Evangelical: We believe the Good News of Jesus Christ to be the Gospel of Life and Salvation for the whole world and believe that all persons are called into a personal relationship with the Living God in Jesus Christ.  As a mission minded church family, we believe that we are commissioned and empowered by the Holy Spirit to make Jesus Christ, (through our witness of the Faith, our daily ministry, and through Word & Sacrament), a living and present reality in the lives of those whom we daily encounter.  Our faith, moral beliefs, worship, preaching and teaching are grounded in God’s holy Word.  As evangelical Christians we proclaim Jesus Christ to be the Way, the Truth and the Life and the only means of salvation for humankind.

Charismatic: We believe that Christian life is, by definition, new life in the Holy Spirit.  We fully understand our Faith and ministry as gifts from God and evidence of the Spirit’s power and presence among us.  It is the Holy Spirit who draws us into the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; in whom we daily encounter the Living God.  Apart from the Holy Spirit, we can do nothing!

Protestant: We believe in the primacy and authority of the Holy Bible over and within the Church, emphasizing God’s Word in our worship, preaching and teaching.  We humbly submit ourselves to the transforming power of the Holy Scriptures as Divinely inspired, containing all things necessary to Salvation and believe it is not lawful for the Church to proclaim any thing that is contrary to God’s Word written, nor is it lawful for any one part of the Church to alter the Evangelical Faith or Catholic Order of the whole Church unilaterally.  Furthermore, we proclaim that Salvation is a free gift of God given by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

Orthodox: We profess the Faith once delivered to the Saints.  We believe our Faith to be at one with the holy Faith of the undivided Catholic Church of the first Christian Millennium before the sad divisions within the Christian Church and believe our contemporary worship, in Word and Sacrament, to be in direct continuity with the Church of all ages and places.  The word ‘orthodox’ means right belief in God and right worship of God.  Therefore, we offer the authentic historic Faith and worship of the ancient Church for today’s world.

Catholic:  We have retained, proclaim and celebrate the same Holy Scriptures, Creeds, moral teachings, Sacraments (e.g., Holy Baptism & Holy Communion), and Orders of Ministry (those of Bishop, Priest, and Deacon) as that of the undivided Catholic Church of the first Christian Millennium.  The word ‘Catholic’ [Greek, katholikos] means Universal or Whole.  Therefore, we proclaim the whole doctrine, moral teaching, discipline and worship of the Universal Church as traditionally received within the Anglican Communion and articulated in the classical Anglican Formularies (the Thirty-Nine Articles, the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and Ordinal, and the Lambeth Quadrilateral).  Believing the Christian life to be sacramental, we proclaim and celebrate all seven of the traditional Sacraments/Sacramental Rites of the Catholic Church.

Apostolic:  By our faithfulness to the above, we seek to present the teaching, mission, worship and fellowship of the Apostolic Church to today’s world.

Our Goals:

To enable all persons in Faith, through Word and Sacrament, to become partakers in the life of God the Father, in Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit.

To proclaim, preach and teach, with authority and conviction, the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Gospel of Life and Salvation, leading persons into a living Faith and trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

To unite persons in Faith to the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ through the saving waters of Holy Baptism and to continually nourish this new life through Spirit-filled ministry, Christian fellowship, preaching, teaching and worship, and above all by partaking regularly of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ in the Lord’s Supper.

Our Worship:

Is Biblically based (evangelical), Spirit-filled (charismatic) and fully Sacramental (catholic).

Believing that Jesus comes and speaks to us in Scripture, the Sermon and the Consecrated Bread and Wine, we are a church with a vital worship experience; we are people who believe the words spoken and sung, and we let it show by our enthusiasm. 

And this is the testimony:

that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

I John 5:11

Our Statement of Faith

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Marlborough, MA is a Christian faith community seeking to worship God in Spirit and in Truth, and to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.  As members of the Anglican Mission, a Common Cause Partner, we are committed to upholding orthodox Christianity.  Our faith and witness are biblically grounded: we uphold the traditional Anglican way in which we are guided by Scripture, Tradition and Reason, in that order.  We believe in the primacy of Scripture, affirming its authority and entire trustworthiness.  We believe that the Bible is the Word of God and therefore the primary source for doctrine, discipline and worship.

Our Christian faith is about a personal relationship.  We believe in and worship the personal, living, triune God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) who pours divine life and love into our hearts.  Just as the power of the Holy Spirit brought the Good News alive for the original disciples, so the Spirit transforms us individually and corporately through a personal revelation of the truth of Jesus Christ.  We therefore value our personal experience of the indwelling Spirit of Jesus Christ molding and changing us.

Because God has poured his love into our hearts, we desire to be bearers of the Good News to others.  As we continue to respond to God’s transforming love, we desire to reach out and be a powerful living witness of God’s truth, saving love, kindness and mercy both inside the church, as well as outside the church through outreach and evangelism. 

These beliefs, commitments and desires are central to the faith and witness of our parish family.

Our Leadership

• Bishop
  • The Right Reverend Donald Harvey (Bio)
• Rector 
  • Father Michael McKinnon (Bio)
• Honorary Assisting Rector
  • Father Terrence McGillicuddy (Bio)
• Deacons 
  • Father Andrew C. Carlson (Bio)
  • Father Ted Powell (Bio)
  • Father Michael Bickford (Bio)
  • Father Chris Logan (Bio)
• Officers
  • Senior Warden - Don Richards
  • Junior Warden - Diana Wood
  • Treasurer - Diane O'Leary 
  • Assistant Treasurer - Charles Place
  • Clerk - Lynne Krebs
• Vestry
  • Monica Walker
  • Judy Richards
  • Russ Harris
  • Dan Morse
  • Bob Newton
  • Cathy Dwiggins 

About our Bishop

The Right Reverend Donald Harvey is the Moderator, Diocesan Bishop and Director of the Anglican Network in Canada, and Director, Anglican Essentials Canada

In November 2007, Bishop Don relinquished his licence in the Anglican Church of Canada and was received into the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone under Primate Gregory Venables. In becoming a bishop of the Southern Cone, Bishop Harvey came out of retirement, resumed full-time episcopal ministry, and began to offer episcopal oversight to biblically faithful Canadian Anglican parishes.

Bishop Don retired from the Anglican Church of Canada in 2004 after 12 years as the Third Bishop of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador. Prior to this, he served for 30 years in various parishes in Newfoundland and Labrador including a six year appointment as University Chaplain. He has lectured in English Literature at Memorial University of Newfoundland and taught Pastoral Theology at Queen's Theological College in St. John's. Bishop Don now serves as Moderator of the Anglican Network in Canada. He and his wife, Trudy, make their home in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Reflecting on his 43 years of ordained ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada, Bishop Don says his cherished hope is that the Church will be able to reform.

(used with permission of the ANiC)

About our Assisting Priest

The Reverend Terrence McGillicuddy

The Reverend Terrence McGillicuddy is our honorary assisting priest, and is the founder and director of the Anam Cara Community. He is an Anglican Priest and has served as a hospice Chaplain for over 18 years. He has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA. He holds a Master’s of Divinity Degree from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary Crestwood, N.Y. In addition he holds a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Master of Arts in Theology from Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Fr. Terrence completed his Clinical Pastoral Education residency in Psychiatric Chaplaincy at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington, D.C. He has served as a Chaplain at West Point Military Academy, St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO. and Augusta Mental Health Institute, Augusta, ME.

 

Fr. Terrence hopes to one day take primary care of a new church plant established by Holy Trinity in the Medway, MA area.  He hopes, by the grace of God, to grow this new congregation to the point where they become self sufficient and are themselves able to plant churches. 

 

About our Deacons

The Reverend Theodore R. Powell

Deacon Ted was born and raised on Martha’s Vineyard Island, MA.  He left the Island in 1973, joined the Air Force and was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland, Hahn AB, Germany, and Offutt AFB, Nebraska.  He spent 25 years in Nebraska and finally returned to this area in October 2000 to continue in his profession as an IT Project Manager and to start preparations for his call to the Diaconate.  Deacon Ted was ordained on December 7, 2009

Deacon Ted earned an Associates Degree in Computer Science from Metro Tech Community College in 1983, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Bellevue University in 1986 and a Master of Business Administration from Bellevue University in 2004.  Deacon Ted is a certified Project Manager and certified Scrum Master.  He has been awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal and served as a volunteer Firefighter/EMT for over 30 years.

Deacon Ted and his wife Susan married in 1975.  They have two children, Shannon and Kevin and two grandchildren, Elizabeth and Natalie.  They reside in Canton, MA and continue to be involved with volunteer service organizations.

Deacon Ted has been assigned by our Bishop to serve Holy Trinity and her Missions as a (non-stipendiary) Deacon.

The Reverend Michael Bickford

Deacon Michael Bickford will, God willing, be ordained to the priesthood sometime in 2010.  He hopes to finish his Ph.D., teach as a Professor in the Boston area and continue to serve HTAC and her missions as a (non-stipendiary) priest. 

The Reverend Andrew Carlson

Deacon Andrew Carlson has been with Holy Trinity for almost three years as he has been preparing or Holy Orders. A long-time resident of Shrewsbury, MA, Andrew graduated from Trinity College and Yale Divinity School, and has been working as a member of the laity for twenty years prior to answering a call to the ordained ministry. He has a wife (Karen) and three children (James, Rachel and Stephen), and has a life-long love of singing, dogs and Cape Cod.

Deacon Andrew will, God willing, be ordained a priest sometime in 2010 and, among his other responsibilities at Holy Trinity, will be given primary care of our Mission in the Five College Area, St. Michael & All Angels.  He hopes to grow this new congregation to the point where they become self sufficient and are themselves able to plant churches. 

The Reverend Christopher Logan

Father Chris is a native of Massachusetts and a recent graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary where he focused in Christian Education. He joined our church family in the spring of 2006 where he served as a seminarian intern. As a believer in the Catholic faith of God’s Holy Word he has been blessed to serve as the vice president of the New England Chapter of Forward in Faith North America. Currently he is serving as a “transitional deacon” on his way to the priest hood.

 

For the last five years he has been actively involved in outreach to the military where he has served at Fort Lewis, WA, Schofield Army Barracks, HI, and locally at Hanscom Air Force base. It is his desire to continue to work with chaplains to reach servicemen for Christ.

Deacon Chris will, God willing, be ordained a priest sometime in 2010 and will serve as a Chaplain to Military Personnel and to our Veterans here in MA.  Holy Trinity will serve as his Home Church.