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Where will our corporate and personal observances and meditations this Holy Week take us? Will our journey continue, and will we arrive at new life with Jesus next Sunday, and then continue further?

The annual Vestry Election was held April 11, 2023.

Three sisters of the Society of St. Margaret live and work in the parish of Trinity Church Wall Street: Sister Gloria Shirley, Sister Ann Whittaker, and Sister Promise Atelon. Sister Promise also serves as priest and celebrant in services throughout the week — including Contemplative Eucharist on Wednesdays. This complements her work with Trinity’s Pastoral Care team to support the spiritual needs of the Trinity community.

For more than 25 years, The Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis) has been a champion of opportunity for all, utilizing education, organizing, and training as pathways to challenge inequity. Headquartered in Harlem, New York, with a focus on Black and Latinx youth, BroSis is where young people claim the power of their history, identity, and community to build the future they want to see.

Where will our corporate and personal observances and meditations this Holy Week take us? Will our journey continue, and will we arrive at new life with Jesus next Sunday, and then continue further?

The Agape Meal is a tradition at Trinity Church Wall Street on Wednesday of Holy Week.

Palm Sunday is a collision of emotions as “Hosannas” give way to “Crucify Him,” with the journey between those two extremes being the subject of many a sermon and Bible study lesson. This past Sunday, tween parishioners led us on this journey, with theatrical storytelling across seven stations, a “pilgrimage” from the church to the churchyard to Trinity Commons, and back again, bringing scenes from the Passion story to life for family and friends.

With young children, rather than dwelling on physical suffering, death, belief, and miracles in a general way, the story of Mary, Martha, and Jesus, and their shared love for Lazarus, allows us to talk about love and loss, and “unbinding” all the things that keep us from loving as deeply and openly as these four friends.

Only now, in my sixth decade, do I realize that acceptance of reality as it is and acceptance of myself as I am — without resistance or critique or commentary or kvetching or ruminating — is actually a matter of choice! It’s a matter of training the mind and heart with intentionality, with acceptance, with equanimity, and with trust in God’s design.

Where will our corporate and personal observances and meditations this Holy Week take us? Will our journey continue, and will we arrive at new life with Jesus next Sunday, and then continue further?