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Trinity staff members have researched ways parishioners can help Ukrainians in need.

God keeps us from harm and rescues us from both the traps we are placed in by others, and the ones we build ourselves. God is with us “in trouble,” sheltering us in the holy dwelling place of the Most High.

The observance of Ash Wednesday on March 2, 2022 at Trinity Church Wall Street will be historic in several ways.

A note from Father Bird about Ukraine...Even as we face this great tragedy, with uncertainty and I expect no small amount of fear, we find assurance in the unceasing love of Jesus Christ who showed us the way of peace and justice, and who proclaimed, “Blessed are the peacemakers.”

Last week, we talked about feelings and changes on the inside that are much harder to see in others, sometimes because they are very gradual. Changing who we are at heart, and our personal story paths, can also happen. All of these interior changes can only be witnessed by others through our actions. And sometimes our actions don’t honestly reflect our interiors.

Reducing the number of people in jail and protecting public safety are not contradictory. They are the twin goals of New York’s bail reform law.

We — and our world — have been transformed by the pandemic, racial reckoning, economic upheaval, and climate change. What will we let go of as we move into the season of Lent seeking new ways to be God’s people in the world? 

The Osborne Association is a leading service provider, advocate, and housing developer that works to eradicate housing instability and homelessness for justice-involved and formerly incarcerated people in New York City.