This Sunday, we fit three different occasions into our worship service:
- Trinity Sunday - This is essentially the last holiday in our Christian year. It is a chance for us to celebrate God as three persons: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. After this Sunday, we celebrate quite a few Sundays after Pentecost.
- Memorial Day - We will have a prayer during our worship service that recognizes those who are important to us that are no longer with us, but rejoice with God in heaven.
- Peace with Justice Sunday - From the United Methodist Website, "The United Methodist Church declares that peace with justice will be celebrated when all people have access to adequate jobs, housing, education, food, health care, income support and clean water. The denomination will further celebrate when structures and systems that reflect economic exploitation, war, political oppression and cultural domination no longer exist.
Half of the offering collected by an annual conference is retained to fund local peace with justice programs. In addition, half of the offering is remitted to the General Board of Church & Society (GBCS) to help fund U.S. and global work in social action, public-policy education and advocacy."
The Bible readings for this Sunday are:
- Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
- Psalm 8
- Romans 5:1-5
- John 16:12-15
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