Late night campfires, roasting marshmallows (which somehow got over every piece of clothing you owned), pranks on other cabins, jumping in a freezing cold lake, canoeing (or, at least attempting to canoe), eating 4 bowls of cereal for breakfast...because you could, realizing that there was...
This post comes to us from Carey Nieuwhof - for more, head to ParentCue Because when you find yourself the villain, In the story you have written It’s plain to see That sometimes the best intentions Are in need of redemption Would you agree? – Death Cab for Cutie...
This month at 252, we’ll be talking about KNOWLEDGE: Learning something new so you can be better at whatever you do! We’ll discuss how learning about God helps you know and follow Jesus. We’ll talk about how what God says is the most important thing you can know...
“Are you in?” It’s a question we all answer over and over again. When there’s a party, when our coach says it’s time for tryouts, when we’re offered a summer job, when our friends go to the movies, or when someone invites us to church, we all have the chance...
"When you count your weeks, you make your weeks count." ~Reggie Joiner For some time now, families at Trinity who bring their children to be baptized receive a jar of marbles. We do our best to remind parents that we actually want them to loose their marbles (It's what happens when you...
When I think backwards into my own faith formation, the primary way of forming faith becomes quickly apparent and is, in my opinion, insufficient for reaching another generation of disciple makers. What was the primary way of forming faith? Information download. In my first post...
What do you think about when you hear the word “overflow”? Maybe you’re remembering that time you tossed a Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke just to see what would happen. Or maybe you’re picturing the way your room looked when you forgot to clean it...for the third...
As of late, I've been stuck on a particular piece of scripture from 1 Corinthians. For whatever reason, I keep coming back to it, keep turning it over in my brain, keep wondering if it's that simple...and if it is, what does it mean for forming disciple makers. Here's the text that's been...
Have you ever been pouring a pop into a glass and it fizzes so much that it overflows, down the side of the cup, all over the carpet your mom told you not to drink pop on...yeah, me either. Whether you know it or not, you have lots of things in your life which overflow. For the next month...
This year, Trinity took 7 people to New Kensington, PA (a northern suburb of Pittsburgh) to join in a Week of Hope. It was an awesome opportunity to serve a community through organizations already serving in that community. In other words, we came as help to the women and men already...