“I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.” Philippians 3:12

 
Congratulations, once again, to our graduates and their families for this wonderful marker of time and successful effort. We are excited to keep up with and hear about the next steps of our graduates. God has great plans for each one of them and we pray alongside for them to both hear and follow the LORD in the days to come.

 
I have been reading in the papers and social media about so many of our other students and their accomplishments this year. I hope you are aware that we have many incredible students in several schools throughout our county and that they are making a difference both in their futures and those around them. We anticipate a full summer of activities to continue developing strong disciples within our community. Thank you, parents, for your investment with your children. We count it a joy to be on the team that supports you.

 
Summer is here. School is out. Teachers are looking to the days of rest and renewal as many will begin at some point to plan for next year. Others will look at these summer months and plan for time away, vacations and trips. I hope that families will enjoy the extended time together and build great memories.

 
Mission trips, summer camps, day adventures, Bible studies, faith connections, and Sunday worship will all be part of our summer calendar. We hope you will take advantage of all that is offered and be renewed and refreshed when the fall comes around.

 
We are grateful that Texans on Mission are still supporting and assisting those in our community with rebuilding. I have said it more than once, it is so good to be part of a larger family. In just a few weeks, we will be hosting over 250 on our campus, sleeping everywhere and serving in many places throughout our county. Bounce Ministries, Discipleship and Missions, Mission Serve, will be just a few larger groups with many churches still coming together throughout the summer. Thank you, Trinity, for the interruption and adjustments it has taken to provide such support to Kerr County. As a result, we will have some adjustments from week to week regarding rooms for our continued ministries.

 
As a staff we have been discussing a different approach to what we are offering to the church regarding next steps discipleship. This fall we will begin a new time on Wednesday nights for both meals and ministry options. There will be much more to share in our next Trinity Life. For now, pray with us as we seek the LORD’s direction in how we can make the best use of times and efforts. We have an incredible staff and it is a joy to sit, pray and plan together.

 
Continue to pray for our Youth Minister Search Committee. Our students have a full schedule of ministry events and we are excited about the process the LORD has led our search team in looking for our next Youth Minister.

 
Next Month we will be remembering last year’s flood while also preparing for the 250th celebration of our country. There are special events for July 3rd and July 4th. Stay tuned this month as we will be sending out reminders of planned events to both help us in recovery and to celebrate God’s goodness to us as a country.

 
In Christ,

 

 

Congratulations to our graduates. It has been encouraging to see these students mature in life and faith. Now, as they begin to make plans for great futures, we celebrate their achievements and their potential. We have been blessed through their growth and leadership within our student ministry and church family. We wish the best to all our graduates as they leave their legacy here and begin to make their mark wherever God sends them.

 
We also celebrate Charlie Barganier’s third anniversary this month. We were blessed when Charlie, Vanessa, Noah, Micah and Hannah came to Trinity to serve alongside us. I am excited to see where the LORD will continue to take us under Charlie’s leadership and direction. We have an incredible ministerial staff. Keep praying for our Youth Minister Search Committee as they work through the process of searching for our next Youth Minister.

 
The summer will afford Trinity many opportunities of continued ministry. Texans on Mission will continue to supply support for rebuild and recovery through the many participants already signed up to come and stay with us this summer. Thank you, Trinity, for your willingness to do things a little different because of the demands on our shared space throughout the week. You are amazing and I am blessed to see your faithfulness and ability to adjust.

 
We will have a few guest preachers this month. Robert Wheat will be filling the pulpit on May 17th with Jack Bowers also preaching at our 9:45 service. Josh Gill will be preaching on May 24th. What a blessing it is to know we have capable and qualified people to share God’s word with us.

 
I am always amazed at our Scripture reading together and how it so often fits with our combined journey on Sundays and Wednesdays. If you have not been reading with us, consider joining us for the summer as we read one chapter each day. God’s word never returns without accomplishing the purpose for which it has been given. It never returns empty. We are blessed when we not only read it but live it.

 
With the summer just around the corner, don’t miss out on finishing May strong and heading into our journey of camps and mission trips with the intentions of understanding more of all God is asking of us and providing through us. To God be the Glory!

 
In Christ,

 

 

This month we celebrate the events that transform the world, the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. At Trinity Baptist Church, we pray for the Muslim to receive Jesus all year but especially during Ramadan. We pray during the Jewish festivals in September for the Jews to come to receive Jesus as Messiah and we pray during the season of Resurrection that all lost will come to hear the truth of the gospel. We also pray that believers in Christ will be renewed in their commitment of making Jesus known as we share in our Holy Spirit empowered assignment.

 
Our world has been in a mess from the beginning. God has been at work redeeming our brokenness and calling us back to Himself for the same amount of time. Our world seeks answers from sources that can only provide band-aids, whereas God provides our ultimate answer in Jesus. Thank you, Jesus, for the Cross. Thank you, God, for the empty tomb. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for empowering our words and actions. To God be the glory!

 
Thanks to our Worship Ministry led by Charlie Barganier for another incredible offering of the Victor. Thanks to all who participated in so many different ways from choir, to drama, to technically producing this gospel story, to those who invited others to attend. It is a blessing to be a part of the church that takes seriously the presentation of the gospel in so many ways. When we gather with one focus of sharing the gospel, the Holy Spirit uses our offering to produce fruit in the lives of both believers and not yet believers. Praise God for the many blessings He bestows upon His faithful people.

 
This month we celebrate JD Templeton’s tenth year as our Minister of Adult Discipleship. He and Kimberly have been so faithful to help lead us in the path of faith while both setting an example and calling us to follow the LORD. We are blessed through JD’s ministry.

 
We are also blessed by our Youth Minister Search Committee as they are faithfully gathering to help find our next called ministerial staff. They have been diligent in their efforts and prayers as God leads them. Please continue to pray by name for James Tripp, Julie Boles, Barb Bowers, Jesse Hinton, Loretta Keese, Shelby Peschel and Becky Watkins. Commit to pray for our 6 prayer points at 7:00.

 
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21

 

In Christ,

 

 

 
By the time you read this, our 48 Hour Prayer Wall will have concluded but not the ongoing prayers of our church nor the provision granted by our LORD. I am grateful that Trinity is a praying church. Prayer puts us in the position to hear from the LORD as He also hears from us. Prayer helps us to align our walk with His ways. Prayer encourages us that we always have an audience with God because of His love for us in Christ and our salvation in Him. Thank you, Trinity, for praying.

 
One prayer I have for March is to bring a lot of new people into our church. There will be several weeks in March that we will see numerous people from around Texas, both students and adults, coming to work through Texans on Missions for rebuild. You have been so faithful as a church to share space with others who are lodging in our Bible study rooms during the week. We are so fortunate to have the space God has provided over the years to accommodate such a need and to help provide assistance for our community in such a great way.

 
We also hope that there will be many who come into our space to experience The Victor this year. On March 27-29, at 7:00 p.m., we will once again share the story of Jesus through the telling of His life, burial and resurrection. Please consider helping to invite our community to experience The Victor with us.

 
Our Youth Minister Search Committee has identified a special way to pray together as we are looking for our next youth minister. You will see “6 for 7” in several places in communication and around the church. It is simply six specific prayer requests given with the encouragement to join together and pray at 7:00 (a.m/p.m), your choice. God has blessed Trinity Baptist Church with our ministerial staff and we anticipate God’s continued blessing as we add to our team. Thank you, in advance, for joining with us as we journey down this path.

 
In Christ,

 

 

A new year is upon us. For some, it has taken too long to get here, and for others, it came way too quickly. The impact of 2025 had a full assortment of both good and bad. What we choose to remember will help to determine whether we view it largely as positive or negative. Either way, it has given shape to our present and our future.

 
Trinity Baptist Church began the year making plans to celebrate our 75th anniversary. We determined to help raise support to eliminate our financial debt of our Gathering Space and God blessed us by covering a big amount through faithful stewardship and giving. We had Dennis Swanberg come and help us celebrate as we were encouraged and laughed a lot. What a wonderful gathering, which was dampened by a big hailstorm as we were heading home.

 
God has really blessed our Gathering Space in our new building by allowing our church to see one another as we gather and move through our Sunday Worship and Bible studies. We did not know it at the time, but God had another use for our space when we were called upon by our city to provide shelter for those loved ones who were not hearing good news from our tragic flood on July 4. I am appreciative for how Trinity provided for the privacy these parents and family members needed. Our hearts are forever changed and our family grown.

 
Texans on Mission quickly came to our campus and have been a great source of financial support and physical labor support in Kerr County. TXM has several groups already scheduled to come and help our community in 2026. Trinity has remained accessible to the lodging needs and meals. Thank you to all who are helping in these areas. It has been such a blessing to sense the large Baptist family support from around the state and even out of state.

 
We continue to pray for all who were affected by the flood. It will not be like it was, but neither will it remain as it is today. One of the things that stands out for me is the way the church at large was available to meet needs and stay connected to the rebuilding efforts taking place. We have a wonderful group of sister churches in Kerrville with godly and anointed leadership. We will continue our journey together.

 
Most of you have heard that Wes Henson has resigned as Youth Minister at Trinity. Wes has felt the LORD leading him in some other directions and Wes is faithfully moving in that direction. I am appreciative of everything Wes has done over his tenure as Youth Minister. He has been an excellent ministerial team member and we have enjoyed watching his family grow up with us. He has developed an incredible team of adult leaders while encouraging our students to take their stand for Christ. Wes’ last day on staff will be Sunday, January 18th. On that day, there will be a reception for the Henson’s at 3:00pm in the Café, with a carding. I hope you will make it a point to express your appreciation to Wes, Mica, Anna and Charis for their time on ministerial staff with us and encourage them as we see them taking the next steps with their family.

 
I am excited about 2026 and look forward to all God has in store for us as we continue to meet together and prioritize God’s assignments among us. Stay tuned; it will be awesome!

 
In Christ,