Trinity’s story has never belonged to only one generation.
From the beginning, the church has been shaped by people in many seasons of life: children in Sunday School, youth on retreats and mission trips, young adults finding community, families building friendships, senior adults serving faithfully, and leaders helping each generation find a place within the church.
That intergenerational story appears throughout the anniversary book.
Children’s ministry includes Vacation Bible School, Preschool, Friends Camp, hands-on mission projects, the RAGA Race, and intergenerational Bible teaching. The book notes that children learn alongside leaders of all ages, hearing stories of faith from mentors and seeing how God’s Word is lived across generations.
Youth ministry has also grown through intergenerational connection. In recent years, youth have been given more opportunities for deeper connections with music, senior adults, and children’s ministries. Joint missions for senior adults and high schoolers have created opportunities for conversation and service, and youth have been more visibly involved in the life of the church through choir, Capital Towers, Youth Praise Band, and participation in worship.
Adult ministry and Sunday School have also carried the story forward. The young couples class that began in the 1970s grew from a small gathering in the Shaw House into a long-standing Sunday School community. Many from that class later served in leadership positions at Trinity, and several related classes grew from it over the years.
College and young adult ministry has had its own place in Trinity’s life. In 1984, the church voted to establish a Watch Care Membership Program for college and seminary students who desired Trinity’s support during a time of transition. Singles Ministry also provided fellowship, Bible study, service, and connection, including the Senior Valentine Banquet and bloodmobile ministry.
Senior Adult Ministry has helped model faithfulness across seasons of life. Nell Perrin was honored for her work as Senior Adult Coordinator in 2000. Dorothy Petty later led senior adults into ministry programs and purpose-filled trips. The anniversary book describes Senior Adult Ministry and the emerging VIBE ministry as helping older adults remain active in faith, fellowship, and service.
Together, these ministries show a church family where every generation matters.
An intergenerational church is not simply a church with people of different ages in the same building. It is a church where those generations know one another, learn from one another, serve together, and help one another follow Christ.
That has been part of Trinity’s story for many years. Children have learned from adults. Youth have served alongside senior adults. Sunday School classes have grown into communities of care. Senior adults have led, mentored, sung, served, traveled, and prayed. Young adults have found belonging during important seasons of transition.
As Trinity looks toward the future, this remains one of its greatest strengths: one church, across generations, continuing to worship, learn, serve, and grow together.
Read More in 70 Years at Trinity
This story was drawn from 70 Years at Trinity: February 5, 1956 – May 3, 2026, prepared in celebration of the seventieth anniversary of Trinity Baptist Church.
For more about children, youth, adult discipleship, college and young adult ministry, senior adult ministry, and intergenerational life at Trinity, see pages 77–94 of the anniversary book.
