Justice Briefing - June v.1
Redistribution is putting our lives, our skills, our education, and our resources to work to empower [as well as learn from and support] people in a community of need.
Read MoreRedistribution is putting our lives, our skills, our education, and our resources to work to empower [as well as learn from and support] people in a community of need.
Read MorePart of the work that Trellis does is getting to know the great churches in Brooklyn by spending time with their leaders to hear about their passions, desires and capacities for neighborhood engagement
Recent weeks have provided a lot of opportunities to catch up with the pastors of these important and beautiful churches
Planted in September 2013 by Derek Devine, this Acts 29 church has been doing amazing work in reaching and serving Fort Greene, Downtown and some of the surrounding neighborhoods. In the months ahead, Trellis looks forward to working with a deacon team coming together at Apostles to help them engage and serve with their communities.
Coming in in 2017, this church planted out of the Hope Church network is hoping to plant a congregation in Fort Greene. It was such a joy to sit down and talk with Russell Joyce about his heart and mission for the church and be able to connect him and his leadership to resources on how to get to know the beauty and needs of the neighborhood they hope to serve and bless.
Also planted in 2013, Edwin Pacheco, started the House Church in Park Slope, Edwin and his team have been praying and planning towards starting a church in Red Hook, Brooklyn over the last year. Trellis has been working alongside The House Church in helping them develop relationships with organizations in Red Hook and partnering in some prayer initiatives seeking to gather multiple churches together in geographic areas to pray for neighborhoods together.
Trellis' work continues in building relationships with these churches, with the hope of many more, towards the goal of fitting them with non-profits in their neighborhoods to see their communities and organizations thrive.
This year, Trellis is collaborating with Liberty Church Brooklyn, Trinity Grace Park Slope and Ingersoll Community Center to launch a Trellis initiative called Community Heroes, a community based art project profiling heroes cross NYC. The pictures above will be displayed as banners at the festival as a way to highlight people nominated as heroes in the community and inspire others to love and serve where they live.
Read MoreThis important forum is gathering faith leaders from around to borrow to provide access to information and promote a conversation to mobilize the faith community to serve and support those in our communities struggling through mental illness.
Many people in the faith community also struggle with making sense of the relationship and the tension between faith and mental illness and this forum is an opportunity to bring that conversation into the light
The goal of this project is to celebrate the everyday heroes of Fort Greene, residents who have taken it upon themselves to organize for good in the neighborhood.
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