Mission:

Because of God’s love for us through Jesus Christ, we exist to worship, grow and serve.

Vision:

Trinity United Methodist Church will be a diverse Christian community shining as a beacon of God’s love and actively engage as the heart, hands, and feet of Christ in the world.

Values:

Faith, Worship, Love, Service, Community.

History:

Circuit riding Methodist missionaries rode on horseback from South Carolina through the swamps and backwoods of Georgia to arrive in the Big Bend area of the Territory of Florida soon after the first settlers came in the early 1820s. They had been sent to meet the spiritual needs of the wagonloads of men, women, and children who came to the Tallahassee settlement, seeking a land of new opportunities, but also finding illnesses, Indian raids, and daunting hardships.

September 1824 was the first religious organization in Tallahassee. The mission became Trinity United Methodist Church, and began its 191st year of ministry in September 2015. The congregation first met in a small wooden building on the corner of West Park Avenue and Bronough Street, and in 1840, built a larger sanctuary on the present location of Park Avenue and Duval Street.

In 1893 a red brick semi-gothic sanctuary replaced the original sanctuary in which the Methodists had worshipped since 1840. It served the congregation until 1962 and was replaced by the current church complex in 1964.

Trinity’s present place of worship, the third on the corner of Park Avenue and Duval Street, was completed in May 1964. The church includes a sanctuary, chapel, fellowship hall, classrooms, parlor, library, and offices. Its magnificent steeple holds high the cross and beacons all to come worship and serve God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.