Who attends Trinity?

First of all, we're a regional parish.  Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York State....

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(Source:  December 2012 Parish Directory)

(In current church lingo, we'd be called "intentional" parish.  In other words, people come to Trinity, often a considerable distance from where they live, because they've thought about it, and they've chosen to come to Trinity.)

Although our building is in the Lime Rock neighborhood of Lakeville, CT,  our active parishioners live in three states and four Episcopal dioceses.  Our Priest, Senior Warden, Treasurer and Clerk all live in Connecticut (none of them in Lime Rock, however).  Our Junior Warden lives in Massachusetts. Our previous Senior Warden and Treasurer live in New York State. A significant number of parishioners (and our current Treasurer) live in New York City and are here weekends and in the summer. 

Trinity falls in the category of "small congregations" but we are in the process of growing out of that category.  Our average Sunday attendance ranges between 70 - 100, divided among two Holy Eucharists and Sunday School.  The number who attend any particular Sunday depends upon factors like the time of year, scheduled special events, and the weather.  Most weeks we see at least one new face, frequently more than one.  Since the closing of Christ Church in Canaan, we've been happy to welcome a number of wonderful people who had attended that church (and who are valued -- and fully participating -- members of the Trinity family).   

Here's a list of the area communities that our parishioners call home (or weekend home):  Lime Rock, of course (the Chair of the Altar Guild and the Music Director live here).  Lakeville, Falls Village,  Salisbury, Sharon (our Rector lives in Sharon), Amesville, West Cornwall, and Canaan are the villages that surround us most closely, and we have parishioners from all of them.     The various other villages that make up Cornwall,  and the Taconic and Twin Lakes neighborhoods in northern Salisbury, Connecticut.  Ashley Falls, South Egremont, Sheffield and Great Barrington 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 -- and, of course, New York City -- 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!