Last year was so much fun we're doing it again -- a pool party at Ridge Top Club in Hamden. We'll share funny or eventful vacation stories while we eat, pray, play, and swim. Join us Sunday, July 26 from 1-3 PM for this FREE event; please RSVP by July 22 to Angela at Family@trinitynewhaven.org. All are welcome!
The July packet in our family summer program, Share Stories Together, features upcoming Gospel stories and reflections, journals and pens, an invitation, and a white envelope. As we share stories with our church friends, get to know Rev. Luk and Rev. Heidi better by putting a question in the white envelope for them. Give the envelope to Angela and you'll get a response in the next week or two. Don't have a summer program bag? Contact Angela at family@trinitynewhaven.org.
Please be aware of the following road closures impacting Temple Street in the month of August, and plan accordingly for travel to and from Trinity:
August 8th – Puerto Rican festival. Temple closed 8am-10pm
August 16th – Ecuadorian Parade. Rolling closures of Temple from 1pm onwards. Church St closed between Chapel and Elm for Open Streets Festival. 9am-6pm
Make pasta with us! The first of our Made to Make summer community workshops will be on Saturday, July 18 from 10am to 12:30pm – concluding with a pasta dinner in our blissfully air conditioned Undercroft. RSVP by July 11! - RSVP: Made to Make Workshops at Trinity
Saturday, July 18, from 10am to 12:30pm - Pasta Making with Gloria Hoda. We will wrap up with a lunch of handmade pasta.
Home Board Event:
Tour of Lost in New Haven, a Museum of New Haven Memorabilia
Thursday, August 6
Schedule
10:30am – Group 1 Tour
Lunch - 12 - 12:45pm for both tour groups
1:00pm – Group 2 Tour
RSVP by July 30 to Billie Ladd (bdladd@sbcglobal.net), including which tour you are signing up for: Group 1 (10am-noon) or Group 2 (1pm to 2:30pm). Tours are limited to 20 people each.
Lunch will include a variety of sandwiches with chips and a choice of drinks. Home Board events are for people 62 and older. Event is free, though contributions up to $45 are welcome to support the ongoing mission of the Home Board to provide support to aging people in our community.
Episcopal Relief & Development is in close contact with our partners in the areas affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela. You can read more about our response on our website.
Please use the following resources, available in English and Spanish, to help inform your congregation about ways to support Episcopal Relief & Development’s earthquake response. Will you help spread the word?
Available resources:
Blurbs for your bulletin, website, email and other communication outlets
Church bulletin inserts
A brief announcement to share with your congregation on Sunday
Contact engagement@episcopalrelief.orgwith any questions. We are here to help.
Warm congratulations to Trinity’s former Director of Music, Walden Moore, on his recent recognition by the Royal School of Church Music as an Honorary Fellow.
Each year the RSCM Council confers Honorary Awards on those who have made outstanding contributions to church music, with achievements in church music and/or liturgy of internationally recognized significance, or for exceptional musical and/or liturgical work within the RSCM that has had an impact at a national level. The scope of these awards includes those who make contributions at international levels, but also those who give faithful service in a much more local setting. Recipients of these awards come from across the world and across the traditions of church music, all reflecting the RSCM’s commitment to enabling the flourishing of church music in a diverse set of communities and local settings.
Here at Trinity, we continue to be blessed by the tradition of musical excellence which Walden developed and stewarded here for forty years, which continues to grow and evolve in service of our parish and the wider community. We offer thanks for Walden and his incredible gifts of music and leadership, and wish him joy in this recognition of his contributions to church music throughout his career.
Read more:
Help us improve worship at Trinity. This short survey (about 5 minutes) gathers your feedback on our in-church sound system, livestream audio, and livestream video. Your answers are anonymous unless you choose to share your contact details at the end. Thank you for helping us make worship clearer and more accessible for everyone.
Made to Make: Summer Community Workshops
This summer we invite you to a series of community workshops. We are made to make, like our Creator, and made to be in community with each other. So join us (and invite a friend) for our series of summer workshops. All workshops will take place in Trinity’s Undercroft.
RSVP here, so we know how many supplies to provide: RSVP: Made to Make Workshops at Trinity
Saturday, July 18, from 10am to 12:30pm - Pasta Making with Gloria Hoda. We will wrap up with a lunch of handmade pasta.
Saturday, August 8, time 10am-noon - Flower Arranging with friends from St. Paul’s Norwalk
Saturday, August 29, from 11am-2pm - Macaron Workshop with Sarah Johnson and Simon Lee. Includes a light tea-inspired lunch.
This summer, we are asking for donations of summer supplies for Chapel on the Green. What are summer supplies? Think about the sorts of things you need for spending a long day in the hot sun. Please consider donating:
Sunscreen
Sunglasses
Hats with a brim or bill
Deodorant
We will be collecting these supplies in the donation bin in the back of the church through June and July, and we will distribute them at Chapel on the Green on July 26th. Donations may be dropped off any time the church is open.
On Sunday May 3 we celebrated James Thomas and his decade long ministry at Trinity in service of so many people in downtown New Haven.
As a gesture of appreciation, we have been collecting a purse for James throughout the month of May, which will conclude this coming Monday, June 8, at 5:00 p.m. Any additional contributions can be sent to the parish office before that time via cash, check, or wire transfer. For questions please contact our Office Manager, Kyle Picha (kpicha@trinitynewhaven.org).
June is the month of Juneteenth, the day when we commemorate the long delayed emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Join us for these local observances, tied to local stories that renew our faith commitment to the freedom and dignity of all people.
Please visit https://www.trinitynewhaven.org/juneteenth-2026 for more information.
Invitation to Witness Stones dedication in Woodbridge
Saturday, June 13 at 2pm
Organized by: the Amity and Woodbridge Historical Society
The Amity & Woodbridge Historical Society's is placing two Witness Stones in remembrance of Chloe & Timothy Anthony, whose children were baptized at Trinity Church in New Haven (our former location on Church Street) in October 1776 and June 1777. Residents of New Haven in the mid-1700s, the Anthony family was enslaved by Thomas and Abigail Noyes Darling. In 1774, they moved with the Darlings to Amity (now Woodbridge) and were emancipated in 1777.
Because of their connection to Trinity, the Amity and Woodbridge Historical Society invites current Trinity members and other interested people in the community the installation of these Witness Stones at the Darling Farmhouse and History Museum, 1907 Litchfield Turnpike (Rt. 69) in Woodbridge.
Dedication and Commemoration: Lucy and Lois Tritton & their Descendants
Sunday, June 14 at 12:30pm
Westville Cemetery
Organized by: The St. Luke’s & Trintiy Reconciliation Project
St. Luke’s & Trinity on the Green are hosting a joint prayer service at the graveside of Lois Tritton and her grandson Frederick. We remember the historic significance of Lois and her mother Lucy, as the last two enslaved people sold by auction on the New Haven Green. We pause in this month when we observe Juneteenth: to honor their story, to acknowledge other stories of freedom deferred, and to pray for a more just and loving future.
We hope that many will join us in a short pilgrimage to the gravesite, following Trinity’s 10:30am service. Details and directions to the gravesite are forthcoming.
How to get there: We recommend people park on Blake Street, where we will enter the cemetery by foot via a gate near 175 Blake Street (look for signage). Please note that there is a walk of about 150 ft over uneven terrain to get to the gravesite. Because of the location of the grave, this is the easiest way to access the site.
March to Honor Lucy and Lois Tritton
Friday, June 19 at 2:45pm
Organized by: Arts & Ideas, in collaboration with Jill Snyder
The community is invited to celebrate Lucy and Lois Tritton’s addition to the Connecticut Freedom Trail. On March 8, 1825, Lucy and Lois were forced to march around downtown New Haven while the sheriff shouted “Slaves for Sale.”
On June 19, we will gather at the corner of Temple Street and Elm Street, to march to the Juneteenth state of Arts & Ideas as a reminder of their suffering. A brief program will follow.
What’s more American than apple pie? Like many things in the history of the United States, apple pie became an American staple because of immigrants who brought their culture to this country. European settlers brought with them apple seeds, and a tradition of pastry making. A recipe for apple pie appeared in the very first American cookbook, American Cookery, published in 1796—though at Trinity we are partial to Joan Knapp’s recipe, a beloved staple of Trinity’s Christmas Market / Holiday Bazaar for many years.
Help us celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Untied States by bringing a pie to church on Sunday, July 5, as a contribution to our festive coffee hour
