This week, Handel's Messiah takes over Comfort at One. For our first installment, a scene of choral movements featuring the incredible musicians of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Julian Wachner. This video features “Surely,” “And with his stripes,” and “All we like sheep.”
"What is joy? It's kind of like happiness, but it's bigger. It's deeper. Joy includes everything." In today's Family Service, the Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles expanded on the concept of joy. May you open your arms widely this week and know that God loves us.
The Very Rev. Dr. Michael Battle welcomes Thandeka Tutu to Trinity Church Wall Street for an exploration of the spiritual leadership and life of her father, Archbishop-Emeritus Desmond Tutu. This event will include, but will not be limited to, a discussion of Dr. Battle’s latest book Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Autobiography of South Africa’s Confessor.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and one of the most recognizable figures of the late 20th century. The world knows him as the most visible leader in the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa. What many people do not know about the man known as “the Arch” is the theological foundation that supports all he has accomplished in his life and the deep and consistent rhythm of prayer that undergirds him on a daily basis.
The Very Rev. Dr. Michael Battle has spent the past 27 years writing a book that describes these little-known qualities of Archbishop Tutu. That book, Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography of South Africa’s Confessor will be discussed at Trinity Church on December 10 when Michael Battle welcomes Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe for a conversation about her father and the spiritual legacy he has offered through his leadership as a gift to the world.
Trinity will present this event to both an in-person audience and online. It will include a question-and-answer session, and Dr. Battle will also be available for a book signing.
Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, MPH is the CEO of the Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign Centre (DTTCC), a charitable educational organization which addresses the 95 million desk shortage in sub-Saharan Africa. DTTCC aims to provide 20 million environmentally friendly, portable desks to schools in Africa by 2025. DTTCC the lives of African children, their communities, countries and makes Africa a more globally competitive continent through improved literacy and education.
Thandeka has been educated and worked in the UK, Swaziland, Botswana and the USA. She is passionate about education and public health, especially the fight against HIV/AIDS, and improving the health and education experiences of young people, thus promoting global peace and justice. While completing her Masters of Public Health at Emory University, Thandeka received several fellowships including from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), American Cancer Society, the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, the South East AIDS Training Center & the Dekalb County Board of Health.
Michael Battle
Currently appointed as Herbert Thompson Professor of Church and Society and Director of the Desmond Tutu Center at General Theological Seminary in New York, the Very Rev. Michael Battle, Ph.D. has an undergraduate degree from Duke University, a master’s of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, a master’s of Sacred Theology from Yale University, and a PhD in theology and ethics, also from Duke University. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1993.
Our Christmas Comfort at One offerings continue with a stunning virtual performance of a favorited annual Trinity holiday event: the Trinity Youth Chorus performing Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Let these beautiful voices bring you comfort and light as you begin this joyous season.
For Comfort at One today, we have a special Pipes at One performance by Trinity’s Associate Organist Janet Yieh. A perfect offering for the holiday season, Janet expertly designed this program of Advent hymns and tunes, with works by Mendelssohn, Bach, Jeanne Demessieux, and Marcel Dupré.
Today’s Comfort at One will surely get you in the holiday spirit as the Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, under the direction of Julian Wachner, perform Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Parts 2 and 4).
