Trinity Harbor is a Reformed, Presbyterian PCA church serving Rockwall, Rowlett, Sachse, Murphy, Wylie, Garland, and the Greater East Dallas area. Pastors: Ryan Tompkins and Saji George.
Judges: Faithfully Living Out the Church's Mission
Monday, 24 May 2010
On May 30th, Trinity Harbor will begin a new sermon series on the Old Testament book of Judges. Judges tells the tragic story of Israel’s disobedience in completing the mission God had given them—to take possession of the Promised Land. Instead of claiming their inheritance, the Israelites became complacent in the midst of those whose idolatrous practices led them astray. Israel became content with their own sin until God brought oppression upon them to rouse them from their danger. But although God sent deliverers to relieve their distress, Israel did not respond to God’s grace with greater faithfulness to him—it was only a matter of time before they returned to worshiping other gods.
The Women’s Summer Study will begin on Wednesday June 9 at 7 PM. The study will run for 9 weeks. We will be reading A Praying Life by Paul Miller together. We will be meeting at the church; see you Wednesday!
Summer Fellowship Events
Friday, 04 June 2010
In order to continue to build community over the summer, Trinity Harbor is organizing three fellowship events to bring people together (one in June, July, and August). The next event will be at the Rockwall 4th of July Fireworks show. Meet at 8pm on Sunday July 4th behind the Rockwall ISD building on 66 next to Helping Hands. We’ll have popsicles and ice cream sandwiches, but you’ll want to bring a cool beverage to help beat the heat. Look for balloons marking our gathering spot. The fireworks begin at 9pm, and we’ll hang out and throw a Frisbee or two until then.
Adult Sunday School Class -- Faithful Presence
The church is the people of God. What is the role of the people of God? It is to tell the story of Jesus. When the church faithfully tells Jesus’ story, it brings him glory, it testifies to the truth of that story, and it invites others to participate in that story.
Yet, how does this actually work out? How does the church faithfully tell Jesus’ story? Should the church seek to influence the government and create, to the best of its ability, a Christian society? Should the church withdraw, demonstrating its faithfulness first through the integrity of its own community? Should the church love the world in ways that they will understand, even if that means putting Jesus and judgment on the back burner?
And that is just to ask questions of the church. What does it mean for each of us to live faithfully before God – to exercise a faithful presence? Are we really structuring our lives so that they will tell the story of Jesus, or is Jesus’ story an appendix to our own?
These are challenging questions, but questions with which we must struggle in order to understand how to live faithfully before God in the twenty-first century. Please join us as we consider these questions throughout the summer.
Adult Sunday School meets in the sanctuary from 9:30-10:15 am. The class will be taught by Pastor Ryan Tompkins.
