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Pride. Pride. Pride.
Let's be honest, all I'm going to talk about for the next two weeks is PRIDE. We have quite a bit going on, as a reminder, we'll have a family friendly Princess Party cookout on the plaza Friday 8/18 from 4-7, and three different ways to volunteer on Saturday. You...
Hope
Dear Friends, I write you this message following Lisa’s new call announcement. I am with many of you and your feelings. I’ve shared time and space with many of you following her resignation and am thankful for the time and vulnerability that has been shared. Today...
Boy. That escalated quickly.
What a week. I don't know about you, but I feel like I have been through the ringer. Not just the news about Lisa leaving, but it's as if life decided to yell "HERE" in my face and give a bunch of crappy gifts without receipts. Almost like that post-fight scene in the...
Music Matters
Beloved Friends, What a difference a song makes. It was a cold night in Philadelphia in 1985 when I decided to go hear a folksinger named Fred Small. I don’t remember too much about the performance, other than a song he sang near the end of the evening, called...
Cody Cooper
Good morning, my friends! This week, we continue our wonderful summer season of instrumentalists, and this weekend we’ll be tuning in to some folk-rock sounds. To help set that vibe, we’ve invited our guest Cody Cooper to the church to offer some beautiful music. ...
Hate has no place here.
Last weekend a group of neo-n*zi’s decided they would show up and protest LoveFest, an event put on by one of our community partners Equality Toledo. After that, they decided to drive to Sylvania and protest outside of Congregation B’nai Israel. Over the past month...
Honoring the Past, Headed into the Future
Beloved Friends- Today I am thinking about a beautiful word from the Akan (West African) tribe in Ghana- Sankofa. The literal translation of the word is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” The word can be broken down into these pieces: SAN...
Pop-Up Dinners Be Poppin’
Hello my friends, We are deep in the throws of our resurrected Pop-Up Dinners and they are going very, very well so far. I am personally excited to attend my first one next week with my family at Donna and Jolene’s house. IF you haven’t signed up yet, there is still...
July Update: Music & the Arts
Hello friends! Today, I am inspired to give you an update about what’s happening in the music and arts space at Trinity, and to reflect on our lovely choir. #flatjesus is travelling the world! I am so happy that an evening of disappointment in Google/Canva searches...
Good Soil
Beloved Friends- This Sunday, both at Trinity@Home and Trinity@316 services we will begin a kind of biblical mini-series with 3 weeks in which we will hear Jesus offering parables. Parables must have been one of his favorite ways to teach—he used them a lot. By...
2023 Pride Shirts!
Hello my Trinity friends and family! What an exciting time to be in and around our little slice of Northwest Ohio. We are deep in the middle of planning our Toledo Pride Extravaganza and just yesterday the shirt we made for Pride is now available to order! Please...
Merwin!
Good Day, Trinity! Today, I wanted to talk about our next Sunday summer musician. His name is Merwin Siu, a wonderful member of our church, and father of two with his wonderful partner Kimberly. This weekend, he’ll be offering his beautiful musicianship to our...
Pride is here, and it isn’t going anywhere
Starting this week, and running every other week through July we will be meeting for 10-30 minutes after service in the Living Room to take questions, or participate in crafting activities for Pride 2023. This will serve as a time for those who want to be a part of...
Our one Wild and Precious Life
Beloved Friends-As I sit down to write to you this week the words of one of my favorite Mary Oliver poems comes to me: "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...
Summer Music – Anthony Marchese
This weekend begins our transition into summertime music. With the section leaders and choir on a much-deserved break until September, Grace and I have worked to infuse our summer music offerings with wonderful area of instrumentalists. We’re hoping to give breath and...
Let Freedom Ring-Reclaiming Beloved Community
Beloved Friends- Happy almost 4th of July! To be honest, this holiday in which we commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, is one that always comes with mixed emotions for me, but this year even more so and leaves me...
Music and Holy Spontaneity
Here we are: we have reached the end of another season with our Trinity Music Team. Our Section Leaders and Trinity@Home musicians will be released for a couple months until returning to us in September to once more, fill our holy space, both online and in person,...
“I have not come to bring peace, but a sword”
This week's title comes from the Gospel passage, Matthew 10:24-39 and is a bit harsh. The section in Matthew Deacon Meribah will read on Sunday is one of those, in my experience, often glazed over because we don’t know what to do with it. This is a passage that can...