Our Parish

Trinity was organized in 1854 by German families who had come to work the salt works along the river. The first services were held in a schoolhouse on Ehrenfeld Street; the present building was raised in 1889 and has been in continuous use since. Services were held in German until 1931.

We are a small congregation. About seventy of us are in the pews on an ordinary Sunday, and we know one another by name. That is worth saying plainly, because it is the first thing a visitor notices and the thing most likely to be misread as unfriendliness. It is not.

What We Believe

We believe, teach, and confess what the Church has always confessed: that God the Father made us, that God the Son redeemed us by His death and resurrection, and that God the Holy Spirit calls us to faith through the Gospel. We hold the Scriptures to be the inspired Word of God, and we subscribe to the Lutheran Confessions collected in the Book of Concord of 1580 because they are a faithful exposition of that Word.

It is also taught among us that one holy Christian church will be and remain forever. This is the assembly of all believers among whom the Gospel is preached in its purity and the holy sacraments are administered according to the Gospel.

The Augsburg Confession, Article VII

What this means in practice is that you will hear the Scriptures read at length, you will hear a sermon that preaches Christ crucified for you, and you will be given the Lord’s Supper. We have not found anything better to offer, and we are not looking.

A Few Dates

Trinity Evangelical-Lutheran Church is a congregation of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, in The English District, organized in 1854.

The office is open Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to noon.