Tag: Trinity Sunday

June 4th 2023 – “Learning Together”

2023-06-04 "Learning together" 11 AM
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Dear friends, 

This Sunday Edythe Arnott will be leading us in worship. 

Last Sunday we celebrated Pentecost as we commemorated the Holy Spirit descending upon the Apostles and followers of Jesus Christ.  With the Holy Spirit indwelling each believer of Jesus Christ, they were now equipped and ready to spread the gospel far and wide in the great commission (Matthew 28: 16-20).  It isn’t easy being Jesus’ disciples – or making disciples!  Jesus – and the apostle Paul – offer us words of encouragement in their farewell addresses to their disciples and faith community.  

The image above is by JESUS MAFA.  The mission to the world, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN.

Order of Service

Prelude
Welcome
Call to Worship
Hymn 436: “God, we praise you for the morning”
Prayer of Adoration
Prayer of Confession
Declaration of Grace
The Lord’s Prayer
Children’s Time
Hymn 299: “Holy, holy, holy” (vs 2 & 4 en français)
Responsive Reading: Psalm 8
Gloria Patri
Matthew 28: 16-20 (en français – English on the screen)
2 Corinthians 13: 11-14
Sermon: “Learning together”
Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed
Hymn 764: “There’s a spirit in the air” (To tune Monkland #96)
Offering and Offertory
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Hymn 769: “Lord of light, whose name and splendour”
Benediction
Go now in peace
Postlude

June 12th 2022 – “Communion with the Trinity”

2022-06-12 Trinity Sunday 11:00 AM - "Communion with the Trinity”
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Dear all,

Tomorrow is both communion and Trinity Sunday.  Two weeks ago was Ascension Sunday when we remembered Jesus’ ascension to power at the right hand of God the Father. Last week was Pentecost and the descent of the Holy Spirit on the church. An obvious question is how the ascended Jesus and  Holy Spirit are related to God the Father?  The answer that the early church came to, after some argument and controversy, is the doctrine of the Trinity.  While there are still ongoing arguments  (the Copts in Egypt insist that Jesus had only a divine nature rather than two natures (divine and human) that is the majority view; Roman Catholic and Orthodox argue about whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone or the Father and the son), these are minor details.  The main point, on which Christians of all denominations agreed is that our Trinitarian understanding of God is what is basic and distinctive about our faith.  Tomorrow we will focus on this Russian orthodox icon of the Trinity which those who go to coffee hour should recognize.

Icons are intended to be used for worshipful meditation and contemplation of  the mystery of the Trinity. So we will use it as our jumping off point for a communion mediation. The three persons of the Trinity are gathered round the communion table and invite us to join with them in their dance of love.

Order of Service

TRINITY SUNDAY June 12, 2022
Prelude
Call to Worship
Hymn #299: “Holy, holy, holy”
Prayer of Adoration
Prayer of Confession and Declaration of Grace
Responsive reading: Psalm 8
Proverbs 8: 1-4; 22-31
Anthem: Psaume 8
Romans 5:1-5
John 16: 12-15
Hymn 394: “Come thou almighty king”
Sermon: “Communion with the Trinity ”
Offertory
Hymn 524: “We come as guests invited”
Communion
Hymn #295: “When long before time”
Benediction
Go now in peace
Postlude