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Worship at Holy Trinity
Our worship service is open to all, no matter your church background. The great premise of this church is that it is joyful to be a Christian, and we try to enrich your stay here by emphasizing that proposition. We want you to return to your home church with positive thoughts in mind and with Christ in your heart.
Worship Schedule
Worship services are held every Sunday morning at nine o'clock from June 15th, 2025 through August 31st, 2025.
Kathleen Bishop
Hello! I am Holy Trinity's Priest for the summer. This is a huge honor, and I am eager to see you! Looking over the history, both recent and long-ago, it is obvious that Holy Trinity has soaked up the love from generations of summer visitors. I look forward to this new chapter.
Since 2011 when I was ordained a Priest, I have been fortunate to serve many different churches on a part-time basis. I feel enriched by the diversity of wonderful congregations that I serve frequently in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Even though they are all Episcopal churches, like Holy Trinity, each one has its own beauty and special graces. Having said that, I will relish the experience of being in one place every Sunday for the Summer!
My husband Jim and I (and our dog Daria) recently moved from Long Branch where we overlooked the ocean, to Red Bank where we look down on the busy Navesink River Harbor from the 11th floor. We still consider ourselves Jersey Shore people! Jim, who is also an Episcopal Priest, can be found most Sundays assisting at St. Georges-by-the-river in Rumson.
During the week I have a private practice of Marriage and Family Therapy in Long Branch. As my doctorate is in Psychology and Religion, the intersection of the holy and the holistic continues to inspire me and inform my homilies. I also regularly teach MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), most recently as part of Hackensack-Meridian hospital's department of Integrative Medicine. Mindfulness meditation is the secular version of contemplative prayer and has deep roots in Anglican tradition. This is what sustains me.
My deepest commitment, however, is to the Body of Christ that assembles every Sunday morning to join our voices with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven. This is us! I do hope many of you reading this post will join us this summer.
Until then,
Kathleen+
Articles
Father Peter K. Stimpson, a former priest here, served as the Executive Director of Trinity Counseling Service in Princeton, New Jersey. He has written a popular advice column in a number of newspapers since 1983, and his book, Map to Happiness: Straightforward Advice on Everyday Issues, was published in 2008 and can be found on Amazon.com.
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Chapel Liturgical Staff
| The Reverend Dr. Kathleen Bishop | Vicar |
| The Reverend Barbara Cawthorne Crafton | Vicar Emeritus |
| The Reverend Peter K. Stimpson | Vicar Emeritus |
| David Citron | Organist and Minister of Music |