Haven on Earth
February 21, 2022
2022 First-Quarter Garden Gives Grant Recipient
The first recipient of the Garden's Big Give in 2022 is Trinity Haven, Indiana’s first residential facility and host homes program to focus on the needs of LGBTQ young people at risk for homelessness. The organization provides safe, affirming housing for LGBTQ youth experiencing housing instability. They envision a future in which every LGBTQ youth in Indiana has safe, welcoming, and affirming housing within a caring community. Sunday, February 27, The Garden welcomes Jenni White, Executive Director of Trinity Haven. Its time to have a Haven on Earth where everyone is loved and finds God’s dwelling place (place of welcome) and its possible because God will through and with us to create Haven on Earth!

A poignant blog post by Betty Brandt reflecting on a poem her father, James M. Buck, wrote to her in 1944 while stationed at Ft. McClellan, Alabama, during World War II. Betty shares her father’s love for poetry, his role as a unit scribe in Patton’s Army, and the heartfelt stories of camaraderie and survival among his fellow soldiers. Interweaving themes of love, storytelling, and faith, this post encourages readers to cherish and share their own family stories, creating connections filled with healing and sacred moments.