Stories & News

Since 2020, Trinity Church Wall Street has funded a cohort of organizations working to support women transitioning from Rikers Island. This cohort was developed to prioritize the historically unmet needs of justice-involved women in response to the New York City Council’s vote to close Rikers Island in late 2019.

We can wonder about all the ways that Jesus as a shepherd shows us the true power of God: leading from the front to recognize abundance and danger, walking next to us in compassion, and following from behind to be with the stragglers and keep them from getting lost.

Being a disciple today requires prophetic action, discipline, and endurance. True life in Christ includes cultivating a deep desire for the capacity to see as God sees.

We can seek God on purpose. And sometimes we encounter Jesus when we’re not expecting it, or when we don’t think we deserve to be welcomed by God. Where, or in whom, might we encounter Jesus this week? Can we know ahead of time? Maybe Jesus will surprise you.

When it comes to Good News, it is not who you are, where you come from, or what you’ve done or not done in your life that matters. We can come as we truly are, bringing to God all the pain, joy, and wonder of our lives and our world. In this season of Lent, we are invited to bring to God all that we do not want to be seen or known and we, too, can receive living water. Water that will become in us a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.

Whenever our community gathers for worship, sacristans are present to support the clergy and congregation through both ritual and logistical aspects of prayer and liturgy. Learn more about this essential role in Trinity’s worship services through the eyes of Daniel Frank (he/him), who has served as a Sacristan since 2021.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a cornerstone of the Ballard neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. For over 130 years the church has worshiped in and served Ballard. St. Luke’s is known for a deep commitment to its vision: “to form Beloved Community, which is welcoming and diverse, with Christian worship and service at the heart.”

Psalms are songs; psalms are poetry; and psalms are prayers that we can take or make on any journey

But what if a triumph for one is tragedy for another? Are there winners and losers in God’s kin-dom? What does unassailable faith look like, anyway? If it’s not transactional, how can we know? It seems that the early Christians in Rome were debating these questions with Paul, too. These might be some questions we meet on our journey through the wilderness.