Trinity Episcopal Church-January 2008

January 2008

Trinitarian 1/20/08

I drove by the store in Port Huron “Toys R Us” the other day. Pretty much anybody who has kids knows it’s a store filled with a wide variety of toys (and especially the kids know). I wouldn’t go there to find a man’s wallet or a bread-making machine. It’s called “Toys R Us” (my computer doesn’t have the capability to make a backwards “R” in the name of the store) because it is filled with toys. That’s why you go there, to get a toy. And I thought, what makes a church a Church, and why do we go there?

In our reading from 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, the Apostle Paul says a Church is when people (he called saints, which is what you and I are whether we like the title or not) gather together in a place to call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. When Paul talks about being Church he uses words like sanctify, which means to become more like Jesus, and called, which means God has somehow led you to this place---you belong here. And Paul says fellowship, which means being connected to God, and also joined to each other and that’s why the time after our Sunday service that some call “coffee hour” is so important because it’s part of Church, part of fellowship, part of talking and listening and being involved with each others).

So today I thought I’d talk about being Church in my sermon: Church R Us. Where positive people go to find other people trying to be better by calling on God together, and hearing scripture, and modeling the life of Jesus. Church is not a place we go to hear about the disturbing negative news on the TV, or to hear about politics (most of you know more about politics than I do) or to find people acting the same way cut-throat shoppers may act at a Macy’s 70% off after Christmas sale.

We go to Church because we are social creatures; God said in Genesis, It is not good that a person should be alone. The grand, uniting factor is that we “Kids” (imperfect as we are) are God’s kids (regardless of your age), each one of us is diverse, distinct, and real.

Church R Us!

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