TRINITY LOGANSPORT
Success Story
OVERVIEW
Across Indiana, Episcopal congregations have been engaged in collaborative service to their communities for many years. One of these is Trinity Episcopal Church in Logansport.
Trinity’s annual drive to donate backpacks and school supplies to children who needed them has blossomed into an abundant community event where clothing, food, music, and fun are offered to hundreds of students. Trinity’s Food Pantry provides groceries for over 150 individuals on a monthly basis.
“CBCP has also stimulated congregational exploration of possible future ministries involving community collaborations using our facilities.”
PROJECT DETAILS
Trinity Logansport Priest-in-Charge Rev. Clark Miller came to the CBCP project wondering how much more collaborative partnering Trinity could possibly do.
However, when community stakeholders were invited to tour Trinity and learn about its spaces and ministries, more did happen.
Trinity developed strong relationships with the director of a local homeless shelter and a local funeral director. Two programs resulted!
PROCESS + OUTCOME
Trinity has opened its parish house on a weekly basis to homeless neighbors for healthcare and counseling services of all kinds, including veteran services, employment, housing, essential living supplies, and hot meals. Trinity members provide support and a listening ear, and Father Clark provides spiritual counseling in addition to what the shelter provides in medical and mental health services.
Secondly, Trinity has established an arrangement with the funeral director to provide space and meals for anyone in need of a funeral luncheon who cannot afford a gathering in their own home or at a restaurant. Those programs are a direct result of working with the community through the CBCP experience.
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