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Dear Trinity Family and Friends,
This Sunday we celebrate the Holy Trinity and offer thanks for all parts of God working in and through ourselves and our church. It’s also the time we slip into the wonderful season of “Ordinary Time” - known also as the “Green Season.” In holy synchronicity, our church liturgical green matches the glorious green in God’s Creation we see at every turn. Ordinary time can be understood as the season in which we are called to live out our Christian faith in our everyday lives - in ordinary ways. It’s a time to be both lazy and adventurous, to play and to rest, to tend and to enjoy sabbath. I wish you every blessing for whatever summer holds. Know that we’ll be right here, practicing our ordinary rhythm of being God’s people together at our not-so-ordinary beloved Trinity! Yours, as ever, in faith and love, Elizabeth+ Trinity Sunday Sonnet by Charles Williams In the Beginning, not in time or space, But in the quick before both space and time, In Life, in Love, in co-inherent Grace, In three in one and one in three, in rhyme, In music, in the whole creation story, In His own image, His imagination, The Triune Poet makes us for His glory, And makes us each the other’s inspiration. He calls us out of darkness, chaos, chance, To improvise a music of our own, To sing the chord that calls us to the dance, Three notes resounding from a single tone, To sing the End in whom we all begin; Our God beyond, beside us and within.
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Dear Trinity Family and Friends,
Happy Ascension Day! Today is the day we celebrate Christ’s Ascension into heaven after appearing to his followers for forty days. Yes, today is exactly forty days after Easter. This day marks not only the conclusion of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances, but also the commissioning of Christ’s followers (you and me!) to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth. The great Reformation leader Martin Luther described the Ascension this marvelous way in a sermon he preached in 1523: “What good will it do you if you merely preach that he ascended up to heaven and sits there with folded hands? … For this purpose did he ascend up thither, that he might be down here, that he might fill all things and be everywhere present; which thing he could not do had he remained on earth.” The Ascension, in other words, takes Jesus away from us, but only so that he can be present with us in new ways – filling all things in ways that he could not do had he remained on earth. Isn’t that an incredible thing to ponder? Here’s a lovely poem (sonnet really) by Anglican priest, poet and songwriter Malcolm Guite. Guite suggests that in the mystery of the Ascension we might understand Christ’s ‘leaving’ us and going away into Heaven as the miracle by which Christ is given to us in even more eternal universal ways. Yours, in faith and friendship and awe, Elizabeth+ Ascension Day by Malcolm Guite We saw his light break through the cloud of glory Whilst we were rooted still in time and place As earth became a part of Heaven’s story And heaven opened to his human face. We saw him go and yet we were not parted He took us with him to the heart of things The heart that broke for all the broken-hearted Is whole and Heaven-centred now, and sings, Sings in the strength that rises out of weakness, Sings through the clouds that veil him from our sight, Whilst we our selves become his clouds of witness And sing the waning darkness into light, His light in us, and ours in him concealed, Which all creation waits to see revealed. We are SO excited about this week's Family First Sunday, June 1st at 10:30, where youth and teachers/leaders will be recognized at Trinity! There will be a children’s homily, children’s prayers and then a special coffee hour - all celebrating our kids, teachers, and the end-of-the-program-year at church. Whether you're in kindergarten, 6th grade, 12th grade, a teacher, or youth group leader - please do come so we can thank you and celebrate a wonderful year together! Please know there is still time to register for Vacation Bible School which starts the next day: June 2-6 from 9:00 - 12:00. Our friends from Washington Baptist will join us again this year and we’ll see the return of the “Walk-in Bible!” See the flyer below. Please be in touch with Kelly Estes at: [email protected] or the church office with any questions. We can’t wait to see you! Love and prayers, Elizabeth+  |
AuthorElizabeth began her ministry at Trinity on September 1st, 2021. Ordained in 2014, Elizabeth is the daughter and niece and Episcopal Priests and has loved the church her whole life. She and her husband Michael have three grown children who all live in NY but enjoy escapes to Rappahannock. Archives |
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