Opportunity to Join the Community

 

The Community of the Holy Trinity has an opening for a single or couple who would be interested in joining our community currently made up of 5 members: 1 couple and 3 singles (we have cats).  We are a house of the ecumenical religious order, the Order of Jesus Christ, Reconciler (the order has members in Milwaukee and Detroit, and a second house in Detroit); two of our current members are professed of the order. Our daily life together consists of daily prayer (currently focused on prayer in the evening) meals together on weekdays, and a breakfast and community meeting on Saturday mornings. We don’t have a common purse, but pool resources based on the ability of each member to contribute to pay for rent, utilities, food, and other shared expenses. Members are encouraged to participate in a local Christian congregation or parish of their choosing or denominational affiliation. We are looking for baptized Christians who feel lead to communal life as a way to deepen their Christian faith and following of Jesus Christ.

We are currently located in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, in a first floor apartment duplex down with 5 bedrooms, 3 on the first floor, two on the garden floor.  The available room is a small suite with a walk in closet attached to a private full bath on the first floor. The apartment has two kitchens, one on each floor.  On the first floor, there’s a dining room, living room, chapel, sunroom and shared bathroom; on the garden floor, there’s a shared bathroom, shared office, a library, and shared art/music studio. There is only street parking available to the community.  Most of our members use public transportation and bicycles for transportation. We are close to various public transportation options: two blocks from the Kedzie stop on the Brown line, and three blocks from the 82 Kimball/Homan Bus line, two blocks from the 79 Montrose bus line, and 4 blocks from the 81 Lawrence Bus line.

We live under a shared rule of life. You can find the rule here.

 If interested in exploring membership in the community of the Holy Trinity, contact us via e-mail at communityholytrinity@gmail.com, or contact our Dean, Kate Kamphausen by phone at 773-853-5086. 

Interested in Joining the Community of Holy Trinity?

This fall we moved into an additional living space an apartment in Immanuel Lutheran's bell tower (there are no bells in the bell tower).

With this new space we have two immediate openings for anyone interested in joining (either 2 single persons, or 1 single and a couple). Immediate means beginning the process of joining with probable move in date one or two months after beginning the process. We will also have openings in early 2011 for anyone who may be looking but not in the immediate position to join in the next two to three months.

The process begins by contacting the community, see contact page for our contact informaiton.

Prospective members then will be contacted by Prior Larry Kamphausen, or the current member assigned to reception of new members. in order to schedule a visit to the community and explain the process of being considered for membership (also outlined in our Rule). One can read the Rule found here. The first question asked of any prospective member is whether or not one is lead to live under the Rule of life. After having read the Rule and visiting the community the process from that point depends on a number of factors, including prospective members situation.