Praising God in Newport News

Come visit this Sunday @ 10 am on River Road. We’re glad to meet you.
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Location Details

6812 River Road Newport News, VA 23607

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New Sermons

04 Jan 2026

2nd Sunday of ChristmasJanuary 4, 2026John 1.1-11           If your social media is anything like mine, over the last two weeks you have seen a lot of people posting their year in reviews or their wrap ups from the various apps and platforms that they use.  The most popular being the annual release of your Spotify Wrapped, the story of your musical tastes from the past year.  It shows you the amount of time listened, your most popular songs, your favorite artists; they’ve made…

24 Dec 2025

Christmas EveDecember 24, 2025Luke 2.1-20           As many of you know, three weeks ago I celebrated my first ever Christmas at Disney.  It was a long time wish that I finally made happen this year, but I have to say, it surprised me a little bit.  When I was anticipating what my favorite part of the whole experience would be, I figured it would be the Christmas parade or all the cookies or seeing all the decorations, but instead, my favorite part crept…

21 Dec 2025

4th Sunday of AdventDecember 21, 2025Matthew 1.18-25           We’re going to start with a little quiz this morning, take you back to your high school English days.  First topic on the table, famous first lines of novels.  Alright, let’s see how we do.  Number one, “It was the best of time, it was the worst of times.”  Bingo.  A Tale of Two Cities.  We’ll go a little bit more of a deep cut for this next one, “It was a pleasure to burn.”  Fahrenheit 451.  Short and sweet, “Call me…

People

Pastor

Tina Toburen

Pastor Tina has been with Trinity for over 5 years. She lives with her dog, Scully and loves all things Harry Potter and football.
Administrative Assistant

Sharon Mathison

Sharon started working at Trinity Lutheran Church in December of 2023. She comes from Illinois and lives with her husband, Brent.
Treasurer

Carol Bessom

Biography: My family moved from New Jersey to Newport News, VA when I was about seven years old, my sister ten, my brother four. That was my dad’s last work-related move, and I’ve been here ever since. We began attending Trinity Lutheran Church shortly thereafter when services were still being held in the downtown Newport News location and joined about a year later. My parents were members until their deaths, my brother and sister until marriage and jobs took them…

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