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.

Food Fort

October & November 2025

Learn

Here in Lincoln, we are very lucky to have such an amazing community, full of generous and supportive people from many different walks of life. This does not mean, however, that our community is immune to issues that affect the rest of the country as well. Local data illustrates some of the pressing challenges when it comes to some of the most basic needs within our community—particularly among our youngest neighbors.

In 2022, 19% of children in Lancaster County experienced food insecurity. Overall, 13% of residents faced food insecurity. Further, almost half of all students enrolled at Lincoln Public Schools are eligible for the free/reduced meal program and 13% of all Lincoln households are enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. These figures show that even though we are very lucky to live in such an amazing community, access to food is still a significant issue, and also remind us that behind every one of these statistics is a child—hungry, uncertain, and needing our support.


Enter Food Fort, a local nonprofit grounded in the belief that nourishing children nurtures both bodies and futures. Founded in 2016 by Michaela Akridge, Food Fort seeks to create meaningful relationships with youth residing in under-resourced areas of our community through programs that address some of their most basic needs. Each week, Food Fort travels to three neighborhoods in Lincoln to offer free meals, educational resources, academic support, and fresh produce. Through these programs, Food Fort creates meaningful and lasting relationships with these youth, many of whom do not have a consistent adult presence in their lives during after school hours. Food Fort’s mission is to provide “more than just a meal,” by providing love, respect, and consistency to these youth on a weekly basis in addition to addressing their basic needs.

PRay

  • Food Fort children still in foster placements with Food Fort staff/team
  • Expansion plans would be God's will, with him leading the next steps
  • For the multiple youth who have been transferred to group homes in Omaha
  • Three new scholarship recipients starting college this fall

Give

Financial donations to Food Fort can be given through the Outreach Focus envelope or online HERE.

Serve

This fall we are again partnering with Food Fort to create Thanksgiving baskets for families served by Food Fort. In addition to collecting these items, we are participating in a Thrivent challenge to collect 500 food items. If we collect all these items, Thrivent will donate $500 to Food Fort! We will work with students at Trinity Lutheran School to collect all 500 items.


At Trinity Lutheran Church we are collecting turkeys and 5 lb. bags of potatoes. The students at Trinity Lutheran School will collect the canned goods for the baskets. Our goal is to create 50 Thanksgiving baskets, so we need 50 turkeys and 50 bags of potatoes to reach this goal! If you plan to donate a turkey (or two!), please sign-up on the sheet under the Outreach Focus board so we can keep track of how many turkeys have been donated. Please store turkeys at home as long as possible. All turkeys and potatoes are needed by Sunday, November 16th. Potatoes can be placed in the yellow barrel in the Narthex or around the Outreach Focus table.

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