Consecration Sunday
Consecration Sunday is the culmination of Trinity’s annual pledge campaign. Held each fall, the morning begins with a combined service followed by an all-parish brunch. During the service, parishioners give their pledge cards, which indicate their intended financial gift to the church for the upcoming year. The resources are pooled together, and the budget is developed from those combined gifts.
Read Stewardship Minutes leading up to Consecration Sunday, 2021.
Online Giving
It's easy to donate to Trinity online. Make either a one-time gift or set-up a recurring donation. If you have questions about online giving, contact the office.
Trinity Legacy Fund
All that we are, all that we have, comes from God, and will one day return to God.
Why Do Christians Leave Money to the Church?
Jesus often talked about our relationship to the “things” we possess. In Luke 12:13-21, Jesus is asked about dividing a family inheritance. He replies with a story. A rich man decides to build new barns to hold his bumper crop, then to “eat, drink, and be merry.” However, “God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” We are stewards of God’s bounty. Caretakers. For a brief period we are given time, energy and resources. What we do with these gifts ultimately defines the character of our life and the depth of our spiritual understanding. Planned giving is one expression of the wise use of the personal resources God has entrusted to us.
What is the Legacy Fund?
Trinity’s Legacy Fund is a planned giving program. Planned giving encompasses a variety of ways that gifts can be made to the church from accumulated resources. It usually involves financial or estate planning; however, it is not reserved for the wealthy. Planned giving is a means by which anyone concerned with the wise use of his or her personal resources makes a considered choice about their ultimate disposition.
Planned gifts usually are made through:
- A bequest in a will
- A life income gift such as a pooled income fund, a charitable gift annuity, or a charitable remainder trust
- Gifts of special assets (real estate, closely held stock, life insurance, retirement accounts)
Planned giving establishes a way for a donor to provide for family members while remembering the church as well. It often reduces taxes as well.
Planned gifts can be designated for an organization’s general funds or its endowment.
Planned gifts are either outright gifts (i.e., gifts of appreciated securities, real property, personal property, etc.) or deferred gifts (i.e. bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable trusts). For more information, click here.
Capitol Campaign Feasability Study
In the last part of 2021 Trinity engaged Vandersall Consultants to conduct a feasability study for a potential capital campaign. This feasability was further considered by Trinity's Feasibility Team and their final report is here.
The Executive Summary is attached here. To see the full 33 page report, please contact the office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
