Pentecost Coming

We have just entered the long, "green" season of the church year, the season of Pentecost. In this case "green" refers to the liturgical color, symbolizing growth and life. But it could also refer to our efforts to "go green" by entering our summer schedule with worship at 6pm on Saturday and 9:30am on Sundays, beginning this coming Sunday June 7 and going through the end of August. During these summer months our worship setting is the same on both Saturday and Sunday, using Setting 10 from our hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship. This setting includes many familiar hymn tunes for the liturgy and is one of our favorites.Also, for this summer schedule, a staffed nursery will be available for our Saturday night service along with our Sunday morning service. If you took a "post-it note" off of the "wish list" board for Daycamp, you can bring those items in anytime up to and including next Sunday. As the week unfolds, remember to pray for those going on our Mission Trip to West Virginia the end of this week. They will be returning the end of next week. This coming weekend we'll still have some "bracelets" available with the names of those going for you to wear as a reminder to pray for them. Also, if you'd like to be a part of supporting that trip, it's not too late. Any gifts marked "Mission Trip" are greatly appreciated.Looking ahead to next weekend, June 6-7, we celebrate the only festival day of the year based on a teaching of the church and not on an event. Trinity Sunday is coming up, when we gather around that mystery of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit; one in three and three in one. May you all have a blessed week and may you be open to the presence and guiding of the Holy Spirit as the week unfolds. See you in church! Pastor Jack Diehl www.oursaviorelca.com