Trinity Episcopal Church welcomes you!
When you join us for worship, you will be greeted and given a bulletin that will help guide you through the order of the service. Episcopal services are based on The Book of Common Prayer which will be the red book in your pew.
During worship, you will be able to follow along from the bulletin with the corresponding page numbers in The Book of Common Prayer. There will be several opportunities where you can enjoy or join in singing hymns. Music and words for the hymns are found in the blue hymnal in the pew.
Episcopal worship is centered around Communion, also known as The Holy Eucharist. All are invited to come forward and receive the bread and wine during communion, or if you would prefer you can come forward to receive a blessing by the priest or simply remain seated.
Services start at 10:00am on Sundays. Service of Holy Eucharist typically lasts about an hour. Service of Morning Prayer is usually half an hour.
After service, please join us for refreshments and fellowship downstairs in Morrill Hall. A chairlift is available if needed.
If you would like more information about the Episcopal Church or how to join or get involved please see a church member or send an email to secretary@trinityware.org.
Message from the Senior Warden
October 25, 2025
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
" . . . for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
In this Sunday's Gospel (Luke 18:9-14), Jesus tells of the Pharisee and the tax collector, each going to the temple to pray, but each having a very different approach to it. The Pharisee offers his prayer thanking God that he is not like the dregs of society, and reminding God of his piousness, fasting and tithing his income. The tax collector, on the other hand, stays back, head in his hands, asking God for mercy, calling himself a sinner. And according to Jesus, it is the tax collector who will be justified, 'made right with God'. This brings us to the opening of this message, the last verse of the reading. Both men are offering prayers to God, which is good. How is it that the tax collector will be exalted and the Pharisee, a revered man in that time, be humbled? Faith requires prayer, and prayer is done best with humility, sincerity and persistence. This calls to mind Matthew 6:5 where Jesus is saying to pray to the Father privately, not being boastful or to be seen by others to get their approval.
Humbling ourselves before God- submitting ourselves to Him and acknowledging our dependence on Him- thinking of ourselves less and placing importance on serving God and others, we will be rewarded by God with eternal life with Him in Heaven.
With all that is going on around us, may we continue to serve God and our community, not for others' approval but because that is what we are called to do.
Peace to you-
Suzanne
