Another Fresh New Year Is Here. Another Year To Live!!

To Banish Worry, Doubt And Fear, To Love And Laugh And Give!!

GOOD NEWS OF TRINITY

JANUARY 2015

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A Note from our New Pastor:

Dear Friends,

We have much to look forward to as this new year begins and as we start a new season

of life and ministry here at Trinity. Our house is abuzz with anticipation as we pack boxes

and dream about life together with you. I am sure the church is abuzz with the

excitement of the Holidays and as you also prepare for our arrival. As we plan to begin

our time together there are some things that would help all of us get off to a great start:

Pray for us in this transition, especially as we search for a house to call home and

ease into a new pattern of life

Plan on meeting together with me to share your hopes and dreams for the

congregation. I want and need to know how you would like to see us move forward

Pray for the congregation as we make plans; especially pray for your session

members as we work together to be good stewards of our gifts and to discern God’s

call for us

Pray for Rev. Kathy as she discerns where God is calling her next and as we offer her

thanks for her work here we pray for her and her next call, as interim ministry can

be challenging work.

We are so excited to begin ministry with you and are looking forward to getting to know

each of you better.

Blessings,

Jen

Rev. Kathy welcomes Rev. Jennifer

On Sunday, December 14, the congregation voted to call Rev. Jennifer Baer to Trinity. She will join us on Sunday, January 18th. A reception will follow in the Miracle Building so that those who have not yet met her may have an opportunity to do so. We welcome her and her family to Trinity.

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Women of Trinity The women did not meet in December due to a snow storm. Events and projects in December: For Church Women United – Debbie Cooper assembled Christmas bags to be delivered to Dorranceton United Methodist Church in Kingston. The women hosted the Second Sunday reception for the holidays which was also the Sunday when we voted to call Rev. Jennifer Baer who will arrive on January 18, 2015. Stockings for Back Mountain Meals on Wheels clients – Carol Hobbs, chairperson. Carol made and assembled seven stockings. Four went to Meals on Wheels clients and the other three were delivered to three of our own members. Flower chart – 2015 – we signed up for two Sundays: Mother’s Day and June 10, our church anniversary.

NO MEETING WILL BE HELD IN JANUARY 2015.

WE WILL RESUME OUR MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY 2015, WEATHER PERMITTING.

PUBLICITY – WATCH FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE BULLETIN AND CHURCH

NEWSLETTER.

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Happiness keeps you sweet,

Trials make you strong,

Sorrows make you humble,

Success keeps you glowing and

GOD KEEPS YOU GOING!

Trinity Learning Center is accepting registrations for the 2015-2016 school year. They will be holding an Open House on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 from 10:00 AM-12:00 Noon and again from 5:00-7:00 PM.

01/10 Dave & Bette Handley

JANUARY MEALS ON WHEELS

01-15 Windsor & Meryl Davis 01-29 Windsor & Meryl Davis

If you are willing & able to deliver Meals on Wheels, please call Meryl Davis at 310-1556.

Thank you to all who

provided gifts and food

for the caring & sharing

tree and Christmas food

baskets. Three families

from the Lehman School

District and two families

from the Dallas School

District were able to

have a better Christmas

because of your

kindness & generosity.

Also a HUGE THANK YOU

goes to Windsor Davis

and Rich & Drena

Gorgone for delivering

all of the packages &

boxes.

2015 Per Capita - The Per Capita for 2015

has been set at $30.00 per person.

The total is divided among the Presbytery

($20.73), the Synod of the Trinity ($2.20) and

the General Assembly ($7.07). It is requested

that each member place their “Per Capita

Apportionment” in the light blue envelope

provided in the box of envelopes.

Remember the Per Capita apportionment

is per member.

Your support is greatly appreciated.

Art Peoples, Clerk of Session

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Epiphany is the celebration of God’s manifestation or self-revelation to the world in Jesus Christ. In

particular, we celebrate the revelation of God’s promise and purpose to the nations of the world, as

the magi came from the East to worship to the Christ child, and God’s covenant of grace is extended

to all who believe the good news of Christ Jesus. The symbolism of light is important: not only

because of the star that guided the magi, but as it relates to the bright dawning of God’s self-

revelation in Christ.

The word “epiphany” (from the Greek epiphaneia or theophaneia) means “appearance” or

“manifestation” of God, and has roots in the word for sunrise or dawn. In ancient times, an epiphany

meant either a visible manifestation of a god or the solemn visit of a ruler venerated as a god.

For Christians, Christmas marks the coming of God to us; Epiphany celebrates the appearance of

the Lord in the midst of humanity. The Christmas stories of the birth of Immanuel declare the divine

entry; Epiphany extols the revelation of God to the world in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.

In our celebrations of Christmas and Epiphany we rejoice in the dawning and the arising of Light in

darkness. … Epiphany not only discloses the Savior to the world but also calls the world to show

forth Christ, to be witnesses to God’s true Light. The timeless mystery of the incarnation, God in

flesh, leads us forth to show and tell of Christ as God’s gift of grace and salvation for all persons.

Some call this ongoing epiphany the work of Christmas.

epiphany

2015 Offering Envelopes are

on the table in the hallway.

Please pick your box up as

soon as possible.

2015 Pledge Update

There are 45 pledges to date

totaling $80,440

Building Fund total is $4,151

If you have not turned in your

2015 Pledge card, please do so at

your earliest convenience..

Trinity Presbyterian Church

P. O. Box 239, 105 Irem Road, Dallas, PA 18612

Office: 570-675-3131 Fax: 570-675-0691

E-mail: trinitypress@frontiernet.net

Website: www.dallastpc.org

Or visit on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dallastpc

Trinity Learning Center – Diane Kerestes, Director 570-675-0689

DINNER WITH FRIENDS

Friday, February 6, 2015 at 6:00 PM

GROTTO PIZZA

HARVEYS LAKE

All singles and/or couples are invited to join us.

Please call Marianne Williams 570-675-3151 for

reservations or if you are in need of transportation.

Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are

certain to miss the future!