Sports and Recreation at Trinity Lime Rock
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Signups for Summer Soccer 2008 are now open!
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Our location:
| --We're the closest church of any denomination in North America to a major auto racing venue. Lime Rock Park is right across the street. We have a long-standing relationship with the track and their visitors. |
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| --We have a flat, well-drained eight+ acre field -- called Reid Field at Trinity -- for a back yard. Back in 1890 it was the scene of organized bicycle racing, and more recently it's been the venue for horse shows. |
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Our membership:
| --Our numbers are growing. Our average Sunday attendance is increasing, month over month, and year over year. Yet we are still small enough that everyone pretty much knows everyone else. We have an increasing number of families with young children. |  (Click to enlarge) |
| --Our membership includes people with meaningful credentials in a variety of sports and recreational activities. And we are not afraid to try new things. |
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Our neighborhood:
| --There are no recreational facilities in the hamlet of Lime Rock, other than Lime Rock Park Lime Rock's the only neighborhood of the Town of Salisbury that is affordable, so families with kids often settle here. | You might want to verify this on a Google Map! |
| --We're central to the Towns of Salisbury, Canaan (Falls Village), North Canaan, Cornwall, and Sharon, and near New York State. While there are many recreational facilities in our area, they are unevenly distributed and there are real barriers to access. |
It makes sense that Trinity has developed a sports and recreation ministry, possibly the only one in the Episcopal Church.
Here's what we do:
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We offer the community our facility, our talents, and our time to provide sports and recreational services. An example is our summer soccer program, which we offer at no cost to all young people in our area. Sign-ups for Summer Soccer 2008 are open now.
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We help fund our programs by providing parking for patrons of Lime Rock Park, and providing our facility for the use of related organizations.
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We are looking for other sports and recreational needs we can fill:
--We're currently planning a walking/jogging/BMX bike circuit around Reid Field, and we're thinking about an outdoor volleyball court and horseshoe pits.
--We visit Town Recreation Commissions to find out their needs and see if we can help them.
--We actively seek partnerships with other not-for-profit organizations that provide sports and recreational activities, especially for young people.
Do you have a sports or recreational interest that we could accommodate here at Trinity? Tell us about it. (After all, we have our soccer program because a nine year old in our Sunday School suggested it.) Take another look at the map of Reid Field at Trinity at the top of this page, see if that gives you any ideas, and let us know.
Are you involved in a sports or recreational activity outside Trinity that you would like Trinity's membership to know about -- and support? Tell us about that, too. (Did you know that the new Masters Swimming program at Hotchkiss was founded by a Trinity parishioner? And Trinity kids are active in everything from Falls Village Children's Theatre to Lakeville Pony Club to Berkshire United Soccer Club to Salisbury Youth Hockey.)
Would you like to help?
Signups for Summer Soccer 2008 are open -- CLICK HERE
Check back often at this page for more about this new and growing side of Trinity Lime Rock!