Stories

Pam Kerl shares her experience serving with Kids Eat Free each summer. My maternal grandparents were Assembly of God pastors and missionaries for over 50 years. When I was a youngster, I remember hearing my grandfather preaching about a favorite Bible passage which comes from Matthew 25:35-40. ("For I was hungry and you gave me food...") Servant ministry would definitely describe how my grandparents lived. In the years since my grandfather's death in 1990,... Read More

Sherry Bigham's Life Group has helped her see that she has a place in this church. She matters. Consider joining a Life Group in September. Click here to learn more! I'm a recently retired teacher, and my husband and I were looking for ways to get involved in the community so we started coming to Trietsch. It's not easy to get connected to a new church. It can be scary to walk in and assert yourself into conversations. My husband and I are in our 60s, and it can be hard to... Read More

Rev. Clay Horton , Associate Pastor of Serving Ministries, reminds us to stop and say a prayer for our missionaries in Mozambique this week: Mission Mozambique is an ongoing initiative to support this African community in education, food, and health. Our missionaries from Trietsch have given up their time and money to spend a week in the Mozambique community helping to continue these ongoing areas of support. Each team member pays their own way and they go proudly representing each and... Read More

Amy Parsons finds a volunteer to uplift each month. Do you know someone who deserves recognition? Email Amy at amyp@tmumc.org . We love our volunteers! For the July Volunteer Spotlight, we are excited to recognize and thank the Horvath Family for all they have done for us at Trietsch. Tim, Deb and Emma Rae have been at Trietsch since 2006 when Deb began teaching Sunday school. She was excited to be plugged in to Children Ministries and have their daughter, Emma Rae (13),... Read More

Shellie Ross, Senior Director of Education at Wesley-Rankin , wants to let Trietsch know how much MAD Camp means to her students. Thank you so much for all of the effort put in to make it happen every year! And special thanks to Pam Taylor, our fearless leader. Dearest Friends of Trietsch Memorial UMC, I continue to be amazed at the creativity, compassion, and large love offered to our summer B3X campus students at Wesley-Rankin! The engagement of our kids, their smiles, and eagerness... Read More