Greetings to all!
This Sunday, May 31, is Trinity Sunday, an occasion to celebrate
and explore that most mysterious, perplexing, and sometimes
confounding doctrine of the Trinity, one God in Three Persons. In
one of his journal entries, Thomas Merton reflects on the notion of
the Trinity without ever using the word as he writes about the gift of
the Holy Spirit in the practice of contemplation.
In [the Spirit] we are awakened to know the Father, because in the
Spirit we are refashioned in the likeness of the Son. It is in this
likeness that the Spirit will bring us at last to the clear vision of the
invisible Father in the Son's glory, which will also be our glory.
Meanwhile, it is the Spirit who awakens in our heart the faith and
hope in which we cry for fulfillment and vision. In this hope there
is already a beginning, a "promise" of fulfillment. This is our
contemplation: the realization and "experience" of the life-giving
Spirit in Whom the Father is present to us through the Son, our way,
truth, and life. The realization that we are on our way, that because
we are on our way we are in that Truth, which is the end and by
which we are already fully and eternally alive. Contemplation is
the loving sense of this life and this presence and this eternity.
(from The Intimate Merton)
The lectionary texts for Sunday, May 31, Trinity Sunday...
Isaiah 6:1-8
Romans 8:12-17
John 3:1-17
Sunday Conversations continue this Sun, May 31, 10am, in
Trinity Hall. Sunday Conversation topics from week to week
include Bible study, theology, spirituality, and current events.
Come enjoy a cup of coffee, join the conversation, or just listen
in.
A Host(s) is needed for our after worship refreshments this
Sunday, May 31. Use reply email to volunteer for this Sunday,
or visit the online signup to host a Sunday later in the summer.
Wednesday Evenings Together will be returning in June
(June 10, 17, 24), 6pm - 7:30pm. All ages are invited to gather
for a meal, program, and evening prayer. This year's theme is
"Abundance Orchard: Where Faith Grows and Hungry People
Are Fed." We will celebrate the abundance of God's world, and
explore ways to share that abundance with all. Let us know of
your plans to attend via reply email or the sign up sheet in the
Sanctuary foyer.
SUMMER CAMPS: The summer camp season is upon us.
Walnut Hill children/youth have privilege to attend either of two
camp programs: Camp Burnamwood or Cathedral Domain .
Visit their websites for program schedules and registration
information. Remember that Walnut Hill will pay 1/2 the cost of any
Walnut Hill youth attending a Burnamwood or Domain program.
In the Community: Dr. Larry Kant, former professor at Lexington
Theological Seminary, will be offering a workshop titled, "Reading
the Bible Mystically," on Sunday, June 14. Visit Mystic Scholar
or contact Dr. Kant ( dblk2@qx.net ) for more information.
Peace to all.
Mike Ward
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