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Lenten Meditations 2023
February 22, 2023
Every year, Trinity parishioners, clergy, and staff offer a book of meditations based on the lectionary readings to accompany us through the season of Lent. Some are written reflections, others are paintings or photographs. All are insightful, meditative, and a gift from the parish to the reader.
3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Always Changing
February 18, 2023 | By Faith Formation & Education
We are always changing. That is part of creation, part of life! However, sometimes change is so slow, or gradual, that we don’t notice it, or we notice it all of a sudden.
Meet the Ministry: Melanie Glass, Congregational Support Coordinator
February 17, 2023
In this series, we’re introducing you to some of the faces you may see on Sundays and at services and programs throughout the week, whether they’re at the pulpit or the altar or behind the scenes. In this issue, meet Melanie Glass (she/her), who joined Trinity’s Pastoral Care and Community team as Congregational Support Coordinator in 2022.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Who Jesus Really Is
February 16, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education
For modern disciples, as we face into the Lenten season, we hold an image of this mountaintop experience, knowing full well that we, like [the first disciples], must come down from the mountain and move out into the world proclaiming Good News to the poor, learning how to welcome God’s Beloved amid change, challenge, disappointment, and sacrifice.
Reframing Our Understanding of Food and Mental Health
February 13, 2023 | By Jessica Athens
On February 2, 2023, Neighborhood Support hosted a half-day symposium to delve deeper into the intersections between food insecurity and mental health. Speakers highlighted the importance of a person-centered approach within service organizations that addresses the whole needs of an individual or household.
3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Being a Blessing
February 11, 2023 | By Faith Formation & Education
Being a blessing, or a proactive follower of Jesus, may seem like an obvious thing for us to do. Sounds easy, though sometimes it requires conscious thought or effort, especially in relationships. And we don’t always get it right.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: All About Relationships
February 9, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education
When it comes to our sins, Jesus isn’t letting us off the hook. He reminds us that our actions are not all about us but have an impact on our community. This is the antithesis of American individualism.
3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Light of the World
February 4, 2023 | By Faith Formation & Education
The themes for Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount continues into this week and, spoiler alert, into next week, too. That’s how important and inclusive his message was and is. And one thing that makes it so important to this day is that it invites us to be a message that is as big and inclusive as God’s love! Jesus calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Salt and Light
February 3, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education
Words, words, words. We love them! In our history, language has been as revolutionary as fire making, and words have distinguished human from beast since time immemorial. And throughout history, there have been disparities between the words we say and what we do, and between who we say we are and who we reveal ourselves to be through our actions. Across the millennia of human civilization, we have used words to call out these disparities and point out hypocrisies, sometimes as pots to kettles.