Outreach Focus

Trinity supports a variety of ministries and organizations in Lincoln throughout the year. The Outreach Focus includes four different areas: Learn, Pray, Give, and Serve. Information about our Outreach Focus can also be found in the Narthex at Trinity Lutheran Church and on our social media.

Celebrating 2024

December 2024

Learn

This year for our Outreach Focus we revisited many of the former ministries we highlighted as Outreach of the Month. My intention with the Outreach Focus has always been to find several ministries that really connect with our congregation so we can build deeper relationships with those ministries. Below are the organizations we supported in 2024:

  •      January & February: Forward
  •      March & April: Disrupting Traffick
  •      June & July: Mercy Meals of Lincoln
  •      August & September: Common Threads
  •      October & November: Food Fort

So far, not including the giving for October and November, Trinity donated over $6,700 to these organizations! Praise God! That does not include the donations of diapers and wipes, food, and fabric. Thanks to your generous donations we packed over 20 meal kits for Disrupting Traffick and 32 Thanksgiving Baskets (plus extras!) for Food Fort!


We also packed 25,488 meals at our Mercy Meals packing event! Through donations we fully covered the cost of the meals we packed and blessed Mercy Meals with some extra funds to cover other packing events.

Another joy of this year was including Trinity Lutheran School students in our Outreach Focus activities! Students from Trinity’s Summer Camp packed meals at one of the Mercy Meals packing shifts, and the 5th Graders helped put together the Thanksgiving Baskets for Food Fort.

 

It is truly amazing to look back at the year and see all the ways God worked in and through Trinity to bless not just those in our community in Lincoln but people around the world!


-Bethany Gebers, Director of Christian Outreach

PRay

  1. Thanksgiving for the ways God’s love was demonstrated in and through Trinity this year.

  2. Open hearts and minds as we continue to support these organizations in new ways in 2025.

  3. For the continued ministries and work of the organizations highlighted this year.


GIVE

Thank you so much for your generosity in supporting all the Outreach Focus organizations! For December, anything donated through the Outreach envelope will be given to Forward. If there was an organization that specifically touched your heart, please consider giving directly to them through their website. If you have questions about how to donate, please contact Bethany.


SERVE

Many of the organizations we highlighted have ways to serve throughout the year! If you’d like to learn more check out that organization’s website or talk to Bethany for their contact information.