{"id":413,"date":"2019-10-11T19:32:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T19:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=413"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:08:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-3221\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-111-2 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-3221 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"New Slideshow\" data-height=\"470\" data-width=\"800\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_3221\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_3221\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4636 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-07-10 21:24:35\" data-filename=\"Georginajuly2026-767x451.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Georginajuly2026-767x451.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3221 slide-4636 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Georgina July 2026\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Revd Georgina Bondzi-Simpson MBE (July 2026)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3228 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-10-01 18:41:33\" data-filename=\"img20240825.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img20240825.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3221 slide-3228 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trinity Church from the Welcome Area\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Trinity Church from the Welcome Area<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3366 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-30 13:37:52\" data-filename=\"25img04.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/25img04.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3221 slide-3366 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trinity Church Steeple\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Trinity Church Steeple<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3367 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-30 13:38:18\" data-filename=\"25img05-705x414.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/25img05-705x414.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3221 slide-3367 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trinity Church\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Trinity Church with garden<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3372 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-12-30 13:40:14\" data-filename=\"25img10.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/25img10.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3221 slide-3372 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trinity Learning - Empty Tomb\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Trinity Learning - Empty Tomb<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3586 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-03-16 09:03:20\" data-filename=\"trinitybacklit.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trinitybacklit.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3221 slide-3586 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trinity Church\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Trinity Church<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2c90304e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The latest in worship and church life:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Abingdon-260830.pdf\">Notices<\/a> for 30th August<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/260830-T.pdf\">30 August 10:30am<\/a> Morning Worship<br>led by Rev. Wayne Hawkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/August-30th-Trinity-Reflective-Evening-Service.pdf\">6:30pm Evening Service<\/a> led by members of the Congregation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday 6 September 10:30am Morning Worship<br>Local Arrangement led by members of the Congregation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-Triangle.pdf\">Trinity Triangle September 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CiA-News-Aug-2026.pdf\">CiA News August 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the website of Trinity Church, Abingdon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trinity is a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) being both URC and Methodist, and has adopted features of both. Fellowship is open and accepting. Trinity shares a minister with All Saints Methodist Church in North Abingdon. Our minister is&nbsp;Revd Georgina Bondzi-Simpson. We also share a URC minister, with other LEPs in Oxfordshire, in Revd Wayne Hawkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To support Trinity: Find out how you can give at <a href=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/support-trinity-church\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3624\">Support Trinity Church, Abingdon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for Visiting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"203\" src=\"http:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/communion2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3317\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fellowship at Trinity is open and accepting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/what-we-believe\/\">Find out More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/service.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3428\" style=\"width:265px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/service.jpg 412w, https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/service-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What happens at church services at Trinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/services\">Find out More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/lawnmornings.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:269px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What Trinity has on offer for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/youth\/\">Find out More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Latest News:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-1d17308c wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4694 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mercyships.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mercyships.jpg 350w, https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mercyships-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/news\/mercy-ships-our-charity-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_self\" >Mercy Ships our Charity of the Year<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We were delighted to welcome Rachel, a paediatric surgeon and volunteer with Mercy Ships, to Trinity today. Rachel came to tell us more about the work of Mercy Ships, which is our Charity of the Year. Their hospital ships provide safe, free surgery to people in parts of Africa who would otherwise have little or&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4574 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tree4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tree4.jpg 350w, https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tree4-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/news\/trinity-develops-a-growth-plan\/\" target=\"_self\" >Trinity Develops a Growth Plan<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Over recent weeks, Trinity Church has been looking at ways it can grow and develop &#8211; growing spiritually, missionally and numerically &#8211; both as a church and as part of the Wantage and Abingdon Methodist Circuit. The process began with a \u201cGoing for Growth\u201d day on Saturday 9th May. People from churches across the Circuit&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4477 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eastersmall.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eastersmall.jpg 350w, https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eastersmall-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trinityabingdon.org.uk\/wordpress\/news\/low-sunday\/\" target=\"_self\" >Low Sunday<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We have just come through Easter, and the preacher, Lois Greenhalgh, told us that this Sunday, the one after Easter, is traditionally known as \u201cLow Sunday\u201d &#8211; a quieter week that follows the great celebration of Easter Day. 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