Dear Colleague in Christ,

On behalf of the Rector Search Committee, we are delighted to welcome you to Trinity Church and invite you to consider the possibility of serving as our next rector. We are grateful for your interest in learning more about our parish, our community, and the ministry we believe God is calling us to share in the years ahead.

Trinity is a parish with a rich history and a distinctive spirit. For more than 175 years, we have sought to live out our Episcopal faith through reverent and beautiful worship, thoughtful engagement with Scripture and theology, meaningful Christian formation, and service to our neighbors. Our Anglican heritage and musical tradition are central to our identity, even as we embrace a variety of worship experiences and welcome people with different perspectives, questions, and understandings of faith. We aspire to be a community where people can grow spiritually, find genuine belonging, and discover new ways to follow Christ.

Our life together extends beyond Sunday worship. Trinity is blessed with committed staff, dedicated parishioners, gifted lay leaders, and a wide range of ministries that nurture faith, provide pastoral care, build fellowship, and serve the wider New Orleans community. Our long-standing partnership with Trinity School is an important part of our shared life. So, too, is our history of outreach, including ministries that feed the hungry, support children and families, and work toward a more just and compassionate city. We seek to welcome all people and to live faithfully into our Baptismal Covenant by serving Christ in others and respecting the dignity of every human being.

We are proud of these gifts, but we also recognize that this is a moment of important transition and opportunity. Like many congregations, we are seeking ways to deepen engagement, build stronger connections across generations, strengthen our financial sustainability, and bring renewed energy to our ministry beyond our walls. We want to build on the best of Trinity’s traditions while remaining open to the new directions to which the Holy Spirit may lead us. We approach this work with both gratitude for what has been entrusted to us and humility about what lies ahead.

In our search for a new rector, we hope to find a priest who shares our love for the Gospel and brings spiritual depth, pastoral warmth, and a compelling vision for the future. We value thoughtful, inspiring preaching, a deep appreciation for Episcopal worship and music, and a genuine commitment to knowing and caring for people. We also seek a collaborative leader who listens well, encourages the gifts of others, builds strong relationships, and helps a complex and active parish move forward with purpose. Above all, we hope for a rector who will join us in discerning how our many gifts can be brought together in service to God and our neighbors.

We invite you to explore this profile as an introduction to our community—our history, our worship, our ministries, our aspirations, and the opportunities before us. We hope that as you read, you will sense both the depth of our affection for Trinity and our genuine excitement about its future.

Thank you for considering this call. We pray that your reading, reflection, and discernment will be fruitful, and that together we may remain attentive to where God is leading us.

With gratitude,

The Trinity Rector Search Committee
Trinity Church
New Orleans, Louisiana