allison wopata

Allison Wopata joined staff in March 2023 as Director of Prayer & Groups. She provides care and mentorship to our female leaders and is also involved in training community group leaders and leading the prayer ministry. She and her husband, Mark (a volunteer pastor), were members of Trinity’s original plant team. Allison has also worked at Restore Counseling and Sojourn Church in Louisville. She is a graduate of Truman State and has an M.A. in counseling.

What’s your favorite thing about Columbia?

I dearly love our town! On a nice day in Columbia, I’m either walking the trails or reading on the patio at Uprise.

What are your favorite books, movies, or TV shows?

It’s hard to narrow down, but some books that have been really important for me in the last few years are:

• Spiritual Life/Practices: The Gift of Being Yourself, Abba’s Child

• Fiction: Everything Sad is Untrue, Peace Like a River

• Poets: Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, Langston Hughes

As for TV, I have seen The Office in its entirety many times over. I still laugh out loud more than any other show. I think it’s brilliant.

What’s one crazy thing you want to do before you die?

This is mostly just a list of all the far-flung places I’d love to explore! New Zealand and the Andes Mountains in Chile are a few of those places.

What aspect of Trinity’s vision do you love most?

I’ve been really encouraged by our vision to be a people of renewal-seeking prayer. It reminds us that our posture before the Lord is one of dependence and trust that he will move. We are invited to take part in loving our neighbors and serving our community, but it’s the Lord that brings about the heart-level change we long to see in ourselves and those around us.