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PASTORAL/PROGRAM STAFF
Rev. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor
Rev. Stacey Edwards-Dunn, Executive Minister
Rev. Barbara A. Heard, Associate Pastor
Rev. Rochelle Michael, Associate Pastor
Rev. Linda Mootry-Dodd, Associate Pastor
Rev. Tiffany Trent, Associate Pastor
Rev. Ramah E. Wright, Associate Pastor
Dr. Julia Speller, Director, Christian Education
Rev. Michael D. Jacobs, Minister to Youth and Children
Deacon Shirley Bims-Ellis, Director, Center for African Biblical Studies
Daryl J. Walker, Minister of Worship and Arts
Bryan Johnson, Executive Director of Sacred Music
Melody B. Morgan, Administrative Assistant
“There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served.”
1 Corinthians 12:5 (TEV)
Table of Contents
Order of Worship .............................................................................................................................................2
Hymn of Praise (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.) “I Will Trust In The Lord" ...................................................................3
Unison Scriptures (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.) ......................................................................................3
Confession of Sins............................................................................................................................................4
Jubilee Litany ...................................................................................................................................................5
Sermon Notes & Prayer Concerns ...................................................................................................................6
Celebrang 50 Years of Ministry......................................................................................................................7
Special Announcements
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Trinity UCC 2011 College Graduates / The Men's Fellowship ................................................................11
Planters Society .....................................................................................................................................12
Black and Chrisan New Member Class ................................................................................................13
Calendar ........................................................................................................................................................14
Events ............................................................................................................................................................16
Amani News ..................................................................................................................................................19
Service and Support Groups ..........................................................................................................................20
2011 Memory Verses............................................................................................................ Inside Back Cover
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Invocaon
Ministry of Music (6:00 p.m.) ..............................................................................“What About The Children?”
Parish Concerns
Visitor Recognion
Passing of the Peace
The Pastor’s Word
The Service of Communion
Confession of Sins
Communion Collect
Distribuon of Elements
Assurance of Pardon
Words of Instuon
The Service of Giving
Offertory Sentences
Tithes and Offerings
Benevolence
Altar Call (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.) .......................................................................................“Follower of Christ”
Sermon (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.)................................................“The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,
Pt. 1: When Your Child Takes The Wrong Path”
Hymn of Invitaon (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.) ......................................................................... “Stand”
Benedicon (11:00 a.m.) ........................................................ “As We Leave This Place, Till We Gather Again”
[Once the sermon has begun, parishioners may not enter or re-enter the first floor sanctuary.]
Verse 4
I’m gonna stay on bended knee,
I’m gonna stay on bended knee,
I’m gonna stay on bended knee,
Till I die.
I’m gonna stay on bended knee,
I’m gonna stay on bended knee,
I’m gonna stay on bended knee,
Till I die.
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opens its doors. Thank you for coming and may God
lmighty and Most Merciful Father, bless you.
we come before You, acknowledging
our sins, our shortcomings, and our
breaking of our Covenant with You.
MINISTER: This is a new season where we honor the vision of Rev. Dr. Kenneth B. Smith, the tenacity
of Rev. Willie Jamerson, the boldness of Rev. Reuben Sheares II, the creavity of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A.
Wright, Jr., the standard of excellence presented by Rev. Barbara J. Allen and the musical genius of Dr.
Jeffrey P. Radford.
MINISTER: This is a new season where we are called as a people to lay a foundaon for the next
generaon.
JUBILEE LITANY
CONGREGATION: This is our year of Jubilee!
MINISTER: We invite the enre village, naon and community to return home and celebrate with us
during this year, this new season.
MINISTER: All debts are forgiven this year! All grudges are forgoen. All loans are paid in full. We all
stand equal at the foot of the cross, thanking Jesus for His forgiveness and love. This is a new season.
MINISTER: This is a new season. This is the year of Jubilee! This is a year of celebraon. This is a year
of sacred reflecon. This is a year of chains being broken, of dreams being realized and of hope being
restored to the hopeless.
ALL: This is the year! This is the year! This is God’s year! This is our year! This is the year of Jubilee!
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
ALSO
Sickle cell disease affects approximately 70,000 African Americans. The best match for an African
American child with sickle cell disease usually comes from an African American donor.
Sponsored by the
IMMABASI HEALTH AND WELLNESS MINISTRY
Along with the American Red Cross, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Be the Match Foundaon and Alpha
Eta Inc., Chi eta Phi Sorority, Inc. (A professional nursing sorority)
Join the fun and Volunteers are also needed to serve God’s people as we
fellowship! learn more about healthy living:
• Set-up
• Pricing
green@trinitychicago.org
• Recycling
773-966-1500, Mailbox 2385
• Composng
• Break down
EVENTS
MARRIED COUPLES
L.O.V.E. WORSHIP SERVICE
(Living Our Vows Everyday)
Friday, June 17, 2011
7:00 p.m. – Sanctuary
Guest Preachers
Revs. Cory & Courtney Jenkins
Also! Calling all married couples interested in parcipang in the Married Couples Wor-
ship Service Choir, Join us for rehearsal Sunday, June 5, immediately following the 11:00
a.m. worship service in the Sanctuary. Informaon on further rehearsals will be provided
during the rehearsal. For informaon, contact Rev. Joe Ann Watson, 773-966-1567 or
email jwatson@trinitychicago.org.
COMMUNION SUNDAY • June 5, 2011
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June is
Family
Bible Study Modules For Singles
Families – Classes are open Tuesdays, June 14, 21, and 28
7:00 p.m., Wright Chapel
to everyone! – Registration
begins Sunday, June 5 in the Narthex
Single Parenting Skills
Saturdays, June 25 – August 27
20 SOMETHING/Young Adults
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Room 102
(ages 19-29)
Thursdays, June 9, 23 and 30
7:00 p.m., Room 203 Scholarship and Graduate
Recognition Ceremony
Married Couples Sunday, June 12
Saturdays, June 11, 18, and 25, 2:30 p.m., Sanctuary
June 11, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Sanctuary Show your Church,
June 18, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., School, Sports, Fraternity/
Atrium Sorority Pride – Wear your
June 25, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., favorite Trinity T-shirts, African Attire,
Fellowship Hall HBCU T-shirts, Black Heritage T-shirts,
and Fraternity & Sorority "outfits" to
Seniors church on Sunday, June 12th
Mondays, June 13, 20, and 27 All Worship Services!
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Month
at Trinity UCC
Married Couples Worship
Service – Friday, June 17, 7:00 p.m.,
Sanctuary, Guest Preachers:
Revs. Cory and Courtney Jenkins
Father's Day
Sunday, June 19, 11:00 a.m. worship
service
Father and Son Tag Team
Rev. Otis Moss, Jr. &
Pastor Otis Moss III
Family Caregiver
Workshop 101
Sunday, June 26, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
1. Graduate’s name
2. Name of college/university
3. Major
4. Recent photo, if possible
5. Contact informaon (email or phone number)
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
This informaon may be mailed to the church in care of the
Adopt-A-Student Ministry, le in the mailroom in the AASM
mailbox, or emailed to AdoptAStudent@trinitychicago.org.
Monday, June 13
6:30 p.m. – Fellowship Hall
Interview by Rev. Aaron J. McLeod
To Aend Their
BLACK AND CHRISTIAN
New Member Class
If you have not taken both new member classes (Sessions I and II), the Stewardship Ministry
is expecng you! Please don’t delay! Compleon of the new member process aer you have
“Walked the Aisle” is in three stages:
• Compleon of Sessions I and II (in that order) of your New Member class
• Right Hand of Fellowship on a first Sunday evening. The Right Hand of Fellowship is a
requirement for full membership
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Become an acve member, working in one of the ministries of your church home
The Stewardship Ministry partners are eager to “walk with you” throughout this process and we
are looking forward to your aendance.
Please remember to bring your Bible – if you don’t have one, we’ll provide one for you!
TODAY
400 W. 95th Street 11:00 a.m. • Worship Service - SA
7:30 a.m. • Worship Service - SA 1:30 p.m. • Dinner - FH
9:30 a.m. • Bible Teaching Moment - SA 6:00 p.m. • Worship Service - SA
• Breakfast - FH
MONDAY 6/6
400 W. 95th Street 7:00 p.m. • We Got Next Serving Class - 207
6:00 p.m. • Band Rehearsal - SA • Women's Chorus Rehearsal - SA
6:15 p.m. • Mwanabaraka Rehearsal - A 7:30 p.m. • Khayralla Rehearsal - A
CALENDAR
6:30 p.m. • Hospitality Ministry - 102
• Praise Team - WC
TUESDAY 6/7
400 W. 95th Street 7:00 p.m. • Married Couples Rehearsal - 207
6:00 p.m. • Africa Ministry Executive • Men's Chorus Rehearsal - SA
Committee- BR • Prayer Service Team - 102
• Band Rehearsal - SA • Singles Community - WC
• Women's Drill Rehearsal - 116 • Youth Drama - A
WEDNESDAY 6/8
400 W. 95th Street 5:30 p.m. • Praise Team - SA
6:00 am. - • Praying and Fasting 6:00 p.m. • Domestic Violence Ministry - 203
6:00 p.m. • Married Couples Officers - 116
11:30 a.m. • Prayer Service - WC 7:14 p.m. • Wednesday Word Prayer Service - SA
5:30 p.m. • Drama Mimes - 120
• DivorceCare Program (Kids) - 120 6:00 p.m. • Legal Clinic - Legal Clinic Room
FRIDAY 6/10
400 W. 95th Street 7:00 p.m. • Hurston Hughes Writers - 202
6:00 p.m. • Education Committee - 203 TUCC Village Center
6:30 p.m. • Married Couples Dance Rehearsal - SA 1947 West 95th Street
7:00 p.m. • 20 SOMETHING - 120 11:00 a.m. • Free-N-One - E102
CALENDAR
• Tough Love - W305
7:00 p.m. • Chaplains Ministry - BR
SATURDAY 6/11
400 W. 95th Street 12:30 p.m. • Walaika - WC
7:30 a.m. • Yoga Exercises - Narthex II • Women's Drill Rehearsal - 120
9:00 a.m. • Saturday Bible School 1:00 p.m. • Grandparents Ministry - BR
• Pre-School/Kindergarten - 116 • Tangeni Leadership - 116
• 1st/2nd Grade - 120 • Youth Drill Team - 102
• 3rd/4th Grade - 203 1:30 p.m. • Chinara Rehearsal - SA
• 5th/6th Grade - 202 2:00 p.m. • Isuthu - 120/203/A
• Teens - 207 2:30 p.m. • Combined Youth Choirs - FH
• Discipleship Class - FH 3:00 p.m. • Married Couples Bible Class - SA
• Adults - WC • Pre-Marital Counseling - WC
• Discipleship Rehearsal - SA 4:00 p.m. • Greeters - A
11:00 a.m. • Information Technology - 116 • Internal Security - 202
• Little Warriors - WC TUCC Village Center
• Tangeni New Member Orientation - 102 1947 West 95th Street
• Twisted Worship Training - A 9:30 a.m. • Village Keepers - W301
• Women's Drill Executive Committee - 11:45 a.m. • Next Movement Committee - W301
120 12:00 p.m. • THEC Tutoring - E102
12:00 p.m. • Intonjane - FH 1:30 p.m. • THEC Tutoring - W307
• Little Warriors/Imani Quilt Making - 2:00 p.m. • HIV/AIDS Support Ministry - W302
207
Events
CHURCHWIDE EVENTS hours are Monday-Tuesday-Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00
p.m., Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Saturday,
SUNDAY MORNING BIBLE 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
TEACHING MOMENTS June 5, “As for DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MINISTRY is
Me and My House; June 12, “The Family that Prays
dedicated to ending the silent killer in our community,
Together”; June 19, “In My Father’s House: Visions
Domesc Violence is not just a woman's problem, it is
For Black Men; June 26, “All In God’s Family, Teaching
a COMMUNITY problem, Please join us in our fight for
moments begin 15 minutes following the close of the
survivors, call 773-966-1500, Mailbox 2317
7:30 a.m. worship service
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ACTIVE SENIORS AND FRIENDS THE FRATERNITY/SORORITY GROUP
Cookbooks are now ready for pick-up and for sale,
(F.A.S.T.) presents “The Ties That Bind” Mentoring
Project, Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19, 2:00 p.m.,
Atrium, following worship services, Informaon, Call
Seeking 100 African American men and 100 African
Deborah Washington, 773-966-1500, Mailbox 2301
American boys (ages 5-18) to parcipate, Register in
AFRICA MINISTRY Join Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Atrium, following worship services
Wright, Jr., on one of the spiritual and cultural 2011
Study Tours, Brazil, July 7-18; Ghana/Togo/Benin,
FREE-IN-ONE For anyone suffering from drug and
alcohol abuse, Every Friday, 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.,
August 7-20; and South Africa, December 5-18,
Tough Love meengs for family members of drug and
Informaon, Contact Sydneye Wilson, Aarco Travel,
alcohol abusers, Fridays, 6:30 p.m., Call 773-966-1500,
773-363-9500
Mailbox 2319
BLAINE DENYE LIBRARY Ministry partners HOUSING MINISTRY Are you struggling
invite you to visit our library and explore the volumes
with housing or real estate-related issues? Have
on Bible study, African American history and culture,
an affordable rental (under $1,300) for rent? Email
For the month of June, we will feature books on
Housing@trinitychicago.org, View affordable rentals
marriage: A Loving Home, by Lee H. Butler, Jr.; The
at www.trinitychicago.org and click on the Housing
Ties That Bind, by Joyce Ladner; Willing to Try Again,
Ministry page link
by Dick Dunn; Staying Married, by Anita Diggs; and
Fighng for Your African American Marriage, by Keith
Whiield, The library is located on the 2nd floor, Our
EVENTS
on her internet radio show, “A Word with The
TRINITY UCC LEGAL CLINIC providing direct MouthPeace” www.windycityunderground.com,
legal advice, mediaon services and representaon Sundays, 10:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m., Informaon,
to the congregaon and community, For legal clinic Contact info@mouthpeacestar.com
hours Clinic is open 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. -
12:00 p.m., Village Center, No appointment necessary, CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE and the Fih
Also, we are always in need of legal professionals Third Bank “eBus” offer a free financial check-up and
(especially aorneys) interested in volunteering for the informaon on steps to homeownership, foreclosure
Legal Clinic and/or parcipang in our legal referral prevenon, credit counseling, small business ps and
directory, To contact us call 773-966-1500, Mailbox more, Wednesday, June 15, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.,
2339 or send e-mail to Legal@trinitychicago.org 4510 S. Michigan Ave., Informaon, Call 773-285-5800.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tickets and informaon, Call Gregg H. Brown, info@chicagobreastcancer.org
773-548-5500
• Breast Educaon Advocacy Counseling or Navigaon Care Corner, dedicated on November 4, 2007 at Trinity
program (B.E.A.C.O.N.) provides free mammography United Church of Christ is the primary program in the
screening and the Back-On-Track Warriors support Amani Care program, staffed with volunteers who
group. We have established a reputaon for provide assistance to the congregaon and visitors
excellence as we are impacng many lives through of Trinity United Church of Christ who have medical
our educaonal workshops and formal presentaon. challenges in entering and exing the Church. For
Those diagnosed or receiving treatment should join addional informaon, Contact Donalynne Schaffer,
the Back-on-Track Warriors. Addional informaon: 773.966.1579.
Contact Ea McGregor-Jones, Amani-TUCHC,
773.966.1585 • SYNERGY FAMILY RESOURCE AND SUPPORT CENTER
Serves individuals, couples and families who are having
• If you are like most people, you probably didn’t difficules with Life Transions, Marriage, Divorce,
AMANI NEWS
wake up one morning and say, "Gee, I’d love to spend Blended families, Raising Children; Moving, Changing
every minute of my life dedicated to the needs of Jobs, Schools, Friends or Communies; Facing
another person.” Instead, you may be an accidental Rerement; and Grief. Feelings such as Depression or
caregiver. An accidental caregiver can be a relave, Sadness, Stress or Anxiety, Empness or Loneliness, or
friend from church, or even a neighbor. They come Low Self-esteem, Troubled relaonships with spouse,
to the aid of someone who needs help with errands, family or friends; at home, work, church or school. Are
meal preparaon, or light housekeeping. Their you having difficulty with your teenager? Facing mid-
responsibilies grow over me, and while they didn’t life crisis? Involved in substance abuse? We can help.
plan to become a caregiver, they became one. For
individuals who currently find themselves living as an SERVICES - Our Counselors listen to the client’s
accidental caregiver, Amani Trinity United Community reasons for seeking help, carefully assesses these
Health Corporaon has a series of caregiver workshops concerns and recommends ways to help, including
that are held monthly covering a number of topics Individual Counseling/Therapy, Group Counseling/
specifically related to caregiving. For addional Therapy, Relaonship Counseling/Therapy, Family
informaon and to sign-up for the workshop of your Counseling/Therapy, Marital Therapy, Substance
choice, contact Ms. T. Slaon, 773.966.1588 or email, Abuse Counseling, Domesc Violence Counseling.
tslaon@trinitychicago.org.
CONFIDENTIALITY - All informaon shared in therapy
• AMANI CARE CORNER asks “Can you spare one is confidenal. No informaon about a client will be
Sunday per month?” We seek kind, gentle and caring released unless disclosure is required by law or the
Trinitarians to volunteer to assist the elderly and client has given wrien permission. For addional
physically challenged members to and from their Pace informaon, Contact Cheryl Butler, 773.966.1592 or
vans before and aer worship service. The Amani email, crbutler@trinitychicago.org.
WE GOT NEXT : Celebrang the joys and sacrifices of the past and securing the future of
our Next generaon to take our community to the Next level.
Levicus 25:1 - 13 (NIV), Luke 4:18 - 19 (KJV)
Y E A R S
of
M I N I ST RY
Go in peace.
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