ASH WEDNESDAY (Feb. 18)

12:10pm | Eucharist, with imposition of ashes

1-3pm | Ashes on the Green

7pm | Solemn Liturgy, with imposition of ashes

Lent Devotionals: Photo Prayers | This Lent, we invite you to participate in our Lenten devotionals by taking a photo, as a kind of prayer. Optional: include a written explanation of why this photo is prayer for you, or put your prayer into words alongside the photo. Sign up by week - visit trinitynewhaven.org/photo-prayers. Email Rev. Heidi with questions.

9:30am Spiritual Formation Class | New series on the Prayers of the People begins on Feb. 22, and continues throughout Lent.

Full Lent Brochure coming soon!

Sunday, Feb. 22 at noon | Undercroft

The Rev. Stephanie Spellers will continue her weekend at Trinity, preaching at the 10:30am service on Feb. 22 and offering a book signing and talkback about her new book, Church Tomorrow?: What ‘Nones’ and ‘Dones’ teach us about the future of Faith. Bishop Laura will also be in attendance!

Tuesday, Feb. 17 from 6-7pm | Trinity Nave

A festive evening of pancake races (open to children of all ages), followed by breakfast for dinner in the Undercroft. We'll conclude with a brief liturgy for the burning of last year's palms, as we prepare for the season of Lent.

Sunday, Feb. 15 at 9:30am | Undercroft Library
Join us for a special adult education presentation by Azhar Omer Ahmed, CT Institute for Refugees & Immigrants (CIRI). Azhar will broaden our awareness of the current crisis in Sudan, while opening a window into refugee experiences.

Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7:30pm | Sunday, Feb. 15 at 2pm

Tickets available for purchase from the Shubert Theater

Special opportunity to see Trinity’s Girl Choristers perform in the chorus of Yale Opera’s production of Puccini’s La Boheme.

Sunday, February 15 at 9:30am in the Undercroft Library

Join us for a special adult education presentation by Azhar Omer Ahmed, CT Institute for Refugees & Immigrants (CIRI). Azhar will broaden our awareness of the current crisis in Sudan, while opening a window into refugee experiences. Questions? Contact Rev. Heidi (hthorsen@trinitynewhaven.org).

Both prayer and taking a photo are actions that invite us to be more attentive. This Lent, we invite you to participate in our Lenten devotionals by taking a photo, as a kind of prayer. Optional: include a written explanation of why this photo is prayer for you, or put your prayer into words alongside the photo. These Photo Prayers will be shared on our website and social media.

Sign up by Week: Email Rev. Heidi (hthorsen@trinitynewhaven.org) with the week that you would like to participate. Then, send your photo prayer to Rev. Heidi on or before the deadline below. Photo prayers will be posted the following week.

• Lent 1 | Deadline: on or before February 18

• Lent 2 | Deadline: on or before February 25

• Lent 3 | Deadline: on or before March 4

• Lent 4 | Deadline: on or before March 11

• Lent 5 | Deadline: on or before March 18

• Holy Week | Deadline: on or before March 25

This Sunday during the Annual General Meeting, join us in the Choir Room after lunch for games of all kinds. Bring your favorite game to share, too! Teens and Spirit Questers: Will you help play and teach games to our little ones?

It was a very snowy morning, but our youth group still needed to fulfill our quest of feeding the hungry. Several Spirit Quest families made it to Trinity to cook, serve, and participate in Chapel on the Green, Trinity's ministry that feeds the hungry and unhoused every single Sunday.

First, many thanks to all who helped raise the funds to purchase the food -- we had just enough to get all the ingredients for Beef Stroganoff. Second, thanks to those who cut onions, made the sauce, browned the meat, cut and buttered bread, and cut up a ham. Thanks to all who served with smile and made sure everyone who came through the door got a hot meal, cookies, water, and fruit. And also, thanks to the donors and volunteers who put together the Blessing Bags of personal care items. They were gratefully received.

Trinity is blessed with a group of caring, responsible, and hard-working young people!

Thanks to the generosity of this congregation, we were able to distribute over 100 waterproof, rated for 15-degree weather sleeping bags to our unhoused community members who are forced to sleep outdoors in brutal conditions due to a lack of room in shelters and warming centers. Every sleeping bag is a lifeline for one of our Chapel on the Green parishioners; because of the need, we plan to keep collecting new or gently used clean sleeping bags or donations so that we can purchase them in bulk. Contact: Lisa Levy, Community Care Minister, at llevy@trinitynewhaven.org.

We regret to share that the upcoming event Pedals, Pipes and Pizza has been postponed to a date TBD, likely in April. Please reach out to Associate Director of Music Sarah Johnson with any questions.

Have you ever been interested in learning how a pipe organ works? Do you have a musically-curious child or teen who might like to try playing the organ? Join the New Haven Chapter of the American Guild of Organists to explore the pipe organs of Trinity on the Green and Center Church on the Green, followed by a pizza lunch at United Church on the Green. Beginning at 10 am on January 31st at Trinity on the Green, ending around noon at United Church on the Green. Registration is free - please email Associate Director of Music Sarah Johnson at sjohnson@trinitynewhaven.org to confirm registration.

We had a great group of volunteers show up last Sunday, many families bringing donations for our personal care bags for our unhoused friends on the Green. The bags will be distributed on Jan. 18 when Spirit Quest, our youth group for 8-13 year olds, cooks and serves for Chapel on the Green. Thank you to all the donors of the items used and to all those who helped put the bags together.

Are you already serving the community with a Trinity adjacent group, such as Friends of the Green or Columbus House Volunteers, or through another faith-based organization? Interested in engaging with other outreach-minded folks at Trinity? Not sure what "outreach" means but think you would like to know more?  Then please join us as we set priorities for our work and impact!

This is a new beginning for the Outreach Committee at Trinity, which recently reorganized with the overall goal of making our outreach ministries more integrated with the wider Trinity community. Our plan is to develop a better understanding of who the existing groups are at Trinity, and in the wider community, that are already engaged in outreach and what it is that they are doing, so we can both support those groups and build on their efforts. Next Meeting: Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026 at noon in the Undercroft Library. Questions? Contact Rachel Scotch (rachelscotch@gmail.com).

Community Dinner: Robbie Burns Night

Friday, January 23 from 6-8pm

RSVP by January 18 - https://forms.gle/ZAfQWwJTqaBAnHHF7

Dinner is provided; online or cash donations are appreciated to offset the cost

Join us for our second annual Robbie Burns Night, an evening of community, poetry recitation, and Scottish Reels. Participation on all levels, from all ages, is welcome. Questions? Contact Rev. Heidi (hthorsen@trinitynewhaven.org).

Please join us as we welcome choirs from several local churches to join the Trinity Choirs for an Epiphanytide Evensong service on February 1 at 5:00pm.

Regular Thursday Evensong services have also resumed as of January 15. Please join us weekly on Thursdays at 5:30pm either in-person or online for a service of Choral Evensong.

Please plan to join us for the 2026 Annual General Meeting after the 10:30 service on Sunday, February 1.

Friday, January 30 | 9am to 2pm

Mercy by the Sea, Madison, CT

$30 – includes lunch; pay what you can

RSVP by January 11 to Lisa Levy (llevy@trinitynewhaven.org)

Rest and reconnect during our annual Epiphany retreat, co-led by Lisa Levy and Rev. Heidi Thorsen. This year’s theme is Everyday Sacraments – we’ll reflect on the ways that we find holiness in everyday things, with free time to explore the coastal beauty of Mercy by the Sea Retreat Center.

All parishioners welcome! Join us on Three Kings Day, Tuesday, January 6 at the Bl. Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center at 10 AM, in New Haven. "The Spirit of Christmas" exhibit features crèches and other artwork from around the globe celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ and traditions during the season. FREE admission and lunch will be provided— please RSVP by Monday to Family@trinitynewhaven.org. They are opening just for us! Presented by Trinity's Children, Youth & Family Ministry.

Our virtual Advent Calendar provides a way for our community to connect with the four themes of Advent-- hope, peace, joy, and love--through weekly spoken and musical reflections.

Our virtual Advent Calendar provides a way for our community to connect with the four themes of Advent-- hope, peace, joy, and love--through weekly spoken and musical reflections.