Trinity North Shore

Join us for Mako Nagasawa's sermon, Appreciating Antony and Athanasius: 
Recovering from Trauma and Taking Courage Against Tyrants

All Saints Day
One of the reasons we honor the Saints on All Saints Day is that they inspire us to practice our faith in a deep and meaningful way. They remind us that we are not alone. The early church Desert Fathers and Mothers were really doing resistance training.

In this fascinating sermon, Mako leads us through some of the intriguing stories of Anthony of Egypt. How can we reflect the love and goodness, the care and kindness and patience of Jesus? How can we work together to help a world that is broken, and fearful, and angry because they don't feel like they have many other options? 

The closer we can stay to Jesus, opening our hearts and our lives up to Him, the more we will find that He does lead us down new paths, by still waters and green pastures. That He does set a table before us in the midst of our enemies.

Saturday Sunset Services at 4 pm
Join us in person in Beverly, MA this season.
Details on our website services page.
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

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May the Peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon, The Nicene Creed and A Response to Ongoing Situations in the ACNA.

Join us for Tim's caring and personal response and a beautiful insight to the Nicene Creed.

In light of the ongoing serious issues within the leadership of the Anglican Church in North America, at some point the ACNA needs to acknowledge that we have a culture problem in significant leadership roles within the ACNA. Why can't we do the biblical thing and lament? Can we imagine what might change if we had National Days of Lament over this?

We also have to acknowledge that sorting out situations like this is very difficult.

What can we do when we've been harmed by the church or more specifically by the Senior Leadership within the church? When the church has deeply and personally disappointed you? How do we find a way forward when the situation seems devastating and deeply disappointing? 

One way is through lamenting together, one way is through calling on leadership to be accountable, another way is through a practice that's gone on for centuries within the church worldwide, The Nicene Creed.

This year marks the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed.
The Creed happens because the early church leaders wanted to center people in the core of God's narrative love story in Christ Jesus..

Saturday Sunset Services at 4 pm
Join us in person in Beverly, MA this season.
Details on our website services page.
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

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

May the Peace of God be with you today.

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon, Exodus: Carried and Cared For

In this insightful and encouraging message, Tim reminds us that transition is a special part of our lives.

The beauty of life and of heading towards the place you hope to be is not just the arriving at the place, but the beauty of the journey itself.

From our reading, Deuteronomy 1:31
The Lord your God, who goes before you, is the one who will fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your very eyes, and in the wilderness, where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, just as one carries a child, all the way that you travelled until you reached this place.

When we hold on to the promise that God has made to us, that God has carried us all this way along our journey, then we know it will work and we know it will be better.

Saturday Sunset Services at 4 pm
Join us in person in Beverly, MA this season.
Details on our website services page.
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

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

May the Peace of God be with you today.

Creationtide Week 5 
Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: Angels, 
Holy Michael and All Angels
Join us as Tim shares about Holy Michael and All Angels and some of what we know about another of God's creatures.

Once a year the church calendar draws our attention to Angels, we never get too far away from the truth that God's creation involves more than we can see and sense.

The understanding that God has made his angels as His messengers of love, allows for even more confidence in the depth of God's love for us, layers, depth, that we may not be aware of. In God's great love he has also created angels, as His servants and messengers to us about God and his great love.

From our scripture reading in Revelation 4:
Day and night without ceasing they sing,

‘Holy, holy, holy,
 the Lord God the Almighty,
 who was and is and is to come.’

And whenever the living creatures give glory and honour and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives for ever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing,

‘You are worthy, our Lord and God,
 to receive glory and honour and power,
 for you created all things,
 and by your will they existed and were created.’

Join us in person in Beverly, MA this season.
Details on our website services page.
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

Connect with us at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org, 
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May the Peace of God be with you today.

Creationtide Week 4
Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon:
Creationtide: God of Oaks and Rivers, of Bees and Soil

We continue our look at Creation's central position in the Gospel
Jen invites us to pause. To take a breath. To take a moment and connect with Creation.

When we pause in front of an Oak Tree we are invited into stillness, we are invited back into "wonder". When we pay attention to the life of a tree, we are pulled out of the abstraction of Empire. This is how scripture invites us to look at Creation. Not as backdrop, not as scenery, not as material, rather as a witness to God's ongoing work. The scripture is full of this kind of imagery. Trees clap their hands, rivers lift their voices, mountains rejoice, even the rocks cry out.

from our reading today in Psalm 19
The heavens are telling the glory of God;
     and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
 Day to day pours forth speech,
     and night to night declares knowledge.
 There is no speech, nor are there words;
     their voice is not heard;
 yet their voice goes out through all the earth,
     and their words to the end of the world.

And in the gospel of Luke chapter 19
Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying,
“Blessed is the king
     who comes in the name of the Lord!
 Peace in heaven,
     and glory in the highest heaven!”
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, order your disciples to stop.” He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Eastern Orthodox) proposed in 1989 that September 1st (the first day of the Orthodox Church year) should be observed as a day “of protection of the natural environment”.

In 2016, Pope Francis declared 1 September an annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. This was expanded in Europe to be a season — Creationtide — going from September 1st until October 4th (the Feast of St Francis), and has been adopted in many churches around the world, including some in the Anglican Communion.

Why is this important? How does this relate to me? 
Join us as Jen walks us through this part of our sermon series during Creationtide.

Trinity-Summer by the Sea!
This June through September join us on Boston's North Shore in Magnolia, Gloucester; just north of Manchester by the Sea.

We will meet at 9 am in the Union Congregational Church chapel by the sea.
3 Norman Ave, Gloucester, MA

Check out all the information on our Events page:
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/events

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road. Park anywhere along the Magnolia neighborhood streets.

Or join our Sunday Morning services online at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

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

Creationtide Week 3
Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon:
Creationtide: Re-storying Origins, Identity, and Purpose:
Restore, Reconcile, Liberate

Restoring our Cosmology, Ontology, and Teleology through re-storying.
Cosmology - the doctrine of origins. Where do we come from?
Ontology - the doctrine of the nature of our being or our identity. What is our identity? How do we re-story our identity?
Teleology: the doctrine of design and purpose in the material world. What are we aiming at? What is our purpose and destination?

The true story of God is one of restoration not retribution; reconcile not exile, liberation not obliteration. Re-storying these reconnects us to our Origins, Identity, Purpose.
God's plan has always been the restoration of the whole creation.
Jesus, the seed sown into the earth, wove God Himself into the story so that we might be restored to God, to one another, and to all creation.

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Eastern Orthodox) proposed in 1989 that September 1st (the first day of the Orthodox Church year) should be observed as a day “of protection of the natural environment”.

In 2016, Pope Francis declared 1 September an annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. This was expanded in Europe to be a season — Creationtide — going from September 1st until October 4th (the Feast of St Francis), and has been adopted in many churches around the world, including some in the Anglican Communion.

Why is this important? How does this relate to me? 
Join us as Jen walks us through this part of our sermon series during Creationtide.

Trinity-Summer by the Sea!
This June through September join us on Boston's North Shore in Magnolia, Gloucester; just north of Manchester by the Sea.

We will meet at 9 am in the Union Congregational Church chapel by the sea.
3 Norman Ave, Gloucester, MA

Check out all the information on our Events page:
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/events

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road. Park anywhere along the Magnolia neighborhood streets.

Or join our Sunday Morning services online at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

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

Creationtide Week 2
Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon:
Creationtide: Amazing and Unexpected

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Eastern Orthodox) proposed in 1989 that September 1st (the first day of the Orthodox Church year) should be observed as a day “of protection of the natural environment”.

In 2016, Pope Francis declared 1 September an annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. This was expanded in Europe to be a season — Creationtide — going from September 1st until October 4th (the Feast of St Francis), and has been adopted in many churches around the world, including some in the Anglican Communion.

Why is this important? How does this relate to me?
Join us as Tim walks us through this part of our sermon series during Creationtide.

Somewhere along the way we may have lost a bit of the story of God.
It's not that "creation" failed and the whole idea of God creating the universe and humankind was a "waste", rather it's that God worked in this AMAZING and UNEXPECTED way to enter and weave God's OWN SELF into the story; and to demonstrate how to live and interact with all creation, including God's selfless love in laying down His life so that we might be forgiven and re-enter relationship with God, each other, and all of creation.

What do we do with this in our daily lives? How do we live into the rhythms that God has given us?

From our reading in Matthew 6:
‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal…

‘No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 

Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

‘So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.

Trinity-Summer by the Sea!
This June through September join us on Boston's North Shore in Magnolia, Gloucester; just north of Manchester by the Sea.

We will meet at 9 am in the Union Congregational Church chapel by the sea.
3 Norman Ave, Gloucester, MA

Check out all the information on our Events page:
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/events

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road. Park anywhere along the Magnolia neighborhood streets.

Or join our Sunday Morning services online at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

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

May the Peace of God

Creationtide Week 1
Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon:
Creationtide: Free Yourself, Free Your Soul - An Invitation to Life

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Eastern Orthodox) proposed in 1989 that September 1st (the first day of the Orthodox Church year) should be observed as a day “of protection of the natural environment”.

In 2016, Pope Francis declared 1 September an annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. This was expanded in Europe to be a season — Creationtide — going from September 1st until October 4th (the Feast of St Francis), and has been adopted in many churches around the world, including some in the Anglican Communion.

Why is this important? How does this relate to me?
Join us as Tim walks us through the first part of our sermon series during Creationtide.

Creationtide: A whole perspective about God's relationship to creation, not only to each of us and to humans, but God's relationship with Creation and with all creatures that God has created. It's about a whole lot more than simply "take control and do what you want" to the beautiful world we live in.

From our reading in John 12:
Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Trinity-Summer by the Sea!
This June through September join us on Boston's North Shore in Magnolia, Gloucester; just north of Manchester by the Sea.

We will meet at 9 am in the Union Congregational Church chapel by the sea.
3 Norman Ave, Gloucester, MA

Check out all the information on our Events page:
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/events

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road. Park anywhere along the Magnolia neighborhood streets.

Or join our Sunday Morning services online at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

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

May the Peace of God be with you today.

Ordinary Time - God Loves You
Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon:
God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 9
God's Love: God Remembers You
God not only loves you, just as you are, but in his kind love, God remembers you. You are not forgotten. You are not forsaken.

The times we live in are not easy, they are chaotic, it can be a challenge to not be overwhelmed by anger or grief or unrest.

Yet, within our life, God's "hesed" love is the center, it is the place of courage and confidence, it's a place to stand in the chaos and confusion...

Sometimes we have been told in our lives various sayings
"God loves you, but…"
"God loves you, and…"
"God loves you, therefore…"

But what if it's simpler, more profound, more powerful, more transforming, and more beautiful than that.

God Loves You

What does this mean for you and me? It means EVERYTHING.
God's love, God's faithfulness, God's mercy, God's grace, God's kindness, and God's loyalty.

God not only loves you, just as you are, but in his kind love, God remembers you. You are not forgotten. You are not forsaken.

In this fascinating sermon, Tim takes us through the scriptures and all of the times that God reminds us that He remembers us.

From our reading Psalm 25 (4-18)
Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
     teach me your paths.
 Lead me in your truth, and teach me,
     for you are the God of my salvation;
     for you I wait all day long.
Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love,
     for they have been from of old.
 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
     according to your steadfast love remember me,
     for your goodness’ sake, O Lord!
Good and upright is the Lord;
     therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
 He leads the humble in what is right,
     and teaches the humble his way.
 All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,
     for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
For your name’s sake, O Lord,
     pardon my guilt, for it is great.
 Who are they that fear the Lord?
     He will teach them the way that they should choose.
They will abide in prosperity,
     and their children shall possess the land.
 The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
     and he makes his covenant known to them.
My eyes are ever towards the Lord,
     for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
Turn to me and be gracious to me,
     for I am lonely and afflicted.
 Relieve the troubles of my heart,
     and bring me out of my distress.
 Consider my affliction and my trouble,
     and forgive all my sins.

Trinity-Summer by the Sea!
This June through September join us on Boston's North Shore in Magnolia, Gloucester; just north of Manchester by the Sea.

We will meet at 9 am in the Union Congregational Church chapel by the sea.
3 Norman Ave, Gloucester, MA

Check out all the information on our Events page:
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/events

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road. Park anywhere along the Magnolia neighborhood streets.

Or join our Sunday Morning services online at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

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

May the Peace of God be with you today.

Ordinary Time - God Loves You
Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon:
God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 8
God's Love: Simple, Deep, Foundational, Unspoiled

The times we live in are not easy, they are chaotic, it can be a challenge to not be overwhelmed by anger or grief or unrest.

Yet, within our life, God's "hesed" love is the center, it is the place of courage and confidence, it's a place to stand in the chaos and confusion...

Join us as Tim continues our summer series on God's Love: 
God Loves You - Hesed

Sometimes we have been told in our lives various sayings
"God loves you, but…"
"God loves you, and…"
"God loves you, therefore…"

But what if it's simpler, more profound, more powerful, more transforming, and more beautiful than that.

God Loves You

What does this mean for you and me? It means EVERYTHING.
God's love, God's faithfulness, God's mercy, God's grace, God's kindness, and God's loyalty.

God's intense love for us cannot be overtaken even by a whole nation of people. God is always working in and throughout history, and there is nothing nor anyone who can stop the work of His love for each one of us.
God is everywhere, in ALL things, holding EVERYTHING together, and yet God is also immediately close to each one of us.

Simple and clear, simple and deep, simple and unspoiled, simple and foundational. We need somewhere good and beautiful and true where we can stand and center ourselves.

Hesed is what the psalms are written about in the first place. People write poems about great love.

The psalmist ends with:
As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;
    when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

Our deepest identity is to behold the face of God. To also recognize the likeness of Christ in one another. As we've done to the least of these, we've done unto Jesus.

We continue our look at God's "hesed" love as we look at the reading from Psalm 17.

I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;
    turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
Show me the wonders of your great love,
    you who save by your right hand
    those who take refuge in you from their foes.
Keep me as the apple of your eye;
    hide me in the shadow of your wings
from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
    from my mortal enemies who surround me.

Trinity-Summer by the Sea!
This June through August join us on Boston's North Shore in Magnolia, Gloucester; just north of Manchester by the Sea.

We will meet at 9 am in the Union Congregational Church chapel by the sea.
3 Norman Ave, Gloucester, MA

It's a beautiful chapel, just the right size, in a lovely location by the sea, as well as an outdoor playground for our young families and for those young at heart. Check out all the information on our Events page:
https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/events

Follow the purple signs for Trinity North Shore along the main road. Park anywhere along the Magnolia neighborhood streets.

Or join our Sunday Morning services online at https://www.trinitynorthshore.org/services

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

May the Peace of God be with you today.