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Our Mission
Chapel on the Green is a spiritual home for the most vulnerable people in the city of New Haven. 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. |
Contact Us(203) 624-3101 ext. 105
cotg@trinitynewhaven.org Mailing Address: 950 Chapel St New Haven, CT 06510 Location: 211 Temple St New Haven, CT 06510 |
Our Programs
Click below to learn about some of our parallel programs that support Chapel on the Green.
Our Staff
Heidi Thorsen Oxford
Program Coordinator |
James Thomas
Outreach Minister |
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