Outreach Ministries

Caring, Sharing, and Serving Others

Please consider helping WINGS (women in need growing stronger). This is a local organization that provides immediate and transitional housing for women and children escaping domestic violence or are homeless for other reasons. Their program is very comprehensive and not only gets them out of immediate danger but gives them the needed tools to be independent. Their needs are many-they have a wish list that includes gift cards-so you could help a good cause and help Trinity at the same time. Their site is wingsprogram.com if you would like to see more about their program. Here is their current wish list (which is posted on their site). I am willing to be responsible for making sure they get the donations or you can contact them yourself.

WINGS WISH LIST:

Gift Certificates for use at: Jewel/Osco, Payless Shoes, Domincks,Walgreens, Menards, Gasoline Cards, Target, Jiffy Lube, Ace Hardware, Bus/ Train Passes, Costco, Aldi, Office Max, Home Depot, Super Cuts, Meijer, Phone Cards.

Other Needed Items: Laundry Detergent, Paper Towels, Pine Sol, Bleach, Fantastic, Dishwasher Detergent, Fabric Softener, Windex, Murphy Oil, Soap, Plastic Wrap, Carpet Cleaner, Toilet Cleaner, Toilet Brushes, Aluminum Foil, Kleenex, Zip Lock Bags, Dish Soap, Oven Cleaner, Toilet Paper, Comet, Napkins, Goo Gone, Batteries, Floor Cleaner, Vacuum Cleaners, Twin Sheets, New pillows, Twin Comforters, Tupperware, Scrubbing Pads, Mops & Refills, Towel sets, Brooms, Dust pans, Buckets, Postage stamps, Furniture Cleaner, Laundry Baskets, Liquid Soap, Bar Soap, Flashlights, Sponges w/ scrubbers, Garbage Bags (33 gal), Diapers (4, 5, & 6), Baby wipes, Vaseline, Dreft Baby shampoo ,Baby Magic, Baby powder, Pedialyte, A&D Ointment, Desitin Baby oil, Baby food, Childrens Meds, Pull- Ups, Pacifiers, Teething Rings, Tampons, Panty Liners, Feminine Pads ,Womens Deodorant, Teen Deodorant, Male Deodorant, Bactine, Benedryl, Pepto Bismol, Q Tips, Antacid, Maalox,Neosporin, Alka Seltzer, Ibuprofen, Asprin, Acetaminophen, new Pajamas, Slippers, Alarm Clocks, and Watches. Any and All Food Items. Contact Dawn Martorano at dmartorano@wingsprogram.

2008 RAINBOW COVENANT MISSIONS

Mercy Ships/New Steps

Goal: $600

Services provided free of charge include prosthetic limbs, counseling, spiritual help, physical and occupational training to those who have lost limbs. The needs are great because of landmines, accidents and diseases like polio that cause these losses. Much of their work is with refugees in the poorest countries lacking resources for proper medical care and rehabilitation.

Maua Hospital, Operation Outreach

Kenya
Goal: $600

Gifts will help this Methodist hospital, serving an area of more than 250,000 persons, provide mobile health care and community health training.

Warren Village, Denver, Colorado

Goal: $500

Provides essential services to nearly 200 low-income single parents and nearly 400 children under 12, who reside in the city by helping them become independent and self-sufficient.

Heifer Project International

Goal: $800

This is a worldwide self-help organization that provides livestock, such as heifers, goats, sheep, pigs, rabbis, bees, chickens, water buffalo and other animals, as well as agricultural services to more than 84 countries. Each recipient of an animal agrees to give the first female offspring to someone else in need, thus expanding the project.

Children’s Fund for Christian Mission

Goal: $600

Programs in this category are designed as an opportunity for children to learn about and help other children. This year’s projects are:

Summer Camp Program – New Orleans, Louisiana
White Swan Children’s Program – White Swan, Washington
My Daughter’s Place – Liberia, West Africa
Four Homes of Mercy – Bethany, Palestine
Illinois Churches in Action in Alcohol and Addiction Prevention

(ILCAAAP)

Goal: $600

ILCAAAP opposes the expansion of gambling in Illinois and is a voice for churches at the state capitol. Illinois Churches in Action provides educational resources to churches, sponsors an Alcohol Awareness Month Poster Contest, and Interfaith Youth Prevention Retreat.

Trinity PADS

Goal: $600

Food and a place to sleep are provided at Trinity every Friday night, October through April, to homeless people in the northwest suburbs. Volunteers from many local churches and synagogues help out.

Northwest Suburban Hispanic Ministries

Goal: $600

This ministry helps struggling Hispanic families by providing a food and clothing pantry where volunteers assist and supervise the selection of needed items. Many recipients are now helping others by returning items they no longer need. This boosts their self-esteem in the process. Other services include translations of letters and documents, helping find medical, legal and educational professionals, and encouraging clients to take English as a Second language (ESL) classes to be able to move ahead in their chose field.

Local Emergency Aid

$600

Several ministers in the Mt. Prospect area have set up a fund to aid those who need emergency money for transportation or basic living necessities.

Missionary in China

Todd and Amy Kahler
Goal: $600

Todd and Amy Kahler are missionaries in China. Their goal is to train pastors and lay leaders who can in turn teach others about Christ. Amy is Claude Bjork’s niece.

Missionary in Zambia

Tshala Mwengo
Goal: $200

Tshala Mwengo is a first year missionary who is teaching agricultural techniques in Zambia.

-- 2008 OUTREACH MINISTRIES COMMITTEE MEMBERS --

Jan Bradley	Debbe Mamola, Chair
Lee Koenig	Lois Spillar
Sylvia Haas	George Studtmann
Laurie McGowan	Alyson Wykoff