Ministry Opportunities
Are you looking for a place to make a difference in people’s lives? Trinity Church offers excellent opportunities to serve your community while growing personally and spiritually. We have a wide range of volunteer opportunities available, from working with our ministry partners to help the food or housing insecure to assisting with the celebration of Sunday services. Our volunteers are the heart of our community, and we welcome people of all ages and backgrounds to get involved. Whether you're a university student looking for a home away from home, a retiree seeking to stay engaged, or somewhere in between, we have a place for you here.
So what are you waiting for? Join our team of dedicated volunteers today and make a difference in the lives of others in the name of Jesus Christ. Unless otherwise noted, please contact Annie Bryson in the office to be introduced to one of our ministry leaders.
Celebration
Choirs of Trinity Church
The Choirs of Trinity Church seek to participate in and transform worship through the transcendent power of music. We have singing opportunities for all ages and levels of experience.
Altar Guild
The Altar Guild cares for the altar, vestments, vessels, linens and other paraments of the parish. Members prepare the sanctuary for services and clean up afterwards.
Readers & Intercessors’ Guild
Lay members read the lectionary lessons and lead the congregation in intercession (prayer on behalf of others), crucial partners in preaching the word and praying for world.
Acolytes’ Guild
Altar servers, torchbearers, as well as cross-bearers (crucifers), and thurifers — some or all of whom may be involved in the church’s services — are critical participants in the drama of the liturgy, supporting and assisting the clergy in all that they do.
Ushers’ Guild
Ushering is the first encounter members and visitors alike have when they walk in the door. The role of the usher is to greet people and make them feel welcome at church, assist them with seating or finding their way around the church, collecting the offering, bringing up the gifts, and maintaining a safe environment.
Flower Guild
The flower guild is responsible for selecting, ordering, and arranging flowers to beautify the sanctuary.
Chalice Bearers’ Guild
Chalice-bearers (sometimes called lay ministers) assist the clergy during communion, carrying the chalice and dispensing the wine to communicants.
Formation
Book Groups
Trinity holds several book groups throughout the year and invites anyone and everyone to join in reading and discussing theology, fiction, or general non-fiction with a curious, lively assembly.
| Contact the Rev. Cn. Dr. Kara Slade |
Thursday Morning Bible Study
Each Thursday morning, members gather on Zoom for Bible Study.
| Contact the Rev. Dr. Alan King |
Education for Ministry ⇲
Education for Ministry (EfM) is a unique four-year distance learning certificate program from Sewanee’s School of Theology in theological education based upon small-group study and practice.
| Contact the Rev. Cn. Dr. Kara Slade |
Anglican 101: Inquirers’ Class
Twice a year, Trinity holds introductory classes for those interested in Anglicanism and the Episcopal Church.
| Contact the Rev. Cn. Dr. Kara Slade |
Centering Prayer
Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer in which participants experience God's presence within them, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. Participants spend twenty minutes in silence, followed by a short reading from the Gospel, and a brief discussion.
Incarnation
Turkey Trot ⇲
The Trinity Turkey Trot is a time-honored Princeton Thanksgiving Day tradition. Over 2000 runners and walkers of all ages participate to have fun and raise money for our ministry partners.
Rummage Committee
The Rummage Committee oversees the planning and execution of one or two yearly sales over three days featuring a wide array of women’s, men’s, and children’s apparel, accessories, and shoes; art, books, and antiques; housewares, linens, and decor.
Angel Tree
Each December, Trinity Church collects gifts and gift cards for over 150 children through our ministry partners. Angel ornaments with tags are hung on a Christmas tree at the church and congregants are invited to take them, sign-up, and return with their gifts.
Hunger Fund
The Hunger Fund is a monthly collection that benefits the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, Mercer Street Friends, and Bread for the World.
Arm In Arm ⇲
A COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Founded in 1980 by Nassau Presbyterian and Trinity Episcopal in Princeton to help community members who were struggling financially, today Arm In Arm has twenty staff members and hundreds of volunteers welcome more than 4,000 families to food pantries, work with 600 at-risk families to prevent or end homelessness, and offer on-the-job training and job search mentoring.
Urban Promise Trenton ⇲
A COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Urban Promise Trenton offers the city’s youth and teens a chance to believe in and build a positive future by providing them with the skills necessary for academic achievement, life management, spiritual growth, and christian leadership through free after school and summer camp programming.
A COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Founded in 1989 by Nassau Presbyterian and Trinity Episcopal in Princeton, Trenton’s Children’s Chorus empowers the academic and social development of children through artistry in music, offering choral music education, drumming and keyboard instruction, performance opportunities, music theory instruction, tutoring, homework assistance, SAT prep, college application help, and summer camp scholarships.
Trenton Music Makers is part of the El Sistema movement in the United States, using music as a platform for social change, providing instruction in violin, viola, cello, and bass in studio sectionals; developing reading, improvisation, and musicianship; learning percussion, collective composition, and music production; all the while building collaboration skills, peer leadership, and learning the value of a shared struggle.
Housing Initiatives of Princeton ⇲
A COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Housing Initiatives of Princeton assists local individuals and families experiencing housing insecurity build toward a sustainable future via stable housing, better employment, and a network of support services.
Cristosal ⇲
A COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Cristosal works to promote justice, human rights, and democratic societies in Central America, through strategic litigation, research, learning, human rights monitoring, and assistance to victims of human rights violations.
GAIA Global Health ⇲
A COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION
GAIA Global Health provides community-based health services and education to under-served populations in rural communities while supporting health worker training to increase capacity and promote equitable deployment of frontline care providers.
Habitat for Humanity
A COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Habitat for Humanity is a global non-profit with local chapters whose mission is to transform lives and their towns and cities by building and repairing homes in partnership with families in need, and uniting around the cause of affordable housing.
Home Visitors
The Home Visitor ministry members bring communion to those who are unable to attend Sunday services. Home visitors meet parishioners in their homes, care facilities and rehabilitation facilities. Additionally, home visi‐ tors bring comfort and reassurance to those they visit that they are beloved members of the Trinity Church community.
Assisted Living Worship
Trinity holds services several times a month at both the Stonebridge and Meadow Lakes communities.
Prayer Partners
Prayer Partners are a devoted group of parishioners who meet with those seeking prayer and comfort, in the Unity Chapel, during the distribution of the Holy Eucharist during Sunday morning services.
Prayer Shawls
The Prayer Shawl Ministry is a dedicated group committed to prayerfully knitting shawls to bring the warmth of God’s presence to anyone in need of it.
Flower Ministry
The Flower ministry distributes mugs of flowers each week, except during Lent, to parishioners who are experiencing illness, grief or challenges. During the season of Advent, more than sixty poinsettias are delivered to parishioners who cannot attend church services on a regular basis or who have experienced loss during the year.
Newcomers Committee
The Newcomers Committee welcomes those who are new to Trinity at church services and events, and through emails, phone calls and special events. The committees mission is to get to know new members, welcome them, and help them navigate Trinity’s organization and programs., introducing them to the many ways we share in the ministry of worship, formation, loving our neighbors, and hospitality.
Parish Life Committee
The Parish Life Committee is a group of volunteers who have taken up the ministry of hospitality, This team is committed to creating and providing a welcoming environment for all who join in fellowship with us at Trinity. The committee sees its work as feeding body, heart and spirit; as building our community of the table.
St. Nicholas Bazaar & Party
The St. Nicholas Bazaar is an annual December fund-raising event which brings together creative people in the parish providing community and sociability. Saturday sales feature gingerbread houses, cookies, baked goods, boxwood trees, wreathes, handiwork and live plants of the season. A evening cocktail party is held in conjunction with the bazaar.
Foundation
If you are interested in helping with or have specialized skills which you’d like to volunteer for the foundational work of governance, finance, and administration — whether through the Finance, Personnel, Building, Grounds, Memorial Garden, Belshaw House, Stewardship, Planned Giving, Trinity Heritage, or Communications Committees — please…