Work has begun at historic Holy Trinity Church after the green light was given for the transformation of Hull’s most amazing place.

The Vicar of Holy Trinity, Chair of the church’s development trust and the project manager for the works joined with Garry Taylor, City Manager, Major Projects and Infrastructure, from Hull City Council, to mark the start of phase one of the scheme.

It comes after approval from the Diocese of York for extensive external works including a complete revamp of the Holy Trinity churchyard by contractors carrying out Hull City Council’s multi-million pound transformation of the public realm in Hull city centre. The approval, subject to conditions, by the Chancellor of the Diocese of York follows the granting of planning permission by Hull City Council last April.

Trinity Square is a building site but Holy Trinity Church is still open to the public for day time visits and evening services and looks forward to welcoming you this Christmas.   During the public realm work in the square please use the entrance on South Churchside. King William House Car Park on Market Place (APCOA) is helping us throughout the Christmas season by providing car parking spaces for all their evening events on a pay and display basis.   

For a site map CLICK HERE

They are donating 20% of their evening parking profits to Holy Trinity Development Trust who hope to redevelop the shop within the church. The church has taken delivery of some beautiful new cafe furniture just in time for Christmas which has been paid for by the Development Trust.

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On Monday 21st December members of Holy Trinity Choir will be joined by others of the congregation in singing carols in the old town. Any money raised will go towards restoring the organ to its full glory (for details click the image)

A rare and world-renowned organ, the instrument is unchanged since it was rebuilt by John Compton in 1937-38, retaining some parts dating from the 18th century. With 104 speaking stops and over 4,000 pipes, it is the largest parish church organ in the UK. Come to a recital or a service to experience its inspiring sound. 

For the past two days our chapel has been open  for anyone wanting to light a candle and #PrayForParis.

On Sunday we held a minutes silence at each of our three services in memory of those who died and in solidarity with the people of Paris

To see  a suggested prayer click the image

On Sunday 22nd November we are delighted to be taking part in the ChurchLive project. Our 9.30 informal family service will be broadcast live using the Periscope App and beamed around the world. 

ChurchLive is a new Church of England initiative designed to give people online access to Sunday services across the Anglican Communion.  

Further details can be found on the Church of England website at  http://cofecomms.tumblr.com/post/120020272302/latest-on-livestreaming

Matt explains how a Walt Whitman poem inspired his work at Holy Trinity

Listen to Matt explaining how this poem means so much to him, he writes :-

That poem just unearthed in me - just a sense of passion for the people, and for what I was doing - in a way I can't really explain.

Listen to him speak click HERE

On  Sunday 8th November, Remembrance Sunday, we read out the names of  2,742 men from Hull who died in the First World War.

The names are listed in the ‘Golden Book’, which is housed permanently in Holy Trinity, as part of the WW1 memorial at the far East end of church. The book was compiled in the aftermath of the horrendous conflict which claimed the lives of so many men. Hardly a family in Hull was left untouched by the devastation. Despite the number of names in the book, we are aware that it is not a comprehensive list because of the way the compilation was carried out.  Anyone is welcome to arrange to view the Book and check that a name or names is present. We can add names, where suitable evidence is provided.

For more details, please contact the Revd. Canon Dr. Neal Barnes, the Vicar of Holy Trinity, Hull on 01482 224460 or 07581 280785 or NBarnes@holytrinityhull.com

Once again between November 3rd and 29th we welcome Martin Waters poppy installation and he writes:-

This year I wanted to think about the men and women who died at sea. The Royal Navy. The Merchant Navy. Trawlermen who served their country from Hull and other ports. The men and women travelling from one war zone to another and were attacked and sunk on route. The artwork suggests the idea of drowning, perhaps at sea, but it very well could be drowning and suffocating in the mud and gas of the first world war.
This made more poignant as it is 100 years since the use of gas in the First World War.

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Martin Waters

The Vicar of Hull’s historic Holy Trinity Church today (September 29) paid tribute to the local businessman who is bringing music legend Rod Stewart to Hull and thanked him for nominating the church’s transformation project to benefit from the show.

The Rev Canon Dr Neal Barnes has written to MKM Executive Chairman David Kilburn congratulating him on his “coup” in securing the star’s performance at the KC Stadium next year.

Dr Barnes told Mr Kilburn everyone at Holy Trinity had been “bowled over” by his generosity in donating the event’s proceeds to Holy Trinity’s development project and Hull’s Daisy Appeal.