Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Burlington, NJ
1308 Mt Holly Road
609-387-1202
9am Sunday School
10am Worship
What to expect when you worship with us:
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Our street address is 1308 Mt. Holly Road, but access to our parking lot is on Springside-Rancocas Road.
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There is a short flight of stairs leading from our entrance lobby to the sanctuary. An elevator is available.
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Rest rooms and nursery are on the main floor to the right of the entrance and are handicap accessible.
PASTOR'S GREETING
Welcome to Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church! If you are looking for a new church home, I hope you will consider visiting us. Please also feel free to call the office or send me an email about setting up a time to meet and chat.
OUR MISSION
Together in Jesus Christ we are freed by grace to live faithfully, witness boldly and serve joyfully.
OUR VISION
A world experiencing the difference God’s grace and love in Christ makes for all people and creation.
OUR VALUES
Our values are grounded in faith, in our biblical and Lutheran confessional sources and our love of God and neighbor.
They speak to the way this church lives and practices our faith, and they will guide how we journey forward in Christ as church together.
Forgiveness and reconciliation
We are reconciled to God by God’s forgiving mercy. Forgiveness and reconciliation flow from what God has made us to be in Jesus Christ and what God is doing with us in the world. As a people of God, we embody forgiveness in speech, action and relationships, and our ministry in reconciliation is our foundation.
Dignity, compassion and justice
Each person is created in God’s image. We respect this God-given right to dignity and, inspired by the life of Jesus, show love and compassion for all people. Through proclamation of the gospel, through worship and as servants of God working for healing and justice in the world, we uphold and seek to protect the dignity and human rights of all people.
Inclusion and diversity
As Christ’s church, we value the richness of God’s creation and offer a warm welcome to all people, appreciating our common humanity and our differences. We are a church that does not view diversity as a barrier to unity. We recognize and will challenge dynamics of power and privilege that create barriers to participation and equity in this church and society – for women, people of color, minority ethnic groups, people with disabilities, people who are marginalized or living in poverty, and the LGBTQ community.
Courage and openness to change
Because we trust in God’s promise and understand faith to be a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, we are emboldened to embrace learning and change in our spiritual and institutional journey as church. This means we are open to new ways and willing to take risks to discover God’s plan for this church.Faithful stewardship of God’s creation and gifts – As church together, faithful stewardship is about holding to God’s purpose and ensuring the responsibilities and resources that God has entrusted to us are used with great care and with accountability to God, to each other and those served by this church.
Core values are guiding principles that are essential and enduring, and provide guidance for all aspects of this expression of the church. Core values express what the organization stands for and how it will conduct itself. A set of Synod leaders, when asked to identify the core values of the New Jersey Synod, offered a variety of thoughts that were distilled into twenty value words (these are found in italics). The following core values describe what we are deeply passionate about as a Synod:
FAITHFULNESS
Rooted and nurtured in relationship with God through Word and Sacrament, we follow Jesus for the sake of the world. Daily prayerful discernment and striving for excellence in discipleship move us forward into God’s future.
RESPECT
This is about justice: justice for each child of God, honor especially for the least, and respect in all relationships so that they are life-giving, grace-filled, safe, and create peace, as the Creator intended.
DIVERSITY
All of God’s children together express the wonder and majesty of creation. Life in community, fully and richly inclusive and marked by unfailing hospitality, is a sign of God’s Kingdom.
GENEROSITY
To live is to give. Giving beyond expectation or reason can reflect the grace and compassion of the One in whose image we are made.
CHANGE
The Gospel is about transformation, stirred by the power of life over death. Hope-filled people can change; hopeless people cannot.
INTERDEPENDENCE
Synod literally means to walk together. Our journey together is experienced as accompaniment, committed to collaboration, marked by multiplication, and blessed with synergy as we engage in God’s mission.