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Being in Community
I was born into a churched family. Weekly church attendance was the norm. My grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins attended the same church. My great-grandmother (who lived to the age of 103) was a pillar of the church, and when she became too frail to attend...
Welcome Interim Rector Stephen Applegate
October 1 – Join us this Sunday@ 10:00AM, for our first service with Stephen. We are thrilled to have him at Trinity to guide us through this next chapter for all of us. If you can’t join us at Trinity At 316, you can watch Trinity At Home and “meet” Stephen at 9:00am or anytime thereafter!
NOVA Coming to Trinity
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! A fabulous concert is coming to Trinity October 8th at 3:00 pm. Lead by Kevin S. Foster, NOVA, or Northwest Ohio Vocal Arts, is a small professional choral ensemble making their debut performance in our sanctuary. If you love choral music, this is...
Community Life
What a week everyone. Yesterday we were fortunate enough to have an end of summer bbq with our friends over at Toledo Streets Newspaper because they were gifted a grill! What a fun and delicious time - as a reminder y’all are welcome to join us the third Thursday of...
First One on the List
I was raised in a pretty conservative United Methodist church growing up. I went to a couple different churches when I left home to attend college and never felt comfortable or accepted or fit in when I attended any of those churches. The churches I encountered...
Why Am I At Trinity?
I’m supposed to be writing about why I am at Trinity. I could say all the normal things: I am a progressive Christian who longs to be in a community of those who believe that when God said to love them all, She meant all. I could say that I was drawn into a church who...
A Word for Sunday
Excerpt from "Another Nautical" found in Amanda Gorman’s book, Call Us What We Carry: Hope is the soft bird We send across the sea To see if this earth is still home. We ask you honestly: Is it? For those not in the know, Priest Lisa gave us this book in an...
Love and Acceptance
Scott and I first started coming to Trinity regularly almost twenty years ago in December 2003. We knew then that Trinity was a community that was filled with love and acceptance. While many of the faces have changed since that time, both clergy and parishioners, the...
The one who sings prays twice. (St. Augustine)
Hello, friends! It is my pleasure to share with you this lovely note from Yvonne Dubielak. Chelsie Some of the most spiritual moments in my life have been while singing: Leading 30 imprisoned men in singing “Silent Night” in a federal correctional facility during a...
Three Words
You have cancer. Three small words. A small sentence, really. But when those three words fell out of Dr Baig’s mouth all I assumed of life imploded. Suddenly, there were blood tests, dressing gowns, tubes, ER visits, surgery, and tears and fear and Need. Days after...
Ashley Espinosa on Music
Hello my Friends! As promised, this week I have another wonderful music reflection to share with you. This week, it comes from choir member Ashley Espinoza. I hope this note inspires you, too, to think about music; what place it holds in your life, how you use it,...
The Light and the Dark
The above quote comes from the “Cosmic Order” section of the Song of Creation from the Episcopal Church’s Common Book of Prayer and it is something that I find personally comforting. For so long the church has used the word dark or darkness as synonymous with bad or...
No Matter Where You Are On Your Spiritual Journey…
“No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, know that you are welcome and wanted in this place.” That statement resonated with me from the day that Kelly (my wife) and I walked into Trinity over 4 years ago. Those were the first words that spoke to me. And...
We Came. We Prided. We Conquered
Y’all. Pride was such a good time. Thank you so, so much to everyone who came, donated water, time, candy, WHATEVER. This is the type of radical welcoming that Trinity has been known for, for decades and you help make continue to make it happen. Rest well knowing that...
Relationship to Music – by Hugh Grefe
My friends: For the next couple weeks, I am delighted to share with you writings from our beloved choir. Each of these stories will share something about them and their relationship with music. Today, please read this letter from Hugh Grefe. <3 Chelsie My life’s...
Trinity is Home
Some years ago, Amy and I began Church shopping. I was tired of watching people complain about their taxes, bake each other brownies, talk about their guns and express their intolerance of inclusion and diversity. Frankly I got tired of saying to myself, “I really...
The Plan For This Weekend
Y'ALL WE ARE HERE FOR PRIDE! THIS IS WHAT IS UP: FRIDAY NIGHT:We will be assembling in My Brother’s Place, volunteers, if you are able to get here at 3pm to help set up that would be great! Other than that, it starts at 4 and rolls through until 7pm. We’ll have...
Pride!
Well here we are: We’ve made it to TOLEDO PRIDE WEEKEND! This weekend we have a fantastic array of great activities here at Trinity that are meant to compliment the fantastic pride event being provided by Toledo Pride. Friday Night, we’ll have a family friendly...