BEHAVING CHRISTIANLY ~ THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Part 4: Commandments Five

We are continuing to explore the teaching of the Catechism and how the Ten Com-mandments teach us both about God’s character and how to live in God’s grace as we love Him and our neighbor, thus fulfilling the Law. This month, we will examine commandment five:

Honor your father and mother. The fifth commandment comes with a promise of blessing, “that your days may be long in the land” (Ex. 20:12). This isn’t so much a personal promise that honoring our parents means that we will live a long life as it is a corporate promise that the society where elders are hon-ored will be a stable one. Why is that so? Because as children are learning to obey parents, they are also learning to obey God and to submit to God-given authority. Children should “honor, serve, respect, love, and care for [parents] all their lives.” We continue, as adults, to keep the “commandment in love to God by showing respect for the aged; submitting to my teachers, pastors, and directors; respecting tradition and civil authority…” As parents, then, we teach our children obedience for their own good and for the good of society. That will mean training and discipline, for obedience does not come naturally to us. It does not, though, mean ruling harshly over children. As Paul taught, “do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the disci-pline and instruction of the Lord” (Eph. 6:4). In other words, parents are to treat their children with loving respect, which will mean listening to them, respecting their individuality and intelligence, and helping them understand the reasons for the things they are being asked to obey. As we are taught to live in loving obedience, we promote harmony and peace in our relationships, for obedi-ence to God will result in a life of love, not destructive self-centeredness. But we not only teach children obedience to promote the common good, we teach them obedience in order to raise them in the knowledge and love of God. Psychologists have pointed out that in formative early years, parents essentially are God to their children. When children learn that loving obedience yields blessing in the life of their family, it shapes them for a lifetime of obedience to God. Let that, though, be clarified. Loving obedience is not destructive, fearful and coercive obedience – that pro-duces death. Blessing is not rewarding obedience with prizes (do what I say and I’ll give you a cookie), but is the proper fruit of righteous behavior (not lying produces trust). As parents, we have a huge responsibility in raising our children, and the way we do so impacts their personal and spiritual lives as well as the life of our community and society. Yours in Christ,

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The Messenger

OCTOBER 2018

Growing as Disciples of Jesus Christ through Worship, Learning, Fellowship and Outreach

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TRINITY STATS

Attendance

September 2nd 170 September 16th 171 September 9th 196 September 23rd 170

Financial

August 2018 Month Year-to-date Operating Income $45,775 $369,807 Normal Operating Expense $29,693 $349,973 Building Debt Payment $13,477 $132,128

In The Parish Family Congratulations to…

Chris & Ashley McEnulty on the birth of their son, Finn Christopher, who was born on September 10th. Josh & Katie Lewis on welcoming Maddalena Rose, who was born on September 21st. In Sympathy for…

The Family of Patty Page who died on August 28th. The Family of Kathy Hansen who died on September 20th.

Total Pledged: $1,803,606 Total Collected: $280,959.80 Klassen Architects are completing the production of documents that will sent to the city for the permit pro-cess. Everything is still on track to begin construction early in 2019.

CANDY NEEDED FOR PRESCHOOL TRICK-OR-TREAT On Halloween, our preschool will be trick-or-treating in our church office. They wear their costumes and go from office to office. It is so much fun to see the little ones dressed up. If you would like to donate a bag of candy that we can give out to the children, it would be greatly appreciated. Just drop it off at the church office during this month.

Join us on the lawn at Trinity Anglican Church on

Sunday, October 7th

at 5:00 p.m.

as we honor St. Francis of Assisi with a service of

The Blessing of the Animals

Bring your pets and invite your friends with their pets too.

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Celebrating GRANDPARENTS DAY was a HUGE SUCCESS! We had over 50 grandparents that came to do a fun craft with their Grandchild, and enjoyed some yummy treats!

WE LOVE OUR GRANDPARENTS!

Making new friends is ALWAYS FUN! If you know of anyone who wants to be a part of our AMAZING preschool, have them stop by the office to join our Waitlist! Love, Jennifer - Director

You will always see SMILING faces when you visit Trinity Preschool!

Our Students are simply the BEST!

BAKE EVENT

Our church women are organizing a Bake Event on Sunday, October 28th, after both services.

We are in need of home-made items. You can bring cookies, cakes, pies, or whatev-er your speciality is. It’s just before Halloween, so maybe you might bring some-thing “ghoulish or scary”.

If you have any questions, please call Stana Bright at 834-7586

Friday November 9th

Proceeds to benefit Trinity Preschool

and One Dorr Ministry

Food from Mossman’s

Tickets

$10 Adult

$5 Children (under 10)

Auction Preview

5:30

Dinner

6:00

Closing Prayer

8:00

Dr. Phil and Jean Dodson, Family and Friends

In Concert

Sunday Evening , October 21, 2018 – 5:30 PM Valley Baptist Church – Olive Drive Campus 5500 Olive Drive Bakersfield, California

Featuring the STORY OF REDEMPTION IN the Church’s

Historic Stained Glass Windows, with music from the Classics to Gospel and the Great Organ, the

seventh largest Pipe Organ west of the Mississippi with the Brilliantly impressive Sounds of 8,500 pipes. The offering will go toward the Organ Restoration.

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OUR CLERGY

The Very Rev. Dr. Karl E. Dietze, Rector

The Rev. John M. Wilcox, Retired

The Rev. John LaMar, Deacon

The Rev. Ron Christolear, Deacon

11300 Campus Park Dr.

Bakersfield CA 93311

661-665-7713

office@trinitybakersfield.com

www.trinitybakersfield.com

WORSHIP SERVICES

Sunday Morning

8 a.m. Holy Communion

10 a.m. Holy Communion

Thursday Morning

10 a.m. Healing Service

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Paul Wagner Sr. Warden

Dennis Gibson Jr. Warden Kaye Camp Clerk

Priscilla Beck

Steven Brown

Phil Lamirand

Larry Bright

Jerry Starr

Lynne Hall

Paul Hancock

Liz Kinney

Chris Thomas

Ed Taylor Treasurer

ISRAEL TOUR 2019

10 Day Tour with Fr. Karl

March 28 - April 8, 2019

We are organizing a Trinity tour of the Holy Land for Lent 2019. A typical day entails two miles of walking on uneven ground. If you are interested, or for more information, please contact Fr. Karl at (karl @trinitybakersfield.com) as soon as possible.

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

Doug Chesney Jefferie Ray Fr. John Wilcox Vince Layne Roseann Peterson Ben Smith Larry Adams Jerry Hoos Xane Lingo

Malina Steward Carol White Jennifer Coburn Woody Bagwell Elizabeth Bomar Sue Wagner Monica Ayuso

George Granger Josie Schreiber MT Merickel Bitsy Ming Grant Gauthier-Parker Lynda Oyeka Courtney Dunbar Emery Gatza

If you notice a missing birthday or a wrong date listed, please call

Tara at 665-7713.