June 7 –
Trinity Sunday
Worship materials for Trinity Sunday through the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost were contributed by Stan and Dorothy McKay of Gladstone United Church, Gladstone, Manitoba.
Lectionary
Lectionary readings from Vanderbilt Divinity Library online
(http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/BPentecost/bTrinity.htm)
The
call of Isaiah.
God’s
voice is over the waters.
Adopted
by the Spirit as children of God.
Nicodemus
visits Jesus by night.
Spark
Water
sounds and water images could provide a background for both the psalm and the
gospel reading today.
With Children
Children’s
Time might relate to the John 3:1–17 scripture, particularly verse 8, “The wind
blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where
it comes from or where it goes.” Use a fan to explain the mystery of the Spirit
moving among us. It can be gentle or powerful, as in tornadoes.
Sermon Starter
Psalm
29 shares the image of holiness “over the waters” and the power of God’s voice
as tongues of fire. Traditional Cree teachings offer that women are “keepers of
the water,” which is life-giving. Men are “keepers of the fire,” which is for
sustenance and safety. Both water and fire are referred to in biblical images
of cleansing. There are ceremonies of purification that instruct us to worship
in “Spirit” because of a lingering sense of inadequacy of the “flesh.” What are
the relationships we have with water and fire? How are they instruments of
cleansing for us today?
Hymns
VU
473 “Let all mortal
flesh keep silence”
VU 509 “I,
the Lord of sea and sky”
MV 58 “We
sing of your glory”
VU 415 “God,
we praise you for the morning”
MV 17 “God
in the darkness”
MV 224 “May
the God of peace”