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Sunday Faith Forum
Sundays | 10-10:55AM | Trinity Lutheran Church
Living Well in Shared Sacred Community—The Jesus Way. Bring Your Curiosity. All Are Welcome!
January 4. What Does Worship Mean to You? With worship director, Clark Weyrauch and the Transition Team. Engaging worship is one of Trinity’s Core values. As we go through our congregation’s transition process it is important to hear from you, to learn what engaging worship means for you, and to imagine what may be possible and dreamed of for the Trinity Community and our neighbors. Clark will lead this important discussion as we discern our future direction in worship and its connections to calling a new lead pastor.
January 11. Lessons from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre presented by Gary Cross, Trinity Racial Justice Ministry Team. We honor Martin Luther King Jr. this year on January 19 and will celebrate Black History Month in February. As part of the continued work of reconciliation Gary Cross will help us examine the infamous Tulsa race massacre in some detail and the Duluth lynchings. It has been common for the dominant group or race in a culture to use force to control others. At times that force has become violent, often out of control. We will look at how lynchings and sometimes race riots have been the result. Even though these events occurred a century ago, there are many lessons to be learned from them. It is important for us to recognize the seeds that led to events like Tulsa continue to exist today and what we must do about them.
January 18 & 25. Guilt, Shame, and Getting Free with Rev. Emmy Kegler. A core belief of Christian faith is our need for salvation; in Lutheran terms, we might say “we are bound to sin and cannot free ourselves.” Take a quick look at the headlines, our social media, or even in the mirror and we know we’ve fallen short of where we - and God - wish we were. But what happens if our guilt turns into an inescapable self-hatred? How do we keep our human desire to do better from telling ourselves we’ll never be good enough for anything? Join renowned author, speaker and pastor, Emmy Kegler, for two Sunday Forums on faith, guilt, shame, repentance and repair. On January 18, we’ll review theological, psychological, and sociological concepts of guilt and shame, from Augustine of Hippo to Brene Brown. On January 25, we’ll explore prayers and practices that help keep us accountable without making us afraid to act. Attend one or both!
