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Alleviating Hunger

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink” - Matthew 25:43

  • Church by the Pond
  • Connecticut Foodshare

Church by the Pond

Trinity Church participates six times a year in Church by the Pond at Bushnell Park, in support of the Ecclesia Ministry and Church Street Eats programs coordinated by Christ Church Cathedral.

We gather for public prayer at the pond by the carousel.  Volunteers and anyone attending the Eucharistic service are spiritually fed. During the Prayers of the People prayers for intercession and thanksgiving are raised to God from those attending the service. Following the Eucharist, bagged lunches are provided to those in need.

A dedicated group of parishioners and friends, assemble, pack and distribute lunches.  We also distribute additional items such as socks, toiletries or gloves. Volunteers from children to seniors participate with some students fulfilling community service credits through this ministry. Friends and families are always welcomed.  

If you feel called to participate in this ministry, you are welcome at any time. We meet in the Trinity kitchen around
12:30 p.m, and conclude in Bushnell Park around 3:00 p.m. Follow parish communications and Bulletin
announcements for the schedule.

Contacts: Penny Pearson (pennypearson@comcast.net) and Percy Williamson (percybwilliamson@yahoo.com).

Connecticut Foodshare

Members of Trinity Church support the work of Connecticut Foodshare in several important ways.

A number of parishioners regularly work together with other volunteers in the Bloomfield warehouse on Wednesdays, in both the 8:30 - 11:30 am and 12:30 to 3:30 pm shifts. We work in the food salvage area sorting truckload donations from major grocery stores, wholesalers and club retailers, repacking what can be distributed to partner social service agencies, determining what can be given for feed to a pig farmer or sent for energy reclamation, and what must be discarded — often sorting 6000 to 8000 pounds of food a day.  

Parishoners also volunteer with food distribution by meeting the mobile Foodshare trucks at various locations around Hartford.  These trucks are based at the CT Foodshare warehouse in Wallingford and each one takes more than three tons of fresh produce, bread and other groceries daily to distribute to folks in need at designated sites in central and southern Connecticut.

Foodshare has an annual Walk Against Hunger in Hartford, usually in early May.  The walk’s purpose is to raise funds and awareness about food insecurity in Connecticut.  Parishioners are invited to participate, as walkers or sponsoring others.

Join this highly important work! Foodshare offers many ways to be engaged, get some exercise, meet new people and make a real difference in our neighbors’ lives.  Please speak with Drew Smith for more information.

Contact The Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith (ktadsmith@comcast.net)

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The Choir School of Hartford

The program emphasizes age-diverse mentorship, with a goal to develop musicianship as well as community. We follow the RSCM Voice for Life curriculum, which is a series of self-paced music workbooks. The program year kicks-off in August for a week-long "Choir Course Week" where choristers rehearse, play games, go on field trips, and explore music together. The program provides: free, weekly 1/2hr piano lessons (includes a keyboard) intensive choral training solo/small ensemble opportunities exposure to a variety of choral styles and traditions development of leadership skills through mentorship regular performance experience awards for achievement Voice for Life curriculum from RSCM-America travel opportunities for special concerts and trips

Choir School of Hartford at Trinity Church