Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
(Life Support*)
As kindom co-creators, we step into the summer considering who we meet along the journey - the good road. Extending the haven of belonging outside ourselves, we spend time with our neighbors - including Trinity’s equity and mission partners. Each week, we engage in the “work of the people” (liturgy), fleshing out the portions of Trinity’s mission statement:
Trinity is fostering a haven of belonging where wanderers and wonderers gather to discover and embody the love of Jesus in the world.
*Play on bad VBS titles.: This year we embark on a journey. We have spent considerable time in the last several years working through our own healing journeys that have included stepping into lament and celebration and this year the Spirit seems to be taking us on a trip together again. We imagine ourselves preparing for a long hike, think Pacific Crest or Appalachian Trail. Hikes that a number of people have written and told stories about, often highlighting the ways the journey allowed them to reclaim themselves in some ways and discover themselves in other ways. Y’all know we love a good title for our sermon series and we decided to lean into the idea of reclaiming a part of our stories that seemed lost when we had to throw out theology that caused us harm. We’re going back to Vacation Bible School this year! We hope that the series titles offer opportunities for us all to joyfully “repack our bags”.
Quick Links:
Week by week:
June 8/Pentecost: The Spark - All Become Children + Intro/bridge to summer series (Romans 8.14-17)
June 15/ Pride Brunch: Trinity
*June 22/Juneteenth weekend: Fostering
June 29: Haven
July 6: Belonging + Brunch Sunday
*July 13/Irvington Counseling Collective: Wanderers
July 20: Wonderers + IYG at COhatch (with food drive for IYG)
*Saturday, July 26/Octavia’s Visionary Campus (OVC) with Kheprw (NO SUNDAY GATHERING): Gather
August 3: Discover + Brunch Sunday
August 10: Embody + Community Conversation
*(site tbd) August 17th/The Avenue Foundation: Love of Jesus
*Aug 24/Retreat! (Sunday with optional camping on Saturday night): Our Shared Mission + Baptisms
August 31: In the World + Brunch Sunday
*Indicates off-site (not at COhatch) Gatherings.
Discussion Prompts:
Where, or in what ways, is the Spirit prompting you/us to extend the haven of belonging beyond ourselves?
Who are you meeting along the good road?
Parent CuE & ALL AGES Resources:
Books, Articles & FILMS:
Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints
Mr. Rogers (show)
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (show)
Tattoos on the Heart by Fr. Greg Boyle
Sister Act (film, PG)
Music:
Indy Trinity Music on Spotify (also a great way for children to learn songs in order to more fully participate in Gatherings)
The Arts:
The Bengsons
Sacred Incantations by enfleshed.com
(image credit: Christian Stahl)