Trinity Sunday
Happy Father’s Day
to all you wonderful daddies!
Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him.
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. [Take no gold, or silver, or copper in your belts, no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for laborers deserve their food. Whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave. As you enter the house, greet it. If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
“See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles. When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.”]
Matthew 9:35-10:8(9-23)
Harvest
in Provence
GOGH,
Vincent van
1888
Israel
Museum
Jerusalem
Israel
When we focus on our gratitude,
the tide of disappointment goes out
and the tide of love rushes in.
~
Kristin Armstrong
It doesn’t matter who my father was;
it matters who I remember he was.
~
Anne Sexton
Cowboy Sunday at church
Jeff
Hildebrandt, Cowboy Poet,
was
our Guest in the Pulpit.
He
uses his “gift of poetry as a witness to God’s Grace,
encouraging
believers to "go and do, not sit and stew.”
Our
pastor’s very active son.
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Anna
Marie Nelson, Rita Sullivan, and I had our first
golf
game of the season on Wednesday!
Lots
of goslings!
100
Holes of Golf was held on Thursday and I got to ride around
and
take pictures.
The
friendly marmots whistled players on.
All
types of equipment were allowed to be used to hit the balls.
Paddle
Boarding class on the lake.
Dale
and Linda Lovin
President
Linda presided over her last weekly meeting on Friday morning
and
Dale came for the special occasion.
Thank
you, Linda!!!
~ John Steinbeck
June 18, 2017 Second Sunday after Pentecost
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
Genesis 18:1-15,
(21:1-7) with Psalm 116:1-2,12-19 or
Exodus 19:2-8a with Ps 100
Romans 5:1-8
Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)
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