church notes
Growing Together. Welcoming All.
Trinity's mission statement, adopted by session in 2014, seeks to answer some core questions that any church should address: Who is Trinity now, and what are we becoming? What is unique about our community of faith? What words and images best describe our past,...
2019 Elders-Elect
We are very excited about Trinity’s newest class of elders-elect: Eric Banks, Mike Campbell, Eric McGovern, Jeremy Mobley, Henry Pickett and Fran Worthington. This year’s candidates add to our existing Session to provide a nice balance of age, experience, gender and...
Stewardship Recollections
Good morning. I am Kathleen Schneider and it is my privilege to share my thoughts with you about this entity called Trinity. My faith journey began here at Trinity Presbyterian Church on a beautiful Sunday morning in June of 1985. My family and I had just moved to...
Intro and Chapter 1 on The Opportunity Task Force report on Charlotte-Mecklenburg (Warren Henry)
Since this is the first mini-blog, it is so difficult not to try to explain how this task force got started in these crazy times, or to explain all of the work so far and the roadmap presented to address intergenerational poverty in Charlotte, or to explain what our...
Moment For Mission – NationsFord Elementary
Hunger, education, and homelessness. These three areas are the focus of our mission and outreach here at Trinity. Recently you heard Warren Henry and Carol Sugg speak about hunger in Charlotte and our partnership with Friendship Trays and the Friendship Garden...
Trinity’s Singles in Action
Trinity's Singles meet several times each year for fellowship, fun and food. Previously the group met at the home of Lucinda Maples for a Tex-Mex party. Their most recent gathering was the second annual lobster feast, hosted by Hayden McMahon at his home. Figuring out...
Trinity’s Friendship Garden
Good morning. I am Carol Sugg and I’d like to talk a few minutes about Trinity’s Friendship Garden. Trinity has had a garden almost 7 years. Our garden benefits the Friendship Trays organization which is Charlotte’s equivalent to Meals on Wheels. Trinity’s was the...
The Worshipping Journey of Holy Week
This week, Trinity will observe two special services that will be both meaningful and important for us as a congregation to observe. Christian churches tend to celebrate Christmas much more than we do Easter, but Easter is the reason we celebrate the resurrection...
Heritage Sunday 2018 – What Love Can Do
Occasionally, I walk the path to the left of the sanctuary, past the Friendship Garden and the bee hives to the back parking lot. It’s a lovely, short walk along that way: the enormity of the sanctuary is at my right and the lovely lawn at my left with bustling...
Seeing Beyond Privilege – Why I volunteer for Room In The Inn
by Meredith Thompson I love to run. Well, maybe not always, maybe not during the run. But, it’s good therapy. Sometimes, I set out on a run, and I get in a pretty good stride, and I start feeling a little self-congratulatory. I start thinking, hey, all these miles...
Updates to the interior of our buildings
We rejoice at the many exciting things happening outside with the construction of our new parking area and columbarium. We want to let you know of other changes taking place inside our building as well. Imagine pulling into our new parking lot when it’s completed...
Updating our Memorial Garden
The Building & Grounds Ministry Team would like to bring the congregation up to date on a concern centered and surrounding our Memorial Garden outside the Cloister. The current garden is overgrown and greatly impacting our walls and structures of the church. The...