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3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Healing, Wholeness, and Freedom
June 18, 2022 | By Faith Formation & Education
Some people try to hold on to power by force. This is the opposite of God’s heaven on earth. But Jesus paid attention to people who were pushed down or out and showed everyone that all people deserve healing, wholeness, and freedom.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: The Fear of Freedom
June 16, 2022 | By Faith Formation and Education
Juneteenth is a time to celebrate what has been done to make our world better for all and reminds us to recommit ourselves to the healing work we need to do before we can all truly be free. It also reminds us to attend to the systemic forces that prevent change, keep oppression in place, and distract us with the falsehood that one person’s freedom must be another person’s loss.
3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Trinity Sunday
June 11, 2022 | By Faith Formation & Education
Our church shares the name of this Sunday: Trinity. The Trinity has three names.
Compassion Meals at Trinity
June 10, 2022 | By James Melchiorre
Trinity Church Wall Street has launched the Compassion Meals program to deal with food insecurity in Trinity's neighborhood.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Which Way To Turn
June 10, 2022 | By Faith Formation and Education
Many of us, in these times of change, are facing crossroads — trying to make hard decisions about our jobs, our relationships, and even our faith. How can we know which way to turn — which road is the right one?
3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Pentecost
June 4, 2022 | By Faith Formation & Education
Pentecost is also known as the birthday of the church. It’s not about just Trinity Church, or any church building. It is about all of us — the people who follow in Jesus’s way of peace!
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: The Way of Life Is Clear
June 3, 2022 | By Faith Formation and Education
The Gospel reminds us that the Church’s calling, as the body of Christ animated by the Holy Spirit, is to be a reconciling presence of Christ’s peace in the world. It reminds us, too, in an age replete with conflict and the political manipulation of truth, that the way of life for Christians is clear: to be agents of peace, to be the reconciling presence of Christ in the world.
Grantee Spotlight: Nonprofit Finance Fund
May 31, 2022
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is a New York City-based nonprofit lender and consultant that helps organizations support their communities by offering capital, strategic advice, and accessible insights. Together, loan funds, technical assistance, and capacity-building offerings have enabled Trinity and NFF to provide funding that benefits grantee partners and the communities they serve.
3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: More Powerful Than Punishment
May 28, 2022 | By Faith Formation & Education
But through prayer and song while in jail, [Paul and Silas] realized God’s justice is bigger than merely knowing what’s right — and that the freedom to offer compassion and mercy is more powerful than any punishment.
Could We Be God For One Another?
May 27, 2022 | By Faith Formation and Education
I’ve been enjoying a television series called Midnight Diner. Each episode offers a little vignette about universal human longings. It takes place in a simple after-hours diner in Tokyo where up to a dozen guests sit down at the square counter and call out their order — usually a food of some kind that brings back tender memories of home. Most of the quiet action of each episode happens on this small set. The chef, whom they call “Master,” is a man of few words.