Greetings friends and family of St. Giles!
This weekend we celebrate Trinity Sunday. An excerpt from the Companion to the Book of Common Worship (Geneva Press, 2003, 149-150) about this weekend reads as follows:”Unlike other festivals in the church’s liturgical calendar, Trinity Sunday centers on a doctrine of the church, rather than an event. It celebrates the unfathomable mystery of God’s being as Holy Trinity. It is a day of adoration and praise of the one, eternal, incomprehensible God. Trinity Sunday, in a sense, synthesizes all we have celebrated over the past months which have centered on God’s mighty acts: Christmas-Epiphany celebrating God’s taking flesh and dwelling among us in Jesus Christ; Easter celebrating Christ’s death and resurrection for us; Pentecost celebrating God the Holy Spirit becoming our Sanctifier, Guide, and Teacher. It is, therefore, a fitting transition to that part of the year when Sunday by Sunday the work of God among us is unfolded in a more general way.”
As we enter into Trinity Sunday marking the beginning of the general season of teaching, we remember the majesty of God, the beauty of creation, and our role in the Kingdom of God. We celebrate being the people of God through music and mission, fellowship and ministry, prayer and study. And as mentioned in Psalm 8, we embrace the blessing and responsibility of caring for God’s people and God’s creation. It is a perfect time to remember the mission of St. Giles:
To nurture a vibrant Christian life;
To seek to grow in our relationship with God;
To care for the community;
To dare to follow Christ into the world
Below please find the bulletin for this week’s service, including all of the various activities in which to participate as God’s people at St. Giles. Please join us on Sunday at 10 am to worship God, embracing the mystery of the Trinity and our true identity as God’s people. And may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all (2 Corinthians 13:13).
Blessings,
Rev. Chandra Mannix