Join us for Amaris Jones' sermon:
Advent 3: The Magnificat, The Song of Mary

This Advent we are looking at the story through the lens of Mary. The one single person in all of history who was closest to Jesus, his mom. Historically we know that Mary was in Ephesus later in life. Can you imagine the Christmas Eve gatherings there with the community in Ephesus? "Mary, tell us the story again..."

As we continue this Advent the story of Mary, this week we look more in depth at the Magnificat, "The Song of Mary." A beautiful prayer in response to God's work in her life, yet somehow over the years and centuries has sometimes been banned by those in public or government authority.
Often in places where the people who were humble, the working class, the pheasants, the farmers, and the common people, were feared to be wanting the "rulers brought down from their thrones", just as the prayer calls for. You might be thinking, "Mary? God's mom? The one in the manger scene wearing cotton candy blue?"

Join us Amaris leads us through this beautiful insight into the Song of Mary. Calling us to make space for the Holy Spirit, to make space for lifting one another up. To lift up the humble, to feed the hungry, to care for the poor and the sick, the refugee and the prisoner. To bring the realities of the Kingdom of God and of Jesus into our world today.

Join us Christmas Eve at 4pm!
 
Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

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May the peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Mother Wendy Dixon's sermon:
Advent 2: Mary and Elizabeth, The Visitation

Advent is the season of waiting. This week we look at the story of Mary with her friend and cousin, Elizabeth, the soon to be mother of John (the Baptist).

This Advent we are looking at the story through the lens of Mary. The one single person in all of history who was closest to Jesus, his mom. Historically we know that Mary was in Ephesus later in life. Can you imagine the Christmas Eve gatherings there with the community in Ephesus? "Mary, tell us the story again..."

Join us as Wendy shares an insightful look at these two women who played such a significant role in the lives of Jesus and John the Baptist. That we might also learn to recognize the works of Jesus in our lives and in the lives of those around us.

Join us Christmas Eve at 4pm!
 
Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

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May the peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: 
Advent 1: Mary and Gabriel, the Annunciation

Advent is the season of waiting. This week we look at the story of Mary and the angel Gabriel. The Annunciation

This Advent we are looking at the story through the lens of Mary. The one single person in all of history who was closest to Jesus, his mom. Historically we know that Mary was in Ephesus later in life. Can you imagine the Christmas Eve gatherings there with the community in Ephesus? "Mary, tell us the story again..."

There's a long history in our faith of recognizing the parallels of athletic training (formation) and spiritual training (formation). Time under "tension" can seem like forever. We sometimes pray, "Lord, I want to grow and change in this area, how much longer will it take?". Sometimes we long for change, we pay attention to what's setting us off, and to those areas of our lives where we would like to do better so that we can love God and love our neighbors better. Like athletes, these changes don't happen overnight. Some of us are waiting for the world to be made whole. Waiting for God's kingdom to come about.

A beautiful reminder that God loves us enough to walk in these places with us.

Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

Connect with us at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org, follow us on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/trinitynorthshore, on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trinitynorthshore/ or enjoy this sermon on on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwu5Xy7uzRUFrBKZ01MNyRw

May the peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon:
Christ the King -The Self Giving Way of The Kingdom of God vs the Ambitions of Empire.

We celebrate Christ the King Sunday which marks the end of the Church Calendar year. Culminating with the celebration of Jesus as King of Kings.
We find in our story today Jesus, the King, standing before Pilate (the Governor of Judea).
Pilate is asking him these four questions:
Are you king of the Jews?
What have you done?
So, you are a king?
What is truth?

In this insightful sermon, Jen talks us through the story and the background and the very important perspective and situation that we are finding Jesus and Pilate in.

What's the difference between the Kingdom of God and the Empires of our world? The Kingdom of God inverts Empire. Good news for the poor, liberty to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, and to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.

Did we care for those that Empire tramples? The hungry? The thirsty? The prisoners? With Christ's help we can reject the ambitions of Empire and follow the self giving love and way of Jesus.

What is truth?
Jesus is truth, Jesus is King, and Jesus loves you and loves His good creation.

Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

Connect with us at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org, follow us on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/trinitynorthshore, on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trinitynorthshore/ or enjoy this sermon on on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwu5Xy7uzRUFrBKZ01MNyRw

May the peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon:
Imago Dei- Created in the Image of God

In this fascinating sermon, Tim leads us into the Imago Dei. The Image of God.

One of the most amazing proclamations of our faith is that human beings are made in the image of God. What is it to be created in the image of God? Where do we find the Imago Dei? The Image of God within us? What does this mean?

Genesis tells us that we (each one of us), BOTH Male and Female, are made in the image of God.

What is the image of God? How can something be so amazing and blatantly stated and yet for some of us we find ourselves struggling with it and caught in compromise?

How do we find the Imago Dei and "live into it"?

from our reading today in Colossians:
"Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!

As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."

Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

Connect with us at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org, follow us on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/trinitynorthshore, on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trinitynorthshore/ or enjoy this sermon on on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwu5Xy7uzRUFrBKZ01MNyRw

May the peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon:
King of Hope:
Hold on to Hope, Shine Like Stars Against the Darkness

From our scripture reading today in Philippians 2:
'Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. '

There is an energy that God works that will never be blunted out. A movement of God and of love that cannot be stopped and that will be restored.

Kings want to shine, they want to be adored, but Jesus the King of Kings humbly goes with those who would arrest him in the garden.

In the end we hold onto hope because we know that Jesus gets the final word, because He is worthy, because He has earned it.

When we see through the lies of this age and of evil men who would make themselves kings, and when we instead hold onto Jesus; when we are honest, real, true and vulnerable, bringing all that we are into following Jesus and his self-giving love;  then as Paul says we, "may become blameless and pure, 'children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.' Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.

Trinity North Shore and the church world wide is called into this beautiful way of following Jesus.

"I am not an optimist because I'm not sure everything ends well, nor am I a pessimist because I am not sure everything ends badly, I just carry hope in my heart.
Hope is the feeling that life and work have a meaning, you either have it or you don't. Regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.
Life without hope is an empty, boring, and useless life. I cannot imagine that I could strive for something if I did not carry hope in me.

I am thankful to God for this gift. It is as big as life itself.
Truth and love will overcome lies and hatred. Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience. Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth, and it is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs."
--Vaclav Havel

Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

Connect with us at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org, follow us on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/trinitynorthshore, on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trinitynorthshore/ or enjoy this sermon on on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwu5Xy7uzRUFrBKZ01MNyRw

May the peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Mother Wendy Dixon's sermon: 
All Saints
From our Scripture in Revelation 7:
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

“Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
 the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, 
and he will guide them to springs of living water, 
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” 

In this lovely sermon, Wendy invites us into some of the stories of the saints in her own journey, and throughout history. Many of them social reformers supporting humanitarian, prison, health, and immigration reforms. Poets, writers, teachers, translators, musicians, lawyers, scholars, composers, farmers, fisherman, community builders, national and international leaders, philosophers, etc. etc. Each according to the gifts and talents they've been given. Reminding us how we too fit into the story of ALL the saints within our own callings, vocations, families and neighborhoods.

Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

Connect with us at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org, follow us on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/trinitynorthshore, on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trinitynorthshore/ or enjoy this sermon on on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwu5Xy7uzRUFrBKZ01MNyRw

May the peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon:  Regaining the Initiative to Love

From Romans chapter 12:
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God...
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.’ No, ‘if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.’ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

One of the key questions for the church today in our moment, in our society, is how do we regain the initiative? Like our incarnate God, Jesus showed up for us and for all humankind declaring his love for us and for all creation, how do we show up for our neighbors and say that "we love you"?

We don't want to be in a place where we are defensive and over reacting all the time.
We don't want to be in a place where we are consumed by vitriol.
These things are not easy. In today's sermon Tim shares some insights on how we can take the initiative to love our neighbors, to hear their hearts, to share in their joys and sorrows, to love them as Christ loves each of us.

Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

Connect with us at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org, follow us on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/trinitynorthshore, on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trinitynorthshore/ or enjoy this sermon on on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwu5Xy7uzRUFrBKZ01MNyRw

May the peace of God be with you today.

Christian Freedom - The Freedom to Maintain Gospel Integrity
Galatians 5:
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore...
 ...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

Christian Freedom or The Freedom to Maintain Gospel Integrity
is actually the "energy" that spreads the gospel.

Sometimes it's great to have reminders of various saints, pastors, and church leaders who've gone before us and lived through difficult times. 

Today Tim takes a look at the stories of German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. When you look back in history at difficult times, things can seem black and white now that time has passed, but in those moments sometimes the people can miss what is right in front of their face. In 1930s Germany you could have heard very different teachings from Lutheran Churches on the same Sunday. Bonhoeffer was teaching, "if there's anyone who claims he alone can save our society, that is idolatry, only Jesus can save us." 

Bonhoeffer, along with Swiss theologian Karl Barth in Germany raised the banner for what it means to follow Jesus Christ and stood together against Hitler, preaching the good news of Jesus Christ, though many of their well meaning "christian" brothers and sisters stood with Hitler as "Storm Troopers for Christ". The Barmen Declaration of 1934 declared that "only Jesus is our Savior" and was a call to resistance against the theological claims of the Nazi state, including defining the Christian opposition of any interpretation of Christianity based on racial theories, and was signed by both Bonhoeffer and Barth, but only 20% of the German pastors/church leaders at the time would sign the declaration. 80% of them supported the Nazi state.

Paul in Galatians 5 spends a lot of time talking about Christian Freedom,
because it really matters to Paul.
For freedom's sake Christ has set us free; Stand Firm therefore; Don't forget where you come from and what your story is; The only thing that counts is faith working itself out within love; You were called to Freedom - Live by the Spirit...
Love, Joy, Peace, Kindness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Patience, Self Control 

Paul reminds us to stand firm in the freedom gifted to you by Jesus Christ.

Our scripture today from Galatians chapter 5:
"For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore...
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit."

Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

Connect with us at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org, follow us on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/trinitynorthshore, on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trinitynorthshore/ or enjoy this sermon on on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwu5Xy7uzRUFrBKZ01MNyRw

May the peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon: Peace Amidst Chaos-How Do We Live Within the Peace of God?

What do we do when the name of Jesus is associated with violence?
How do we respond when the name of Jesus is associated with denigrating women, minorities, and refugees? How do we respond when our beautiful Lord and Savior is associated with a "shaman", an attempted insurrection, and sexual assault? How do we find the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control – seem lost as an ethic of morality or of masculinity?

When we find ourselves deeply troubled and full of sorrow that some in the American church pretend that these things have not happened, where is Jesus? and how do we find the peace of God?

In this caring, loving, and thoughtful sermon, Tim shares some insights into being with Jesus, the Prince of Peace in the chaos and confusion. How we can learn to present ourselves before the cross of Christ and walk ourselves through to the empty grave.

The good news is that we are not alone in these struggles. Bonhoeffer and others spoke out against the rise of fascism in Germany. Wilberforce spoke out against slavery in England. The church fathers and apostles shared with their generation the beautiful story of Jesus Christ against the power of Rome and of Caesar.

Tim reminds us to remember in thanksgiving those great things that God has done in our lives, to recall them, to thank God for them; to think on the self giving love, goodness, and kindness of Jesus; remember to present ourselves before the cross of Christ, and walk ourselves through to the empty grave, and welcome the spirit of Jesus into our lives.

Our scripture today from Eugene Peterson's translation of Phillipians 4: 4-9:

Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him! Make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you’re on their side, working with them and not against them. Help them see that the Master is about to arrive. He could show up any minute!

Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.

Sunday Mornings
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am on Boston's North Shore in Hamilton, MA. We meet in the Kaiser Chapel on the beautiful and scenic campus of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 21 Billy Graham Way, South Hamilton, MA 01982.

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road for parking and to the Kaiser Chapel.

Or online on our Services Page.

Connect with us at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org, follow us on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/trinitynorthshore, on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trinitynorthshore/ or enjoy this sermon on on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwu5Xy7uzRUFrBKZ01MNyRw

May the peace of God be with you today.