A monthly newsletter of Trinity United Methodist Church ...a Stephen Ministry Congregation

Volume 19, Issue 10 October 2019

Come & See …

Tricks or Treats

Program Ministry News

Promotion Sunday Pictures

Big Fish, Little Fish, Minnows

Children’s Ministry Pool Party

Sisters In Praise Women’s Retreat

College Football Rivalry

Puzzle

Lay Servant Ministry Training

A Prayer for Peace

Memorials & Gifts

Thank You Notes

Those Who Serve

We Care/Prayer List

Birthdays/Anniversaries

A Look at Beauty

… Go & Tell Open Hearts

Open OpenMinds Hearts Open Doors Open Minds Open Doors Tricks or Treats

It's Halloween time again. All of us over fifty will make a run to the store to buy a big bag of candy for the kids who don't come around anymore. Somehow in the last thirty years Halloween has become an adult holiday. Adults go out and rent or buy incredibly expensive, and sometimes risqué, costumes to wear to their favorite watering hole for a night of alcohol and indigestion causing foods. Next to Christmas, we spend more money on Halloween in the ole USA than any other holiday.

It wasn't always this way. I remember the great anticipation I had as a child as the thirty-first of October drew near each year. I had a great Casper the friendly ghost costume one year. I dressed up as my favorite spook and my mother would walk me completely around the neighborhood, as I made my hollow threat of extortion to our neighbors. My reward was enough candy to cause multiple cavities and the onslaught of type 2 diabetes. I would go home and spread my “catch” out on the table and slowly start devouring it all, one piece at a time.

As I grew older, I outgrew the costume and went out with only a mask to hide my true identity. I know in my hometown that there was an ordinance that prohibited kids over the age of twelve from wearing a mask. It seems some older folks decided a Halloween mask was a good cover for someone robbing a gas station.

This was about the same time some idiot in our community put a razor blade in an apple. The rumor was that some child had split his face open on the razor blade and had been rushed to the hospital. Nobody knew who this kid was, but nobody wanted a smile like the Joker’s. Not wanting to take any chances, the local hospital started offering their x-ray equipment to the public each Halloween as a means of checking for foreign objects in their kids’ Halloween bags.

This was the time Halloween changed. Parents went from following their children in the car to become personal bodyguards for their little goblins. The result was that fewer and fewer children started coming and knocking on our door each October. The Halloween candy would still be there for the Easter Bunny to recycle.

Halloween carnivals became the in thing to do until the conservative churches and the ACLU began battling over the holiday and public funding. Some churches used this children’s holiday as a chance to have haunted houses based on their concept of hell. Their purpose was to scare children out of hell into heaven. This usually worked about as long as the Halloween candy lasted.

The Halloween carnival became the fall festival. Kids quit trick or treating and adults became much more interested in the holiday than the kids were. I could hear the death knoll for the lonely trick or treater being sounded as half drunk, half clothed adults hurried by on their way to their parties.

Each Halloween, however, Margo and I still go and buy a huge bag of candy in hopes that someone will still ring our door bell. This year I suggested to Margo that we buy candy that we don't like. Neither one of us needs to add 4 pounds of sugar to our waist this year and with Thanksgiving coming up we have to start pacing ourselves.

I still remember one Halloween when I was in the fourth grade. I got sick the day before Halloween and my mother took me to see the doctor. I got a shot, of course, and cried all the way home. It wasn't the shot that caused the tears. He told my mother to not let me go out on Halloween.

I begged and pleaded with my mother who finally relented. She went with me to six doors on our street. I got a little candy and some great medicine because she did not do what the doctor said, which was a first. There have been 54 Halloweens since then, but that is the one that still means the most.

So turn your porch lights on, put a bowl of candy next to the door, and see who comes to your door this year. It will probably be a small child, holding on to the hand of a grandparent, who is getting more out of the night than their grandchild is. Kim Program Ministry News Well, we have dropped down to the cool ‘80s in temperature around here. It’s Fall at the beach. If we hit the 70’s, we’ll think we need to pull out our winter coats to go with our flip flops. The seasons are just different here, are they not? To celebrate the Fall season, we have some exciting programming coming. Check out the details below. Plan to join us and bring a friend! Peace and Joy, Cindy

Fish Club … continues every Wednesday night in October, from 5:15—7:00 p.m. for children ages 4 through 5th grade. We will be learning about Nehemiah, Esther, Job, David, and Jeremiah. We’ll have exciting crafts to go with each Bible story, a delicious meal, and music with Andy. We’re already working on our Christmas music! Thanks so much, church family, for the sound panels in Cordie Page. I’m so happy to tell a Bible story and not shout one. Sound quality in our beloved building is now much improved.

Children & Youth Sunday … will be Sunday, October 27th. Our children and youth will help lead worship that day. These young leaders will one day be our church leaders. What a fun day we will have as we celebrate our Trinity young people on this special Sunday.

Triple L —Hopsawee Tea in Georgetown Our seniors’ fellowship group, Triple L, will venture to Georgetown for a tea featuring the tastes and traditions of the Lowcountry region, at the Hopsawee Plantation on Thursday, October 3rd. Plan to meet at Cordia Page at 10:30 a.m. to go. Let Cindy know if you’re planning to attend. Cost is $18.50 for lunch and a tour.

Operation Christmas Child … is coming. Our shoeboxes should arrive in a few weeks. We’ll begin to distribute these in late October. They are due to be returned to Operation Christmas Child on November 10th. When these are available at worship, we’ll have a flyer with more details and suggestions on items to include in your boxes. Thank you in advance for your loving generosity in sharing God’s love with children around the world.

Children’s Fall Festival … is scheduled for Saturday, October 26th, from 10:00—11:30 a.m. at Cordie Page. Our families and children are invited to more fun and games. Make plans to join us for an exciting Fall Festival at Trinity!

‘Sisters in Praise’ Fall Women’s Retreat at the Beach … will be November 6th—November 9th. The program on Thursday and Friday will be ‘True Treasure.’ See the ad in the newsletter for more details, or see Tammi Seeders or Cynthia Terres.

Until further notice, our Sunday morning schedule will be:

Sunday School 9:00 AM Blended Worship 10:00 AM Promotion Sunday, August 25 “Faith Under Construction”

‘Sisters in Praise’ Fall Women’s Retreat @ the Beach November 6th at 4:00 p.m.— November 9th at 11:00 a.m.

Program presented by Cindy Smith. Come and join us as we discover our ‘True Treasure’

Sea Watch Resort Oceanfront in Myrtle Beach. 161 Sea Watch Drive. 10 overnight spots are available. Cost is $50 per person to stay three nights. Or, please join us for the day on Thursday and Friday.

‘True Treasure’ sessions will be on Thursday, November 7th from 1:00—3:00 p.m. and lunch will be provided that day.

The breakfast buffet is at Captain’s Cove (cost is $13.25) Dinner out at a local restaurant is group’s choice.

To sign up, contact Tami Seeders at 864-377-4081 or Cynthia Terres.

There Is Nothing Like a College Football Rivalry!

This fall we are fundraising to support our youth ministry at Trinity! All of the funds raised will go to support Youth Ministry.

How does football come into play?

We will have 3 boxes set up each week: one Clemson, one, one Carolina, and one Others. Whoever raises the most money will be rewarded by seeing the church staff sporting their colors on December 1st, the day after the game!

Support your favorite team, support your youth, and let’s play ball!

Monies collected through Sunday, September 22 , totaled $1,332.13

$757.52 for Clemson , $463.11 for Carolina, and $111.50 for Others

Thanks First Responders!!!

Children’s Ministry Pool Party

A Prayer for Peace

St. Francis of Assisi, an Italian Catholic friar, is commemorated on October 4. Though it’s unclear whether this famous “peace prayer” was his, it reflects his gentle spirit as an ardent Christ-follower:

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is error, truth; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying to ourselves that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

Memorials Given in memory of….

Mr. & Mrs. M.B. Huggins, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Cannon Merilyn H. Holcombe

Ida Smith Herriet Hears Marie Herrin

Betty Andreucci Dr. & Mrs. Richard Eisenman

Frankie Alford Dr. & Mrs. Richard Eisenman

Honoraria Given in honor of…. Beyond the building Mr. & Mrs. M. B. Huggins, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Cannon Merilyn H. Holcombe The Christian does not go to the temple to worship. The Christian takes the temple with him or her. Jesus lifts us beyond the building and pays the human body the highest compliment by making it his dwelling place, the place where he meets with us. —Ravi Zacharias

CAP NEEDS

Low sodium vegetables Pork and beans Grits (1 lb. bags or indiv. Packs) Oatmeal Trinity United Methodist Church, Soups-chicken noodle, tomato

Rice (1-2 lb. bags) Thank you for your donation of $50.00, on 7/31/19. Your faithful Dry beans donation will help us to continue our mission to feed people in Cereal Conway and the surrounding area. Pasta & sauce

Toiletry kit items-shampoo, soap, deodorant On behalf of the Board of Directors, Brandon Oates, Director Monetary gifts are always welcome. The Shepherd’s Table Make your check payable to Trinity and put CAP on the memo line. Thank you for loving, caring and sharing. Dear Friends,

We recently received the list of 2018 donors and would like to acknowledge with gratitude your contribution to Aldersgate We Care Ministry Needs Special Needs Ministry of the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church. Trinity’s We Care Ministry is in need of at least one more prayer warrior to join our team. With these funds we will be able to provide homes to adults We meet on the 3rd Monday of every month to with Special Needs to live in a Christian environment. review our “We Care for One Another--Prayers of the Church.” Sincerely yours, Mrs. Yvette Hering This ministry reaches out and serves our church Aldersgate Special Needs Ministry family with love. It is needed and real.

If you have questions or need more information, please call Brenda Murphy at 843-369-1267. Your kindness, generosity, and caring will keep children from

being hungry when not in school. It makes a difference for them to have enough food to eat. Also, if your address or phone number has changed, please contact the church office or Brenda Murphy. Thank you so much for all your support. We Care needs to be able to contact you.

Barb & Volunteers, Help 4 Kids, Backpack Buddies

Dear Trinity,

Thank you so much for my new bible. I might start reading a verse each night. Electronic Giving is a convenient, consistent way to help our church Yours truly, Eleanor Anderson continue to grow. Consider scheduling a recurring electronic contribution today. It’s very convenient, safe and easy! You will no longer need to write out checks or prepare envelopes every week. Even when travel, illness or other circumstances keep you from attending worship services, your Thank you so much for your contribution to Homewood. electronic contributions will continue to be received on an uninterrupted basis. You May God continue to bless you and your congregation. may also make one-time special offerings through our online giving page.

Homewood Elementary To begin your electronic giving, simply visit our website, www.trinityconway.com, Shawndra Faulk, Family School Facilitator click on the online giving button, and follow the simple directions. Remember that your online giving can be easily changed at any time.

Thank you for your continued financial support of Trinity. Those Who Serve

October 6 October 20

Greeters: Stephen Ministers Greeters: Stephen Ministers Count Committee: Barbara Davis, Carla Booth Count Committee: Genie Peterson, Diane Ginty Altar Guild: Cynthia & Dave Evans, Gail & Ed McNew Altar Guild: Cynthia & Dave Evans, Gail & Ed McNew

October 13 October 27

Greeters: Stephen Ministers Greeters: Stephen Ministers Count Committee: Carolyn Norris, Linda Parker Count Committee: Marti Hubbard, Lee Johnston Altar Guild: Cynthia & Dave Evans, Gail & Ed McNew Altar Guild: Cynthia & Dave Evans, Gail & Ed McNew

Be loyal to your church. Uphold it by your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and your witness.

Trinity United Methodist Church’s Stephen Ministry Mission Statement

The Mission of the Stephen Ministry of Trinity United Methodist Church is to grow in Christ, bring others to Christ, and to nurture, love and support one another. With the encouragement of our church family and our Stephen Ministry Team, we will be equipped to serve others by providing one-on-one, confidential, lay-caring ministry to those who are hurting.

Over the next few months, we will be sharing stories about some of the situations listed above in which people have benefitted from the care given by a Stephen Minister.

After the death of my mom, I needed some-one who would My Stephen Minister was a consistent presence walking listen—even to the same stories over and over—and who with me throughout my divorce. He would always show wouldn’t be afraid to say her name or bring up her memory. up, and most importantly, he refused to give up on me. I’ll That’s who my Stephen Minister was, and I don’t know how forever be grateful for the way he changed my life. I would have gotten through it without her. Molly George

We Care for One Another

Robbie Yarborough MEMBERS’ FRIENDS & FRIENDS John Bunn OF THE CHURCH Emma Lou Johnson Rock Smith (Joe Hudson’s friend) Betty Ackley Mac & Carolyn McCormick(Iva Finkenbiner’s friends) Lucy Olson Rev. Julian Riddle (Russ Nixon’s friend) Durwood Owens (Pat Gregory’s friends’ brother) Allen & Phyllis Koch Burnette Owens Joey Jones (Sara Reddick’s friend) Janice & Danny Elmer (Jerri Woodle’s friends) Kristen McLain David Sweeney Debby Squires (Dawn Turner’s friend) Are there any among you sick? Harriet Floyd Donna Duran & daughter Tiffany Bowning They should call for the elders of Lois Merzke (Chamela Harrell’s friends) the church and have them pray over Jim Walls Eddie Caskey (Meredith Hyman’s friend) them. James 5:14 Kip Miller Marie Freeman (Lana Fortson’s friend) Gloria Moyer Barbara Jenkins (Lana Fortson’s friend)

Billy Hamilton (Pete & Martha Johnson’s friend) Maggie Harper Beth Milcheck (Lana Fortson’s friend) B.G. & Jenny Gantt Doug & Raylene Williams Annie Register (Jamie Hewitt’s friend) Rolling Green Village, Mary Lee Anderson (Dawn Turner’s friend) 3 Hoke Smith Blvd Greenville, SC 29615 Kristi Updegraff Lilly Reaves Jim Green (Trinity’s drummer) Eloise Smith C-105 864-631-1123, 340-8804 Harmony Fields (Ralph’s daughter) Elaine Hyman Carroll Sawyer (Joe Hudson’s friend) Conway Manor 3300 4th Ave., Conway, 29526 MEMBERS’ PARENTS Dawn ( Pete & Martha Johnson’s friend) Angell Pettit (406 W) Molly & Earl Nobles (Wayne Nobles’ parents) Hillings family (Jan Green’s friends) Rebecca Suggs (Gregg Suggs’ mother) Tami Jones Watkins (Kellah Webster’s friend) Laurel Crest Mary Hopkins (Bryan Hopkins’ mother) 406 Joseph Walker Drive W. Columbia, SC 29169 Carol Reis Starr (Erik Reis’ mother) Armed Forces Jane MacDonald 803-828-9396 Carolyn Holden (Carol Baker’s mother) Michael Merzke (Diane Fouquet’s nephew)

Dave Darhower (Jeanette Woodle’s father) Matthew Merzke (Diane Fouquet’s nephew) Lakeside Place Senior Living Capt. Joseph O’Brien (Barbara Davis’ cousin) 478 Hwy 378., Lexington, SC 29072 Alex Strogen (Gray Strogen’s father) Jackson Schade (Genie Peterson’s cousin) Mozelle Goldfinch (Room 404) Carolyn Britt (Diane Parker’s mother) Barbara Nagy (Alan Nagy’s mother) Major Matthew Linton (Beth Linton’s grandson) Carolina Gardens Jimmy Richardson (Tamara Tindall’s father) Gene Austin Norris, Jr. (Gene & Carolyn Norris’ son) 2310 Hwy 378, Conway, SC 29527 Marilyn Johnston (Elaine Hyman & Joey Johnston’s Ray Davis (Gene & Carolyn Norris’ son-in-law) Lloyd Davis (Room 608) mother) Dax Battaglia (Mary Ann Mehl’s nephew) Alex Kann (Mary Ann Mehl’s granddaughter) Brightwater Molly Robertson (Steve Robertson’s mother) Barbara Calhoun (Alanda McLain’s mother) James Kostuch (Barbara Davis’ grandson) 101 Brightwater Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC Austin Clark (Brenda Murphy’s friend’s grandson) 29579-8293 Bob Evans (Dave Evans’ father) Toby Watt (Meredith Hyman’s friend) Jim Reddick (AL 309) Russell Dozier MEMBERS’ FAMILY Caroline Robertson (Cheryl & Steve’s granddaughter) The Palmettos of Garden City 9415 Frontage Road, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 Bill Darby (Jo Rush’s brother) Finn Brown (grandson of Sara Newton Reddick) Davis McNeill (Room 208) Christine Kennerly (Pat Rose’s daughter) Vincent McLean (Lana Fortson’s brother-in-law) SPECIAL REQUESTS Homebound Barbara Thompson Bailey Anderson (granddaughter of Mary & Kip All in our church and community who were affected 9613 Captain Smith Lane, Corryton, TN 37721 Miller) by the flooding. Chamela Harrell Willie Henderson (Betty Ackley’s son-in-law) 606 Burroughs St., Conway, SC 29526 Ashton Grace Calhoun (daughter of Charles Samaritan Counseling Service Annie Lou Spivey Calhoun & Sierra Joiner) 512 9th Ave, Conway, SC 29526 Teresa Richardson (Ruby Pittman’s granddaughter) Ruby Pittman Jason Owens (Burnette & Geraldine Owens’ son) 1706 Sherwood Dr., Conway SC 29526 Lincoln Browning (Don Murphy’s great nephew) Sabrina Frederick (Brenda Murphy’s niece) MEMBERS Chuck Johnson & daughter (Pete & Martha Johnson’s son) Ruby Pittman Ron Harper (Lynn Long’s brother) Wayne & Karen Nobles Virginia Buck (Genie Peterson’s cousin) Jack Goodman Anne Seay (Frank Keiser’s daughter) Pat Rose Allen & Fay McNew (Wayne Hill’s brother & Pete & Martha Johnson sister-in-law) Iva Finkenbiner Dan Taylor (Pat Taylor’s brother-in-law) Jim & Sara Reddick Frankie Collins (Pat Gregory’s sister) Diane & Dale Ginty Valerie Boccabella (Betty Ackley’s daughter) Joe & Saundra Parler Evelyn Dunn (Pete Peterson’s sister) Tina Hubbard Ron Kirkley (Mary Shellam Hill’s brother-in-law) Cheryl Robertson

Dolly Updegraff

Dennis & Jean Murdock

Larry & Dorothy Deitrich

Wally & Cookie Elston OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

1 Gavin Reis 19 Andy Davis Lee Johnston Ed Plaugher Helen McLain 20 Alex & Tammi Hyman Donna Lunsford Sudie & David Thomas 22 Russ Boatwright

Share some laughs — or groans — with these 3 Lindsey Fleming Tanner Guyton Beau and Catherine Dingle Josh Wysong autumn-themed jokes:

4 Lisa Kinon 23 Doug Williams • What did the tree say to autumn? Clay & Sarah Branyon Carly Oliver Kandace Hyman Tom Scott “Leaf me alone!” Harry & Lucy Foote 24 Lisa Owens • What did one autumn leaf say to another? “I’m falling for you.” 5 Sims Dozier Beth Calhoun • How do you fix a broken pumpkin? Jean Hoover Harrell & Pat Hardwick Eliza Tyler Lucas Brookshire With a pumpkin patch. Marley & Glenn Crotts • Why are trees very forgiving? 6 Michael & Katherine Palmer Because in the fall they “let it go” and in the 25 Josie Hunsucker 7 Pat Gregory Riley Hunsucker spring they “turn over a new leaf.” Jake Nesbit • How do leaves get from place to place? Kim Strong 26 Shana Boatwright

With autumn-mobiles. 8 Martha Cline 27 Sara Farrington •What’s the ratio of a pumpkin’s circumference Linda Parker John Creel

to its diameter? Melissa Demko 28 Wayne Hill Pumpkin pi. Georgia Johnson Chamela Harrell

9 Davis Inabnit, Jr. Jamie & Mandi Hewitt David Webster Everett Todd

John Wright 29 Brian Anderson

Lana Hudson 10 Bill Barnes Lorelei Rautsaw Anne Woodle

Congratulations to: 11 Steve & Shawna Hughes 30 Elaine Hyman Cooper Thomas Emery Howle

Craig Anderson & Megan Webber, following the birth Markell Singleton 31 Pandra Johnston of a daughter, Luna Kate Anderson. Camden Hardwick Manny Feldner Proud grandparents are Richard & Nancy Anderson. 12 Conor Guyton Matt Reynolds Teryl Scholes Charles & Marcia Small 13 Lori King Jase McLain New church office address Wally Elston 1317-B Third Avenue, Conway Tim Hoover 29526-5038 14 Beth Suggs New mailing address : Brenda Plaugher P.O. Box 1072, Conway, SC, Tami Casey 29528-1072 Linda Croyle

15 Nancy Anderson Suzanne Grove

16 Charles Jordan Jamie McLain Ron & Jill Cribb Greg & Beth Suggs

17 Susan Blackwelder Mary Tovornik Alan & Lois Edwards If you are not receiving our E-mail blasts, but would Wren & Kelli McMeekin like to receive them, please call the church office at 843-248-2194 and give us your e-mail address. 18 Jimmy & Ann Hayes Paul Smith A look at beauty

Remember kaleidoscopes — those tubes you hold up to your eye and point toward the light to see colorful shapes? When the far end of the optical instrument is turned, fragments of material inside an “object cell” shift and mirrors set at angles reflect light through the pieces, forming ever-changing patterns. A multi-hued flower might become sunlight through a round stained-glass window or fireworks on a clear night.

Various materials can be placed in the cell — tiny figures, twisted bits of metal, lace, viscous liquid — but often broken bits of glass are used, to beautiful effect! In fact, David Brewster, inventor of the kaleidoscope in 1817, named it after the Greek word kalos, for “beauty.”

Everyone feels broken, twisted or shattered at times. But when God’s perfect light shines in and through us, reflecting among the fragments of our imperfect lives, we, too, become beautiful. Out of our sinfulness and brokenness shines the beauty of compassion, kindness, perseverance, hope, love — delightful patterns to brighten this hurting world.

TRINITY UNITED U.S. POSTAGE PAID METHODIST CONWAY, SC CHURCH PERMIT NO. 136

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