Families in school districts 59 and 214 live adjacent to our church building and in the surrounding neighborhoods of Mount Prospect, Elk Grove Village, and Des Plaines. Families’ greatest needs are gift cards that can be purchased through the Trinity Scrip program. These cards provide a flexible means of purchasing essential items including food and personal care products.
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“There are so many Dominicans who do not receive a living wage and live on the edge of being hungry,” says long-time Global Ministries missionary Gordon Graner. “Any money they can save by using solar energy — which is free to all — instead of paying for fuel is more significant than I had imagined.”
Gordon continues by saying he believes half the population of the Dominican Republic would benefit from a solar oven.
Our donations will help impoverished people use free solar energy to cook, pasteurize drinking water, and help the environment. Please consider donating.
April 28 and May 5th
Saturdays and Sundays in the Community Wing
Weekends are busy at the south end of Trinity church. For many years children and families have gathered for Christian education and child care on Sunday mornings. What may be a surprise to some is the variety and number of activities throughout the morning on Saturdays!
Although Trinity’s “Education Wing” hasn’t been officially renamed “Community Wing,” folks who lead ministries in that space have come to recognize it as a place for people in our church and the local community to gather for fellowship, learning, and free childcare. Many are delighted to discover a well-organized treasure trove of furniture, beds, and basic household items every family needs. (If you haven’t seen it yet, you are invited to take a tour of Su Casa on May 5th).
Join us for worship on April 28. Learn what our teachers and leaders recommend for Trinity’s children and family ministries as the church discerns where God is leading us next.
Join us on May 5 when we shine a Spotlight on three stable and growing Saturday ministries.
Through the years, our service to the homeless has changed, but not our commitment. We spent 30 years housing homeless guests at Trinity. We closed our doors in the spring with the arrival of Covid 19. During Covid, Journey’s provided shelter to the homeless in area hotels. Trinity supported this Hotel program through monetary donations and by providing food twice a month for the Hotel guests. Last summer, we provided a meal once a month in Fellowship Hall for the homeless and hungry.
Journeys has constructed a new building that can now house the homeless overnight in the Interim Housing program, as well as provide apartments for guests working towards independence. We will serve our first meal to the Interim Housing Guests on Friday, April 19. The shift is from 5:45 -8:30 pm at Journeys 1140 E. Northwest Highway in Palatine.
To volunteer your time or food prep, please contact Kathy Moulds for coordination at 847.404.9123. There is a need for 2 pans of veggies each to serve 20 people, salad for 40 and 4 dozen rolls, and a cake for 20.
Then, starting in May, we will again offer Summer Suppers to the homeless and hungry here at Trinity. Last year was our first year with Summer Suppers with our surrounding community, and we were able to feed many. We hope you will join us this year as we answer Jesus’s call to “Feed my Sheep”.
