Welcome to Trinity!
We are delighted to welcome you to worship with us today. Thank you for being here!We have two services on Sunday morning and one on Wednesday evening.
On Sunday, worship is a 8 am in-person and not streamed; 10:15 am worship is in-person
and live-streamed via Zoom.
The Wednesday worship is at 6:30 pm and is live-streamed via GoToMeeting.
During the summer season, between Memorial Day and Labor Day, we have only one service at 9:15am Sunday morning. We have new capabilities to stream the service using Zoom.
During traditional times (non-pandemic)
We conduct our worship in the church using a traditional worship style. The service follows a format used throught the Episcopal church and is similar to the Roman Catholic Church. We utilize the New English Translation of the Bible for all our readings, the Hymnal 1982, Lift Every Voice and Sing as well as other songbooks for our music. The readings are from a Lectionary, (an organized list of reading for each Sunday or Special Day), and the sermons are based upon those readings.
When you enter the church, be sure to get a bulletin from the ushers and feel welcome to sit in the chairs wherever you are comfortable. Before the service begins music will be played on the organ, announcements covering recent events or future events will be made. Immediately following is the procession where the worship team enters the church and the service formally begins. We stand for the procession, singing a welcoming hymn.
Within your bulletin there are all the Bible readings and hymns with the music. (Today's psalm or canticle can also be found in the Book of Common Prayer.) The bulletin gives you page numbers for the prayer book and the hymnals. S-numbers are "Service Music" found in the first section of the blue hymnal.
In the racks in under your seat or on the seat back, you will find the Book of Common Prayer (red) and a Hymnal 1982 (blue). In the same place, you may find the hymnal Lift every Voice and Sing, along with a Bible.
All persons, including children, are invited to receive Communion. If you have difficulty walking, please let an usher know, and we will bring Communion to you where you are. We have gluten-free Communion hosts, so let us know if you need one.
In the chairs, you wil find a welcome card. We ask that you fill that out and drop it in the offering plate so that we may have further contact with you. We have two services on Sundays 8 & 10:15 AM. From 9 - 10 AM we offer Christian Education for all ages. Each week, we invite you to enjoy coffee hour, usually with donuts and fruit!
During the COVID-19 pandemic
We hope you find your spot comfortable The chairs hook together like pews, or can stand separately from each other. You will note that there are places in the seats in front of you to hold hymnals, prayer books, visitor cards, and hand sanitizer, but that those seats are currently six feet away and contain none of the things you usually see. For the time-being, we are using full-service bulletins for worship. We ask that you take your bulletin with you when you leave.
Please Note: Masks stay on during worship services at this time. We invite you to respond in all the spoken parts of worship for Celebrant and People. Singing is allowed.
The worship bulletin and the live-stream connection is found at Worship or on Home. In place of the Book of Common Prayer and the Hymnal 1982, we are using a full-text bulletin containing some announcments, all the Bible readings, and the text with score of all the hymns. It uses a PDF format. Please use Adobe Reader.
Everyone is invited to recieve Holy Communion, or the Eucharist during the in-person worship. We ask that you recieve it in your hand and turn away, lower your mask and eat the bread facing away from people. Wine is distributed by using small paper cups on the small tables. We ask that you consume the wine and drop the cup into the trash can provide nearby. The cups are burned after the service.