Trinity has been at the corner of Inglewood St and North 16th Street for over 75 years. Things have changed a lot over those years, but as a faith community, Trinity has always been committed to being a reflection of God's love. As an inclusive community of faith, we celebrate that God’s love and grace extend to all, and affirm that each person has sacred worth just as they are. We celebrate people of all gender identities and sexual orientations. To find out what we are really like, we recommend a visit. Below is our Vision and Mission Statement, so you can see a couple of the tools we use to guide us.
Vision Statement
As people of Trinity Presbyterian Church, we are called to Faith through
CONNECTING to others around us in meaningful ways, GROWING in our faith
through opportunities to learn, and experiencing God’s presence through SERVING
others in our daily lives.
Mission Statement
As a community of believers, we seek to follow Jesus faithfully. We seek to connect
to our neighbors, grow in our faith, serve others in need, and in all these ways to
experience the presence of God in our daily lives. We commit to being prayerful,
worshipful, and intentional in building up and equipping the people and ministries of
the church, and to being mindful of the areas of development outlined in our Mission
Goals.
Mission Goals
CONNECTING
By connecting people of all generations — children, youth, and adults — with
each other and to the wider community in purposeful activities both within and
outside of the church walls in service, outreach, fellowship, education,
and worship.
By being intentional in forming small groups and strengthening existing groups
as places of spiritual discipleship, prayer, commitment and mutual support in
the love of Christ.
By connecting members of the church with the larger body of PC(USA),
including its networks, missionaries, and many programs and opportunities for
involvement.
By bringing to the congregation speakers and leaders with prophetic voices and
Christian witness, so that we may learn from them and hear their message and
be able to respond to God’s call for mercy, compassion, justice, and peace.
GROWING
By being open to the direction of the Holy Spirit and continually seeking
discernment as a church community in responding to God’s call for God’s
Kingdom, for mercy, compassion, love, justice, peace and reconciliation.
By continually learning and teaching, in order to grow as faithful individual
disciples of Jesus, with the hope of making the world a better place.
By providing the resources, classes, and spaces within and outside of the
church to encourage the congregation to learn about, explore, and be obedient
to Christ’s message.
By providing opportunities to learn and practice spiritual disciplines such as
scripture reading, prayer, discernment, contemplation, meditation, and other
spiritual disciplines, in order to become more available to feel God’s presence
in our daily lives.
By worshiping together as a community in a variety of ways and styles that are
vibrant and relevant in the world today.
By providing Staff and Ministries with the necessary flexibility, support,
resources, and training to carry out programs and to create new ministries
depending on the growing needs of the congregation and community.
SERVING
By providing the congregation with opportunities to respond to God’s call as in
Micah 6:8: “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God."
By reaching out in fellowship, worship, or in any number of ways, given the
gifts of the Holy Spirit to serve others in need both within the church and in the
community.
By extending hospitality through community use of our facilities.
By increasing outreach activities to new seekers and those in all walks of life.
By anticipating needs for future growth and practicing good stewardship of
existing facilities and equipment.
By supporting PC(USA) Programs, Mission Co-workers, and other
organizations serving low-income and needy populations.
We are a member of PC(USA).
You can find out more about our denomination on its website.
Peace and justice is God’s plan for all creation. The earth and all creation are God’s. God calls us to be careful, humble stewards of this earth, and to protect and restore it for its own sake, and for the future use and enjoyment of the human family. As God offers all people the special gift of peace through Jesus Christ, and through Christ reconciles all to God, we are called to deal justly with one another and the earth.