BUILDING & GROUNDS

Trinity Church has four buildings and about five (5) acres of property. A paid janitor that we call a sexton cleans the Church building and Johnson Hall. The Education building (which houses the Steeple School of Trinity Church) is cleaned by a separate person. The Rectory is cleaned by those who live it it.

The balance of the building maintenance and most of the grounds maintenance is done by Church Members. There are two clean-up Sundays held each year – one in the Spring and the other in the Fall – where we spruce up the grounds. In addition to that we have sporadic Work Days to do specific jobs like clean up Johnson Hall, cut down and trim trees. Several individuals volunteer to weed and maintain a garden area.

Resurrection Garden:

The Resurrection Garden began with the encouragement of former Rector Alden Powers, when a parcel of land was given to Trinity Church by an abutter in the early 1980’s. The original trustees of the Resurrection Guild were Trinity members – Polly Malcolm, Mary MacRae, and Peggy Slade. Their first task was to research other burial gardens and to design the space. A few members of Trinity Church paid fees to enable the Guild to establish the garden as it is today. Benches and the birdbath, donated as memorials, adorn the garden to make it a peaceful resting place.

The Resurrection Garden is situated among the pines and rhododendrons that adorn the back corner of the church property.

The Garden is entered from the parking lot by a stone path and offers a place of beauty and solitude for the living and a place of repose for the ashes of the dead.

The garden was originally created for use by former, present and future members of the parish and their families, but is also available to non-members. It is an especially appropriate place for those to whom Trinity has had a special meaning. There are lots of projects that need to be done (some short-term and others on-going). There is a coordinator for Buildings and Grounds on the Ministry Contact list.