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“It is an enduring paradox of Christianity that in the most difficult moments in our lives — when we have lost hope and long for God to bring us answers, to end our suffering, to fix things — we are instead instructed to wait,” writes Summerlee Staten. ”But in the interim, we are asked to do God’s work in the here and now, while remaining in prayerful hope for the world to come.”

Though Trinity Church Wall Street celebrates this charitable spirit of giving year-round, we believe that Giving Tuesday is a wonderful opportunity to uplift the many ways our congregation and neighbors can give back: by getting involved in our Stewardship campaign, volunteering with our Compassion Market, or supporting some of many organizations helping our neighbors in Lower Manhattan.

The Rt. Rev. Andrew Dietsche looks back on his 11 years as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Bill into law, which will automatically seal conviction records for millions of eligible New Yorkers who have paid their debt to society, improving their access to housing, education, and employment. Trinity Church Wall Street has been a longtime supporter of the Clean Slate NY Act, providing nearly $1.5 million in grants to support its passage.

“[This Sunday’s] parable reminds us we are not to be overwhelmed by bad news but to stay in communion with God,” writes Summerlee Staten, Executive Director, Faith Formation and Education, “to keep the lamplight of our faith burning in trust and in hope.”

Jesus’s teaching in his Sermon on the Mount gives us a “new vision of how the world should be organized,” upending the status quo “by favoring the poor, the merciful, the mourning, and those rejected for doing the right thing,” writes Dr. Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, Associate Director, Spiritual Practices, Retreats, & Pilgrimage. “How shocking that the way to blessedness is through inadequacy and vulnerability.”

A summary of an event on October 15, 2023 organized by members of Trinity Church Wall Street's Prison Ministry to discuss the closing of Rikers Island Jail and how to advocate for that closing.