News & Updates

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Book Club Reading List for the Fall

You are invited to join any or all of the upcoming Book discussions this fall.  Susan Brown [email protected] is the contact for the Fiction Book Club gatherings and Beth Getman [email protected] is the contact for the Non-fiction Book Club. Join us for conversation, fellowship and a snack and don’t forget to bring your book recommendations for the winter! Monday, November 29th at 1:30pm PM in the Library…The Engineer’s Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood (fiction) Monday, December […]


Nominating Committee

TRINITY NOMINATING COMMITTEE / The Nominating Committee, chaired by Council Vice-President Beth Getman, is working to identify nominees for congregational leadership positions. The Nominating Committee consists of Beth Getman (Council, Vice-President), Kevin Erkkila, Leah Gregoire, Jennifer O’Connor, Thom Tarquinio and Pastor Nathan. Nominees are needed for the following positions: + Congregational Council – (4) three-year terms, (1) two-year term and (1) one-year term.  The Congregation Council has general oversight of the life and activities of this […]


IHN: A New Name and an Opportunity to Help

The organization we know as Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) has changed its name. Now, the social service organization in greater Worcester is In the Hour of Need Family Shelter (IHN). This shelter for homeless families with children on June Street provides housing and all life-sustaining needs for up to six families. Trinity Church is a charter member of IHN and Cantor Mark Mummert serves as on the board of directors and as our congregational representative. […]


Name Tags are Back

  As a way for members to reconnect with one another, and as a sign of hospitality for new members and visitors, we encourage all attendees at either 8:00 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. Sunday worship to wear names tags.  These name tags can be found on the hallway outside of Jeppson Hall. If you can’t find your name tag, or have misplaced your name tag, please fill out the request sheet located at the name […]


Jena Hill Returning From Parental Leave

I am so grateful for the time and space that I have had to focus on becoming a parent for the past four weeks! From Tuesday, November 16th until Tuesday, November 30th, I will be in the office on a part-time basis at Trinity as we continue to figure out how to be a family with two working parents of an active, loving 7-year old boy navigating the challenges and demands of the DCF system. […]


Recognizing and thanking the TV Ministry Team

In celebration of over a decade of faithful service, and in deep appreciation for faithfully bringing us God’s Word during the Covid-19 pandemic, the congregation recognized and thanked the Trinity Television Team and its members Sunday, June 20, 2021.  The TV Ministry Team joined the Ministry Staff every week from March-November 2020 in filming a Service of the Word liturgy for broadcast online and on television for our shut-in members, and began livestreaming Sunday worship […]


New England Synod Statement on Israel and Palestine

+ May 19, 2021 + The New England Synod has a deep and longstanding relationship with our companion synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL). Many of us have visited the Holy Land to meet our ELCJHL Palestinian siblings and to experience the richness of their ministries. Our hearts are broken by the escalating violence now happening in Palestine and Israel. The Palestinians have lived under military occupation since the […]


Support ELCA World Hunger projects in Rwanda & Malawi

The New England Synod has announced that monetary donations to ELCA World Hunger given in 2021 through the synod will receive matching grants of $100 from the estate of the Rev. Robert & Rosalie Griesse, Emanuel Lutheran Church, Hartford, Connecticut. The Synod’s ELCA World Hunger Committee has selected to highlight and support ELCA World Hunger projects in Rwanda and Malawi: Rwanda: Orphans & Vulnerable Children Project Rwanda: Welding & Tailoring Training Center Rwanda: Feeding Center […]


Trinity is Officially in the AMMPARO Network

Trinity has officially joined the ELCA’s AMMPARO Network. Along with almost 200 congregations across the ELCA, we are committed to Accompanying Migrant Minors with Protection, Advocacy, Representation and Opportunities. You can read the Welcome Letter from AMMPARO by clicking HERE. The United States has officially raised the refugee admissions ceiling from 15,000 to 62,500 this fiscal year. This is halfway to the administration’s goal of resettling 125,000 people in fiscal year 2022 and thus lays […]


A New Plan for In-Person Fellowship on Sundays

As more and more people are receiving vaccines and returning to in-person worship on Sundays, we have more opportunities to physically be together (while still wearing masks and keeping our distance). Because of this continued return to “normal” we have a new plan for fellowship and we are eager to take advantage of the nice weather that is headed our way in the coming months. Beginning on Sunday, April 18th, there will no longer be an […]