Trinity Presbyterian Church

I added my entire collection of our church picnic photos to Flickr. You can see the rest of the collection by clicking here.

The July 2009 Trinity newsletter is now available! Check it out here!

I just posted the electronic copy of the church’s June newsletter. See it before it shows up in your mailbox. Click here.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION DIRECTOR

Trinity Presbyterian Church in Woodbury, Minnesota

Trinity Presbyterian is a growing, 250 member church located in Woodbury, Minnesota. The 20 year old main building (sanctuary & education wing) and two year old new wing (large fellowship hall, expanded classrooms, and kitchen.) is situated in a thriving suburb ten miles east of St. Paul, about 1 mile east of 494 and ¼ mile west of Radio Drive.

We are looking for a part-time (20-25 hours per week) Christian Education Director to provide leadership and support primarily in the areas of our growing Sunday Church School, Wednesday evening LOGOS program and active youth program. The position calls for training and/or experience working with infants, young children, and older youth. The ideal candidate will possess excellent organizational skills, professional communication skills, and proven relational ministry skills.

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Don’t forget that this Friday and Saturday, Trinity is hosting an all-church rummage sale! With so many families participating in this sale there’s sure to be something that interests just about everyone! Don’t miss it.

I just posted the May newsletter on the website. Click here to see it before it even shows up in your mailbox.

Watch (or rewatch) Trinity’s 25th anniversary video!

This Sunday I’m going to be leading an Adult Education class about using the Internet to explore and enhance your faith. I’m going to use this post to help direct people in the class as well as others to tools and sites around the Internet.

Tools

This section covers the basics that you should understand about weblogs which are online diaries or journals. Often, but not always, these sites are written with an opinionated point of view.

• What is an RSS feed?
• What is a blog?
• Google Reader is a free RSS reader which lets you access your favorite online sites quickly and easily from any Internet connected computer.
• Technorati is a search engine focused around weblogs.

National Presbyterian Sites

• PC(USA) 218th General Assembly site – This site is from 2008. The next General Assembly will be in 2010 and a new site will be created.
• Presbyweb – a daily newsletter update of several major Presbyterian and other denominational news. Free 30 day trial
• PC(USA) congregational search engine
• PC(USA) RSS feeds
• Presbyterians for Renewal – a network of people organized to promote the theme of bibical renewal for the PC(USA)
• More Light Presbyterians – a network of people organized to promote the full participation of gay and lesbian people in the PC(USA)

Synod and Presbytery Websites

• Synod of Lakes and Praries
• Presbytery of the Twin Cities
• Synod of Mid-America (Kansas and Missouri)
• Presbytery of Northern Kansas

Church Websites

• House of Hope, St. Paul
• Westminster Presbyterian, Minneapolis
• Christ Presbyterian, Edina
• Saint Paul Cathedral
• Central Presbyterian, Saint Paul
• Woodbury Baptist
• Dayton Avenue Presbyterian, Saint Paul

Personal Points of View
There’s a strong difference between someone writing with an institutional voice, and someone who writes only for him or herself alone. In this next section, I present some group blogs which collect together individual writers who come from various spiritual backgrounds and traditions.

Whether or not you agree with their points of view, they will be thought provoking.

• RevGalBlogPals – a group blog featuring women in or around ministry (not Presbyterian specific.)
• (Unofficial) PC(USA) Blog – self described as “[a] community for those whose blogging is decent and in order” in the finest Presbyterian tradition.
• God Parenting – written for people who want to be involved in the spiritual lives of children, written by “mommy Helen” who an Episcopal priest (and mommy, obviously.)
• Journey with Jesus – a free weekly ecumenical Christian newsletter with lectionary selections and meditations

Devotionals

• Daily Bible – offers daily devotionals in three length formats, and in five different translations.
• Crosswalk Devotionals – Crosswalk is a very large Christian web site and their devotionals section collects together dozens and dozens of devotionals organized by various categories (e.g., women’s, men’s, lifestyle, etc.)

Don’t be afraid to explore topics of interest by using your favorite search engine.

I’ve uploaded a set of photos from our Easter service, April 12, 2009 to flickr.  You can see the rest of the photos by clicking here.

Trinity’s annual church-wide rummage sale will be held Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2.  There is still time to donate gently used items for sale.

Volunteers to help organize and price donations and run the sale are still needed (and very welcome.)

Things which always sell well include children’s clothing, DVDs, CDs, and (recent) books.

For more information about the rummage sale, see the sign up sheet in the Welcome Room, call the church office, or contact Gretchen White.

If you need assistance getting larger items to the church, arrangements can be made by contacting Greg VanderVeer.