Lay Involvement Blog

new Strengths! class starting soon

May. 6, 2008 Laura Eanes

This class is built to help folks identify where to serve OR how to use your strengths most effectively in your current place of ministry.  This class is insightful, practical, and fun--it is based on the book “Now, Discover Your Strengths” by Gallup Poll. Many corporations use the online tool to build successful teams and develop their employees. Now, many UMCs in our conference are using it to build ministry teams.  Larry Northington will be leading this group. 
Class will meet for four Wednesdays from 6.00-8.00PM: May 14/21/28 and June 4. 

What do you receive from taking this class? An opportunity to get to know yourself a little better, hopefully some direction on where God might be calling you, great fellowship with a superb group of individuals, and a chance to get in on the ground floor of a new class at Trinity.

For more information: http://www.gallup.com/consulting/61/Strengths-Development.aspx to learn more about the tool we will use.

Please email Laura Eanes to register, or call the church office.

Trinity Members are a part of Metro Methodism!

Feb. 24, 2008 Laura Eanes

Trinity Members Alisha Johnson, Ken Stalnaker, Melinda Underwood, and Sean Wessel are all participating in the North Alabama’s Metro Methodism Class of 2008.  This is a ministry where representatives from churches around our conference meet together for a year and learn more about who we are as Christians, United Methodists, and where we are going as a church in the future.  Melinda Underwood wrote the following article on their opening experience:  http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?pkvalue=294
We would love to send even more lay leaders to Metro Methodism 2009!  Stay tuned!

January is Lay Involvement Month!

Jan. 6, 2008 Laura Eanes

January 2008 will mark Trinity’s 6th annual Lay Involvement Month!  We will continue to embrace our stewardship theme “Many Gifts, One Spirit” and we will explore our CONNECTIONS to God, to ministry, and to each other.  Sunday, January 6th we will kick off the month with church-wide trainings led by Fred Whaples of GROUP! Ministry.  If you would like to serve on this year’s LI Team to make the month a success, contact Kristie McCullough at

SUNDAY JANUARY 13 • MINISTRY FAIR

9:45 AM •• FREE Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall!
Learn about the many ministry opportunities from those who know best – the ones currently involved! Ministries represented will include Church of the Reconciler, Greeters, Van Drivers, and more! First 500 to visit a booth will receive a tote bag to gather info on each ministry!

SUNDAY JANUARY 20 • HANDS IN MINISTRY

5:15 PM •• Free Dinner, with donation of a non-perishable food item.
5:45 PM •• Hands in Ministry Event •• Bring the whole family and put your hands in ministry! Make PB&J’s for the homeless, write letters to shut-ins, restock cards in the Sanctuary and more!

SUNDAY JANUARY 27 • GIFT OF SERVICE SUNDAY

Bring your Gift of Service card to worship!

Recycling: Need your Help!

Jan. 1, 2008 Laura Eanes

Trinity’s Office has Gone Green!

Our office’s recycling effort has been GREAT! We have been saving lots and lots of items from going into the trash, especially piles of bulletins discarded after Sunday services. Thank you very much to all of you who have been participating. 

We need your HANDS.  If you are able to take a load of recyclable items to the downtown center, please contact Amy in our office.

Any recyclable items can be brought to the church office workroom.  Please note the following rules given by the recycling center. We’ve had lots of items in the recycling bins that are not supposed to be there, so keep these things in mind:

Not recyclable:
Candy wrappers
plastic wrap
those yellow plastic straps that come off shipped boxes
rubber gloves
tissues
soda bottle LIDS – toss them, but recycle the bottle
used label pages or any other waxy paper
paper towels
aluminum foil
*Also, please break down boxes

AL Constitution Convention—THIS Saturday!

Nov. 13, 2007 Laura Eanes

The Constitution Convention Coalition Summit is THIS Saturday at Birmingham-Southern College--deadline to register is Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 14th. 

The Constitution Convention Coalition
invites you to the
2007 Annual Summit

On Saturday, November 17th, the Constitution Convention Coalition will hold its annual summit at Birmingham Southern College (900 Arkadelphia Road · Birmingham, AL 35254) from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  The Coalition is made up of over 30 non-profit organizations from across Alabama who are dedicated to rewriting the Alabama Constitution. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend and learn about new initiatives underway to move the effort forward, including information and new resources available for informing citizens, and draft Legislation and Legislative issues in the 2008 Legislative Session.

Your input and participation is most important in planning our 2008 goals and in discussing topics such as Advocacy for 501(c)(3) Organizations; Constitutional Reform Background Training and Talking Points; How to Find Your Organization’s Niche in the Constitutional Reform Movement; College and University Idea Sharing; and Lessons Learned in Hosting Constitutional Reform House Parties.  Community leaders from all over the State will be present. Please make sure that you and your organization are represented in this effort to move Alabama forward.

Admission is free and open to the public. Limited travel scholarships are available.
Lunch will be provided at no cost.

Please check the website at http://www.constitutionalreform.org or contact Brantley Fry, the Coalition Coordinator, at or (205) 967-2621 for more information and to register.

Who:  Constitution Convention Coalition
What:  2007 Annual Summit
Where:  Birmingham Southern College (900 Arkadelphia Road · Birmingham, AL 35254)
When:  Saturday, November 17, 2007 – 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Why:  To identify Coalition goals for 2008 and learn more about topics such as Advocacy for 501(c)(3) Organizations; Constitutional Reform Background Training and Talking Points; How to Find Your Organization’s Niche in the Constitutional Reform movement; College and University Idea Sharing; and Lessons Learned in Hosting Constitutional Reform House Parties.
How:  Admission is free and open to the public, and limited travel scholarships are available. (Lunch will be provided at no charge.)

Please check the website at http://www.constitutionalreform.org or contact Brantley Fry, the Coalition Coordinator, at or (205) 967-2621 for more information and to register.

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