An exposition of 1 Corinthians 1:9. This message by Andrew Hoyt was delivered at Trinity Baptist Church on Sunday evening, December 28, 2008.

An exposition of Genesis 2:1-3. This message by Pastor Rod Harris was delivered at Trinity Baptist Church on Sunday evening, January 4, 2009.

The dust is finally settling as we finish up the holidays and head into 2009. Our schedule has been off for a few weeks now but as of this week we are back to our normal schedule. Hopefully things will begin to pick up this coming Lord’s Day. Both Sunday School and worship attendance have been down through the last of December and into the first Sunday in January but I’m confident this will turn around. We raised our Lottie Moon goal this year and exceeded it before Christmas! We also ended the year on a good note financially with some significant gifts at the end of the year.

Pray for our mission teams as we plan for 2009. Pray that we aggressively seek ways to make Christ known in our community, state, nation and the world. I know that through our Sunday School classes we will be giving you information about one of our missionaries so that we can all more effectively pray for those who labor far from home. In addition we’ll be doing some projects locally and perhaps put together a mission trip. I also want to encourage you to prayerfully seek to live and speak the gospel where you live and work. Understand that you are a missionary. You are Christ’s representative. As we all settle into our routine following the holidays let’s not allow things to become “routine.”

I look forward to seeing you and your family as we gather for Bible study and worship this coming Lord’s Day.

Rod

A Wednesday evening Bible study. This message by Pastor Rod Harris was delivered at Trinity Baptist Church on Wednesday evening, January 7, 2009.

A Sunday morning series:

• 01/11/09: The Wonder of Gospel Freedom, from Galatians 1:1-24.
• 01/18/09: Gospel Integrity Demands Truth and Unity, from Galatians 2:1-10.
• 01/25/09: Gospel Living, from Galatians 2:11-21.
• 02/01/09: Faith: The Basis of Righteousness, from Galatians 3:1-29.
• 02/08/09: A New Lease on Life, from Galatians 3:23-29.
• 02/15/09: Religion v. Grace, from Galatians 4:1-11.
• 02/22/09: Gospel Ministry, from Galatians 4:12-20.
• 03/01/09: Living in Gospel Freedom, from Galatians 4:21-31.
• 03/08/09: Staying Free, from Galatians 5:1-12.
• 03/15/09: Free to Become a Slave, from Galatians 5:13-15.
• 03/29/09: Freedom & Fellowship, from Galatians 5:16-26.
• 04/19/09: Portrait of a Mature Faith, from Galatians 6:1-5.
• 04/26/09: Cross-Centered & Devotion-Driven Faith, from Galatians 6:6-18.

Sunday morning we began a study of Paul’s letter to the churches of Galatia. I hope you will join us over the next few weeks as we walk through this important New Testament book. Paul’s message is one of freedom and grace. He warns of those who would “enslave” us to a system of rules and rituals and calls us to a joyous freedom in Christ. Sunday evenings we will return to our study of the prophecy of Jeremiah.

We have a lot going on as we gear up following the holidays. We are in the process of finishing up our special offering for Bobby Smith and his trip with the Singing Churchmen to Israel and Armenia in April. In addition our mission/ministries teams are in the process of some new projects. Our ministry team is currently collecting coats for the Allan Davis Ministry Center. Our mission education teams is looking at adding a page to our website and providing missions information through our Sunday School. Our outreach team will be meeting this Sunday to prepare for the next few months. Good things are happening and please join in praying that we will continue to find ways to take the gospel beyond our walls to our community.

Let me also remind you that we have a desperate need for nursery help on Wednesday evenings. We need nursery help from 6:30-8:30 pm to help during the various Bible studies and for choir rehearsal. If you can help please let Jerry Scott know.
I hope to see you and your family as we gather for worship and celebration this coming Lord’s Day.

Rod

An exposition of Isaiah 40:12-31. This message by Pastor Rod Harris was delviered at Trinity Baptist Church on Wednesday evening, January 14, 2009.

A devotional thought from 2 Timothy 2:8-10. This message by Pastor Rod Harris was delivered at Trinity Baptist church on Sunday evening, January 25, 2009.