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Trinity Building Partner Update
Friday, May 15, 2020 Beloved Members of Trinity, Trinity’s gorgeous Gothic building gives us many reasons to be grateful, including space to offer to the wider community. Of course, the building also requires much of us- in terms of...
What Would Love Do?
Beloved Friends- This past Wednesday I attended our annual diocesan clergy conference, albeit in a very different way. For 6 hours, 90 Episcopal clergy from our churches in northern Ohio filled 4 Zoom screens to gather for time together with each other, our Diocesan...
Hope for Troubled Hearts
Beloved friends, This Sunday we will hear the portion of the story of Jesus’ last days among us in which he implores his disciples, his friends, “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” They are powerful words offered by Jesus on this night as he gathers them one last...
Seeking Perspective
Beloved Friends, The power of perspective. That’s what I am thinking about today. That is what I am praying for in this season of discontinuity. That is what feels both imminent and illusive sometimes within the same day, or even the same hour. What is perspective?...
A Pastoral Letter from the Bishop
First and most importantly, please know that each of you and those you love are in my prayers daily. My appreciation and admiration for all you are doing to remain connected pastorally and spiritually with one another,
Thank You!!
We'd like to share our deepest gratitude to those in our Trinity community that have -and that will- share their time and voices for our Sunday online worship services. To the musicians, liturgical team, technical experts, and the individuals and families in our faith...
This Resurrection Madness!
Beloved Friends- Image from Unsplash free images. Shalom! Peace to you my dear ones. As we move further into this season of Eastertide- these 50 days after the Resurrection, this Sunday we will hear a familiar story. Jesus will join two of his followers on the road to...
The Gift of Today
Beloved Friends, I was recently reminded of a short and beautiful quote attributed to Maya Angelou: "This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before." I have no idea what the context was at the time she said or wrote this but my oh my, it certainly takes on...
4/8 Update from the Trinity Wardens
Our beloved Trinity Family, Greetings from your Senior and Junior wardens! We hope you are all healthy and safe as you read these words. These are new and strange times for our church – for the world – as we learn to show our love by...
Broken Hearts are Mended, Wounded Souls are Healed
Beloved friends, “Broken Hearts are Mended, Wounded Souls are Healed.” Many in our generation have inherited things from our parents; some physical, some emotional, the aggregate of which represents various aspects of who our parents were and perhaps still are in our...
Maundy Thursday, 4/9
According to John 13, on the last night of his life, Jesus gave us a new commandment, or “mandate,” that we love one another. As Jesus sat at the table with his friends, he was continuing what was central to his ministry. The meal they shared that night was not a...
Following a Path of Pure Love
Beloved Friends, We are starting to turn the liturgical corner and move from Lent into Holy Week this Sunday. This will be our final week with Jesus marking the last days he traveled with us here on earth. This year we enter this sacred and holy church season amidst a...
Community Breakfast Suspended
Due to the increasing risk towards the health and safety of our volunteers, we feel that it is time to make the very hard decision to suspend our Sunday breakfast distribution to help reduce exposure to and spread of the Coronavirus. We plan to resume as soon as it is...
The Landscape of Our Souls
Beloved Friends. In my monthly planner I have a new set of numbers. Starting on Monday March16, I wrote the number “1” and each day after have continued marking yet another day of making our way through this new landscape amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. By this...
March 27 Update from Lisa & Your Wardens
Beloved Friends,As Lisa said last Sunday, “Easter is coming and the resurrection cannot be contained by any pandemic!” We write to you now with an update about our worship services over the next few weeks.Following is a statement from our Presiding Bishop Michael...
AA Online Resources
Although deeply saddened, we feel it is time to close our daily noon AA meeting as we strive to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Know that we want to continue to offer our unconditional support for our brothers and sisters in recovery in any way that we can. ...
Choral Spotlight: Isaac Slater, High School Choral Member
Over these next weeks, we will highlight members of our choir. This week, meet Toledo School for the Arts sophomore, Isaac Slater!Isaac really enjoys acting having performed in numerous productions, such as Twelfth Night, Odd Couple, and Little Women. He also dabbles...
Feed the People. Starve the Virus.
Beloved Friends, I write to you on a day and in a time of great uncertainty in so many respects. It remains unclear how the spread of the COVID-19 virus will move in the days to come, and with that uncertainty coupled with the recent closing of many schools and public...