Join Trinity for worship this Palm Sunday.  Reverend Nguyen will continue her sermon series The Power of Sacrifice.  The theme is "Exploring our addiction to power rather than sacrificial service."  Come and be blessed!

It is the church’s tradition to adorn the chancel with white lilies on Easter Sunday. This year,  all of the  lilies will be delivered to homebound members.

We offer you the opportunity to dedicate a lily in honor or in memory of a loved one. Please send the name  to the church office by March 26^th.  If you have questions or concerns, please contact LaNella Smith  at 919-683-1386.

Meaning of the Easter Lily

In Christendom, the lily has come to symbolize the resurrection of Jesus.  The bulb of the flower buried in the ground stands for the tomb of Jesus, and the white trumpet flowers that grow from the bulbs symbolize His life after death.  The white color signifies the Savior’s purity, and the trumpet shape represents Angel Gabriel’s trumpet call to rebirth and new life.   Source: http://www.fmgg.org/events-2/easter-lily/

We give thanks to our Trinity family and friends who are walking in the CROP Walk.  

Prayer to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary

God of love -

You saw the pains of this world 50 years ago.
You put a fire in the hearts of this CROP Hunger Walk community to respond to that pain, to walk, to be in communion with the stranger.
Now, our eyes are once again open to the brokenness around us; the hunger, the hate, the inaction.
We recommit to healing.
We recommit to our neighbors who are hungry and thirsty.
We lift up Your mantle of peace, justice and love.
We will ready ourselves again to walk on a path illuminated by Your purpose:
To be aware of those still suffering from hunger and poverty.
To erase the inequality that diminishes Your divine light in all of us.
To purge the doubts that nothing will change.
To thoughtfully ca.re for Your creation.
To be Your love.
And to bring forth a day when no one will be hungry.

Amen.

• March 24th - CROP Walk; registration begins @ 1:30 pm @ Duke Chapel; walk begins @ 2:30 pm. Contact the church office @ 919-683-1386 for more info and to sign-up to be a Trinity walker.
• March 25th @ 6:30 pm - Joint Finance and Trustee meeting
• April 2nd @ 11:30 am - First Tuesday Luncheon - Pomodoro Restaurant; contact Annette Baker if you plan to attend. Her email is drbakernc@gmail.com
• April 7th - @ 8:30 am - Pancakes for the People - To volunteer, contact Ted Benson @ ted@trinitydurham.org.

Trinity  was pleased and honored to welcome three new full-professing members into our faith community on Sunday, March 10th.  Our new members are Chris Jeffreys, Maggie Hayes, and Marston Copeland.

(Point of interest: Appointed Local Pastors, Deacons, and Elders in The United Methodist Church maintain their membership, not with the local church, but with the Annual Conference where they are connected. Thus, Pastor Esther Robinson's church membership remains with the Florida Annual Conference.)

I served the Florida Annual Conference for 40 years, retiring from active service in June 2023. I am the daughter of UM pastor and missionaries Rev. Morrell and Lois Robinson. I have a brother George who lives in Miami and a brother Steed and sister-in-law Jean in Hillsborough. My dog Finn and I are enjoying the freedom of retirement and this wonderful body of Christ at Trinity United Methodist Church!

Rev. Esther Robinson

Give if you can and call if you need.

Carol Ayres • Vera Stewart • Jane Morgan • Julie Wisecup • Drew Markham • Jean Eason