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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarGrateful…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...
YOU are Worthy
Beloved Friends- Trinity Episcopal Church in Toledo Ohio was consecrated on April 5, 1866. The corner stone of the building was put in place in 1863 during the Industrial Revolution. Toledo itself was still in its infancy having been founded in 1833. It must have been...
We Are Home (by Dennis Degnan, vestry member)
Home. It is a simple word but has many powerful meanings. Some years ago in August, my wife Amy and I were looking at different churches and trying to find a place that shared our core beliefs and values as Christians. We arrived at Trinity and were...
Wild and Precious Life
Beloved Friends- "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Lately I have been reminded of the deep wisdom and truth that emerges whenever we show up fully and embrace this beautiful question posed in Mary Oliver’s lovely poem. Life is...
Special Events
What Are Yours? (by Donna Steppe, vestry member)
I recently participated in phase 1 of the Trinity 2030 Vision Crafting Process that took place on June 15, 2019. As part of the process, we went around the room, and each person participating was supposed to tell everyone your name, and in three words tell the other...
Happy Independence Day Weekend & Reclaiming a Patriotic Spirit
Beloved Friends- Happy 4th of July weekend! To be honest, this holiday in which we commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, is one that comes with mixed emotions for me, and maybe for you too. On the one hand I am so...
Feeling at Home with Homeless Jesus (by Becky Roth, vestry member)
“Homeless Jesus” is finally on their way home to Trinity. This long-awaited sculpture will soon be installed right outside our front doors as a powerful, permanent reminder of Jesus (God with us) in their distressing disguise. You may wonder about the money we’ve...
It Takes a Village
This week’s perspective is shared by: Alice Todd, Senior Warden. It is an honor to serve as Senior Warden on the vestry, and a privilege to work alongside the other eight members. Collectively we are asked to participate as leaders focused on both the day to day...
Change is in the Air…all around and inside us!
Beloved friends, Sometimes change is illusive other times obvious. Some change is welcomed while other change is feared. There are times when we beg and plead for things to change and perhaps, just as often, feel we would do anything to avoid the discomfort of...
Welcome to New Beginnings
This week’s perspective is shared by: Darrell Cousino, Junior Warden. This week we are beginning a new regular feature for Topics. This will be an opportunity for Trinity members to share with you the joys and challenges of our mutual ministry. The goals include...
Finding God in the Ordinary Days of Our Lives
Beloved friends- As I sit down to write to you this week I do so on the eve of entering our church season called “Ordinary Time.” This is the very long “green” season taking us through the beautiful months of summer into the fall. The church has used this time...
You Will Do Better In Drag
Friday, August 21 from 6:00-11:00 You Will Do Better In DRAG will be held at Promenade Park. Please keep in mind that there may be other events in Downtown Toledo (Mud Hens baseball, events at the Huntington Arena, etc.) that could effect parking downtown, and...
2020 Main Pride Event
Saturday, August 22 from 1:00-11:00 Toledo Pride will be held at Promenade Park. Please keep in mind that there may be other events in downtown Toledo (Mud Hens baseball, events at the Huntington Arena, etc.) that could effect parking downtown, and rates will...
Celebrating Father’s Day
Beloved Friends, while there is absolutely nothing “religious” about this Sunday’s celebration of Father’s Day, there is, I would suggest, something holy and sacred. Not unlike the celebration of Mother’s Day, both became observances in the early part of the 20th...