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The Caring Ministry
Serving the needs of the TLC Family.
The Caring Ministry encourages us to put faith into action through gestures of compassion and concern for the needs of those within the TLC family. The committee assesses needs, develops programs to help, and coordinates volunteers. God’s work. Our hands. Our programs include: cards, home communion, hospital visits, flowers, meals, once a month Communion with coffee fellowship at the church, rosebuds for newborns; handmade prayer shawls for those who are sick, have suffered a loss or are in a crisis, and Stephen ministers.
Prayer Shawl Ministry meets third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. Please contact the church office for location as it rotates in members' homes.
Communion Coffee meets the second Monday of the month at 10 a.m. in the chapel. This is for those who find a full worship service too taxing. It is followed by a fellowship time with refreshments and great conversation in the fellowship hall.
Ministry Contact: The pastors and Mary Brinkley |
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TLC Council
Serving by overseeing the life of the church.
The Congregation Council has general oversight of the life and activities of the congregation, and in particular its worship life, to the end that everything be done in accordance with the Word of God and the faith and practice of the ELCA.
Four Council members are elected at each annual congregational meeting, and serve three-year terms.
Ministry Contact: Kerrie Shaffer
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Serving the outside community.
Global Concerns helps the congregation to be aware of Christian issues outside of our community and provides opportunities to express our faith on behalf of those who suffer from hunger, poverty and injustice. We encourage participation in ELCA World Hunger Appeal, Lutheran World Relief and Bread for the World.
Ministry Contact: Janice Conrad
Trinity Social Concerns supports many other non-profits and outreach projects in the Lawrence community. We are a covenant congregation for Habitat for Humanity, participating in its Building on Faith projects; a host congregation for Family Promise, and a partner in the Trinity Interfaith Food Pantry by collecting non-perishables. We provide and serve lunch at the Lawrence Interfaith Nutritional Kitchen on the second Tuesday every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November). We support a school supply drive each summer to benefit our neighborhood school, New York Elementary, and provide scarves, hats and gloves to students in need through the district in winter.
A Thanksgiving tradition has been to deliver all of the supplies for a Thanksgiving meal for those families in need referred to us through a school social worker. We also administer funds for the Turn It On! program which, in conjunction with area social service agencies, helps reconnect utilities for those in need.
The group generally meets the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.
Ministry Contact: Deb Boatright
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Trinity has been a Stephen Ministry congregation since 1998!
This ministry is a one-to-one caring ministry where trained Stephen Ministers provide a listening ear, caring heart and their time for someone who is experiencing a difficult time in their lives. Care can be provided for those facing a wide variety of crises or life challenges. These may include people who are grieving, divorced or separated, terminally ill, unemployed, hospitalized, homebound, lonely or discouraged, experiencing spiritual struggles and more.
Stephen Minister receive 50 hours of Christian care giving training in the congregation. This is conducted by Stephen Leaders who have had additional training of a one week training course thru the headquarters of Stephen Ministry in St. Louis, Missouri. These Stephen Leaders conduct training, continue supervision of the trained Stephen Ministers and do the assignments of the care givers to the care receivers.
If you are interested in having a Stephen Minister to walk with you thru a time in your life that you need a friend or would like more information about the Stephen Ministry training, contact one of the Stephen Leaders listed below:
Karen Hunt Esther Kottwitz Ruth Sarna
840-0107 842-2506 842-0230
Pastor Gary Teske Pastor Jennifer Kiefer
843-4150 843-4150 |
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Trinity Women of the ELCA
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As a community of women, created in the image of God, called to discipleship in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit,
We commit ourselves to grow in faith, affirm our gifts, support on another in our callings, engage in ministry and action, and promote healing and wholeness in the church, the society and the world.
Trinity Women of the ELCA is open to all women of the congregation. Women of the ELCA provides Bible study opportunities, fellowship, and service opportunities that reach worldwide as well as locally.
Bible studies meet most months on the third Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
Trinity Women of the ELCA contribute around $3,000 annually to a wide variety of projects, by hosting fund-raising events open to the congregation.
In 2012, the women donated a total of $5,000, divided between 6 organizations, 3 local and 3 global.
Ministry Contact: Cheryl Taylor
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All men of Trinity are welcome to gather for food, fellowship, interesting speakers and service opportunitites. There is the Men's Fellowship Breakfast on the first Saturday of the month at 8:30 a.m. In addition to a home-cooked breakfast, there is usually a topic of interest presented by a member of the Lawrence community.
Lively conversation is also on the menu when the Men's Night Out Group visits local restaurants on the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Check with the church office for location each month as this rotates among different places and cuisines.
Traditionally the men's groups have spearheaded arrangements for the annual Corn Fest.
Ministry contact: Pr. Gary Teske, John Wilkinson |
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