WEBVTT 00:00:01.500 --> 00:00:13.396 I'm so glad to see you guys here and some I haven't seen in so long, and, you're sure, welcome back here, and we've all had some good times and a lot of good things that have happened. 00:00:13.396 --> 00:00:16.629 This is our 50 years is a big deal, isn't it? 00:00:16.629 --> 00:00:28.010 Anything for 50 years is a big deal, right, definitely, and a local church for 50 years is amazing. 00:00:28.010 --> 00:00:39.045 And so we got a lot of people here tonight from different seasons of Trinity's history, even some from the very beginning, when it first started. 00:00:39.045 --> 00:00:42.232 But you know, none of us can take credit for 50 years. 00:00:42.232 --> 00:00:44.049 Just, let's just get it right. 00:00:44.049 --> 00:00:45.640 Okay, let's get it right from the beginning. 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:46.061 Tonight. 00:00:46.061 --> 00:00:50.633 It's the grace and the power, the keeping power of Jesus Christ. 00:00:50.633 --> 00:00:52.843 That's why we're still here. 00:00:52.843 --> 00:00:55.627 Right, that is it. 00:00:55.627 --> 00:00:57.090 That's it. 00:00:57.090 --> 00:01:09.013 And you know what A key to all of this was the scripture that this church was founded upon, and how many here were a part of the Dedrick Avenue building a long time ago. 00:01:09.013 --> 00:01:10.295 Okay, it was a sign. 00:01:10.295 --> 00:01:11.825 Wow, that's amazing. 00:01:11.825 --> 00:01:12.929 That's a lot of people. 00:01:12.929 --> 00:01:16.748 You know there was a sign out in front of the Dedrick Avenue building. 00:01:16.748 --> 00:01:19.965 It said Trinity Chapel and then at the bottom, do you remember the scripture? 00:01:19.965 --> 00:01:30.228 Yeah, maybe you remember the scripture, john 1, verse 13 which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor the will of man, but of god. 00:01:30.228 --> 00:01:34.441 And that's the key, that's the reason we're still here. 00:01:34.441 --> 00:01:39.790 This wasn't man's idea, this was god's idea, and that's beautiful. 00:01:39.790 --> 00:01:43.040 So, um, I I'm kind of your emcee. 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:53.319 Tonight we're going to go over some history, but first of all we're going to do some Trinity trivia, okay, and so you saw the questions up on the overhead. 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:59.510 So we're going to find out the answers here, okay, and at the end we're going to figure out who of you got the most of them. 00:01:59.510 --> 00:02:04.040 Right, if you've written them down, written your answers down, there are going to be some prizes. 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:08.746 I think Derek's in control of that, I think, because I'm not so I guess he is. 00:02:08.746 --> 00:02:10.889 So, all right. 00:02:10.889 --> 00:02:15.332 First question when was Trinity's very first meeting place? 00:02:15.332 --> 00:02:17.996 A man's mortuary. 00:02:17.996 --> 00:02:23.834 B under a tree. 00:02:23.834 --> 00:02:25.222 C Big Ridge State Park. 00:02:25.222 --> 00:02:26.304 D in homes. 00:02:26.304 --> 00:02:30.010 Oh, I hear some. 00:02:30.010 --> 00:02:35.300 Oh, what, what Very first meeting place? 00:02:35.300 --> 00:02:40.546 The answer is D in homes. 00:02:40.546 --> 00:02:47.313 That's, the first meeting place was in homes. 00:02:47.313 --> 00:02:50.723 So I'll tell you a little bit more about that in a little while. 00:02:50.723 --> 00:02:54.693 Okay, number two what was Trinity's first permanent meeting place? 00:02:54.693 --> 00:02:57.081 A man's mortuary. 00:02:57.081 --> 00:03:14.643 B Volunteers of America meeting room chapel, c 309 Dedrick Avenue or D 5838 Haines-Turkey Road, permanent, permanent, permanent when we weren't renting. 00:03:14.643 --> 00:03:19.050 The answer is C 309 Dedrick Avenue. 00:03:19.050 --> 00:03:21.854 Good, you got it All right. 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:26.187 Number three what's the longest continuing regional slash? 00:03:26.187 --> 00:03:28.731 National Trinity ministry? 00:03:28.731 --> 00:03:35.759 A homeless outreach, b food pantry, c Trinity radio broadcast or D prison ministry? 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:39.591 This is the one that has been going the longest continually? 00:03:39.591 --> 00:03:41.486 Prison ministry Okay. 00:03:41.486 --> 00:03:42.884 Am I hearing B or D? 00:03:42.884 --> 00:03:43.145 I don't know. 00:03:43.145 --> 00:03:43.788 D D Okay, and the answer is D. 00:03:43.788 --> 00:03:44.674 Prison ministry Okay, am I hearing B or D? 00:03:44.674 --> 00:03:45.718 I don't know. 00:03:45.718 --> 00:03:48.765 D D Okay, and the answer is D. 00:03:48.765 --> 00:03:51.233 Prison ministry, okay. 00:03:51.233 --> 00:03:54.370 And I don't even know when it started. 00:03:54.370 --> 00:04:03.544 You were part of it, sandy and Steve, and actually definitely Lonnie Gregg was part of it, sam was part of it back in the. 00:04:03.544 --> 00:04:15.824 That was at least 1980 is when it started, before, even before you guys came, so maybe before that, yeah, and now Scott is. 00:04:15.824 --> 00:04:20.488 Scott actually is leading it and Scott's here tonight and he's a volunteer chaplain there. 00:04:20.488 --> 00:04:22.565 It's still going on 40 plus years. 00:04:22.565 --> 00:04:24.190 It's great Praise God for that. 00:04:24.190 --> 00:04:25.120 It's still going on 40 plus years. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:28.242 It's great Praise God for that. 00:04:28.262 --> 00:04:34.708 Number four what was Trinity's most highly visible citywide event organized to promote life and stand against abortion. 00:04:34.708 --> 00:04:39.831 A Procession of healing. 00:04:39.831 --> 00:04:44.514 B March for life, c Pro-Life Rally or D Love Life Rally. 00:04:44.514 --> 00:04:46.276 And the answer is A. 00:04:46.276 --> 00:04:49.920 It is A it is A Procession of Healing. 00:04:49.920 --> 00:05:06.069 And if you don't know what that is, we had hundreds of cars lining up at Civic Auditorium parking lot and they went through the city with these black flags with crosses on them. 00:05:06.069 --> 00:05:19.247 It was mourning the unborn that were lost through abortion, but it was also holding out hope and healing for those who have been injured through those abortions. 00:05:19.247 --> 00:05:22.574 And so that was a big deal, made the paper. 00:05:22.574 --> 00:05:23.502 It made the paper. 00:05:23.502 --> 00:05:25.879 We had several events that made the paper. 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:33.434 I mean, I'm talking about pictures and stories and local news and everything. 00:05:33.434 --> 00:05:35.822 So, okay, number five. 00:05:36.564 --> 00:05:38.908 What is Jack Wright's favorite song? 00:05:38.908 --> 00:05:41.334 Okay, wait. 00:05:41.334 --> 00:05:44.382 A the love of God. 00:05:44.382 --> 00:05:44.786 B victory in Jesus. 00:05:44.786 --> 00:05:45.129 C less insurance. 00:05:45.129 --> 00:05:45.552 D how great they are. 00:05:45.552 --> 00:05:45.916 A the love of God. 00:05:45.916 --> 00:05:46.300 B victory in Jesus. 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:47.704 C blessed assurance. 00:05:47.704 --> 00:05:48.788 D how great they are. 00:05:48.788 --> 00:05:53.411 Now I'll tell you this answer could have changed like from week to week through the years. 00:05:53.411 --> 00:06:06.387 Probably, right, we have it from the man himself less than a week ago, and the answer he gave was C blessed assurance. 00:06:06.387 --> 00:06:11.175 I know I would not have got that. 00:06:11.175 --> 00:06:29.610 I thought, because I've heard him sing victory in Jesus for so long, so many times, I think there could be an E all of the above there and it would have been right. 00:06:29.610 --> 00:06:31.071 Probably Number seven. 00:06:31.071 --> 00:06:35.353 How many known countries have been directly influenced? 00:06:35.353 --> 00:06:36.795 Oh, I'm sorry, number six. 00:06:36.795 --> 00:06:38.154 Oh I'm sorry, thank you. 00:06:38.154 --> 00:06:39.475 Yeah, number six. 00:06:39.475 --> 00:06:41.817 We don't want to C C. 00:06:41.817 --> 00:06:45.985 Number six is C. 00:06:45.985 --> 00:06:46.749 Okay, let's just say it C, c. 00:06:46.749 --> 00:06:47.110 Number six is C. 00:06:47.110 --> 00:06:48.639 Okay, let's just say it. 00:06:49.740 --> 00:06:55.329 Regional Worship Conference hosted by Trinity for many years and basically put on by Hosanna Fellowship. 00:06:55.329 --> 00:07:02.290 We gave the building, jeff brought a team down and they administrated the whole stinking thing and it was great. 00:07:02.290 --> 00:07:05.908 So we did it together for I don't know how many years. 00:07:05.908 --> 00:07:10.048 Oh, you did, you did that's right. 00:07:10.048 --> 00:07:12.148 Procession of Healing went to other cities. 00:07:12.148 --> 00:07:19.170 Maybe you're not as good looking. 00:07:19.170 --> 00:07:22.206 That is not true. 00:07:22.206 --> 00:07:24.074 I know that's not true. 00:07:24.074 --> 00:07:25.108 I know that's not true. 00:07:25.108 --> 00:07:25.678 I know that's not true. 00:07:25.678 --> 00:07:28.588 So I'm sorry. 00:07:28.588 --> 00:07:34.517 What did he say? 00:07:34.517 --> 00:07:41.331 Oh, he said they did a thank you, they did a procession of healing in Johnson City too. 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:49.365 They took the pattern that actually, norm Jones was part of the pattern, he was the pattern, he was the strategy. 00:07:49.365 --> 00:07:51.189 So here's the way it worked. 00:07:51.189 --> 00:07:58.788 Steve got ideas and, but he doesn't know how to make it happen. 00:07:58.788 --> 00:08:02.024 Am I, is that fair? 00:08:02.024 --> 00:08:05.629 But we would never have thought it up ever. 00:08:05.629 --> 00:08:08.562 I mean, who thinks up something like that? 00:08:08.562 --> 00:08:13.541 Well, he does, because Impact is his middle name, steve Impact Fado. 00:08:13.541 --> 00:08:16.490 But how do you put it on? 00:08:16.490 --> 00:08:20.321 Well, you call Norm and you get a team, and Norm had everything together. 00:08:20.321 --> 00:08:26.492 He had it all in a box procession healing in a box, basically and other places could take it and just plug it in, right? 00:08:26.492 --> 00:08:28.074 Yeah, that's what it meant. 00:08:28.074 --> 00:08:34.570 He also said they didn't have TV coverage, and that's when I said maybe he's not as good looking. 00:08:34.570 --> 00:08:42.429 I'm just telling them because they didn't hear no, it's not Okay. 00:08:42.990 --> 00:08:45.634 Okay, worship in the Valley. 00:08:45.735 --> 00:08:47.504 It was great, we did that for quite a few years. 00:08:48.508 --> 00:08:55.960 Okay, number seven how many known countries have been directly influenced by the gospel ministry from Trinity partners? 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:57.785 Known countries, directly? 00:08:57.785 --> 00:09:02.592 Trinity partners, not just like we sent money there or something, but directly. 00:09:02.592 --> 00:09:05.644 Yeah, a more than 10. 00:09:05.644 --> 00:09:07.087 B more than 30. 00:09:07.087 --> 00:09:08.311 C more than 50. 00:09:08.311 --> 00:09:09.660 D more than 70. 00:09:09.660 --> 00:09:12.105 And the answer is D more than 70. 00:09:12.105 --> 00:09:18.414 Probably, probably quite a bit more. 00:09:18.414 --> 00:09:28.979 That's just all that we know about, you know, and of course a lot of that came from the ministry of Steve, because Trinity helped fund Steve's Crusades for so many years. 00:09:28.979 --> 00:09:31.184 And that's that's a lot of countries right there. 00:09:31.184 --> 00:09:40.320 Okay, number eight, this is this was okay, one of the elders wanted this one in here. 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:41.282 Okay, I'm just telling you that. 00:09:41.282 --> 00:09:47.714 Okay, okay, they will remain nameless, but not shameless. 00:09:47.980 --> 00:09:52.712 But just telling you, what instrument has Mark Medley not played at Trinity? 00:09:52.712 --> 00:09:55.522 What is it? 00:09:55.522 --> 00:09:58.991 I can't tell if you're saying B, c or D, I don't know. 00:09:58.991 --> 00:10:06.874 A hammer and dulcimer, b banjo, c Brazilian rosewood whistle, d Polish bagpipes. 00:10:06.874 --> 00:10:09.828 And the answer actually is B. 00:10:09.828 --> 00:10:26.951 But someone reminded me that I sort of kind of played around with a banjo one time in a servant's heart banquet, so you would be forgiven if you got the wrong answer. 00:10:26.951 --> 00:10:28.384 The other ones I did play. 00:10:28.384 --> 00:10:34.152 It was banjo, but if you know my heart, you know it wouldn't be banjo. 00:10:34.152 --> 00:10:36.309 Banjo is way too ordinary. 00:10:36.309 --> 00:10:42.051 Do you know what the definition of perfect pitch is? 00:10:42.051 --> 00:10:49.552 It's when you take a banjo and you toss it into a dumpster without hitting the sides of the dumpster. 00:10:49.552 --> 00:10:51.186 That's a perfect pitch. 00:10:51.186 --> 00:10:53.462 That's what that is. 00:10:53.462 --> 00:10:56.692 I know I just made enemies. 00:10:56.692 --> 00:10:59.405 Man, it's like whoo. 00:10:59.405 --> 00:11:03.884 I know it's pretty bad, I'm just kidding. 00:11:03.884 --> 00:11:04.466 I like them. 00:11:04.466 --> 00:11:05.570 They're great, they're great. 00:11:06.419 --> 00:11:11.707 Okay, number nine how many books have been written by TCC pastors? 00:11:11.707 --> 00:11:15.033 A, 3, b, 5, c, 8, or D? 00:11:15.033 --> 00:11:16.875 At least 12. 00:11:16.875 --> 00:11:24.123 It is D, it's D, yeah, d. 00:11:24.123 --> 00:11:27.927 What book written by TCC? 00:11:27.927 --> 00:11:34.475 There have been other books written by people who weren't pastors, but which book was extra credit here? 00:11:34.475 --> 00:11:38.847 Which book probably had the most impact? 00:11:38.847 --> 00:11:40.030 Smoking and Joking. 00:11:40.030 --> 00:11:40.692 It's the truth. 00:11:40.692 --> 00:11:43.264 Yeah, it's probably right. 00:11:43.264 --> 00:11:44.268 You've probably done more with that. 00:11:44.268 --> 00:11:46.922 She was smoking, she was joking. 00:11:46.922 --> 00:11:51.832 She's on the back of the album cover. 00:11:51.832 --> 00:11:53.056 She dated the bass player. 00:11:53.056 --> 00:11:55.301 She's got it the whole thing. 00:11:55.301 --> 00:11:55.740 Everybody. 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:57.323 It's great Classic. 00:11:57.323 --> 00:12:00.230 That is the real answer. 00:12:00.230 --> 00:12:01.532 That is the real answer. 00:12:01.532 --> 00:12:04.725 Yeah, okay, there's at least at least 12. 00:12:04.725 --> 00:12:05.326 Okay, number 10. 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:20.191 What was the name of the regional outdoor parade spearheaded by Trinity members that brought over 10,000 believers from many denominations to the streets of Knoxville to worship and pray for our city? 00:12:20.191 --> 00:12:27.572 You may think it's A March for Jesus, or you may think it's sing out loud. 00:12:27.572 --> 00:12:32.309 B or C Celebrate Jesus Parade, or D Together for Jesus. 00:12:32.309 --> 00:12:32.791 What do you think? 00:12:32.791 --> 00:12:39.650 Oh, we've got some old people back there. 00:12:39.650 --> 00:12:49.907 Okay, we were involved with March for Jesus, but pre-March for Jesus was Celebrate Jesus Parade and that's the one that made the paper. 00:12:49.907 --> 00:12:51.131 Did you get that one? 00:12:51.131 --> 00:12:55.265 You got it Good, yeah, yeah, because it was actually. 00:12:55.265 --> 00:12:56.129 It was a big deal. 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.044 David Bush, where are you? 00:12:58.044 --> 00:12:59.725 You did sound for that, didn't you? 00:12:59.725 --> 00:13:03.028 Wow, I saw all those sound trucks, I was thinking about that. 00:13:03.028 --> 00:13:04.836 I was like, wow, I saw all those sound trucks, I was thinking about that. 00:13:04.836 --> 00:13:10.841 It's like wow, I'm thinking about how hard you work during that and I'm just starting to hyperventilate just sitting up here thinking about it. 00:13:10.841 --> 00:13:17.604 Okay, what was the name of Trinity's television show airing in the eighties? 00:13:17.604 --> 00:13:23.945 If you don't get this one, you're pretty pathetic, because it's sitting there, it's right there. 00:13:23.945 --> 00:13:33.693 It's right there in parentheses, right there, okay, so if you didn't get it, this was an obvious error. 00:13:33.693 --> 00:13:37.325 It's a gimme. 00:13:37.325 --> 00:13:42.227 Okay, we tithed one of these to you. 00:13:42.227 --> 00:13:44.386 Okay, we gave you one. 00:13:44.386 --> 00:13:50.067 Yeah, it wasn't Trinity Hour or experiencing God's best, or how are you going? 00:13:50.067 --> 00:13:51.285 It was miracles, okay. 00:13:51.285 --> 00:13:58.571 How many worship albums have been released by Trinity worship teams slash pastors? 00:13:58.571 --> 00:14:04.563 Okay, that doesn't include all members, because there are probably some members who also released some. 00:14:04.563 --> 00:14:06.224 But how many? 00:14:06.224 --> 00:14:09.807 One or three or four or eight. 00:14:09.807 --> 00:14:12.923 See, you're just guessing D all the time. 00:14:12.923 --> 00:14:13.807 Why are you doing that? 00:14:13.807 --> 00:14:13.846 E? 00:14:15.030 --> 00:14:15.051 C. 00:14:18.421 --> 00:14:20.346 Because the answer is D. 00:14:20.346 --> 00:14:25.106 Eight, at least eight that we know of. 00:14:25.106 --> 00:14:29.166 David's heart had one. 00:14:29.166 --> 00:14:32.105 Pre-aaron Aaron has three. 00:14:32.105 --> 00:14:38.172 Under the Mighty Blood, which you may or may not be hearing some songs from tonight. 00:14:38.172 --> 00:14:41.687 Three, four, that's five. 00:14:41.687 --> 00:14:44.293 Neil has two, six, seven. 00:14:44.293 --> 00:14:44.554 Deb has one. 00:14:44.554 --> 00:14:44.817 Deb F seven. 00:14:44.817 --> 00:14:45.340 Deb has one. 00:14:45.340 --> 00:14:51.745 Deb Fato had a worship album, just one right that she released, I think one. 00:14:51.745 --> 00:14:53.708 Okay, am I forgetting any? 00:14:53.708 --> 00:14:55.692 Yeah, I got Neil's. 00:14:56.921 --> 00:14:57.743 Yeah, neil has two. 00:14:57.743 --> 00:15:01.472 Okay, Number 13. 00:15:01.472 --> 00:15:04.710 What was the most famous billboard campaign sponsored by Trinity? 00:15:04.710 --> 00:15:08.649 A Trinity logo with with location service times. 00:15:08.649 --> 00:15:10.827 That wasn't really very popular. 00:15:10.827 --> 00:15:12.202 I'm just telling you. 00:15:12.202 --> 00:15:13.508 If you guessed that one, that was not. 00:15:13.508 --> 00:15:15.485 It B life matters. 00:15:15.485 --> 00:15:16.865 C are you going? 00:15:16.865 --> 00:15:20.049 D call 521-8000. 00:15:20.049 --> 00:15:25.388 The answer is C are you going? 00:15:25.388 --> 00:15:28.456 And if you don't remember, you weren't around. 00:15:28.456 --> 00:15:31.028 We had billboards all over the place and it was a. 00:15:31.028 --> 00:15:33.759 It was a pretty big campaign and it just said are you going? 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.125 And it was up for I don't know how long. 00:15:36.125 --> 00:15:39.572 We left it up for weeks and then we put are you going? 00:15:39.572 --> 00:15:42.085 We added on to heaven and call here and find out 5218000. 00:15:42.085 --> 00:15:44.990 And the are you going to heaven and call here and find out 521-8000. 00:15:44.990 --> 00:15:55.124 And the are you going to heaven was not just billboard campaign, it was also we were at the fair, like we had booths at the fair, you know saying are you going to heaven? 00:15:55.124 --> 00:15:58.131 And it was just an evangelistic opportunity. 00:15:58.131 --> 00:16:04.626 Number 14, this one was given away earlier by someone who will not be mentioned. 00:16:06.308 --> 00:16:12.275 What was the name of Trinity's accredited Bible college hosted between 2001 and 2011? 00:16:12.275 --> 00:16:15.245 You guys A the Master's Way. 00:16:15.245 --> 00:16:16.589 B Trinity Bible College. 00:16:16.589 --> 00:16:18.312 C Trinity College of Ministry. 00:16:18.312 --> 00:16:21.985 D Trinity University. 00:16:21.985 --> 00:16:24.450 The answer is C Trinity College of Ministry. 00:16:24.450 --> 00:16:25.731 That's right. 00:16:25.731 --> 00:16:26.932 Okay. 00:16:27.133 --> 00:16:31.817 So what methods have been used to share the gospel at University of Tennessee? 00:16:31.817 --> 00:16:34.807 Football games by Trinity members. 00:16:34.807 --> 00:16:37.849 A personal evangelism. 00:16:37.849 --> 00:16:42.311 B flyers with starting lineups and healing testimonies. 00:16:42.311 --> 00:16:52.610 C airplane flyover Dayland Stadium with the words Jesus saves, trinity Chapel, or D all of the above? 00:16:52.610 --> 00:16:58.331 And the answer is D all of the above. 00:16:58.331 --> 00:17:04.126 We were just talking this week. 00:17:04.126 --> 00:17:11.321 I don't know how much fruit we got from all that, but it wasn't for lack of trying, okay. 00:17:11.462 --> 00:17:18.948 Last but not least, the most important question of all how many times has the average Trinity partner heard Neil Silverberg tell the Dead Sea joke? 00:17:18.948 --> 00:17:24.901 Okay, okay, a. 00:17:24.901 --> 00:17:26.623 Two times B. 00:17:26.623 --> 00:17:30.448 Five times C, ten times D. 00:17:30.448 --> 00:17:31.489 Enough already? 00:17:31.489 --> 00:17:35.314 The answer is D. 00:17:35.314 --> 00:17:37.496 Enough already. 00:17:37.496 --> 00:17:39.926 I might need a reminder. 00:17:39.926 --> 00:17:42.299 You're doing it tonight. 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:45.188 You're doing it tonight. 00:17:45.188 --> 00:17:50.166 He's been under a ban, but we did lift the ban for tonight so he can do whatever he wants tonight. 00:17:50.166 --> 00:17:53.680 This is great, but Joel told me earlier. 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:56.506 He said Joel said I'm so old. 00:17:56.506 --> 00:18:01.348 When I was young, the Dead Sea joke was still not funny. 00:18:01.348 --> 00:18:06.288 Yes, your son said that. 00:18:06.288 --> 00:18:09.814 Are you proud of him or mad at him? 00:18:09.814 --> 00:18:15.545 That's what I want to know, maybe a little bit of both, okay, okay. 00:18:15.605 --> 00:18:19.429 So how many got 10? 00:18:19.429 --> 00:18:21.931 Anybody, oh, 16. 00:18:21.931 --> 00:18:22.912 How many got 16? 00:18:22.912 --> 00:18:23.732 Anybody? 00:18:23.732 --> 00:18:27.316 Any hands? 00:18:27.316 --> 00:18:28.396 You got 16 of them, right? 00:18:28.396 --> 00:18:33.710 No, no, okay, no, 16. 00:18:33.710 --> 00:18:35.053 Okay, you missed the miracles one. 00:18:35.053 --> 00:18:39.151 Is that what you missed? 00:18:39.151 --> 00:18:39.673 Okay, 15. 00:18:39.673 --> 00:18:44.394 How many got 15, right, okay? 00:18:44.394 --> 00:18:45.563 How many 14s did we have? 00:18:45.563 --> 00:18:46.886 Wow, this is good, right here. 00:18:46.886 --> 00:18:48.511 14. 00:18:48.511 --> 00:18:50.497 Okay, this is great. 00:18:50.497 --> 00:18:52.461 How many 13s did we have? 00:18:52.461 --> 00:18:55.747 13s, 13? 00:18:55.747 --> 00:18:56.248 , 13? 00:18:56.248 --> 00:18:56.848 , 13? 00:18:56.848 --> 00:18:56.848 . 00:18:57.891 --> 00:19:02.305 I feel like an auctioneer, but I'm going down instead of up in numbers and I'm pretty slow. 00:19:02.305 --> 00:19:03.446 Okay, 12. 00:19:03.446 --> 00:19:04.489 12. 00:19:04.489 --> 00:19:06.433 All right, you got 12. 00:19:06.433 --> 00:19:10.181 Come on, all right, I figured you'd win something. 00:19:10.181 --> 00:19:16.807 This is great, wow, okay. 00:19:16.807 --> 00:19:18.269 How about 11? 00:19:18.269 --> 00:19:18.931 11. 00:19:18.931 --> 00:19:23.916 Okay, come on, good job. 00:19:23.916 --> 00:19:29.859 Come on, good job. 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:31.582 Michael's only been a partner here like a month and he got 11 of them. 00:19:31.582 --> 00:19:34.163 You are connected, buddy in the back. 00:19:34.163 --> 00:19:36.346 I see that hand. 00:19:36.346 --> 00:19:46.476 All right, is that all of them? 00:19:46.476 --> 00:19:47.376 Or should we go to 10? 00:19:47.376 --> 00:19:48.377 Okay, 10. 00:19:48.377 --> 00:19:49.057 How many got 10? 00:19:49.057 --> 00:19:50.900 We ain't got enough of that. 00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:53.924 Oh, there's some 10s right back there. 00:19:53.924 --> 00:19:58.534 Yeah, we got 10s all over. 00:19:58.534 --> 00:19:59.355 It wouldn't be fair. 00:19:59.355 --> 00:20:04.326 Oh, okay, it wouldn't be fair, all right, well, brooke's going to hand out what she's got there, okay, Okay. 00:20:04.326 --> 00:20:13.458 So, speaking of flyover Nalin Stadium, I'm going to do a flyover tonight of the history of Trinity Chapel, slash Trinity Community Church. 00:20:13.458 --> 00:20:24.828 So for some of you, actually you've been here and you came here rather recent and so you don't know some of this, and so I'm just going to give you a little fill in the blanks here. 00:20:24.828 --> 00:20:29.727 I'm going to fill in your blanks is what I'm saying, the blanks that are in your head about Trinity. 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:45.490 So in the late 1960s, early 1970s, on the heels of a move of God that was called the Jesus Movement, there was a growing hunger for more of the Holy Spirit. 00:20:45.490 --> 00:21:05.252 Actually, all over the world, many denominations within many denominations all over the world, there were people who felt like there was something more concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in their own lives, personally and even in the churches, and so they began to cry out for a move of the Holy Spirit and to experience the Holy Spirit more. 00:21:05.252 --> 00:21:11.432 And God heard those prayers and he sent a powerful outpouring throughout the world. 00:21:11.432 --> 00:21:23.086 Actually, this wasn't just here, it was all over the place, and the Holy Spirit swept through Knoxville in early 1970s and a charismatic portion of the charismatic movement began to happen and grow here. 00:21:23.086 --> 00:21:44.922 Many people who were involved in traditionally affiliated churches were introduced to a new and a powerful experience of the Holy Spirit and, as a result, there was a group of believers that came together hungry and they began to meet in homes and they moved out and began to fellowship in one of those homes. 00:21:44.922 --> 00:21:55.525 We've got a picture of one of those homes early and some of those people you might know, actually Some of those people are here tonight, actually At least one or two. 00:21:55.525 --> 00:22:02.555 So in 1974, they began coming together. 00:22:02.555 --> 00:22:08.882 So in 1974, they began coming together, 50 years ago, to study the scriptures and to pray. 00:22:08.902 --> 00:22:11.663 And you know, I don't think Jody Brashear is not here. 00:22:11.663 --> 00:22:12.365 Did she make it? 00:22:12.365 --> 00:22:14.405 I think she may be here Sunday night. 00:22:14.405 --> 00:22:26.154 And one of the first homes that was met, and maybe the very first, was Hugh and Jody Brashear, and Hugh has passed away but Jody, I think, is going to be able to come tomorrow night, which is great. 00:22:26.154 --> 00:22:29.277 So it was in her living room right there. 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:47.230 So by the end or by January they'd outgrown those little small spaces and they began to meet at Volunteers of America Chapel and then man Mortuary, which was I think we have an actual picture of that as well yeah, the original man mortuary, yes, a mortuary. 00:22:47.230 --> 00:22:49.669 So we sort of began in a funeral home. 00:22:49.669 --> 00:22:51.142 This is the way it is here. 00:22:51.142 --> 00:22:57.134 Yeah, I know. 00:22:57.134 --> 00:22:59.298 No, it's not. 00:22:59.298 --> 00:23:02.105 We do what we can. 00:23:02.105 --> 00:23:07.608 Okay, we're limited by what's on the internet. 00:23:07.608 --> 00:23:09.124 Okay, that's all I can say. 00:23:09.124 --> 00:23:24.819 Yeah, eventually they found an empty church building downtown, sort of near downtown Knoxville, on Dedrick Avenue. 00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:28.564 And I actually believe, randy, was it your dad that found that building? 00:23:28.564 --> 00:23:30.008 Is that right? 00:23:30.008 --> 00:23:31.432 I think that's what April told me. 00:23:31.432 --> 00:23:35.226 Yeah, bob Timko found this building. 00:23:35.226 --> 00:23:41.605 It was for sale, it was a former Baptist church and it had closed down. 00:23:41.605 --> 00:23:51.190 And they started meeting there in 1975, I believe, and they bought this building and the surrounding lots for $76,000. 00:23:51.190 --> 00:23:58.172 Yeah, and they had it paid off in like what, five years. 00:23:58.172 --> 00:24:01.785 Five years Paid off. 00:24:01.785 --> 00:24:18.015 So in April of 75, trinity Chapel was officially chartered as a nonprofit organization and in the autumn of 1975, jack Wright, charlie Riggs, hubert Shearer and Harold Rutherford were ordained as the first elders of the church. 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:22.651 And I just want to take a minute to recognize a few people. 00:24:22.651 --> 00:24:35.721 The first one, who it breaks all of our hearts mostly his heart that he couldn't be here tonight, is Jack, because Jack almost never misses any church service. 00:24:35.721 --> 00:24:49.734 That's like one of the goals of his life was to be in church every literally he says that to be in church every time the doors are open, and he got a pneumonia in one of his lungs just this week and he couldn't come. 00:24:49.734 --> 00:24:55.582 But he's going to be watching online, so could we just give Jack a thank you. 00:24:55.582 --> 00:25:17.830 Wow, we love you, jack, and you and other people like you have prepared the way for us so much. 00:25:17.830 --> 00:25:24.119 But also there at the beginning were Ed and Joan Fowler, who are sitting up right here. 00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:38.590 Were Ed and Joan Fowler, who are sitting up right here, and also right from the very beginning in those meetings was Wanda as well Wanda Kopp. 00:25:38.590 --> 00:25:40.275 So, ed, you want to come up. 00:25:40.275 --> 00:25:45.778 Ed wants to say a couple of words on behalf of all the originals. 00:25:59.999 --> 00:26:06.131 And so I see all these things that happened at Trinity and I said where was I when these things happened? 00:26:06.131 --> 00:26:14.172 Well, mark hit the nail on the head when he said that Jack Wright was the one that should be here above anybody that I know. 00:26:14.172 --> 00:26:23.007 Jack was the original anointed minister of music for the church and an elder for many years. 00:26:23.007 --> 00:26:28.351 In fact he is the elder emeritus now. 00:26:28.351 --> 00:26:32.750 Jack said emeritus means he doesn't have to attend meetings anymore. 00:26:32.810 --> 00:27:04.821 No, joan and I have served in various capacities through the years, but the big thing now is that, having been invited to participate in the pastor's prayer team, which meets on Sundays here at church, we found that to be a real wonderful opportunity for us to grow spiritually and to help the church to grow spiritually and to help the church. 00:27:06.805 --> 00:27:24.130 When I first began to join in the groups that became Trinity, I was a lukewarm Christian, but I went to a home group where we were having a prayer meeting and they laid their hands on me and prayed for me and I received a baptism in the Holy Spirit. 00:27:24.130 --> 00:27:36.023 Now I'm ready with an explanation of the hope that's within me and I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it's the power of God and the salvation to them that believe. 00:27:36.023 --> 00:27:43.363 Thank you, lord, for giving us the opportunity to serve for 50 years in this church. 00:27:43.363 --> 00:27:45.454 Thank you, lord, for giving us the opportunity to serve for 50 years in this church. 00:27:45.454 --> 00:27:48.607 Thank you, lord, for keeping us here. 00:27:48.607 --> 00:27:52.367 We just pray for Jack that you will heal him. 00:27:52.367 --> 00:27:57.250 In the name of Jesus, we thank you for his solid participation. 00:27:57.250 --> 00:28:00.986 Amen and amen. 00:28:00.986 --> 00:28:05.670 What a privilege to serve Trinity for 50 years. 00:28:05.670 --> 00:28:08.699 Amen. 00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:39.671 Okay, well, okay, I still love you Okay, well, okay, the same time that all this was going on in Knoxville, there were two Jewish guys living in South Florida whose lives were totally transformed by the gospel and by the Holy Spirit, steve and Neil. 00:28:39.671 --> 00:28:50.743 And these men would play major parts in the next decades of Trinity and I'm going to let Neil and Steve tell you whatever they want to tell you about that, if they want to. 00:28:50.743 --> 00:28:53.067 Whatever I'm going to fill in the big picture. 00:28:53.067 --> 00:29:05.353 But it's beautiful because God was moving here, he was moving there and he's always moving and he always has a plan and he's moving people around to ensure that plan comes about. 00:29:05.353 --> 00:29:34.675 But what happens is in 1984, the big picture Steve received a call to come to Knoxville and to serve as senior pastor of Trinity, along with Sandy and their two daughters, and so Deb and Leah were with him, of course, and he brought a powerful prophetic ministry and a powerful pulpit presence and evangelistic ministry and emphasis on Jesus and on encountering the Holy Spirit. 00:29:35.818 --> 00:29:41.073 And there were so many things that happened through those years and those Sunday meetings were characterized. 00:29:41.073 --> 00:29:45.010 Sunday evening meetings, especially, were characterized, actually all of them. 00:29:45.010 --> 00:29:49.010 But Sunday night, you know, what would happen is people would sneak over from their church. 00:29:49.010 --> 00:29:59.625 They would go this is the truth, I know because I'm one of them Go to their whatever church on Sunday morning and they would sneak over like in the back door. 00:29:59.625 --> 00:30:12.472 I remember one time literally this happened I walked in the Dedrick Avenue building and I walked around the corner and there was somebody from my church and I did this and he went. 00:30:12.472 --> 00:30:20.201 It's like you're the, yeah, yeah, we're both here, okay, okay, this is good, I won't tell anybody. 00:30:20.201 --> 00:30:21.284 I won't tell anybody. 00:30:21.284 --> 00:30:25.353 This is great, it's great, you got to sneak around. 00:30:26.641 --> 00:30:27.845 When you're hungry for the Holy Spirit. 00:30:27.845 --> 00:30:29.750 You'll sneak if you need to, right. 00:30:29.750 --> 00:30:34.160 So there were a lot of people who came on those Sunday nights. 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:38.410 You know, we actually had a newspaper article too. 00:30:38.410 --> 00:30:48.707 We have a picture of this and it's a picture of this is Jack during those years, that's Jack worshiping. 00:30:48.707 --> 00:30:52.689 That is me behind him. 00:30:52.689 --> 00:30:53.825 Yes, it is me behind him. 00:30:53.825 --> 00:31:00.771 It's a younger slobber, me playing the bass guitar behind him. 00:31:00.771 --> 00:31:09.666 But it was a joy to, really a privilege, to be behind Jack and man, it was nothing like watching him smile and lead worship. 00:31:09.666 --> 00:31:13.713 It was amazing and those meetings were beautiful. 00:31:13.940 --> 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