Meet our team
Lead Pastor
Director of Music and Arts
Finance Assistant
Pastor Emeritus
Accompanist
Our Guiding Principles
- Divinity is Everywhere (Creation Spirituality)
- Voices from the Margins (Liberation Theology)
- Think and Speak Mythologically (Spiritual Development)
- Uphold the Beloved Community (Community Values)
- The Journey Inward and Journey Outward (Spirituality and Action)
- Deep Ecumenism (Interspiritual and Interfaith Connections)
Our Theology: Creation Spirituality
Creation Spirituality has been a founding principle of the Trinity community since the start of our first nature-based worship service in 1992, and it has been integrated into our theological understanding for many years. Here is a brief primer on the history of the movement and what it means to us today.
Creation Spirituality is an ancient tradition, named and articulated most emphatically beginning in the 1970s by Catholic theologian and priest, Matthew Fox.
Drawing on the experiences, writings and rituals of all wisdom traditions, including indigenous cultures, eastern and western spiritualities and contemporary science, Creation Spirituality runs too deeply and broadly to be considered as “founded” or “invented” by one person, or indeed, one tradition.
Our Commitment to LGBTQ+ Inclusion
Creation Spirituality is a founding principle of the Trinity community since the start of our first nature-based worship service in 1992, and it has been integrated into our theological understanding for many years. Here is a brief primer on the history of the movement and what it means to us today.
Creation Spirituality is an ancient tradition, named and articulated most emphatically beginning in the 1970s by Catholic theologian and priest, Matthew Fox.
Our History
Trinity Church of Austin is a new name for an old congregation.
In 1946, the fledgling Trinity Methodist Church began as a project of a Sunday School class at Hyde Park Methodist.
The main sanctuary was dedicated in 1955 during a time of growth for the church and the neighborhood.
In 2012, with an uncertain future for LGBTQIA+ persons in the UMC, Trinity sought to expand and deepen its call to Austin’s queer community by exploring what it would mean to co-affiliate with the United Church of Christ (UCC).
In 2015, Trinity voted by an overwhelming majority of members voted to become a Union Church, affiliating with the UCC while also remaining UMC.
