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Trinity United Church of Christ Bulletin
Trinity United Church of Christ Bulletin
PASTORAL/PROGRAM STAFF
Rev. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor
Rev. Stacey Edwards-Dunn, Executive Minister
Rev. Barbara A. Heard, Associate Pastor
Rev. Rochelle Michael, Associate Pastor
Rev. Linda Mootry-Dodd, Associate Pastor
Rev. Tiffany Trent, Associate Pastor
Rev. Ramah E. Wright, Associate Pastor
Dr. Julia Speller, Director, Christian Education
Rev. Michael D. Jacobs, Minister to Youth and Children
Deacon Shirley Bims-Ellis, Director, Center for African Biblical Studies
Daryl J. Walker, Minister of Worship and Arts
Bryan Johnson, Executive Director of Sacred Music
Melody B. Morgan, Administrative Assistant
“There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served.”
1 Corinthians 12:5 (TEV)
Table of Contents
Order of Worship .............................................................................................................................................2
Hymn of Praise 7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. “In The Sanctuary” ..............................................................................3
Unison Scriptures (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.) .......................................................................................................4
Lenten Meditaon ...........................................................................................................................................5
Lenten Fast ......................................................................................................................................................6
A Word From the Pastor ..................................................................................................................................7
Sermon Notes ..................................................................................................................................................8
Stewardship .....................................................................................................................................................9
Green Page ....................................................................................................................................................10
Special Announcements
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Holy Week Services
Women's WeekEND Events
Akiba Bookstore
Calendar ........................................................................................................................................................24
Heart of the Community ...............................................................................................................................26
Informaon & Announcements.....................................................................................................................27
Empowering Voices .......................................................................................................................................29
Amani News ..................................................................................................................................................30
Prayer Concerns ............................................................................................................................................31
Service and Support Groups ..........................................................................................................................32
2011 Memory Verses............................................................................................................ Inside Back Cover
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PALM SUNDAY • April 17, 2011
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Order of Worship
Choral Introit (7:30 a.m.) ................................................................................................... “Magnify The Lord”
Choral Introit (11:00 a.m.) ............................................................................................................... “Hosanna”
Opening Song (11:00 a.m.) ...................................................................................“Come Thou Almighty King”
Opening Song (6:00 p.m.)........................................................................................ “Sing Praises To Our King”
Hymn of Praise (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.) .............................................................................. “In The Sanctuary”
Unison Scripture (7:30 a.m.) ..................................................... Mahew 21:1-11 (NIV); Psalm 118: 1-2 (NIV)
Unison Scripture (11:00 a.m.) .....................Mahew 21:1-11 (The Message); Psalm 118: 1-2 (The Message)
Invocaon
Ministry of Music (6:00 p.m.) ................................................................................................................“Near The Cross”
Parish Concerns
Baby Dedicaon
Visitor Recognion
Passing of the Peace
The Pastor’s Word
The Service of Giving
Offertory Sentences
Tithes and Offerings
Scholarship
Altar Call (7:30 a.m.) ..................................................................................................................... “Praise Him”
Altar Call (11:00 a.m.) ...................................................................................................... “Just Knowing Jesus”
Sermon (7:30 a.m.) .............................................................................................“The Blessing Of My Burden”
Sermon (11:00 a.m.) ...........................................................................................“The Burden Of My Blessing”
Sermon (6:00 p.m.)................................................................................................“Of Blessings And Burdens”
Hymn of Invitaon (7:30 a.m.) .................................................................................................. “Great Things”
Hymn of Invitaon (11:00 a.m.) ........................................................................................... “Order My Steps”
Hymn of Invitaon (6:00 p.m.) .............................................................................................. “Make Me Over”
Benedicon .................................................................................................................................. “Praise Him”
[Once the sermon has begun, parishioners may not enter or re-enter the first floor sanctuary.]
HYMN OF PRAISE
We sing our song in the sanctuary
We sing our song to give You the glory
As the lyrics to In the Sanctuary remind us,
We sing our song to give You the praise and as we connue in this Lenten season,
And we will praise You for the rest of our days honoring the death, burial and resurrec-
Yes we will praise You for the rest of our days on of Jesus Christ, we li our hands in the
Sanctuary to give Him glory, and we WILL
Jesus, we give You the praise
Emmanuel, we li up Your Name
praise Him…for the rest of our days!
Heavenly Father, coming Messiah!
And we will praise You for the rest of our days
Yes we will praise You for the rest of our days
For Jesus and his followers, Palm Sunday was a joyous me of great celebraon. Their mission
was moving toward its objecve. Their message was gaining a hearing. It was me to move into
Jerusalem, to share their good news with others who sought the message of hope and new life.
Many travelers celebrated with them. They cut leaves from nearby palm trees and waved
them before Jesus. They may have previously heard Jesus as he taught. They may have known
neighbors who had been healed. What a sense of expectancy they must have had! The more
religious people among them even saw this as the fulfillment of ancient prophecy: “Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the kingdom of our father, David. Hosanna!”
LENTEN MEDITATION
(Mark 11:10)
But, there were others who were skepcs and even upset over what was happening. The Romans
probably had a council of war, alarmed at the following that these people were geng. “What
are we going to do with this young upstart?” Pharisees may have been troubled about what
the Roman authories might do, when they warned Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
Unfazed, Jesus answered, “I tell you that if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
(Luke 19:39-40)
As we seek to share who we are during the Lenten season, where do we stand amidst the
crowd? If we are unmoved and neutral, we find ourselves almost with the skepcs or even the
objectors. If we over react, we may find ourselves mocked and considered foolish. Jesus seems
to call us to share the joy, not rashly, but with the same appreciaon that could even make
stones speak of God’s great power and providence. Here we are amidst the crowd, and Jesus
is coming. What response will we give today and throughout our lives? How will we share both
with Jesus and with others in the fulfillment of God’s purposes for our work?
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil and aer fasng forty days and
forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these
stones to become loaves of bread.” Mahew 4:1-3
Fasng has been used throughout the ages to prepare the people of God for the great things God has in store
for them. As we pray through this season of transion and Divine imaginaon, I am calling, I am asking, I am
requesng that the enre church become involved in some form of prayer and fasng. The following are several
types of fasts that can be used to develop spiritual power and clarity.
LENTEN FAST
April 3 – April 9 Drink only juices, water and/or tea
April 10 – April 16 Eat only fruits and vegetables before 6:00 p.m.
April 17 – April 23 Slowly begin to add meat to your diet
Fast #2 – The Daniel Fast (Taken from the book of Daniel). When Daniel was captured by the Babylonians, he
asked of the Babylonians if he, along with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, could fast, eang only fruits and
vegetables so they would be prepared to confront the Babylonian king.
March 9 – March 19 Eat all meals before 6:00 p.m.
March 20 - March 27 Eat only two meals a day before 6 p.m.
March 28 – April 2 Eat only fruits and vegetables before 6:00 p.m.
April 3 – April 9 Eat one meal a day before 6:00 p.m., meat may be added.
April 10 – April 16 Eat two meals a day before 6:00 p.m., meat may be added
April 17 – April 23 Eat three meals a day before 6:00 p.m.
Please consult your doctor before proceeding with fasng. If you take medicaon or have any parcular ailment, it
is important to first communicate with your physician.
Medina Pucke, the young lady first invited up by Pastor Moss as a person who was unemployed, or
financially under water, with a promise to be provided the resources to the. “He asked me to write
some numbers down, what I would like to the if I was able to. He then pulled out a checkbook and
proceeded to write out a check,” she said, connuing, “At that me, I had $10 in my pocket and put $5
of it in church.”
Ms. Pucke went on, “It went though my mind that there were a hundred things I could do with that
“But on Wednesday, I received an offer for a job, and on Thursday I received an offer for another job.
Last Sunday I was unemployed, and this Sunday (April 10th), I’ve got two jobs - one I never applied for! A
friend of mine who knew my credenals; he put my applicaon in.”
“I feel like I was obedient and I did what he asked me to do with that. I didn’t foolishly spend it, I could
have used it in several ways, but I put it back where it belonged. Even before I put that money back today,
God knew my heart and knew I was going to do that and started to move those blessings my way and I
am very grateful for that.”
Medina had taken her daughter in aer she lost her job, and her other daughter was also out of work.
She was worrying about how to take care of everyone. “I was up all night wondering how I was going to
provide. But I kept praying and kept the faith, and I just did what I needed to do because I knew He was
going to make a way - AND He did.”
In the week beginning with Palm Sunday, the stories we read are full of people giving
extravagantly. Think about it and you see giving everywhere. Someone gives Jesus a
donkey to ride into Jerusalem, a valuable beast in that me. A woman buys expensive
ointment to massage Jesus’ red body. Someone shares their house for Jesus and his
disciples to celebrate Passover. His followers buy and prepare food for the feast. Jesus
gives them bread and tells them he will soon give his body, his blood, his life for them.
From the cross, Jesus gives the promise of forgiveness and eternal life to a thief. Then
this lovely story in Mahew of a Pharisee named Joseph risking his reputaon by giving
STEWARDSHIP
his personal tomb for Jesus’ burial. Then, in the resurrecon, God not only gave Jesus
life, but in so doing gave us forgiveness and a promise not to desert us, even when we
desert God. Can there be a more extravagant gi?
How do we respond to all this generosity? It needs to be more than colored eggs and
new clothes. It needs to be more than gardens of flowers in church and Easter baskets.
How do we respond to all this generosity? With our own generous discipleship every day
of our lives. Happy Easter.
The Stewardship Message is wrien by Rochelle A. Stackhouse, Senior Minister of The Church of the
Redeemer, United Church of Christ, New Haven, Conneccut.
Back 2 Basics!
Undiluted white vinegar--straight from the jug--makes quick work of tougher cleaning
problems involving hard water deposits or soap scum.
• Dump a bucket of water into the toilet to force water out of the bowl and allow access to
the sides. Pour undiluted white vinegar around the bowl and scrub with a toilet brush to
GREEN PAGE
remove stains and odor.
• Use a pumice stone to remove any remaining hard water rings.
• Clean shower heads that have been clogged with mineral deposits with undiluted white
vinegar. Place 1/4 to 1/2 cup vinegar in a plasc food storage bag, and secure the bag to
the shower head with a rubber band. Let stand for 2 hours to overnight, then rinse and
buff the fixture to a shiny finish.
• Add one cup of undiluted white vinegar to the laundry rinse cycle instead of commercial
fabric soener. White vinegar soens clothes and cuts detergent residue--a plus for family
members with sensive skin.
We need you! Join the Green Revoluon. The Green Commiee meets every 2nd Monday, 7:00 p.m. at
the church.
Thank you!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
As part of our commitment to Christ, we are called to “Study to show yourself approved
unto God . . .” Here are the Bible Study Quiz quesons for this Sunday. Actual answers and
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new quesons will be provided in next Sunday’s bullen!
1. All
2. Jerusalem
3. Nehemiah
4. Wine
5. Hairs on your head
Don’t forget to stop by the Black Comics exhibit, the first exhibion of the Arsts-in-Residence
2011 “Art is Blooming at Trinity UCC” exhibit series, 2nd Floor Narthex, (Exhibit closes Friday,
April 22nd).
Mark your Calendars for the remaining exhibits in our Series:
Opening April 24 Dr. Margaret Burroughs Memorial Exhibit (Through May 20)
Sessions will take place in the Sanctuary and will begin 15 minutes immediately following service, unl 10:30 a.m.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Did You Know?
That several other names for the new church start were considered before the charter
members selected the name of Trinity United Church of Christ? They were:
Join Chicago Cares and the University of Phoenix on Tuesday, April 19, to improve the educaonal
environment at Sayre Language Academy! We will be painng canvas murals, giving the science
lab a complete makeover, building bookshelves and packing disaster preparedness kits to send
to our neighbors on the Gulf Coast. The project will conclude with a brief volunteer leader
training, giving you the tools you need to get started (or connue!) leading change in your
own community. For more informaon and to sign-up as a Chicago Cares guest, visit www.
chicagocares.org.
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Burdens To
A Women's Jubilee Journey
Sisters Night Out
Women's Worship Service
Friday, May 13, 2011
7:00 p.m.
*Women are encouraged to wear "Little Black Dresses" to this
worship service
Guest Preacher:
Rev. Dr. Alise Barrymore
Pastor, Emmaus Community Church
Chicago Heights, IL
Women’s Retreat
Saturday, May 14, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Trinity United Church of Christ
Guest Speaker:
The Honorable Judge Glenda Hatchett
Cost: $25.00 per person
Register at the Women’s Retreat table in the
Atrium, following all worship services
Breakthroughs
(John 4:28, 29 - The Message)
Women’s Day
Sunday, May 15, 2011
All Worship Services
*Women are encouraged to wear white for Women’s Day
Guest Preacher:
Rev. Courtney Clayton Jenkins
Pastor, Euclid Avenue Congregational Church,
UCC, Cleveland, OH
Women’s Chorus
Concert
“O Give Thanks Unto The Lord”
Sunday, May 15, 2011
2:30 p.m. - Sanctuary
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Honorable
Judge Glenda Hatche
Saturday, May 14, 2011
During Women’s Retreat,
Atrium
We invite you to join Pastor Moss and Mrs. Moss as they support the community of Chicago
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and the performing arts at ENDURE Producons’ First Annual Dancing with the Pastors
Compeon Benefit. Pastors from various communies will come together and support
the arts through friendly compeon. They will compete for both the judges’ votes and the
audience vote. The “People’s Choice” award will be given to the pastor who has the largest
fan base in the audience; which is why it is is imperave that you come out and vote for our
pastor.
ENDURE is a professional, faith based, non-profit, inspiraonal dance company that uses the
transformaonal power of music and dance to empower youth and young adults across the
Chicago metropolitan area. For the past seven years, ENDURE has provided free training and
mentoring to over 100 youth and young adults from all walks of life. In efforts to further unify
communies and churches through dance, ENDURE is producing the first-ever pastors dance
compeon.
Tickets are $20 per person and will be available for purchase in the Akiba Bookstore beginning
Sunday, April 24. Ten percent of all ckets sold at Trinity UCC will be given back our church as
a thank you gi from ENDURE Producons. Not only will your cket purchase assist ENDURE
and support the performing arts, your purchase will also help Trinity UCC.
SPRING FORUM
A panel discussion on the state of Chicago real estate
Saturday, April 30, 2011
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10:00 a.m. – Noon
Panelists include:
Also…COUPLES WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED 40-PLUS YEARS FOR THE MARRIED COUPLES
WALL OF FAME!
Please stop by the Married Couples Ministry table in the Atrium, following all worship services to sign-up to take
photos for the Married Couples Wall of Fame! Photos of "Jubilee" couples and couples married 40-plus years will
be taken on Saturday, May 7 and Saturday, May 21, 11:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the Library. We are also asking that couples
provide us with their wedding photo or a photo of the couple taken in the earlier years of their marriage (At least
4x6 or larger). All photos will be returned. For informaon, Contact the Married Couples Ministry at 773-966-1500,
Mailbox 2343 or email marriedcouples@trinitychicago.org
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Blesses God, because:
• It ensures that God is recognized and thanked as the provider for all things in our life
As we celebrate our 50th year as a church, we set a goal of aaining 500 new members as electronic givers, those
that commit to give of their first fruits.
In the coming weeks we will be including addional informaon in the bullen, and providing other resources to
encourage and inform you. To assist you in making this important commitment to Trinity, and answer any quesons
you might have, we have tables set up in the Narthex and Atrium for your convenience.
Beginning Today, Sunday, April 17, 2011 through Sunday, May 8, 2011
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday, June 12, 2011
2:30 p.m. - Sanctuary
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
The Mul-Media Communicaons Department is looking for volunteers to sort, index and
label photographs. For informaon and to volunteer, contact Donna Hammond-Bus,
773-966-1536 or email dlhammond@trinitychicago.org.
• Photographs should be clearly labeled with the following informaon: Owner’s name,
telephone and email, as well as in formaon about the photo (people, locaon, etc.
Photos can also be submied on CDs with same idenfiable informaon
• Place photos or CD in an envelope and address to: Donna Hammond-Bus,
c/o Mul-Media Department
• Once photos are scanned and indexed, they will be returned
To Aend Their
BLACK AND CHRISTIAN
New Member Class
If you have not taken both new member classes (Sessions I and II), the Stewardship Ministry
is expecng you! Please don’t delay! Compleon of the new member process aer you have
“Walked the Aisle” is in three stages:
• Compleon of Sessions I and II (in that order) of your New Member class
• Right Hand of Fellowship on a first Sunday evening. The Right Hand of Fellowship is a
requirement for full membership
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• Become an acve member, working in one of the ministries of your church home
Please remember to bring your Bible – if you don’t have one, we’ll provide one for you!
4/21 • Maundy Thursday Worship Service 4/26 • Quarterly Meeting of the Congregation
4/22 • Good Friday - 7 Last Words 4/27 • Next Level Living Worship Service
4/24 • Easter Sunday 4/29 • Drug and Alcohol Recovery Ministry
Revival
TODAY
MONDAY 4/18
TUESDAY 4/19
THURSDAY 4/21
FRIDAY 4/22
CALENDAR
Service - SA 11:00 a.m. • Free-N-One - E102
7:00 p.m. • Singles Ministry - Prep for Easter Egg 7:00 p.m. • Free-N-One - E102
Hunt - A
• Tough Love - W305
SATURDAY 4/23
• Breast Educaon Advocacy Counseling or Navigaon Care Corner, dedicated on November 4, 2007 at Trinity
program (B.E.A.C.O.N.) provides free mammography United Church of Christ is the primary program in the
screening and the Back-On-Track Warriors support Amani Care program, staffed with volunteers who
group. We have established a reputaon for provide assistance to the congregaon and visitors
excellence as we are impacng many lives through of Trinity United Church of Christ who have medical
our educaonal workshops and formal presentaon. challenges in entering and exing the Church. For
Those diagnosed or receiving treatment should join addional informaon, Contact Donalynne Schaffer,
the Back-on-Track Warriors. Addional informaon: 773.966.1579.
Contact Ea McGregor-Jones, Amani-TUCHC,
773.966.1585 • SYNERGY FAMILY RESOURCE AND SUPPORT CENTER
Serves individuals, couples and families who are having
• If you are like most people, you probably didn’t difficules with Life Transions, Marriage, Divorce,
wake up one morning and say, "Gee, I’d love to spend Blended families, Raising Children; Moving, Changing
every minute of my life dedicated to the needs of Jobs, Schools, Friends or Communies; Facing
another person.” Instead, you may be an accidental Rerement; and Grief. Feelings such as Depression or
caregiver. An accidental caregiver can be a relave, Sadness, Stress or Anxiety, Empness or Loneliness, or
friend from church, or even a neighbor. They come Low Self-esteem, Troubled relaonships with spouse,
to the aid of someone who needs help with errands, family or friends; at home, work, church or school. Are
meal preparaon, or light housekeeping. Their you having difficulty with your teenager? Facing mid-
responsibilies grow over me, and while they didn’t life crisis? Involved in substance abuse? We can help.
plan to become a caregiver, they became one. For
individuals who currently find themselves living as an SERVICES - Our Counselors listen to the client’s
accidental caregiver, Amani Trinity United Community reasons for seeking help, carefully assesses these
Health Corporaon has a series of caregiver workshops concerns and recommends ways to help, including
that are held monthly covering a number of topics Individual Counseling/Therapy, Group Counseling/
specifically related to caregiving. For addional Therapy, Relaonship Counseling/Therapy, Family
informaon and to sign-up for the workshop of your Counseling/Therapy, Marital Therapy, Substance
choice, contact Ms. T. Slaon, 773.966.1588 or email, Abuse Counseling, Domesc Violence Counseling.
tslaon@trinitychicago.org.
CONFIDENTIALITY - All informaon shared in therapy
• AMANI CARE CORNER asks “Can you spare one is confidenal. No informaon about a client will be
Sunday per month?” We seek kind, gentle and caring released unless disclosure is required by law or the
Trinitarians to volunteer to assist the elderly and client has given wrien permission. For addional
physically challenged members to and from their Pace informaon, Contact Cheryl Butler, 773.966.1592 or
vans before and aer worship service. The Amani email, crbutler@trinitychicago.org.
PRAYER CONCERNS
WE GOT NEXT : Celebrang the joys and sacrifices of the past and securing the future of
our Next generaon to take our community to the Next level.
Levicus 25:1 - 13 (NIV), Luke 4:18 - 19 (KJV)
Y E A R S
of
M I N I ST RY
Go in peace.
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