Worship Service – June 15, 2025 Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday – Worship Service – June 15, 2025

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Gospel Lesson: John 16:12-15

On this Trinity Sunday, Pastor Chris delivered a powerful reflection on trust, memory, and divine presence in uncertain times. Rooted in Jesus’s promise from John 16—“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth”—the sermon explored the gift of the Holy Spirit as both continuity and comfort, challenge and companion.

With vulnerability and grace, Pastor Chris shared how his father’s steady voice—often captured in the simple, loving refrain, “just do the best you can”—has remained a guiding presence in his life. That quiet wisdom, spoken in love, mirrors the kind of guidance the Holy Spirit offers: not control, but relationship; not certainty, but reassurance. When someone we trust steps away, we might wonder how to go on. The disciples surely felt the same. And so Jesus promises another voice—one that will remind them, and us, of who we are and who we are called to follow.

In a time when Jesus’s name is too often weaponized to justify exclusion or harm, Pastor Chris offered this critical reminder: the Spirit will never contradict the life and teachings of Jesus. The Spirit will never sow hatred, division, or domination. Instead, she leads us deeper into truth, compassion, and beloved community.

Drawing on the bulletin’s poignant quotes, we were reminded by theologians like Barbara Brown Taylor, Shannon Kearns, and Carter Heyward that the Spirit shows up in unexpected ways: not to solve our problems, but to remind us that God is already here. The Spirit nudges us toward justice, calls us to community, and stirs us toward our truest selves.

This Spirit is not abstract. She’s real. She may even sound like the voice of a loving parent whispering, “just do the best you can.” And in that voice, we remember that we are not alone. The Spirit is still speaking. Still guiding. Still making us whole.

Thanks be to God.