Cathy Trout

Seeking respite from a church she’d called home for many years, Cathy Trout felt called to check out New City in 2018. She loved how New City seemed like the early church – all different kinds of messed-up people worshipping together in love and unity. But what really drew her was the uniqueness of the Grow+Serve group model, how it wasn’t only about learning about God but about being the church in the community. Today she serves as a co-leader on the Downtown Mixed Grow + Serve, and serves with the Justice Team and Praise Band. She worked as a program director at a Christian community center before transitioning into the fund development field to work from home and raise her daughter. At past churches, she founded a single parents’ ministry, coordinated Saturday volunteer service projects around the city, managed a kitchen team that cooked the pastors’ meals on Sundays, and served on visual arts, worship, and prayer teams.