Re-set. In the 4th Commandment, the Lord calls us to

remember the Sabbath to keep it holy so we can re-set each

week. To re-set means to stop and catch our breath while

we let the past go and get ready for what is coming next.

Football players re-set after each play.

Baseball players re-set after each batter.

Basketball players re-set after each whistle.

Tennis players re-set after each point.

Golf players re-set after each hole.

Teachers and students re-set after each class. Sabbath is God’s gift to help us re-set our minds and bodies

after 6 days of work.

Centuries ago when God gave the 10 Commandments

(Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5), God knew that human

BEINGS would always be tempted to forget who we are

and Whose we are by acting as if we are human DOINGS.

Whether 2012 B.C. or 2012 A.D., God knew that humans

will always feel pulled to keep going 7 days a week. That

is why God made it a command (and not just a suggestion)

for us to stop one day every week to re-set in Him.

Sometimes, however, an extended Sabbath is needed.

Athletes have an off-season to recover before practice be-

gins for the next season. Teachers and students have a few

weeks off in the summer before a new year begins in the

fall. For CPAs, April 15 is followed by some down time

before their workload picks up again. Some people spend

summer weekends at the lake to recharge. In the church,

committee members and chairpersons typically rotate off

after 3 years. A chairperson or Sunday School teacher may

take some time off from leadership responsibilities before

accepting another position in the church.

But for pastors, there is never an off-season to rest.

Unlike CPAs, April 15 never comes. Unlike school, finals

week never comes. After Christmas, it’s time for year-end

reports and getting ready for Lent. After Easter, it’s time

for end of the year activities and graduations. Then there

are Annual Conference, VBS, and special summer events.

The Trinity Torch Pastor: Rev. David Brannock, pastortumc2@embarqmail.com

Administrative Assistant: Donna Lowery

Financial Secretary: Jim “Chip” McKenna

Director of Music: Jerry Long aijhlong@embarqmail.com

Director of Youth: Amy Brown amybrowntumc@gmail.com

Director of Children: Jennifer McHan jennifermchantumc@gmail.com

Custodian: Tim Cansler

Office e-mail: trinity8888@embarqmail.com Office Phone: (423) 638-7521

Trinity Library: tumclibrary@embarqmail.com Web Page: www.trinity-um-church.org Pastor’s Remarks

FEBRUARY 2012

Wonderful Wednesday and other fall activities kick off

in September, followed by Charge Conference and Advent.

Add to that a never-ending need for hospital and other visits,

plus funerals and other crisis situations. As of today, I have

dealt with 33 deaths in 31 months. Much time is spent at

meetings and other functions; no matter how good a sermon

is, in 7 days another message must be ready for delivery.

Friends, I need a big re-set. From Monday, January 23

through Sunday, March 18, I will be away on an 8-week

sabbatical (a Formational and Spiritual Growth Leave).

During this time I will rest, heal, and explore my call from

God. During this time I won’t be available for any reason,

so please honor my need to be left alone for these 2 months.

Please don’t call, email, or bring any food to the parsonage.

If you see me or my family in public, please do not ask how

I’m doing. Instead, the biggest help you can give is pray for

me and my family. While I am away, you will be in good

hands. We have strong leaders. God will carry us through.

Blessings,

Pastor David

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Prayer List FEBRUARY 2012

For Our Armed Forces Justin Sayler Kenneth Kelley

Brian Benton Jamie Moseley

John Penland Joseph D. Carson

Justin Walter Steven Ayers

Thomas White David Jones

Steven Sams Stanley Keselicka

Jay Burns

For Trinity Members & Constituents

Pasty Reynolds Carolyn Bullington Carolyn Tilson

Eric Waldroup Pat Rotan Robert Morris

Lucille Cutshaw Frances Million Mandy Franklin

Theresa Broyles Melanie Mee The Brannock Family

For Family Members & Friends Sarah Bowman John Novak Shea Renfro

Rosemary Bennington Lisa Self Anne Campbell

Stephanie Hite Tommy Miles Elizabeth Miles

Church in Mission Fran Lynch Baxter-Willow AK

Steve Geegbe/Richard Tefley - Home in Liberia

For the Persecuted Church around the world.

For the Ministry of Our Church, Its Leaders,

Pastor Brannock & Staff.

For Our Known Bereaved

The Family of David “Buck” Townsend

The Family of Dorothy Wilhoit

The Family of Kenneth Blevins

The Family of Sammy Wilkerson

Healing Needed from Cancer

Ronnie Hooten Ed Stalcup

Lynette Bradford Mary Peters

Hugh Well Benny Goodwin

Karen Broyles Payne Earnestine Gray

Susan Ramsey Albert Rasnake

Victor Knapp Carl Lacher

Rick Felton Stanton Whittaker

Richard Arwood Charlotte Nicodemas

Roger Solomon Jimmy Carter

Lynn Rollins Jerry Hackney

Evelyn Blake Michael Renfro

Leonard Harrell Brenda Loveday

Patty Guinn Max Cox

Darnell Marie Barker Carrie Schrefer

Faye & Billy Kelton Avery Armstrong

Edna Cutshaw David Lamons

John Headrick Hugh Allen Shipley Families and Caregivers of those with cancer

For Our Nursing Home &

Assisted Living Members: Helen Phillips Anna Belle Hankins

Beryl Smith Mabel Philbeck

For Our Homebound Members: Bob George Kitty Knittel

Belva Drake Faye Reynolds

Norma Cureton Virgie Gray Doc Dowden Nellie Basinger

Helen Jeffers Patsy Reynolds

How did we do compared to last year?

For 2010 For 2011 Change Worship 227 224 -3

Sunday School 163 163 0

For 2010 For 2011 Revenues $307,067 $317,678

Expenses 296,788 304,064

Net Inflow $ 10,279 $ 13,614

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MISSIONS GIVING

Trinity’s Sunday School Classes and individuals generously support

a number of worthy causes in our community and beyond.

If you send a donation directly to a charitable cause, please let me know the

Charity’s name and amount given, or you can send it through the church office,

then Trinity UMC will get credit for this missions giving on our

Year-End report to the Holston Conference.

Thank you,

Dave Ritter

Missions Outreach Evangelism (MOE) Chair

Commit your work to the

Lord, and your plans will be

established. Proverbs 16:3

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

02/01 Jerry Graham

02/02 Frances Lynch

02/02 Heather Miles

02/02 Kevin Smith

02/02 Norma Cureton

02/02 Walter Graham

02/03 Cindy Sayler

02/03 Mitzi Hunter

02/03 Tammy Reaves

02/04 Carroll Link

02/04 Irma Miller

02/06 Barbara Ellenburg

02/06 Jonathan Moore

02/07 Debbie Ray

02/07 Melanie Foreman

02/07 Melissa Ball

02/08 Blake Rogers

02/08 Timothy Harrison

02/09 Alyne Renner

02/09 Cooper Reed

02/09 James Boles Jr.

02/09 Tonya Neas

02/09 Carrol Lynham

02/10 Connie Moore

02/11 Jill Renner

02/12 Brian Moore

02/12 Carolyn Broyles

02/12 Joni Parker

02/15 Britt Neas

02/16 Michael Ball

02/16 Sandra Smith

02/16 Rebecca Marie Stokeley

02/17 Loretta McHan

02/18 Diana Crum

02/18 Hunter Duff

02/19 Josh Bolling

02/21 Cynthia Whitlock

02/21 Eugene Harmon

02/21 Wilma Lynch

02/22 Buford (Boo) Hankins

02/23 Tyler Jones

02/24 Anna Belle Hankins

02/24 Jackson Renner

02/25 David Miles

02/25 Eric Williams

02/26 Helen Paxton

02/27 Alexandra Miles

02/28 Carolyn Tilson

02/28 Doc Dowden

02/28 Josh Webb

FEBRUARY YOUTH ACTIVITIES: Amy Brown - Youth Director

February 5: In the morning during Worship and Sunday School,

we will be collecting soup for the Food Bank in

Honor of Super Bowl Sunday

Super Bowl Party

February 12: We will continue our Max Lucado Study

February 19: Regular Youth Meeting

February 26: Regular Youth Meeting

This month I want all of us to focus on experiencing

God through His presence. Focus on the choice to

take time to spend with God directly and deliberately.

Coming Soon: Samson’s Coffee House and a Ski Day

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Brooks Bequest Project Grants During 2011

1. College Scholarships

2. Boys & Girls Club

3. Greene County Youth Council

4. Restoration Depot

5. NPAC

6. Imagination Library

7. Scottish Rite Shoes

8. Rural Resources (Farm Day Camp Scholarships)

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Remember your someone special on

FEBRUARY CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES: Jennifer McHan - Children’s Director

The children's department is working toward creating a

Children's Library. This is located in the former 2/ 3s

classroom. We are accepting donations at this time …

rather it be books, bookshelves , or children's media.

Any donation will be greatly appreciated .

As the school year continues, our children's department is still

offering a Wonderful Wednesday After School Program,

in which the children are dropped off at the church @ 3:30, and

we provide various activities, including snack & study hall.

Thank you,

Jennifer McHan

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VISITATION VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED

We are looking for volunteers to visit the sick in the

hospitals, the nursing homes and our shut-ins. Let the

Church Office know of any know sickness and also let the

Church Office know after you have made a visitation.

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2012 Feasibility Study

Your church leaders have approved research to determine the

advisability of implementing

Contemporary worship here at TUMC

(Traditional worship will continue unchanged.)

Your opinion is welcomed!

Participate in our Early Survey!

These are available in the church office.

A small task force will be recruited from among Early Sur-

vey respondents. The task force will:

visit nearby contemporary worship sites;

attempt to bring sample worship to TUMC;

discern what TUMC might be by:

location, frequency, use of muti-media,

leadership TEAM; costs

The study would be concluded in time to report to the

TUMC Charge Conference (Sept 2012).

Until the study is underway with its own leadership,

direct any questions to Jerry at aijhlong@embarqmail.com or

(423)477-8337

Jerry Long - Director of Music

Trinity United Methodist Church 524 Tusculum Boulevard Greeneville, TN 37745

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Monthly Item Trinity’s Food Bank item collected during February is

Sugar.

Donations can be placed in the cardboard boxes provided

in either the Large Fellowship Hall or

the Old Narthex outside the Sanctuary.

Pick up will be March 4th.

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ECHOES News

On Friday evening, February 3rd the ECHOES group

will be having their

Monthly Dinner Meeting & Program @ 5:30, SFH.

Menu: Meatloaf, Spiral Ham, Green Beans, Corn, Slaw, Cherry

Cobbler, Sugar Free Cherry Pie & Ice Cream

The meal will cost $6.00 a person.

R.S.V.P w/ Lucille Cutshaw

Entertainment: Susong & Edward Families

Junior Girl Scout Troop 20642 needs YOUR help!

Rebecca Marie Stokeley, Victoria Harmon, & Kelsey Jones

are members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 20642. They are

currently working on their bronze award, which is the

highest award a Junior Girl Scout can earn. They have

chosen paper recycling as their project. They need your

help! The girls will be placing recycling containers in each

narthex and in the upper hallway for you to place your

unwanted paper and bulletins. They will be responsible for

seeing that the containers are emptied on a timely basis and

taken to recycling bins. Please put only paper in these

boxes!

Thanks so much for your assistance. If you have questions, please see Rebecca Marie, Victoria or Kelsey.

UMW News

Lister Circle meets Wednesdays in the Junior High room @ 5:10.

(February Dates: 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29)

All junior & senior high girls are invited to join us.

Shalom - February 7 @ 6:00, FATZ

Maude Landmesser - February 9 @ 11:00, TBA

Ruth Sub-Group - February 13 @ 7:00, SFH

Wonderful Wednesday - February 15 @ 5:45 UMW Bean Dinner

UMW Mission Trip to Jubilee - February 25

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Dave Ritter is the chairperson this year

of the newly combined

Missions, Outreach, & Evangelism Committee

("MOE").

Wonderful Wednesday

Cooking Opportunities

If your Sunday School Class or

Church Group is interested in cooking

one Wednesday night this Spring,

please contact Tracy Horner (552-8810).

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New Trinity Cookbook The Lister Circle will be publishing a new Trinity

Cookbook. The new cookbook will include ALL of the

recipes from the two previous Trinity cookbooks,

"A Taste of Trinity" and "Feeding the Flock".

If you would like to include your favorite recipes in the new

cookbook, please submit your typed recipes as you want them

published to the Church Office by Feb. 19th. We will only

accept "typed" recipes, if you do not have access to a com-

puter or type writer, please contact Lori Knapp @329-7959.

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Lister Circle will be hosting their annual

"Treats for your Sweets" Bake Sale,

Sunday, Feb. 12th after Church & Sunday School in the Narthex.

We will have cakes, cookies, pies and candies

available by donation.

Your support is greatly appreciated.

Important Contact Information:

If you have a need or question that you would normally go to Pastor David about,

please contact either the Church Office or one of the following persons, and we will either

assist you or help you obtain the assistance you need:

Ron Bennett 329-7227

Tom Garland 620-1318

Susan Price 552-3985

Steve Sayler 552-5865

Marcia Whaley 335-4233

Thank you,

Ron Bennett, SPR Chair Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by Him,

a worker who has no need to be ashamed.

II Timothy 2:15a

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Important Contact Information:

If you have a need or question that you would normally go to Pastor David about,

please contact either the Church Office or one of the following persons, and we will either

assist you or help you obtain the assistance you need:

Ron Bennett 329-7227

Tom Garland 620-1318

Susan Price 552-3985

Steve Sayler 552-5865

Marcia Whaley 335-4233

Thank you,

Ron Bennett, SPR Chair Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by Him,

a worker who has no need to be ashamed.

II Timothy 2:15a