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TRINWAM is the acronym for Trinity Worship and Music – a team of Worship Leaders, Musicians, Audio Visual Techs, Scripture Readers, Ushers passionate about serving the Lord Jesus Christ in the area of Worship and Music at Trinity Methodist Church Penang.

Duties of the Worship & Music Committee

Aid in interpreting the meaning, purpose and practice of worship, and to promote the highest standards for the conduct of worship, by encouraging: (a) the widest possible participation in the worship services of the church, (b) the study by individuals and groups of manuals and other helps in the art of worship, and (c) the use of hymnals approved by the Methodist Church for use in public worship, and devotional materials in the church and in the home

To encourage the use of suitable music in public worship and at weddings, funerals, and all other occasions; to advise the Executive Committee in providing proper leadership in music and the fine arts, provided that if the responsibility of the music leader is to direct the total music programme of the local church, including youth and children’s choirs and assistance in the church school, the selection shall be as indicated in paragraph 171.2, to provide for the maintenance and care of musical instruments, music libraries, and related equipment

To arrange for the care of all furnishing and appointments for the conduct of worship, and, under the direction of the minister and the communion steward, to prepare the Lord’s Table for Holy Communion

To recruit a sufficient number of persons to serve as ushers, and to encourage the training of ushers, so that, in carrying out the function of this office, they will contribute to creating an appropriate setting for worship and to maintaining an atmosphere of reverence within the sanctuary

To promote, in co-operation with the Executive Committee and others concerned, a policy regarding the securing of memorial gifts to the local church, and to supervise the placing of proper memorials within the church building; to provide a suitable book in which the names of donors, the ones memorialized and the memorial gifts may be recorded

*Methodist Book of Discipline of the Methodist Church in Malaysia. 184 1-5, 2008 Edition