Steve Pettit Music and Evangelistic Team here February 24th

Wow! I feel very honored and excited to announce that the

Steve Pettit Evangelistic team will be with us on February 24th. Their music has encouraged our hearts and been a great resource for our own ministry in song at Trinity Baptist Church. Make plans to be there! Bring your unsaved friends who love music and they will be challenged by the powerful words in song.

Also, check out our new memory verse. Remember with God "All Things

Are Possible"

Goodbye to our 1st Memory Verse

MEMORY VERSES FOR 2011
WEEK 1-2 JANUARY 5-19

MATTHEW 5:14-16 (KING JAMES VERSION)

14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

From Centurion to Wild-Man

Our God is no respecter of person's. The racist Neo-nazi's of this world are blasphemous when they try to use the scripture to justify their revolting position on the separation of the races. Likewise, the high society-type Christians that look down on common-folk believers and future converts, are wrong in their desire to be separate based on class.

We know from Christ's time on this earth that he took the message of His saving power to all people. He intermingled with "sinners" because they were the ones who needed a Savior. We learned this concept from the Lord in Matthew 8. Our Lord healed the Centurion's servant. He had no problem dealing with one of the upper class of Rome, but he also healed the destitute desperate, demoniac who lived in the cemetery of the Gadarenes.

This was our discussion on Sunday-may we remember that our Lord is the Savior--of one of the Centurion (the privileged one) household, but also the wild-man possessed of Satan himself. Let's go out and reach this needy world for Christ.

Follow Bible Characters Throughout the New Testament

This year I (Pastor Craig) will be putting together a series of messages that follows the key Bible characters throughout the New Testament. This Sunday we started with the contrasting characters of Matthew the Publican/Apostle and Herod, the Great (or you might want to say Terrible). This Sunday we looked at these two government workers. Herod had an interesting background. His family history was related to the Maccabees who were the liberator of Jerusalem from the wicked Greek empire. He did some good things, like rebuild the temple. At times in his life he had an interest in preserving the religious system of the Hebrews. But, in the end he was really all about himself. In looking back you can see that all the good decisions he made were all to build himself up and give fame an fortune to himself. He eliminated nearly every close family member around him. An even more infamous event of Herod was his mission to seek out baby Jesus and have him killed. Thanks to the wisdom of the "wisemen" this never happened. Eventually, in his jealous rage Herod had the young babies of Bethlehem slaughtered. Herod is in sharp contrast to the transformed life of Matthew. His life is not greatly detailed in the scripture. We just know that he was called, he immediately followed, and invited all of his tax collector friends to his house to hear Jesus speak. We don't know for sure but everywhere the Savior went people heard and accepted. I can't imagine anything less happened at Matthew's house. You've got a house right? You've got a changed life in your own redeemed soul, right? May you be like Matthew. Invite your tax collector friends (of course your friends may be teachers (in my case) or some other type of person, and present to them the Savior. Challenging words from the life of Matthew the tax collector turned Apostle.