We finished VBS last night. We had between 25-30 children Sunday through Wednesday nights. I’d like to thank Kathy Rabe, Amy Braker, Tanya Westra, Jenni Schmeider, Beth Braker, Carolyn Olson, Sarah Leeds, Lin Leeds, Charlie Leeds, Jean Winkler, and Paul Westra for their part in making this week happen. This is a highlight in the memories of many children. We should praise God for this opportunity.
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Proverbs 20:3 “It is honorable for a man to stop striving, since any fool can start a quarrel.” I think I am right. I think that speaks for most of us most of the time. The question I need to ask myself is, “Would I rather be right or at peace?” Many…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Let’s talk about Sunday School. The name is 150 years old. It comes from an era when children worked in the factories. Good people would gather children on their one day off so they could learn to read and write with the agenda that they might be able to read the Bible….
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14 year-old black teenager, traveled from Chicago to visit his cousin in the town of Money, Mississippi. Upon arrival, he bragged about his white girlfriends back in Chicago. This was surprising to…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family: Thank you, thank you to the many who came together for Souped Up! yesterday. Thank you to those who purchased or sold tickets, to those who pushed souped to their co-workers. Thanks to Jenny for taking a day off work to make soup with me. Thanks to TBS staff and…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family: “I will lift up my eyes to the hills- From when comes my help? My help comes from the LORD who made heaven and earth” When we don’t know where to look for help because of the constant battling, we need to remember that God is our help. I have…
Men’s Retreat is over. Sigh. It was a disrupted and wet Retreat. But it will make for memories for retreats to come. We had about 30 with us at one point or another between Thursday dinner and our soggy time at Green Bush. Ask the boys if they had a good time. They will likely…
