The Reverend Timothy Weisman

Pastor in New York, New York

The Reverend Timothy Weisman

Pastor in New York, New York

The Reverend Timothy Weisman is a musician, teacher, change agent, and a Lutheran pastor in New York, New York.

Tim arrived to The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity on March 10, 2020, three days before the pandemic shut down New York. Despite several difficult of months of ministry, Tim has led the funding and implementation of live streaming at Holy Trinity; championed the post-pandemic relaunch of H.U.G., the church's weekly soup kitchen, as a year-round ministry; advocated for the installation of a new shower in time for the reopening of the Holy Trinity Women's Shelter; balanced the budget; and he continues to sustain the rich tradition of preaching and liturgy at Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity.

Prior to coming to New York, Tim served as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts; their work together included Jazz Vespers, which blended centuries-old evening prayer with jazz, blues, and Gospel; and Laundry Love, which helps dozens of people wash and dry their laundry for free each month at a local laundromat. Common Room, which welcomes thousands of artists, musicians, farmers, and community members into the church each year, was the result of care-filled congregational visioning, fundraising, and implementation. (Just ask him about the time he played with Yo-Yo Ma.)

Tim hails from Indiana corn and basketball country. He completed a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Evansville with a major in organ and sacred music. He earned both the Master of Music (organ) and Master of Divinity degrees at Yale University, where he was awarded prizes in organ performance, organ accompanying, and church music.

Tim has been published in Sundays and Seasons, the official liturgical planning publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; the American Organist magazine; and his leadership in Massachusetts was profiled in a feature article in The Lutheran magazine. Tim has also appeared on national broadcasts of the CBS Evening News.

Tim lives on the Upper West Side with his husband Jeremy, a board-certified orthopaedic nurse, and their fiendishly adorable rescue puppy named Hops.

  • Education
    • Yale School of Music
    • Yale Divinity School
    • University of Evansville (Indiana)