Worship: Sundays @ 8:15, 9:40, 11:00 am | Wednesdays @ 6:35 pm
easterEaster Sunday Worship
Please join us for one of 4 Worship Services:

Easter Sunrise in the Memorial Garden - If you're an early riser, then meet us at 7:00 am in the Garden as the sun rises. Youth Director, Rebekah Saveland will be preaching, and the Trinity youth will be leading worship and music. This will also be a beautiful opportunity to celebrate baptisms on this resurrection Sunday. Please contact the pastors if you or your child would like to make a profession of faith in Christ and/or be baptized.

8:15, 9:40 or 11:00 in the Worship Center - As we celebrate the resurrection, these three services will be held in the Worship Center with music offered by Chalice Adult Choir, Sonlight Youth Choir and the Chancel Choir respectively. Rev. Catherine Fluck Price will be preaching. If you have children, join us for a special Easter morning in Sunday School at 9:40 and/or 11:00 where you'll hear the good news that Jesus has risen! In lieu of an Easter Egg hunt, every child will receive a goody bag filled with Easter treats and we'll have child care during all three services.
Desert Wanderings: Exploring Questions of Faith
This week we finish Desert Wanderings, our 6:35 worship series for Lent. Each week, one of our pastors has been sharing a message based on your questions about faith.  

This week's message will be, "Worth Counting On," by Rev. Steve Price.  Just a reminder that the 6:35 service this week will be meeting on the lawn in front of the Worship Center.
Mission Box
This week our Mission Box is for ZOE. ZOE's vision is to see a world where all orphans and vulnerable children become secure, healthy, connected, and able to care for themselves and their siblings. They are motivated by the Biblical call for Christians to help one another. ZOE reaches out in love to all vulnerable children and those wishing to partner with them, regardless of their beliefs, so they may experience the love of God with physical, social, psychological, and spiritual healing.  (Text giving: text amount and "ZOE" to 352-204-0163) 
Wednesday Night Dinners
Join us for food, fun & fellowship. April 17 will be a lawn picnic. Dairy and gluten free options are available. Adult meals are $7, children 6 and up are  $3, 0-5 eat free with a  $25  family cap.  
 
It takes a lot of hands to make this weekly fellowship successful. If you are able to assist the kitchen in any way please contact Chris Riggs.   
Are you looking for opportunities to serve? 
The kitchen needs a few extra helping hands this Thursday with set up, food serving and clean up for the Seder Passover Meal. If you are available to assist please contact  Franny Long for details.

Easter is a time where we have many new guests and we want to help them feel welcomed.  If you have the gift of hospitality, and would like to help greet on Easter, please contact Kim Lewerenz (416-3074). There are 3 ways to help:
  1. Greeting and directing cars as they drive onto the campus
  2. Greeting, answering questions and directing folks outside near the entrances of the Worship Center and Education Building
  3. Greeting and intentionally connecting with folks right where you sit in worship by becoming a section leader
Join us during Holy Week!
 
Wednesday (April 17)
Our 6:35pm Worship Service will be held on the lawn in front of the Worship Center.  
 
Thursday (April 18) 
We will be offering a Seder meal at 5:30pm in the Worship Center. Reservations are required, there are just a few seats left. If you are interested, please contact Alice.
 
Good Friday Worship (April 19)
12pm in the Chapel: Scripture says beginning at noon darkness came over the whole land as Christ was crucified.  We will gather at noon to remember God's purpose of loving and redeeming the world through the cross of Christ in the beauty and simplicity of the Trinity Chapel.
 
7pm in the Memorial Garden: Tenebrae comes from the Latin word meaning "darkening."  As the sun begins to set on Good Friday, we'll gather in the Trinity Memorial Garden to worship using the ancient service of Tenebrae, the gradual diminishing of light through the extinguishing of candles.  This symbolizes the events of the week from Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem through Jesus' burial.  We will leave in silence as we ponder the impact of Christ's death and await the coming Resurrection.
 
Easter Sunday (April 21)
Please join us for one of four worship services at 7, 8:15, 9:40 or 11am. You can find out more details here.
On Mission Together Weekend
Help us be On Mission Together! On May 18 - 19, join us for a weekend of serving others, fellowship, and worship. There are a variety of mission opportunities to choose from, big and small and something for all ages, sign up now! 

Adult Ministries
Seen a Burning Bush Lately?  Join us to see how Moses handled it. Register here
  • Wednesdays, April 24 - May 29
  • 6:30 - 7:45 pm
  • Leaders: Pete Enwall and Marcey Corey
  • Room 203
  • Childcare available 1 year - 5th grade with a reservation

Join us for our "No-Reading-Required" Spring & Summer Missions Study! Like TED Talks? Interested in learning how lives are being transformed through mission but too busy to read right now? Well we have a study series for you! On the 1st Sunday of each month starting in May we'll look at impactful and transformational mission stories from a variety of perspectives. Each session will include a SATTalks video (like TED Talks) followed by discussion co-led by Ward, Kelly, and Meghan. Join us for 1 session or all 4, whatever your time permits! Register here
  • 1st Sundays (May 5, June 2, July 7, and August 4)
  • 5:30-6:30 pm
  • Room 232
  • Childcare available with reservation.
Women Growing in Faith (Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:30pm, Room E232) will begin a new study on April 23 called The Quest: An Excursion Toward Intimacy with God.  Class materials are $17.  

In 2013 an inspired Girl Scout troop named their Days for Girls project "Mission Possible: Keep Girls in School. Period."  Come and meet their leader, Radha Selvester, who has since led the Days for Girls Alachua chapter at the UMW meeting on April 23. Days for Girls gives a variety of opportunities for service. You can learn more on the chapter's Facebook page or their website. Come and catch the enthusiasm that is spreading through our college town and surrounding areas!  
Caring & Support
The Healing Touch Cancer Support Group will meet on April 18 at 5:30pm in the O. Dean Martin Prayer Room. Ken Cook will be talking to us about the benefits of Reflexology. All are welcome. If we can help, call Marcey at 331-2960 or Margie at 386-462-9592.
Missions
The Family Promise Bed Race Fundraiser is May 4 at Trinity, from 9am - 12pm. Come cheer on Trinity's bed, the Grueser Cruiser, named in honor of former Missions Director, Ted Grueser. The rate of school-age children who are homeless in Alachua County has increased from 505 in 2015 to 1021 in 2019. You can help end child homelessness by donating to Family Promise who works hard to help families overcome homelessness (93% success rate). Make checks payable to Family Promise with Bed Race, Trinity UMC, on the memo line. You may leave your checks at the desk in Trinity's Education Building or mail to Family Promise, PO BOX 5189, Gainesville, FL 32627. If you need more information, contact Francis or Rosemary Davis (373-5227).


We are doing a drive for Gainesville CARES, an organization that supports the Gainesville Area AIDS Project. Between now and April 19, we are collecting toilet paper, bleach, laundry detergent, dish soap, shampoo, household cleaner, shaving cream, tooth paste, deodorant, and feminine products. Please place them in the blue bins in either the Education Building or the Worship Center.
Children & Family Ministries  
Vacation Bible School registration is now open!  From June 3-7 (9am-12pm) join us for To Mars and Beyond, where we will encounter the limitless power and love of God! VBS is for children going into Kindergarten through 6th grade. Is your child younger than PreK? Volunteer and your child can participate! Volunteers and their children can register here. 
Youth Ministries
Wednesday Small Groups:
  • Youth Small Group: All students are invited to join our small group in the Youth Building on April 17 and May 1 from 6:30-7:30pm
  • Student Leadership Team Meetings on April 24, May 8 & 22 from 6:30-7:30pm
Youth Summer Mission Trips:  This summer we have mission trip opportunities for both  middle schoolers  &  high schoolers . Please fill out the corresponding form's information and to indicate your student's interest in these trips.
 
Come See Me!: The Youth Staff wants to come see your sports & academic matches, concerts, and recitals! So, let us know when everything is happening by filling out this  Come See Me! Form.
 
Warren Willis Summer Camp: This year Trinity will be going to camp July 1-6 at Warren Willis United Methodist Camp. (You can go any week of the summer that you like, but we will be driving a van full of campers July 1-6). Middle & high schoolers can register here. If you have any questions please contact Rebekah. 
Christian love and sympathy is extended
to Theresa Bowers and family on the passing of her mother, Nancy Carlton, on March 27; 

and to Ira Gessner and family on the passing of his wife, Geraldine, on April 9.

Altar Flowers
This week's Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God.
 
If you would like to provide the altar flowers, please contact Alice (416-3016). If you need to make arrangements for assistance or special accommodations during Sunday services, please contact Amy (416-3005) Monday - Thursday. If you would like to have your milestone birthday or birth of a new child announced in the Tuesday Word, please email Kelly. 
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