A Name, A Time, A Team of Theologians!

OK…it’s official…we’re now

Anglican Church of the Trinity

It’s so good to have a name, and such a glorious one at that!

And, after reviewing the updated “pros and cons” worship-time analysis this morning, we selected the Sunday afternoons/evenings alternative. Thanks again to all who contributed to that analysis.

Now that we have a name, we can start the work of filing incorporation papers, writing bylaws, etc.

And now that we’ve selected a worship time we can approach a church about renting space for worship (and perhaps education and fellowship) on Sunday afternoons/evenings.

Today we also decided to appoint a “theology team” that would build a guiding framework based on the theology of the Trinity – a framework that can then be used to inform us as we make a bunch of practical and logistical decisions over the next few months. This framework will help ensure that we don’t make decisions just based on our personal preferences or sociological influences but, whenever possible, based on the character of God and the relationships between the persons of the Trinity.

And we started reviewing the history and interpretations of various Trinitarian symbols today; I will email a recap of that information to everyone on my mailing list (if you don’t receive my weekly emails and would like to see this information, just shoot me a note at MplsAnglican@aol.com). Over the next couple weeks we’ll research some more symbols with the intention of selecting one to incorporate in our logo by the end of April.

Obviously, we still have a long “to-do” list (actually a Gantt chart – shoot me an email if you’d like a copy); people are volunteering to drive tasks in their area(s) of interest, but opportunities abound, so step up now to participate in areas that interest you!