Getting Connected

Connected

How do you become a part of the community that is Trinity Church so that it's your new 'home', where you can feel you belong and participate? It may be helpful to see it as three parts of a natural (and supernatural!) process. It's a bit like dating, engagement and marriage!

1. CONTACT: Trinity as an open community

Trinity Church has 'fuzzy edges'. Its main events are open to everyone and you may soon begin to feel 'at home' wherever you're at in your journey. Here's some points of contact to get started.

2. CONNECT: Trinity as intentional community

Trinity is a form of 'cell church', that is, the principal point of connection and of learning to be a Jesus-follower is in small groups of about 8-15. This section tells you how to join a cell group.

3. COVENANT: Trinity as servant community

There comes a point where the Holy Spirit joins our hearts in a 'covenant' relationship and we 'own' our mission in a bond of mutual loyalty. It's a covenant of servanthood in God's kingdom.

XL Ministry School 2010

XL is the training ministry of Trinity Church. This year the course is called XL Express. There will be three 6-week terms, running on Thursday evenings, each with three module to choose from. Term 1 starts 23 September with these three options.

1.1 God and the Philosophers

Western society is formed from the ideas of great philosophers. Who are the philosophers, and what did they say about God?

1.2 Digging Deeper

Getting to grips with the Bible. How to study and understand the Bible for yourself.

1.3 The Parenting Course

parenTALK gives dads and mums the opportunity to share their experiences and discover principles of good parenting.

Contact Us

Office Hours:
Mon - Fri: 10.00 - 17.00
Reception: (01) 874 0000
Fax: (01) 874 0001
E-mail: office@trinity.ie

Postal address:
Trinity Church Network
The Exchange
50 Gardiner Street Lower,
Dublin 1
Ireland

Directions, parking and public transport information here.

Margaret Dunne
Administrator

The Exchange

The Exchange

After a huge restoration project Trinity's splendid city-centre building beside the Custom House is already adding a new boost to the welfare of the city. And it's become a high-profile venue of choice for some great events.

A building with a history

Every Dubliner knows the Old Labour Exchange. But few know it began its life in 1839 as the famous Trinity Church.

The Exchange as a venue

President McAleese: "Nothing prepared me for this sight". The splendid main auditorium has already hosted major events.

The Heritage Restoration

This heritage project has given Dublin back the gift of one of its old treasures. Take a tour, and help complete the next phase.

Leadership

One of the best 'gifts' a Christian community can have is good leadership. Unusually, there are no 'clergy' in Trinity Church, yet leadership is regarded as of critical importance, and men and women may fulfill any leadership role. This section describes how the various leadership teams work and who's on them.

Network Leadership Team (NLT)

This is the main leadership team and has overall responsibility for the envisioning, equipping, ethos and governance of the whole Network. Fergus Ryan leads the team. Meet them here.

Network Ministry Leaders

The principal ministry 'departments' each have a Ministry Leader who heads up the vision and activities of one major area of Trinity's work - Youth, Children, Mission, Administration and Finance.

Congregations, Cells and 'spheres' of life

The activities of each of Trinity's three local congregations is coordinated by a team. Each cell group has a leader and there are also leaders of various 'spheres' of activity.

Local Small Groups

< *** Almost all we do in terms of building community, discipleship training and mission is expressed in groups of 8-15 people called cells. These cell groups meet all over Dublin, usually weekly. Cell churches run very few other programmes, so cells are the primary expression of the life of the church. Each cell has a cell group leader, and an assistant leader who is ready to lead when, on reaching about 15 members, the cell divides in two. (We are equally divided on whether cells divide or multiply!) Trinity's Headway Discipleship Series forms the basis of the discipleship training element of cell life. Cells sometimes run Alpha courses or other events for those investigating Christianity. *** >

JOINING A TRINITY CELL GROUP ???

To find out if there is a cell in your area email: office@trinity.ie You will be put in touch with the cell coordinator for your area. He or she will give you a booklet explaining cells in more depth, and if you're both happy you'll be invited to join one of the local cells. Trinity Cells are geared for those who have committed their lives to follow Jesus. If you want to know how to become a committed Christian you should ask about Alpha courses or click here to read Meet Someone Magnificent.

Congregations

On most Sundays Trinity Church meets in three local communities around Dublin called congregations. So there may be a Trinity congregation near you. There are children's activities each Sunday.

... and Celebrations

Once a month, usually the first Sunday, all Trinity congregations meet together at The Exchange for a celebration.

Find details of Trinity's congregation meeting here.

Trinity Central

One of Trinity's congregations meets in Dublin city centre at the Exchange. Meetings run from 10.30 - 12.15. Click here for directions and meet the Congregation Team.

Trinity North

Trinity's North congregation near the airport may suit you best. Meetings are currently at Bewley's Hotel (M50/N32 junction) from 10.30-12.15. Get directions and meet the North Congregation Team here.

Trinity Lucan

Trinity's west congregation meets at the Lucan Educate Together school, from 10.30-12.00. Get directions and meet the Lucan Congregation Team here.

Local Small Groups

Almost all we do in terms of building community, discipleship training and mission is expressed in groups of 8-15 people called cells. These cell groups meet all over Dublin, usually weekly. Cell churches run very few other programmes, so cells are the primary expression of the life of the church. Each cell has a cell group leader, and an assistant leader who is ready to lead when, on reaching about 15 members, the cell divides in two. (We are equally divided on whether cells divide or multiply!) Trinity's Headway Discipleship Series forms the basis of the discipleship training element of cell life. Cells sometimes run Alpha courses or other events for those investigating Christianity.

JOINING A TRINITY CELL GROUP ???

To find out if there is a cell in your area email: office@trinity.ie You will be put in touch with the cell coordinator for your area. He or she will give you a booklet explaining cells in more depth, and if you're both happy you'll be invited to join one of the local cells. Trinity Cells are geared for those who have committed their lives to follow Jesus. If you want to know how to become a committed Christian you should ask about Alpha courses or click here to read Meet Someone Magnificent.

Values

What do we believe? What shaped the way we go about living our dream? And where did Trinity Church come from?

This section outlines our energising values, our shared Christian foundations of faith, and our story.

Trinity's Values

Stated 'beliefs' are not always our real values! Values energise what we do and how we do it. Here's our 'valuables'.

Basis of Faith

Trinity Church is a member of Evangelical Alliance Ireland and shares its Basis of Faith, rooted in historic Christianity.

Trinity Church: Our Story

Trinity Church is a story about what happened to a lot of people in Dublin. So what's the story - how did it all begin?

Ministry School

XL is Jesus learning - a challenging, dynamic and highly interactive one year training programme in the stream of radical ‘kingdom-style’ Christianity.

XL gives grounding in Biblical and theological studies, prepares for practical ministry and mission, and mentors each XLer in moving towards personal wholeness.

This intensive training programme prepares Christians to be released in effective and Spirit-filled ministry within the active life of a local Christian community.

**XL Express starts Sept**

Trinity's XL training academy Term 1 starts at The Exchange 23 September, running Thursday evenings for 6 weeks.Choose from three options each term. Term 1 includes 'God & the Philosophers', 'Digging Deeper' (how to study the Bible), and 'The Parenting Course'.

Find Out More

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Podcasts (Overview)

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Podcast 1

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Podcast 2

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Podcast 3

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Articles & Ideas

This section includes articles on a range of topics, and there's sure to be something you'll find stimulating. Included are questions that often arise about biblical issues, matters of public life (especially in Ireland), the sciences and arts, the history of ideas, things we all wrestle with (the problem of God and evil, injustice in the world), the story of Christianity, and a lot more.

For a full list click here.

Barrind's wonderful island

One of the most delightful of the early Irish Christian texts tells of the wonderful voyage of Barrind. It begins in Co. Donegal.

Who are the real radicals?

History has left a 'great cloud of witnesses' sold out to God in every generation. Why are they so little known?

When Aslan met C S Lewis

What if Narnia's characters had met their creator, C.S. Lewis? Just such a thought led Lewis on the road to surprising joy.

Reviews

This section includes reviews of books and films, both Christian and secular.

Revisiting your own 'Shack'

Paul Young's inspirational best-seller has 'God' as a smart-talkin' black woman called Papa. Why is it so controversial?

Decoding DaVinci

Dan Brown's novel claims 'suppressed' gospels show Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. Do they say that?

Blinded by science?

Richard Dawkins, Oxford's High Priest of atheism preaches that religious faith is a mental illness. But not all his colleagues agree.

Meet Someone Magnificent

There's someone you've been looking for all your life. If you were to catch even one glimpse you would feel like falling down in awe. But their true identity may be more of a surprise than you'd expect.

Here's 5 steps to the discovery. Begin here.

Youth

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Welcome to aXcess! - the youth ministry for Trinity Church Network. Our mission is to give teenagers aXcess to their true identity in Jesus by creating a community where they are empowered, equipped and embraced.

aXcess is a fusion of weekly cells and Sunday morning youth meetings in three different locations (see Central, Lucan and Artane). We also integrate monthly events, an annual missions project and a major youth conference.

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A few terms to become familiar with as you take a look around our site are: Backstage Pass a place where the youth leadership can come to be refreshed and trained; aXcess Pass an exciting monthly event where Trinity youth can invite their friends; aXcess All Areas a creative worship night where Trinity youth can discover their gifts through dance, poetry, drama, music and art.

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Mustard Seed (Homeless Project)

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