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Silent Movie Night
October 21, 2025
The Gold Rush (1925): Silent film with organ improvisation by Jason Roberts
Friday, November 7, 7:00 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and the Arkansas Cinema Society co-present a screening of The Gold Rush. Organist Jason Roberts will improvise an organ accompaniment to this classic silent film. Visit www.arkansascinemasociety.org for tickets.
Winner of the American Guild of Organists National Competition in Organ Improvisation, Jason Roberts Roberts is currently the Director of Music at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in NYC and keeps an active recital schedule, especially as a silent film improviser.
Halloween Gathering
October 14, 2025
Costume Carnival (formerly Trunk-or-Treat)
Sunday, October 26, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Chancellor’s Hall (Gym)
Trinity’s annual Halloween celebration with ECEP! Join us for candy, games, fellowship, and a Haunted House hosted by the youth group.
Booth registration deadline: This Friday, Oct 17. If your family or ministry group can host a trick-or-treating booth, please email Tori Tackett at vtackett15@gmail.com
Evening of Choral Music and Organ
October 07, 2025
Trinitas Ensemble Fall Concert: Vox et Organum
Saturday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, 800 Scott St.
The Trinitas Ensemble, Little Rock’s only professional choir, will present its first-ever program of works for choir and organ. New York City-based concert organist David Enlow will accompany this concert, which is co-presented with the Central Arkansas Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Tickets cost $15 and are free for people ages 17 and under.
Birthday Celebration
September 30, 2025
Trinity’s Birthday
Sunday, October 19
following the 10:30 a.m. service
Join us October 19, 2025, The Feast of Dedication, for a party in the Garth. We will have birthday cake, Loblolly Ice Cream & more.
Your completed pledge card* is your gift to the church
and your entry for a chance to win dinner at George’s in the Heights.
*cards mailed out October 13 and available in the church on October 19. The drawing will happen at the pledge in-gathering on November 2.
Young People Volunteering
September 23, 2025
Students Offer Help to Seniors
The Cathedral Volunteer Initiative is a new program being run through the Episcopal Collegiate School chapter of the National Honor Society. The initiative's goal is to support the community of elderly Episcopal parishioners in Little Rock by having NHS members volunteer to help with any task they may need done.
Whether it is mowing the lawn, changing light bulbs, or moving furniture, NHS members are willing to help completely for free! If you are interested in using this program email Cameron Albert, albertcw91@gmail.com. Include in the email what you need done, what date/time you would like it done, and what location to send our members to. We are excited to provide this opportunity to the Cathedral, and hope we are able to expand to other churches in the future!"
Dean Search Progresses to Application Phase
August 15, 2025
Dear Trinitarians:
This morning, the Search Committee “went live” by opening the application process for our next rector and dean. Current clerical demographics of the church reveal a clergy shortage which we anticipate will affect the size of our candidate pool. Gone are the days when a parish could simply publish a compelling parish profile and expect a flood of applicants.
We need your help!
What we are asking is for you to think about who you know in the church (or who you know who knows people) and discern if there is a clergy person you believe would be an excellent candidate for our rector and dean search process. If you have a priest (or more than one priest) in mind, please send us their name and contact information (email and phone number). We will then reach out to them, invite them into the discernment process, and send them our parish profile and application materials. Be sure to tell us why you think this person would be an excellent candidate (meaning, gifts or experience you believe they have that would suggest a fit at the cathedral).
Time is of the essence.
The application period will be open for six weeks (August 15-September 30). The sooner we can contact potential applicants the more time they will have to consider our profile and complete the application materials.
It takes a village to find the cathedral’s next great dean, and that village is YOU. Thank you for supporting the search process in this critical way.
In Christ’s name,
G. Richard Smith, M.D. Melonese Clarke
grichardsmith3444@gmail.com wellness52@sbcglobal.net
501-650-1369 501-681-4565
Search Committee Co-Chairs
The Message - Summer 2025
July 11, 2025
Read the latest issue of The Message. It is filled with great articles and information about future events.
Campaign to Eliminate Trinity's Debt
May 04, 2025
“And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8
An Opportunity for Financial Leadership
The Vestry is excited to announce an opportunity for the parish to exercise leadership over the direction of the Cathedral, even in this time of transition. This opportunity is for the congregation to pay off Trinity’s financial debt.
You likely have questions about this project. The first may be, how much is our debt, and where does it come from? Using round numbers, the debt is approximately $350,000. It mostly stems from mortgages on the buildings across Spring St. from the main part of campus, though a portion comes from a line of credit the church had during the early 2010s. The debt has existed in one form or another for decades.
Make a Pledge Make a Contribution
Why Now?
The most important question to ask is, why should we pay this debt? There are two important answers to this question. First, it is time for us to move beyond it. The debt is holding us back. We pay nearly $50,000 per year in debt service, money that could otherwise be used to expand or create new ministries for the church to serve the parish, the community, and the diocese. We need to move past this debt and fixate our eyes squarely on the future. If not now, then when? If not us, then who?
The second reason is because of the timing of calling a new Dean & Rector. Anyone interested in answering our call to serve Trinity will take a close look at the financial condition of Trinity. Being a debt-free parish will make us much more attractive. Beyond having no debt, the Search Committee can communicate to those who may be interested that we came together as a parish during this search process and paid this debt just in time for our new Dean. The Search Committee would also be able to communicate that this frees up a significant amount of money in our budget that the new Dean would be able to help shape. The timing from that standpoint could not be better.
How Will We Do This?
The final question is, how do we make this happen? First, please know that every member of the Vestry has fully committed to participate. Further, the Vestry has already raised approximately half of the funds necessary to pay the debt off. In a way, that becomes a challenge to the parish to match what has already been raised to complete this work. A good benchmark for participation is for you to identify what your annual gift to Trinity is—whether through a pledge, passing the plate, a Christmas donation, or whatever the case might be—and then make a gift to the debt payoff fund of 25% of that annual amount.
Please understand, this gift is not in place of any amount you may already be giving; rather, it would be in addition to what you are generously offering for the church. The Vestry will gratefully accept whatever you may be able to give, even if it is less than the 25% benchmark. Every penny, or every mite, as the case may be, matters and is a blessing. The Vestry will also gratefully accept anything you may be able to give above that 25% benchmark. We know that not everyone will be able to participate, so if you can give a greater amount, then that will help us reach our goal.
Our goal is to have $350,000 committed to this fund, with as much of the money in the bank as possible, by Pentecost Sunday, June 8. We understand that some folks may need more time to contribute their share. We are hoping to have all of the money raised by September 1, the date currently targeted for Trinity’s profile to go public for a new Dean & Rector. In order to pay, you can simply send a check to Trinity with “debt” mentioned in the memo line. We have also created two links for this effort. You can pledge a certain amount at this link: bit.ly/TrinityDebtPledge. And you can pay toward this fund at this link: bit.ly/TrinityDebtGift.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for your willingness to thoughtfully consider what you may be able to give. As you reflect on this request, please keep in mind the passage from 2 Corinthians above and remember that God has provided abundantly for us so that we may share abundantly in every good work. Many thanks and blessings.
Broadway in Bloom
April 20, 2025
A Garden Gathering with P. Allen Smith
May 4, 2025 at 12:30
$75 registration fee includes lecture, demonstration and a light lunch.
An inspiring garden event with P. Allen Smith to benefit the Broadway Community Garden—lunch, market, and more!
Join us for Broadway in Bloom, an inspiring afternoon celebrating community, beauty, and sustainability—featuring nationally renowned garden designer and lifestyle expert, P. Allen Smith.
Enjoy a delicious lunch, shop a curated garden market, and take a guided tour of the Broadway Community Garden—all while supporting the vibrant neighborhood initiative that makes it flourish.
Highlights
Presentation by P. Allen Smith:
- The Power of Pollinators: Orchestrating Vegetables, Herbs, & Flowers
- Live Container Garden Demo
- Open Forum Q&A
Lunch provided
Garden market & plant sale in the scenic Trinity Garth
Tour of the Broadway Garden
Exploring the Sacred Feminine
April 16, 2025
In collaboration with The Interfaith Center
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
The Interfaith Center (1616 Spring Street)
After Easter Sunday, there are 6 weeks of the liturgical season of Easter. The name Easter is actually an ancient name for the Great Goddess, who was a deity imbued with the power of creation and new life, two of the primary values of the rising consciousness of the Sacred Feminine in our day. To intentionally observe that time and to offer a balance to the penance of Lent, Trinity and The Interfaith Center will offer an Easter Series of speakers to discuss their encounter and experience with the feminine aspect of God, the conscious role she plays in their lives. The series will be on Wednesday evenings during the Easter Season, April 23-June 4, at 6:30 at The Interfaith Center unless otherwise noted.
The speakers will be The Rev. Stuart Hoke, The Rev. Susan Sims Smith, the Rev. Thomas Alexander, State Sen. Clarke Tucker, Lisa Thorpe - artist and spiritual director, and the Rev. Patricia Matthews and Becky Tucker, coordinators of Spring House. If you have been curious about the feminine aspect of God, please join us.