Oct22
Thursdays · 7:30 pm
Faith & Civic Life Study
Pastor Scott leads a study of the ELCA social statement “Faith and Civic Life: Seeking the Well-Being of All.” Remaining sessions Oct 22 & 29.
Trinity Lutheran Church · St. Peter, MN
Gather in worship.Grow in faith.Go in service.
An open and welcoming congregation in the heart of St. Peter, sharing the love of Jesus Christ with every generation since 1892.
Welcome home
However you found us, we're glad you're here.
We'd love to know you, worship with you, and serve alongside you. Trinity is a family that gathers in prayer, praises God, learns together, cares for one another, and serves the community beyond these walls.
Whether you're exploring faith for the first time, coming home after years away, or new to St. Peter and looking for a church family, there is room for you here: just as you are.
Pastor Scott Kershnerand the people of Trinity
Our mission
Three words shape everything we do
Trinity aspires to be a community of faith where people are invited, inspired and empowered to live the good news of Jesus.
I
Gather
Invited to gather joyfully into the presence of the Father, in worship that is rooted in ancient liturgy and open to all.
Worship with us IIGrow
Inspired to grow into passionate disciples of Jesus Christ through Scripture, learning, music, and life together.
Learn & grow IIIGo
Empowered by the Holy Spirit to go out and serve the world, because in serving others, we serve Jesus in disguise.
Serve St. PeterYour first Sunday
A Sunday morning at Trinity
Come a few minutes early, park in our lot, and enter through the east doors. Someone will be glad to greet you.
- 9:00
Worship
About an hour of Scripture, hymns, prayer and preaching. Families worship together.
- 9:15
Sunday School
Kids Pre-K through 4th grade head to class (September through April).
- 10:00
Coffee Fellowship
Stay for coffee and conversation in the Fellowship Hall.
- 10:15
Adult Forum
Thoughtful conversation on faith, the world and how we live.
All are welcome at the table
All the baptized are welcome to receive Holy Communion (1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays).
Little ones welcome
Our Prayground and nursery make worship easy with young children.
Accessible building
Our facility is fully handicap accessible, with parking right by the door.
Worship from home
Can't make it? Join the service live on our Facebook page.
Happening at Trinity
This week & coming up
Sunday
- Celebration Singers rehearsal
- Worship (in person & live on Facebook)
- Sunday School, Pre-K – 4th grade
- Coffee Fellowship
- Adult Education Forum
Monday
- Bible Study
- The Kitchen: free community meal
Tuesday
- Mission Quilters
Wednesday
- Bell Choir rehearsal
- JOY! Choir rehearsal
- Confirmation, grades 5–8
- Youth Group
Oct25
Sunday · 9:00 am
First Communion Sunday
We celebrate as our young people come to the Lord’s Table during worship. All are welcome to join the celebration.
Oct25
Sunday · 10:15 am
Adult Ed: Extending Nobel ’26
A video forum, “Decoding the Driftless,” in the library after Coffee Fellowship.
Oct27
Tuesday · 6:30 pm
Safer Together
Trinity hosts this livestream conversation on faith, gun violence and building safer communities, presented by the ELCA synods of Minnesota.
New events are posted every week in The Trinity Times.
Read this week's Trinity TimesEvery generation
A place for you at every age
From babies and their parents to confirmation students, choirs, quilters and lifelong learners: faith grows best together.
Pre-K – 4th grade
Sunday School
Stories, songs, crafts and the joyful Christmas program.
Grades 5 – 8
Confirmation
Wednesday nights exploring the Bible and Lutheran faith.
Grades 5 – 12
Youth & Mission Trips
0 – 36 months
Frolic Family
Faith formation for little ones and their grown-ups.
All ages
Choirs, Bells & Brass
Celebration Singers, JOY! Choir, PraiseBELLS and more.
Adults
Bible Study & Adult Forum
All hands welcome
Mission Quilters
Trinity Women of the ELCA, first Tuesdays.
Summer
VBS & Camp
Vacation Bible School and Green Lake Bible Camp.
An inclusive, inter-generational, Spirit-filled worshipping community, passionate about sharing the Gospel and inspiring faithful disciples of Christ to serve and mend God's creation.
The vision of Trinity Lutheran Church
1892Year our congregation was founded
134Years of faith in St. Peter
EveryMonday, a free community meal for all
2013Servant of Christ Award, Lutheran Social Services
Mondays · 5:30 pm
The Kitchen
A free community meal served at Trinity every Monday. It was started by our youth after a mission trip, and it's still going strong years later with volunteers from across St. Peter.
Everyone is welcome at the table.
Trinity treats St. Peter with TLC
Faith that rolls up its sleeves
We reach beyond our walls to feed the hungry, build homes, and care for our neighbors and God's creation.
- St. Peter Area FoodshelfBorn as a Trinity ministry in the little white house next door.
- Habitat for HumanityVolunteers, funds, and quilts for every new Habitat family.
- Children's Weekend Food ProgramPacking nutritious food for local students on non-school days.
- Adopt-a-Highway & Creation CareTwo miles of Highway 169, cared for each spring and fall.
Our story
134 years of God's faithfulness
A congregation is born
On April 24, Lutherans in St. Peter organize First English Evangelical Lutheran Church so that English-language services could be held “every Lord’s day morning.”
A picnic at Lake Emily
The Sunday School holds its first picnic, an outing for the whole congregation with fully 200 present.
The first church
The original church is completed for $4,000, home to 175 members and 140 children in Sunday School.
A progressive step
The congregation changes its constitution so that women may vote in all church affairs.
Trinity Lutheran Church
The congregation takes the name it carries today.
Debt-free
The mortgage is officially burned. Trinity counts 500 adult members.
A new sanctuary
The present church is dedicated, with its stained glass and pipe organ.
Standing through the storm
A tornado strikes St. Peter. Trinity is damaged but left standing, and is renovated and expanded in 1999.
The Kitchen opens
Senior high youth, home from a mission trip, start a free Monday community meal. It is still going strong.
Servant of Christ
Lutheran Social Services honors Trinity with the Servant of Christ Award for serving the larger community.
The story continues, with you.
Read our full historyGenerosity
Your gifts help Trinity Gather, Grow & Go
Stewardship is the celebration, management and care of all the gifts God has given us. Thank you for sharing yours.
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By mail511 S. 5th St., St. Peter, MN 56082
Find us
In the heart of St. Peter
Turn west off Highway 169 at Mulberry Street (the courthouse stoplight). Go three blocks; we're the church on your left.
511 S 5th Street
St. Peter, MN 56082507-934-4786office@trinitystpeter.org
St. Peter, MN 56082507-934-4786office@trinitystpeter.org
Office: Monday – Thursday, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm