Trinity Wins!

I hope that your Easter was beautiful and blessed, dear friends!

One quick update from last week’s discussions and meetings:

“Trinity” wins!

...as the operative portion of this church’s name, that is. And of course, as we were reminded throughout Holy Week and Easter, “Trinity” wins in a universal sense as well!

This week we’ll finalize the rest of the name. Please let us know your thoughts by sending an email to MplsAnglican@aol.com or by posting a comment on this blog entry. Some options are:

• “Church of the Trinity, Anglican” At this point, this is my preferred formulation, given that it establishes ownership and precedence – we belong to the Trinity, not the other way around. (Also, not many other churches in town use an “of the” formulation.)
• “Anglican Church of the Trinity” This also nicely defines the right relationship to God, but it seems to hint that alliance (Anglican) comes before allegiance (Trinity). It does give a hint about the style of worship someone would find there (classical Anglican). And with so many churches removing their denominational relationship from their name, it might be nice to be counter-cultural by putting it front and center!
• “Trinity Church, Anglican”
• “Trinity Anglican Church”
• others?

The name “Trinity” carries some great historical symbols that we might use in our logo. Here are three of them. Again, post a comment on this blog entry or send me an email with explanations of one or more of these symbols, your preferences, or additional options.

I’ll post some more updates from last Saturday’s meeting later today and tomorrow. But if you’re interested, please do join us next Saturday at Aldrich Church (3501 Aldrich Ave S, Minneapolis)

• 8:30-9:00 coffee and informal conversation
• 9:00-9:15 Morning Prayer
• 9:15-10:00 planning