Our Mission
Our mission is to reflect God’s love in ourselves and in the world. We seek:
- To worship God together through word, prayer, song, and sacrament
- To bring those of all ages toward a deeper understanding of faith through care and education
- To work actively in the community to satisfy the physical and spiritual needs of our neighbors
- To grow as a community, to know each other, to pray for each other, and to reach out to each other in tangible acts of love and concern
Who We Are
We are part of the neighborhood, drawing people from next door, around the corner and from surrounding suburbs; whatever draws you to the corner of 22nd and Spruce you will find a place where you can encounter God. Bring your questions; we don’t have all the answers but are here for the journey.
If you were brought up in a church tradition and just moved into the neighborhood … welcome. If you are not quite sure what you believe but think God has been calling your heart … welcome. If the journey has been difficult lately, we are here for refreshment or solace. If you are looking for a place to stop in to give thanks, Trinity is a sacred space in the middle of a bustling neighborhood.
We do not forget that Jesus calls us all to be servants to one another. Members of Trinity work side by side with neighbors in a unique arrangement called Trinity at 22nd. Inside the historic buildings you will find a flexible space that serves many purposes from worship to fundraising, from concerts to Thanksgiving meals, from nursery school to a homeless shelter.
The Episcopal Church is described as the “via media”, or the “middle way” because we believe that through scriptures, tradition, and reasoned experience we can bring together the most distant extremes and God will transform it in the community of faith.
Whether we come to work or sit and listen, to teach or learn, to seek answers or to rest in assurance, we gather. The space we make is for God to use as we bring our selves, our souls and bodies, to be blessed and to bless. We welcome all who desire to seek and allow God to encounter and move their spirit. Faith is a journey, please don’t make the trip alone.
Services on Sunday and Thursday find us gathered in a circle around the common Table of one Bread and Cup as we come for solace and strength, for pardon and renewal.
As the spiritual center of Trinity at 22nd, Trinity Memorial has served as a house of worship and community resource for more than 140 years.
If you were brought up in a church tradition and just moved into the neighborhood … welcome. If you are not quite sure what you believe but think God has been calling your heart … welcome. If the journey has been difficult lately, we are here for refreshment or solace. If you are looking for a place to stop in to give thanks, Trinity is a sacred space in the middle of a bustling neighborhood.
We do not forget that Jesus calls us all to be servants to one another. Members of Trinity work side by side with neighbors in a unique arrangement called Trinity at 22nd. Inside the historic buildings you will find a flexible space that serves many purposes from worship to fundraising, from concerts to Thanksgiving meals, from nursery school to a homeless shelter.
The Episcopal Church is described as the “via media”, or the “middle way” because we believe that through scriptures, tradition, and reasoned experience we can bring together the most distant extremes and God will transform it in the community of faith.
Whether we come to work or sit and listen, to teach or learn, to seek answers or to rest in assurance, we gather. The space we make is for God to use as we bring our selves, our souls and bodies, to be blessed and to bless. We welcome all who desire to seek and allow God to encounter and move their spirit. Faith is a journey, please don’t make the trip alone.
Services on Sunday and Thursday find us gathered in a circle around the common Table of one Bread and Cup as we come for solace and strength, for pardon and renewal.
As the spiritual center of Trinity at 22nd, Trinity Memorial has served as a house of worship and community resource for more than 140 years.
What We Are
What we are is what we are not ...
A unique aspect of our character as a religious denomination is the pluralistic nature of our tradition. If asked what Episcopalians believe that make us Episcopalian rather than Baptist or Roman Catholic, the answer is in how we believe more than what we believe.
The five affirmations of our Baptismal Covenant describe (rather than prescribe) our core understanding of what we think it means to be Christian. They are questions, the answers to which reside somewhere on a continuum between extremes - with the extremes defined by what we do not believe.
1. Will you continue in the Apostle's teaching and fellowship?
Visit us any time.
Shalom,
Donna Maree+
Rector and Pastor
A unique aspect of our character as a religious denomination is the pluralistic nature of our tradition. If asked what Episcopalians believe that make us Episcopalian rather than Baptist or Roman Catholic, the answer is in how we believe more than what we believe.
The five affirmations of our Baptismal Covenant describe (rather than prescribe) our core understanding of what we think it means to be Christian. They are questions, the answers to which reside somewhere on a continuum between extremes - with the extremes defined by what we do not believe.
1. Will you continue in the Apostle's teaching and fellowship?
- We are NOT disconnected from history and rooted in Scripture, and we are not able to simply throw out pieces of the tradition we no longer like, but account for it and claim it even if we have forever changed from it.
- We are NOT mindless conformists either. We are not limited to answers from the past because our Tradition is evolving and re-voiced in each new generation.
- We are NOT in denial of or naive about our own capacity for evil, and we are clear about our need to change.
- We do NOT believe that we are condemned for our humanity, we do not hold ourselves or others under the judgment of perfection, and we proclaim a message of forgiveness and transformation.
- We do NOT hold to the idea that what we believe is more important than how we live our lives and what we do.
- We are NOT private about our religion either - sharing faith with others is an essential element of our spiritual growth.
- We do NOT believe that the love of God is available exclusively for Christians or any other human boundary that we set.
- We are NOT mere humanists who believe that the human spirit by itself is enough to sustain the human community, rather, that God is present in all creatures.
- We do NOT believe in keeping religion separated from politics, economics and other public moral concerns and choice that we face.
- We do NOT believe that Christianity should ever be associated with any one nationality, form of government or national political agenda.
- We are NOT self-sufficient and capable all on our own of keeping this covenant.
- We are NOT passive by-standers waiting around for God to do it all and take care of us either.
Visit us any time.
Shalom,
Donna Maree+
Rector and Pastor
