LOISAIDA FESTIVAL - "WORSHIP IN ACTION" MAY 24

The Annual Loisaida Festival will once again take over Loisaida Avenue (Ave. C) for a fabulous celebration of our community's Puerto Rican culture and heritage on Sunday, May 24, and Trinity will again be there with a booth to engage with our neighbors and share about our congregation and its ministries. There will be no worship at Trinity that Sunday. Instead, gather at our booth (exact to location to be shared) for a brief celebration for Holy Communion at 11:00. 


Volunteers Needed: We'll need some folks to be at the booth over two shifts: from 10:00 to 1:30, and 1:30 to 5:00. We'll have games for kids, face painting, and giveaways, all of which need friendly faces from the congregation!

CELEBRATING PRIDE

Pride BBQ, June 21

Kick off Pride Week with our annual Pride BBQ on Sunday, June 21 after worship. Burgers, hot dogs, and drinks will be provided; please bring a favorite side dish or dessert to share!


• Pride Sunday Disco Mass with St. Mark's, June 28

This year, we'll be worshiping on Pride Sunday with our neighbors at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, joining them for their annual Pride Disco Mass! Pastor Will will be preaching.


• Pride March with Fellow Lutherans

For the first time since 2019, our church will be marching in the Pride March! Specific details about where to meet and when will be shared when we receive them from the organizers.

EMPOWER HOUR The first & Third sunday of every month

During the first & third Sundays of every month, all are invited to gather in the sanctuary for Empower Hour, a gathering for the spiritual practice of activism! This will be the first of a series of Empower Hour gatherings for Vicar Nick’s internship project.


Together, we’ll ground ourselves in a Christian spirituality of liberation; connect with each other over our shared desire to be part of creating justice in our communities; learn from each other about particular international, nationwide and local issues and about the practices of activism and community organizing; find ways to take action that fit for each of us given our unique schedules/lifestyles; get connected with local justice-oriented organizations; and give ourselves accountability in community for working toward justice with this designated time and space.


If you’re looking to practice your spirituality in community care on any level, Empower Hour is for you!

CELEBRATING OUR GRADUATES! June 14

Graduation season will soon be upon us, when we celebrate transitions from one stage of life to another! If you or your child(ren) are graduating this year we'd love to celebrate these important accomplishments together.


Whatever stage of education is being completed, please let us know the details (name, institution, degree, and next plans) by emailing office@trinitylowereastside.org. We'll plan to celebrate our graduates in worship on Sunday,

June 14.

THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH JUNE 14

Join us on Sunday, June 14 for a celebration of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the dedication of our beloved church building, which was built beginning in 1993 and was dedicated to the Glory of God on June 9, 1996. Pastor Bob Wollenburg, who was the visionary pastor of Trinity at the time, will join us as preacher.


Worship will be followed by a festive coffee hour which will include a screening of the short film In Word and Deed, which offers a fascinating glimpse into life and ministry at Trinity during the early 1990s when funds were being collected for construction.

Listen to Pastor Will on WNYC

On Wednesday, April 15 Pastor Will and Chef Will Horowitz were featured on WNYC's afternoon program All of It with Alison Stewart, where they talked about the East Village Cookbook, Trinity Lower East Side, and our work done through SAFH to serve our community.


LISTEN HERE

East Village Cookbook Featured in New York Magazine and Sales Take Off

Our own East Village Cookbook, created in 2024 by Pastor Will, Chef Will Horowitz and friends, and designed by East Village design firm Champions Design as a fundraiser for our feeding ministries, was featured in an excellent article by Regina Schrambling in New York Magazine on March 17. Since the article was published, interest in the cookbook has truly taken off, with around 500 copies ordered online within 24 hours. As of this writing, we are completely sold out of books until more arrive from the printer!


The timing of the article and subsequent growth in sales was excellent: just weeks before, we had finally sold enough copies to pay for the printing and production expenses, which means that now all copies sold will result in a profit for the cookbook, 100% of which will be used to fund much-needed renovations to our kitchen, which has faithfully and tireless worked beyond its limits to feed our community and support Trinity's ministries. Now, with over $110,000 in books sold resulting in around $50,000 profit, we can provide much-needed support to the infrastructure that makes so much of our ministry possible.


We are truly grateful for the work done by Pastor Will, Chef Will Horowitz, and all who contributed to the cookbook's success, and look forward to dreaming about what our small-but-mighty church kitchen can accomplish with new equipment and improved layout!

Update your Contact InformatioN

Help us make sure we have the most up-to-date contact information for you by filling out the form below. We plan to publish a directory in the new year and want to make sure our information is accurate!


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Livestreams of Worship Move to YoutubE

After six years of livestreaming our worship services to our Facebook page, we've finally begun livestreaming via YouTube!

Youtube offers enhanced features, including the ability to offer captions for those in the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities. We'll still share the livestream to our Facebook page, so those who are accustomed to joining us there will still be able to do so!

If you haven't already, please visit our channel and click "subscribe."


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Introducing Village Campus Ministry

Trinity has long supported Lutheran Ministries in Higher Education (LMHE) and its downtown branch serving NYU, Cooper Union and New School Students: PRiSM. As LMHE has become more intentionally ecumenical and inclusive in its governance and ministry, it is proud to unveil its new identity as students return to campus: Village Campus Ministry!

Its ministry branches are now known as Village Uptown (primarily serving Columbia students) and Village Downtown, and Village continues to collaborate with SAFH to offer its innovative and in-demand College Student Pantry right here at Trinity. learn more at www.villagecampusministry.org.


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On-going Events

Monday - Friday, our Soup Kitchen serves lunch from 11:00am - 12:00pm in our community room.


Monday - Friday, our Food Pantry is open to provide groceries to anyone who needs them 12:30-1:30pm. Click here for more information.


12-Step Groups meet regularly at Trinity:

Mondays at 7:00pm: "Valley of the Dolls" NA Group

Tuesdays at 7:00pm and 8:30pm: "East Village" AA Group

Thursdays at 7:00pm: "Clean and Dry" AA Group

Choir Rehearsal is at 10:00am in the chapel on Sunday mornings.