Trinity Sunday
Leader : Ray Bridden (from Bakewell)
Readings : Psalm 8
John 16 5-1`6
Acts 2v 33 Peter talks about the Trinity “Jesus received from The Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured what we now see and hear”
Trinity is part and parcel of the church year it is a difficult subject to preach about and has been likened many times to different things : i.e clover with its three leaves, a milking stool with three legs, an egg with its shell, yolk and white but all these are imperfect illustrations even though they have three different constituents.
The early church had difficulties and to try to solve it they wrote The Creed which is still used in different forms today – I believe in ….
God, Jesus The Holy Spirit
It is interesting that the word Trinity does not appear in scripture although the three God/Jesus/Holy Spirit are mentioned on numerous occasions. All work in harmony.
They are the centre of the Christian faith.
God The Father – Creator, Loving – we are God’s children
Jesus – The Son our example, our saviour.
The Holy Spirit- The comforter lives in our hearts and minds so we can be what God intends – to share the Good News of the Kingdom of God.
We were honoured when the President of the Congregational Federation and his wife called in and joined our afternoon service.