Worship Services at Trinity Cathedral
The worship of God our Creator, Redeemer and Life Giving Spirit is foundational to our community life at Trinity. Worship provides us with an important opportunity to experience transcendence in our lives, to be lifted out of earthly toil, to be refreshed, and to be healed and restored in our ability to love our neighbors as ourselves. For it is in the majesty of worship that we are enabled to both soar with the angels to heaven and experience the love of God come down to earth.
Trinity is blessed with an awe-inspiring sanctuary, a gifted music program and talented preachers. Our worship is founded on the liturgical practices of the Episcopal Church, the Book of Common Prayer and the Hymnal. While traditional in origin, our worship services are crafted together in contemporary ways to respond with relevance to current concerns.
In our worship at Trinity we experience Jesus' welcome to abide in God's Love - not in a love of our making, but in the love of God that knows no limit, is afraid of nothing, and gives life to everything. We invite you to come worship with us and abide in God's love.
Sunday Services
Holy Eucharist and Sermon: 8:00 a.m. Rite I, in the Chapel
This liturgy makes use of the traditional language found in Rite One of The Book of Common Prayer. This service includes a sermon and is celebrated without music in the Chapel.
Holy Eucharist and Sermon: 10:00 a.m. Rite II, in the Cathedral
In the language of the Episcopal Church, this service is referred to as Holy Eucharist, Rite II. This means that the language is more “contemporary,” yet the liturgy is traditional, with a weekly celebration of what in some traditions is referred to as the Mass, Communion, or the Lord’s Supper. The fine organ and large choir offer music which deeply enrich the liturgy. Many people come to Trinity for superb music.
This service usually lasts about an hour and a quarter. The coffee hour follows immediately after the service, in Kempton Hall, our parish hall.
Christian Education: 9:00 a.m. in Kempton Hall or The Morrison Room. Classes being held and their locations are posted on the whiteboard at the entrance to Kempton Hall.
Taizé Service
7:00 p.m. Second Sunday of each month
First Sunday Family Services
Most First Sundays of the month, October – May
October 3, November 7, December 5, January 2, February 6, March 6, May 22
10:00am
Kempton Hall
A hands-on, child-friendly Eucharist designed to help children join more completely in the Eucharistic service.
Other Sunday Information
Service by Telephone - to listen to the 10 a.m. service
Dial 212-990-8000 and enter PIN 3333#
Cost - The charges of your long distance provider
Childcare
Infants – Toddlers
Sunday mornings
8:45 – 11:30am
Nursery in the basement
Childcare workers care for our youngest members every Sunday during the 9:00 education hour and the 10:00 service. There is sleeping and creeping space and lots of room to toddle, as well as toys, games, snacks, and lots of tlc from our qualified staff. Parents are given vibrating pagers just in case they are needed in the nursery.
Contact: Charissa Simmons, 503-478-1220
Parking
Limited off-street parking is available in lots located between NW Everett and Davis on NW 19th Avenue and to the south of the Cathedral on NW 19th Avenue. Visit our Parking page for directions and a map.
Take the shuttle to Trinity Cathedral
Before the 10am service you can park at Good Sam - Parking Building #3 on Marshall Street, between NW 21st & NW 23rd. Legacy Shuttle white van is there (or will be shortly) to take & return you to Trinity on Sunday mornings.
Monthly Services
Vespers
5:00 p.m. First Sundays (October, November, February, March & May)
A quiet service of scripture, prayers and music by the Trinity Chamber Singers in the Cathedral. An organ recital often follows this service.
Alternative Liturgies
Harvest: A Celebration of Abundance Set to the Music of Neil Young
Saturday, September 18, 6 p.m.
Join Trinity Episcopal Cathedral for a Eucharistic celebration of harvest and abundance set to the music of the man recently named the second most influential living songwriter, Neil Young. The offering will go to Trinity's food ministries, which served nearly 20,000 meals in 2009 and is on track to exceed that this year. If "rust never sleeps," then neither should our fight against hunger. A full set of Neil songs, from "Helpless" to "The Way," will echo through the cathedral as Trinity’s Band and Children’s Choirs lead us in worship set to the music of a legendary singer, songwriter, and prophet. Contact Pam Knepper for more information.
Other Alternative Liturgies
Second Saturdays at 5 pm: October 9, November 13 and December 11, 2010; January 8, February 12, March 12, April 9, May 14 and June 11, 2011
Trinity’s Alt-liturgies continue to explore new forms of worship, push as the distinction between sacred and secular music, and give fresh expression to ancient tradition. Join us for the second Saturday of each month for new and different ways to worship God in community.
Weekday Services
In the Chapel-entered from Everett, or by walking through the Cathedral from the cloister.
Holy Eucharist
Wednesday 5:30 p.m.
Thursday 7:30 a.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.
Evening Prayer
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Special Services
Advent Procession of Lessons and Carols
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 7 p.m., Cathedral
Sunday, December 5, 2010, 5 p.m., Cathedral
Christmas at The Cathedral
December 18, 2010, 5:00pm
December 19, 2010, 7:30pm
Canon Michael Kleinschmidt, Conductor
Choral music sung by the Trinity Choir, The Cathedral Chamber Singers and Members of Pacific Youth Choir with Members of the Oregon Symphony
Followed by a Wassail Party in Kempton Hall
Carols Before Midnight Eucharist
December 24, 2010, 10:30pm
Trinity Choir
Ash Wednesday Eucharist
March 6, 2011, 5:00pm
Choral Eucharist
Trinity Choir
Anthems for the Lenten Season