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Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is a welcoming, inquisitive and faithful Christian community which serves Clemson and many surrounding communities in Upstate South Carolina. We are part of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina.
We are located right in the middle of the city of Clemson, on Old Greenville Highway (SC 93), directly across from Riggs Field and the Tennis Courts on the north edge of the Clemson University campus.
Our history in Clemson dates back more than a hundred years, to the time when Holy Trinity was a mission of the much-older St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in nearby Pendleton. Currently Holy Trinity holds twice-monthly services at historic St. Paul’s, as well as other special events throughout the year.
Our Mission: To love with the heart of Christ, think with the mind of Christ, and act in the world as the Body of Christ.
Worship times
Holy Eucharist, Rite I at Historic St. Paul's in Pendleton
Evening Payer, Rite I at Historic St. Paul's in Pendleton
Volunteer opportunities
Holy Trinity plays a key role in helping people in Clemson and throughout upstate South Carolina. Some of the organizations we support include:
Clemson Community Care
Clemson Community Care (CCC) was established in 1988 by ministers of various denominational churches in Clemson, Central, and Pendleton as a non-profit charitable corporation to serve the local community. The organization assists persons in difficult circumstances with necessities such as food, shelter and utilities, and helps them to become self-sufficient through educational programs and advocacy.
In addition to making financial contributions and donating food, members of Holy Trinity sit on the organization’s board of directors, transport food from donors to CCC and volunteer at CCC.
Family Promise
Together with local congregations, Family Promise of Pickens County brings shelter, meals, and support services to families without home.
In Pickens County we have 15 Host Churches and Support Churches. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is a Host Church; our support church is University Lutheran Church. We host families at least 4 times a year. We can host 14 people at a time in our bedrooms which are downstairs in the Parish Hall.
Family Promise owns a trailer that each week transports the beds and the belonging of the families to the next host church. Families arrive at our church in the Family Promise van on Sunday afternoon around 5:30 PM and depart on Sunday the following week.
Volunteer opportunities for Host Church and Support Church congregations:
- Unloading the beds from the trailer, set up the beds in the bedrooms, and make the beds before the families arrive in late afternoon on Sunday.
- Doing the reverse: when the families depart, beds and family belongings are loaded on to the trailer for the next host church destination.
- Doing laundry
- Preparing easy delicious home cooked meals for our families
- Providing fellowship
- Spending the night (one man and one woman) with our families
- Providing tutoring for the children if and when needed
To learn more about the program and volunteer opportunities contact Liz Halpin at 864-654-5230 or ehalpin59@gmail.com.
St. Paul’s Thrift Shop
314 East Queen Street, Pendleton, SC
Hours of Operation: Mondays and Thursday, 10 AM – 3 PM; Third Saturday, 10 AM – 1 PM.
Historic St. Paul’s Church, often called the “mother church” of Holy Trinity and an integral part of parish life and community today, is also home to St. Paul’s Thrift Shop, an outreach ministry run by volunteers from the Parish. St. Paul’s accepts donations of used clothing, household goods, and more and then sells them for a modest price to raise money for local charities and to assist with the upkeep of Historic St. Paul’s Church.
193 Old Greenville Hwy
Clemson, SC 29631-1335
United States
