• ABOUT TRINITY
• THIS WEEK
• WORSHIP
• MINISTRY
• MISSION
• MEMBERSHIP
• MATURITY
• ADULTS
• YOUNG ADULTS
• CHILDREN/YOUTH

Core values

Trinity Episcopal Church identifies the following core values as central to our congregation--past and present:

• Anglican Worship
  To retain our heritage, preserve our "Humble" beginnings and build our future through a variety of music and services
• Faith
  To take outrageous risks in God's name.
• Outreach
  To expand the kingdom of Christ to our community, our nation and the world
• Fellowship
  To gather in love as God's family to nourish mind, body and spirit
• Mission
  To identify the voids, fulfill the needs, pass on the blessings, bringing people into the family of God
• Welcome
  To open our arms and hearts to all God's people, loving one another as Christ loves us
• Prayer
  To participate as a community of faith in active prayer and steadfast belief in the power of prayer to address the challenges of life

Our present reality

We are no longer a church in decline! We are a new church with attractive and functional worship and fellowship space. Worship attendance has grown almost 30% on any given Sunday in only seven months after our move to our twenty acre site on North Main. In February we had 18 people in our first Confirmation class in three years. Watershed Ministry for young adults now meets weekly in the church and children actively fill Children's Chapel on Sundays. There are lots of new faces among us!

Phase I of our Master Plan involved bulding and moving into a new facility at a new location. We believed this was necessary for our church to survive. Not only have we survived, we are thriving! The success of our first campaign has provided us with worship space, multi-purpose space, administration space and a nice nursery.

Our vision

Our goal is to expand to meet our growing church's demands. Phase II of our Master Plan would ideally include:

1. Education and Ministry wing
   This includes providing a classroom, ministry room, and meeting room wing. At approximately 5,000 squre feet, it will be large enough to meet our needs for education, choir, guild,bridal and meeting rooms. We will provide four children's and youth education classrooms which will allow for further growth and ease the limitations we have now. New choir, guild and bridal rooms will give each of those ministries a place to call their own. Two large meeting rooms, that are convertible into classrooms, will provide more expended space for meetings.
2. Parish Hall
   This includes building a 7,600 square foot Parish Hall large enough to seat approsimately 200 people for dinners and large meetings and/or classes.
3. Sound-proofing the Multi-purpose room
   This includes adding sound-proofing materials to the upper walls of the Multi-purpose room. This will fix the noise level and provide an effective space for smaller classes and meetings.

Our plan

Trinity Episcopal Church is in good fiscal and spiritual health, and the excellent stewardship of our parish makes possible a wide range of ministries having local and global impact. Vestry and clergy are aware that this project presents a major financial challenge to us. The projects identified above are urgent and deserve our immediate attention, but we are committed to undertaking only what we can afford.

To this end, we have retained the services of Cargill Associates, consultants in Christian stewardship, to assist us in this effort. Cargill Associates has extensive experience with over 3,700 churches across the country. They are objective and can be held accountable for the process employed in this study.

Cargill will be conducting a confidential, parish-wide survey to determine the financial feasibility and readiness of our membership to move ahead with Phase II. You are asked to participate in this survey either by personal interview and mail-in questionnaire and will be receivingf a report in September on the recommended scope of the project. Please respond to the invitation to attend an interview in a timely manner or fill out your questionnaire and return it to Cargill Associates as soon as possible. You insight and commitment are vital to our future.