Cost of Living Campaign

Warm greetings, Trinity Family and Friends!

Periodically I hear from friends from other parts of our country or around the world, letting me know how grateful they are for Trinity’s perspective and honest speaking of the Gospel, the Kingdom of God – the love of Jesus – in the midst of these days. This summer I even heard from a family in another state who are considering a move to the North Shore, in part because Trinity is here. These conversations reminded me how good a thing we have together in Trinity.

Closer to home, our connection to ARochaUSA led to a conversation with BioLogos, who spoke with Mother Jen and published her fantastic article about the Anchor Point garden project and Trinity’s overall understanding of what it means to be the Body of Christ in our place.

Friends, this past year has brought challenges as we continue our exodus together, but also encouraging signs of new life and possibility.

We are eagerly entering a year of discernment together, continuing to learn how to listen to God more deeply as we pray and ponder our mission and place on the North Shore. We are grateful for the many children who are part of our community and are building a fuller Children’s Formation ministry. New volunteers are stepping forward, taking on new roles and bringing fresh energy to this work. We feel we are just beginning something that by God’s goodness will develop into something very special to help our children be formed in Christ.

We want to build upon these good beginnings: caring well for our clergy and staff amid the rising cost of living, growing our Children's Formation ministry, supporting our creation care projects, and carrying forward the wider work God has given us to do.

As we shared at our annual meeting, we have been working carefully to develop a budget that supports these priorities, and identified a need for additional giving. Since then, the generosity of several members of our community has helped reduce our anticipated funding gap by approximately half. We are grateful for that progress, but additional support is still needed to begin the coming year from a place of strength.

If you are able, would you prayerfully consider a special, one-time gift above and beyond your regular giving? Your generosity will help us close this remaining gap and continue the good work taking shape among us.

Thank you for your prayerful consideration – we trust that the God of abundance, who fills the earth and its creatures with good things, will be at work in and through us in the season ahead.

In Christ’s abundant love,

Jennifer Drummond, Sr. Warden
Canon Tim Clayton, Rector