nORTHsHORE wELCOME - REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
St. Lawrence helps resettle recent arrivals from Afghanistan and Venezuela through a collaboration with Episcopal Migration Ministries, Sponsor Circles, and the Diocese of Chicago Sanctuary Task Force. These organizations match us with recent arrivals, whom we house on a transitional basis while helping them become self-sufficient. NorthShore Welcome, includes members of our four Better Together Episcopal Churches; it is also open to anyone who would like to help with this ministry. If you would like to learn more about this project, email us at northshorewelcome@trinitychurchhp.org.
NorthShore Welcome Receives UTO Grant
The Episcopal Church's United Thank Offering (UTO) has given $40,945 to NorthShore Welcome, a collaboration between four Episcopal congregations (Trinity Highland Park, St. Lawrence Libertyville, St. Elisabeth's Glencoe, and St. Gregory's Deerfield) to provide community-based housing and accompaniment to families seeking asylum in Illinois.
Following a successful pilot program in which the group provided a safe home and community support to resettle four families of new arrivals from Venezuela, NorthShore Welcome plans to replicate their model of welcome and assistance with other congregations who are looking for ways to help address the needs of asylum-seekers in their communities.
"Volunteers throughout the Diocese of Chicago have expressed interest in finding these families transitional housing but struggle to imagine what their ministries could look like or how to get started," said the Rev. Bryan Cones, priest-in-charge at Trinity and leader of the pilot program for NorthShore Welcome. "The UTO grant will provide a bridge between families in need and communities wanting to accompany them."
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northshore welcome Refugee resettlement in the news
The February, 2024, issue of Highland Park Neighbors features St. Lawrence and our Better Together partners as we welcome migrants arriving in Lake County.
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January 4, 2024, Rev. Bryan Cones joined Sasha-Ann Simons to discuss the work we do and the needs we have seen on WBEZChicago's RESET.
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The Better Together Episcopal Churches as NorthShore Welcome and our community partners are thrilled to announce that our Venezuelan guests have moved into their own housing and secured employment.
In recent months, we have assisted 19 individuals as they make a new life here in the US.