Missions
Disaster Response
If you're interested in serving, contact Kelly Ping.
EARLY RESPONSE TEAM
Our Early Response Team (ERT) is a team of trained Servant Volunteers by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).
This team is deployed with specific needs after a disaster: cleaning out flood-damaged homes, removing debris, placing tarps on homes, and other tasks, while providing a caring Christian presence. Participants learn the basics of disaster response, including how to stabilize and secure homes safely, and how to work effectively with survivors and others on the response team.
Neighborhood Outreach
If you're interested in serving, contact Kelly Ping.
MONTHLY MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES
We host two monthly mobile food pantries per month: one on the first Thursday of every month at Celebration United Methodist Church, and the second Thursday of every month in the Majestic Oaks Apartment complex. This ongoing mission provides fresh meat, produce, and bakery items to families in need.
BAGS OF GRACE
Bags of Grace is our tangible ministry of love to make a small difference to homeless folks in our community. Specifically, it is a bag of toiletries and other basic necessities to keep in your car and hand out as you see fit. These bags are available in the Education Building lobby.
FAMILY PROMISE
Family Promise is a nonprofit organization created to provide shelter and comprehensive support to homeless families with children. Four times a year for one week, we provide dinners to the families receiving shelter services from Family Promise.
Please let us know if you are interested in providing one of these meals.
FOOD4KIDS DELIVERY
Food4Kids is a non-profit in Gainesville, FL whose mission is to identify chronically hungry children throughout the community and provide them with food and vital resources on a regular basis.
We support this organization by delivering food to area Elementary schools and food sorting events and opportunities.
CARE PORTAL
Want to help families in our community? Trinity is working with Partnership for Strong Families with a site called CarePortal to help notify community members who may be able to assist those in need (for example: a washing machine or bike for transportation). When you sign up, you are simply opting in to get email notifications of a true need that has been determined by an agency case manager. There is no obligation. Here is a short video explaining how CarePortal works.
BLUE BIN DONATION DRIVES
Every month we are collecting supplies and items needed by an organization in our community to help others.
You can find this month's information in the Tuesday Word, Sunday Bulletin, and on the bins themselves.
We respectfully ask that you only donate the items that we are specifically collecting.
BLESSING OUR SCHOOLS
Throughout the year we support four schools in Alachua County (PACE Center for Girls, Stepping Stones Preschool, Talbot Elementary, and Rawlings Elementary) with expressions of gratitude for teachers and staff in the form of school supplies, gift cards, notes of encouragement, and more.
We’re always looking for folks to be our school liaison, to help coordinate back-to-school notecards, or drop goodies off to teachers and staff.
THANKSGIVING BASKETS
Every year, Trinity provides many families the groceries they need to share a Thanksgiving meal that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to. This effort begins in the Fall, so please check back soon for more information on how you can get involved.
2025 International Mission Trips
If you're interested in serving, contact Kelly Ping.
BAHAMAS | June 22 - 27/28
We are taking a small team to Nassau to help the Quakoo Street Mission Centre with their VBS. This is a small team, so spots are limited, estimated cost is $1,500.
ASHEVILLE, NC | September 14 - 19
We are taking a team to do long-term recovery work on homes affected by the hurricane. Job specifics won't come until closer to the trip date, but typical work can include drywall, flooring, roofing, and debris removal. No experience required. Estimated cost, $300.
GUATEMALA | October 25 - November 2
This trip with ODIM is two parts; medical if you have experience or stove build/reconstruction if you don't. Cost: $2k.