Special Services

 
Advent Lessons & Carols, November 29 

A Trinity Church tradition. Several Lessons from Scripture are read fortelling the coming of Christ along with joyous anthems sung by choir and congregation. 

11:00 am - Service of Lessons and Carols





 

The Nativity of our Lord, December 24 

With great  joy we celebrate the incarnation of our Lord, when the Word became flesh. 
Our 10:30 service draws as many as 1,000 people, so plan to come early.

5:00 pm - Family Service with Children's message

10:00  pm- Caroling begins
10:30 pm - Festive Choral Eucharist and sermon 


 

Epiphany Lessons & Carols, January 10 

Epiphany is a Christian feast day which celebrates the revelation of God in human form in the person of Jesus Christ. 

5:00 pm - Service of Lessons and Carols




 

Holy Week to Easter

In the Christian Calendar Holy Week is the week immediately before Easter. As early as the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century, we hear of the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances.
 

Palm Sunday, March 28

Palm Sunday always falls on the Sunday before Easter. We commemorate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his Passion, mentioned by all four Gospels (Mark 11:1-11, Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, and John 12:12-19).

Palm Sunday is marked by the distribution of palm leaves, which are blessed and given to the congregation. The service ends with a reading of the Passion of Jesus by members of the congregation leaving in silence. 

7:45 am -  Holy Eucharist Rite 1

9:00 am – Holy Eucharist with Liturgy of the Palms
Family Service, especially for children

11:00 am – Festive Choral Eucharist Rite 1, Liturgy of the Palms

2:00 pm  - Chapel on the Green (Outdoor service)
 

Holy Wednesday, March 31

In Western Christianity, the Wednesday before Easter is sometimes known as 'Spy Wednesday', indicating that it is the day that Judas Iscariot first conspired with the Sanhedrin to betray Jesus for thirty silver coins.

This event is described in three Gospels: Matthew 26:14-16, Mark 14:10-12, Luke 22:3-6.

7:30 pm – The Office of Tenebrae 
Tenebrea (plural of the Latin for darkness) is a liturgy of  increasing darkness and lengthening shadows in preparation for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. 
 

Maundy Thursday, April 1

The word Maundy is derived through Middle English, and Old French mandé, from the Latin mandatum, the first word of the phrase "Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos" ("A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you"), the statement by Jesus in the Gospel of John (13:34) by which Jesus explained to the Apostles the significance of his action of washing their feet.
 
This day also commemorates the Last Supper of Christ and his Apostles.  The celebration of this Eucharist marks the beginning of the Sacred Paschal Triduum (three days before Easter)  that concludes with the Easter Vigil. 

7:30 pm – Holy Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar

 

Good Friday, April 2

Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, Great Friday or Black Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday ("Pascha"). It commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Golgotha. 

11:00 am – Chapel on the Green Stations of the Cross
This unique service will feature the artwork of New Haven artist Katro N. Storm.  Katro is a renowned and powerful force in the urban contemporary art world.  He will adapt seven of the fourteen traditional Stations of the Cross.  Storm's urban style is a perfect match for Chapel on the Green's congregation, which is composed of the diversity of downtown New Haven.

12:00 – 3:00pm Service of the Seven Last Words of Christ
Seven preachers will provide meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ.  This service will also feature the Men and Girls Choir singing Crux fidelis and William Byrd’s Miserére mei as well as numerous hymns.

7:30 pm Good Friday Service
A service according to the Book of Common Prayer with prayers and readings from Scripture. 
 

Saturday, April 3

The Easter Vigil is the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. Historically, it is during this service that people are baptized. It is held in the hours of darkness between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Day. The Vigil is considered to be the first celebration of Easter Day.

In Episcopal Church, the Easter Vigil is the most important service of the liturgical year as well as the first celebration of the Eucharist during the fifty-day long celebration of Easter, and is marked by the first use since the beginning of Lent of the acclamatory word "Alleluia", a distinctive feature of the liturgy of the Easter season.

7:30 pm – The Great Vigil of Easter, Holy Eucharist and Baptism
 

Easter Sunday, April 4

Easter is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. Jesus was resurrected from the dead three day after his crucifixion.

At Trinity, we celebrate with all the joy and festivity this occasion deserves.




7:45am -  Holy Eucharist (Rite One)

9:00am – Holy Eucharist (Rite Two)  
Family service with Children's homily

11:00am – Festive Choral Eucharist (Rite One)
Featuring the Men & Boys Choir and the Men & Girls Choir
Childrens' Chapel for children preschool - elementary school

2:00pm  - Chapel on the Green

 

All Saints'/All Souls'

This feast commemorates all saints, known and unknown, on Novembern1. All Saints' Day is one of the seven principal feasts of the church year.








7:45 am -  Holy Eucharist Rite 1
9:00 am - Family Eucharist and Baptism
11:00 am - Festive Choral Eucharist and Baptism
2:00 pm - Chapel on the Green (Outdoor Service)

5:00 pm - Choral Eucharist for All the Faithful Departed (All Souls')

Thanksgiving Day

This service uses lessons from the King James Bible and the service from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Traditional Thanksgiving hymns are also sung.

10:30 am -  Morning Prayer