On Sunday, May 31, Ascension gathers to celebrate both Trinity Sunday and Pastor JoAnn Post's last Sunday before retiring. Worship at 10 a.m. will include a sung/spoken reading of the Creation Story, in which God creates all things with a word and in multiple persons: "Let us create." Pastor Post will preach and preside. At the end of the liturgy Pastor Kathy Nolte, Associate to the Bishop of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod (ELCA), will lead the Rite of Farewell. Worship will close with a thunderous singing of "Holy, Holy, Holy," a fitting last word for the day. Following worship, Ascension will host a Festive Coffee Hour in Pastor Post's honor, which will include the giving of gifts and good wishes.