Every church says it is welcoming and warm to guests. Sometimes they are. Sometimes it is just a nice slogan, and visitors feel anything but welcome! So what about Trinity? How do we do at welcoming ….at being the very presence of Christ to folks who visit? I’d say pretty well! The number of folks who have visited, and then made the decision to join Trinity is impressive. The comments I hear from those who attend, make me think you are genuinely welcoming. Mary, the wife of Peter Jackson, whose funeral we conducted at Trinity recently had this to say: “Today was one of the toughest and one of the most God-filled, hopeful days of my life. I know God led me to you and Trinity Church to honor my husband, Peter, and send him onward to heaven. It was the perfect setting, not only its historic, tree-filled setting and not only in the beauty of the sanctuary, but most assuredly in the beautiful souls who occupy your church. I felt immediately surrounded by God’s love and comfort as I entered the sanctuary, and I know I was in the sacred space that my soul needed to find hope and strength in the midst of my deep sorrow.” Wow! What a blessing to hear that! So, keep it up, faithful emissaries of Christ! You make a difference in the world!

Rev. Schoeneberg