Daughter and Father leading worship at Trinity

A daughter and father first at Trinity yesterday. Daughter, Esther Woollgar led family worship in the morning, and her father, Revd Richard Miller, led the evening service.

Esther Woollgar spoke on Romans 12 1-8. In a number of places Paul used the metaphor that we are members of one body, the church. Esther said, if we are currently acting as an eye or hand of the body we should not take this metaphor too far. We are people and can have many gifts and aspire to do more for God in the church. We may have failed once at prophesying or healing but can pray to God to provide us the faith to do something we aspire towards. He gives gifts generously.

Revd Miller spoke on Paul's wise words to the Greeks in Acts 17 when Paul did not condemn the "Men of Athens!" for their many gods. On finding an alter 'To an Unknown God,' Paul said "now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you..." Revd Miller challenged us to speak wisely like Paul, and repeated a number of time the verse 1 Peter 3 v 15 "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect..."