This Sunday: Our Keiki/Youth Service!

ALOHA! This Sunday, we celebrate Trinity Sunday as we enter the long season after Pentecost—sometimes called “Ordinary Time.” But at St. Timothy’s, it will be anything but ordinary! The season after Pentecost invites us to discover God’s presence in the sacred rhythms of everyday life, and there is nothing ordinary about that.

Trinity Sunday reminds us that the heart of God is relationship, love, and community, and we will celebrate that spirit together in a joyful Keiki/Youth Service. We are delighted to have the Rev. Karen Swanson with us to lead the service. We will also honor our graduates. While I will be away on vacation, I know you will be richly blessed by their leadership and by the energy and faith of our children. Please join us in support of our wonderful keiki this Sunday at 9 a.m. in the Chapel, or on Facebook Live!

LAST SUNDAY we celebrated the Day of Pentecost. We saw that in Acts 2:1–21, the Holy Spirit descends with wind and flame, transforming a frightened group of disciples into a bold community ready to carry Christ’s message into the world. This year, Pentecost was part of our Memorial Day weekend, inviting us to reflect both on the Spirit’s power to renew life and on the human cost of conflict and division in our world. I hope that this past week you’ve considered what it means to open ourselves to the movement of God’s Spirit, even in anxious and uncertain times.

Humongous thanks go to our wonderful choir and musician Zach Hamada, who in our Pentecost Day service led us in a new hymn for Pentecost and offered the beautiful anthem for Memorial Day, “Mansions of the Lord.” Mahalo!

THIS SUNDAY there will be NO “CONFIRMING FAITH” ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. We’ll return on June 7 when we explore The Church and The Creeds. Join us!

I will be on vacation from Wednesday, May 27, through Friday, June 5. I’m grateful that Rev. Karen will be available for pastoral needs. Please contact the church office if you need pastoral support during that time, and Rev. Karen will be notified.

Beloved siblings in Christ, thank you for the many ways you continue to share in the life and ministry of St. Timothy’s Church through your prayers, presence, generosity, and care for one another. In every season of the Church year, God continues to guide and strengthen us as a community of faith. Please know that I hold you continually in my prayers, and I ask your faithful prayers for our parish, for all who lead and serve here, for every member of our ʻohana, and for your vicar. May the blessing of Almighty God be upon you and remain with you always.

Aloha Ke Akua!
Rev. Pete+