Ministry Areas At
Trinity
Care Ministries
Adult Servant Events An opportunity for adults to participate in a servant
event to assist a
community in the US
or another
country to meet their
physical, environmental, or
spiritual needs.
Ways to be Involved:
Join with other adults on servant events to places such
as Guatemla,
Neah Bay, Brazil or New
Orleans.
Bethesda Work Group A volunteer group that provides help to the local
Bethesda Thrift Store.
Ways to be Involved:
Work directly in the Bethesda
Thrift Shop.
Blood Donations Provide blood to the community through a blood drive
at Trinity two times a year.
Ways to be Involved:
Sign up to donate blood at our blood drives
Card Ministry Send cards that have been made or purchased to
Trinity members at milestones (birthdays &
anniversaries), in times of
grief, when hospitalized, or
when there are other
illnesses.
Ways to be Involved:
Make and send cards of encouragement to people in
need.
Caring Visitation A visiting
ministry to members that are shut-in or
temporarily homebound, or in
other assisted living
facilities. Training and resources are provided for the
Christ Care Partners making visits.
Ways to be Involved:
Volunteer to make visits to members in need of care
once a month
Grief Support A outreach ministry to help people find peace and
healing after
experiencing the loss of a loved one.
Ways to be Involved:
Join a group to receive support from others
experiencing the loss of
loved ones. Individuals
determine how long they
are involved in the groups.
Helping Hands Provides light home repair provided by members to
elderly & single
members
Ways to be Involved:
Refer people who are in need of helping hands for light
repair in their homes.
Lutheran Laymens An
auxiliary of the Lutheran
Church supporting various
League outreach activities including the Lutheran Hour
broadcast throughout the
world as well as the United
States,
Orphan Grain Train, and Women to Women
conferences.
Ways to be Involved:
Become involved in one of the mission outreach
projects such as Orphan
Grain Train.
Lutheran World Relief Dedicated to helping people overseas in poverty or
suffering from injustice.
Ways to be Involved:
Help conduct clothing drives. Load trucks on pick-up
day. Assist by picking up
clothing from those who are
unable to deliver it
themselves.
Meal & Food Support An opportunity to prepare and/or provide food for
families in times of
crisis, hospitalization, illness, or
death.
Ways to be Involved:
Prepare a meal for a family while a parent, spouse, or
family member is
hospitalized.
Orphan Grain Train An outreach that ministers to people with personal and
material needs. Sometimes the character of the
ministry expresses itself
as a word well spoken,
sometimes as a bandage
well applied, and sometimes
as a child well fed.
Ways to be Involved:
Donate clothing (like new), new medicine chest items,
toiletries, hand and bath
towels, blankets, quilts, bed
linens, infant
clothing, cloth diapers, and blankets.
Prayer Ministry Provides prayer support people who have needs;
members and
non-members. Prayer requests are kept
confidential. Requests are prayed for immediately,
passed on quickly to
other prayer team members who
in turn lift up the needs in
prayer.
Ways to be Involved:
Become a prayer warrior by joining the prayer team
that lifts up needs
of the church and of our people.
Prayer Shawl Ministry People knit or crochet shawls for others who are in
need while lifting
them up in prayer.
Ways to be Involved:
Volunteer to knit or crochet a shawl as you pray for a
person in need of care
and healing.
Salvation Army Bell
Provide
encouragement to people to donate money to
Ringing support the needy in the Wausau Area by ringing bells
of the Salvation Army.
Ways to be Involved:
Volunteer to be a BELLRINGER on Trinity's
bell ringing
day in November or December.
Thrivent Builds/Habitat Mission project to
provide homes to individuals in
For Humanity Wausau Community in conjunction with the Habitat For
Humanity national organization.
Ways to be Involved:
Volunteer to help in building a home.
Transportation Ministry Provides assistance to individuals who need
transportation to doctors,
therapy, shopping, etc. Each
driver
is asked to cover one day a month for a year.
Ways to be Involved:
Volunteer to drive one day per month throughout the
year to help people who need transportation
Wausau Blind Outreach A ministry to the blind and visually impaired that meets
Center at Trinity offering networking, social interaction
opportunities with meals,
entertainment, growth and
learning opportunities,
and share helpful resources and
information.
Ways to be Involved:
Help provide meal by cooking or serving those
attending the Blind Outreach
Center gatherings.
Christian Day School
Ministries
Christian Day School Provides
Christ centered education to children from
Kindergarten through 8th Grade.
Ways to be Involved:
Be a room parent for a class.
Enroll your child in the
Day School
Christian Day School individuals who support the involvement of Day School
Sports children in soccer, volleyball, basketball, running, and
cheerleading by being
referees, coaches, and assisting
with scoring.
Ways to be Involved:
Be a coach for one of our school sports teams
Early Childhood Learning Provides child care of children (K-8th Grade) who are
Center enrolled at Trinity in a Christian atmosphere before and
after
school hours. In addition, child care
is provided
for children ages 3 & above
while parents do ministry
in the church or school.
Ways to be Involved:
Enroll children in the Child Care program which is
available Monday through
Friday 6:30 am to 6:00 pm
throughout the year except
on holidays.
PTL Provides parent support and activities for the children
and parents of Trinity Lutheran
School.
Ways to be Involved:
Assist with School related events such as Pumpkin
Patch, School Carnival, etc
Church Facilities &
Furnishings
Gardening Plant annuals in beds, planters, and water and weed
them regularly. Prune shrubbery as needed.
Ways to be Involved:
Volunteer to help maintain grounds.
Family Ministries
Little Christians Reaches out to moms and the newborns from birth
through ages three -
four.
Ways to be Involved:
Volunteer to help prepare information and materials
that will be given to
families of newborns.
Nursery Ministry Provides nursery care during the Saturday and Sunday
worship
services.
Ways to be Involved:
Help provide child care in the Nursery during our
worship services. Commitment is for about 15
minutes before a worship
service and until it is over
which is approximately
one hour. Serve once or twice
a
month.
Fellowship, Service
& Outreach
Basketball at Trinity Provides fellowship, encourages healthy bodies and
provides spiritual growth
for Trinity members and non-
members.
Ways to be Involved:
Join the group and play basketball. Teams formed
each week based on
who is able to come. Come when
you are able and as often as you
are able.
Breakfast Café Provides coffee, bagels, rolls, fruit, hot chocolate, etc
in a warm, small group
environment between Sunday
Morning Worship Services. Additonal
Contact
Individuals are Ron and Lois Zahrt
(675-6901).
Ways to be Involved:
Become a host of the breakfast café for a Sunday
morning. Host every usually serve once every four to
six
weeks from 7:00 am till 11:00 am.
Church Bazaar Disciples creating and displaying talents and wares;
serving delicious meals
for fellowship. Proceeds from
the sales of items is used to
support the church, school
and missions. Held at the end week of the
school
teacher's convention in the fall.
Ways to be Involved:
Donate crafts, preserves, baked goods, knitted items,
candles, toys, books,
gloves, music, jewelery,
decorations, plants, and any
other useful goods. Help
with the annual event
in October.
Church Library Selects items, organizes and promotes the use of
Trinity's
church library.
Ways to be Involved:
Write a review half page review of materials (books,
videos, etc) that are
found in the Chruch Library.
Coffee Hour Hosts the Sunday morning coffee hour in the
narthex/lounge area serving
coffee, juice, doughnuts
with love and
kindness. Coffee is served between the
services.
