“Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.” Colossians 3:14 (NRSV)
Worship Link for January 25, 2026: https://youtu.be/rbOuxtg54TA
Worship: Sunday, February 1, 2026; 10:45 AM
Reverend Damber Khadka is currently away on Bereavement Leave. We hold Damber and Sumi and family in prayer during this time of bereavement with the passing of his mother. For pastoral emergencies please contact the office.
*The Trinity Board meeting scheduled for January 28 has been rescheduled to February 4th at 7:00 pm.
*The congregational meeting scheduled for February 1st has been rescheduled to February 8th following worship. This meeting is for the congregation to receive and approve Trinity’s updated Governance document. Please let the office know if you need a copy of this document (204-269-1632)
Scripture To Ponder – January 26, 2026
Fourth Week after Epiphany
Living the Beatitudes
Texts This Week: Micah 6:1–8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18–31; Matthew 5:1–12
To Ponder: Matthew 5:1–12
When Jesus speaks from the hillside, he does not offer gentle words meant to protect comfort or preserve the status quo. He speaks into real life—into exhaustion and injustice, broken relationships and fragile hope. The Beatitudes confront us with God’s upside-down kingdom, where blessing is not measured by power, success, or control, but by humility, mercy, courage, and faithfulness.
Jesus calls blessed those who admit they are not self-made and self-sufficient, those who refuse to numb their grief or turn away from the suffering of the world, and those who choose gentleness in a culture that rewards dominance. He blesses those who hunger for justice, who will not accept inequality as normal, who dare to forgive when resentment feels easier, and who seek integrity in a world shaped by compromise. He names peacemakers as blessed—not because peace is easy, but because it demands courage, truth, and costly love. And he is honest that living this way may bring resistance and misunderstanding. Yet this is the heart of the gospel: God’s reign does not belong to the powerful and comfortable, but to those who risk living by love.
The Beatitudes do not invite us to admire Jesus from a distance. They call us to follow him—to embody his way of life here and now, in our homes, our workplaces, our communities, and our church. This is not a comfortable faith. It is a transforming one.
Let us pray.
Loving God,
give us courage to live the way of Jesus—
to choose humility over pride, mercy over judgment,
justice over comfort, and peace over division.
Shape our hearts, guide our steps,
and send us out as witnesses of your kingdom in this wounded world.
In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
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