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“Repentance isn’t about wallowing in shame and guilt,” writes the Rev. Matthew Welsch. “The Christian call to repentance is an invitation to turn around. To stop, take stock of our lives, and then realign ourselves to God’s vision for the world. Repentance is an act of joy.”

“At our specific time and place in history,” writes Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, “and as we draw close to the celebration of Jesus’s birth during Advent, we are invited again to prepare our hearts to receive God’s love here on earth.”

“Christians need not despair,” writes Summerlee Staten, “God’s word for us is eternal — the pinprick of light before and beyond the coming storm. When we keep our eyes on that light . . . we see beyond the darkness, guarding a future not fully known to us, and yet already held by God.”

How to care for asylum seekers and other neighbors in need this December — and beyond

Acclaimed conductor Jane Glover, who leads Trinity's performances this season, on what first captivated her about Handel’s masterpiece — and what keeps drawing her back.

The latest grants highlight Trinity’s commitments to addressing racial justice in childhood education, economic vitality and housing affordability.

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”