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Church School at Trinity offers something
for children and young people from nursery age through high school.
There are opportunities for adults to grow in their Christian journey
and minister to one another on Sundays and throughout the week. Watch
the bulletin and newsletter for specifics about Sunday as well as
special events throughout the year.
Christian Formation
Trinity's Sunday Church School and Adult Education programs provide
Christian formation, biblical study, and other learning opportunities
throughout the church year, with special programs planned for Lent
and Trinity Festival week in June. All programs are planned and
carried
out by volunteer lay ministers at Trinity. Ministry opportunities
range from program design to publicity to providing and serving
refreshments
or staffing registration tables. Council Chair: Coleen Sterne
Email.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd:
This Montessori-based program is based on the belief that children
have an innate knowledge of God. Trained volunteer catechists assist
the children with their discoveries of God in Level I for ages three
to five, Level II for grades 1-3 and Level III for grades 4-6. The
annual Eucharist Retreat and the Christmas
Eve Children's Liturgy offer special opportunities to assist with
crafts, snacks, meals, and other arrangements for the children. Contact
Laura Wilson, 569-8849.
Journey to Adulthood (Rite 13 and
J2A) provides Christian formation for our youth, addressing
the specific needs of preteens and teenagers. The program includes
exploration of self, spirituality, sexuality and society. Rite 13
is for young people in grades 7-8 and J2A is for young people in grades
9-12. Every third year the program includes a Middlers (pre-Rite 13)
group and a Senior High School Confirmation Class. Adults serve as
facilitators for the two-year curricula, or as drivers, chaperones,
special presenters, and occasional snack providers. Contact: Anne
Howard, 965-7419.
Lenten Series: Each year during Lent, Trinity parishioners
gather on Tuesday evenings for special week-night and weekend presentations
and small group discussions. Volunteers are needed each year to plan
and produce each evening. Opportunities for involvement include program
design, publicity, set-up, and hospitality. Contact: Coleen Sterne
Email.
Library Guild: This group
maintains books in our parish library. Volunteers who enjoy filing
and shelving are always welcome, as are volunteers to select and display
books at the Sunday Resource Table. Contact: Lou Smitheram, 687-5403.
Meeting Church Again for the First
Time: This ten-week series introduces the Episcopal Church
and life at Trinity. Covering history, theology, the Bible, and our
particular identity as Anglican Christians, it serves as preparation
for confirmation and baptism as well as membership at Trinity. Classes
meet each fall on Tuesday evenings and each spring on Saturday mornings.
Volunteers are welcome to assist with class preparation. Contact:
Anne Howard, 965-7419.
Sunday Forums: Trinity's
Sunday 9:00 a.m. forums are occasional educational events featuring
current topics of parish-wide or community concern. Volunteers are
needed on a rotating weekly basis to prepare refreshments, make signs,
serve as hosts or discussion facilitators. Contact: Anne Howard, 965-7419.
via media represents a renewed commitment to evangelism in the Episcopal
Church. One of the lessons of General Convention is that the Church
needs to spread the message of an inclusive, powerful, passionate
God to all people. Our churches have experienced a tension between "traditional" and "progressive" ideals
in the weeks following the prophetic actions of General Convention.
An evangelism tool that presents the basic tenets of Christianity
from an inclusive, Anglican approach to scripture, traditions, and
reason, leads the participants to a broader view of the journey of
faith and the role that the Church can play in society. via media
represents an inherently Anglican program that represents the mainstream
of American Anglicanism and will help grow the Episcopal Church.
via media is a powerful resource for building Christian community,
bringing people into the Church who previously have felt alienated
or unwelcome. Our Church stands on the threshold of a marvelous
evangelism opportunity, and the actions of General Convention 2003
opened the door. via media is the resource we need to open the
door even wider and keep it open for all who seek the Good News
of Jesus Christ.
via media is a tool for evangelism designed to proclaim the Good News of God
in Christ Jesus and to present the Episcopal Church in a contemporary context.
via media celebrates who we are as American Anglicans and invites
others to "taste and see," offering seekers both the
content and the context for conversations about Christian faith
from an unabashedly Anglican perspective.
via media is grounded in the traditional Anglican perspective
balancing Scripture, Traditions and Reason. It is rooted in Trinitarian
theology and offers a diverse, compelling witness to the unique
way of being Christian that is our Anglican heritage.
via media invites those seeking spiritual community to explore
Anglican Christianity through a non-threatening eight-week course
of study, prayer and conversation surrounded by radical hospitality.
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