A Challenge for a New Year
As the New Year began, I shared a challenge with our congregation. I would like to challenge us to filter everything we see, feel or hear through the lens of God’s love. To see others, and the world around us, with God’s perfect 20/20 vision in the year 2020.
Write it in bold on your hearts and repeat it to yourselves, “I will be a vessel of God’s mercy and grace, slow to anger, quick to forgive, an instrument of peace in all situations. I will allow God’s presence to fill and flow through me, such that grace and truth, God’s true nature, are revealed.”
As you incorporate this challenge into your daily life, take note of the change in yourself and the change in those around you. If we see everyone through the lens of God's love, can the world not become a kinder place?
Blessings to each of you in this New Year,
-Pastor Dave
Write it in bold on your hearts and repeat it to yourselves, “I will be a vessel of God’s mercy and grace, slow to anger, quick to forgive, an instrument of peace in all situations. I will allow God’s presence to fill and flow through me, such that grace and truth, God’s true nature, are revealed.”
As you incorporate this challenge into your daily life, take note of the change in yourself and the change in those around you. If we see everyone through the lens of God's love, can the world not become a kinder place?
Blessings to each of you in this New Year,
-Pastor Dave
Pastor Dave Downer
Lectionary Scripture Reading
February 9: Isaiah 58:1-9a Matthew 5:13-20
February 16: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Matthew 5:21-37
February 23: Exodus 24:12-18 Matthew 17:1-9
March 1: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Matthew 4:1-11
March 8: Genesis 12:1-4a John 3:1-17
March 15: Exodus 17:1-7 John 4:5-42
Our Mission
Trinity United Church of Christ is called to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the beliefs of the Christian faith, to maintain the worship of God, and to inspire in all persons a love for Christ, a passion for righteousness, and a consciousness of their duty to God and our fellow human beings. We pledge our lives to Christ and covenant with each other to demonstrate the Spirit through our worship, witness, and ministry to the needs of those in the church and the community.