TRINITY HISTORY

Who We Are Today:

Trinity is a small church community with a big heart. Members of our community come from many walks of life to learn how to “love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength, “ and “to love our neighbors as ourselves”.

“A Taste of Trinity” is symbolic of our commitment to this ministry of nourishing soul, mind and body. Loving our neighbors as ourselves means heeding the words attributed to Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel, “You are the salt of the earth…you are the light of the world…let your light shine before others so they might see your good works and give glory to God who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5: 13-16).

You will find in the pages of this site a variety of ways in which you can be involved in this congregation when you are ready to expand your involvement in addition to Worship.

Wherever you are on your faith journey, you are welcome here.

May God’s Peace be with you,

The Rev. Barbara Peterson

Where We’ve Come From:

Trinity Church in Marshfield was first established in 1742 under the authority of the Church of England. In 1790, the proprietors of the Church were incorporated under the name of the “Episcopal Protestant Society in Marshfield”. The parish grew and prospered until circa 1853 when a shrinking congregation culminated in the closing of the Church.

Trinity Mission began in 1916 with services in the homes of a few families in the Seaview area. The Women’s Guild rented and later purchased the Summer Street schoolhouse from the town and services were held at the Seaview Mission until it was turned over to the Diocese in 1965. In 1947, the North Baptist Church on Highland Street, then owned by the North Community Church, was given to Trinity to become Trinity Episcopal Church. The Seaview Chapel was moved to Highland Street for use as a parish hall. An addition was made to the former schoolhouse and it became Johnson Hall, in honor of Archdeacon Herbert L. Johnson, priest-in-charge of the Trinity Mission.

Steeple School of Trinity Church was founded in 1963 to respond to a community in need for a kindergarten-nursery school. There was no public kindergarten and only a few private pre-schools in the town of Marshfield. The school was located in Johnson Hall and, in 1969, was moved into a new Christian Education building located at the rear of the property.

The rectory was built in 1964 on property adjacent to the Church.