Worship & Congregation

In the Sermon the Plain, Jesus draws a new blueprint for humanity — a hope-filled flipping of the status quo that doesn’t pit us against one another but invites all of us in. “Is there anything he says that does not include you?” ask the Rev. Michael Bird. When everything feels upside down, God stands with us, heals us, and reminds us of the reason we were created: “out of love, with love, for love — together.”

Ruth Frey, Trinity’s director of community programs and public life, considers the meaning of hope and how we might practice it in our everyday lives.

Preaching on two Bible stories about God calling ordinary people — the prophet Isaiah and the disciple Simon Peter — to new and unexpected paths, Father Phil reminds us that, if we’re open to it, the call of God can “upend our lives and take us into another place, into another direction — into another call.” And if it does, as Jesus reminds Simon Peter, we don’t have to be afraid. We can know God’s call is good.

Trinity’s Vicar, the Rev. Michael Bird, offers a hands-on instructive Eucharist, sharing the purpose behind and connections between each part of this rite.

Scripture continually reminds us that our calling is to love God — and love our neighbors as ourselves, preaches the Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles.

Dr. Scott MacDougall, associate professor of theology at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, discusses the theology of the Eucharist and helps us understand how preparing and gathering at the table forms our lives as Christians.