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.

Mercy Meals of Lincoln

June & July 2025

Learn

Mercy Meals of Lincoln utilizes groups of volunteers to package dry food ingredients in plastic bags. The bags are collected in cardboard boxes and stacked on pallets. The pallets – 7,128 meals per pallet – are distributed by Orphan Grain Train to areas of need throughout the world.

Since our packing event last summer, there have been many updates to Mercy Meals’ ministry in Lincoln! The biggest thing is, Mercy Meals now has its own building! They took over the second half of the warehouse Orphan Grain Train moved into last June. Construction will soon be finished in the Mercy Meals section of the warehouse, and very soon, they will be able to host volunteer groups. Moving into the new space, Mercy Meals hopes to add semi-automated equipment to package meals that are more useful locally (Food Banks, Peoples City Mission, etc.), things like rice and beans or macaroni and cheese. There remains a great need to feed the hungry around the world!


The board of Mercy Meals also decided to dissolve the Mercy Meals corporation and make it a part of Orphan Grain Train. This way, rather than competing for contributions, one group of leaders can determine where to direct funding. Since Mercy Meals depends upon OGT for shipping food products around the world, and OGT depends upon Mercy Meals for food, it made sense to merge the organizations.

PRay

  • God will raise up generous donors to help pay for the OGT/Mercy Meals building
  • Willing and eager volunteers for Trinity’s packing event
  • OGT/Mercy Meals to clearly see where their food products and other humanitarian relief will do the most good, and for smooth and efficient shipping to the areas of need
  • God to send a person or couple who can help us track Mercy Meals' inventory
  • Energy and wisdom for OGT and Mercy Meals leaders who can sometimes get a little tired or discouraged!

Give

We need to raise $5,100 to cover the cost of our Mercy Meals packing event. Donations can be given in the Outreach envelope. We hope to pack 30,000 meals during our packing event!


Mercy Meals and Orphan Grain Train have begun a capital campaign to raise $1.1 million to pay for their new building. If you are interested in contributing to the campaign, please reach out to the Bob Marshall at bobnkay@conpoint.com.


Serve

Mercy Meals is looking for someone to join their leadership team to track inventory. This includes ordering the food ingredients from Hope for the Starving and determining how much product is used at each packing event. Ideally, this person would know their way around a spreadsheet and have some extra time... like a recently-retired person. It is not a huge or time-consuming job (and doesn’t require participation at all Mercy Meals events), but it is vital to Mercy Meals’ operation.  If you are interested in this volunteer position, please contact Bob Marshall at bobnkay@conpoint.com.


Trinity’s Mercy Meals packing events are July 9th from 6-7:30PM, July 10th from 10-11:30AM, and July 10th from 6-7:30PM. We have spots for 50 volunteers at each spot. You can sign up at the link below or on the sheets in the Narthex.

Packing Shift Volunteer Sign Up

Outreach Events