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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Trinity Episcopal Church Service
June 23rd, 2024
Welcome to Trinity Episcopal Church, a vibrant community rooted in the love of Christ. At Trinity, we believe that all are welcome, whether in person or via our livestream on YouTube. Our doors are open to people from all walks of life, and we embrace the whole rich diversity of God's people. Founded in 1884 in Belleville, Michigan, we have a long history of serving and engaging in our community. We are proud to be a progressive and inclusive church, committed to being LGBTQ+ friendly.
Our mission is to welcome all who seek Christ, and we strive to embody true compassion as we reach out in love and service to our community, diocese, and the world. Join us as we worship, learn, and grow together.
Join us in-person or view our livestream on YouTube for the service. Our weekly bulletin is in two parts - a booklet and separate Sunday Supplement. You can view and download the worship booklet clicking here. You can view and download the Sunday Supplement here.
Let's have fun in the sun in beautiful downtown Belleville where we will be having a tent at the Lake Fest! We will spread the word about Trinty Episcopal Church with fellowship and community prayers. Dates are Saturday, June 22, 10am-7pm & Sunday, June 23, 11am-5pm. Please contact Sue Carpenter to help out in the tent.
Anyone who has a graduate, please email Lesa at the church office office@trintybell.org. Please submit a short bio that includes where the graduate graduated from, what their future plans are, etc. Significant life events will be honored and recognized too including new jobs, promotions, and retirements.
Please join us in preparing and serving lunch to children at The Church at Crossroads in Detroit on Tuesday, August 13. This is a mission run by Rev. Teresa, Rev Chip's wife. We will be serving 75-100 kids and providing a craft for them (ideas very welcome)! We will be carpooling from Trinity about 9:00. Contact Deb Green, Fiona Gray, Sharon Peters or Nancy Copeland for more information. Many hands make light work.
Thank you for your interest in supporting the ministries at Trinity.
Your donations enable us to provide for the ministries that serve here as well as supporting local, national, and international outreach projects.
I feel blessed to be where I am meant to be. Briefly, here's my story. I was born in Rochester, NY in a family of three boys and one oldest sister. We were all baptized as infants at St. Thomas's Parish. We siblings grew, competed, celebrated our differences, and loved our mom and dad in unique ways. We were encouraged to seek truth and to make justice the headlight on our own pathway. My pathway led me to Christian formation, experiences of God's loving grace in my life, and a deep desire to seek God in those I meet.
I am a lover of God and a follower of our Savior Jesus Christ. I am a believer in life as a faith-in-god filled journey. I am a champion of underdogs and those who are unjustly disenfranchised. My two sons and their mother, from whom I am divorced, live in Charlotte, NC. I will be married, in April, to an exceptional woman, Teresa, whom I met through seminary.
How did I get to Trinity, Belleville as your Interim Priest In Charge? Years ago, friends in my parish in North Carolina, where my young family lived, asked me when my study for the priesthood would begin. I answered the call and studied for a Master of Divinity degree at Hood Theological Seminary, an AME Zion seminary, Salisbury, NC. After graduating from Hood Seminary and completing an Anglican Studies program at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, I came to Detroit to see how the Diocese of Michigan was growing. I came, felt a call to serve in this fascinating place, and was accepted into the ordination process in Michigan. Throughout the ordination process, I grew in faith and was ordained as a Deacon and as a Priest in 2022. I have been serving as an extended supply priest in the Diocese since Easter, 2022.
My prayer and longing for us at Trinity, Belleville is to journey together in Lent and be newly open to God's call to each of us to serve God. We will examine the times and places in our lives where we have been unfaithful to God. We will make room so that God may complete in us the work of salvation. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to grow in faith and reach out to others with hearts filled with God's love.
Contact Rev Chip:
chip@trinitybell.org