When you join us for worship, you will be greeted and given a bulletin that will help guide you through the order of the service. Episcopal services are based on The Book of Common Prayer which will be the red book in your pew.
During worship, you will be able to follow along from the bulletin with the corresponding page numbers in The Book of Common Prayer. There will be several opportunities where you can enjoy or join in singing hymns. Music and words for the hymns are found in the blue hymnal in the pew.
Episcopal worship is centered around Communion, also known as The Holy Eucharist. All are invited to come forward and receive the bread and wine during communion, or if you would prefer you can come forward to receive a blessing by the priest or simply remain seated.
Services start at 10:00am on Sundays. Service of Holy Eucharist typically lasts about an hour. Service of Morning Prayer is usually half an hour.
After service, please join us for refreshments and fellowship downstairs in Morrill Hall. A chairlift is available if needed.
If you would like more information about the Episcopal Church or how to join or get involved please see a church member or send an email to secretary@trinityware.org.
Any chef will tell you the importance of the right amount of salt in food. Because what salt does best- working with all other flavors, enhancing what is already in the dish- is hold the plate together. Salt does not work in isolation.
This Sunday's Gospel (Matthew 5:13-20) continues the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus tells those gathered, and by extension us, "You are the salt of the earth." Not a standout, but essential. And also, "You are the light of the world." The light that comes from Jesus's love is not meant to be hidden away or kept for ourselves. Again, Jesus says that the light cannot be isolated or hidden but that the light exists for and within the world.
I found these words in a reflection on the church's lectionary page:
"The point of the salt is not the salt itself.
The point of the light is not the light itself.
The point is God’s glory
Neither salt nor light makes sense on its own. Salt only works in relationship with other ingredients. Light shines so that others can see. Jesus’s metaphors are about community, not individualism. They assume connection, relationship, interdependence: an ecosystem, not a solo performance."
The point is God's glory . . . we are called to be the light to those around us, to share God's love and Jesus's message of hope. . . "so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven."
May it be so,
God's peace to you-
Suzanne
