Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, in the Diocese of Ohio, will celebrate the centennial of its building and a century of ministry in downtown Cleveland on September 30.

The Cathedral's English Perpendicular Gothic building, designed by Charles F. Schweinfurth, was consecrated on September 24, 1907.
 
The Trinity congregation will worship September 30 at 10 a.m. in a single morning Festival Eucharist. The dean of the cathedral, the Very Rev. Tracey Lind, will preach.

Following the service, the congregation will gather for a group photograph taken by acclaimed Cleveland photographer Jennie Jones.

The morning will also include the sealing and burying of a 50-year time capsule and a reception. The capsule will contain items that provide a snapshot of Trinity Cathedral in the year 2007, including letters from Bishop Mark Hollingsworth and Lind to their successors in 2057. The capsule will also include a photo of Trinity's current sixth-grade youth group, which will mark the centennial by making predictions about the 50-year future and make a pact to keep in touch with one another and ensure that the capsule is unearthed in 50 years. The capsule will be placed in Trinity's Prospect Avenue yard with instructions that it be opened in the year 2057.
 
Trinity's centennial celebration will culminate in a Festival Evensong service beginning at 5 p.m. The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes Jr., senior minister emeritus of the Riverside Church in New York City, will preach and Hollingsworth will officiate.
 
Forbes, who was Lind's preaching professor at Union Theological Seminary, was named by a 1996 Baylor University survey as one of the twelve most effective preachers in the English-speaking world. He was also designated as one of America's greatest black preachers by Ebony magazine in 1984 and 1993.
 
A reception will follow the evensong service, and a new show, "Images of Trinity," will be available for viewing in the Gallery at Trinity.