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Scripture Reflection November 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 has tailored its culinary fundamentals program to asylum seekers.
Grants and Partners November 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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Scripture Reflection November 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.”
A small daisy grows through a crack in the pavement
Scripture Reflection October 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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Lenten meditation 2024
CommunityFebruary 13, 2024

Lenten Meditations 2024

Every year, Trinity parishioners, clergy, and staff offer a book of meditations based on the lectionary readings to accompany us through the season of Lent. Some are written reflections, others are paintings or photographs. All are insightful, meditative, and a gift from the parish to the reader.
A 15th-century Greek icon depicting Jesus's transfiguration
Faith EducationSummerlee StatenFebruary 9, 2024

Down from the Mountaintop

”This is how mountaintop experiences — epiphanies and revelations that open our minds to new realities — change us,” writes Summerlee Staten, reflecting on Jesus's transfiguration. ”We come to understand the mystery of God in a new way, and by comparison the miracles we experienced before seem ordinary.”
The Rev. Phil Jackson, Rector of Trinity Church Wall Street
CommunityThe Rev. Phillip A. JacksonFebruary 5, 2024

Love in Action: Trinity Giving Tops $61M

The Rev. Phil Jackson, Trinity‘s Rector, reflects on Trinity’s increased charitable giving and our commitment to putting love into action by meeting needs in our Lower Manhattan community.
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Grants and PartnersBea de la TorreJanuary 31, 2024

Investing in Our People: Trinity Philanthropies in 2023

Over the past year, Trinity Church Wall Street has continued to increase our philanthropic support for work that advances equity and justice. We have nearly quadrupled our annual giving since 2019—from $16 million to $61 million—and in 2023 we distributed $37.7 million in grants to 205 organizations that advance our efforts to build organizational capacity, care for our community, and bring people together. 
Trinity partnered with CUNY to host a symposium concentrating on the needs of students, especially housing and food support.
Grants and PartnersJanuary 26, 2024

University of Hope: Powering CUNY’s Engine of Economic Mobility

On November 8, Trinity Church Wall Street joined forces with Robin Hood and the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation to convene a symposium of 150 funders, policymakers, and CUNY stakeholders. Together, we learned how public college students across the country are persevering through barriers beyond their control, homed in on how CUNY is caring for its own in New York City, and explored potential solutions.
Martin Luther King Jr. in the offices of the National Cathedral in Washington DC
Faith EducationSummerlee StatenJanuary 12, 2024

The Radical Freedom of Being Known by God

“Being deeply known by God is connected to radical freedom,” writes Summerlee Staten. As the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shows us, it’s precisely this freedom from fear that enables us to take action in the world toward widening justice and “whole-hearted liberty for all.”

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