Please plan to join us for the 2026 Annual General Meeting after the 10:30 service on Sunday, February 1.
Friday, January 30 | 9am to 2pm
Mercy by the Sea, Madison, CT
$30 – includes lunch; pay what you can
RSVP by January 11 to Lisa Levy (llevy@trinitynewhaven.org)
Rest and reconnect during our annual Epiphany retreat, co-led by Lisa Levy and Rev. Heidi Thorsen. This year’s theme is Everyday Sacraments – we’ll reflect on the ways that we find holiness in everyday things, with free time to explore the coastal beauty of Mercy by the Sea Retreat Center.
All parishioners welcome! Join us on Three Kings Day, Tuesday, January 6 at the Bl. Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center at 10 AM, in New Haven. "The Spirit of Christmas" exhibit features crèches and other artwork from around the globe celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ and traditions during the season. FREE admission and lunch will be provided— please RSVP by Monday to Family@trinitynewhaven.org. They are opening just for us! Presented by Trinity's Children, Youth & Family Ministry.
Our virtual Advent Calendar provides a way for our community to connect with the four themes of Advent-- hope, peace, joy, and love--through weekly spoken and musical reflections.
Our virtual Advent Calendar provides a way for our community to connect with the four themes of Advent-- hope, peace, joy, and love--through weekly spoken and musical reflections.
Our virtual Advent Calendar provides a way for our community to connect with the four themes of Advent-- hope, peace, joy, and love--through weekly spoken and musical reflections.
Our virtual Advent Calendar provides a way for our community to connect with the four themes of Advent-- hope, peace, joy, and love--through weekly spoken and musical reflections.
The Church Cracked Open: St. Luke’s & Trinity Book Group
Part I: Saturday, February 7
1-3pm, Trinity Undercroft (lunch included)
Part II: Saturday, February 21
1-3pm, St. Luke’s Parish House (lunch included)
with author the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers
Get your copy of the book now! Contact Rev. Heidi (hthorsen@trinitynewhaven.org)
We invite everyone in our St. Luke’s & Trinity communities to read The Church Cracked Open, by the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers. Beginning with the image of the woman who breaks open a jar to anoint Jesus with oil (Mark 14:3), Spellers explores how the church itself has been broken open by current events, and can be remade anew. Our communities will come together to discuss this book in two sessions, one with the author as special guest. Copies of the book are free, with an optional donation of $15.
Event organized by the St. Luke’s & Trinity Reconciliation Project, with support from YDS’s Reimagining Church initiative.
Lunch & Movie Screening: Where Then Shall We Go?
Saturday, January 10 at Noon
Trinity on the Green – Undercroft
Lunch Provided
Talkback with Special Guests Luz and Mark Colville, of Amistad Catholic Worker & Rosette Village
Where Then Shall We Go? is a PBS-produced documentary following the local story of Amistad Catholic Worker in the Hill neighborhood of New Haven, and their efforts to build a village of tiny homes for those who are unhoused. There are currently 1,196 unhoused people living in Greater New Haven, a 100% increase from this time last year, and there are 346 people on a months-long waitlist for a shelter bed. Amistad House and their community, Rosette Village, are an important response to homelessness in our city. Everyday more people are faced with a lack of affordable housing and prohibitions to outdoor living, and together we have to ask the question, “Where then shall we go?”
Event is free, though donations to support Rosette Village are very welcome.
Sunday, December 21, 5pm in the Nave
Start your Christmas celebration: join all of the Trinity Choirs for a festive service of Nine Lessons and Carols which draw on the traditions of Kings' College Cambridge.
Saturday, December 20 in the Nave
Join us for this annual remembrance of people who have died in the past year and experienced homelessness during their lives. This service is supported by co-sponsors Cornell Scott Hill Health Center and New Reach.
Join us as the children and choir present the story of Jesus's birth. This is a Family Eucharist celebration featuring live animals and lots of angels! Also, we'll be collecting toys for the 'R Kids Family Center so bring your donations to be collected during the pageant.
The Greater New Haven Community Chorus presents its winter concert, "GLORY: Music of Justice, Equity and Splendor," on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at Battell Chapel, 400 College St., New Haven. The concert features Vivaldi’s Gloria, RV 589, as well as selections from the African-American Spiritual tradition, John Legend’s “Glory” from the 2014 film "Selma," and more! Tickets at $20 and $10 are available at GNHCC.org. Candy and Ed Stannard are members of GNHCC.
Friday, December 12 at 7:30pm
Trinity on the Green's treasured annual concert full of festive favorites, Christmas classics, and modern masterpieces, this year honoring John Rutter's 80th birthday. Suggested donation at the door: $20.
We share these offerings on behalf of our neighbors at St. Paul & St. James' Episcopal Church in Wooster Square. There are many ways of celebrating Advent and Christmas together, as one community of Christians worshipping in the Episcopal Tradition in New Haven.
- This Monday, Dec. 8, 7pm: Wooster Square Jazz Christmas Concert
Flyer attached
Tickets $25, children 12 + under free, reception to follow
Sorry for the late notice, I hope it's not too late for your enews this week!
Details and description: https://givebutter.com/kzwpVg
- Thursday, Dec. 18, 7pm: Blue Christmas Service w/Jazz Communion
- Sunday, Dec. 21, 4pm: NeuroDivine Christmas Service
A low-stimulus, ecumenical worship experience for families with autistic and other neurodivergent children
Details and description: https://www.stpaulstjames.org/neurodivine.html
Drop off new or gently used clean sleeping bags in a marked bin in the Narthex. These items will go directly to our neighbors at Chapel on the Green, who are especially vulnerable this year due to federal budget cuts. Contact: llevy@trinitynewhaven.org.
Friday, December 5, 7:00pm
The Trinity Players (celebrating their 50 year anniversary!) present a staged reading of Dylan Thomas' nostalgic poem A Child's Christmas in Wales, complete with sweet treats. Suggested donation: $10.
Spiritual Formation: Stories of Migration
Sundays at 9:30am in Advent, in the Undercroft Library
With Special Guests from Havenly, Danbury Unites for Immigrants, and the CT Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI)
The Holy Family were migrants, journeying to Bethlehem and later to Egypt to escape persecution. Our advent formation series will focus on stories of migration, from the Bible to the lived experiences of immigrants and refugees in New Haven. Questions? Email Rev. Heidi (hthorsen@trinitynewhaven.org).
November 30 | Stories of Migration in the Bible with Clarke Mortensen, Seminarian
December 7 | Detention Stories, with Clemetina Lunar and the Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao (video presentation)
December 14 | Hope-Waiting, with Ashley Makar, Havenly
December 21 | Refugee Stories from Sudan, with Azhar Omer Ahmed, CT Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI)
his year’s Trinity Christmas Market was our most successful yet, and we owe that entirely to the remarkable group of volunteers who made it happen. From the first planning meetings to the final clean-up, the team brought real heart, care, and good humor to every part of the event.
Because of their effort, the funds raised will go a long way toward restoring the organ console at Trinity on the Green—a project that means a great deal to our whole community.
We’re deeply grateful to everyone who helped bring this year’s market to life, and especially to Leigh Cromey for her skillful leadership of the event. Thank you for your hard work, your creativity, and the joy you shared with all who came through our doors.
Christmas Market 2025 – a huge success!
The Christmas Market was a wonderful event again this year. The enthusiasm of our guests was contagious when they came in after waiting in line on a cold Friday. More than 30 people streamed down to the undercroft to see twinkle lights everywhere, an amazing array of handmade crafts, homemade cookies, and tables overflowing with well-priced tag sale items. The Boutique and jewelry areas were beautifully set up and the knitted items were cozy looking and ready to take home. In addition to cookies there was homemade butternut squash soup and turkey chili, mini loaves of tea breads, spiced nuts, jams, and overnight oatmeal to name just o few of the other items for sale.
The Trinity people who made all of this happen are an amazing group. From the Wednesday Club folks who meet 11 months of the year making things to sell to some new volunteers helping for a couple of hours during the event – THANK YOU!
And if all of that was not enough the preliminary count of money raised is over $30,000, all going toward the Organ Restoration Fund. Truly a team effort by everyone who participated, I am always impressed with the generosity of time and talent of our volunteers, hope you can join us next year.
Leigh Cromey
