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Trinity United Methodist Church

 

ALPHA Opportunities

Arlington:

Fall 2010 Alpha Course
Trinity UMC - 817.274.1345
3321 West Park Row Dr
Arlington, TX 76013

Course runs August to November.
 Introductory Dinner is August 19th. 
Course starts on Thursday, September 2nd
and goes through November 11th.
Celebration Supper on November 18th.

Weekend Away will be October 16-17
at Glen Lake Camp.

For information about the course, to
register, or to volunteer to help with
the course please contact Rev. Ron
Albertson at 817-274-1345
or the Fall Course Director,
David Owens at 817-789-1081.

Grace Vineyard Christian Fellowship
611 N. 109th Street
Arlington, TX 76011

Contact:
Sr. Pastor, Bob Oliver 817-640-4588
office@gvcf.org

Fort Worth:
New Generation Praise &
Worship Center Church

716 California Pkwy N
Fort Worth, TX 76115

Contact:
Rev. Edna Roberts
817-921-9305

New Victorious Baptist Church
2507 E Loop 820
Fort Worth, TX 76112

Contact:
Rev Donald Ellison
817-244-9469


St. Anne's Church
6055 Azle Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76135

Contact:
Father Roger Grist
817-237-1888

Grace Covenant Church
3402 W. Interstate 20
Arlington, Texas
TX 76017
Contact: Church Office
817-419-0900 or
Fred Shade
Alpha Administrator
817-277-6636


Dallas Area

Home Alpha
w/childcare @ Bethel Lutheran
Contact: Michael Summer,
Alpha Advisor
214-328-9174

Church of the Incarnation
3966 McKinney Ave.
Dallas, TX 75204

Contact: Leigh Fredrickson
214-282-6715
Uptown@Incarnation.org or
bjohnston@incarnation.org

Lovers Lane UMC
9200 Inwood Rd.
Dallas, TX 75220

August 27 11AM-1PM
Contact: Tom Hudspeth
469-767-9158

St. Andrew UMC
1401 Mira Vista Blvd.
Plano, TX 75093

Sept 19-21
Contact: Rev Debbie Lyons
dlyons@standrewumc.org

Church of the Apostles
322 S McArthur Blvd
Coppell, TX 75019

Contact:
Doug Wulff
972-462-0234
dougwulff@msn.com

St. Mark's Episcopal Church
516 S O Connor Rd.
Irving, TX 75060

Contact:
Sherry Johnson
972-659-9108

Irving Bible Church
2430 Kinwest Pkwy
Irving, TX 75063

Contact:
Tricia Kinsman
tkinsman@irvingbible.org or
(972) 560-4633, ext. 514


Trinity Alpha Website

Thank you to Becky Alexander for her
assistance in creating the Alpha web
page!! Having current information
about the various Alpha offerings
at Trinity and around the DFW
Metroplex will help us tell others
about meeting Jesus through the
Alpha Ministry.


 

Recent Appointment

After becoming an Alpha Practitioner on the
Alpha USA Advisory Team in 2007, Peggy
Lively’s experience, passion and track record of vibrant Alpha Courses has led to
her appointment as Area Director for the
DFW Advisory Team.

It is expected the Team's activities will include:
reporting on where and how the Holy Spirit is
working through Alpha; advising us of trends,
needs and best practices; providing feedback
on ideas for more and better Alpha Courses,
and being a communication link
with other
Alpha practitioners and potential Alpha churches in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
and surrounding regions.  Find more information
below under “Alpha DFW”.

Hopes for the Future

Future Alpha plans include:

An Alpha Marriage Course
Pre-Marriage Course
Alpha for Youth
Day Alpha (for Seniors, for Young Mothers)
Alpha for Singles


Many Gifts One Spirit

Volunteers and those who feel a passion for telling others about Jesus Christ are urged to become involved in the ongoing Alpha Courses
and upcoming offerings.

Many gifts are needed other than leading a
table or serving as a host. Hospitality is a key
ingredient to helping others feel loved through preparing and serving meals & greeting guests.
Singers & musicians are needed to help with
our Worship Team. Prayer warriors are needed
to pray. Those with marketing and advertising skills are needed to spread the word. Book
lovers are needed at the book table. And
more……… Please consider what you have
to offer.

We can tell others about Jesus through our
act of service for others using our unique
gifts. Contact Peggy Lively :
peggylively@alphausa.org. to discuss how
you can help
.


Alpha DFW

Alpha DFW is a group of “Alpha Churches”
in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and
surrounding areas that meet quarterly to share
ideas and support one another in the Alpha
Ministry in each of their respective churches.

It is hoped that churches, particularly smaller
churches, can combine resources for training
and joint Alpha activities such as the Weekend Away.

Trinity and other Alpha churches in the area,
have served as mentors to churches wanting to offer Alpha. After attending the course at the mentoring church, they feel better equipped
and coached to present the course at their own
church.

A website has been developed to assist
individuals in obtaining information about
DFW area courses and training. Go to: www.alphadfw.org.


Alpha Childcare

Volunteers are needed to help with
children over 4th grade and younger.

Helpers are required to have
appropriate Safe Sanctuaries training.

Contact Peggy Lively at
peggylively@alphausa.org or
Call 817-561-0441 for more information.

 

 

 


Alpha Training

Experienced and inexperienced course leaders and hosts must participate in Alpha training prior to "each course".

Lisa McCulloch, our Alpha Trainer has
revised training to
one Saturday prior to
the start of each season's course at Trinity.

Emphasis is on team building, worship,
prayer, and spiritual goals of the whole
Alpha Team, not just the leaders and
helpers. Other churches from Terrell,
Fort Worth, Dallas, Temple, and even from Oklahoma, have joined our Trinity Alpha Team training.
Contact Lisa McCulloch:
lisa_mcculloch53@hotmail.com
for registration & details


Personal Stories from Seekers

What easier way to "tell others" about
Jesus Christ than to tell our personal stories?

If you have a testimony you would like included in the Newsletter, forward it to
peggylively@alphausa.org

Click the "Testimonies" on the main Alpha page to read more.


Alpha Donations

Consider supporting the Alpha Ministry by donating a charitable gift in memory or in honor of loved one.

What greater gift can you bring than to tell others about Jesus? Knowing Him and having a personal relationship with Him is the purpose of the Alpha Course. Checks can be made payable to Trinity United Methodist Church with notation for the Alpha Ministry.

The Alpha Ministry at Trinity would like
to acknowledge and give thanks to our
anonymous donors who have fueled the
fire of God's love and glorified Him through
their financial gifts.


In Memoriam

The Trinity UMC church family, Alpha
Team and guests grieve the recent death
of Sammie Thompson.

Sammy became involved in the Alpha
ministry in September of 2000.  As Sam 
grew spiritually, he answered Christ’s call
to evangelism, telling others about Jesus. 
He, like many of us, questioned his
capabilities to get the job done, but stepped
out in faith trusting that the Lord would
equip him. He utilized his gifts of
administration, teaching and encouraging
faithfulness and humor, progressing from
being a guest at an Alpha course to being
a course Administrator.  He found, in Alpha,
an easy, non-threatening vehicle to
answering his personal life questions,
discovering the joy of listening to others
seeking answers, and discovering the
amazing  agape love of God through those
at his table. He experienced the privilege
of sharing in moments of revelation and
truth discovered throughout the course
as guests were filled with the Holy Spirit.

Sam wanted to give away the love that he
had experienced in the Trinity Alpha course
by helping New Victorious Baptist Church
start the course. Under the direction of
Worth Jackson and the assistance of New
Generation’s leadership, Sam volunteered
for the course.  He again stepped out in
faith, beyond his comfort zone, and was
blessed by the love he gave and received
there.

Sammy’s momentary troubles achieved for
him an eternal glory that outweighed them
all. He fixed his eyes not on what we can
see, but on what is unseen. What we see is temporary but what Sam sees now is eternal.

Sam was much loved and will be dearly
missed…until we meet again!