PULLMAN, WA - OPEN MINDS, OPEN ARMS
Greetings All!
Today is the last Sunday in Epiphany....we are poised on the edge of our Journey through Lent. In our Narrative Lectionary as we prepare for that walk to Jerusalem Jesus in clear...it is a choice which may have consequences.
THIS Wednesday....7 PM Ash Wednesday at Trinity. Imposition of Ashes...Honesty...
https://youtu.be/k-XsOzfrrKQ
Hello All! Here is your Trinity Online Scripture/Thoughts/Song for this week! Enjoy as Jesus opens up the world of Prayer to his disciples!
Hello All! Pastor Wes will be traveling to Seaside Oregon tomorrow for a Preaching Conference. We are so lucky to have Pr Dawna Svaren who will be our guest preacher and presider at our "in-person". She will be preaching on the same text: Matthew 5...the Beatitudes. This video is what jumped out at me...she will probably have a completely different angle. That's the joy of preaching...God's Word hits in a variety of ways to intersect with our lives.... ENJOY and God Bless!
Hello All! Here is your Word, Meditation and Song for the Week! Right after Jesus is Baptised you would think he could bask in the glory of the moment a bit....but no! The Spirit herds him off into the wilderness where he is tested. Every on of us is drawn to a "bright shiny object", someting that pulls us away from being our best self. Jesus' temptations were real...1. Be a Bread King...not only feed yourself but the whole world...but his ministry is more. 2. Glory...have people worship you...WOW! Everyone thinks you're the greatest...magic and miracles... NOPE. 3. Power. The leader of the world. Armies, Economics, the Ability to MAKE people do as you wish....NOPE. How would we fare?
Hello All! Here are some thoughts to ponder and some wonderful music (Silent Night and Joy to the World) to help you celebrate this blessed season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuvLsSUKZp0
Hello All! Tomorrow is a very special worship with our Young People presenting the "ABC Nativity"at 10:30am. Thirty some of our youngsters will be presenting the Christmas Message and there will be a part for everyone. Carols, Special Music and the Choir cast as the Heavenly Host. Don't miss out!
A immediately following ...OUR CHRISTMAS SEASON POTLUCK in the Fellowship Hall! Hot dishes need to arrive warm and pre-cooked! We have our warming ovens ready to receive...
See you there!
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Here is your Online Worship and Word for this Weekend! Our Narrative Lectionary from Luther Seminary rolls us along to the time of Persia. Empires rise and fall. Egypt gives way to Assyria which is conquered by Babylonia which is conquered by Persia. in a few years Persia will be conquered by Alexander the Great.
Anyway...there is a sizable Jewish population in Persia and through a series of strange events a Jewish woman, Esther (morning star) ,finds herself in the King's favor and influencial at court. In the midst of Palace intrigues she discovers a plot to wipe out the Jewish people and risks her life to intervene.
The key line, "Perhaps God has chosen you for this moment for just this event..."
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vozTjflTAMw
Good morning all!
What does it mean to be a Christian? Do you have believe certain precepts, creed, doctrines? Do you have to strive for Moral prurity or be willing to sacrifice heavily?
In today's story God, through Micah, gives an answer. It's really quite simple...kindness, justice, walk humbly with God...
A really rough story....full of brokenness and pain...all caused by a person who thought they were "not to be held responsible" for their actions. Mess leads to mess as David digs in deeper....
https://youtu.be/yy14nWNj4mk
Good morning All!
Here is your Trinity Online Offering for this Weekend
Our Narrative Lectionary now has us at the edge of the Promised Land. 40 Years of Wandering...and before we walk in...it's time to make it clear...whom do we work for...live for...Yahweh or others? There are definately modern day implications in what is happening here...
Hello All!
Here is your online offering from Trinity Pullman for this week...our narrative lectionary rolls along from the "prehistory" of creation, Babel, the Ark...to a clear point of time...Abram in Ur. A voice in the night and a world changes...Abram and Sarai...parents of many.
Here is your Trinity Online Worship Service for the Weekend of September 11th
Our story from the Narrative Lectionary is Noah's Ark. No kids tale here...God regrets making humanity...let that one sink in...
BUt then God regrets over reacting and promises to never do it again...there's hope...
Here is your Online Worship from Trinity Pullman for this weekend!
We've looked at a number of points brought up in the short little novel of Ruth: addressing Xenephobia...fear and exclusion of those different....women's rights...loyalty...family...today we look at how God works in our lives. We often approach the Divine and Religion as "magic". We pray for extraordinary events and then passively sit back and wait for God to deliver. The book of Ruth shows another approach...we pray...and then do everything in our power to help make it happen. Naomi and Ruth were not passive players, nor content to be "victim".
