Changes to our Pastoral Care Team
For more than eight years, Lilian Revel has helped weave our community together into a stronger fabric through prayer, pastoral relationships, and her own deeply rooted spirituality. Lilian has encouraged us to expand our minds both within and beyond traditional Christian frameworks, and has consistently connected with members of Trinity in times of transition—including significant moves, planning for end of life, and loss. As Lilian approaches a period of transition in her own life, she will be reducing her hours this fall. Thankfully Lilian has expressed her desire to continue as a member in our community, which may include ongoing leadership roles.
A note from Lilian: “I am so grateful to have had the opportunity of working with the wonderful people of our church. It is a two-way street. Through God’s grace we have at all times received and given to each other of our gifts and thereby formed a loving community. We are all part of each other. I feel very blessed. As I am entering a different phase in my life, my official work at Trinity will change somewhat, but I would like to reassure you that I will still be here whenever you need a listening ear, a healing prayer, or a stimulating conversation. Thank you for all your love.”
Our pastoral care team is delighted to welcome a familiar face into a fuller role at Trinity, as Lisa Levy transitions in her role from Outreach minister (part time) to full time Community Care Minister. In this expanded role, Lisa will continue to lead Trinity’s Chapel on the Green program and outreach care efforts, while also taking on aspects of Lilian’s role and responsibilities—in essence caring for our community both within and beyond the walls of our church. In this role Lisa will build on her experience as a graduate of Yale Divinity School and a former hospital chaplain, and her gifts for bringing people together and listening with compassion.
A note from Lisa: “I am humbled and grateful to be stepping into the role of Community Care Minister. At its best, ‘community’ can be the arms of God embracing us with loving-kindness and infinitely tender care; it can reduce isolation and loneliness and help people feel authentically seen and known. Over the past two years in my role as Outreach Coordinator, I have fallen in love with this Trinity community, both the part that worships out-of-doors and the part that worships inside, and I hope that in this expanded role, I will be able to help bring those parts into closer communion with one another. As I assume some of Lilian’s responsibilities, I know that I have enormous shoes to fill; my prayer is that I will be able to provide the same kind of compassionate presence that Lilian brings to her every encounter.”