Sermons from May 2010

By The Rev. Sherry Crompton May 30, 2010 (Trinity Sunday) Read: Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31; Romans 5:1-5 and John 16:12-15 Today is Trinity Sunday. The Sunday in which we focus on the mystery that is the triune God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The three in one. Metaphors for the Trinity are often helpful in understanding the mystery of our three-in-one God. A Bach Trio Concerto blends three different streams of music together into a beautiful whole. So too a trio…

By The Rev. Sherry Crompton May 23, 2010 (Pentecost Sunday) Read: Acts 2:1-21 and John 14:8-17, 25-27 Today is Pentecost. The coming of the Holy Spirit when “they were all together in one place and suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting”. “Divided tongues, like fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.” How do you picture those tongues…

By The Rev. Sherry Crompton May 9, 2010 Read: John 14:23-39 In this simple reading is great peace. Jesus says, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” It is peace because of the abiding presence, but it is not a peace that sits still. It is an abiding that leads forth into…

By The Rev. Sherry Crompton May 2, 2010 Read: John 13:31-35 Judas has gone out, the Gospel lesson says. The hour had come. There was no turning back now. The betrayal had been set in motion and could not be stopped now. Today’s gospel is taking us back to the last supper and is Jesus’ final discourse to the disciples before his crucifixion. Judas had just taken the morsel of bread from Jesus and had his feet washed by Jesus.…