A MESSAGE FROM THE PASTOR
NOVEMBER 2025
TRINITY U.C.C. VISION STATEMENT:
All will know the love of God through the teaching of Jesus!!
Trinity U.C.C. is called by
God to:
–Share God’s love with our
community
–Serve God’s children
–Bring healing and
wholeness to those in need
–Share the Gospel in
liturgy, music and study
God to:
–Share God’s love with our
community
–Serve God’s children
–Bring healing and
wholeness to those in need
–Share the Gospel in
liturgy, music and study
Catch the Vision,
Share the Joy!!
An Epiphany Prayer
Lord, we see your star and seek your presence in our midst. Draw us to you, guide us by your light, that we, too, might become witnesses to your Good News. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Lord, we see your star and seek your presence in our midst. Draw us to you, guide us by your light, that we, too, might become witnesses to your Good News. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Dear Friends,
As we begin 2026, we must take stock of what has happened in 2025 and look forward with hope for all that is in store for us in 2026! I hope you will join us after worship on January 25 to celebrate all that God has done in the life of Trinity Church throughout 2025! We will also anticipate what God will do with us in 2026. As we prepare to reflect on the past and ponder on the future, I share this reflection from Joyce Rupp!
A New Year Meditation
As you look back on the year just completed:
1. What name would you give to your journey in the past year? How would you describe it to one of your friends? What image or metaphor would you use to talk about it?
2. What are some of your “epiphanies” of the past year (your discoveries of the Holy One in your midst)? How did you grow because of them?
3. Who were the wise persons? What did they reveal to you? How did this influence your life?
4. Did any of your hopes and dreams become a reality? What was least satisfying?
5. How did your experience of the past year affect the world in which you live?
1. What name would you give to your journey in the past year? How would you describe it to one of your friends? What image or metaphor would you use to talk about it?
2. What are some of your “epiphanies” of the past year (your discoveries of the Holy One in your midst)? How did you grow because of them?
3. Who were the wise persons? What did they reveal to you? How did this influence your life?
4. Did any of your hopes and dreams become a reality? What was least satisfying?
5. How did your experience of the past year affect the world in which you live?
As you look to the year before you:
1. What name would you like your new year’s journey to have? What gifts do you bring with you into the new year before you?
2. Do you find any resistance within you? Of what are you most afraid as you enter a new year?
3. What is your greatest need for the coming year?
4. Who do you bring with you for your support and strength as you begin
1. What name would you like your new year’s journey to have? What gifts do you bring with you into the new year before you?
2. Do you find any resistance within you? Of what are you most afraid as you enter a new year?
3. What is your greatest need for the coming year?
4. Who do you bring with you for your support and strength as you begin
to journey through the year?
5. How is your relationship with the Holy One as you pause on the threshold of the new year’s vast landscape? What is at the heart of your new year’s prayer?
6. What do you hope to contribute to society in the coming year? (Taken from Out of the Ordinary: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Every Season by Joyce Rupp, 2000)
5. How is your relationship with the Holy One as you pause on the threshold of the new year’s vast landscape? What is at the heart of your new year’s prayer?
6. What do you hope to contribute to society in the coming year? (Taken from Out of the Ordinary: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Every Season by Joyce Rupp, 2000)
Blessings,
Pastor Chris
Thank you for all of the cards and gifts offered to us during the Christmas season. We are grateful for your acts of love and kindness! Blessings to you as we begin 2026!
Pastor Chris, Anne, Zachary, Rachel, and Andrew
Pastor Chris, Anne, Zachary, Rachel, and Andrew
EOV
