Trinity Episcopal Parish Information

Trinity Parish is a merger of three congregations; St. Mark's church, founded 3 August 1856, Christ Church, founded shortly after the Civil War; 22 December 1880, and St. Christopher's Church, founded in the 1960s. Christ Church was located near downtown Waterloo on the East side, not far from East High School. The building is no longer there. In its place an apartment house now stands. St. Mark's was on West Fourth Street not far from "Church Row. The building still exists. It is used as office space for architects and Realtors. St. Christopher's met in Columbus High School's Chapel and in other locations prior to the merger. It was a newly planted mission church. This "trinity" of congregations became Trinity Parish in 1970. The present building on the south edge of Waterloo was constructed about ten years later. Trinity states it's mission this way: "Our mission is to grow as a faithful community through which all people can deepen companionship with God and each other in Christ through the Spirit and participate in God's continuing work in the world." It's vision is to grow in numbers and in faith, especially with young adults and young families. It is exploring the development of a very high quality preschool which will teach not only kindergarten readiness skills but the basic elements of the faith through story telling. This means a study to determine how to expand the building to make this possible. The parish has many small groups in it. It takes its tradition seriously but holds things sacred with humor. Laughter is part of its prayer.