Guilds
Get Involved With Our Guilds
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church provides many ways to commit yourself during worship. Learn more about about our Acolyte Guild, Lectors and Altar Guilds and give us a call if you’d like to get involved with our guilds.
Altar Guild
The Altar Guild cares and prepares the sanctuary for the glory of God, secures beautiful flowers for the altar, cares for the linens and vessels use during worship, and cares for the priest’s vestments.
Men’s Group
The Men’s Club at Holy Trinity fosters spiritual growth by meeting monthly, exchanging ideas, praying together, and providing a number of spiritual services and social activities in support of the church’s mission. The objectives of Men’s Club are to promote spiritual fellowship among men within Holy Trinity, reawaken and increase a sense of Christian stewardship among men, and encourage men to be proactive in the church. The Men’s Club provides scholarships to the youth when the need arises in support of the church’s youth ministry; all men of the church 21 years and older are welcome to join. The Men’s Club meets monthly at the church. Any man who is interested please contact the church office at 651-228-0930.
The Guild of the Black Madonna
The Guild of The Black Madonna is an organization that began at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in St. Paul, Minnesota in October 1976 at the request of The Rt. Rev. Chester L. Talton. The members were in their 20’s and 30’s, mostly employed young mothers, Mrs. Karen Talton being the mother of four young children herself. Rev. Talton asked the women to support one another spiritually and to nurture our young children. He would later become the Rt. Rev. Talton, serving as bishop suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, California.
The Guild chose its name during a time of great pride in who we were and with a reverence for Mary, the Blessed Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ. A statue of great renown exists in Czestochowa, Poland, a beautiful Black Madonna is in San Juan, Puerto Rico and a third in France.
The members of the Guild are still busy, after 35 years of serving the Twin Cities area as chair members, vestry members, Sunday School teachers, Altar Guild, Lay Readers and Chalice Bearers, Ushers, Coffee Sip participants, Bereavement Committee, Acolytes and Youth leaders, and is the chief community outreach service of the church.
The Guild of The Black Madonna also served the St. Paul area with a food shelf for 20 years until the church building was sold. The Guild members bring suggestions to the meetings and projects are selected.
