Vol. 34 | No. 12| June 8, 2021 CongratulationsClass of 2021 Evan Abolins James Rolf Mary Carson Jack Floyd Walt Harwell Sanderson Blizzard Buffaloe Sanderson Enloe Leesville Millbrook Jack Lawson Connor Mary Elizabeth Kirby Gabby Paula Pearce Kaitlyn Price Sanderson McClanahan Sanderson Leesville Roberson Cary Academy Sanderson Clayton Meredith Noelle Makenzie Joseph Shealey Samuel Roberson Carson Rouse Schlegel Roberson Millbrook Millbrook Stasiewicz Clayton Clayton Leesville Sanderson Lily Kate William Tepper Nicolas Cole Warren Victoria Michael Zucker Tepper Millbrook Trachtman Trinity Academy Woollen Ravenscroft Sanderson Sanderson Millbrook Dr. Jeff Roberts | Senior Pastor | [email protected] 4815 Six Forks Road | Raleigh NC 27609 | 919-787-3740 | tbcraleigh.com GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS EMILY ANN ROBERTS CONCERT We welcome Emily Ann Roberts back to Trinity on June 27th. Emily Ann was the 2015 runner up on “The Voice” as just a teenager she sang her way into the hearts of America that year. Since 2015 Emily has been busy recording, touring and writing. Emily Ann continues to pursue her love of country music but her deep faith in Jesus is evident in all she does. Emily is a regular at the gospel music gathering “Singing in the Sun” and can often be found as part of Abraham’s Productions tours and concerts. Emily will be with us as part of our morning worship on June 27th at 10:55AM and will present a fully sacred music concert at 7:00PM that night in the Sanctuary. All are invited and no admission is required. Join us and bring a friend for a night of inspiring music. Slight Change to Online Giving We are upgrading our Church Computer Program to give members better access to all things at Trinity. This includes our Online Giving. You may have noticed a brief hour without Online Giving availability on Friday. This is when we switched from Abundant to Realm. The text giving is exactly the same! Simply text tbcgift to 73256 If you go to our website at tbcraleigh.com and then click on GIVE it will take you to an online giving screen that looks the same as the old screen. The only difference is that you will need a new password when you log in. If you had a recurring gift set-up on your online giving, it was transitioned over for you. If you would like to save the link on your computer or phone, either of the following will work: https://onrealm.org/TrinityBaptistC/give/now or https:// tbcraleigh.com/give/online-give. Soon we will have an App that you can have on your phone and you will be sent an invitation to create an account. Thank you for your continued support of Trinity Baptist Church! CHURCH CONFERENCE The next Church Conference will take place at 6PM in the chapel on June 27th, instead of June 20th due to Father’s Day. Please make a note in your calendar. 2 DEACON OF THE WEEK June 13 Joy Blashaw, native of Raleigh, has been a member of TBC since 1987. She and her husband Mark have two children: Jamieson and Madison. Joy works as an HR consultant for Triangle HR Solutions. She serves as a deacon with A4C4 alongside Apryl Bullock, Suzanna Fay, and Terry Rogers. She also sings in the Sanctuary choir, with THT, and as a North Raleigh Ministries volunteeer. June 20 Melinda Cook, native of Newport, VA, has been a member of TBC since 1995. She and her husband Tom have three children: Cary, Colby, and Connor. She is a dental hygienist with David G. Polhemus and serves as a deacon for A3C6 alongside Mary Brown. Melinda is also in First Light and New Covenant choirs, on Family Focus lead team, and serves as a Wednesday night kitchen helper and Sunday morning greeter. DEEPEST SYMPATHIES To the friends and family of TBC Member Ann Tilley upon her passing on May 24. To TBC Member Angela McGee and her children Mason and Wade McGee upon the passing of her husband, TBC Member Jon McGee, on May 24. CONGRATULATIONS To TBC Member Amanda and Patrick Kent upon the birth of their son Timothy Jackson Kent on May 23. Proud big brothers are Daniel, William, and Michael Kent. Grandparents are John and Pam Thompson. Uncle and aunt Jacob and Lisa Arthur and cousins, Andrew, Ella, Samantha, and Sarah Arthur. To TBC Members Tyler and April Roberts upon the birth of their son, Worth Thomas Roberts, on Wednesday, May 19. Proud grandparents are Dr. Jeff and Robin Roberts. Aunt and uncle are Jordan and Michael Mills. WELCOME TO TRINITY Avery Arrington joined by baptism by profession of faith. A NOTE OF GRATITUDE Loving Church Family, Keith and I cannot thank you enough for the tremendous out- pouring of love, support and kindness we have received after the death of my father, Danny Roger Frisbie. To say thank you seems so minimal. The love and comfort we felt by my church family gave us strength we never knew we possessed. Thank you for the beautiful flowers, constant prayers, thoughtful calls and texts, midnight support calls, delicious food and most of all the loving arms of our church family. -Mica and Keith Ricks Trinity Family, Thank you for the prayers, cards, call, meals and love shown to us during the loss of Joe’s mom. We are blessed to be part of this wonderful family of faith. -Joe and Star Davis and Family 3 GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS SUMMER DISCIPLESHIP CLASSES Dialogues on the Refugee Crisis Tuesday at 6pm June 1-July 6 | Hybrid | Room C101 and Zoom Rebekah Gordon and Ashley Glimasinski With more than 65 million people displaced in the world today, no one can dispute that we are in a refugee crisis. Human history holds many narratives of disruption and migration, including that of every person in our country and all throughout the Bible. As Christians, our faith should be borderless and grounded in the inherent value of all people because we are all made in the likeness of God. So what is going on with refugees today? What is the church’s historical involvement? How can we offer a network of care here in Raleigh? Join this study to discuss all of this and more! All adults welcome. Please email Rebekah Gordon if you would like the zoom info. SIMON PETER: FLAWED BUT FAITHFUL DISCIPLE A STUDY BY ADAM HAMILTON BEGINNING JUNE 16 “He left everything to follow his teacher and possessed a passion that would change the world. That’s one way to describe Peter. Here’s another: poor, uneducated, quick-tempered, and full of doubts and fears. Doesn’t even sound like the same man. And that’s the point of Simon Peter, a new book and six-week adult Bible study by Adam Hamilton. Peter was just an ordinary guy who heard and followed God’s extraordinary call. Discover how you, too, have special gifts, talents, and abilities that God can use to make a difference today.” Join us for this study by Adam Hamilton beginning June 16th. The study will take place totally on zoom on Wednesday evenings. Email Karen for more information and the zoom link. 4 Rev. Steve Byers WORSHIP & MUSIC MUSIC MINISTRY ICE CREAM FELLOWSHIP Open to all adult singers in the Sanctuary Choir, PrimeTimers, First Light, the Ensembles, Orchestra, Bells and those who wish to get involved in the Music Ministry at Trinity! After a time of spiritual renewal and singing, we will fellowship outside together as we look forward to getting back to worship leadership in the Fall. The deadline for reservations was June 4. RSVP Mary Brown: [email protected] if your plans have changed and you can’t make it. Bring your own chair! WEDNESDAY JUNE 16TH 7:00-8:30PM TBC BACK PARKING LOT (SANCTUARY IN CASE OF RAIN) ALWAYS A PLACE FOR YOU! Find your place in the music ministry in 2021! We will be back together sometime in the near future! If you have singing or instrumental abilities, we need you. We are always looking for more musicians to add to our worship leading ministries at Trinity. Consider getting involved in music ministry and being a part of an exciting place of ministry! Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise-- the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. — Hebrews 13:15 5 EDUCATION Rev. Karen Metcalf Eickhoff Sunday School Updates Our Adult Sunday School Curriculum has been moved inside to the tables in the hallway leading from the office to the sanctuary. The office lobby doors are now unlocked during the week and you may enter the church and locate curriculum items as you need them for the summer. Beginning in August, all items will be placed in assigned classrooms. The monthly magazines are placed in areas around the church as normal. When curriculum comes in for September, we plan to place items in Sunday School Classrooms as we did prior to Covid-19. The Fall Adult curriculum will be placed in classrooms beginning in August. Lifeway curriculum is in for June. We are excited to announce that we are implementing an upgraded database for our church administration. We are hopeful there will be improvements to our virtual method for Sunday School attendance record keeping. Please continue to send in your contact tracing names by Monday and your full attendance by email to Bonnie Cole as usual. I will be sharing the updated changes as they occur. SIMON PETER: FLAWED BUT FAITHFUL DISCIPLE A STUDY BY ADAM HAMILTON WEDNESDAYS AT 6:30PM Simon Peter is mentioned more often than any of the other apostles in the Gospels and he is the leading figure among the twelve in the first half of the Acts of the Apostles.