TRINITY
It is the Trinity Season, or the Season after Pentecost, or the Season of the Church, or Ordinary Time. It is all these things.
Trinity is the non-festival half of the church year, beginning on the day of Pentecost and ending on the eve of the first Sunday of Advent. Throughout Trinity we reflect on the teachings of Christ and how they relate to us as believers in Him. We try to learn how to fulfill our responsibilities as the people of God.
After Trinity Sunday itself, for which the liturgical colour is white, and except for a few specific saint's day on which red is used, our liturgical colour is green, representing the color of life and growth, symbolizing the growth of our faith as we follow Christ's teaching and example.
There are many symbols that represent the concept of the Holy Trinity,the divine unity of God in His three aspects of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Perhaps the most common of the Trinity symbols is the reticulation of three plain circles, or a void formed from three conjoined circles, telling us that God is One, God is triune, and God is eternal.
More complex variations of this symbol include the depiction of a triangle intersecting the three circles, and the triquetra, an interlaced design with a distinctly Celtic appearance, which some interpretors argue is a symbol of a pagan trinity.
June 24th is the feast of Saint John the Baptist, the immediate forerunner of Jesus Christ and the herald of his mission on Earth.
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the Wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of the one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.
Matthew 3:1-3, 11
July 20th is the commemorative feast of the Prophet Elijah, the original patron of Hope Lutheran.
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Our Church Calendar
A.D. 2010
June
6th -- 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
--- Fellowship Coffee - Noon
13th -- 3rd Sunday after Pentecost
--- Holy Communion - 11:00AM
--- Fathers' Day
19th -- New Denmark Founders' Day
20th -- 4th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Church Council - Noon
24th -- Saint John the Baptist
27th -- 5th Sunday after Pentecost
July
4th -- 6th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Fellowship Coffee - Noon
11th -- 7th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Holy Communion - 11:00AM
20th -- St Elijah, Prophet & Patron
18th -- 8th Sunday after Pentecost
25th -- 9th Sunday after Pentecost
August
1st -- 10th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Fellowship Coffee - Noon
8th -- 11th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Holy Communion - 11:00AM
15th -- 12th Sunday after Pentecost
22nd -- 13th Sunday after Pentecost
29th -- 14th Sunday after Pentecost
September
5th -- 15th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Fellowship Coffee - Noon
12th -- 16th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Holy Communion - 11:00AM
19th -- 17th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Church Council - Noon
22nd -- "Saint" Guineford the Greyhound
26th -- 18th Sunday after Pentecost
October
3rd -- World Communion Sunday
--- 19th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Holy Communion - 11:00AM
--- Fellowship Coffee - Noon
10th -- 20th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Thanksgiving Sunday
11th -- Thanksgiving Day
17th -- 21st Sunday after Pentecost
--- Church Council - Noon
24th -- 22nd Sunday after Pentecost
--- United Nations Day
31st -- Reformation Sunday
--- 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
--- Annual Pot-luck Dinner - Noon
--- All Soul's Eve
November
7th -- 24th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Fellowship Coffee - Noon
11th --- Rememberance Day
14th -- 25th Sunday after Pentecost
--- Holy Communion - 11:00AM
21st -- Christ the King Sunday
--- Church Council - Noon
28th -- 1st Sunday of Advent
December
5th -- 2nd Sunday of Advent
--- Fellowship Coffee - Noon
12th -- 3rd Sunday of Advent
--- Holy Communion - 11:00AM
13th -- Ste Lucia's Day
19th -- 4th Sunday of Advent
--- Church Council - Noon
24th -- Christmas Eve
--- Candlelight Service - 6:30PM
25th -- Christmas
--- Holy Communion - 11:00AM
26th -- 1st Sunday of Christmas
--- St Stephen's Day
27th -- Saint John the Evangelist
28th -- Holy Innocents
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