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Scripture Reflection November 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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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.”

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Faith EducationSummerlee StatenApril 21, 2021

When the Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want.

And here in Psalm 23, we are reminded that when the Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want. The word for want, haser, is closer in Hebrew to the word “lack.” The Psalmist impresses on us that, while we may not always have everything we want, God, in God’s tenderness, provides for our needs.

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FeaturedThe Rev. Phillip A. JacksonApril 20, 2021

A Reflection from Father Phil on the George Floyd Murder Trial Verdict

"Like you, I’ve just watched through teary eyes as the policeman who murdered George Floyd almost one year ago was given a measure of justice," writes the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson, Priest-in-charge of Trinity Church Wall Street.

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ClassesApril 20, 2021

Earth Week: Ways to Learn and Give Back

The Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones preaching

FeaturedApril 18, 2021

Family Service Sermon, The Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones: "Keep Showing Up"

The Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones Miles preaches on Sunday, April 18, 2021, at our weekly Family Worship service.

FeaturedApril 18, 2021

Sunday Sermon, The Rev. Michael A. Bird: "I Bet You Have Stories"

The disciples spent their Eastertide like many of us are today: disoriented, afraid, and struggling to find their way. And then Jesus did what Jesus does: he showed up.

Flowers on Altar on Easter Day April 4, 2021

FeaturedApril 16, 2021

Alleluia! It's Still Easter. Watch the Video.

Easter is not only a day, it's a season called Eastertide and lasts fifty days.

Food packs ready for distribution to families of disabled children in Brazil, 2020.

FeaturedNeill ColemanApril 16, 2021

A Year of COVID-19: Response, Recovery, and Resilience

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Faith EducationKathryn CarrollApril 14, 2021

How we witness the presence of Jesus

Just as in our Gospel reading, the process of opening to the mystery is multi-sensory and multi-emotional, which is how we will witness Jesus’ presence in these next weeks and years and millennia to come.

FeaturedApril 11, 2021

Bearing Witness to a Miracle, Then, Now, and Always

Every year about this time, discussions start about how Christians understand Easter, specifically the literal resurrection of Jesus. "Everyone is wrong,” preaches the Rev. Winnie Varghese.

The Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles preaching