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Each Christmas, Trinity sponsors an “Angel Tree” with names of local children who have a parent incarcerated. Names are taken from the tree and a gift is purchase for the child, in the name of the incarcerated parent. The names are available, close to the end of the month of November in the Fellowship Hall. Participants shop and wrap the gifts and the church delivers them to their homes. Charleen Duggan is oversees the project. K-MART CHRISTMAS SHOPPING FOR CHILDREN During Advent, Trinity will host an early Saturday morning shopping spree at K-Mart. It is a Christmas project the church has sponsored for over 15 years. Participants have the option of donating money, and/or taking a child shopping for gifts for their immediate family members. The children are selected through a local social service agency and are brought to the store by family members. Laurel Hansen oversees this project. Each year volunteers go on a mission trip. This year 2008, Trinity will be going to Buckhorn Camp a United Methodist camp, northwest of Fort Collins, CO. Trinity will be working on a construction project to help the camp expand. Dates are June 15-21. Rick Acheson and Roger Duell are the leaders for this project. Other missions trips have been Red Bird Mission; Tchula, MS; and last year Greensburg, KS. Below is a letter received from the recipients of Trinity's mission in Greensburg.
Trinity collects ready to wear, women’s work clothing in conjunction with the Domestic Violence Center of Central Kansas (DVACK) and Brown Mackie College. Trinity donates work clothing to Brown Mackie and they work with DVACK to provide work outfits available to women who are either going back to work or entering into the work force for the first time and do not have resources for interviewing or starting a job. DVACK has been very creative and sometimes has fashion shows to help the women with ideas for appropriate work clothing. Donations can be brought to the church and will be delivered to Brown Mackie. Four times each year, Trinity prepares and serves the evening meal for the residents and guests at the Salina Rescure Mission again, as well as the devotions for the evening. For more information how you can be involved and for the serving date contact Pat Murray at 823-8659, or murray "at" dsoelectricwb.com. Trinity also provides the “cakes” every month on the 3rd Monday. This is an essential mission in our community which helps men in transition. There are many ways you can serve. The Rescue Mission can always use funding, you can volunteer for the Auxiliary which provides many kinds of support, or donate items to the Mission (clothing, personal care items, socks, paper goods, pillow cases, etc.) Trinity hosts blood drives on a regular basis. Three drives are already scheduled for 2008 on January 21, March 24 and June 30. To give blood for transfusion to another person, you must be healthy, be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, and not have donated blood in the last 8 weeks (56 days). The shelf life of blood is 42 days, so we encourage you to donate as often as you can. Our blood drives are by appointment, no waiting and very quick and convenient. Sign up sheets can be found at the church week or two before the drive or you can make an appointment by calling the church office at 825-5270. If you have ever worked on a building project, might like to, have carpentry or construction skills, like hands-on work, can follow directions, can be a “go-fer”, like the idea of hard work and tangible results, etc. etc. etc. than you are qualified to work on a Habitat for Humanity house. The Salina House, 241 N. Front, Salina, continues to progress. Work is generally the 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Come out and try it. Rick Acheson, 342-0698, can provide additional information. Many Trinity members are volunteers for the local Meals on Wheels program out of the Senior Center, 245 N. 9th, Salina, 823-7555. The actual delivery is about 45 minutes from Center to homes, and back to Center. Volunteers have a set area of town, and deliver about every 5 weeks. Volunteers are needed for entire weeks or a part-time. Substitutes are also needed. Meals on Wheels is an essential service to allow members of our community to stay in their own home. Periodically, Trinity collects used eyeglasses for the VOSH (Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity) teams. Containers will be placed around the church for the collection of gently used eyeglasses. Trinity is a collection point for non-perishable food items in the “pantry/closet” in the east hallway, for the Food Bank. Clean plastic or glass containers may be donated as well. The food Bank often has bulk items and can distribute them in usable amounts with donated containers (beans, rice, sugar, etc.) In the month of November, Trinity has a Thanksgiving Food Drive for the Food Bank. |
