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WELCOME!

Welcome to Trinity Church, Newport, we are glad you are here and welcome you in the name of Christ. We are an Episcopal parish where our life together is built around our mission to Know, Love, and Serve Christ.

KNOW

The faith tradition of the Episcopal church is centered in Scripture, Tradition, and Reason. Our primary books are The Holy Bible and The Book of Common Prayer. We also offer educational opportunities for all ages.

LOVE

The church is not a building, but a community of disciples of Jesus who aim to love God and to love their neighbors as themselves. Everyone is welcome! We provide an assortment of community events, programs, and options for every stage of life.

Foot Prints

SERVE

Everyone is called to serve in a rich variety of ways - how do you like to serve? Trinity Church, Newport, offers many opportunities to get involved through service within the church, to our local community, and throughout the world. 

Our Practices

Work - Study - Pray

The life of faith in the Episcopal Church is patterned on the Anglican Prayer Book Tradition. The Sacred Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and the 1979 Book of Common Prayer set our beliefs and practices. While Scripture is timeless, the first Book of Common Prayer was printed in 1549 and has been edited throughout history to meet the needs of worship within the societies that Anglicans have found themselves in for over 500 years.

We Are Episcopalians

Partners in Communion

Trinity Church, Newport is a part of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion, a family of 42 provinces and 85 million Christians across the world.


Our particular expression of the Christian faith in the Episcopal Church is influenced by the experiences of the English Reformation, when the alternation of Catholic and Protestant monarchs was accompanied by violence and religious persecution. The Anglican “middle way” arose as a response to those cycles of fear and violence with the hope for a church that would be both Catholic and Reformed, and that would allow enough space for individual conscience and belief so that all Christians might be able to find a place within it. Over the centuries that focus on inclusivity and community has remained a core part of our Episcopal/Anglican identity. Whoever you are, and whatever you believe, the Episcopal Church welcomes you.


As a church, we affirm the authority of Scripture as the living word of God that contains all things necessary for salvation. We hold to the historic formulations of the Christian faith proclaimed in the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. And we pattern our ministry through the traditional ordering of bishops, priests, deacons, and lay people.


We believe in the two great sacraments instituted by Christ—baptism and the Holy Eucharist. Baptism is the rite of full initiation into the Christian Church, which we offer to both children and adults. The Eucharist, also known as “the Lord’s Supper,” “Mass,” or “Holy Communion,” is our central act of worship on Sundays and major feast days. Episcopalians also affirm and use the traditional sacramental rites of confirmation, ordination, holy matrimony, reconciliation, and the anointing of the sick.


While holding fast to these central aspects of the Christian tradition, we seek to be open to encountering Christ in all people. We believe that membership in a diverse worshiping community deepens our knowledge and experience of God and helps us to a deeper understanding of God’s ongoing activity in our lives and in the world around us.


In common with other parishes of the Episcopal Church, we enjoy the full and equal ministry of women. And we celebrate and affirm same-sex marriages.

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The Anglican Way:

  • Scripture

    Scripture is the word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. The 39 books of the Old Testament contain the story of God’s love from the time of creation to the birth of his son, Jesus Christ. The books contain God’s laws as He gave them to the Hebrew people.


    The New Testament contains Christ’s teachings, the accounts of his life as told by his followers and the beginning of his Church. It is written in 27 books. Within an Episcopal worship service, Scripture is read in the lessons, the Gospel (the teachings of Jesus), the Psalms (poems from the Old Testament) and other prayers. Additionally, 2/3 of our guide to worship, the Book of Common Prayer, comes directly from the Old and New Testaments.

  • Tradition

    We are not Christians in isolation but are part of a living faith that spans 2000 years. Tradition is the embodiment of our experience as Christians throughout the centuries. The heart of our tradition is expressed through the Bible, the Creeds (statements of faith, written in the first centuries of the Church’s existence), the Sacraments of the Lord’s Supper and Baptism and the ordained ministry passed on by Christ to his Church.


    Our tradition is expressed with many voices, among which are a variety of worship styles, languages, cultures, architecture and music. Our tradition encourages this diversity. We seek to value the life and story each person brings to the community of faith. As in a multi-textured tapestry, each person’s offering is woven into the life of the whole, making it stronger and more beautiful.

  • Reason

    Each one of us, with God’s help, makes a decision about how we use tradition and Scripture in our lives. A personal relationship with God allows us to realize and celebrate our lives to the fullest. The gift of reason, as a complement to Scripture and tradition, leads us to seek answers to our own questions and to grow spiritually. Being active in a community of faith strengthens us to carry our faith into the world. Weaving Scripture, tradition and reason together, we strengthen our faith and grow as children of God.