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Trinity Episcopal Church is an open and diverse Christian family dedicated to serving God and all creation. We foster spiritual growth through worship, prayer, education, service, stewardship and celebration. As a historic and landmark parish in a thriving and changing community we seek, welcome and nurture all who wish to share our journey. |
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Trinity Episcopal Church began with a
handful of devout Anglicans whose first recorded services were held in 1895,
and the first meetings were held in the County Court House in Hattiesburg.
The first confirmations were administered by Bishop Thompson in 1900, and in
1902, Trinity Mission was admitted into the Diocese of Mississippi. In
1910, Trinity Mission purchased a corner lot on West Pine at First Avenue,
and the current church building was completed in 1912.
Modeled after a Knights Templar Church
in London, England, Trinity Church is greatly admired for its traditional
beauty, and enjoys landmark status in South Mississippi. The present
church building includes a chancel of Norman architecture with 26 lancet
windows and two rose windows of Munich Antique Cathedral glass. One
member laid the 400,000 bricks comprising the exterior of the church.
Twenty-six chancellors of the Episcopal Church gave the "Christ and
Nicodemus" window on the Epistle side of the apse, and J. Pierpont Morgan
along with the Right honorable Arthur J. Balfour, Ex-Prime Minister of
England, Honorable Edith Gibbs, daughter of the late Lord Bishop of
Southwell, the Archbishop of Northingham and others gave the "Christ The
Sower" window on the Gospel side. This window is dedicated to the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
Trinity Church was consecrated by Bishop Bratton on
November 23, 1919, and it became a parish on June 11, 1922 with the Reverend
E. Lucien Malone, as the first rector. We have now celebrated over 100
years of service since our first meeting in 1895, and we look forward to the
work God has in store for us. |
