Volume 43, Number 11, December, 2016 Because of God’s love for us through Christ, we exist to worship, grow, and serve.

Worship at Hanging of the Greens hristmas ervices Amy Leach Saturday, Eve* Please join us on Sunday, December 4 We will have our Cherub choir, Netkids C S Time Service Minister at 5 p.m. for our second annual Hanging choir, Youth choir, and Chancel choir of the Greens service. This service brings sing during this service. We will adorn 4 p.m...... Chapel Service...... Rev. Hynes together old and new traditions the sanctuary with greenery, flowers, 5:30 p.m...... Families...... Rev. Brewster and is a wonderful way to celebrate the and candles. We will hear readings and season. sing carols. Now, all we need is you, so 8 p.m...... Lessons & Carols...... Dr. Wiatt As you read make plans now 11 p.m...... Communion...... Dr. Wiatt this, you may be for your family * All Christmas services will have candlelight. asking, “What is to attend a Hanging of the this service.

Greens service?” Following the hristmas unday The answer, for me service, we will CSunday, ChristmasS Day at least, is a very have a church- 10 a.m....One Great Service....Dr. Wiatt personal one. I grew wide potluck Sunday School will resume on Jan. 8 up at a church that Sunday, December 4—5-7 p.m. dinner in Moor had this type of Hall. During —­ Hanging of the Greens Schedule — service every year dinner, we’ll 4:30-5:00- Potluck dishes received in Moor and it is a tradition have a carol sing- Hall (main dishes, sides, and/or desserts near and dear to my heart as it represented along, tree decorating, and fellowship. We are needed) the start of the Christmas season - a time to want this to become a tradition at Trinity 5:00-5:45- Service in Sanctuary focus on what this time of year truly means. - we can’t do it without you! 5:45- Potluck dinner in Moor Hall Grow at Service of Hope Serve with Alternative Christmas Giving Gloria Colvin and Remembrance Madison Youth Ranch Liaison Rev. Barbara Hynes If you are looking for a gift for someone morning and some will be given to the Associate Pastor of Discipleship who has everything they need, consider children so that they can go shopping. The This years’ Service of Hope and making a gift in their honor for the children goal is to be able to give each child $150 in Remembrance, Wednesday, December at the Madison Youth Ranch who need so gifts and gift cards. Gift cards in increments of 14, will be led by Associate Pastor of much. These are children who have been $10, $20 or $25 would be much appreciated. Discipleship, Barbara Hynes, in the removed from their homes because of abuse, Especially useful and flexible are VISA, Master sanctuary. neglect, or family distress. At the Ranch, they Card, or American Express gift cards or some A service of candlelight, music, meditation experience God’s love in a stable, loving, from Target, Walmart, and Best Buy. and prayer can help us pause for a moment family-like environment. Gift cards can be given to Gloria Colvin, to find hope and peace at a time when loss Providing gift cards is a tangible way we can Trinity’s representative to the Children’s or absence of loved ones, of health, or of help bring Christmas joy to these children. Home, or sent to the Madison Youth Ranch, dreams, present an extra challenge. Please House parents will use a portion to purchase P.O. Box 38, Pinetta, Fl 32350 (indicate that join us for this special service. gifts the children can open on Christmas you’re from Trinity). Gifts to Trinity Trinity received the following gifts from There’s a Song in the Air ... October 18 – November 8, 2016: Rev. Dr. Wayne D. Wiatt Senior Pastor She came down the steep driveway steering the push-button drive Dodge Station Wagon. Her “sleigh” was loaded to the roof-line, filled with toys and every baked good imaginable. Squeals of glee burst forth as my brother In memory of Duane Clark from Carol Thomas and I ran up the driveway to Key, Virginia Johnson, William and Davida greet Mammy. My grandmother was Hartley, Marshall and Vicki Inzer, Kay and no ordinary woman. She was divorced Tom Clements, Tammy Roggen, Charles when divorce wasn’t fashionable in & Linda Rountree, Mr. & Mrs. William the 1940s. She had made a life and Peebles, Jr. career for herself selling World Book Encyclopedia. She advanced quickly First ANNUAL to Regional Manager, owned a home hands on top of hers as her fingers on the river across from Ft. Sumter in glided across the ivory keys. We didn’t Charleston, and was replete with stories sing songs of sorrow and woe over and tales that one might find on the the felled and broken pages of the three sets of World Book ornaments, we sang songs of Hope December 11 volumes that called our bookshelves and Promise... home. (We always benefited from the prior years’ display edition!) There’s a Song in the Air, There’s a Star in the Sky, Christmas was a time filled with There’s a mother’s deep prayer, expectation and excitement. From the and a baby’s low cry... Suwannee River limestone fireplace And the star rains it’s fire while the where we hung our stockings, to the beautiful sing, live pine tree that filled the corner of for the manger of , the Great Room with scent and sight! cradles a King! The season of Christmas brought joy and laughter and music into ever nook So on a starry night in rural north and cranny of our home. Florida, in the midst of broken “Underwear is the second most requested ornaments and a banished cat from item, behind food, by impoverished families. My father and older brother would the house, we sang... We sang and Underwear makes a huge difference in a spend days in the woods hunting with remembered the Joy of a tiny babe child’s dignity. Underwear can help restore a the beagles, and my younger brother born in Bethlehem whose star lit up the child’s self-worth, confidence and happiness.” and I would spend hours under the tree sky and pointed to a new way, a new YOU can help! shaking and inspecting every package. path, and a new King! One day the cat found her way under Children living in poverty have a great need for new underwear. Join us to meet that the tree with us, decided to climb it’s Joy to the World, The Lord is Come! need as we celebrate the First –Ever Annual branches, and to everyone’s horror, Let earth receive her King; Undie Sunday. the tree and it’s antique glass Let every heart prepare him room, ornaments came Sunday, December 11, 2016 and heaven and nature sing! crashing down! It’s Purchase new underwear for boys and girls, amazing how such Isaiah 9:6 ages 3-12. Select any size. Choose fun colors, a seemingly For unto us a child is born, unto us super heroes and cartoon characters. If you disastrous event prefer not to shop, send a check to TUMCT a son is given, and the government was somehow and mark “Undie Sunday” in the memo line. will be upon his shoulders. reinterpreted into And he will be called Wonderful Large containers will be at all services, a family gathering to clean-up and put ready to receive your Christmas gifts for these things back in order! Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting special angels. We hope to collect enough Father, Prince of Peace. children’s underwear to serve Allen Outreach, That evening we didn’t focus on the Hope Community, Providence Community, broken ornaments, some of which I’m Riley School and Ruediger School. sure were priceless, but we gathered around the old grand piano and sang! THANK YOU! I sat in Mammy’s Lap, placing my 2 Music-Making in High Gear for Christmas Season Mark Repasky Music Director The Advent-Christmas season is a your whole family for this special Preschool Christmas program busy time for music groups at Trinity. celebration! Trinity’s 60 preschool children We hope our congregation will be part present their annual Christmas of many of our musical “offerings!” NETkids on the road program Friday, December 16 at The children from the Wednesday 11:30 a.m. in Moor Hall. Here’s a Ring in the Season after-school program travel to St. This event is Tallahassee’s annual Augustine Plantation on Wednesday, December 7 for a 30-minute program of mostly , starting at 4:15 p.m.

Magnificat Many know the story about the angel announcing to Mary she would give birth to the savior of the world, Jesus. Mary’s response is chance to see and hear the Christmas recorded in Luke 1:46-55. It is often story from these youngest of children! handbell extravaganza held at First called the Song of Mary, Canticle of Baptist Church. Our Trinity Ringers Mary or . The words can be services- will be one of the six bell groups found in our hymnal, #199, Composers Ah, the candles! participating. Come join us at 4 p.m. have put this text to music with Warren May and Carol Marchant will on Saturday, December 3. remarkable effect for centuries. Our lead the music for the 4 p.m. service in Chancel choir, accompanied expertly the Chapel. Hanging of the Greens by Viktor Billa on organ, will present The 5:30 p.m. service is our family This will be our second annual Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi’s Christmas service featuring children celebration, set for Sunday, December Magnificat during the 8:30 and 11 and youth musicians. That includes 4 at 5 p.m. Music during the service is a.m. services on Sunday, December Cherub Choir, our two NETkids Choirs, provided by our Cherub choir, NETkids 11. Only 13 minutes in length, it NETkids steel pan ensemble, Youth mixes choral sections with small vocal Choir, and Youth Praise band. ensemble sections. Our Pastor plans to sing with the choir AND preach the sermon that morning! Sunday, December 4 Heavenly from 5 - 7 p.m. Chimes on Choirs, Youth Choir and Chancel Choir the road and also a dance troupe. Haven’t heard Our senior adults handchime group recorders playing in a Other special highlights are the live presents 30-minute programs at the here for quite a while? You will that , Children’s Moment and Tallahassee Community Center on night! After the service, we go to Moor of course, lighting all those candles! Thursday, December 8 at 11:30 Hall for a pot-luck dinner. During that At 8:00 p.m. we offer our traditional a.m. and at Lake Jackson Community time, the Moor Hall Christmas tree will Lessons and Carols service involving Center on Thursday, December 15 be decorated by those in attendance. Chancel Choir, Trinity Ringers and at 11 a.m. The group loves playing The evening ends with a 10-minute Sacred Pans. The 11 p.m. service involves traditional Christmas carols and songs sing-along of Christmas favorites led a small vocal ensemble. It is a beautiful and enjoys sharing with others….great by our children. So everyone, bring service with communion and candles! outreach for our church! 3 Community Trinity’s Local Missions Team — Gloria Whitaker Trinity Cares Spotlight Local Missions committee member One of Trinity United Methodist food stuffs are ordered and volunteers are Church’s great traditions started 29 years solicited. In the past, many Tallahassee women and children are available for ago. The United Way of Leon County churches, law firms, vendors and our guests. Seeing folks make a choice is articulated the need for a Christmas individuals have contributed in some always fun. Last year the Ministry added dinner to be served for the community way to see that the dinner was a reality. crocheted mats which were a big hit and – for those eating alone or not at all. We still count on our many supporters to the supply was quickly depleted. Trinity‘s downtown church was the help make this dinner happen. The dinner, which is cooked from perfect central location and with this But it is the many volunteers who scratch by an all-male crew led by Blue initial coordination between the United deserve the credit for making the dinner Whitaker, is a veritable feast - as good as can be found anywhere. The dedicated kitchen crew is now training the second generation of cooks who take on more of the duties every year. By the time the dinner ends the cleanup is under way, the dishwashers are hard at work, and good byes until next year are exchanged. As one of our coordinators said several years ago, “I took the dinner coordinating job for very selfish reasons. I wanted to make my own Christmas one in which I would once again, hear the angels sing. I did.” The Community Christmas Dinner at Trinity does that to people. Some of these fellows have been cooking and loading plates with delicious Christmas fare for many, many years. Everyone is invited to join us for the 29th Community Dinner, Way and Trinity, the annual Community as successful as it is each year. Volunteers so bring your family and friends. If you Christmas Dinner hosted by Trinity was come from all over the community and wish to attend the dinner or help with born. some come from out of the state. Many donations or volunteer or need any more Every Christmas from noon to 2 p.m., come back year after year – it has become information, contact Gloria Whitaker. 878- volunteers pull out all of the stops in an annual reunion for our volunteer 6064 [email protected]. family. People who return usually know which job suits them best and what they like to do. There is one little lady who comes just to cut pies and a young man who wants to take charge of seeing that the goodie bags are filled. We have some folks who can’t stand for any length of time, so sitting and conversing is just the right job for them. And our kitchen crew doesn’t want to work anywhere else. As the festivities There are almost as many volunteers as there are hungry people. There is a plate of food or a job for everyone. begin we’ll have a carol sing as visitors and volunteers alike join Moor Hall – dishing out sweet potato the musicians who serenade us until casserole, belting out carols and chatting closing time. The atmosphere is joyous – cheerfully with the guests. There are who wouldn’t want to participate? usually between 250 - 300 guests and This will be the fourth year that we will many of them return yearly. have the help of Trinity’s “Hats for Friends” Planning for the dinner begins weeks ministry. Hundreds of knitted hats and This is a great place to model behavior for our in advance as supporters are contacted, scarves of all sizes and colors for men, children and it’s never too soon to start. 4 Wellness Activities for December Health Wellness Team Becoming Fit at Church (BFC) • Staying Strong (9:30 a.m. Tues./Thurs.) – Exercise and physical activity are a great way Jaqui Griffith ([email protected] ) and to feel better, gain health benefits and have fun. Ruth Ann High ([email protected]) As a general goal, aim for at least 30 minutes of • Variety Mix (11 a.m. Tues./Thurs.) exercise physical activity every day. At BFC, you’ll learn – we’ve hired another nursery worker, please exercises that you can do by yourself, but it’s let Amy know in advance if you need childcare a lot more fun in a group with friends to cheer – Amy Leach ([email protected]) you on. Come join in one or more of the five • Power Hour (6:30 p.m. Wed.) during Lay BFC Exercise classes every week: Academy) – Powered by Elaine Freni — TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF — This group participates in local races (running and walking), kayak and hiking trips, and many activities for all ages. Jingle Bell Run Dec 3, 2016 – for details, see the TUFF Facebook page TUFF kayakers had a surprise visit from Rev. Dr. Wiatt on a recent trip to Wakulla.

Some youth joined with TUFF members for the recent CROP Hunger Walk. — TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF TUFF —

Helping Others Trinity’s guests for Christmas dinner may choose ([email protected]). Hats for Community Garden – Watch your from the many hats and also receive a gift bag to go. Friends will meet Tuesday, December 13in Sunday Bulletin for harvest updates. As a the Conference Room at 10:30. Be sure to reminder, all are welcome to visit Trinity’s bring all projects, as this will be our last community garden, and enjoy the fresh meeting before delivering the hats and vegetables and herbs. If you would like to scarves to the Christmas dinner crew. volunteer to help, contact Shari Hubbard. Crochet, Crochet, crochet, knit, knit, knit, bring, bring, bring. See you there! Hats for Friends (formerly Hats for the Homeless) – Judy Levy Mats for the Homeless – Rose Glenn ([email protected]) The Homeless Mats group will meet Thursday, Dec 8th in the Conference Room from 10:45-noon. Health Wellness Calendar Please come and help us make plarn Classes in (plastic yarn) out of grocery-type bags. Drop in any time! the Parlor Christmas is coming soon and we want BFC Series Upcoming Events to finish as many mats as possible. Exercise Classes • Jingle Bell Run - Saturday, Dec. 3 at 6:15 p.m. Many thanks to those who have contributed bags for this project. Our ­Tuesdays and Thursdays • TUFF Turkey Trot - Thanksgiving Nov. 24 • 9:15 - Staying Strong current supply is plenteous, so we don’t • Mats for the Homeless Thurs., Dec. 8 at • 11:00 - Variety Mix** 10:45 a.m. in Conference room need any more bags right now. If you would *$3 suggested donation ** Nursery by reservation only • Hats for Friends Tue., Dec. 13 at 10:30 a.m. like to save bags for us in future, please — Wednesdays — in Conference room remember that we use only grocery-type (During Lay Academy) plastic bags for making these sleeping 6:30 p.m. - Power Hour mats. Newspaper bags, dry cleaning bags, For more information about the Health Wellness ministry contact: Jaqui Griffith (Jaqui_Griffith@ and/or heavy plastic bags are not easily comcast.net), Ruth Ann High ([email protected]) or Amy Leach ([email protected]) crocheted and cannot be used. 5 UMW December Speaker is Ruthann High Nancy Bedford Communications Officer The next meeting of UMW in Ministry will to attend, even if you aren’t a member of be Tuesday, Dec. 6th in Moor Hall at 11:45 UMW in Ministry. Please call Nancy Kerce a.m. The program speaker will be Ruth Ann at 877-6546 for reservations. Standing High, Trinity’s coordinator of HEO (Helping reservations are preferred. *UMW Executive Each Other). This meeting will also include Committee will meet at 10:30 in the church Installation of Officers. Everyone is invited library prior to the luncheon.

- In the Spotlight - UMW Action Team Meetings Esther Harrison Alpha Circle: Mon, Dec. 12th 10am at 807 Greenbriar Lane Cynthia Smith, hostess/chair. My name is Esther Harrison and I joined Dorcas Foster Circle: Tues, Dec. 6th 1pm in the Church Library. Nancy Waugh, chair. United Methodist Women shortly after my husband, Tommy, Mary Martha Circle: Christmas poinsettias will be given to Trinity shut-ins. Julie Pararo, and I got married at chair. Southside on Sojourners Circle: Wed, Dec. 7th at noon, Café at St. Johns. Marti Chumbler, chair. October 17, 1970 (he grew up attending Susanna Wesley Circle: Tues, Dec. 20th 10am at 1111 Wisteria Dr. Linda Yates hostess church at Southside). Liz Smith, chair. The congregation was The Voice Circle: Thurs, Dec. 15th lunch meeting at Marie Livingston’s Patti Oakley, chair. small so we had a small unit. I began serving as Watch the bulletin and website, www.tumct.org/connect/ (then select UMW in Ministry & a Tallahassee District Action Teams) for details as they become available. (now Northwest District) officer when my minister said he hoped I would say yes to the opportunity. I am glad I did say Gloves yes. It has given me so many opportunities for UMW is collecting gloves to be given out at the Trinity Christmas dinner. Gloves for leadership spiritual growth and educational men are the most needed but gloves for women and children are also accepted. Please opportunities. UMW believes in educating our place them in the “Gloves” donation box in the Welcome Center. members so we can put that knowledge into action. My family transferred our membership to Trinity in 1985 and I immediately joined the Personal Hygiene Kits UMW Unit. I also joined a UMW circle which UMW is collecting personal hygiene kits to be given out at the Trinity Christmas was a new experience for me and I am still dinner. Personal items such as a toothbrush, toothpaste tissue packet, deodorant, active in the same circle. In 1996 and 1997 I washcloth, hand sanitizer, disposable razor, and shampoo are included in a gallon was privileged to serve as a Florida Conference officer. The past ten years I was treasurer for ziplock bag. *Note UMW has plenty of bars of soap available! In addition to “completed Trinity’s unit. I took a year off and am looking bags” which may contain all or some of the suggested supplies we happily accept forward to serving as Trinity’s U.M.W. president individual items. Please place donations in the “Hygiene Kits” box in the Welcome beginning my term in January. Center. For more information contact Rose Glenn email [email protected]

Pecans? Hats for Friends Judy Levy Hats for Friends will meet Tuesday, i Pecan Super-Salesperson December 13 in the Conference Room at Dr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Wiatt Hopefully, the pecans are all gone by the 10:30. Be sure to bring all projects, as this will be time this Tidings is published. If not, check our last meeting before delivering the hats and cordially invite you to an with Judy Levy at judithtlevy@embarqmail. scarves to the Christmas dinner crew. Crochet, com. UMW thanks all of you for your Crochet, crochet, knit, knit, knit, bring, bring, Open House support for our annual fund raiser. It gives bring. See you there!!!! Saturday, January 7, 2017 us more to support local missions. As this Two until Four in the afternoon is my last year of leadership in this effort, I Kitchen Kids want to thank all of you for your acceptance Kitchen Kids didn’t get off the ground in 524 Oakland Avenue East of some zaniness and encouragement. It November. We are hoping to have our first has been a fun ride, but it is time for me to session Sunday, December 11 after the 11:00 Tallahassee, Florida service in Moor Hall/kitchen. We will be making step aside and let someone else have all the Christmas cookies. All hands on deck, parents fun. No, I’ll still be around, but I will be the included. Children in grades 3, 4, and 5 are f #1 volunteer for this special mission. Thanks invited to come. Please RSVP to Judy Levy at again, Judy Levy [email protected]. 6 Youth Happenings in December Lisa Prasse Tanner Johnson Youth Director Youth Ministry Assistant A Note from Lisa ...

Prepare, prepare, prepare! The month our youth in their upcoming mission • Sunday, December 4, 5-8pm of November swiftly slid away while we trip - so please know how grateful we Hanging of the Greens were preparing for all the wonderful are for your support-always! • Sunday, December 11, 6-8pm UMYF things coming our way! So much to Christmas Party! be done! In addition to our regular The Hanging of the Greens is always • Wednesday, December 21: NO BIBLE weekly programming, in November, a fun way to usher in Christmas and STUDIES we took MANY orders for Christmas prepare our sanctuary together. The • Saturday, December 24: Christmas trees and and distributed or youth stayed busy helping with this Eve services; youth-5:30pm delivered all of them on November special service and had fun in so doing. 30th so everyone had them to beautify • Sunday, December 25: Merry their spaces for the holidays! We had a Add to that a couple service projects Christmas! One service @ 10:00-no terrific “Connect” Fall Retreat at Warren and some preparations for Christmas Sunday School Willis, teaching all of us how to use parties, etc. and you’ll find that will add • Wednesday, December 28: NO BIBLE all our electronics to more closely up to one very busy month. As you STUDIES connect to one another and the world hustle and bustle and also prepare, Upcoming Youth Events for January: in kindness and love. don’t forget to make time to prepare • January 1, 2017: Happy New Year! your heart as well. Preparing will take One service @ 11:00-no Sunday School We filled boxes for the Samaritan’s a lifetime here on this earth building • January 16, 2017: Meals on Wheels Purse Operation Christmas Child and and growing our relationship with loaded ALL the boxes the church filled God, working on ourselves and doing • January 29, 2017: Music Ministry into the van for delivery. The kids and I what it takes to live that out everyday. Sunday enjoyed sharing the gospel and God’s Loving others, helping those we can love with many other children in this and growing in our faith every day. The fun way! more we prepare the better off we will Trinity Youth be. Join me in hustling and bustling to ili! We sold chili tickets for our second work on those preparations this season h c just of two major fundraisers that will take as well! Merry Christmas! fundraiser place during the Festival of Lights on free $ Dec. 3rd 5-9 p.m. on the front steps of Upcoming Youth Events for parking! 5 the church! Come join us and warm up December: Front steps of Trinity with a nice bowl of chili, buy a sweet • Saturday, December 3, 5-9pm Chili December 3 (Festival of Lights) treat and/or a soda as well! All proceeds Fundraiser/Festival of Lights from 5 - 8 p.m. from this fundraiser will go to support

HEO Corner Ruthann High HEO Coordinator Thank you God, for my Trinity does a nice job with our Christmas like to help in this dinner. We hand out scarves and knitted ministry let me warm bed. hats. We provide a nice meal and warm know. I would love to As we enter into December hospitality, but winter is long. receive donations of maybe it will finally be cold. A lot of Just today a gentleman asked me if I had blankets, sleeping bags us are looking forward to wearing any knitted caps. I did. I ran upstairs and or jackets. I will have a our sweaters and long sleeves. But came back quickly to this bald homeless sign inside the closet by the welcome man and handed him a leftover one from center over a basket where you can leave what about the homeless? Many last year. His smile could not be measured. your donations. of them stay outside all night and I will be purchasing jackets at Goodwill There is nothing better than helping have trouble keeping warm. or fleece jackets at Costco. If you would somebody be warm in the winter. 7 Trinity United Methodist Church P.O. Box 1086 Tallahassee, Florida 32302

(850) 222-1120 www.tumct.org spent Brewster Rev. some time with the local children. Rev. Dr. Wayne D. Wiatt, Senior Pastor Jonathan Brewster, Associate Pastor Barbara Hynes, Associate Pastor of Discipleship Rex Adams, Director of Communications To say the least, it was an amazing and it was the least, say To

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The team collaborated with a local with a local collaborated team The The 2016 Trinity Guatemala Mission Mission Guatemala Trinity 2016 The and other hazards. However, knowing knowing However, hazards. other and dramatically were their living conditions it was emotionally difficult to witness the emotionally difficult it was these families must endure. that suffering infection, disease, to often prone are They well as in unsanitary and hazardous areas. as in unsanitarywell areas. and hazardous In fact, living in a sheltered was one family times, At bedroom. of a small the size area living conditions. Because living conditions Because living conditions. living local families many ideal, not always are in close quarters reside to as forced are construction and medical. The constructionThe construction and medical. projects sites, different in two worked team in families for houses build to helping and sanitary shelter need of safe desperate which seeks to provide relief to indigenous to relief provide which seeks to and hurting the During the trip, people. teams-- divided in two was team Trinity benefited from the team’s efforts. efforts. team’s the from benefited missionary de Salomon, agency Porch restoration to many of the indigenous of the indigenous many to restoration the needs be sure, To people in Guatemala. that “leastthese” of the was it but varied Twenty-five individuals spent a week a week individuals spent Twenty-five serving order in capacities of array an in comfort, support, and provide healing, to Team recently returned from serving from returned in recently Team three approximately located Panajachel, City. Guatemala and half-hours from Jonathan Brewster Associate Pastor Back from Mission Guatemala Back from to ElectionFun! Day Duggar Stacey Director Preschool voting was something that was voting and DaddysMommys do. responsibility very seriously. responsibility very seriously. understood that They These two young voters voters two young These taking their civic were