Trinity Reformed Church
March 15, 2026
Worship 9:00 AM
(Live on Dumont Cable Chan. 1001 & on demand at trinref.org)
WE APPROACH GOD
Welcome & Call to Worship
*“Fairest Lord Jesus” (#88)
“There’s Something About/Blessed Be the Name” (#102 & 103)
*Opening Prayer
*Greeting One Another
Congregational Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
Children’s Message – Pastor Russell
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Prayer of Illumination
Scripture: Matthew 16:13-18
Message: “ICHTHUS: Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord”
WE RESPOND TO GOD
Offering
*Doxology
Offertory Prayer
*Final Hymn: “May Jesus Christ Be Praised” (#87)
*Benediction
*Closing Song: “Jesus Paid It All (verse 1)” (#210)
Postlude
Welcome to Trinity! Please join us for a brunch potluck this morning! If you didn’t bring a dish to share, no problem, there’s always plenty of great food! We will get set up after the service and eat around 10:15-10:30!
Praise Singers: Chelsea Peelen, Beth Muilenburg
Next Sunday: Praise Team 4
Keyboardist: Denise Abbas Next Sunday: Denise Abbaas
Sound/Projection: Matt Eberline Video: Lucas Junker
Greeters Today: Barb DeBoer, Dave & Sue White
Greeters Next Sunday: Mark & Jodi Bangasser, Chelsea Peelen
Today at Trinity:
9:00 a.m. – Worship Service
10:00 a.m. – Fellowship and refreshments
10:30 a.m. – Brunch Potluck & Sunday School
5:30 p.m. – Meal
6:00 p.m. – Sunday Seminar
This Week at Trinity:
Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. – Ladies Bible Study
Thursday: 7:30-8:30 a.m. – Trinity Café is Open
Saturday: 7:30 a.m. – Men’s Bible Study
Prayer Concerns:
Please pray for our shut-ins and those in area care facilities – try to send them a card or stop in for a visit. Kathy Ackerman and Mary Aswegan at Elm Springs in Allison, Frances Fank, Joyce Meyer, and Louise Miller at the Allison Rehab Center, Patricia Neal at the Shell Rock Care Center and Jurene Dralle, Vada Shreve and Deloris Maifeld at home.
Announcements:
The photo challenge for March…. signs of Spring! Share a photo with Jamie either through a private Facebook message to her, her email, or text message at 515-460-3648.
Join us for Sunday Seminar! During Lent, Pastor Russell will be leading a seminar entitled "Digging Deeper: The Bible". We will have a light supper beginning at 5:30 with the seminar beginning at 6:00. There is a signup sheet on the bulletin board if you would like to help with the meal before the seminar.
The new “Words of Hope” are in the bookrack.
If you would like to order an Easter Lily in honor or in memory of a special person, please sign up on the bulletin board. They are $17.50 this year, the deadline to order is March 29. If paying by check, please make it out to Allison Variety Store, and leave it in the envelope provided.
The Family Friendly Last Supper will be held on Wednesday, April 1, beginning at 6:30 PM. Invite a friend and join this wonderful Holy Week tradition. So we can plan accordingly for food and seating, we ask that you sign up on the bulletin board if you plan on attending.
The always popular annual Easter Egg Hunt and petting zoo, will be held on Saturday, April 4, at 10:00 a.m. You can have breakfast at the Fire Station, then enjoy the festivities at Trinity! Donations of small wrapped candy for the easter eggs are greatly appreciated, please leave them in the box on the table in the foyer. Also, we will be filling the eggs during fellowship time on March 29, we hope you will stay, many hands make light work, and there’s always lots of laughter!
Mark Your Calendars for Easter Morning: The Youth Group will be serving a delicious breakfast of loaded scrambled eggs (plain eggs are available), hashbrowns, sausage links, coffee cake, and coffee & milk. Breakfast will be served from 7:30-8:45 a.m., free will donation. Come support our youth and enjoy great food and fellowship before our special Easter service.
Join us for a Salad Supper at Bristow Reformed Church on March 26, 2026, from 4:30-6:30 PM. Beefburgers– a variety of salads, and dessert. Freewill offering sponsored by The ARC and Upper Mississippi Valley Cluster.
The Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity is rehabbing a home on Wemple Street in Parkersburg this spring. There is a giving tree by the heat register near the entrance of the church that you can support by selecting a tag or giving a monetary donation.
Donations from these tags go towards the expenses of supplies purchased locally from Harken Lumber in Aplington and Parkersburg Hardware Store.
Two Easy Steps:
1.Take the Tag that best fits your donation amount
- Scan the QR code on the back and enter the donation amount along with the code OR send a check to Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity at 803 West 5thSt, Waterloo, IA 50702
Thank you for considering a donation! Any questions you can reach out to Jamie Osterbuhr.
Kick-Off Holy Week at Wellsburg Reformed Church with Higher Power Quartet. Join us at 4:00 p.m. on Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026, for a concert with Higher Power Quartet. The quartet sings southern gospel, traditional, and progressive songs, and shares about Jesus through songs and personal testimonies. A free-will offering will be received for the group and a time of fellowship with light refreshments will follow the concert. Visit www.hpqministries.com to learn more about the quartet. Plan now to attend and invite your neighbors and friends! The church is located at 617 E. 4 th Street in Wellsburg. You can reach us at (641) 869-3316.