Christmas Schedule

Trinity Church Boston is pleased to offer five services for Christmas 2025. Learn more at trinitychurchboston.org.

Wed., Dec. 24

2 pm Children's Christmas Pageant

4:30 pm Festival Eucharist

8 pm Festival Eucharist, livestreamed

11 pm Choral Festival Eucharist

Childcare is available at the 2 pm and 4:30 pm services.

Thurs., Dec. 25

10 am Festival Eucharist

Holiday Worship Schedule on 12/28

On Sun., 12/28, join us for worship at 9 am and 5 pm. We will return to our Program Year Worship Schedule on Sun., 1/4/26, with services at 8 am, 10 am (livestreamed) and 5 pm.

Formation Hour

There is no regular 11:15 am programming on Sun., Dec 21 or Sun., Dec 28.

We look forward to the return of Formation for all ages at 11:15 am on Sundays in 2026.

Coffee hour will be held at 9 am on Sun., Dec. 21 and at 10 am on Sun., Dec 28.

See below in "Schedule & Links" other services affected by the holiday.

Signs & Wonders

Check out Signs & Wonders, a new feature on our website telling stories about what’s been happening lately in Trinity’s Ministries.

In this edition:

Trinity Featured on Accidentally Wes Anderson
OUT@Trinity Celebrated All Hallows Eve Eucharist
Trinity Recognized for Decarbonization Efforts
Hundreds Attend Interstellar Concert
Choral Memes through the Years
Closed Captioning Added to Livestream
Slice of Life Photos
Chaplaincy Students Visit Trinity

Read all of the Signs & Wonders here.

Schedule & Links

Sun. 8 am

Holy Eucharist

Sun. 9 am

Coffee & Community

Sun. 10 am

Holy Eucharist

Includes Children’s Homily.

Nursery care available.

Our in-person worship is livestreamed.

Church Website

YouTube

Facebook Premiere

Sun. 5 pm

Holy Eucharist

Tuesday Eucharist

12:15 pm

(returns 1/6/26)

Tuesday/Thursday Compline

8:30 pm

Zoom link

(last of 2025 is tonight; then Compline will return on 1/6/26)

Wednesday Zoom Bible Studies

7:30 am

(returns 1/7/26)

Wednesday Evensong

5:45 pm

(returns 1/7/26)

“In this season we wait not simply for a specific day, although that is easiest to explain and to comprehend, but for a God who is coming not only to be with us at the beginning, but at the end as well.”

Catch up on previous sermon and service recordings at trinitychurchboston.org/sermons

Weekly Scripture Readings

Bulletins

Friday Free Organ Recital

Fridays, 12:15 pm, Church

On Fri., Dec. 19, we welcome Stephen Kalnoske, who is currently the Director of Music and Organist at Damascus United Methodist Church, after two years as Assistant Organist at National City Christian Church in Washington, DC.

There will be no recital on Fri., Dec 26, or Fri., Jan. 2.

Opportunities & Reminders

Dates to Remember

Youth and Choristers Caroling

Fri., 12/19, 5:30 - 8 pm

Learn more at trinitychurchboston.org/caroling

20s & 30s Christmas Brunch

Sun., 12/21, 11:15 am

RSVP here

Deck the Halls

Mon., 12/22, 10 am - 2 pm

Learn more at trinitychurchboston.org/deckthehalls

Free Emancipation Proclamation Concert

Wed., 12/31, 1 pm, Church

The Handel and Haydn Society and Museum of African American History return to Trinity to present a joyous Emancipation Proclamation concert on New Year’s Eve.

Tutu Travel Seminar

Jan. 5-21, 2026

Join Michael and his Peace Battle Institute for the Tutu Travel Seminar in South Africa to spread the good news about a Spirituality of Restorative Justice. The Seminar focuses upon Desmond Tutu’s witness of contemplative prayer, restorative justice and African concept of Ubuntu. ⁠ ⁠

Learn more and register at michaelbattle.com/2026-tutu-travel

Milestones

We commend to God’s care and keeping Ralph Lawrence Knapp, who died on November 30.