Message from Lisa

Beloved Friends, From November 3-17 Trinity will be engaged in our Annual Giving Campaign. It is an important time in our common life calling us to intentionally reflect and respond to what it means to be a community of faith supporting the ministry we share. Each...

Beloved Friends, From November 3-17 Trinity will be engaged in our Annual Giving Campaign. It is an important time in our common life calling us to intentionally reflect and respond to what it means to be a community of faith supporting the ministry we share. Each...

Beloved Friends- Question: What do a memorial service, a conversation with a struggling mom who’s grown daughter just came out to her, a mid-week Eucharist, follow up from a vestry meeting, a staff huddle, some liturgy preparations, a conversation with new friends who...

Beloved Friends - I am someone who loves books, and as a result I seem to have collected more than my fair share over the years. Each time I have to move I find myself wondering if I shouldn’t pare down and “thin out” my collection. Sometimes I do a bit, but this week...

Beloved Friends- This Sunday when we gather, we will hear a gospel lesson from Luke that always reminds me of a part of my childhood I dreaded a couple times a year; the dreaded thank you notes ritual following either Christmas or a birthday. It’s not that I was ever...

Beloved Friends- Today, October 4th, is the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. Francis astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without...

Beloved friends- The words below resonate with profound depth and meaning for me as I sit down to write today. They come from Jean Vanier, Founder of the beautiful L'Arche community- a collection of 150 houses of men and women with or without an intellectual...

Beloved Friends, There is a growing canon of research material focused on church growth and development. And while there seem to be as many opinions on the subject as there are authors, there are some common themes and criteria I believe are helpful articulating...

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...

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...

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...

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...