AUGUST NEWSLETTER 2010

                                                Vol 6  No. 7

Trinity has started a youth group for all the young and young at heart of the parish.  Upcoming events are canoeing in August and attending a Colorado Rapids soccer game in October.

Ordinary Time

In the Sundays after Pentecost the appointed lessons for each Sunday focus on the ministry and teachings of Jesus.  Also know as "Ordinary Time" in the church year after the high holy days of Easter and Pentecost, the Sundays after Pentecost acquaint us with Jesus the healer and the miracle worker, and Jesus the teacher.  We learn from Jesus how we are to live in the Reign of God breaking into our world.  He is our healer, our savior  and our teacher. 

Jesus is the example for us of how life is to be lived.  Being a Christian is not just about ones intellectual belief in a set of doctrines--it is a being transformed and renewed by the Spirit of Christ.  It is a "dying" of the old false self and a "birthing" of one's true self created in the image of God.  This is not something we do, but it is the work of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us.  Being  a Christian is not about being right or correct, nor is it even about being good so God can love us; it is about being in relationship with the Triune God, so Christ's love can shine through us.   

St. Paul writes in his letter to the Ephesians "I pray...that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are rooted and grounded in love." 

May the Holy Spirit sanctify and enlighten us to follow Jesus our healer, savior and teacher.   

Yoga Classes Begin at Trinity

Starting August 23, yoga classes will be offered at Trinity Monday evenings at 5:30 PM by Mountain Moon Yoga.  The cost per session is $12 and no reservations are needed.  For more information contact Margaret at www.mtmoonyoga.com.  

(There will be no session on September 6th.)   

Top Ten Reasons for being an Episcopalian.

(According to Robin Williams)

• No snake handling
• You can believe in dinosaurs.
• Male and female God created them; male and female we ordain them.
• You don't have to check your brains at the door.
• Pew aeorbics.
• Church year is color coded.
• Free wine on Sunday.
• All of the pageantry, none of the guilt.
• You don't have to know how to swim to be baptized.
• No matter what you believe , there is bound to be at least one other Episcopalian who agrees with you.  

Contact Father Michael Mortvedt at vicarmichael@q.com

Trinity Episcopal Church is a mission of the Diocese of Colorado. The congregation welcomes all to worship with us and practices open communion; where all Christians are welcome at the Lord's table.

Please join us this Sunday for meaningful worship and fellowship following the service.