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| Where do Trinity
parishioners live?
Trinity falls in the category of "small
congregations". Our average Sunday attendance is between 50 - 100,
divided among two Holy Eucharists and Sunday School.
Here's a list of the
area communities that our parishioners call home
(or weekend home): Lime Rock, of course. Lakeville,
Falls Village,
Salisbury,
Sharon (our
Vicar lives in Sharon),
Amesville, West Cornwall, and
Canaan are the
villages that
surround us most closely.
The
various other villages that make up Cornwall,
and the Taconic
and Twin Lakes neighborhoods in
northern Salisbury, Connecticut. Ashley Falls,
South Egremont and Sheffield in Massachusetts. Millerton,
Ancram, Amenia, Amenia Union, and Dover Plains in New York
-- these communities form our next ring of neighbors.
Some people come to Trinity from as far as
Norfolk, CT on a regular basis.
People are happy to drive some distance to come
to Trinity, it seems!
Of course, visitors come to Trinity from all over the world!
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At
Trinity, a
significant percentage of us are part-year or
weekend residents.
All year
long Trinity Lime Rock welcomes our weekenders and
other part-time residents -- people for whom the Northwest Corner is a second
home, whether their "first home" is in New York City or
Boston or somewhere else in the northeastern megalopolis.
Increasingly, we're welcoming telecommuters -- who may go to NYC a day or
two or three a week.
We have
seasonal in- and out-migrations. We have a few "snowbirds" who
return from the South in the spring. As the area private
schools, including
Indian Mountain, Hotchkiss,
and
Salisbury School, let out for the summer, faculty families scatter across the globe.
Around the same time, our summer
people -- our families and individuals who are here primarily for the summer
-- arrive. Some are families escaping the city, and some are drawn by
the seasonal attractions our area offers, ranging from the racing season at
Lime Rock Park, hiking on the
Appalachian Trail, and
kayaking on the Housatonic, to the performance season at nearby Music
Mountain, Tanglewood, Berkshire Choral
Festival, Jacobs
Pillow, and Yale Norfolk,
to name just a few.
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| People tell us that there is more happening at
Trinity Lime Rock than at most churches our size -- and, in fact, more than
happens at lots of churches
that are many times larger than we are. There's certainly plenty to do here besides
just "going to church" on Sunday mornings!
Why not take a look at our
upcoming special events? Check out
how we worship at
Trinity. You might also be
interested in our page about the major events of our
parish year, or a page with a number of videos of
life at Trinity.
Often, people like to take a look at our
photo albums. |
Just
here for the weekend?
Perhaps you're across the street at
Lime Rock Park, visiting an area private school, unwinding at an area
inn or B&B, attending the
Salisbury Winter Sports Association's ski jumps,
antiquing, kayaking on the Housatonic, visiting friends or family, attending
our area's many cultural events, visiting the
Upper Housatonic Valley
National Heritage area's many historic sites,
or just passing through -- perhaps on the
Appalachian Trail.
Come worship with us!!
You are
welcome at Trinity Lime Rock whether you live here or not!! Didn't
bring your "church clothes?" No matter. Come as you
are!!
...and be sure to bring your kids!
Young people are especially welcome at Trinity. They're always
welcome at our worship services, and we have year-round programs for
them as well. |
Coming
from a
different religious background?
Well, then, a very
special and extra warm welcome to you! (Many of us at Trinity Lime
Rock come from other faith backgrounds as well!)
At informal
poll of active Trinity parishioners revealed a few "birth Episcopalians"
but many (most?) of us started our faith journeys elsewhere. Some
of the faiths from which we came to Trinity include Roman Catholic,
Methodist, Baptist (several denominations), Jewish, Lutheran (both ELCA and Missouri Synod), Presbyterian, Anglican Pentecostal,
Cumberland Presbyterian, Congregational -- and from no religious
background at all.
...and, perhaps because of the
diversity of our own faith backgrounds, we're particularly aware
that not everyone will choose to make a spiritual home at Trinity.
If this applies to you, we invite you to check our convenient
directory of Houses of Worship
of many denominations in our area. |
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