Dear siblings in Christ,

As you will read, June is an incredibly busy month here at Trinity, and we are so grateful!  We celebrate Kate P.'s Confirmation on the 1st, Pentecost Sunday on the 8th, dedicate our new mural and prayer table on the 16th (along with celebrating our fathers!), start a new Bible Study series, we have movie night, book group - and our Strawberry Festival on the 28th!  I invite you to get more details as you read, and invite a friend (or two!)

In book group last week, we were asked to reflect on people who might have been like angels for us, who helped us draw closer to Jesus' love.  I spoke of my friend, Nancy, who started out as my babysitter when I was just two years old.  Susan encouraged me to write a book about it - but I don't have that kind of attention span - so here is the "Reader's Digest" version.

I wasn't brought up going to church for a variety of reasons, including being a wiggly kid who couldn't sit still through a service!  When I was a teenager, Nancy invited me to her church's Vacation Bible School, not as a "student" but as a helper.  She had moved and it meant I could spend the week visiting with her and helping out.  I mostly agreed because I wanted to spend time with her.  Throughout that week, hearing the gospel shared simply and with love, I became interested in learning more about this Jesus person.  I initially kept my thoughts to myself, but started reading the Bible.  I got bogged down, because truthfully a lot of the Bible can feel "overwhelming, so I talked with Nancy and she gave me some hints on different Bible translations and best books to read first (hint: don't start at the beginning and try to read through!).  

In those pages, I met the God who loves, the God who cares, the God who is in solidarity with those who are weighed down, looked down upon, who are struggling - and my life was changed forever.  It is thanks to Nancy (and the Holy Spirit!) that I am follower of Jesus - it is thanks to Nancy that I am a pastor!

Who has been an human angel for you?  For whom can YOU be a human angel?  

In Christ,
Pastor Holliday