Life Groups meet on Wednesday Nights @ 7:00pm to learn, grow, and build friendships.  Life Groups are a great way to get connected and get to know people at Trinity while growing in your relationship with God. New Life Groups set to begin on September 8th!  Click below to register.

Rock Solid (Orlando & Carol Cruz) - If you have recently become a follower of Christ, this class if for you.  Rock Solid teaches students how to build a relationship with God, pray, understand and study the Bible, and apply the Bible to life.

Every Woman’s Battle (Ruth Nieves) -  Every Woman's Battle will lead you on a lifelong path to true joy and fulfillment—sexually, emotionally, and spiritually.

Game Plan for Life (Pastor Joe) - Three-time Super Bowl and NASCAR champion Joe Gibbs’s Game Plan for Life is an “average Joe’s” guide to what the Bible has to say about the 11 most-important topics for men.

Old Testament Survey (Carmen Negron & Margie Andino) - An overview of the Old Testament.  The Old Testament traces the plan of God from creation of the world to around 400BC.  It includes Historical books, poetry books, the Law and the prophets, and the birth, growth, development and discipline of God’s covenant people Israel. 

Truth Project  (Alisa Vizethann) -  The Truth Project is a DVD-based small group curriculum taught by Dr. Del Tackett. This study is the starting point for looking at life from a biblical perspective. Each lesson discusses in great detail the relevance and importance of living the Christian worldview in daily life.

We invite you to join us on Sunday, September 12th right after service for our monthly family dinner.  It's a great time to get to know new people and connect with old friends too!  If your last name ends with A-M bring a large pan size side dish like rice, beans, potatoes, vegetables, etc...  N-Z bring a large pan size main dish including any meat dish, lasagna, pasta, meatballs, chicken, pork, beef, etc...  We would love for your to join us!

Financial Peace University (FPU) is a 13-week life-changing program that teaches you to achieve your financial goals by eliminating debt, saving for the future, and giving like never before. You will be challenged and motivated to make a plan for your money and change your family tree forever.

Classes set to begin on each Wednesday beginning on January 6th at 7:00PM.  There is still time to sign up.  Cost is $99.  Due by January 6th. 

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A Baby Dedication is a ceremony in which believing parents, and sometimes entire families, make a commitment before the Lord to submit a child to God's will and to raise that child according to God's Word and God's ways.  There are many examples in the Bible of parents dedicating their children to the Lord including Hannah dedicating Samuel and Mary dedicating Jesus.  Our next Baby Dedication is scheduled for Sunday Morning, May 23rd during the 10:00am Service!  Please contact the office at trinaog@warwick.net if you would like to dedicate your child.

There is much work ahead for Trinity.  We believe that our God inspired Mission and Vision will lead us to become a relevant church where people from all walks of life who are far from God.

Would-be cop back home as pastor

The Rev. Joseph Nieves addresses Trinity Assembly of God in Middletown during his installation on Sunday. Nieves studied at John Jay College of Criminal Justice to be a police officer. In May, he returned as head pastor of the church where he grew up. His wife, Ruth, looks on.For the Times Herald-Record/MIKE

Middletown — A would-be policeman-turned-minister, the Rev. Joseph Nieves believes that his long journey from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, to the opening of churches in Massachusetts, and back to the hometown he left 15 years ago was guided by the hand of God.

"God has brought me back to the place he sent me," Nieves said, referring to a passage from the Bible's Book of Jeremiah.

That place is Trinity Assembly of God on Blumel Road, the same church Nieves attended as a young man, as well as the place where he met his wife, Ruth, who "came to faith" there 15 years ago, Nieves said.

Nieves' story is that of the hometown boy who makes good, then comes home and does better. The new pastor of Trinity Assembly of God formally took his post on Sunday, during an installation ceremony that culminated a lifelong journey to realize his purpose, he said.

He believes that purpose is to expand and renovate the church where he grew up. The 150-member Sunday attendance has been climbing since his arrival in May, and the church sanctuary has been renovated.

Nieves, 37, moved to Middletown from the Bronx in 1985, graduated from Pine Bush High School, went to SUNY Orange and then headed to Manhattan to prepare for his dream career in law enforcement. While studying at John Jay, Nieves, who claims not to have been very religious, entered a Times Square church to have a "radical encounter with God," he said.

The experience brought into question his career choice, which he sacrificed after much anguished prayer, he said.

"I just gave in," he said. "I said, 'God, you can have my life.' I couldn't run from it (his calling as a minister) anymore."

Nieves went to Bible college in Rhode Island, got his minister's credentials and pioneered a church first in Boston and then in Western Massachusetts before getting the job as senior pastor of Trinity in May.

A few of his old friends still live in the area and go to the same church, but the demographics have changed with the area, which is more developed and houses a larger group of commuters and New York City transplants than before Nieves left, he said.

The pastor aims to expand the church's role in the community but also to strengthen its ministry in helping the needy, the troubled and the suffering to rediscover God. "It's just a brand new start for us," he said.

jsullivan@th-record.com

Come to rest, to be rejuvenated, and to grow closer to one another and to God at Honor's Haven Resort Center & Spa on October 21st - 23rd.  It will be a time of great spiritual growth, getting together and a beautiful time to get away and just relax. Cost is $180 per quad room.  Includes welcome reception and five meals and so much more.  To register e-mail the office at trinaog@warwick.net  or ruthnieves69@yahoo.com