Serve
Caring for our neighbors
At Trinity we serve our neighbors both in our community and around the world.
Serve at Trinity as an usher, greeter, Scripture reader, or acolyte. Serve in our music ministry in the choir or with the modern worship team. Serve on our tech team and help with our livestream. Serve with our kids or students. There are many ways to serve at Trinity!
Serve Locally with our partner organizations like the Sherbourne Food Pantry, UMFS, Feed More, Oak Grove-Bellemeade School, the Kids Club at Central UMC, Shalom Farms, Pathways, CARITAS, New Shoes for Back to School and more.
Serve Internationally with our mission partners in Honduras with the Friends of Barnabas and with the Swahili/French language ministry.
Friday Collections:
Trinity collects food items each Friday from 9:00 AM-2:00 PM
Between March and December of 2020, the people of Trinity donated more than 2,000 bags of food to our partner organizations and food banks. By the end of 2021 our food donation total was 5,092 bags!
Will you help Trinity help our neighbors by participating in the Friday Food Collection?
Food Needs for Sherbourne:
Cereal, Soup, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Canned Fruit, Crackers, Canned Chicken, & Canned Vegetables, Spaghetti Sauce, Canned or Dried Beans, Mac & Cheese
Food Needs for Welborne:
Cereal, soup, peanut butter, and jelly.
Food Needs for Belmont:
Oatmeal, pasta, rice, and dried beans.
Bags of Food Collected
A video message about this week’s collection
(You can also view other collection videos here!)
How We’ve Served
When the pandemic began we started our Friday Collections (learn more about those above). We started with collecting food and have since added other community partnerships into the mix. Below you will find our running tally of items collected and given to our neighbors during these difficult times. Thank you, Trinity, for all you have given and continue to give.
Bags of School Supplies
Pairs of Shoes
Thank you for your generosity! Our Friday collections continue to benefit our neighbors.
During this time of COVID-19, we have shared your gifts with the Welborne UMC Food Pantry, the Saturday Literacy Academy at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School, the Sherbourne Food Pantry, and FeedMore.
Annual Conference Donations
Trinity joined others across the Richmond District and churches across Virginia in collecting items as part of the Kits & Cans day at Annual Conference on June 19.
Toothbrushes
Boxes of Pencils
Cans/Bags of Beans
Special thanks to Circles 11, 10 and 5 for the box of poppers and:
Candy Canes
Boxes of Crayons
Coloring Books
Special Thanksgiving Donations and Collections
Thanksgiving Bags
For Oak-Grove Bellemeade Families.
$50 Gift Cards
For Henrico Social Services.
Masks
Prayer Squares
Headbands
Ear Protectors
Trinity’s Stitchers have been hard at work using their skills to care for others. They’ve been making masks firsts for employees of a plant in Hopewell and then for families, friends, and for Trinity.
They’ve also been making prayer squares for those working and for patients in local hospitals.
They are also now making headbands with buttons to help relieve mask pressure on ears.
Stockings
September Blood Drive
Thank you to all who donated blood to the American Red Cross on September 10!
Units Collected
Lives Saved
MHEC Supply Drive
Thank you for giving to the Mattaponi Healing Eagle Clinic (MHEC)!