COVID-19 and Caring for Others UPDATE

We have made the difficult decision to close Chapel on the Green throughout the month of April. We will redirect our staff and volunteer efforts to help feed and support those who are in shelter or quarantine, and to support the pantries and soup kitchens that remain open. We believe that this shift towards coordinated food access is best for the health and safety of the people we serve, especially as the need for such resources will likely increase over the coming weeks and months.

As a volunteer network, we will continue to explore how our resources can best support the most vulnerable people in our community - those who are facing hunger, addiction, or homelessness in the midst of this pandemic. Contact cotg@trinitynewhaven.org with questions, concerns, or interest in volunteering as we discern what kind of support is most needed, and how to safely deliver it.

Chapel on the Green remains committed to the spiritual care of people on the green. We have designated a COTG Spiritual Care Hotline for those who would like prayer or conversation (860-850-0323), and we hope to spread this resource to those who may be in shelter or quarantine. 

Please read our extended letter about our response to COVID-19 below, and contact cotg@trinitynewhaven.org with any questions.
Updated as of March 28, 2020.

You are welcome here.
CHAPEL ON THE GREEN is a diverse group of housed and unhoused people who strive to celebrate and use God’s gifts to build up our community by practicing and proclaiming the radical and inclusive love of God. Join us every Sunday at 2pm on the New Haven Green for worship and a shared meal.

​We are old and young; women, men and gender non-binary; from many different races and ethnicities; from many faith traditions and none at all; in sickness and in health; believers, doubters, and seekers; poor, rich, and on the edge; employed, un-employed, and under-employed; here by choice or chance. You are welcome here!
The rich and the poor meet together;
the LORD is the Maker of them all.
-Proverbs 22:2