Presbyterian/Catholic Coalition Catch the Building Spirit completes 28th Habitat House

Catch the Building Spirit, a coalition of Presbyterian churches working with Catholic churches, completed their 28th house build together this summer.

Each year the coalition works together to fund and build an affordable home for a low-income family in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton.

Habitat Houses through Catch the Building Spirit is a network of Presbytery of the Miami Valley.

A special thanks to the participating Presbyterian churches from our presbytery:  Bath, Corinth, Fairborn: First, Southminister, Sugarcreek, and Westminster: Dayton. 

It was a difficult year, and even with a late start we did complete another house. On December 11, 2020, the “Catch the Building Spirit” coalition dedicated a new Habitat home (pictured at left) at 6718 Sandy Drive in Trotwood for Christal Works and her family of three children.

Christal Works has been in the Dayton Habitat program since 2015. She completed all the required education courses and completed the required volunteer hours by working at the Restore and at a number of house builds. The family was elated to get their new home just before Christmas! 

For information about the 2021 build and how you can get involved, email Hank Baust or call 937-429-0360.