Houses of Hope Tour - Church Gallery

Kingswood United Methodist Church

300 Marrows Rd, Newark, DE 19713

Registration Site / Starting Point / Display Area

  • Visit the dining room for information about the Hope Dining Room program

  • Newark Friends will share a virtual tour that includes photos of historic London Britain Meetinghouse

Kingswood United Methodist Church

Calvary Baptist Church

Calvary Baptist Church

215 E Delaware Ave, Newark, DE 19711

Calvary Baptist Our Missions focus on outreach to UD students and the unhoused

Tour topics include:

  • Vegetable Garden – planted & maintained to share with the community

  • Mobile shower & laundry trailer “1in7B”

  • Community outreach

Ebenezer United Methodist Church

525 Polly Drummond Hill Rd, Newark, DE 19711

Ebenezer UMCThe Light on the Hill for over 200 years

Tour topics include:

  • Historical facts & meaning of our stained glass windows

  • Green Team/Creation Justice – Native plant garden & community involvement

  • Health & Wellness – Blood Pressure Checks

  • Vacation Bible School – upcoming program for children & youth

  • Scout demonstrations

Ebenezer United Methodist Church

Newark United Church of Christ

New Ark United Church of Christ

300 E Main St, Newark, DE 19711

New Ark UCC

Tour topics include:

•Lenape land

    •City waterworks

       • Senior center

            •Church

Newark Church of Christ

91 Salem Church Rd, Newark, DE 19713

Newark Church of Christ

Tour topics include:

  • Campus ministry

  • Community Resale Shop

  • “People’s House” providing temporary lodging for relatives of hospital patients

  • History including daycare & Alethia School

Newark Church of Christ

Newark Friends, London Britain Meeting House

Newark Friends, London Britain Meetinghouse

1415 New London Road, Landenberg, PA 19350

Tour will be virtual at Kingswood UMC

Newark FriendsVirtual tour at Kingswood UMC

Tour topics include:

  • 1834 Meetinghouse and graveyard

  • Situated on open space and listed on Historic American Buildings Survey

  • Community support for the needy

  • Silent Worship unless called to speak

  • Sunday school 

  • Friends are considered a Peace Church

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church

200 E Main St, Newark, DE 19711

St. John the Baptist RCC

Tour topics include:

  • Development of the Catholic faith in Newark area from revolutionary times to present, history of the current structure

  • Art & Architecture:  architectural style, stained glass, triptychs, statuary, other interesting features

  • Involvement with Hope Dining Room

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church

St. Thomas Episcopal Church

St. Thomas Episcopal Church

276 S College Ave, Newark, DE 19711

St. Thomas Episcopal

Tour topics include:

  • Stained glass windows, history & stories

  • Interesting historical church facts from

1800’s - present

  • Walk the Labyrinth in the Grove

  • “Blue Hen Bounty” – free grocery store for UD students