Youth Winter Camps 3 Missions 4 Angel Tree 5 UMW Events 6-7 Calendar 8-9 Confirmation Class 10 Advent Activities 12-13 Birthdays/Anniversaries 15 The WORD Trinity United Methodist Church, 6151 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89146 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Volume 16, Issue 1 January 2016 9 a.m. Traditional Service 9 a.m. Vietnamese Worship 9 a.m. Children’s Classes 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Class 11 a.m. Contemporary Worship 12:00 Youth Confirmation Class 1 p.m. Korean Worship Childcare is provided all morning Sunday Schedule Trinity United Methodist Church has demonstrated its love and support for the Las Ve- gas community with its local programs and has pledged to support the global ministries of the United Methodist Church despite facing tough economic times. Like in 2015, senior Pastor Khalif Smith will continue to make reaching out to the Las Vegas community in the coming year a priority due to the dedi- cated efforts of many individu- als at Trinity and other commu- nity supporters. Trinity wrapped up its ef- forts this past year with a Thanksgiving luncheon for church members and the neighboring community. About 150 people showed up in the church’s Fellowship Hall to break bread, enjoy a Thanksgiv- ing feast and enjoy some fellow- ship with friends and newcom- ers. The luncheon was a way Pastor Smith and his wife Nikki could express their appreciation to Trinity’s congregation for their support and growth in the development of the many ongo- ing programs at the Methodist church. The Trinity minister and his wife spent much of the morning in the kitchen of Café Trinity cooking and carving six turkeys for the luncheon held the day before the national holiday. Vol- unteers transported the rest of the menu items to the Fellow- ship Hall so all would be ready for an afternoon rush of hungry people. While 2015 would be con- sidered a success at Trinity be- cause of its many programs, Pastor Smith is optimistic about the future. The Society of St. Stephen ministry, after staging a suc- Trinity Outreach Growth Continues Inside This Issue Continued… page 2 Pastor Khalif Smith … Optimistic in 2016 By Dan Sahagun The Word
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Missions 4
Angel Tree 5
UMW Events 6-7
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Confirmation Class 10
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Volume 16, Issue 1
January 2016
9 a.m. Traditional Service
9 a.m. Vietnamese Worship
9 a.m. Children’s Classes
10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Class
11 a.m. Contemporary Worship
12:00 Youth Confirmation Class
1 p.m. Korean Worship
Childcare is provided all morning
Sunday Schedule
Trinity United Methodist
Church has demonstrated its
love and support for the Las Ve-
gas community with its local
programs and has pledged to
support the global ministries of
the United Methodist Church
despite facing tough economic
times.
Like in 2015, senior Pastor
Khalif Smith will continue to
make reaching out to the Las
Vegas community in the coming
year a priority due to the dedi-
cated efforts of many individu-
als at Trinity and other commu-
nity supporters.
Trinity wrapped up its ef-
forts this past year with a
Thanksgiving luncheon for
church members and the
neighboring community. About
150 people showed up in the
church’s Fellowship Hall to
break bread, enjoy a Thanksgiv-
ing feast and enjoy some fellow-
ship with friends and newcom-
ers.
The luncheon was a way
Pastor Smith and his wife Nikki
could express their appreciation
to Trinity’s congregation for
their support and growth in the
development of the many ongo-
ing programs at the Methodist
church.
The Trinity minister and his
wife spent much of the morning
in the kitchen of Café Trinity
cooking and carving six turkeys
for the luncheon held the day
before the national holiday. Vol-
unteers transported the rest of
the menu items to the Fellow-
ship Hall so all would be ready
for an afternoon rush of hungry
people.
While 2015 would be con-
sidered a success at Trinity be-
cause of its many programs,
Pastor Smith is optimistic about
the future.
The Society of St. Stephen
ministry, after staging a suc-
Trinity Outreach Growth Continues
Inside This Issue
Continued… page 2
Pastor Khalif Smith
… Optimistic in 2016
By Dan Sahagun
The Word
PAGE 2 THE W ORD
Outreach
cessful fundraising golf tourna-
ment during the past winter,
has announced plans to offer its
food pantry services to the com-
munity from once a week to
twice a week starting Wednes-
day, Jan. 6.
“We’ve been trying to do
this since June (2015),” said
Mary Lovelady, one of the co-
chairs of the ministry and the
longest running volunteer of the
project. “We always had inten-
tions of offering more hours be-
cause of the need to serve more
people.”
When the ministry originally
opened in a temporary con-
struction trailer on campus in
the 1980s with a food pantry
and clothing boutique, it was
open to the public three times a
week.
Over the years due to in
part because of the hard-hit
economy and overstretched vol-
unteers, St. Stephen operated
only twice a week and then fi-
nally once a week starting in
April 2014.
“I worked nine years on
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Wednesdays from
2005 to part of
2014,” said Mary
Lovelady, who shares
the St. Stephen minis-
try with chairs Patti
Haber and Paul
Brooks.
In 2016, St. Stephen,
now housed in an up-
graded facility on
campus, will continue
to be open on Mon-
days from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. and will now
be open on Wednes-
days from 4 to 6 p.m.
In addition, there
will be an attempt to
also make the pro-
gram’s discounted and used
clothing boutique available on
Wednesdays.
The ministry will con-
tinue to offer its Thursday Res-
cue Program of food donated
by Las Vegas agency Three
Square food bank from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. and its Bless-
ings Bag ministry of snacks
and literature of city and state
support programs on Wednes-
day from 2 to 3 p.m.
The Society of St. Stephen
is not the only ministry that
continues to serve the Las Ve-
gas community.
To name just a few of its
other programs, the church is
involved with a Mission minis-
try that supports a youth in
Peru, the United Methodist
Women invite speakers from
the community at their func-
tions, a church bus offers
transportation to Sunday wor-
ship services, midweek ser-
vices and Bible studies are of-
fered on Wednesdays, a grow-
ing Youth program will begin
Confirmation classes with Pas-
tor Smith, Trinity’s Living Na-
tivity play has been growing
strong for 35 years, Nativity
Director Gillian Kabat and
church members were part of
a Nativity play at the Las Ve-
gas Speedway, a new cooking
class conducted by the Col-
lege of Southern Nevada to
be held in Café Trinity has
been added, Vacation Bible
School will continue to be of-
fered and the Crafters for
Christ group will still busily
create crafts throughout the
year for church-sponsored
fundraisers.
The Wednesday Bible
classes will resume on
Wednesday, Jan. 6 with at a
five-week class. The first
week Pastor Smith will have a
study from his mission trip to
South Korea followed by a
four-week study of the life
and times of Jesus by Lay
Speaker Bill Jacky comple-
mented from his visit to Jeru-
salem.
In February, Wonderful
Wednesdays will return with
an annual six-week Lenten
Bible study leading up to the
Holy Week season. The Wel-
coming Ministry team,
chaired by Carol Bumgarner
and Darlene Goldstein, is pro-
viding the curriculum of
study.
In an unrelated matter,
Lois Wynn has volunteered to
fill the last remaining seat on
the Staff-Parish Relations
Committee in 2016. Three
new members have joined the
SPRC committee for this year,
which will be chaired by
Alene Unger.
The United Methodist Women and supporters
helped serve at the Thanksgiving luncheon for
church members and the community. Serving
were (from left) Donna Canfield, Ema Herbert,
Zoe Smith, Kirstey Thomas, Kathy Vornberg,
Solangel Baluarte and Linda Jara.
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Youth Winter Camps Set
Plans are underway to offer Desert Southwest Conference children and youth winter camps at nearby
Potosi Pines. The Junior/Senior high school level camp will be held Jan. 16-18 and the Elementary camp is
scheduled for Feb. 13-16.
Junior/Senior High Winter Camp “Glow in the Dark!”
Jan. 16-18 for youth in grades 6–12, cost is $150
Have you noticed that sometimes the world feels like such a mess, full of drama and stress? The dark-
ness can be so overwhelming that you just want curl up and hide. But here’s the thing — God empowers
each of us to make things different, to be a light in the dark.
We are each called to come out from under our basket and make things better. Come join the fun as
ways can be explored to discover that we can be that light because God is calling us to “Glow in the Dark!”
Elementary Winter Camp “God’s Discovery Lab!"
Feb. 13-16 for children in grades 2 to 6, cost is $150
“Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?” — Job 11: 7.
Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue, how the stars twinkle in the night skies, what causes the
rain to fall? These are some of the great mysteries of our universe. The world we live in is full of mysteries,
but nothing is as mysterious as God.
Join the Methodist camp for a weekend of probing some of the mysteries of the universe through scien-
tific examination while an attempt is made to fathom some of the mysteries of God; His love, His grace, and
His goodness in “God's Discovery Lab!”
For questions about the winter camps, contact Tracey Brown, Camp Director, at 702-875-1980 or by e-
mail at [email protected]. To register on-line, visit http://www.dsccamps.org. If you have questions
about registration, contact Dina Reid, Desert Southwest Conference Camping and Retreat Ministries, at 800-