STAFF
Michael & Erica Jarrett (and daughter Zenie) are the founders of Trinity on the Border. They arrived to South Texas in August 2015.
Michael is our Senior Director. He has worked extensively on the Mexican side of the border in Piedras Negras, Coahuila from 2003-2009. He was ordained as a presbyter (priest/elder/minister) in the Anglican Communion in February 2011. In addition to serving as construction manager, spiritual director, and music leader in the mission field, Michael has also worked as a singer-songwriter, a church planter, a tele-communications engineer, a land and wildlife management consultant, and a volunteer emergency room chaplain. He is also the creator and voice of the Audio Daily Office podcasts at thetrinitymission.org.
Erica is our Director of Community Health and Education. She has also done extensive work among vulnerable people groups in Guatemala, India, Mexico, and Toledo, OH during the course of her Master of Public Health studies. Additionally, while she was in medical school, she and Michael started a program that trained ladies in Mexico to be diabetes health educators in the their own communities.
UPDATE: Due to the change in the landscape of immigration work in 2025, the Jarretts have moved The Trinity Mission to central Texas to partner with several facilities serving abused children. However, there are still opportunities to serve on the border. Connect with us on our main page here: https://thetrinitymission.org.
MISSIONARY ALUMNI
Conley and Emily Runions
Deacon Conley Runions (wife Emily and daughter Mirra) joined our team from August 2024 – May 2026 serving as our Missionary Outreach Chaplain and 4th Missionary Curate.
Sara and Dan Ajamian. Sara was the director of our elementary school program from 2018-2024. Dan served in various capacities (children’s coordinator, admin manager, school teacher, general missionary) from 2022-2024.
Fr. Jeremy Goebel (Anglican Diocese of the South) was our third Missionary Curate. He and his wife Nicole served with us from the Fall of 2021 until the Spring of 2023.
Fr. Elijah Luikham (Diocese of the Carolinas) was our second Missionary Curate serving from the Fall of 2020 until the Spring of 2022.
Fr. Daniel Behrens (Diocese of the Gulf Atlantic while here, now in the Diocese of Pittsburgh) was the first missionary curate with Trinity on the Border. He and his wife Rebekah served with us from the Fall of 2018 until the Winter of 2021.