Trinity Church, Hello!
Last year we learned about the primary purpose of prayer. Do you remember? Prayer isn’t to get God to do what we think he ought to do; rather, the primary purpose of prayer is to be properly formed by Him. And isn’t this what we want, Church? To be formed by the ONE who loves us so much that He gave His life for us so that we too can embody His love?
This fall we have two BIG invitations to come face-to-face with God and ourselves in Christ which will help us continue being formed by Him.
Two Invitations:
The first is Church Camp where we will learn to listen for the voice of God who invites us to “Come” as His beloved children into His presence. We’ll think about who He is and who we are to Him. It’s going to be a meaningful time together.
The second invitation is to join up Wednesday nights into what we are calling Table Groups to learn how we might respond to God’s “Come, Beloved” through practices like prayer, Sabbath rest, reading the Bible, and joyful giving. We’ll do this by working through the Practicing the Way Series with John Mark Comer, discussing how we can participate in the work of God making us more like Jesus as we spend time with Him, doing the things He did.
Mark these Wednesdays on your calendars:
September 18: Table Group Meal & Kick-off Night
Sept 25 – Nov 13: 8-Week Practicing the Way Series
November 20: Celebration Meal & Toast to God!
Watch for sign-ups to begin next week, and we hope to have childcare available all 10 weeks!
Beloved Children, together let’s say YES to God’s “Come”.
Anticipating God’s loving work in and through us,
Nicole
Evensong Resumes This Fall
Monthly Evensong services resume Sunday, September 29th!
We practice once a month on the Saturday before, rehearsing and leading the service on the last weekend of the month. There are eight Evensong services scheduled for September through June. We are in need of committed, musical women, high school and older, to join the ensemble. An ability to read music and ensemble experience is helpful. If you are interested in singing with us, please let me know so that I can follow up with more details. Call/text: 206-354-2947. -Hannah Pick
Interested in 2025 Pilgrimages?
If you didn’t attend the pilgrimage exploration meeting on August 4th, and you’re interested in possibly attending a pilgrimage to the United States/Mexico border (Abara) or England, please sign up here for someone to contact you.
Godly Play News
Parent information Meeting - Aug 18, 2024@ Methow Park
Parents! After the worship service, please plan to join us for 20 minutes under a shady tree at Methow Park to hear important updates about Godly Play while your children play and enjoy doughnuts!
Kids Singing!
The kids will help lead the congregation in “Our Father,” again during service on Sunday, August 18th.
You’re invited to a free zoom seminar sponsored by the ACNA!August 21st, 11 a.m. ET (8 a.m. our time) - Empowering Parents for Conversations about Body Safety
The responsibility for protecting children and youth from abuse lies with the adults in their lives. However, it is both possible and vital to equip young people without frightening them, to recognize red flags and know what to do in response. SLN and FLN are teaming up to offer training by Zero Abuse Project for parents and leaders serving young people in the church.
We need your help!
If you are interested in joining our Godly Play team, please reach out to Kelsee Drain at kelsee@trinitywenatchee.org. We have a team training at the church on Aug. 19th at 6:30pm and would love to have you attend to learn more about this important ministry.
Julie Canlis wrote this wonderful article about “Why I Start Every Graduate Lecture With a Children’s Book” for the Regent College CRUX publication.
George MacDonald Book Club
Announcing the Next Book for October
Dear faithful book clubbers,
Once again, we had a wonderful time discussing MacDonald's most autobiographical novel, Robert Falconer. Thank you to those who came, shared favorite quotes, drank elderflower cordial, and ate shortbread! We voted on a shorter next novel, one which is nearly a fairy-tale (that many children have read) but which deals beautifully with mature themes (which, as we know by now, were believed by George MacDonald to be entirely appropriate for children, who were strong enough to understand and be moved and strengthened by them).
Our gathering will be 6:30pm October 27th at a location TBD. I will be giving a paper on George MacDonald at a UK conference, so our indomitable librarian - Trevor Sill - has agreed to lead the gathering (and I'm jealous - I am learning so much from him!) If you don't know Trevor, I've asked him to introduce himself and the book below:
From Trevor Sill: I first ran across George MacDonald through the works of C. S. Lewis. Like so many others, I loved Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, and after that, his Space Trilogy. When I read Lewis' The Great Divorce, Lewis includes George MacDonald as a character/guide within this book, like Virgil was for Dante in the Divine Comedy (writer Peter Kreeft describes the Great Divorce as, "the Divine Comedy for modern attention spans."). I loved Lewis and if Lewis loved MacDonald...well, I figured I had to find out more about this MacDonald fellow. I began with MacDonald's fantasy works and many, many books later, one of his works that really strikes a chord in me is At the Back of the North Wind.
At the Back of the North Wind is one of those works that gets inside of you and points you to a "far-off song". In the words of Douglas Gresham, stepson of C. S. Lewis, "The story is one that will either fascinate you, or one that will drag you forward into George MacDonald's amazing theology or indeed simply into his astonishing knowledge that freely slides into our minds long before we are aware of it." It blends realism and poetical language to deal with the issues of death and suffering (probably the biggest issues to reconcile with our faith) as it relates to our trust in the goodness of God. At the Back of the North Wind is a gem and, once you read it, you'll come back to it again and again.
Edition recommendations - below are a couple good editions of At the Back of the North Wind and a great audio dramatization by Focus on the Family (this would be great for kids):
Wise Path Books - Cullen Collection edition, includes a great introduction by Michael Phillips
The Room to Roam - This edition has illustrations and large font plus an introduction by Douglas Gresham
Focus on the Family Radio Theatre - a dramatized audio production, available as a digital download and on CD (yeah, some of us still have CD players...)
Any questions (or if you would like to host)?
Contact Trevor: trevsill1054@gmail.com
Summer at a Glance
June 23 - Aug 18 - ONE Service for the Summer at 9am
Aug 25 - Congregational Meeting at 8:30am.
Aug 25 - One Service at 9:45am
Sept 1 - Begin Two Services. 8:30am and 9:45am
Sept 6-8 - Church Camp at Tall Timber
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