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My Flame Grows Steadier (by Roberta Durham, Trinity Member)
I first came to Trinity 12 years ago, in the fall, that season of change. At the time, I thought it was the music that drew me, because if you’re looking for beautiful sacred music, the Episcopal church has a pretty firm grasp of what it’s doing. I knew the then-music...
Our Sacred Soundtrack Continues
Beloved Friends- Recently we published a new brochure highlighting Music and the Arts at Trinity. Our Director of Music and the Arts, Nate Leonard, did a fantastic job reflecting a wonderful collection of voices from our community sharing the role music plays in our...
Church is Community, Community is Home (by Elizabeth Cousino, Trinity Member)
I was Methodist raised, Catholic educated, spiritual crisis UU attender who then realized she loved Jesus and slid over to UCC and landed in an Episcopal church when Darrell and I decided to find a spiritual home together. Church has always been my community from my...
Carrying One’s Cross
Beloved Friends, Whew! This week at staff meeting we spent nearly two hours reviewing all our upcoming worship services, events and activities. It is both a little overwhelming and a lot amazing to step back into this vibrant ministry after some time away, and see all...
Setting My Burdens Down (by Jolene Miller, Trinity Member)
It’s a beautiful morning in Toledo, and I am writing this reflection on the tail of an unusual summer, one in which I have not been in church due to work. For someone who has rarely missed church in the last 24 years, this is an odd place to be but at the same time,...
Beginnings
Beloved Friends- It is wonderful to be back among you after a few weeks away enjoying a time of sabbath rest. And now we are “off to the races” again as we welcome the season of Beginnings- school starting, cooler weather and a new program year at Trinity. This Sunday...
The Still Small Voice (by Wayne North, Trinity Member)
“And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12And after the earthquake a...
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Beloved Friends- During the month of August I will be away for a time of sabbath and renewal. While I am gone, I am offering some of my favorite poems to be solace and strength for your journey. May God bless each of us with silence, rest, play, and the company of...
Making Invitation a Verb in the Active Voice (by Hugh Grefe, Trinity Member)
“Some churches try to sell you on the idea of Jesus Christ, and Trinity invites you to meet Jesus Christ.” These are my teenage grandson’s words in response to my question about why he had announced that he intended to join Trinity once he got his driver’s license...
Bye bye, Old Chiller!
Today Trinity broke ground on the removal of our old chiller and installation of our brand new one! This need, originating in June of 2018, was identified during summer music camp when we experienced a complete AC system failure. Over the past 14 months, we have...
A Future Not Our Own
Beloved Friends- During the month of August I will be away for a time of sabbath and renewal. While I am gone, I am offering some of my favorite poems to be solace and strength for your journey. May God bless each of us with silence, rest, play, and the company of...
What Trinity Means to Me (by Amy Saylor, Trinity Seminarian)
My faith in God wasn’t waning, but faith in the church definitely was when my husband and I walked through the doors of Trinity. I was tired of churches turning the gospel into a political platform, an excuse to discriminate, and an opportunity for greed and...
Thanks, Trinity (by Dave Beckwith, Trinity Member)
“Why do you go to church? And why Trinity?”, I’m often asked. Depending on what’s happening in my life and at church, I say a couple of things. Often I say, “the music!” I love singing with this feisty bunch of kids and not quite still kids, I learn from them, and I...
The Invitation
Beloved Friends- During the month of August I will be away for a time of sabbath and renewal. While I am gone, I am offering some of my favorite poems to be solace and strength for your journey. May God bless each of us with silence, rest, play, and the company of...
Grateful…to be in Community (by Bob Meeker, vestry member)
The Bishop's Bike Ride trained me to appreciate community in a new way. We were a rolling church, gathering ideas, support, sustenance and friendship from all we met. We grew to be like family during home stays on our travels between northern Ohio...
Now I Become Myself
Beloved Friends- During the month of August I will be away for a time of sabbath and renewal. While I am gone, I am offering some of my favorite poems to be solace and strength for your journey. May God bless each of us with silence, rest, play, and the company of...
Perspective is Powerful
Beloved friends- Every now and then I find it helpful to look back and reflect on some aspect of our shared ministry. I do so today, not with a posture of pride as much as with a deep sense of gratitude, humility and awe. As I look at today’s date, I realize it was...
All Are Welcome (by Jamie Paul, vestry member)
I attended the local MCC church until they closed in 2007 which met in the St. Marks Chapel. We sang the hymn “All Are Welcome” at every service. I recently heard this hymn at a church in another city I was visiting and whenever I hear this hymn, I...