Dear Trinity family,This Sunday we get to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! It isn't like we don't celebrate or praise and thank God for the empty tomb on other occasions or other days, but on Easter it means a little bit more, and I don't think you'll be shocked to hear me say (or read me write) that right now it means a little more than it usually does. On this Wedn...  Read More

Dear Trinity family,Not long after he became pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in San Diego in 1953, Rev. S.M. Lockridge preached an Easter meditation titled, "It's Friday, but Sunday's Coming." You can Google it and listen to the whole thing. It isn't long, around 3 minutes. I don't know anything about the context of it, where it fit into the church service, nor does anyone know the exact date on ...  Read More

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,...  Read More

Dear Trinity family,With this weekend being our all-church retreat @ Camp Spofford, we will NOT be having our worship service in South Sutton this Sunday, the 15th. We will resume our regularly scheduled program on the 22nd as we prepare to head into our Easter season.With respect to the retreat, you can arrive as early as 4:00PM. That's when the camp "opens." Dinner begins @ 5:30 and our first se...  Read More

Dear Trinity family,My apologies that this is coming a little late. The days are a bit more involved right now.In our world of devices that update automatically, this feels slightly less urgent than it used to feel but we move our clocks forward tonight. 2:00AM becomes 3:00AM. I so much wish we didn't do this anymore, but we don't often get what we want.A couple of quick reminders:If you are still...  Read More

Dear Trinity family,I'm going to be saying this more and more over the coming weeks but thank you for your prayers and all the little, and some not so little, ways that you've stood by our side during this difficult season. It's great that Bree is home. I'd always rather have her here than in the hospital.At the same time, we're in a tough place. She was able to receive the next round of her clini...  Read More

Dear Trinity family,Thank you so very much for all of your prayers over the past week. Today actually marks a week since Bree went into the hospital. Having several friends over the past few years who've been in a similar place with advanced cancer, it seems like hospital stays are a not uncommon part of the journey, but that doesn't make it any easier.Right now, she is recovering from a procedure...  Read More

Dear Trinity family,It's a little over a month before our all-church retreat on March 13-15 @ Camp Spofford and I have some information for you.First, our retreat speaker. Joe Shea serves as the Pastor of First Congregational Church of North Brookfield, MA, having also been a campus missionary @ Worcester State University and Nichols College. Joe will be covering topics such as the authority of Sc...  Read More

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 otherw...  Read More

Dear Trinity family,I'll say a little more about this on Sunday, but it was SUCH a joy watching our youth return from Deep Freeze seeing their excitement (and exhaustion) having built all these shared memories and inside jokes and moments that as a parent, you just knew you'd only begin to be able to understand. If I could share a couple of suggestions for building on what happened at Camp Berea. ...  Read More

Dear Trinity family,I'd like to put three things in front of you on this Thursday morning. 1. Please be in prayer for those adults and kids heading to Deep Freeze tomorrow evening. Pray for safety, for sleep to be multiplied for our adults so that four hours feel like 10, for community to be built among our youth group, and for the messages to be received and put into practice long after the weeke...  Read More

Dear Trinity family, Just a quick note about a few items this weekend. Tonight is the first screening of The Chosen that's taking place at the church @ 6:30PM with the series being shown upstairs and the animated version downstairs. Also, our 2nd membership class takes place this Sunday @ 9:00AM. If you were unable to join us for the first class, you can still jump in. Sunday school continues for ...  Read More