We are the people of Trinity United Methodist Church in Las Vegas, NV. We seek to worship God and to follow the example of Jesus in order to be a transforming presence in our community. All are welcome! Come as you are! To learn more about SOSS, click here.
Worship Service 9:30AM (PST) in the Sanctuary.
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November 8, 2025
Our 15th Annual Golf Tournament was a huge success! Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers, golfers and sponsors! We can't wait to do it again next year!
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Upcoming Christmas Services:
Christmas Eve Service: Communion and Candlelight @ 7:00 p.m.
December 24, 2025.
Pinecrest Academy Springs Upcoming Info:
Winter Break for school: December 22, 2025-January 5, 2026
Kids return Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Scripture Reading:
6 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
Can you imagine the shepherds returning to their flocks after the night they had? They had seen God's glory. They had experienced the presence of the angel of the LORD. They had seen the newborn King, the promised Messiah, the Savior of the world. It was just as they had been told by the holy heavenly messenger. As amazing as the angel's words of announcement had been, they were gloriously fulfilled. Jesus the Christ was newly born; he was also the absolute answer to God's greatest promises and the greatest assurance that God keeps his word. Incredibly, God had chosen shepherds, unnamed to us and unimportant to their peers, to be the first human witnesses and participants in God's glorious story of salvation in sending his Messiah. I believe Luke wanted to remind us that no matter who we are or where we seem to be on the social pecking order, Jesus came for us. Joseph and Mary were peasants. The shepherds were young and outcasts. Simeon and Anna were old and devout frequenters of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The Magi were foreigners from Persia. The coming of Jesus to our world tells us immediately that Jesus came for all people - young and old, insider or outsider, powerful or powerless, influential or inconsequential in influence. Jesus came for us... for you... for me!
LORD God Almighty, I can only imagine what it was like for those shepherds who experienced your glory. However, dear Father, I do know how much Jesus means to me. I praise you for loving me and reaching my heart with your grace. In Jesus' glorious name, I offer you my life and praise. Amen.
The Thoughts and Prayer on Today's Verse are written by Phil Ware. You can email questions or comments to phil@verseoftheday.com.