Immanuel Fellowship - Trent Senske

This week Immanuel Fellowship and it’s pastor Trent Senske are taking over Trinity’s social media. Check back through out the week as we will be getting a glimpse into Trinity’s first church plant

What neighborhood do you live in?

Bancroft. Minneapolis, MN. 

What’s your vocation?

Pastor

What's your favorite thing about living in the Twin Cities?

The seasons. Really! Everyone in my family has a different favorite season. Living on the Southside gives us the privilege of experiencing urban seasons and also quick access to the most beautiful parks and lakes anywhere. 

How long have you been planting IF?

Laura and I moved back home to Minnesota in August 2016. So, in some ways we have been planting Immanuel Fellowship since then, but back then we didn't have a name or neighborhood for the church. We merely moved to pursue God's call on our lives to plant urban, multiethnic churches. After getting assessed through the Acts 29 Network, I spent a year doing training through Fellowship Associates and another year as a Pastoral Resident at Trinity City Church.

How do you serve at IF?

Church planting is not for the faint of heart, nor for those don't like to wear many hats! In short, I get to serve Immanuel Fellowship as its founding pastor. That's the answer to the "vocation" question, but it might be more helpful to say that I serve the church uniquely as the direction setter and the team leader. 

What’s something you appreciate about IF?

Hmmm... one of the things I love about Immanuel Fellowship thus far is that our people are "unassuming." Don't get me wrong, the people God has called into planting the church are a bunch of All-Stars. Every week I find something out like, "Oh, didn't know that guy has been a part of starting 3 businesses. Wow, she is opening her own music venue. Geez, I had no clue he's been mentoring those high school dudes and helping them get to graduation." Our crew is wonderfully talented but they don't wear it on their sleeves. There is a humility about them and a servant-hearted mindset among them. I pray the Lord sustains that quality and that many in our neighborhoods are attracted to it. 

Trinity Faces - Jole Miller

It's time for the next installment of Trinity Faces, Jole Miller! This week we will be getting know Jole in our effort to learn more about the people that make up Trinity City Church. Be sure to check out Instagram and Facebook this week as Jole shares life from his point of view.

What neighborhood do you live in?

Macalester-Groveland

What’s your vocation?

I'm a collegiate rep with Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I work with athletes and coaches from Mac, UST, and CSP. 

What’s something a lot of people don’t know about you?

I was a member of the skydiving club at the University of Edinburgh.

What's your favorite thing about living in the Twin Cities?

I like the cultural diversity, the outdoorsiness, and the unique shops and restaurants.

How long have you attended TCC?

Since the spring of 2014.

How do you serve at TCC?

I serve with children's church, grounds crew/ snow removal, van driving, and carrying around miscellaneous objects.

What’s something you appreciate about TCC?

TCC is the first church I went to where I feel connected to the other members. Family is one of the core identities at TCC, and we genuinely live that out. 

Trinity Faces - Megan Arneson

This week we will be getting know Megan Arneson in our effort to learn more about the people that make up Trinity City Church. Be sure to check out Instagram and Facebook this week as Megan shares life from her point of view.

What neighborhood do you live in?

Merriam Park

What’s your vocation?

Social Worker/Higher Education - I have both my bachelor's and master's degrees in social work.  While I'm not on the front lines and interacting with clients on a daily basis in the field of social work right now, I am still working in this same area, but in a higher ed setting. 

What’s something a lot of people don’t know about you?

I have mad-cribbage skills.  I once won a cribbage tournament; ask me about it sometime. 

What's your favorite thing about living in the Twin Cities?

The diversity of ethnic foods and farmer's markets

How long have you attended TCC?

8ish years

How do you serve at TCC? 

I am a member of the Governance Team (overseeing the business aspects of the church) and a participant on the Care Team ministry, 

What’s something you appreciate about TCC?

The emphasis on caring for one another well and how we're growing and learning together what this means for our church family and the greater communities that we come in contact with on a daily basis. 

Trinity Faces - Brianna Rogers

This week we will be getting know Brianna Rodgers in our effort to learn more about the people that make up Trinity City Church. Be sure to check out Instagram and Facebook this week as Brianna shares life from her point of view.

What neighborhood do you live in?

We have hit the one year mark in our first home this February living in the Frogtown neighborhood of Saint Paul.

What’s your vocation?

My official title is Interpretive Naturalist but most people get that confused with a naturist so I just say outdoor education. Picture me chasing butterflies in an open field with a bunch of kids at a nature center... Yea that's pretty much what I do ;)

What’s something a lot of people don’t know about you?

I get super excited to go to the dentist. If I could get my teeth professionally cleaned everyday I totally would!

What's your favorite thing about living in the Twin Cities?

I love the small town feel of historic Saint Paul with all the benefits of living in the city. The many opportunities to be a tourist in your own neighborhood and the closeness to parks, rivers, and lakes!

How long have you attended TCC?

Since the summer of 2012

How do you serve at TCC?

Some of the ways I serve at TCC is as a co-leader with my husband David for the Fairmount Community Group and we serve together on the usher team. I also serve as a Deaconess on Trinity's Directional Team. 

What’s something you appreciate about TCC?

I look forward to waking up and going to church each Sunday morning to worship Christ our Lord with fellow believers. To be renewed and refocused on the work He has done in my own life and is continually doing in our city.

Trinity Faces - Sara Wright

This week we get to peek into Sara Wright's world in our next installment of #trinityfaces. Be sure to check TCC's Instagram and Facebook this week as we get a glimpse into Sara's life.

What neighborhood do you live in?

Merriam Park, Saint Paul

What’s your vocation?

I'm a stay-at-home mom at the moment.

What’s something a lot of people don’t know about you?

This is hard to come up with something.  I guess a lot of people might not know i used to live in Alaska. I also once tried to grow a pet dred in my hair for about a week. It didn't work.

What's your favorite thing about living in the Twin Cities?

The people

How long have you attended TCC?

About 8 years

What’s something you appreciate about TCC?

I love that TCC is relatively small and has a close community feel to it.

Trinity Faces - Micah Taylor

This week we will be getting know Micah Taylor in our effort to learn more about the people that make up Trinity City Church. Be sure to check out Instagram and Facebook this week as Micah shares life from his point of view.

What neighborhood do you live in?

I guess since Whitney said West 7th is "the best one", I'll say the bestest one: Highland Park.

What’s your occupation?

I'm a husband and dad who gets paid to design websites. I also occupy myself with music, photography, bicycling, and co-owning a bakery.

What’s something a lot of people don’t know about you?

Most folks at TCC don't know that, for most of my life, I had really long hair. Mother nature is a cruel barber.

What's your favorite thing about living in the Twin Cities?

The bicycle/fitness culture is inspiring. And yes, I try to bike in the winter; I have the broken collarbone to prove it.

How long have you attended TCC?

A year and a half-ish... I'm not good with dates... ask my wife.

What’s something you appreciate about TCC?

Well, the welcoming people first and foremost. That being said I appreciate the meshing of the old and the new at TCC. Raised in a liturgical church and coming previously from a more passionately evangelical church, I appreciate that there is a home for both at TCC.

Micah Taylor
http://www.micahtaylor.com/

Trinity Faces - Tyson Phipps

We are restarting a campaign to learn more about some of the people who make up our church family. This week, our featured TCC student is Tyson. Read more about Tyson below and make sure to check out the TCC Instagram account to see what life looks like from Tyson's eyes. 

What neighborhood do you live in?

I live in Roseville while I’m studying at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul.

What’s your vocation?

I’m a full-time student, a Resident Assistant in the dorms, and a Gallery Assistant at the Denler art gallery on campus. 

What’s something a lot of people don’t know about you?

I grew up as a missionary kid in Turkey; my parents are still church planters there.

What's your favorite thing about living in the Twin Cities?

The art community, lots of awesome activities for any mood, and Punch Pizza.

How long have you attended TCC?

About 2 years.

What’s something you appreciate about TCC?

I love the focus of growing in the gospel with the neighborhood and community. I feel like with TCC I can value the joys of life more.