Samaritans
The Good Samaritan from Jesus’ story loved his neighbor through
sacrificial service. Trinity’s Samaritans serve first by learning about our neighbors, from refugees to the homeless, then take action, whether through advocacy, volunteering or financial contributions. New programs and information are also on our radar, as we make sense of the problems of our world and what we can do.
Trinity ToyMakers
Perhaps Trinity’s most unique ministry, the ToyMakers create unique handmade quality toys–rare in a world of plastic! Participants, both skilled and newbies, make between 500 and 600 hundred beautiful wooden toys each year! These extraordinary creations are distributed to children through such organizations as Polinski Center for Foster Children, Interfaith Community Services, Ronald MacDonald Homes and the Salvation Army.
Interfaith Community Services
Interfaith Community Services (ICS) is on the front lines of response to needs in our community. Over 40 years ago Trinity helped found this social service organization. At present Trinity provides ongoing support to the food pantry, provides financial support, and has served on the Board of Interfaith Community Services.
Rotational Shelter
The North County Rotational Shelter is currently in transition. Previously, during each winter Trinity has hosted the shelter for two weeks. Guests took comfort in parish hospitality while they worked on job skills and sought employment. Trinity members served in many ways: helping with set-up and take-down, providing dinner and breakfast, serving as host or hostess overnight or providing transportation. Information will be provided when the program is reactivated.
Pastoral Care Volunteers
Pastoral Care Volunteers
visit and befriend nursing home residents and others who are homebound. They also offer rides to church activities and doctors’ appointments and cook meals for families with new babies and those just out of the hospital. This is a group that knows how to care!
Turk Center Dinners
Trinity serves dinner twice a month ICS’s Turk Center for Recuperative Care in Escondido. We serve on the 2nd and last Thursday of each month. Servers arrive by 4:00 p.m. and are usually done around 5:30 p.m.
Prayers and Squares
Quilts are made by participants in the ministry, while the whole congregation shares in praying over them. Quilts can be requested by parishioners for anyone who needs one–Trinity’s quilts have traveled many miles to their destinations! Prayers and Squares provides quilts for
Wounded Warriors and blankets for
Gently Hugged, a supportive service for new mothers in need.
Kairos Prison Ministry
The Kairos Prison Ministry currently is not active at Trinity and is seeking volunteers. Kairos offers semi-annual weekend ministry sessions in the Donovan prison. Through a simple “cookie ministry” approach, many inmates discover and accept Jesus Christ on each of the weekends. One can participate by helping to bake the cookies or serving on the prison team.
Buildings & Grounds
Keeping parish facilities functioning may not seem like a service to the community, but Trinity provides needed meeting space for a wide variety of nonprofits and community groups. From 12-step programs to dance groups, community organizations find it hard to locate affordable meeting space. Keeping Trinity’s facilities available and functioning is a big job. Our volunteers keep Trinity accessible for all who need its peaceful grounds and convenient meeting spaces.
sacrificial service. Trinity’s Samaritans serve first by learning about our neighbors, from refugees to the homeless, then take action, whether through advocacy, volunteering or financial contributions. New programs and information are also on our radar, as we make sense of the problems of our world and what we can do.
Perhaps Trinity’s most unique ministry, the ToyMakers create unique handmade quality toys–rare in a world of plastic! Participants, both skilled and newbies, make between 500 and 600 hundred beautiful wooden toys each year! These extraordinary creations are distributed to children through such organizations as Polinski Center for Foster Children, Interfaith Community Services, Ronald MacDonald Homes and the Salvation Army.
visit and befriend nursing home residents and others who are homebound. They also offer rides to church activities and doctors’ appointments and cook meals for families with new babies and those just out of the hospital. This is a group that knows how to care!
Quilts are made by participants in the ministry, while the whole congregation shares in praying over them. Quilts can be requested by parishioners for anyone who needs one–Trinity’s quilts have traveled many miles to their destinations! Prayers and Squares provides quilts for Wounded Warriors and blankets for Gently Hugged, a supportive service for new mothers in need.