Trinity Church<\/a>, the folks with whom I spent the last three days.\u00a0 Trinity is a funny place \u2014 I should say, they are an unlikely church in a strange pocket of America.\u00a0 <\/p>\nGreenwich, Connecticut is one of the wealthiest places in our country.\u00a0 I saw literally dozens of multi-million dollar homes, many of them owned by hedge fund managers, and others by Elizabeth Taylor, Mel Gibson, and Tommy Hilfiger.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\nAnd in the midst of that town is a church that is, by any measure, thriving.\u00a0 But, unlike the mansions that surrounds it, Trinity meets on Sunday mornings is a relatively run-down middle school auditorium.\u00a0 The worship itself is a beautiful mix of incredible music (see below), a very laid-back vibe, and, quite simply, the most breathtaking Eucharistic liturgy I have ever witnessed.<\/p>\n
The band and the pastors of this church are uniquely talented, especially musically.\u00a0 They\u2019ve not only written this astounding liturgy, but they sing it with joy and passion unparalleled.\u00a0 And let me repeat, this all takes place in an aged middle school auditorium.<\/p>\n
I was warmly and hospitably received all weekend, from the Thursday night dinner with Pete Rollins, to the two-day spiritual retreat, to preaching this morning.\u00a0 It\u2019s a faith community I hope to visit again, if, for nothing else, music like this:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
That\u2019s the best phrase I can come up with to describe Trinity Church, the folks with whom I spent the last three days.\u00a0 Trinity is a funny place \u2014 I should say, they are an unlikely church in a strange pocket of America.\u00a0 Greenwich, Connecticut is one of the wealthiest places in our country.\u00a0 I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-emergent-church","category-travels"],"yoast_head":"\n
A Eucharistic Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"That's the best phrase I can come up with to describe Trinity Church, the folks with whom I spent the last three days. Trinity is a funny place -- I\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Eucharistic Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"That's the best phrase I can come up with to describe Trinity Church, the folks with whom I spent the last three days. Trinity is a funny place -- I\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Theoblogy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-11-10T03:06:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-03-13T22:08:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/Picture%202.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tony Jones\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tony Jones\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/\",\"name\":\"A Eucharistic Community\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-11-10T03:06:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-13T22:08:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#\/schema\/person\/42ce41f0b36973114dad81e583450069\"},\"description\":\"That's the best phrase I can come up with to describe Trinity Church, the folks with whom I spent the last three days. Trinity is a funny place -- I\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Eucharistic Community\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/\",\"name\":\"Theoblogy\",\"description\":\"The Tony Jones Blog at Patheos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#\/schema\/person\/42ce41f0b36973114dad81e583450069\",\"name\":\"Tony Jones\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d50708c3731048719806adf9c6f6df30?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d50708c3731048719806adf9c6f6df30?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tony Jones\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/tonyj.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/author\/tonyjones\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Eucharistic Community","description":"That's the best phrase I can come up with to describe Trinity Church, the folks with whom I spent the last three days. Trinity is a funny place -- I","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Eucharistic Community","og_description":"That's the best phrase I can come up with to describe Trinity Church, the folks with whom I spent the last three days. Trinity is a funny place -- I","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/","og_site_name":"Theoblogy","article_published_time":"2008-11-10T03:06:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-03-13T22:08:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/Picture%202.png"}],"author":"Tony Jones","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tony Jones","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/","name":"A Eucharistic Community","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-11-10T03:06:49+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-13T22:08:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#\/schema\/person\/42ce41f0b36973114dad81e583450069"},"description":"That's the best phrase I can come up with to describe Trinity Church, the folks with whom I spent the last three days. Trinity is a funny place -- I","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2008\/11\/09\/a-eucharistic-community\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Eucharistic Community"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/","name":"Theoblogy","description":"The Tony Jones Blog at Patheos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#\/schema\/person\/42ce41f0b36973114dad81e583450069","name":"Tony Jones","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d50708c3731048719806adf9c6f6df30?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d50708c3731048719806adf9c6f6df30?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tony Jones"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/tonyj.net"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/author\/tonyjones\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}