On to All Saints! June 14, 2019

Aloha Friends


I can’t believe the good fortune I have had to continue serving in places near and far. Tomorrow I leave for my sixth job since retiring just two years ago.  I will be Supply Priest at All Saints’ Kapaa, on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, while their search for a new rector continues. See photo of my license from the bishop of Hawaii. (bottom picture) 

The top photo is the visual aid I am bringing for my first sermon. This Sunday is Trinity Sunday. While St. Patrick had his shamrock, I will explain this only feast day on our church calendar celebrating a doctrine, with a freeze dried Neapolitan ice cream sandwich. Three flavors, one ice cream sandwich. Three in one!

It’s hard to read on the package, but in the upper left hand corner it says “Ice Cream on a Mission”. My mission this summer is to help provide tasty and enriching Sunday morning meals, starting with this Trinity Sunday’s good news that God’s love is not only unconditional but is unlimited---unlimited in the number and unlimited in the different ways it can be experienced and shared with others.


John


P.S. You can get your ice cream sandwich at the Richard Nixon Library’s gift shop. They are currently hosting a special exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 first moon landing. By the way, I have a childhood memory of one of my dad's assistant priests calling the Trinity "Daddy-o, Laddy-o and Spook!