Join us for worship on Sunday, June 4, at 10:!5 a.m.

WE LIVE STREAM OUR WORSHIP SERVICES AT 10:15 ON SUNDAY MORNING. You can join us online in real time at https://vimeo.com/event/1424751. This streaming address is the same each week.

 The video of Sunday’s worship service will be posted after worship at https://vimeo.com/channels/1547852.

You can view and download the bulletin here.

The contemporary ecumenical church calls this first Sunday after Pentecost “Trinity Sunday.” This morning the Scripture lessons, our hymns, and our prayers all point to the mystery of “God in three persons,” the Trinity. We hear the command of Jesus to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. We hear the blessing of Paul that prays for “the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit.”

Most of the special days in the church year celebrate an event: the birth of Jesus, the resurrection, the Spirit of God coming to the disciples. Somewhat strangely, this day celebrates a theological idea. This observance started about a thousand years ago—and at one point even the Pope was not sure it was a good thing. By the fourteenth century it was a part of the church year and it appears now even on the UCC planning calendar.

It is a strange celebration, but perhaps in that strangeness we can listen with fresh ears and hearts as scripture informs our thinking and our acting.

Scripture Lessons: II Corinthians 13:5-13; Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon:           “The Blessing after the Testing”

The Rev. Bill Lovin preaching

Anthem           “Sing to the Lord a New Song”          Robert Lau

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.