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Scripture Reflection April 24, 2025

Doubt Is the Place God Meets Us

The disciple Thomas, who refuses to believe the news of Jesus’s resurrection without seeing it for himself, is known as a doubter. But in focusing on Thomas's uncertainty, we miss a deeper truth. “Doubt is not at odds with faith; it’s part of it!” writes the Rev. Yein Kim. Jesus isn’t angry when we ask questions. On the contrary, he meets us where we are and gives us exactly what we need to believe.

Trinity Leadership Fellows from the Year 3 cohort at Trinity Church on September 17, 2024.

Grants and Partners April 24, 2025

Introducing the 2025 Trinity Leadership Fellows Cohort

Meet the talented cohort of emerging leaders determined to use their faith to create positive change in our world.

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Parish Life April 23, 2025

Vestry Election Results 2025-2026

The annual Vestry Election was held on April 22, 2025.

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Scripture Reflection April 17, 2025

The Impossible Story of Easter

“It’s so easy to look at the state of our lives or the world around us and assume the worst,” writes the Rev. Matthew Welsch. But Christians are called to orient our lives around a different reality: Death does not win. Even when it seems impossible, Jesus brings new life.

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Faith EducationThe Rev. Yein KimNovember 21, 2024

Jesus’s Kingdom of Truth and Love

“This is our work: to commit ourselves to Jesus . . . the king who is a servant,” writes the Rev. Yein Kim. “Who comes, teaches, heals, reconciles, dies, and rises again, who lives through us and who will return.”

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Faith EducationThe Rev. Matthew WelschNovember 14, 2024

God Is With Us, Always

“Jesus repeatedly demonstrates that God is unafraid to stand with us amid our deepest fears and insecurities,” writes the Rev. Matthew Welsch. “God is not only with us when things are good and peaceful; God is with us when everything feels like it’s falling apart.”

Hot Bread Kitchen is creating economic opportunities through language and job skills training. (Photo: Jill Wachter)

Grants and PartnersSharlene BreakeyNovember 8, 2024

Prepping a Place at the Table

Trinity Church is helping Hot Bread Kitchen prepare asylum seekers for a career in the city’s pro kitchens. 

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Faith EducationKathy Bozzuti-Jones, PhDNovember 7, 2024

How We Imitate Jesus’s Way of Love

“On the path of holiness,” writes Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, “God’s Spirit empowers us to participate in God’s healing work on earth every single day.”

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Faith EducationSummerlee StatenOctober 31, 2024

The Holy Defiance of Fear

“When we love one another despite our differences, and when we seek to make friends of enemies,” writes Summerlee Staten, “we make a powerful statement: We are willing to participate in God’s future.”

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Faith EducationThe Rev. Matt WelschOctober 25, 2024

What It Means to Follow Jesus

“We pattern our lives after Jesus’s teaching and example,” writes the Rev. Matt Welsch, “by putting others first, by caring for those who are outcast, and by positioning ourselves as children of God in need of God’s love and guidance.”

History and ArchivesOctober 24, 2024

What Is All Saints’ Day?

The Rev. Patrick Williams explains the origins of this day set aside for remembering loved ones who have died.

Faith in New York's voter education booth

Grants and PartnersOctober 24, 2024

Getting New Yorkers to the Polls

Trinity grantee GoVoteNYC is working with nonprofits to educate and empower voters across the city.

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Faith EducationThe Rev. Yein KimOctober 18, 2024

What It Means to Be Truly Great

“Jesus flips the script on greatness,” writes the Rev. Yein Kim. “True glory comes not from being the best, not from the desire to be noticed, not from self-importance and making your mark, but through service.”

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MusicSharlene BreakeyOctober 16, 2024

Giving Voice to the Voiceless

With a powerful New York premiere, composer Gabriel Kahane confronts the experience of being homeless as Trinity’s music ensemble, NOVUS, dives heart first into a new season.