TRINITY III
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, September 13
11:00 AM The Consecration of the Human Being
12:00 Noon Refreshments
12:45 PM Spiritual–Physical: The Language of our Hands Presentation & Conversation with Rev. Gisela Wielki
Sunday, September 20
11:00 AM The Consecration of the Human Being
Sunday, September 27
11:00 AM The Consecration of the Human Being
12:00 Noon Refreshments
12:45 PM Biographicaln Guideposts: New Meaning Brought by Illness or Death, Community inConversation with Rev. Oliver Steinrueck
* Wednesday 11am • Services Resume in Late Sept
The loved ones we call dead
depart from us and for a while
are absent. And then as if
called back by our love, they come
near us again. They enter our dreams.
We feel they have been near us
when we have not thought of them.
They are simply here, simply waiting
while we are distracted among
our obligations. At last
it comes to us:They live now
in the permanent world.
We are the absent ones.
Wendell Berry,
“The Loved Ones”
Wendell Erdman Berry • August 5, 1934 - August 31, 2026
A true representative of his middle name: Ein ‘Erdenmensch’
Poet, steward and lover of the earth. His love was synonymous with response-ability for all things living and their sustainability and maintenance through the use of his hands and the word, spoken out of and with the heart – a spiritual-physical organ – and his lifelong guide.
Gospel Readings
TRINITY III
Sunday July 26 Mark 8-9
Sunday August 2 Matthew 7
Sunday August 9 Luke 15
Sunday August 16 Luke 9
Sunday August 23 Luke 18
Sunday August 30 Mark 7
Sunday September 6 Luke 10
Sunday September 13 Luke 17
Sunday September 20 Matthew 6
Sunday September 27 Luke 7
The Good Samaritan, 1633 by Rembrandt
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
THE FESTIVALS OF THE CHRISTIAN YEAR
Our liturgical calendar follows the course of the Incarnation of Christ Jesus into the world of human beings and nature, and the birth of the Spirit within individual human beings and communal life. The festivals are celebrated year after year to allow an ever deeper relationship to the Christ mystery and the renewal of human and social life. We invite you to celebrate with us!
Advent
The four weeks of preparation for the birth of love, light and renewed life in the being of the Christ child
Christmas
The celebration of the birth of the One who comes into the world to save humankind
Epiphany
The Light of Christ enters the earthly world and walks among us as the Star of Grace
Trinity (the in-between time)
We pray to the triune God who gifts us with being, creating power, and spiritual illumination
Passiontide (Lent)
The four weeks of entering into the depths of human suffering as Christ experienced it, and walking with him as he unites himself with us
Easter
The festival of the Resurrection! Over the forty days of Easter, the Risen One teaches the disciples about the Kingdom of God
Ascension
The Risen One ascends, uniting himself with the earth as his new body, promising that he will be with us until the end of days
Pentecost (Whitsun)
The disciples receive Holy Spirit, tongues of flame descend upon them and they come to know Christ within, and go forth bearing this truth to humanity
(Trinity — the in-between time)
St. Johnstide
We look to the spirit of John the Baptist, who inspires all those seeking to follow Christ and serve divine love
(Trinity — the in-between time)
Michaelmas
We look to the guiding spirit of the Archangel Michael who earnestly strives to aid humanity’s becoming and coming to know Christ in freedom
(Trinity — the in-between time)