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Father most holy, merciful and loving,
Jesu, Redeemer, ever to be worshipp’d,
Life-giving Spirit, Comforter most gracious,
God everlasting.
From the anonymous tenth-century Latin hymn O Pater, Sancte. English translation from Hymns Ancient and Modern: For Use in the Services of the Church with Accompanying Tunes (London: William Clowes and Sons, 1904), #189.
Worship Night at the Swamp. This Sunday, April 29th from 5:30 to 8 PM. If you come out to the church, you’ll be all alone. We are meeting in the O-Dome parking lot on the west side of the stadium. We’ll spend the night praying, sharing stories, and singing songs. Pickup will be back at the same spot in the O-Dome parking lot.
Tomorrow, 10 am – noon, we will be having another Bike Day at the church property. We will be blocking off the parking lot so our kiddos can ride their bikes around the paved parking area safely and freely. Bring your bikes, trikes, scooters, cosy coupes…whatever you can think of to ride around. Don’t forget sunscreen and snacks! We will have a door to the church open for potty runs or the water fountain.
Hope to see you all there!
The theme of this developing sermon in my head seems to be “Loving The Trinity”. Not loving the doctrine of the trinity—but loving our triune God.
The Church of Jesus Christ has loved the trinity for 2000 years.
The same Trinitarian doctrine is clearly confessed in the ancient creeds of the Christian church. In the Apostles’ Creed, for example, believers confess their faith in “God, the Father Almighty,” in “Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,” and in “the Holy Ghost.” Similarly, the Nicene Creed states, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth . . . and in Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God . . . and in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified.”
–Michael LeFebvre & Phil Ryken, “Our Triune God”
