March 16th, 2026
by Brad Banks
by Brad Banks
Dear Trinity family,
As the title says, I have a couple of things for you here on this Monday afternoon. One is trivial, the other is not. I'm sending it today because it's a little time sensitive.
Trivial first.
Most of you are familiar with "March Madness," which is another name for the NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament. For a few years now, we've had our own "TBC Bracket Challenge." Basically, you fill out a bracket, pick who you think will win, and the one who has the most correct guesses gets their name on the coveted Trinity Cup. Your name will be etched alongside such past winners as Michael Douglass, Missy Miller, and Doug Dean. I list those because we've only been doing it for three years. It doesn't cost a thing and it doesn't require you to know anything about college basketball. It's just a little mindless fun while we wait for Spring to spring.
If you'd like to participate, click below and jump in. Picks must be made by Thursday at noon.
https://sm.app.splashsports.com/contest/?jcode=9eb412ed-ba5e-45dc-8b3f-ba809bcdb7f9&utm_source=Referral&utm_campaign=Bracket&utm_medium=Contest_Page_Invite&referral=6a17280d-59f7-4b8e-972d-3cfd4f9eba17
Ok...now the not so trivial...
We learned today that Bree's clinical trial is not working. I'm going to be sending an update out soon on her CaringBridge page as well as social media over Facebook and Instagram. Her doctor is switching her to a more traditional chemotherapy and she's set to receive the first dose today. It has a response rate of about 50% and if it works, it should buy us some time. If it doesn't, she's not going to have a lot of time left.
If you don't mind, I'd like you to do something. If you receive her CaringBridge, you can do this in the form of a comment. If you're on Facebook, you can do it via commenting on the post. Please write something saying what Bree has meant to you, even if you haven't known her for a very long time. If you'd rather not do it digitally, you can always write it in a card or a note.
Why I am asking this? For two reasons. I don't know how much you remember from when you were 16 or 19, but I want our boys to know and not forget the kind of person their mother is. At some point, I'll print it all out and give it to them as a book of sorts.
Secondly, it would encourage Bree. I don't know why we wait until a person has passed to say what they meant to us. I'd rather her be able to read things like that while she's still very much with it. If you teared up reading this, I promise, I did too.
Thank you for everything you've been doing for us. She's committed to fight until the fight is over. I think this will help her do that. God bless.
In Christ
Pastor Brad
As the title says, I have a couple of things for you here on this Monday afternoon. One is trivial, the other is not. I'm sending it today because it's a little time sensitive.
Trivial first.
Most of you are familiar with "March Madness," which is another name for the NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament. For a few years now, we've had our own "TBC Bracket Challenge." Basically, you fill out a bracket, pick who you think will win, and the one who has the most correct guesses gets their name on the coveted Trinity Cup. Your name will be etched alongside such past winners as Michael Douglass, Missy Miller, and Doug Dean. I list those because we've only been doing it for three years. It doesn't cost a thing and it doesn't require you to know anything about college basketball. It's just a little mindless fun while we wait for Spring to spring.
If you'd like to participate, click below and jump in. Picks must be made by Thursday at noon.
https://sm.app.splashsports.com/contest/?jcode=9eb412ed-ba5e-45dc-8b3f-ba809bcdb7f9&utm_source=Referral&utm_campaign=Bracket&utm_medium=Contest_Page_Invite&referral=6a17280d-59f7-4b8e-972d-3cfd4f9eba17
Ok...now the not so trivial...
We learned today that Bree's clinical trial is not working. I'm going to be sending an update out soon on her CaringBridge page as well as social media over Facebook and Instagram. Her doctor is switching her to a more traditional chemotherapy and she's set to receive the first dose today. It has a response rate of about 50% and if it works, it should buy us some time. If it doesn't, she's not going to have a lot of time left.
If you don't mind, I'd like you to do something. If you receive her CaringBridge, you can do this in the form of a comment. If you're on Facebook, you can do it via commenting on the post. Please write something saying what Bree has meant to you, even if you haven't known her for a very long time. If you'd rather not do it digitally, you can always write it in a card or a note.
Why I am asking this? For two reasons. I don't know how much you remember from when you were 16 or 19, but I want our boys to know and not forget the kind of person their mother is. At some point, I'll print it all out and give it to them as a book of sorts.
Secondly, it would encourage Bree. I don't know why we wait until a person has passed to say what they meant to us. I'd rather her be able to read things like that while she's still very much with it. If you teared up reading this, I promise, I did too.
Thank you for everything you've been doing for us. She's committed to fight until the fight is over. I think this will help her do that. God bless.
In Christ
Pastor Brad
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