About

About.

Our Mission
Chapel on the Green is a spiritual home for people in the city of New Haven most impacted by poverty, hunger, homelessness, and addiction. We meet every Sunday at 2pm outside Trinity Church on the Green for a 30 minute worship service, followed by lunch. We connect with 100-150 people each week. Our community includes not only those who are homeless or hungry, but also every volunteer group who worships with us and helps to provide the meal that we share.

Our Vision
Chapel on the Green strives to be a community as opposed to a charity. We recognize that each person has something to give and to receive. Here, the lines are blurred between volunteers and patrons, 'haves' and 'have-nots.' In this spirit, we ask visitors to come with a willingness to get to know our members, to serve alongside them, and to be transformed.

Our Story
Our founding was inspired when members of the Trinity Church youth group returned from a trip to common cathedral in the summer of 2007, looked around Trinity Church and the New Haven Green, and wondered aloud whether we could offer the same ministry for and with people in New Haven.

Since our first gathering, we have embodied a ministry of hospitality and companionship grounded in outdoor worship and a shared meal for all - every Sunday afternoon, no matter the season, no matter the weather. On average, we interact with over 100 people at Chapel on the Green each week. In Fall 2016, we started a peer-support group, the Spiritual Fellowship. Since then, it's grown rapidly from 8 to around 50 members who gather regularly to seek and give encouragement to one another.