Dear Trinity,
Our mission is to help you go face to face with God, your neighbors and yourselves in Christ. Over the past several years as our church has grown, our need to communicate information, gather people, coordinate volunteers, and connect relationally has increased. Part of what this growth has revealed is that our current suite of digital tools used to facilitate those kinds of activities is not working so well.
We’ve heard from many of you — and experienced ourselves! — how difficult our current suite of digital tools can be to navigate. Things that should be simple to do are sometimes confusing! Like watching the latest sermon, changing your giving, joining a group, or figuring out what’s happening next in the church.
We’ve heard you, and that’s why this year, we’re transitioning our website, app and digital tools to ONE platform (instead of the piecemeal many) so that for anything you want to do at Trinity Church, you just have to go to ONE place.
We’re really looking forward to how this change will facilitate greater ease and connection for what matters most: going face to face in 2025.
First Steps: Transitioning our Giving
Over the next two months, we’ll be transitioning everything over from Planning Center to Subsplash.
And the first part of this transition will be our giving. We hope that at the beginning of this new year, you’d use this opportunity to consider what you’re giving to Trinity Church, and not just make it an administrative switch.
Animal Cracker Tithing
Last year, after I preached on tithing, many of us (including myself) were freed when we realized that tithing is not an amount you discern… it’s already a set amount because tithing literally means 10%. So it’s not as if you have to pray real hard about how much to give to your local church. God’s already revealed that! Read on if you’re nervous…
Naturally, this brings up fears and concerns…What if I can’t give 10%? What if I don’t have enough leftover? Which is why we all kept talking about the image of animal crackers months and months after I preached it. It’s funny what sticks. But it was a powerful image about how God is more than able to take care of us and provide.
Watch the Animal Cracker tithing sermon (with the animal cracker story at 25:24)
Need help or have questions? Simply reply to this email or reach out to carson@trinitywenatchee.org and we’d be glad to assist you.
Going face to face in 2025,
Pastor Carson+
p.s. - to set up a new recurring (or one-time) gift on Subsplash today, go here.
Summer Pilgrimage to the Border
Informational Meeting January 26th @ 6:30 (After Evensong)
This summer (the week of July 4th), Trinity will be taking a pilgrimage to listen, learn, and grow in Christ as we come face-to- face with our neighbors at the border. This trip is for high schoolers and adults.
Learn more about the history and heart behind this pilgrimage by reading this article about the founder of Abara Border Encounters.
If you are interested in joining this pilgrimage, please plan to attend the meeting on January 26th after Evensong. Questions before then? Reach out to Nicole at nicole@trinitywenatchee.org
January Evensong
January 26 @ 6pm
Join our Evensong choir for an evening service of sung liturgy.
Epiphany Prayer Booklets
Our new prayer booklets for the season of Epiphany are out now! Grab a copy at church and follow along as we read and pray through the same scriptures together.
Need a digital copy? Download one here
2025 Rocky Mountain Diocese Gathering
(February 4-6)
Please pray for our team as we prepare to travel to Colorado for the annual diocesan gathering February 4-6! This year’s theme is Heritage and Hope: Rwandan Roots for the Church’s Renewal.
More info to come next week, but for now, here’s a short video invite from our Bishop.
Newcomer Dinner
January 25 @ 6pm
Come have dinner with Pastor Carson and others as we share some of Trinity's story and get to know about you. This time around we are welcoming adults and teenagers but no children please. Please sign up by tonight, Thursday the 23rd. Email Karin Abbott at Karin@trinitywenatchee.org with questions.
Trinity Youth Nights
All Youth Nights begin at Trinity and run from 6:30-8pm, except for Discipleship Groups which meet at various times and locations. Contact Nicole at nicole@trinitywenatchee.org for more details.
Save the Dates
Local Pilgrimage (May 16-18)
Date change! Church Camp at Lazy F Camp in Ellensburg (August 15-17)
Date change! Outdoor Baptism at Ingalls Creek (Sept 7)
Bulletin Board
Our bulletin board is a place where you can express a need to our church body (ex: housing, items needed, jobs wanted, etc.) so that others can reach out and respond. Have a submission? Please email hello@trinitywenatchee.org for us to review.
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