A MESSAGE FROM THE PASTOR
MAY 2026
TRINITY U.C.C. VISION STATEMENT:
All will know the love of God through the teaching of Jesus!!
Trinity U.C.C. is called by
God to:
–Share God’s love with our
community
–Serve God’s children
–Bring healing and
wholeness to those in need
–Share the Gospel in
liturgy, music and study
God to:
–Share God’s love with our
community
–Serve God’s children
–Bring healing and
wholeness to those in need
–Share the Gospel in
liturgy, music and study
Catch the Vision,
Share the Joy!!
Amazed and astonished, they asked, ‘Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? (Acts 2:7)
Dear Friends,
After a recent visit with Donna Zirkel at Homestead Village, I drove past Rev. Milton Gockley’s home on the campus of Homestead Village. Many of you will remember Rev. Gockley, the brother-in-law of Mid Gockley, who preached at Trinity last October. Rev. Gockley plants hundreds of tulip bulbs around his cottage at Homestead Village. As you can see from the picture below, it is a beautiful sight! This scene came to mind as I stumbled across a poem that Joyce Rupp wrote for Pentecost.
Astonished and Amazed
Like tulips long lying hidden
Suddenly spring forth
Making beauty out of sunlight
Like tulips long lying hidden
Suddenly spring forth
Making beauty out of sunlight
Like soil caught and turned,
Warm, moist, and ready for seed,
Opening its heart for growing
Warm, moist, and ready for seed,
Opening its heart for growing
Like spring speaking to the day
About the goodness of the earth,
Patterning green on every plain
About the goodness of the earth,
Patterning green on every plain
Like trickles of raindrops
Smoothing earth’s rough edges,
Healing hardened hillsides
Smoothing earth’s rough edges,
Healing hardened hillsides
Like all these quiet miracles
So is the coming of Spirit
Telling of the surge of life
So is the coming of Spirit
Telling of the surge of life
Urging me to gaze again
Upon my very common days,
To look within and be amazed
Upon my very common days,
To look within and be amazed
(Taken from Out of the Ordinary: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Every Season, Joyce Rupp, 2000)
Pentecost Sunday is the conclusion of the Easter celebration. The resurrected Christ offers the gift of the Holy Spirit to empower, guide, and sustain the community of faith as it continues to be witnesses of the resurrection. Let us be astonished and amazed at the movement of the Holy Spirit as we share this good news with the world!
Blessings,
Pastor Chris
