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Welcome to Trinity United Methodist Church
The Complexity and History of Trinity United Methodist Church before 1880
An Invitation to Transformation - A 10 Year Project
Learning from the complexity of Trinity United Methodist Church is crucial to cultivate an understanding of the Histories of Christianity in our City.
The story of Trinity United Methodist Church holds histories of both triumphs and tragedies. Our lives and our city are narratives of both beauty and brokenness. All leaders encounter triumphs and tragedies and need to learn how to hold both histories.
To lead in our city is to navigate histories of beauty and brokenness. Learning from complexity of Trinity United Methodist Church is crucial to cultivating an understanding of leading in our city.
“Trinity traces its roots to 1859, when two circuit-riding Methodist missionaries, Jacob Adriance and William H. Goode, founded Denver’s first religious organization, the Auraria and Denver City Methodist Episcopal Mission. The congregation first met in homes and in saloon halls, such as the Criterion Saloon, until finding a regular meeting place in the cabin of Henry C. Brown (later of Brown Palace Hotel fame) at the northeast corner of Larimer Street and Cherry Creek. In November 1859, they organized Colorado’s first Sunday School with considerable help from Clara Brown, a former slave who did much good work for the Methodist Church in Denver and Central City. “ History Colorado & Colorado Encyclopedia