Keith Hillesland

Your Defining Moment(s) It’s easy to wait for it. The movies have taught us that when the music swells and the chips are down, that’s when leaders arrive and when heroes are made. It turns out, that’s not how it works in “real life.” Our beliefs, values, ethics and character is what happens in all […]

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, July 19, is Christmas in July – not an actual church festival, but we’re just goofy that way.  It started last year when we got so many Christmas favorite hymn requests that we lumped them all into one Sunday and called it Christmas in July.  Who knew it would turn out to be

Devotion for Wednesday July 15, 2020 I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come?My help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth.The Lord will keepyour going out and your coming infrom this time on and forevermore.Psalm 121:1-2,7-8 Dear Church,I took a risk. Last week, I had a window of

Thank you for joining us for our service today! This Sunday, July 12th, is the 6th Sunday of Pentecost and Scrip Sunday. Look for instructions in your email to join Zoom Communion at 9:45 am today, followed by a Zoom Coffee Chat at 10 am. We continue to record online worship services in lieu of in-person worship at the church due

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, July 12th, is the 6th Sunday of Pentecost and Scrip Sunday.  Register for a scrip account at ShopWithScrip.com with Holy Trinity’s enrollment code: B768EC1D14576 – we get money while you shop!  We will be having our Online Worship Service available Sunday on on our website (holytrinityfremont.org) as is our “new normal” (the latest phrase to annoy me in these difficult/uncertain/trying times). 

During the last 6 weeks we have been out protesting quite a bit. Always at family friendly events. Our favorite protest was the one on Thursdays in Berkeley, organized by parents of Washington Elementary School. Once a week we would stand along MLK street, holding our signs and taking a short “march” from one traffic

Welcome! Please join us for worship! Today, July 5th, is the 5th Sunday after Pentecost.  We continue to record online worship services in lieu of in-person worship at the church due to COVID-19.  Please see our bulletin if you’d like to follow along and participate.  Today’s worship service was recorded at different times and places in order to observe social

Hi, Everybody, and Happy Fourth of July! (tomorrow): This Sunday, July 5th, is the 5th Sunday after Pentecost.  We continue to have our online worship services in lieu of in-person worship at the church due to COVID-19 (you have heard of it, haven’t you?).  As usual, we will be having a Zoom Coffee Chat at 10 am.  I am attaching the Zoom information

Pastor Tim’s Devotion for July, 03, 2020: Don’t Give Up We sure have seen a lot of different yard signs in the last few months haven’t we? From graduation, birthday and wedding anniversaries to Black Lives Matter and Thank You Health Care Workers. I saw the one above on one of my walks the other

Pastor Tia’s Devotion for July 01, 2020: “Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.” (Dr. William Butler, 17th Century English Writer) I fully agree. Doubtless God didn’t make a better berry. (Sorry, raspberry, currant, blackberry…). One of my best times in my life was when I lived on a