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.) “O How I Love Jesus” ........................................................................3
Unison Scriptures (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.) .......................................................................................................4
Confession of Sins............................................................................................................................................5
Jubilee Litany ...................................................................................................................................................6
Sermon Notes ..................................................................................................................................................7
Stewardship .....................................................................................................................................................8
Special Announcements
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dancing with The Pastors ......................................................................................................................13
First Fruits Electronic Giving ..................................................................................................................14
Did You Know? / Ministry Informaon Session .....................................................................................15
Black and Chrisan New Member Class ................................................................................................16
Calendar ........................................................................................................................................................17
Heart of the Community ...............................................................................................................................19
Informaon & Announcements.....................................................................................................................20
Amani News ..................................................................................................................................................22
Prayer Concerns ............................................................................................................................................23
Service and Support Groups ..........................................................................................................................24
2011 Memory Verses............................................................................................................ Inside Back Cover
Audio Devices:
In an effort to keep the worship experience sacred, please return all listening devices immediately follow-
ing the benedicon. An audio technician is available in the sound room 15 minutes aer each service for
return of your device.
Thank you for your cooperaon!
Invocaon
Ministry of Music (6:00 p.m.) .......................................................................................................“Kings And Kingdoms”
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.) ........................................................................................ “Center of My Joy”
Sermon (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.)..................................................................................... “Just Jesus”
Hymn of Invitaon (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.) .............................................. “Jesus Is The Best Thing”
Benedicon (11:00 a.m.) .......................................................................................... "As We Leave This Place”
[Once the sermon has begun, parishioners may not enter or re-enter the first floor sanctuary.]
HYMN OF PRAISE
Free, it tells me of His precious blood, the sinner’s Hymnologists report that the chorus of O How I
Perfect plea. (Chorus) Love Jesus was oen aached to many nineteenth
century hymns unl it was finally divinely wed to
Verse III Whiield’s verses. In addion to composing many
It tells me what my Father has in store for ev’ry day, poec works, Whiield was an Anglican clergyman
And though I tread a gloomy path, yields sunshine and was educated at Trinity College in Dublin,
All the way. (Chorus) Ireland (B.A. 1859). Aer taking Holy Anglican
Church Orders, he worked successively as Curate
Verse IV of Otley, Vicar of Kirby-Ravenscro, senior Curate
It tells of One whose loving heart, can feel my of Greenwich, and Vicar of St. John’s, Bexley. He
Deepest woe, Who in each sorrow bears a part, devoted his life to the pastoral ministry in the
That none can bear below. (Chorus) Church of England.
3 3-5
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to
Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because
into a living hope through the resurrecon of Jesus Jesus was raised from the dead, we've been given
Christ from the dead, 4And into an inheritance that a brand-new life and have everything to live for,
can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven including a future in heaven—and the future starts
for you, 5who through faith are shielded by God’s now! God is keeping careful watch over us and the
power unl the coming of the salvaon that is ready future. The Day is coming when you'll have it all—life
to be revealed in the last me. 6In this you greatly healed and whole.
rejoice, though now for a lile while you may have
had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have 6-7
I know how great this makes you feel, even though
come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, you have to put up with every kind of aggravaon
which perishes even though refined by fire—may be in the meanme. Pure gold put in the fire comes
proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this
honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8Though you suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus
have not seen him, you love him; and even though wraps this all up, it's your faith, not your gold, that
you do not see him now, you believe in him and are God will have on display as evidence of his victory.
filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you 8-9
You never saw him, yet you love him. You sll
are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvaon of don't see him, yet you trust him—with laughter and
your souls. singing. Because you kept on believing, you'll get
what you're looking forward to: total salvaon.
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its doors. Thank you for coming and may God bless
CONFESSION OF SINS
lmighty and Most Merciful Father, you.
we come before You, acknowledg-
ing 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 Jameson, 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.
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!
SERMON NOTES
A
sense of oneness is a natural product of love, and it is accompanied by a consciousness of security.
Through our sense of oneness with God, the greatest possible sense of security is realized;
therefore, all fear is readily and completely cast out. John emphasizes the fact that in order to love,
we must necessarily love our fellow men. A love that is adulterated in any degree by hatred for anything or
anybody is not pure enough to discern the great love of the Infinite, which unifies all men.
Jesus said that love of God is the greatest commandment. “Thou shall love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the great and first commandment. And
a second like unto it is this, “Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments the
whole law hangeth.” Divine love is such a transcendent thing, that words describing it seem flat and stale.
But words used in right understanding quicken the mind, and we should not despise them. Affirming that
we do love God with all our heart, with all our might, will cause us to feel a love we have never felt before.
No beer treatment for the realizaon of divine love can be given than that recommended by Jesus.
Jerusalem, the Holy City, represents the love center in consciousness. Physically, it is the cardiac
plexus. Its presiding genius is John the Mysc, who leaned his head on the Master’s bosom. We establish
the ruling atudes of mind throughout our bodies by our daily thoughts, and they may or may not be in
harmony with Principle. Our dominant thought about love will show forth in the heart center and establish
there a general character. The loves and hates of the mind are precipitated to this ganglionic receptacle
of thought and crystallized there. Its substance is sensive, tremulous and volale. What we love or what
we hate builds cells of joy or pain in the cardiac plexus. In divine order it should be the abode of all that is
good and pure.
To be in subjecon to God is the highest goal of human aainment. The spirit of obedience is
the spirit of love. Love is the most obedient thing in the universe. It is also the greatest worker and will
accomplish more for our happiness than all other facules combined. If you want a servant that will work
for you night and day, culvate divine love. At mes, there may be obstacles in the mind that interface
with this fellowship of love. One of them is the thought that we owe our neighbor something besides love.
For some wrong, fancied or otherwise, we think we owe him punishment. God tells us that we owe him
love only, and by sending him the word of love the law is fulfilled, and the barrier is burned away. We must
make friends with everybody and everything in order to have this mighty worker called love, carry out for
us the divine law.
May’s topic –
“If It Wasn’t For The Women”
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday, May 8
Praying Women
THE JUBILEE CAFÉ
(I Samuel 1) Every Saturday
Sunday, May 15
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Jubilee Women
(Luke 4:1-30) Turkey Burgers
Turkey Tacos
Sunday, May 22 Turkey Hot Dogs/Polishes
Virtuous Women Chips
(Proverbs 31) Sweet Potato Fries
Salads
Sunday, May 29 Smoothies
Courageous Women
(Genesis 1:15-22)
Please be advised that the church will be closed on the following dates:
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Scholarship and Educaon
Commiee
will be in the Atrium following all worship services
to discuss this year’s scholarship and to answer quesons
regarding scholarship applicaons and more!
The panel discussion will focus on the visual arts and the Black community and will be moderated by
Marquis Miller, Trinitarian and board member of the MCA, and also includes Patrick Thompson, and
Mitch Anderson, Co-Chairs of the Artist-in-Residence ministry. The panel will engage the audience on
three key issues:
• What are common conceptions (and misconceptions) about art in the Black community?
• Why is a higher understanding and valuation of
art beneficial to the Black community?
• How can art be used as a tool to help save the
next generation(s)?
May 1, 2011
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From Women'ss Wee
Women
Burdens To
A Women's Jubilee Journey
Sisters Night Out
Women's Worship Service
Friday, May 13, 2011
7:00 p.m.
*Women are encouraged to wear "Little Black Dresses" to this
worship service
Guest Preacher:
Rev. Dr. Alise Barrymore
Pastor, Emmaus Community Church
Chicago Heights, IL
Women’s Retreat
Saturday, May 14, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Trinity United Church of Christ
Guest Speaker:
The Honorable Judge Glenda Hatchett
Cost: $25.00 per person
Register at the Women’s Retreat table in the
Atrium, following all worship services
May 1, 2011
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ekEND 2011
Breakthroughs
(John 4:28, 29 - The Message)
Women’s Day
Sunday, May 15, 2011
All Worship Services
*Women are encouraged to wear white for Women’s Day
Guest Preacher:
Rev. Courtney Clayton Jenkins
Pastor, Euclid Avenue Congregational Church,
UCC, Cleveland, OH
Women’s Chorus
Concert
“O Give Thanks Unto The Lord”
Sunday, May 15, 2011
2:30 p.m. - Sanctuary
May 1, 2011
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Live your life with passion and purpose!
Dare to Take Charge,
by Judge Glenda Hatche
Pick up your copy today!
Women are asked to read
"Dare to Take Charge" beforee
the Womens Retreat on
Saturday, May 14.
Featured Book!
The Warmth of Other Suns,
by Isabel Wilkerson
May 1, 2011
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Special Announcements
Dancing With The Pastors
Compeon Benefit
Friday, May 20, 2011
Chicago State University - Jones Convocaon
Center
9501 S. King Drive
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Compeon begins at 8:00 p.m.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
We invite you to support Pastor Moss and Mrs. Moss as they support the community of
Chicago and the performing arts at ENDURE Producons’ First Annual Dancing with the
Pastors Compeon Benefit. Pastors from various communies will come together and
support the arts through friendly compeon. They will compete for both the judges’ votes
and the audience vote. The “People’s Choice” award will be given to the pastor who has the
largest fan base in the audience; which is why it is is imperave that you come out and vote
for our pastor.
ENDURE is a professional, faith based, non-profit, inspiraonal dance company that uses the
transformaonal power of music and dance to empower youth and young adults across the
Chicago metropolitan area. For the past seven years ENDURE has provided free training and
mentoring to over 100 youth and young adults from all walks of life. In efforts to further unify
communies and churches through dance, ENDURE is producing the first ever pastors dance
compeon.
Tickets are $20 per person and are available for purchase in the Akiba Bookstore. Ten
percent of all ckets sold at Trinity UCC will be given back our church as a thank you donaon
from ENDURE Producons. Not only will your cket purchase assist ENDURE and support the
performing arts, your purchase will also help Trinity UCC.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Blesses God, because:
• It ensures that God is recognized and thanked as the provider for all things in our life
As we celebrate our 50th year as a church, we set a goal of aaining 500 new members as electronic givers, those
that commit to give of their first fruits.
In the coming weeks we will be including addional informaon in the bullen, and providing other resources to
encourage and inform you. To assist you in making this important commitment to Trinity, and answer any quesons
you might have, we have tables set up in the Narthex and Atrium for your convenience.
• The Trinity UCC Bullen is changing! Starng this month, the first Sunday bullen will be basically
the same; however, all other Sundays will feature a "reduced-fat" bullen which will provide
essenal worship informaon and a slimmed down secon of announcements and calendar
items. An electronic version of the full bullen will be available online, as well as a paper
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
addendum for those without internet access. More informaon to follow.
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
Please remember to bring your Bible – if you don’t have one, we’ll provide one for you!
TODAY
MONDAY 5/2
CALENDAR
• Praise Team - WC 7:00 p.m. • Excel Class - Computer Lab
TUESDAY 5/3
WEDNESDAY 5/4
FRIDAY 5/6
SATURDAY 5/7
CALENDAR
7:30 a.m. • Yoga Exercises - Narthex II 1:00 p.m. • Tangeni Leadership Board - 116
9:00 a.m. • Saturday Bible School • Youth Drill Team - 207
• Pre-School/Kindergarten - 116 2:00 p.m. • Communion Prep - BR
• 1st/2nd Grade - 120 • Harambee Committee - 203
• 3rd/4th Grade - 203 • Junior Drill Team - 120
• 5th/6th Grade - 202 3:00 p.m. • Pre-Marital Counseling - 202
• Teens - 207 • Tangeni Placement Rehearsal - SA
• Discipleship Class - FH 3:30 p.m. • Young Women's Christian Walk - 207
• Adults - WC 4:30 p.m. • Youth Ushers Check-out for Shedd
Aquarium - A
10:45 a.m. • Youth Ushers Check-in for Shedd
Aquarium - A 5:00 p.m. • DIT Phase II Training - 202
11:00 a.m. • Little Warriors Rehearsal - WC TUCC Village Center
• Married Couples Photos - Library 1947 West 95th Street
• Math Tutorial - 202/203 9:00 a.m. • Legal Clinic - Legal Clinic Room
12:00 p.m. • Newness of Life - 120 10:00 a.m. • Reading Tutorial - W305
12:30 p.m. • Math Tutorial (Wrap-Up) - 203 11:30 a.m. • Next Movement Committee - W301
• 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,
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.
PRAYER CONCERNS
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.
-Author Unknown
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