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Faith in action efforts at Trinity Wall Street, as in churches across the country, draw upon the skills and interests of the parish. When aligned with worship and faith formation activities, such programs work to meet the needs of the surrounding community. Some programs, such as feeding and prison ministries, are local. Others, such as mission and service trips, take place farther afield.

One aspect of Trinity’s particular practice of faith in action is the Trinity Grants Program, which has a long history of mutual partnership with African churches. As the result of a process of consultations with African church leaders (a collaborative effort of congregation, staff, and vestry), the objectives for ongoing partnerships have recently been renewed and honed. The goal is to work with partners to Strengthen the Anglican Communion in Africa in four main areas:

• Leadership and Contextual Training
• Microfinance and Vocational Training
• Peace-building and Reconciliation
• Financial Sustainability and Stewardship

As you likely know, this positive work is set against news reports of dissension and conflict in the Church we share. Ultimately, Trinity acknowledges the disagreements between people, even as we acknowledge that we are not servants to the conflict. Trinity’s policy is that grant partners need not agree with Trinity theologically in order to receive a grant. This way of thinking about partnership is not unique. Rather, it bears the magnanimity and humility that is characteristic of the best of the Episcopal Church now and in its past.

We excel when we work with others in mutual partnership for a better world. For the believer, such giving is part of a life led to the fullest—a life of faith and the sharing of gifts. Let us err then on the side of generosity and spirited kindness, so that we might together raise to life that goodness God discerned in the world when it was made.

Faithfully,
The Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper, Rector

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