TRINITY COMMUNITY CENTER
The Trinity Community Center, chaired by Kimlee Marquise, is an open table for the people of Rotterdam and the Greater Schenectady area of New York, where neighbors of all backgrounds can gather safely and without judgement to support, learn and grow together. The “three legs” of that open table, all crosscut by a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, are:
Formed by the historic 2021 consolidation of the former Trinity Reformed Church into Messiah Lutheran, Trinity's former church space is now a resource for everyone in our community, no matter their religious affiliation!
Located at 705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, the Trinity Community Center hosts a wide variety of regular weekly offerings from Zentangle to 12 Step Programs, Community Crafters to Zumba, monthly Game Nights, monthly Movie Nights and Yoga.
The Trinity Community Center also houses our Bread of Life Food Pantry and Produce Pantry programs.
We also regularly host community concerts and other one-time arts and culture events, all which can be found on our Parish Events page.
All events at the Trinity Community Center can be viewed at the Google Calendar below.
- food security
- mental health & wellbeing
- arts, culture & self expression
Formed by the historic 2021 consolidation of the former Trinity Reformed Church into Messiah Lutheran, Trinity's former church space is now a resource for everyone in our community, no matter their religious affiliation!
Located at 705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, the Trinity Community Center hosts a wide variety of regular weekly offerings from Zentangle to 12 Step Programs, Community Crafters to Zumba, monthly Game Nights, monthly Movie Nights and Yoga.
The Trinity Community Center also houses our Bread of Life Food Pantry and Produce Pantry programs.
We also regularly host community concerts and other one-time arts and culture events, all which can be found on our Parish Events page.
All events at the Trinity Community Center can be viewed at the Google Calendar below.
Our first major investment in the Trinity Community Center was to transform an old choir practice room, nursery and library into a new state of the art, over 1000 square foot food pantry space. This nearly doubled the capacity of our old food pantry and was completed with the generous support of the Schenectady Foundation's Healthy Food Access for All program. We now offer food pantry services within HPNAP guidelines every week via delivery and in person three times a month. We hope to move to a weekly in person schedule soon, fulfilling a key recommendation of the 2017 Schenectady County Healthy & Equitable Food Action Plan.
A layout of the new food pantry space in the lower floor of the building is shown below.
A layout of the new food pantry space in the lower floor of the building is shown below.
Our next phase of capital improvements at the Trinity Community Center is something we are tentatively calling the "Rotterdam Performance Hall." This project will transform the beautiful Trinity sanctuary into a space for performances, conferences, art instruction, educational programs, workshops, concerts, movie nights, weddings, banquets, exercise classes and other community events. To achieve this, the project will include the following:
In addition to serving as a new, beautiful space in heart of our local community, we deeply believe the Rotterdam Performance Hall will function as an economic driver for the wider neighborhood, particularly along the its critical Broadway and Curry Road corridors.
A conceptual design of the Rotterdam Performance Hall is shown below.
- An expanded stage
- New stage lighting, electrical, audio and technology upgrades, including a new sound booth
- Safety improvements
- New modular door system with acoustic seals to connect the performance hall to an adjacent dining/ community room
- New energy efficient lighting
- Installation of new multi use floor appropriate for performances, exercise classes, dance, etc.
- Two hundred stackable cushioned chairs and various sized tables for multi-functionality
In addition to serving as a new, beautiful space in heart of our local community, we deeply believe the Rotterdam Performance Hall will function as an economic driver for the wider neighborhood, particularly along the its critical Broadway and Curry Road corridors.
A conceptual design of the Rotterdam Performance Hall is shown below.
