January 29th, 2026
by Brad Banks
by Brad Banks
Dear Trinity family,
Several years ago, I was in a meeting that included a staff person from Athletes in Action, Cru's ministry to those involved in sports on both the college and professional level. This particular individual was the chaplain for the (then) Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns. Not that it should have but those two things made me listen a bit more intently than I may have otherwise.
He said that if you wanted to communicate something effectively, you needed to say it in 7 different ways. He didn't offer any rationale for why it was 7 as opposed to 5 or 10, but it stuck with me and as a result, ever since then I've thought in terms of the various possibilities for how to get across what I want to get across in general, but in this case, in terms of what we're up to here at TBC.
You may not realize this but two of those means of communication take place on Sunday morning. We use our announcements and our bulletin to let people know what's up. Notifications are our app are another way. The fact that all of our upcoming events are on our app is number 4. If you go to our website (trinitybiblechurch.us), and tap on "Calendar" or "Upcoming Events" on the top menu, you'll see what's happening and that the calendar is up to date with those events as well as random ways our building might be in use on any given day. That's 5 and this blog is 6.
My goal is to make more use of our church's Facebook page which will take us to 7. I know that many of you aren't on Facebook. That's both fine and kind of the point. People take in information in different ways and the goal here is that via these 7 forms, we'll hit on at least one that works for you, and you'll be aware of what's what. Please know that these are the ways we communicate, and short of smoke signals, it's pretty much the most we can do. You can help by just taking advantage of one.
So...here's what were up to this weekend, and beyond...
Lastly, just so everyone knows, adult Sunday school will focus on apologetics and I'll be teaching the youth Sunday school class for the remainder of the semester. I hope you'll help your kids be there especially since it's a great follow up from Deep Freeze.
Have a great Thursday and I'll see you Sunday when we'll be in 1 Peter 1:13-21!
In Christ
Pastor Brad
Several years ago, I was in a meeting that included a staff person from Athletes in Action, Cru's ministry to those involved in sports on both the college and professional level. This particular individual was the chaplain for the (then) Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns. Not that it should have but those two things made me listen a bit more intently than I may have otherwise.
He said that if you wanted to communicate something effectively, you needed to say it in 7 different ways. He didn't offer any rationale for why it was 7 as opposed to 5 or 10, but it stuck with me and as a result, ever since then I've thought in terms of the various possibilities for how to get across what I want to get across in general, but in this case, in terms of what we're up to here at TBC.
You may not realize this but two of those means of communication take place on Sunday morning. We use our announcements and our bulletin to let people know what's up. Notifications are our app are another way. The fact that all of our upcoming events are on our app is number 4. If you go to our website (trinitybiblechurch.us), and tap on "Calendar" or "Upcoming Events" on the top menu, you'll see what's happening and that the calendar is up to date with those events as well as random ways our building might be in use on any given day. That's 5 and this blog is 6.
My goal is to make more use of our church's Facebook page which will take us to 7. I know that many of you aren't on Facebook. That's both fine and kind of the point. People take in information in different ways and the goal here is that via these 7 forms, we'll hit on at least one that works for you, and you'll be aware of what's what. Please know that these are the ways we communicate, and short of smoke signals, it's pretty much the most we can do. You can help by just taking advantage of one.
So...here's what were up to this weekend, and beyond...
- Saturday, January 31st, TBC Men is hosting a Gun Cleaning Brunch from 10AM-12PM @ the church. Even if you don't have gun to clean, come on out and enjoy getting to know other guys better.
- Sunday, February 1st, Youth Group - 4:00PM-6:00PM @ the church.
- Time with one of our missionaries - Cornell Bucur - Friday, February 6th @ the Dean home & Sunday, February 7th after worship. Sign up for either on the app.
- Friday, February 13th - The Chosen screening @ 6:30PM @ the church
- Sunday, February 15th - TBC Women's "Galentine's" gathering @ 7:00PM @ the church
- Saturday, February 28th - TBC Men's "Spaghetti & Corn (hole)" gathering @ 5:00PM-7:00PM @ the church
- March 13--15 - All-church Retreat - sign up on the app
Lastly, just so everyone knows, adult Sunday school will focus on apologetics and I'll be teaching the youth Sunday school class for the remainder of the semester. I hope you'll help your kids be there especially since it's a great follow up from Deep Freeze.
Have a great Thursday and I'll see you Sunday when we'll be in 1 Peter 1:13-21!
In Christ
Pastor Brad
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