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Trinity 7 Sermon

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 Mission Work Checklist  Mark 6:1-13 Today is the seventh Sunday of the Trinity season and I would like to commence my sermon by a conversation on Traveling Checklist. As you can see the majority of us are not here because some are on vacation and have travelled outside the Island. On the other hand we also have visitors who are here with us today because they are also on vacation in the Island. Whenever we plan to travel there is a checklist that we go through for our trip to be successful. Let us say we are travelling for a vacation to an Asian holiday destination, for example, Bali in Indonesia, how will plan your trip? Which are the things needed for the trip?  Travel Checklist: Essential Items 1. Passport and other additional IDs and Photocopies 2. Visa 3.Traveling Insurance   4. Debit/Credit Cards/Cash 5. Clothes  6. Toiletries  7. Assorted Accessories  Why are we talking about traveling checklist? In today's gospel, Jesus is sending his disciples on a mission to the surround
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Sermon Trinity 4

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  Dear Lord, grant us patience for today to navigate any challenges we encounter as your Church. With You by our side, nothing is impossible. We pray for Your Holy Spirit to fill us with grace and patience, so we may end the day with our heads held high. We entrust all to You, Lord. Amen. (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/10-prayers-for-patience.html#google_vignette) In today’s gospel reading we encounter two parables on the subject of the seed being put together.  If you still recall, last year I preached on the parable of the Mustard Seed and this year I am focusing on the first parable of the;  Growing Seed.    The picture we get in this parable is of a farmer who has sown the seed and then does nothing to it until harvest time. In our contemporary world, that will be a bad example of what is expected in farming. Instead, he sleeps and wakes up night and day as if nothing has happened, and he does not bother about the seed which he has sown on the ground. If you analyze Jesus’
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