Neighborhood Abundance Partner Field Trips

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October is Neighborhood Abundance month, where we will highlight how we are formed by our relational work in our neighborhood. Sign up today for our Partner Field Trips - a great way to put faces and names with some of the BNC's Partners. And feel free to sign up for as many as you would like!

TOUR THE NEW BRYANT MONTESSORI
Tuesday, October 15th, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Join Principal Neil O’Brien as he leads a tour and discusses how supporting educational efforts supports the whole neighborhood. KID-FRIENDLY.

JOURNEY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Saturday, October 19th, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Join other pairs of Trinity/BNC folk to fan out into the neighborhood armed with flowers, bus passes, and BNC flyers that will serve as "tools for conversation" with neighbors in the community. Unlimited participants. KID-FRIENDLY.

PLAY TO LEARN
Monday, October 21st, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Bring your families to participate in Play to Learn's preschool program and then join Alyssa Tongue (Chief Learning Experiences Officer) and Charleen Balansay (Associate Director of Play to Learn) to discuss the value of elevating PLAY as a community development strategy. Unlimited participants. KID-FRIENDLY.

HILLTOP ACTION COALITION
Monday, October 21st, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Attend a regular HAC meeting, followed by a facilitated conversation with Tara Newton (HAC Executive Director) and Joel Zylstra discussing, "What does advocacy look like for the Bryant Neighborhood community and what are issues that would be helpful to be aware of?" Unlimited participants.

ON YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ABUNDANCE DAY OF PRAYER
Saturday, October 26th, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

A WALKING TOUR AND "BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES"
Sunday, October 27th, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Bryant Neighborhood native and friend of Trinity and the BNC, Reverend Brendan Nelson, will be leading a 90 minute community tour after church. Limited to 15 participants.

STONE SOUP LUNCH AND REPORT BACK
Sunday, November 3rd, during and after worship

Summer at the BNC with Neighbor Camp

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Last week's Neighbor Camp with partners from SAMI, SOTA, and IDEA Schools, Remakery and Toolbox Labs was amazing! What an fantastic week full of high quality STEAM activities with 32 happy campers and 28 Counselors and Camp staff. Everything we hoped and dreamed for how the BNC would bless the community when the idea of the BNC was just a seed of an idea! Thank you all!

Dinners for 8 - June 2024

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Come have dinner with some other folks from Trinity! These dinners will be in various host homes from June 1-10, so pick a date that works for you. There’s no agenda - just good food and conversation. This is a great way to get to know people. Once you register, the host family will be in touch with you with more details.

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Current Sermon Series - Everything I Need

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During the Eastertide season at Trinity (April 14-May 12), we will be exploring together the 23rd Psalm, and the abundant care of the Good Shepherd. In these words which have been treasured for thousands of years, God is pictured as the steadfast shepherd who tends and cares to provide everything needed for the well-being of the sheep.

Sponsor an Easter Lily

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It's a beautiful tradition at Trinity to have Easter lilies, given in honor or in memory of a special someone, adorn the Sanctuary on Easter Sunday. We invite you to sponsor a lily this Easter. After the service, you will take your lily home.

Register on Church Center, where you can pay online. You may also pay by check or cash. If paying by check, please write “Easter Lilies” on the memo line and place in the offering box in the entryway on Sunday. Orders must be received by March 25th.

Please reach out to admin@tpctacoma.org with any questions.

Join the Easter Choir!

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Come one, come all! Join us this year for the all ages Easter Choir. No choral experience is necessary, and all are welcome to participate. Music and rehearsal tracks will be provided, and there will be three group rehearsal dates. Rehearsal dates will be announced next week to all who have signed up. Follow the link to register directly on Church Center!

Questions? Contact Emily Coates at worship@tpctacoma.org.

New Sermon Series Begins Feb. 4th

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Abundance//Scarcity

God creates the world in lavish abundance. More than enough for everyone. But something has gone wrong. As we look around, we so often believe in the myth of scarcity, and conclude there is just not enough to go around. And so instead of receiving the lavish gifts of God, we find ourselves grabbing, taking, clinging, competing, and making our own way. And yet, in the midst of our perceived deficit, God continues to generously give - bread in the wilderness, children to the barren, home to exiles, a future to those without one, abundant Sunday life out of Friday’s death. What if we as a people might grow to see all of this life through the eyes of Jesus, assuming abundance and that there is ‘enough’? It might just change everything for us.

  • February 4 - “God, the Generous Host of the World” (Psalm 104 & Luke 12:22-34)

  • February 11 - “In the Beginning…Abundance!” (Genesis 1:1-2:2)

  • February 18 (Lent 1) - “The Seed of Scarcity” (Genesis 3:1-7)

  • February 25 (Lent 2) - “The Master Class in Scarcity” (Genesis 47:13-21 & Exodus 1:6-14)

  • March 3 (Lent 3) - “What Scarcity Does to Us” (Exodus 20:17 & Deuteronomy 5:21)

  • March 10 (Lent 4) - “Abundance in the Wilderness” (Exodus 16:2-5, 14-20)

  • March 17 (Lent 5) - “Working Always, Never Stopping, and Sabbath Abundance” (Deuteronomy 5:12-15)

  • March 24 (Palm/Passion) - “The End of Scarcity is Violence” (Matthew 27:11-50)

  • March 31 (Easter) - “Resurrection Super-Abundance” (Matthew 28:1-15)

The Journey - Adult Spiritual Formation Cohorts Starting in January

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Interested in something more? Hungering for greater depth in your life with God?

We’re looking for people who would like to join a weekly peer-learning spiritual formation cohort of 6-10 other Trinity people. It’s designed to create space for meaningful conversation about some of the most important things in our lives. Richard Foster says “Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primarily spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.” Whether you’ve walked with Jesus for a long time, or you are just beginning your faith journey, we want to invite you, in the company of others, to discover more deeply who God is, and who you are so you can begin living more deeply into the particularities of God’s grace and God’s call in your life.

This cohort will run from January to June 2024, and like all the most important things in life, involves an investment of time and energy. The cohort will include a 90 minute weekly group meeting, Bible reading/reflection, a mentoring relationship, and a discovery process into your own story and calling. There is a cost for the materials for the cohort of $275, but we can cover half or all of that if that is in any way a financial hardship for you. Groups start the 1st week of January. Questions? Contact Pastor Matt Robbins-Ghormley.

Want to learn more? Check out this one-pager.

Register on Church Center. Signups close on December 15th.

O Come, Lord Jesus - Celebrating Advent

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Advent is the holy season in which we connect again with the longing and yearning for Christ to come. Jesus-followers from as early as the 6th century developed a pattern of praying together seven short prayers that reverberate with longing and hope - which evoke images of the promised Messiah from the prophet Isaiah. These prayers are known as the “O Antiphons”, and name the way that Jesus is the fulfillment of our deepest yearnings - “O Wisdom!” “O Adonai!” “O Root!” “O Key!” “O Light!” “O King of the Nations!” “O Emmanuel!” At the heart of these prayers is the bidding for Jesus to “Come” - as he came to Bethlehem, to come now in us, and at the end of time, in and for all. The familiar Advent hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” is probably the best known echo of these “O Antiphons” - in fact, you’ll notice each of the seven “O Antiphons” are the seven verses of the carol. This Advent/Christmas season at Trinity, we’ll be joining in the chorus with all of creation in the longing of these Advent prayers to the One who has promised to come and make all things new.

  • November 26: First Sunday of Advent

  • December 3: Second Sunday of Advent (Communion)

    • Intergenerational Advent Event After Worship

    • Zoom Coffee Hour After Worship

  • December 10: Third Sunday of Advent

    • Maker's Market After Worship

  • December 17: Fourth Sunday of Advent

    • Trinity's Christmas Pageant During Worship

  • December 21: Longest Night Worship Service - 7:00 PM

  • December 24: Christmas Eve Worship - 7:00 PM (no Sunday morning service)

The BNC Welcomes Faith Brown

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Faith Brown is a proud Tacoman with firm roots planted in the City of Destiny whose dedication to the community is evidenced throughout her progressive professional journey. She has a strong background in finance and program coordination supporting the mitigation of gaps and inequities in systems built for underserved families and individuals. Together with her husband, Ty, they continue to promote civic pride and responsibility as active advocates and volunteers. You will find her in her free time with Ty and their three amazing kids, Dylan, Dia, and Juno, where they will be swimming in any body of water, cruising on wheels alongside each other, playing basketball, or navigating themselves toward the sun.