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What is Mission and Justice?
Mission is the purposeful activities that share Christ's love with working and serving those in need in the community and the world. Justice is providing opportunity fairly where the disadvantaged have a helping hand to get over barriers. The Mission and Justice Committee will educate Trinity on community issues and how to help, empower church members to participate and encourage the people we serve in Christian love so that meaningful relationships will transform lives.
MISSION PARTNERS
Trinity’s Mission Partners consist of 14 organizations we as a congregation support with regular financial and volunteer support.
Trinity Coordinator: TBD
To Volunteer: Contact Eighth Street Directly at 256.489.2997
As a faith-based, non-profit organization, Eighth Street Community provides services for adults with diverse disabilities ranging from autism, cerebral palsy, brain injuries, hearing impairments, cognitive disabilities, and visual impairments. Volunteer needs include providing activities and/or visiting with residents, facility touch-ups (painting, landscaping, repairs), providing meals, and more!
Trinity Coordinator: Glenn Turner
Cornerstone’s mission is to equip people for lasting change through initiatives and ongoing, supportive relationships. Volunteer opportunities include prayer partnerships, providing meals and/or serving as a mentor for Cornerstone’s various initiatives: Jobs for Life (job success training), Faith and Finances (financial literacy training), and Amplify (Cornerstone Alumni support).
Trinity Coordinator: Butch Patterson
Enable provides care and services to the aging and homebound of Madison County that allows them to live independently, safely and with dignity. Some of the many volunteer activities with Enable include: Build, repair, and design wheelchair ramps. Provide transportation to medical appointments. Install grab bars and handrails. Yard work for clients. Work in our Enable vegetable garden. Deliveries of food, produce from the garden, and supplies provided by Enable. Weatherization of clients homes the first Saturday in November.
Trinity Coordinator: Paul Freeman
Monday Breakfast Coordinator: Biddie Banks
First Stop provides a path from homelessness to independent, sustainable living by offering basic supplies, meals, showers, laundry, enrichment classes, and professional case management. Trinity provides breakfast every third Monday of the month. Sign up to help provide a monthly breakfast in 2024 HERE. Another way to support First Stop is donating miniature toiletries from your travels in Trinity’s Minis for Many bins throughout the church. First Stop is always looking for volunteers to assist in the Day Center. For details & to sign up, click HERE.
Trinity Coordinator: Amanda Lowe
Food for Thought is Trinity’s food collection ministry that has supported local food pantries for 25+ years. Our current Food Pantry Partners are St. Paul UMC and New Market UMC. The first Sunday of the month is designated Food for Thought Sunday. Drop off donations of non-perishable food in Lobby Bins any time throughout the month. No glass containers, please. Financial donations are accepted in the offering by noting FFT in the memo line. Most needed items each month can be found HERE.
Trinity Coordinator: Andy Trice
Trinity has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build or remodel homes for families in the Huntsville community for 30+ years. Trinity volunteers on site every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday from 8am-12pm helping with construction, painting or landscaping. No experience is necessary. Online Training required for new volunteers.
Trinity Coordinator: Amanda Lowe
To volunteer: email HERE
Trinity partners with the Huntsville Assistance Program to address the need for financial assistance in our community. Volunteer opportunities include Sorting, Shelving, Bagging Food and Cleaning at the Emergency Food Pantry, Interviewing Clients for Financial Assistance, and Answering the Financial Assistance Phone Line to Set Appointments.
Trinity Coordinator: Patricia Smith
The Interfaith Mission Service (IMS) is a cooperative of congregations, individuals and organizations that work together as a catalyst for social change and interfaith relations. IMS seeks to:
THE JESUS LIBRARY
Trinity Coordinator: Eddie Sewall
The mission of Jesus Library is to bring the word of Jesus to families and children through thrift stores throughout North Alabama. This is achieved by providing a child-friendly station that plays Christian DVDs and offers free Christian Children’s Books. Volunteers are needed to deliver items to our thrift stores throughout the year. Financial donations are accepted in the offering by noting Jesus Library in the memo line.
Coordinator: Joy Suttles
Across Madison County, Meals on Wheels serves approximately 250 older adults, Monday - Friday at lunchtime, who are unable to cook for themselves, have no one available to cook for them, and are primarily homebound. Meals are picked up at the Studio 60 Senior Center on Drake Ave. and delivered to clients’ homes. Trinity Teams deliver every 2nd & 4th Tuesday and every 3rd Wednesday of the month. We are always in need of more regular volunteers as well as substitute drivers. More info HERE.
MEALS TO GROW BACKPACK PROGRAM
Trinity Coordinators: Mary Beth Buchanan, Mary Hayes, & Dee Ann Henderson
The mission of Meals to Grow is to provide weekend food bags to elementary students throughout the school year. Each bag contains a protein, cereal, fruit cup, granola bar, and a dessert. We deliver approximately 1,000 bags monthly between our four partner schools: Whitesburg, Chaffee, Sonnie Hereford, and Blossomwood Elementary. Volunteer opportunities include: Picking Up Orders from the Food Bank, Prepping Food for Packing, Packing Food Bags, Sorting Bags into Bins for Distribution, and Delivering Bins of Food to Schools. 2025 Winter / Spring Packs are the second Wednesday of the month at 6 pm and available to join HERE. Thank you!
MORRIS TUTORING PROGRAM
Trinity Coordinator: Doug Seay
Trinity begins a new tutoring program at Morris Elementary for the school year 2023-2024 (August 21, 2023 - May 5, 2024). Volunteers are needed on Mondays from 2:30-3:30pm to support Third Graders with reading and math proficiency. Visit this LINK to register.
Trinity Coordinator: Amanda Lowe
Located in the Terry Heights neighborhood of Huntsville, the mission of Second Mile Development is to connect every individual to the love of Jesus by serving neighborhoods, strengthening schools, and empowering homes. Volunteers are needed to provide clerical assistance in the Second Mile Office as well as to help at our Preschool with organizing the library and ongoing yard maintenance (weeding, trimming bushes, etc).
TRINITY FRIENDS - EVERY 4TH TUESDAY
Trinity Coordinators: Doug House, Marcia Keller and Jill Schoener
Trinity Friends is a monthly gathering for adults with special needs. Our monthly events host approximately 200 guests which include a meal, entertainment, dancing, and crafts. Our themes include Western, Sports, Luau, Carnival, Picnic, Spring, Patriotic, etc. Volunteers are needed to set up, serve and clean up, provide entertainment or activities, and donate table decorations for approximately 28 tables.
Go HERE to volunteer. Email HERE to register to attend the party.
DENOMINATIONAL MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
Trinity Contact: Amanda Lowe
As the humanitarian relief and development arm of The United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) comes alongside those who suffer from natural or human-caused disasters – famine, hurricane, war, flood, fire or other events—to alleviate suffering and serve as a source of help and hope for the vulnerable. Trinity supports UMCOR through special donations following following disasters, organizing mission trips, and volunteer days at the UMCOR Warehouse in Decatur.
Trinity Contact: Amanda Lowe
Embrace Alabama Kids is an organization of the United Methodist Church of North Alabama whose mission is to embrace and nurture vulnerable children and families by providing homes, healing and hope. Programs focus on Family Preservation, Foster Care, School Readiness & Parenting Support, and Residential Programming for Teens. Trinity support EAK with our Christmas Eve Offering every year.