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Pico Iyer is an author, journalist, and travel writer.

Faith Education September 11, 2024

Author Pico Iyer on Finding Peace in Our Divided World

In an exclusive interview, the renowned writer Pico Iyer reflects on his quest to hold onto hope in even the most difficult times. Iyer will open the 2024-25 season of Trinity Talks on September 22.

Press Releases September 3, 2024

Trinity Church Announces 2024–2025 Music Season

Trinity Church announces its 2024-2025 season, featuring programming encompassing social, political, personal, and spiritual themes, and music from the medieval era to the modern day.

Featured September 3, 2024

A Letter from Father Phil

How our downtown community is making a difference for children and families in District 1 schools.

Parish Life July 25, 2024

The Rev. Kristin Miles Reflects on 50 Years of Women’s Ordination

Fifty years ago, on July 29, 1974, eleven women were ordained as Episcopal priests at Philadelphia’s Church of the Advocate. The “Philadelphia Eleven” paved the way for The Episcopal Church’s approval of women’s ordination two years later. The Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles, Trinity Church’s director of Parish Life, reflects on what this anniversary means to her.

Bright red berries in a floral arrangement in Trinity Church

Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationJanuary 12, 2023

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Remembering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

As disciples of Jesus, he calls us to “do to others as you would have them do to you,” which means we are responsible for each other’s well-being. As King wrote in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Baptisms at Trinity Church Wall Street on January 8, 2023

Faith EducationJanuary 11, 2023

The Welcoming Message of Baptism

Trinity Church Wall Street baptized four candidates at the 11:15am Holy Eucharist on Sunday, January 8, 2023.

January 8, 2023

2023–2024 Discernment Process for the Election of Trinity Church Wall Street Vestry Members

The Annual Vestry Election will be held on April 11, 2023, Easter Tuesday, as specified under the 1697 Charter.

Children dressed up for the Christmas pageant in Trinity Church

Faith EducationFaith Formation & EducationJanuary 7, 2023

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: A Fresh Start

Jesus wanted ordinary people to know that he was with them as a person who could make mistakes, feel pain, and seek forgiveness and fresh starts, too.

Father Phil pours water into the baptismal font in Trinity Church

Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationJanuary 5, 2023

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: The Cliffhanger of Epiphany

Within Isaiah’s imagery lies a blueprint for all of God’s beloveds: to serve God and one another gently, fully, and deeply, rather than with harsh judgement and punishment. We are not only beneficiaries but the progeny of anyone who serves the God of creation with justice and freedom.

Faith EducationJames MelchiorreJanuary 4, 2023

Epiphany: A Feast Both Ancient and Modern

A summary of information about the feast, and the season, of Epiphany in the Church.

FeaturedJames MelchiorreDecember 26, 2022

Trinity's Top 10 Videos of 2022

From stained glass to music concerts, the Rector's Institution, and Trinity Leadership Fellows. Watch or rewatch the top 10 videos for the year 2022 from Trinity Church Wall Street and remember all we have to be thankful for this year together.

The children's choir in red choir robes singing in Trinity Church

Faith EducationFaith Formation & EducationDecember 17, 2022

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: God Is Love

Jesus came to us in tough circumstances, as a lovable but vulnerable baby. God’s love is with us both when it’s easy and when it’s hard to give or receive love.

Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationDecember 15, 2022

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: The Interruption of God

The annunciation to Joseph reminds us that Christmas is disruptive. Jesus’s arrival in the world and in our lives destabilizes our plans for a perfectly planned life and asks us to accept the interruption of God into time — into the messiness of human life.

A family lights the Advent wreath during the 9am service in Trinity Church

Faith EducationFaith Formation & EducationDecember 10, 2022

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Take a Break and Celebrate

With children, we might just say that Advent liturgy and practice used to be a serious time to prepare ourselves for Jesus’s arrival in our hearts. However, even then, on the third Sunday of Advent, they took a break and celebrated along with Mary in her anticipation of her baby and of how he would help restore God’s kin-dom — on earth as it is in heaven.