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Arts and crafts at the Trinity Mardi Gras celebration
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3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Spiritual Practice Together

February 25, 2023 | By Faith Formation & Education

Though this might seem counterintuitive to try with children, there is ample evidence and experience that spending some intentional time, daily or weekly, as a family on inward and outward-facing spiritual practice can be as meaningful and formative as a family vacation, or any time together in which you share a focus or activity.  

A brach of blooming pink flowers in front of the Astor cross in Trinity Churchyard
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Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Radically Free

February 23, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education

This is a life where prohibition is necessary, and also a life of overabundance. As Jesus says in the Gospel of John, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

2023 Lenten Meditations
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Lenten Meditations 2023

February 22, 2023

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.

Melanie Glass (L) speaks to parishioners
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Meet the Ministry: Melanie Glass, Congregational Support Coordinator

February 17, 2023

In this series, we’re introducing you to some of the faces you may see on Sundays and at services and programs throughout the week, whether they’re at the pulpit or the altar or behind the scenes. In this issue, meet Melanie Glass (she/her), who joined Trinity’s Pastoral Care and Community team as Congregational Support Coordinator in 2022.

Afternoon light spotlights a cross on the top of Trinity Church Wall Street in Lower Manhattan
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Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Who Jesus Really Is

February 16, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education

For modern disciples, as we face into the Lenten season, we hold an image of this mountaintop experience, knowing full well that we, like [the first disciples], must come down from the mountain and move out into the world proclaiming Good News to the poor, learning how to welcome God’s Beloved amid change, challenge, disappointment, and sacrifice.

Six panelists of varying ethnic and racial background stand in a row, smiling at the camera. The screen behind them says "Mental Health Symposium: Impact of Food Insecurity on Emotional Well-Being"
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Reframing Our Understanding of Food and Mental Health

February 13, 2023 | By Jessica Athens

On February 2, 2023, Neighborhood Support hosted a half-day symposium to delve deeper into the intersections between food insecurity and mental health. Speakers highlighted the importance of a person-centered approach within service organizations that addresses the whole needs of an individual or household.