Good Trouble Church

“A Way out of No Way”

Living out God’s wildest dreams in Baltimore…

It's hard to describe Good Trouble Church to people who have never been with us. One thing you could say is that when we are gathered, the rules of the world no longer apply. Everything is free. Everyone has gifts to share. And we gather in a circle honoring every voice.

A grassroots, Christ-rooted, faith expansive community coming together in the name of healing and human flourishing, GTC is a ministry of and to those who have been made vulnerable in our neighborhood centering leadership and liberation, community care, and sacred ceremony.

Farm to Stoop Free Market, Family Life worship, Bible study, Red Shed Village, Leadership and Liberation Workshops, The Guardians, Firewalkers Creative Expression Fellows, Social Work & Support Drop-in… all in the Station North neighborhood of Baltimore. GTC is POC- and trans-led.

Everything we do is about love and dignity, justice and joy.

  • Sharing groceries, warm meals, clothing, PPE and harm reduction resources

  • Resource connection

  • Founded and run Red Shed Village, an outdoor village where four people find safer shelter, a healing environment, and robust supportive network to accompany them

  • Creating an inclusive, Christ-rooted sacred space of spiritual nourishment and pray together, no matter creed

  • Most of all, we are family together

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Family Life

PPE & Prayer, Food & Friendship
Harm Reduction w/ Bmore Power
Resource Connection & Creative Self-Expression
Worship & Spiritual Sustenance



Partners: Bmore Power, Church of the Redeemer Episcopal Church,
Zion Lutheran Church

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Farm to Stoop
Free Market

Groceries, produce, warm meals, clothing, flea market!

 

2nd and 4th Wednesdays 2-3:30 PM
Ynot Lot, 4 W. North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21218

Participants:

Healthcare for the Homeless, Samaritan Kitchen, Divinity Lutheran Church, Salem Lutheran Church in Catonsville, So What Else Baltimore, Joy’s Free Store, Greenmount West Community Association, MOM's Organic Market

Social Work & Support Drop-in

Tuesdays 12-4 PM

Meet with our social worker for help
with
ID, housing, benefits, referrals


Showers, snacks, PPE, Naloxone,
Fentanyl test strips, condoms,
Hygiene items
Hang out, connect with friends


Last Tuesday of the month, meet with our nurse
for health and medical support, wound care,
support navigating unfriendly medical system, patient advocacy


Gray door next to 25 E 20th St, Baltimore, MD 21218

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Leadership and Liberation Workshops

Monthly workshops. Trauma-informed, problem-posing pedagogy of community learning and empowerment.

Principles of Restorative Justice, History of Redlining, Abolition, etc.

For more info, contact Pastor Elazar:
pastor@goodtroublechurch.org

Bible Study

For more info, contact Pastor Elazar:
pastor@goodtroublechurch.org


The Guardians

Building community resilience and connection, especially with the most vulnerable, through harm reduction based street one-to-one’s; prevent violence; attend to the hurting through connection to needed resources and community care; de-escalate conflict and intervene in crisis; peace-keeping presence; keeping community safe without calling the police.

For more info, contact pastor@goodtroublechurch.org

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