First Lutheran Church of the Trinity
Sunday, June 30th
Third Sunday after Pentecost
and Pastor Cheryl’s last Sunday.
We have no good apart from God. That makes our Lord’s call to follow him an invitation to freedom. This is freedom to revel in the Spirit’s fruits: love, joy, peace, patience, and the like. This is the path of life.
Readings and Psalm
1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21
Elijah says to Elisha, Follow me and do not continue plowing
Psalm 16
I have set the Lord always before me. (Ps. 16:8)
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Love is the whole law, gift of the Spirit
Luke 9:51-62
Jesus says, Follow me and do not look back