Children’s Message--Trinity Sunday—June 3, 2007

I am a Christian Educator.
and a mom.
and a wife.
I am a friend, a sister, an aunt, a niece, a daughter, a cousin and a neighbor.

To different people at different times in our lives, we are different things. I wasn’t always a wife, but I’ve always been a daughter. Some day, maybe I’ll be a grandma.

How many different names are there for who you are?
Brother, sister?? Son, daughter?? Friend, teammate, classmate, student. . .

Today is Trinity Sunday. What are we talking about when we talk about the Trinity? We are talking about God—God our creator, Jesus our redeemer, and the Holy Spirit as our Sustainer.

Just like we are different things to different people, God has different ways of being God to us.
We can think of God our creator—the one who made us and created everything.
We can think of Jesus our creator—the one who came into the world with us, and was a teacher
We can think of the spirit our sustainer—the renewing excitement of our faith. The Spirit is that part of God that we can’t put our finger on—sometimes they say the spirit is like wind or flames.

Just as some people know you as the kid who plays goalie at soccer and some people know you as the grandchild who likes waffles for breakfast and some people know you as a the quiet student in class, you are still you.

And no matter how you know God at any time—whether it is as a creator, a teacher or just a mysterious presence, it is still God.

Let’s pray: Loving God
We are thankful that you are God
In so many different ways.
Help us to get to know you
As well as you know us. Amen.


***With thanks to the United Church of Canada's online publication, "gatherings" for the idea for this childrens' sermon
http://www.united-church.ca/files/sales/magazines/gathering/2007/sa/rtf/sa2007.rtf