The Companion to the Book of Common Worship reminds us that:
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.
Those words, "unfathomable" and "Trinity" and "one" and "eternal" and "incomprehensible" are big church words we sometimes throw around without much thought for their meaning. Such was the case this week when an earnest young man came to the Chapel of St. Starbuck to lecture the Archbishop on Creation. Strangely, the Sexton remained unimpressed.
Join the congregations of the Chapel of St. Starbuck, and Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky for our sermon from Genesis 1 titled "Words", by clicking on the title.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
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Something Peculiar
There are two Sundays I fear: the ones when UK plays at noon, and the one when the A/C fails and it's 92 degrees in the sanctuary. Thankfully, UK didn't play today.
Pentecost, sometimes called the birthday of the church, is the Christian celebration of the Jewish festival of Shavout. Just as Shavout celebrates the giving of the Law to the children of Israel, Pentecost celebrates the giving of the Holy Spirit to the church. Along with the gift of the Holy Spirit came gifts of the Spirit. While I was thinking about the gifts of the Spirit, we had a visit at the Chapel of St. Starbuck from the missionary atheist, a man who goes about spreading the good news that there is no good news. Talking with him gave me a new insight into Acts 2:1-21 and 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13. Join the congregations of the Chapel of St. Starbuck and Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, KY for this week's Pentecost sermon, "Something Peculiar" by clicking on the title above.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Pentecost, sometimes called the birthday of the church, is the Christian celebration of the Jewish festival of Shavout. Just as Shavout celebrates the giving of the Law to the children of Israel, Pentecost celebrates the giving of the Holy Spirit to the church. Along with the gift of the Holy Spirit came gifts of the Spirit. While I was thinking about the gifts of the Spirit, we had a visit at the Chapel of St. Starbuck from the missionary atheist, a man who goes about spreading the good news that there is no good news. Talking with him gave me a new insight into Acts 2:1-21 and 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13. Join the congregations of the Chapel of St. Starbuck and Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, KY for this week's Pentecost sermon, "Something Peculiar" by clicking on the title above.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Distant Christianity
At Pentecost, the church celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit to the church. Jesus has ascended into heaven, but He promised not to leave us orphans. That promise was made good at Pentecost.
But how do we 21st Century people understand the gift of the Holy Spirit? Isn't Pentecost all about speaking in tongues? Well, no. What it IS about is a present experience of God in our lives here and now. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky for our sermon from Acts 1:6-14 and 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 by clicking on the Title, "Distant Christianity" above.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
But how do we 21st Century people understand the gift of the Holy Spirit? Isn't Pentecost all about speaking in tongues? Well, no. What it IS about is a present experience of God in our lives here and now. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky for our sermon from Acts 1:6-14 and 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 by clicking on the Title, "Distant Christianity" above.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
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