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Epiphany: A Feast Both Ancient and Modern

January 4, 2023 | By James Melchiorre

A summary of information about the feast, and the season, of Epiphany in the Church.

Trinity's Top 10 Videos of 2022

December 26, 2022 | By James Melchiorre

From stained glass to music concerts, the Rector's Institution, and Trinity Leadership Fellows. Watch or rewatch the top 10 videos for the year 2022 from Trinity Church Wall Street and remember all we have to be thankful for this year together.

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: God Is Love

December 17, 2022 | By Faith Formation & Education

Jesus came to us in tough circumstances, as a lovable but vulnerable baby. God’s love is with us both when it’s easy and when it’s hard to give or receive love.

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: The Interruption of God

December 15, 2022 | By Faith Formation and Education

The annunciation to Joseph reminds us that Christmas is disruptive. Jesus’s arrival in the world and in our lives destabilizes our plans for a perfectly planned life and asks us to accept the interruption of God into time — into the messiness of human life.

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Take a Break and Celebrate

December 10, 2022 | By Faith Formation & Education

With children, we might just say that Advent liturgy and practice used to be a serious time to prepare ourselves for Jesus’s arrival in our hearts. However, even then, on the third Sunday of Advent, they took a break and celebrated along with Mary in her anticipation of her baby and of how he would help restore God’s kin-dom — on earth as it is in heaven.

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: The Holy Way

December 8, 2022 | By Faith Formation and Education

Into a world of lament, Jesus has come, living among us, and bearing the suffering with us. This is, in fact, the essence of Christmas.

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Peace That’s Possible

December 3, 2022 | By Faith Formation & Education

Children can understand some of the harsh laws of nature between animal species, but it’s harder for them to understand why people treat one another as enemies. Though humans have dreamed of peace for thousands of years. What was it about the human leader Isaiah prophesied that made him believe that peace among all of creation was possible?

New York’s Favorite “Messiah” Returns to Trinity Church Wall Street December 9-10

December 2, 2022

 After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Trinity Church Wall Street will once again host two performances of Handel’s Messiah this holiday season on December 9 and 10. Trinity's interpretation of the oratorio has been hailed by The New York Times as “the best Messiah in New York.”

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Seeing Things As They Are

December 1, 2022 | By Faith Formation and Education

And maybe being called into judgement is a call to see the world as it really is, in all its glory and pain, and to be given another chance to respond to it all with love.

Learning a New Approach to Conflict Transformation

November 28, 2022 | By The Rev. Tony Tian-Ren Lin, PhD