Elkhart Clinic history

During the 1950’s after the depression, population in Morton County started to increase and the need for a larger facility was present.

The Elkhart Clinic was founded in 1954 with the partnership of four physician specialists: Doctors Thomas Elliott, Jack Ivy, James Futterknecht and Ed Dovey.

The Center for Healing & Hope began in 1999 as an outreach of St John’s Catholic Church in Goshen, Indiana.

2002: The center became a nonprofit and moved its clinic to The Window in downtown Goshen to accommodate the large patient volumes.

2004: The need for additional space required another move to the The Lighthouse Church of Goshen.

2012: Goshen clinic and office staff moved to Plymouth United Church of Christ.

2014: Due in part to the opening of Heart City Health Center’s second office, Scenic Health in Elkhart, more of the needs of Elkhart residents were being met.

The clinic is open four times a week to offer urgent medical care.2017: The Center for Healing & Hope embraced Elkhart County HOPE (Helping Our People Everywhere) and extended our services beyond medical clinics to also include resources and assistance for immigrants.

2018: The Center for Healing & Hope launched its Chronic Care clinics, employing a physician and medical assistants for the first time to provide consistent, ongoing care to people with diabetes and other chronic conditions.

The brick structure formerly known as the Clark Homeopathic Hospital was razed in 2019 in preparation for building the Elkhart Health and Aquatics Center.