"The eleven disciples went to the hill in Galilee where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him they worshiped him, even though some of them doubted. Jesus draw near and said to them: "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Go, then, to all people everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember! I will be with you always, to the end of the age." (TEV)

(NOTE ON PRESENTATION. This sermon for the first Sunday after Pentecost, also observed as Holy Trinity Sunday, expands the text above, and also uses the contemporary hymn printed below as the basis for the message. The hymn may be sung as a sermon hymn in its entirety and referred to du…