew Parker

24: Ben Hall

25: Austin Hicks, Matthew Robinson

26: Sandra Fisher, Linda Lyons

27: Kim Adams, Josh Cooley,

Ariel Lavish, Tasha Lavish

28: Sharon Andrews, Morgan Taylor

29: Stephen Granade, Richard Penfield,

Caroline Thomas

30: Patricia Copeland,Tommy Lynch,

Dalton Turner

31: George Farkas, Cindy Lewis,

Dan Lyons, Chauncey Scales

13: Sandi Cantrell, Hannah Riddle

14: Gerald Oliver, Renee’ Ryan

15: Jacob Colson, Sally Register,

Sarah Register, Andy Roop,

Amy Sims, Ronald Young

17: Joann Young

18: Dixie Paschal, Peggy Traweek,

Woody Westmore, Bayli Wolfe

19: Justin McLauchlin, Kristen McLauchlin

20: Kim Carroll, Jimmie Davies,

Terry Pierce

21: Melinda Crocker, Jack Dunaway,

Ronald Johnson

22: Alex Morrissey, Teresa Stone

23: Kimberly Bennett, Tammy Owens,

Kelly Register

Sunday Bible Study 9:40 a.m.

Worship 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Children’s Missional Classes 6:00 p.m.

Youth Bible Study 6:00 p.m.

Adult Bible Study 6:15 p.m.

Thursday

Men’s Prayer Group 5:30 a.m.

Morningside Ministry 2:00 p.m.

June 2015 Financial Report

Monthly Information

Target Income $75,271.46

Actual Income $74.923.45

Actual Expenses ($69,780.97)

Monthly Gain/ (Loss) $5,142.48

Year-To-Date for 2015

Target Income $451,628.77

Actual Income $452,468.69

Actual Expenses ($438,559.82)

YTD Gain/ (Loss) $13,908.87

Account Balances

General Fund $162,290.28

Mortgage Balance ($731,046.66)

We will return to two services at 8:30

and 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 2.

If your birthday is incorrect or missing, please contact Cheri at: cheri@trinitymadison.com

Wednesday Night Dinners Begin on

August 12.

Start time is at 5:00pm

Cost for adults is increasing from $5.00

to $6.00.

Children’s Price remains the same, $2.50.

Max price per family is going from $18.00

to $20.00.

If you have questions about TBC

Together, you may simply go to

www.trinitymadison.com and click

on “TBCTogether” under “Wednesday

Dinner Reservations” on the right

side of the main page. This link will

take you to the main sign in page for

TBCTogether, as well as a step-by-

step manual on how to register for

an account and how to use the

different features offered.

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