One City and GreenUP Get Planting at the Trinity Centre As Part of Green Infrastructure Initiative

GreenUP and One City Peterborough helped Trinity Centre become more in tune with nature by planting trees and other greenery over 75 sq.m. of lawn Tuesday morning.

Volunteers Eila Buziak (left) and Quentin Day (right) finish the planting of a pear tree as one of several species to occupy the Trinity Centre. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The project at One City is part of the Living Cities Program, an initiative by Green Communities Canada to help organizations aid their respective communities in green infrastructure projects.

The green infrastructure will increase the biodiversity of plants on the site, improve stormwater management, and increase access to food according to Tegan Moss, GreenUP executive director.

“We are grateful to receive support from Green Communities Canada through the Living Cities Fund,” she said. “These funds allow us to work closely with equity-deserving communities to co-develop plans for green infrastructure that work for the community where they are planted.”

Moss adds that the green infrastructure will help to improve air quality and offer the opportunity for people to work together to build a stronger sense of community and belonging as they collectively care for the plants.

Volunteers moved soil, compost and mulch. They planted 20 trees which included apple, pear, peach, apricot, birch, black cherry and maple. Six currant and raspberry bushes were installed, as well as 94 other plants including New England aster, silverweed, swamp milkweed, switchgrass, brown fox sedge, blue flag iris, wild strawberry, yarrow, prairie smoke, and creeping thyme.

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, Youtube and LinkedIn. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for our newsletter here.

Trinity United Church Boosts Four Peterborough Programs With Outreach Fund

The Congregation of the recently disbanded Trinity United Church Peterborough has announced the establishment of The Trinity United Church Peterborough Outreach Fund. This fund will continue Trinity’s support to charities doing incredibly important work in the community.

Members at Trinity United Church. Photo courtesy of Trinity United Church social media.

This Fund will provide financial support to Trinity’s Outreach Mission for the next ten years.

Trinity has announced that the following organizations have been selected to receive support from this newly created fund:
• YES Shelter for Youth and Families
• Nourish – a program of the YWCA Peterborough Haliburton
• Friends of Honduran Children, and
• School for Young Moms – a program of the Peterborough Child and Family Centres

With the initial investment in the Fund of $250,000, over the next ten years YES and Nourish will receive at least $12,000 each per year. Friends of Honduran Children and School for Young Moms will receive at least $3,000 each per year.

Trinity United Church was established in 1872. In 2021 the Congregation made the decision to disband as of June 2022. Measures were taken over the past year to ensure that the faith-based mission of the Congregation continues into the future.

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

Trinity United Church Lecture Series Event To Discuss Role Of Church In Modern Era

David Wilson

The role of church in today's world—and how it can last as society changes—will be among the timely topics for discussion at Trinity United Church (360 Reid Street) in its Lecture Series November 1st to 2nd celebrating Trinity's 142nd anniversary in Peterborough.
 
The topic for Nora Sanders, General Secretary, General Council, United Church of Canada on Saturday, November 1st is "Where Two or Three are Gathered...We are Church."  Sanders envisions a future where church may have many faces: "In this time of great societal change, the wisdom of scripture continues to speak in new ways to new generations," she says. Her talk will be followed by a workshop offering participants an opportunity to get to the heart of what church means to them—beyond the buildings.
 
David Wilson, Editor of The United Church Observer, will be service leader on Sunday, November 2nd for a talk called "Communities of Hope".  Wilson says, "The future of churches will depend on their capacity to acknowledge and adapt to changing realities in the church itself and in society as a whole." Churches face some difficult realities "but there are genuine reasons to be hopeful," he adds.  
       

Nora Sanders

With United Church of Canada statistics showing some congregations disbanding and indications some members see a continuing decline, there is a potential for a number of empty churches.

For his part, Wilson believes churches still have a vital role to play in their communities. "How much of a role they will play in future depends on whether congregations can shift their thinking away from the past and instead commit to re-inventing themselves for the future," he says. "I'm convinced that congregations already have the tools they need.  The question is: do they have the will to use them?"

Tickets ($25) are available for the event online. The event includes a light lunch Saturday.

Call 705.743.4498 (Cynthia Guerin) for information about the event.
 
 

Tip us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Follow us on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram, and Like us on Facebook.