The Community of the Holy Trinity is the founding House of
the Order of Jesus Christ, Reconciler (OJCR).
As a house of the order we are committed to hospitality and
reconciliation.
At this point in time, the main ministry of hospitality and reconciliation
is the worship community we sponsor, called the Oratory of Jesus Christ,
Reconciler. This worshiping community is a house church that rotates gathering
for worship in members’ homes in the Roger’s Park neighborhood of Chicago. The
purpose, of the oratories of OJCR, is to provide a space of worship and
connection with the body of Christ without needing to define oneself as a
particular member of a particular denomination or Christian group and without
needing to, accept a particular theology or even know what one believes.
Through Eucharistic worship, discipleship events, and fellowship we seek to
offer an hospitable space for people to explore their faith in Christ and grow
in love and knowledge of God in the life of the Spirit. Our current members
have come through various denominations but do not feel that any one of them is
entirely fitting of their full experience of faith in Christ. Some do also
participate in other congregations, but feel most at home where historic
orthodox Christianity is affirmed but no one way of practicing or believing is
held exclusively.
The community itself is currently made up of 4 members, Rev.
Jubi Dutcher, Zac Lowing, Kate Kamphausen and the Rev. Larry Kamphausen. Jubi
and Larry co-pastor the oratory with Jubi currently serving as the lead pastor.
Jubi is a member of the collective, the Women’s Health center in the uptown
neighborhood of Chicago and is a comic book artist. Zac is a sexton at Grace
Episcopal Church and is a photographer (of the unseen beauty of Chicago alleys)
computer artist and videographer of Chicago’s buskers, and has experienced
homelessness. Kate is a member of St John’s Episcopal Church in Old Irving Park
in Chicago, and is a fashion and costume designer in Chicago. She is married to
Larry, who is an iconographer and artist co-founder of the co-operative art gallery,
Agitator. He is also a temporary worker and is Abba of the
Order of Jesus Christ, Reconciler.
While we have sought and been able to support one another,
community life and our ministries through our collective funds each of us is in
a situation of fixed incomes.. In the past couple of years our incomes have
remained the same or have declined, while the community’s expenses of rent,
food, and utilities have increased. So, we are asking you to come along side us
and partner with us in our work through one time or regular financial
contribution.
At this time we are also, expanding our work of hospitality
and reconciliation through pilot programs of fostering worker co-operatives
(like Agitator gallery) and property cooperatives (still in the early idea
stages of development) for the Order of Jesus Christ, Reconciler.
In choosing to support us financially we hope you will want
to also participate in our life and get
to know us. For our supporters we will keep you up to date through a quarterly
newsletter, keeping you appraised of how our pilot programs of fostering worker
co-operatives, beginning a property cooperative and the ministry of the Oratory
of Jesus Christ, Reconciler are going.
Whether or not you are able to financially support us at this
time if you are in Chicago we invite you to receive our hospitality: We also
invite you join us for our community meals to get to know us better on Monday
evenings at 7:30 and for brunch on Saturday mornings at 10 am (this meal is
followed by our weekly community meetings). We also invite you if you live near
us in Albany park to come to our morning prayer Monday through Friday at 8:45
am, or night prayer at 9:30 pm. we simply ask that if you plan to join us for
meals that you let us know ahead of time
so we can be sure to prepare enough food.
To donate and become a support please visit our gofundme page
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