Sports and Recreation at Trinity Lime Rock
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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--At least temporarily, while the highway bridge on Route 7 is being rebuilt, we're located right on the Appalachian Trail! It detours right beside our church (normally it's about a mile away). Here's a hiker on the Trail waving as he passes Trinity:
Is there an opportunity here for us? For the hikers on the trail? Got any suggestions for us?
Just as a starter, here are some photos to provide AT hikers with more information and orient you with regard to the detour -- click on any of them to see a larger image. |
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| Each Memorial Day weekend, while on their Berkshire Ride, members of the New York Cycle Club make a rest stop at Trinity and visit our Tag and Bake Sale. |
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Our membership:
| --We're still a small parish, but 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. (More about people who attend Trinity is here). |  (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. For example, we have recently challenged other area houses of worship to meet us here at Trinity for a softball game! |
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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 sports program, which we offer at no cost to all young people in our area. Pictures from Summer Soccer 2008 are here now. Another example is making Reid Field available for walking, jogging, and running, with a measured course for those who keep time. And, take a look at what we did during the Summer of 2009!
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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. The patronage of members of the New York Cycle Club at our Tag and Bake sale on their annual Berkshire Hills ride is also a financial help to us.
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We are looking for other sports and recreational needs we can fill:
--We've got an outstanding challenge to area houses of worship to come play softball here at Trinity Field!
--We're currently developing a walking/jogging circuit around Reid Field, and had an outdoor volleyball court for the summer of 2009. Maybe horseshoe pits are coming, too!
--Our young people take trips to bowl as a group.
--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.
--We participate as individuals in sports and recreational activities, especially those where we can make a positive difference. And we support our young people in their sports activities.
Do you have a sports or recreational interest that we could accommodate here at Trinity? Tell us about it. (After all, our summer sports program exists 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 to Salisbury Winter Sports Association (that's ski jumping) to community basketball to high school and intermediate school sports at several area schools.)
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to see photos of Summer
Sports 2009 at Trinity Lime Rock
Photos of Summer Soccer 2008 -- CLICK HERE
Learn about walking, jogging, or running on Reid Field -- CLICK HERE
Check back often at this page for more about this new and growing side of Trinity Lime Rock!