Sunday Services

Sunday School - 9:30 am

Holy Communion - 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays, 10:30 am

Morning Prayer - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 10:30 am

Thursday Services

Evening Prayer/Bible Study, 7 pm

No Evening Prayer/Bible Study, June 11th

Reaching out to the least, the lonely, and the lost

Holy Communion Service at Friendship South

2nd and 4th Sundays, 2:30 pm

Thoughts from the Lectionary: Trinity Sunday

From the Gospel lesson: St. Luke 16:19 – 31

Vss.29-31  "Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
In this portion of Holy Writ we have the familiar parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. The affluent man lives a very lavish life while the beggar Lazarus lives outside the gate of the Rich Man’s home in poverty covered in sores and starving to the point that the food scraps from the Rich Man’s table seemed like a feast to him. Both men die and their conditions change drastically. The Rich Man finds himself in torment while Lazarus now lives in peace and the paradise of Abraham’s bosom. The Rich man, vexed eventually entreats father Abraham to send someone from the dead to his family that they may believe the Word of God and escape his fate. Abraham tells the man that if his brothers will not believe the Word of God that has already been revealed in the words of Moses and the Prophets they will not hear any other voice even if someone comes to them from “beyond the veil”.
Jesus Christ is risen from the dead fulfilling the Scriptures. The Word of God is clear and yet many still will not heed it even though Christ died for us, rose from the grave and has ascended to the Father, testifying of His power over death and Hell. He gives those who believe His word eternal life and paradise. If you have not already done so, now is the time to turn to Him and live.

Blessings,

Fr. Duane+