Trinity Church
Your Neighborhood Church

Organized as Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church South on June 8, 1857.
The first building was constructed on Market Street at Halifax at a cost $24,000.00.
Trinity Church moved to the current building on South Sycamore Street on February 25, 1923.
Trinity Church was designed by architect R.E. Mitchell and constructed of Indiana limestone.
The Georgian revival structure was inspired by St. Martin in the Field Chapel near London, England.
Trinity Church continues weekly services today.  The pipe organ is regularly used during worship.

Grand Concert on Pipe Organ, Flute, Harp, and Piano
Held on June 2, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. Opened to the public.

Jonathan Shockley on Flute is an Operations Research Analyst working at Fort Lee. He
holds a BS in Mathematics from Virginia State and dances with the Colonial Williamsburg
Dance Company at The Capital on Saturday evenings.  Recently hearing Baroque
instruments in Williamsburg, Jonathan decided to pursue the Recorder.  From there he
has gone on to study the Baroque flute and has developed quite a large repertoire.
  Jonathan plays amazingly well and recently played in Williamsburg.

Louise Jefferson Daniel on Organ, Harp, and Piano is a native of Petersburg and
comes from a long line of family musicians who have touched the local area. Louise
graduated from Petersburg High School, and receive her BA from Lynchburg College
and MEd from Virginia Commonwealth University.  She studied organ with Madeline
Ingram, Franz Engle, and Ardyth Lohuis.  Louise was raised in the Memorial United
Methodist Church and often plays here at Trinity in Petersburg, Virginia.

Celebrating our 150th Anniversary
Ice Cream social followed the concert.

This special celebration and concert was in keeping with the mission
of the Historic Petersburg Foundation, Inc. to promote widespread 
knowledge of the city's unique architectural and historical heritage.