Trinity Episcopal Church

Welcome to Trinity!

       We have two services on Sunday morning, and one in the early afternoon: 8 am in-person and not streamed; 10:15 am worship is in-person and live-streamed via Zoom, the 12:30pm worship is both in-person and on-line and features a different worship experience.

During the summer season, between Memorial Day and Labor Day, we still have two services but at 9:30 am Sunday morning and 12:30 pm Sunday afternoon.

    Both of our worship services use traditional worship styles. The early service follows the Episcopal Church, while the afternoon service uses worship from the Anglican Church of Kenya. Both services use Bible readings from congregational members, and sing songs and praise in English.

Morning Services

These services follows a format used throughout the Episcopal church and is similar to the Roman Catholic Church. We utilize the New English Translation of the Bible for all our readings, the Hymnal 1982, Lift Every Voice and Sing as well as other songbooks for our music. The readings are from a Lectionary, (an organized list of reading for each Sunday or Special Day), and the sermons are based upon those readings.

    When you enter the church, be sure to get a bulletin from the usher and feel welcome to sit in the chairs wherever you are comfortable. The service begins with music to prepare you for worship. This is a time for quiet mediation as you prepare for worship. Immediately following is the procession where the worship team enters the church and the service formally begins. We stand for the procession, singing a welcoming hymn. Announcements covering recent events or future events are made during the service, preceding the Holy Eucharist or Holy Communion.

    The bulletins contains information for each service.  Within your bulletin there are all the Bible readings and hymns with the music. (Today’s psalm or canticle can also be found in the Book of Common Prayer (BCP). The bulletin gives you page numbers for the prayer book and the hymnals. S-numbers are “Service Music” found in the first section of the blue hymnal.

When the service is on-line, a full-text bulletin is available for download. Look for a button that gives the service time.

    In the racks in under your seat or on the seat back, you will find the BCP (red) and a Hymnal 1982 (blue). In the same place, you may find the hymnal Lift every Voice and Sing, along with a Bible.

    All persons, including children, are invited to receive Communion. If you have difficulty walking, please let an usher know, and we will bring Communion to you where you are. We have gluten-free Communion hosts, so let us know if you need one.

    In the chairs, you will find a welcome card. We ask that you fill that out and drop it in the offering plate so that we may have further contact with you. From 9-10 AM we offer Christian Education for all ages.

    We invite you to join us for coffee hour after each service. We have coffee and some other drinks and donuts and fruit!

Afternoon Service

The afternoon service follows a common worship style used throughout the world in the Anglican tradition. This service uses the Anglican Church of Kenya as its base.

Most of the information for the morning services is followed in this service. The big exception is the practice of receiving the Holy Communion or the Eucharist.

Only those baptized by the Bishop may receive Communion.