Mission Opportunities
On this page, you will find the mission programs supported by Trinity. Follow the links to get more information on a project that appeals to you.
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Trinity's Pledge to Habitat
Trinity United Methodist Church is participating in the sponsorship of a Habitat for Humanity house for a deserving family. We are partnering with Habitat and other churches in the Tuscaloosa Community for the Apostle Build. Normally, we ask you for your time and building talents, but this time we want you to help financially with the most recent Habitat project that many of you helped build.
Trinity has pledged to give $5,000.00 toward the building of this house.
We
ask that each member of
our church commit to this project with their prayers and
donations. All donations will be credited to the
Habitat for Humanity Fund # 111.
Thank you in advance for helping to give a deserving family a brighter future!
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Responding to
Overcome
Poverty
your gifts:
$10
a rabbit
$13
student school kit
$15
seeds & tools
$25
blankets for 5
$25
primary healthcare for AIDS orphans
$25-75
chicks for egg production
$25-250
sewing machine
$40
literacy tuition
$50
rehydration for 55 kids with diarrheal disease
$100
micro-credit loan for a business start-up
$200
a water buffalo
up to $1,000
water purification
up to $5,000
deep water well
$150-14,300
school reconstruction
Rev. Michelle Hunter wrote this about our CROP Walk for a recent Trinity Sunday Worship Bulletin:
We
Walk Because They Walk
C.R.O.P. WALK
MARCH 30th
2:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Every six seconds a child dies from hunger. Every six seconds! This fact is absolutely astounding when we consider that in America we have so much food that we throw it away. Just last night I am ashamed to say that I uncovered green and fuzzy leftovers when I cleaned out my refrigerator, and I threw them away.
We live in the land of abundance. It is so easy to forget that the rest of the world doesn’t live at our standard of living. Millions of people, all around the world, don’t know where their next meal will come from. They walk to get water, they walk to find food, and they walk to keep themselves and their families alive. And so, because they walk we will walk, too.
The Wesley Foundation is sponsoring the C.R.O.P. Walk on March 30. C.R.O.P. is a non-profit Christian organization that sends money to feed the hungry in America and throughout the world. C.R.O.P. sponsors walks all around America to raise money. Here in Tuscaloosa, donations are made and participants walk together, in solidarity with the hungry, on a predetermined path on campus. The Trinity UMC Mission and Mercy Cluster encourage you to participate to support the Wesley Foundation and to offer hope to a hungry family. Just a few donations and a little bit of your time will make all the difference to a hungry child.
This
is not just for Wesley students or students at the
University. This is for you members of Trinity, too!
Mary Ann Robbins is the point person at Trinity for information
and sign-up for the walk. See Mary Ann and find out how you,
YES YOU,
can "walk for hunger."
Every
six seconds a child dies from hunger.
Now that you know, what will you do?
Michelle
CLICK HERE to go to the C.R.O.P. website to learn more
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International
Mission Trip
To Chacraseca, Nicaragua
Summer of 2008
Wes Stewart has created a blog for this pioneering adventure here at Trinity--our first international mission trip. It will inform you of the planning and needs of the team as they get ready for their journey, and, best of all, the team will write about their experiences and send us photos of what they find and do IN REAL TIME, while they are down there. Visit the Nicaragua Blog . . . . and visit often!
Click the Pic
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Trinity's Ministry to Shut-In Members
Trinity's Bouquets of Love Flower Ministry continues to bless shut-in members and others on special occasions with flowers. This ministry is in need of small bud vases. Please donate a few
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Hard Back Books Needed
Doris Kispert is collecting books for the new Ronald McDonald House in Birmingham.
If you have new or “nearly new" hard back books, they are greatly needed.
Children’s Books
Teens Books
Adult Books
On the inside cover please print:
Ronald McDonald House
Birmingham, Alabama
Leave the books in the Sunset Funset room for Doris to pick up during the month
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Bustamante Outreach Mission
The Concord Class is collecting items for the Bustamante Outreach Mission in Mexico. The Ray’s are planning another trip soon. If you could help by donating items of shampoo, soap, toothpaste, deodorant, children’s socks and children’s underwear, and school supplies that include the following: spiral notebooks, ink pens, pencils, glue, construction paper, crayons, markers and folders it would be great
Boxes for collections are in the Concord Classroom.
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Looking for a
Quick and Thoughtful Gift??
Just a reminder that Trinity is still working towards becoming an Ark Church through the Heifer Project. This means that we have to meet a goal of $5000.00. The children have worked hard to meet this goal, but we still need $2500.00. You can help them with this through gifts for others (we have gift cards available) or you can make a donation and designate it to the Heifer Project. Please prayerfully consider this worthwhile project. Thank You, Mission Cluster
Almost any amount from $1 to $5,000 will purchase animals for underdeveloped countries in honor of your loved one, and help Trinity toward our goal of becoming an Ark Church.
Call Michelle for more information.
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