Fourth Week After Pentecost

At the beginning of a musical or film, sometimes the orchestra plays an “overture,” a kind of preview of the main themes we’re about to hear in the production. That’s what this story is like in the Gospel of Mark. It boils everything down to one dramatic episode: the powerful opposition, the disciples’ fear and doubt, and Jesus’ serene triumph. Viewed this way, the story also foreshadows Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection.

In our scripture readings this week, against the odds, David prevails over the giant Goliath. Against the odds, Jesus calms a violent storm. How can this be? How could David win the fight with someone so powerful? How did Jesus manage to calm that storm? When we are our authentic selves, accepting our place in the scheme of things and our limitations, we are opened to a power beyond intellect, a power beyond ourselves that enables great things. What happens when we don’t give up or give in, but give way? When we live in the present moment (now is the time), God works through us.

Service

Church on Zoom

Piloting Faith - Micah 6:8

As we enter into what we hope will be the final chapter of a global pandemic, we are emerging into a world forever changed. Our traditional infrastructures are fading, being replaced by ways of organizing and doing life together that meet certain modern needs and leave others unmet. It’s the way of institutions giving way to movements and becoming institutions again, the ebb and flow of life, death and life.

So what will this mean for us? What will this mean for the Church? Rev. Cameron Trimble sees good, but different, days ahead.

Guest Speaker: Rev. Cameron Trimble

9:50AM — Greet & chat
10:00AM — Service begins

Contemporary

What Kind of Asian Are You?

May was Asian Heritage Month and on June 27th, Shelburne is hosting an online Multicultural Event. In the light of these two events, this video, that went viral on youtube, uses humour to demonstrate how easily we can fall into old ways of thinking about others based on their appearance. Another example of falling into the trap of believing a "single story" about another.