December 17th, 2025
by Brad Banks
by Brad Banks
Dear Trinity family,
If you are part of the prayer group (accessed by the conversation icon at the top of the app), you know that Bree was placed into the experimental group of the clinical trial that will begin, Lord willing, next week! There are logistical details that still need to be worked out, such as the medicine physically arriving from the lab in California, but this is a significant praise as it offers her the best chance we know of right now for keeping the disease at bay.
You also probably know we've been crisscrossing the country working to find something, anything, that could benefit her, and that all this has been going on while I've been working through all these passages in Scripture on prayer. I don't think that's an accident. God knows what He's doing, He definitely knows what I'm doing, and it's been for me a real life laboratory in the exercise of prayer.
To be clear, we're all dealing with something. Bree is not the only person facing cancer. She's not even the only person facing stage 4 cancer. There are a multitude of other physical hurdles throughout our church body not to mention people struggling with family issues, work problems, situations that don't have immediate or easy answers, and it's good that those drive us to our proverbial and literal knees as we seek God's intervention and struggle with the different forms His intervention takes.
Because it is a struggle and it's ok to say so. I'm genuinely looking forward to this Sunday because we'll be diving into different passage that speak to the practice and complexities of prayer. It isn't easy. It's never as clear as we would like. Sometimes we feel as if we desperately need clarity, but ultimately God is good. He uses our prayers, and we get to walk hand in hand, side by side, as we learn how His grace is sufficient for us as His power is made perfect in our weakness (2 Cor 12:9).
Lastly, as always, I want to keep some details front and center for you...
God bless and we'll see you Sunday!
In Christ
Pastor Brad
If you are part of the prayer group (accessed by the conversation icon at the top of the app), you know that Bree was placed into the experimental group of the clinical trial that will begin, Lord willing, next week! There are logistical details that still need to be worked out, such as the medicine physically arriving from the lab in California, but this is a significant praise as it offers her the best chance we know of right now for keeping the disease at bay.
You also probably know we've been crisscrossing the country working to find something, anything, that could benefit her, and that all this has been going on while I've been working through all these passages in Scripture on prayer. I don't think that's an accident. God knows what He's doing, He definitely knows what I'm doing, and it's been for me a real life laboratory in the exercise of prayer.
To be clear, we're all dealing with something. Bree is not the only person facing cancer. She's not even the only person facing stage 4 cancer. There are a multitude of other physical hurdles throughout our church body not to mention people struggling with family issues, work problems, situations that don't have immediate or easy answers, and it's good that those drive us to our proverbial and literal knees as we seek God's intervention and struggle with the different forms His intervention takes.
Because it is a struggle and it's ok to say so. I'm genuinely looking forward to this Sunday because we'll be diving into different passage that speak to the practice and complexities of prayer. It isn't easy. It's never as clear as we would like. Sometimes we feel as if we desperately need clarity, but ultimately God is good. He uses our prayers, and we get to walk hand in hand, side by side, as we learn how His grace is sufficient for us as His power is made perfect in our weakness (2 Cor 12:9).
Lastly, as always, I want to keep some details front and center for you...
- Christmas Eve service - 6:00PM, December 24th. Please park and sit in such a way that we make the most room for our visitors as possible. This will mean parking directly next to another car and sitting towards the front and the middle of our three sections.
- Youth Sunday - December 28th, with a potluck to follow. Bring a dish to share if you are able.
- TBC is hiring a custodian. This is a paid position - $20/hr for at least 4 hrs per week. Let me or one of our elders know if you are interested.
- If you are interested in an announcement being made on Sunday morning, that must be provided to our administrator, Denise Dailey (denise@trinitybiblechurch.us), by 3:00 on the Thursday of that week.
- TBC Youth - Deep Freeze Weekend Camp, January 16-18. Sign up on the app.
- TBC all-church retreat - March 13-15 - Save the Date.
- If you wish to make a year-end gift to the ministry of TBC, it needs to arrive by Wednesday, December 31st if mailed, and/or be given online by 11:59PM that night.
God bless and we'll see you Sunday!
In Christ
Pastor Brad
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