Updates on new things happening with the leadership of our laity, Council, staff and clergy at Trinity.
In January, the Faith Formation Ministry Vision Team engaged in a 2-day book study and workshop to better equip us to do the work of guiding and supporting Trinity’s faith formation ministries. A recurring theme in the workshop, led by Pastor Lutz and Brent Baxter, was “Jesus is Lord; it’s not about us.” In February,…
We’re excited to announce the formation of Ministry Vision Teams for the Worship and Faith Formation Ministry Hubs! For Worship, Karen Bergey will be the leader with Norma Nish, Lynn Lentz, Amy Toth and Andrea Baxter as team members. Beth Boeh will lead the Faith Formation Team with Lisa Cravener, Ashley Han, Tom Mellon and Karen…
Trinity’s ministries are one of the main ways we connect with God’s family. To make our ministries more vibrant and engaging, we are organizing them into five Ministry Hubs, aligned to our core values. Each hub will be guided by a Ministry Vision Team, a group of four lay people and a staff person,…
Trinity has started an exciting and challenging journey to reorganize our leadership systems to live out our mission and core values and become a more lay-led congregation. Working from a plan recommended by the Leadership Waypoint Team and approved by Council, a Leadership Transition Team has been formed to bring these recommendations to life (John Wittenbraker,…
The Worship Planning Team was formed to follow up on the work of the Worship Waypoint Team to study more deeply how we worship at Trinity. Their focus was to explore how we can make worship more vibrant and meaningful. The Worship Planning Team included: Andrea Baxter, Paul Lutz, Karen Bergey, John Strobel, Norma Nish, Julie Kinzel, Meg Ehm, Deb Neves, Jeff Billingsley, Craig Dietterick,…
The Leadership Way Point Team worked on a plan to restructure our laity, Council, staff and clergy to align to our mission and core values. You can see a summary of their analysis and recommendations in the three brief videos below. Moving Leadership Forward at Trinity Click on the links below to see each video 1. Background and…
The Story Way Point Team has been working on sharing our stories with each other and communicating Trinity’s Story and God’s Story along the way. They are still asking disciples to submit their stories. For further information, please pick up the “What’s Your Story” brochure from the wall communication racks or click here to download. How…
Trinity has been on an exciting journey to develop a plan for Moving Trinity Forward. It began with our Shared Vision Way Point Team that developed a new mission with four core values for moving forward. The four core values include: Learning, Worship, Outreach, and Relationships.
The Worship Way Point Team then developed the WHY we worship and created a sub team that has been working on feedback from the congregation on the weekend worship schedule. The Worship Planning Team, assembled out of the Worship Way Point Team, was tasked to answer a very important question -“What weekend schedule is most conducive to…