Trinity United Christian Church

Winning, Discipling, Serving

The Bible itself is a book about missions.

Throughout its pages, both in the Old and New Testaments,  

idea of missions and world evangelism stand clear.  In the  

Old Testament, the lives of Abraham and Moses, we see the life of  

mission. Other prophets such as Jonah had the missionary spirit.  

In the New Testament, the call for missions is even greater.  

Simeon proclaimed Jesus Christ as “a light for revelation to  

the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel ” (Luke 2:32).  

After the Gospels of Jesus, the book of Acts  

is a complete story dealing with a missionary church.  The  

life of the Apostle Paul shows a great life of zeal.  There  

can be no doubt that evangelism and missions are central to  

the teaching of the Bible. We are called to reproduce  

disciples.  The Great Commission is an invitation to the local  

church to touch this world for God.  

With the “good news” of Christ in our hearts, we are  

commanded to penetrate new regions to communicate God’s  

Word and create His community. We have taken mission  

trips to Mexico and Puerto Rico with our youth ministry.  

Our church supports several local mission outreaches.  The  

first is a monthly homeless missions emphasis, where  

members of the church have taken upon themselves,  

in cooperation with other churches, to go into downtown  

Pittsburgh to feed homeless men, women, and children.  

They believe in Jesus words, “whatever you did for one of the  

least of these brothers of mine, you did for me” (Matt.  

25:40).  Youth and adults have participated.  Each month  

meals are prepared and taken to people in the city.  

Witnessing and singing are a part of the evening.  It has  

become a event which has opened the eyes of the  

congregation to the world.  Second, a missions outreach to  

children is presented every weekend in our local community.  

Child evangelism at a coffee house has been successful.  

Through tracts, recreation, and prayer, children who have  

unstructured home lives are ministered to in New  

Kensington.

Today, we are taking a strategic and planned direction.  

Focused prayer and study is being implemented in TUCC’s  

missions ministry.  Our missions will involve sacrifice and  

commitment.  A servant’s heart will motivate our missions  

thrust.  Missions is a way of life for us.  As twenty-  

first century missionaries, we must become people  

who care for the lost world around them.  Our core value of  

missions will pull the congregation together for a world that is

seeking the saving message of Jesus Christ.

KATRINA MISSION TRIP to Sabine Texas and western Louisiana February 27-March 5, 2006. Each year members and friends of Trinity give up their vacations to travel to mission fields abroad. Their purpose? To follow Jesus direction for our lives to "Go, and make disciples of all the nations." (Matthew 28:19). In the process they are fulfilling the purpose of Trinity Church. The impact of a short-term missions experience has changed many lives at Trinity. The trips go far beyond our own expectations. God can use anyone who is willing to be used. Every day and everywhere is a mission field. This year, we are traveling to Sabine, Texas. In the eastern gulf coast side of Texas. It is a community which need our help and attention. Already, donations from the congregation are coming in and members of the church are planning to travel to Texas at the end of February 2006. If you would like information on being a part of the trip, please contact us at the web page or email, Bill Richardson at billedge@juno.com Be blessed, as you go on God's mission to reach, touch and bless people in Jesus Name!!