"A CHARGE TO KEEP I HAVE"

Trinity United Methodist Church is proud to be celebrating their annual Church anniversary April 21-22, 2012.  We will Begin our anniversary Celebration with a banquet at the Grand Rennesance Hotel in Saint Louis, Missiouri. 

The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. is a man of faith, a homiletic genius, a theological scholar and a pastor’s pastor. He is a family man who enjoys spending quality time with his wife, children, grandchildren, extended family and friends.

At the end of May 2008, Dr. Wright retired as senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ. He became Pastor Emeritus and now spends his time preaching, teaching, leading study tours to Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean.

Dr. Wright is married to the Rev. Ramah Wright and has five children, Janet, Jeri, Nathan, Nikol and Jamila; and three grandchildren, Jeremiah, Jazmin and Steven.

We are a faith community who has committed itself to remain in the heart of the city to address the needs of the people who have hurts, and hangups from living in one of the poorest communities in Illinois. 

Each year we feed the poor in partnership with other orginizations and are committed to address the issues confronting the urban commnity of East Saint Louis.

Chairmen: Ms. Peggy Lewis LeCompte

Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Lee Ola Johnson

Honorary Chairpersons: Senator James Clayborne, III  & Hubert Hoosman, Jr.

Pastor: Rev. Robert K. Freeman