We open the doors and hearts of Trinity Church to ALL people, inviting them to share unity with God and each other in Christ through prayer and worship.

We open the doors and hearts of Trinity Church to ALL people, inviting them to share unity with God and each other in Christ through prayer and worship.

We, the members of Trinity Episcopal Church, invite you to join us in worship and in friendly fellowship. From the outside, our church has a quaint Old English look which may appear a little formal to some, but inside you will find a warm, welcoming and casual atmosphere that makes folks feel comfortable.

Our services are structured. We follow a service guide drawn from a Prayer Book that has been used for generations. We find the services comforting and peaceful in their old, tried and true familiarity and repetition in this world of rapid change and instability.

We are friends growing in Christ. Our Priest talks with us about the Gospel appointed for each Sunday and reminds us that our God is a loving, forgiving and non-vengeful God. We believe that we have been given salvation by the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We also believe that the teachings of Jesus are guides to a peaceful life of love and harmony with ourselves and one another.

Open-mindedness in religion and spiritual thought is a hallmark of the Episcopal Church. Each person is invited to think, ask questions and share beliefs and experiences. We seek to offer a safe haven in which each person can take his or her spiritual journey and experience the love of God personally.

We encourage you to wear what is most comfortable to you and not to worry about “dressing up”. Our members come in blue jeans, running shoes, hiking boots, sandals, suits, ties and heels. So come, relax and worship with us just the way you are.

Trinity was founded in 1941 with the intent to bring the Episcopal Church to residents and visitors of Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains Area.  The small group of founders chose the name Trinity as it was evident from the start that the three principal groups represented were the Pi Beta Phi School, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Public Roads.

 A small church, built in the neo-Gothic style, Trinity’s design adheres to the traditional proportions of medieval English country churches.  The eighteen-inch walls are of grey fieldstone; the front entrance window openings, the chancel arch, the bell torrent opening and the Celtic cross surrounding the bell-cote are of limestone. 

Through the years there have been two additions to the original building and the church is surrounded by gardens which provide the Altar flowers for much of the year. The St. Francis Memorial Garden, a quiet area behind the church, serves as a lovely place to meditate and a cemetery for interment of ashes for Church members.  The stained glass windows are unique in that they depict scenes from the Bible, the Diocese of East Tennessee, and Smoky Mountain settings of flowers and animals which were native to the area and favored by the person to whom the window is dedicated.