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Triune Mercy Center Newsletter
December 2011
 

From the pastor:

      

      I received a letter in November from one of our state prisons. Anthony, a man who sang in a fundraising concert for us in 2009, has another 15 months to go on his sentence. I couldn't even tell you what the charge was.

      Anthony wrote excitedly about his time at Wateree River Correctional Institution in Rembert, where he met other musicians. He wrote a Christmas carol called "Joseph's Song," from the perspective of the man who raised Jesus. He sang it in a talent show and won. Every time the group performed, he said, inmates requested the song.

     Anthony went on to write an entire musical around "Joseph's Song."

     I hope that Anthony will return to Triune and see his play performed by our drama department some day. Our folks are preparing their first Christmas pageant just now, and maybe by Christmas 2013, they'll be ready for a full-scale musical.    

 

     But that's not what pleased me most about Anthony's letter. The best part was imagining Anthony's influence on the men at Wateree and then the Catawba Pre-Release Center in Rock Hill. As he sings of Christmas in that beautiful tenor of his, who knows what lives God will touch?
        I talk to a lot of people who are trying to discern what God would have them do with their lives. Heaven knows I spent a lot of time myself asking that question.
       But sometimes, we don't need a life-changing move or a dramatic gesture. Sometimes, we can serve God right where we are.
       In a prison in Rock Hill, Anthony is proving it.

      

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         Please read on for our special Christmas services -- including a collaboration between visual artist Charlie Pate and musical artist Bryan Kirby on Dec. 18 at 6 PM. You are invited to all of them. 

          And don't forget: We have honor and memory cards that make great Christmas gifts.  

            If you would like to honor family or friends with a donation to Triune, simply send your check ($20 minimum per card, please) along with the complete names and addresses of the honorees, to Triune Mercy Center, PO Box 3844, Greenville, SC 29608. We will send them a card acknowledging your gift.
       If you'd like to make a memorial gift, make sure to send us the name and address of the person you'd like to have notified.  

         We wish you a most blessed Christmas.  

 

Deb Richardson-Moore 

November at Triune: 

Worship and Bible Studies (Average Attendance):

Sun AM .....190                     Sun PM ....70         Tues PM..... 110     

 

Meals and Assistance Programs:

Hot meals ..............1,881                                  Adult clothing recipients......291           

Groceries...................256 households                Child  clothing recipients.....128        

Pop-top groceries........ 81 individuals                  Blankets .............................84

Laundry loads............. 63 

    

Jobs.........................................................1   

    

People admitted to drug rehabilitation... 9   

     

Medical consultations...................76     

 

Volunteer hours .......................1,332   

 

Back Yard Mission Days........................... Mauldin Middle School

                                                              Lilly Center at Furman University    

                                                              Seekers class of Buncombe Street UMC

 

Work days ....................................... St. Matthew UMC

                                                        First Baptist Church of Mauldin 

                                                        CrossRoads Community Church 

Some exciting worship opportunities at Triune Chapel: 

 

December 4, 11 AM -- Singers Otis Snipes, Jerri Gray and Terry Buchanan will provide music during this communion service. Deb will preach on "The power of story: Out of barrenness."

6 PM -- Missy Kemp, a Triune worshiper and author of A Daily Portion blog site, will speak.

   

December 11, 11 AM -- Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jacob Johnson will provide music, and Deb will preach on "The power of story: Mary ... and Arielle."

6 PM -- Our drama room pioneers will perform Triune's first Christmas Pageant.

 

December 18, 11 AM -- The Greenville Rescue Mission's Overcomers' Choir will perform.

6 PM --  Visual artist Charlie Pate and musical artist Bryan Kirby will collaborate for this Christmas special.  

   

December 23, 6 PM -- Our partner Trinity Church will host a service in our sanctuary. Rev. Toni Pate will preach.

 

December 24, 5 PM -- Join us for Triune's traditional Christmas Eve service, led by Elaine Nocks.

 

December 25, 11 AM --  Taylor Moore and Jerri Gray will provide our Christmas Day music.

NO 6 PM service.

   

City Prayer - Each Wednesday at noon                   

 

 

Wish list:

Children's coats, clothing and shoes

Children's hats, gloves and mittens

Stretched canvases for painting, 16 x 20 inches                        

Financial donations                                                  

Gas cards                                                               

Men's pants, small and Big & Tall                              

Men's underwear, medium and large                                 

Men's tennis shoes
Heavy coats
Blankets
Videocamera
Two stainless steel soup pots  

Recovery Meetings:  

Sunday,   2:30 PM       Narcotics Anonymous

Tuesday,  Noon           Alcoholics Anonymous 

Wednesday, 7 PM       Double Trouble Recovery

Thursday, Noon           Alcoholics Anonymous

               7 PM           Narcotics Anonymous

Saturday, 9 AM           Alcoholics Anonymous

               10:30AM      Women's Recovery  

               7 PM           Narcotics Anonymous

                        
Serving in December:
Buncombe Street UMC                         Prince of Peace Catholic
First Baptist Church of Mauldin             St. Giles Presbyterian
Food for Life Ministries                         Trinity Church
Grace Covenant Presbyterian                Valley Brook Outreach Baptist
Mauldin UMC                                       Welcome Baptist
Pelham Road Baptist                            Women in Construction
 
Special thanks to: Surgeons for Sight, who performed 44 eye exams, gave away 40 pairs of reading glasses, and made 29 appointments for further eye care.

Monetary Gifts:

In memory of Allie R. Bush - Janett Patterson

In memory of Harry L. Blair - Alvin Drake and Bill Brown

In memory of Ellison Webster - Suzanne Webster

In memory of Raymond Harold Hand, Jr. - Steven & Pamela Hand

In memory of Roy Everett "Ebb" Queen - Doris N. DeForest

In memory of Dave Lowe - Henry & Alice Turner III, Terry & Sandra Bailey, Greg and Geneal Cantrell, Mark & Lisa King, Dennis & Joy Rodgers, Gail & Bill Englert, Kensington Homeowners Association, and Ann Atchley  

In memory of Ulysses "Tom" Thomas - Hobnobbers, Beatrice Lamb, Mr. & Mrs. Harold McCraw, Lakita Martin, Phebe Satterfield, and Jennifer Wolfe

 

In honor of Robin Bylenga - Dinah Johnson

In honor of Sallie Eskew - Stephanie Southerland

In honor of Sharon & Jerry Youkey - Jim Freeman

In honor of Church of the Redeemer Episcopal Church - Edward Roberts

In honor of Hans & Elaine Wiegert, Rufus & Carolyn Genobles, Billy & Becky Hassell & Family, Albert & Elizabeth Harper, and Johnny & Jane Ritterbusch - Teresa & Robert Wiegert
 

Aldersgate UMC

Joyce & Troy Barton

Mr. & Mrs. C. Brock Bauknight, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Clarence B. Bauknight

Robbie & Harold Boman

Jim & Sandra Cain

William L. Cheek

Frank Cox

David & Sandra Crowe

Kathleen & David Cull

Kristin Dollar

Martha Dushane

Mona Ferguson

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Fulk, Jr.

Gleaners Sunday School Class - Covenant UMC

Mary Jane Gorman

Paris Harrison

Margaret Heatherly

Thomas & Janice Henderson

Freda Hergner

Holland Park Church

B.R. Huckaby SS Class - Berea Friendship UMC

Sara Illing

Jack Jackson

Jason & Amy Johnston

Jolley Foundation

Just Faith Class

Susan Kear

Jim & Andrea League

Nancy Ledford

Michelin Employee Relations Team

Kenneth Moody

Larry & Betty Moody

Jennifer & John Neff

Dr. Michael Payne

Nancy Pennell

Pi Kappa Phi Delta Chapter - Furman University

Kathrin Ratzel

Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Shain

Faye Shaughnessy

Angela & George Smith

Rhogene Smith

Scott Timpanelli

Today's Antioch Fellowship

Transformation House, Inc.

Trinity Church of Greenville

Donna & David Watt

Hans Wiegert

Jane & Michael Wilson

Mary Ann & Ken Wood

 

Plus, thanks to all our faithful worshippers!

 

And thanks to: Aprons Inc., Martin Ayers, Amanda Shearer Benci, Robbie Boman, Danny Bradford, Jen Brewer, Jerri Brinkley, Paula Cargill, confirmands of Buncombe Street UMC, Debbie DeYoung, Jill Elliott, Audrey Gay, Greenville Seventh Day Adventist Church, Priscilla Hagins, Mattie Hill, Lucy Hinson, Terryl Johnson, John Judy, John Korybski, Jr., Scott Lesfail, Harriett Martin, Vicky Mead, Cecile Michon, Sheely Miller, Larry & Betty Moody, N.E.Y.W.A's, WG Neal, Paul Poston, Dick & Mary Sargent, Standing Springs Baptist Church, Soul Winners Missionary Church, Kaye Southerland, Teresa Stepp, TTR, Marion Terry, Alex Turner, Steve Underwood and Doris Williams for donations of clothes, food, and other items.

 
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