Scripture lessons for June 7

We begin the month of June and the Second Sunday after Pentecost with a unique summer sermon series. Pastor Charles will be preaching this summer on the favorite hymns of the congregation each Sunday!

The first hymn, chosen by Mike R., is "Standing on the Promises," #374.

Our scripture lessons will come from Genesis 12:1-9 and Romans 4:13-15.

Trinity Sunday at Glenville UMC

Prayer shawl for Nancy H., a friend of Belinda's

Shelley G. is today's reader

"The Trinity Made Simple"

JOYS

+ Pastor Charles said that after 34 years in ministry he will become officially in a "retired status" with the United Methodist Church effective July 1, 2026. (That being said, there will be no change in his ministerial setting at Thorne Crest Senior Living Center in Albert Lea and the Glenville United Methodist Church.) 

+ Shelley G. thanks God for last weekend's joyful family celebrations: granddaughter graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa; grandson graduated from high school in Plymouth, Minnesota.

+ Bob S. thanks God for the nearly 2,000 people who attended last week's Memorial Day gathering at a New Ulm cemetery, where he served as a keynote speaker. He said it was an amazing sight to see @ 400 5'x8' burial flags waving in the breeze that day.

+ Belinda A. said it was great to see Sid T.'s white Corvette convertible in the Thorne Crest car show last Thursday.

CONCERNS

+ Belinda A. invited the church family to join her in praying for her dear friend Nancy (in Texas) who is in the hospital, dealing with medical challenges. (Belinda asked the church family to bless one of Shelley G.'s beautiful handmade prayer shawls for Nancy.)

+ Rita W. invited the church family to join her in praying for her friend Steve who is having knee surgery tomorrow.

Bulletin for Trinity Sunday

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” – 2 Corinthians 13:14

Prelude Music

Welcome & Announcements

*Call to Worship - posted on Rev-o-lution

God our Father, our Creator, who made the heavens and earth: We are Your children, and we are in awe of all You have made. Christ the Son, our Redeemer and Savior, You lived and died for us all: You live again and have prepared the way for us. Holy Spirit, the Sustainer, You move in us and among us: We follow Your wisdom and feel Your presence. God, Triune, Three-in-one, help us to know You more fully. Guide us in this time of worship. Amen. 

*Hymn: “From All That Dwell Below the Skies," #101

*Prayer for Trinity Sunday - posted on Soul Shepherding

The Trinity restores you; they make Their face to shine all around you so that you are saved. The Father loves you; He makes His face to shine down on you so that you are saved. The Son graces you; He makes His face to shine right beside you so that you are saved. The Spirit lives in you; She makes Her face to shine inside you so that you are saved. The Trinity empowers you; They make their face to shine through you so that others are saved. Amen.

*Gloria Patri: #70

*Passing the Peace of Christ

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer 

The Lord’s Prayer (sung)

Invitation to the Offering

*Doxology: #95

*Offering Prayer

Epistle Lesson: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy,” #64

Gospel Lesson: Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon: “The Trinity Made Simple”

*Hymn: “Go, Make of All Disciples," #571

*Benediction

*Choral Amen

Postlude Music

“The worship is ended; let the service begin.”

*Please rise in body or in spirit.

Laughing With the Trinity

Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green
New Haven, Connecticut

Do you want to know what goes on in the core of the Trinity?

I will tell you.

In the core of the Trinity

the Father laughs

and gives birth to the Son.

The Son laughs back at the Father

and gives birth to the Spirit.

The whole Trinity laughs

and gives birth to us.      

Meister Eckhart, German theologian, philosopher, and mystic (1260-1327)

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If you would like to receive the weekly lesson (delivered each Thursday), please let Pastor Charles know!

Wednesday with the Wesleys

How shall we blush to behold that exceeding and eternal weight of glory, that is conferred upon us for that little, or rather nothing, which we have done or suffered for our Lord! That God gave us being, that preserved us, that fed and clothed us in our passage through the world; and what is infinitely more, that gave his only son to die for us; and has by his grace purified and conducted us safe to his glory. Oh, blessed grace! Mysterious love! How shall we then adore and praise what we cannot here apprehend aright! How will love and joy work in the soul! But I cannot express it, I cannot conceive it…

~ Susanna Wesley

Prayer for Memorial Day

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." — Matthew 5:4

Almighty God, before whom stand the living and the dead, we Your children, whose mortal life is but a hand’s breadth, give thanks to You: For all those through whom You have blessed our pilgrimage, whose lives that have empowered us, whose influence is a healing grace, we lift up thankful hearts.

For the dear friends and family members whose faces we see no more,                     but whose love is with us forever . . .

For the teachers and companions of our childhood and youth, and for the members of our household of faith who worship You now in heaven…

For those who sacrificed themselves, our brothers and sisters who have given their lives for the sake of others…

That we may hold them all in continual remembrance, and ever think of them as with You in that city whose gates are not shut by day and where there is no night…

That we may now be dedicated to working for a world where labor is rewarded, fear dispelled, and the nations made one, O Lord, save Your people and bless Your heritage. Day by day we magnify You, and worship Your name, for ever and ever. Amen.

From the website of Wellspring UMC - Oswego, Illinois