Council of Nicea

Council of Nicea, 325 AD
Fresco in Capella Sistina, Vatican, depicting Council of Nicea in 325. Fresco dates to 31 December 1589.

Heresies of the Early Church wraps up this Sunday as we look at the final product of these early disputes - the statement of belief that we now call the Nicene Creed (and to a lesser extent, the older Apostles' Creed). This Sunday is also Trinity Sunday on the liturgical calendar, the one and only day set aside to celebrate a church doctrine--the doctrine hammered out at the councils of Nicea (325 AD) and Constantinople (381 AD).

I grew up saying one of these two ecumenical creeds every Sunday in church, eventually memorizing them both by repetition. But just knowing the words does not necessarily do justice to the centuries of struggle that went into forming and shaping these statements of faith that have now endured, largely unchanged, for nearly 1700 years, and are used today by Christians of hundreds of different denominations around the world.

So please join us this Sunday as we wrap up this series on the Heresies of the Early Church, celebrate Trinity Sunday, and enjoy fellowship and nature with our annual spring picnic, all this coming Sunday 22 May, beginning at 11:00. Our Bible text for this Sunday will be Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 and John 16:12-15.

Calendar Updates

Upcoming events for your Calendar:

May Collection Items

Crackers

Please remember the Greene County Food Bank and Samaritan's Purse collections for the month of May when you're doing your shopping. This month's collection items are:

Ball caps & sunglasses

Coming up at Timber Ridge...

Olivia to serve as YAV missionary

Olivia has been selected to serve as a PCUSA Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) in mission with a one year appointment to Glasgow, UK, beginning this August. She needs to raise a total of $4000 for the year, with the deadline for the first $2000 coming up 1 July 2016. If you would like to make a contribution toward Olivia's year of missionary service, you may make checks payable to Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church and note that they are for "Olivia - YAV". You may also send checks directly to the Presbyterian Mission Agency here (All checks sent to Timber Ridge will be forwarded to the same fund on a regular basis.)

Session Meeting

Our May stated Session meeting will be this coming Sunday evening (22 May) at 5:30pm (note the earlier start time.) A draft copy of the agenda, as well as minutes from our previous meeting, are available here.

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