Use the Annual Report as a Meditation Tool to Notice God at Work!

The congregational report, presented at the annual meeting, June 12, 2011, could be a great tool to use in reflection to notice how God has been at work in our community.  The report contains many stories of how members of this community have been joining with God to meet the needs of the world.  You can read this report prayerfully to deepen your sense of what God has been doing.

Here's how......

1)  Click here to access the report , if you don't have a printed copy.

2)  Call to mind the Trinity/Pointe of Grace Idenity/Purpose Statement:  We manifest God's dream as a community that makes space for people to recognize what God is doing to meet the deep needs of the world and to discover and assume their unique roles in partnership with God.

3)  Recall that "manifesting God's dream" is simply making the work of of God visible in the world.  Where wholeness, justice, love and peace are increased, God's dream is being made more and more visible.

4)  Select a portion of the Annual Report to read and read it slowly and reflectively, pondering each account of what has been happening.

5)  As you read each account, ask the Spirit to help you notice a way in which the dream of God has been made a little more visible through it.  Pause to express your gratitude to God for the way that you and your community have shared in this advance of the reign of God in the world.

6)  Help all of us deepen our awareness and gratitude by sharing your insights and reflections on this blog.  It can be as simple as stating, "when I read about......, I noticed and was grateful for.........."

To add your insgiht, click on the (#) comments link below and the page will open where you can read the insights of others and add your own.

Stories of Making Space--Pointe of Grace Garden Stewards and Trinity Creation Stewards

Mustard Seed Groups, Creation Stewards and Pointe of Grace Garden  Stewards are sponsoring Creation Care Day, Sunday, April 10.  Last week, they highlighted the ways which they have discovered to participate with God in manifesting the dream of healthy and restored creation.  Activities such as recycling, reusing plastic bags, native growth restoration, community garden and the annual Creation Care Day have provided opportunities for building connections with others while caring for the environment.  View the complete presentation here.

These two groups are demonstrating the core idenitity/purpose of Trinity/Pointe of Grace:
We manifest God’s dream

as a community that makes space for people

--to recognize what God is doing to meet the deep needs of the world

                      and

--to discover and assume their unique roles in partnership with God.

If you would like to post your story of how you have noticed how God might desire to change the world, imagined a way to use your gifts to cooperate with God so that God's dream of increased love, compassion and justice in the world is made more visible, please post it here!

To add your story, click on the  (#) comments link below and the page will open where you can read stories and add your own.

Stories of Making Space

We manifest God’s dream

as a community that makes space for people

--to recognize what God is doing to meet the deep needs of the world

                      and

--to discover and assume their unique roles in partnership with God.

This description of the identity and purpose of Trinity-Lynnwood and Pointe of Grace summarizes a pattern revealed at all levels of our community.

1. People notice how God might desire to change the world.
2. They begin to imagine a way to employ their gifts to cooperate with God and answer Christ's call to be the Gospel at work in the world.
3. God's dream of increased love, compassion and justice in the world is made more visible.

We believe there are many stories that demonstrate this pattern--probably yours! 


Think about times when you have experienced or witnessed people taking advantage of the space allowed at Trinity-Lynnwood and Pointe of Grace to make the love and grace of God more visible in our world.  Post a brief description of that experience.  If your story includes others who should give permission before you share it, please check with them first.

To add your story, click on the  (#) comments link below and the page will open where you can read stories and add your own.