Author: Rich Vurva

Print/view the 06/23/22 Tidings In Memory of Evelyn McClain Evelyn and I were strangers to each other. I had been asked to visit her in the assisted living facility she had recently moved into. Evelyn was past 90 years old…

Print/view the 06/09/22 Tidings A Message from Pastor Amy I’ve been thinking a lot about bodies lately. In my visits, I’ve held the hands of people lamenting their changing, aging body. No matter how many times this happens, I never…

Print/view the 05/26/22 Tidings A Message from Pastor Madeline I’ve written and rewritten this greeting countless times, trying to find words when it feels like there are none. The recent mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, comes…

Print/view the 05/12/22 Tidings A Message from Pastor Amy After four years of crisis leadership and almost two years after my new call here, I feel that I’m finally serving as Lead Pastor at Trinity. Twice now, I’ve been lovingly…

Print/view the 04/28/22 Tidings A Message from Pastor Madeline You have extended grace and delight as I get my sea legs back for preaching. Being on deck for any sort of public speaking is a wonderful and challenging ministry presence,…

Print/view the 04/14/22 Tidings A Message from Pastor Amy I’m not one for substitutionary atonement. This is a fancy name for the theological understanding that Jesus had to die for our sins, otherwise we’d really be in trouble. In my…

Print/view the 03/31/22 Tidings Join the Jubilee on Palm Sunday It is not too late to sign up to display your talents and interests during the fellowship hour after Palm Sunday worship service. This Jubilee is an opportunity to form…

Print/view the 03/17/22 Tidings A Message from Pastor Madeline Hello everyone! Thank you for the warm welcome to Trinity and the surrounding community. In a short amount of time, we’ve enjoyed multiple worship services, Sunday School, planning meetings, and a…

Print/view the 03/03/22 Tidings A Message from Pastor Amy On Sunday, Feb. 27, you voted to extend a call to a Part Time Associate Pastor! The candidate accepted! Pastor Madeline will begin her ministry with Trinity on Sunday, March 13!…

Print/view the 02/17/22 Tidings A Message from Pastor Amy When facing changes that I don’t particularly like or am not really ready for, I remind myself that I believe in resurrection. Sometimes things must die for us to make room…