An Eastertide Welcome

Alleluia!  Christ is risen!

On Easter morning this acclamation is the first sentence of the day, and often I’ll answer my home telephone with the same joyful expression.  So I welcome you to Trinity Episcopal Church and to the journey of faith we make together as God’s people. 

Easter is the season of resurrection and new life – in the world and in our own lives.  The greening and blossoming of springtime gladden our hearts after long  dark days of winter. It is a good time to discover or reconnect with a faith community.   Through our years together we have learned to be honest about who we are and what we offer: a people deeply connected to each other through worship, fellowship, outreach, and service.  These are the ways we encounter God.  So it is that I invite you to come and join us. 

 Perhaps you are seeking some kind of healing, or want to find a spiritual home in community with other Christians.  You may have questions about God, the church, Jesus, the Bible, or contemporary issues.  You may care deeply about the natural world and issues of social justice and want to put them in a spiritual context.  Your children may be asking you questions that you cannot answer.  You may have an ache in your soul that is comforted by the grace of liturgy and music.

 We don’t pretend to have all the answers, but we certainly honor the questions.  Join us this Eastertide for the second installment of Living the Questions.  You don’t have to assent to a dogma and you’ll meet people like yourself who have spiritual curiosity.

 Trinitarians are committed to diversity of all kinds, because we have discovered that it is our differences which make for a rich and lively experience of God’s grace.  We don’t always agree on theology, but are united in our commitment to deeply meaningful worship.   We love our traditional liturgy with its chant and incense, but we also love to have fun.  Pentecost is celebrated with a gospel read in many languages – and in wearing  red clothes and eating red strawberries, and Trinity Sunday this year will be a special treat.

Each week on Sunday I say, “Wherever you are on your journey of faith there is a place for you here at Trinity, for it is God who calls us to the altar.”  Because we have known God as a God of love, communion is offered freely – you don’t have to sign on the dotted line or swear to a doctrine.  Many of us who have found a church home at Trinity have found an oasis of acceptance we didn’t think was possible in organized religion.  We are an Oasis congregation and are affiliated with the Center for Progressive Christianity.

We also take our baptismal promises seriously.  Being followers of Jesus, and not just admirers, we know that discipleship is costly.  It means giving up privilege, sharing resources, and supporting ministry with our time and our money.  Our resistance to evil must be conscious, and is therefore sometimes uncomfortable, which means we’re willing to have assumptions challenged.  Always, our love of God and confidence in our support and love for each other keep us connected on the journey that is the pilgrimage of our lives.  I invite you to join us on that journey, and I look forward to meeting you.

 Blessings,

Anne Kelsey

Rector

May Trinity Times

Audio Sermon - Sunday after Ascension Day
Previous sermons available from menu at top of page

Pentecost
Sunday, May 11, 2008

Strawberry Social
follows the 10:30 service - Wear red!

Trinity Sunday, May 18, 2008
Parish picnic follows the 10:30 service. All are welcome!

"Resurrection"
Art Exhibit

April 6 - June 15
North Parish Hall