Mission
Trinity UMC is involved in many many opportunities in different ways. Some members choose to participate in mission as individuals; other do it with groups in the church.
Costa Rica Mission Trip 2013
Feb. 2 - 10, 2013
This link can be used to see the events of our 2011 and 2012 mission trips.
Here is a list of charities and mission agencies that are supported either financially or by hands-on participation of Trinity's members.
ADVIM (Anderson District Volunteers in Mission)
An organization serving to assist when disaster
strikes, to build homes, to do repairs, etc.
AIM (Anderson Interfaith Ministries)
An organization providing assistance with food,
school supplies, rent, utilities, medicine, etc.
Alzheimer's Association
An organization assisting Alzheimer patients
and their families
Anderson Care Pregnancy Center
An organization providing assistance and
education for those who are pregnant
Anderson Free Clinic
An organization providing medical and dental
treatment
Animal Shelter
an organization providing care for homeless animals)
Calvary Children's Home
An organization providing homes for children who have been
abandoned or removed from their homes for their own welfare.
Camp Providence
A camp providing opportunities for children living in
disadvantaged circumstances to experience God's love
at a week of camp
Cancer Association of Anderson
An organization assisting cancer patients and their families
with information and resources
Clean Start
(a ministry for the homeless)
Casting Purls
(crocheting and knitting ministry)
Developmental Center for Exceptional Children
(a center for preschool children with special needs)
Epworth Children's Home
(children's home)
Family Promise
A ministry for homeless families - Trinity transforms its
Sunday School Rooms into bedrooms for homeless
families one week each quarter
Foothills Alliance
An organization for the prevention of child abuse and
serving those who have been abused
Good Neighbor Cupboard
(emergency food)
Habitat for Humanity
An organization building homes with/for those who
otherwise could not afford one
Haiti Children's Project
An Advance Special of the UMC providing assistance,
resources, and education to children, orphans, and mothers
Haven of Rest
(Christian discipleship recovery center for men)
Kairos Prison Ministry for Men and Women
(cookies, prayers, letters)
Meals on Wheels
(meals for the elderly and disabled)
Mission Supply Network
An organization building or repairing homes and
provides other items as they are able
Safe Harbor
(emergency shelter for battered women and their
children)
Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child
shoeboxes of supplies for children throughout the world
Society of St. Andrew
(providing produce for the hungry by gleaning fields)
Soup Kitchen
(providing meals for those in need)
Thanksgiving Food Boxes
(boxes of food for distribution the week of Thanksgiving
UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief)
flood buckets, hygiene kits
UMVIM (United Methodist Volunteers in Mission)
Under His Wings
a Christian discipleship recovery center for women - a
ministry of the Haven of Rest)
Upstate Homeless Coalition & Sunshine House
The Sunshine House is now part of the Upstate Homeless
Coalition that seeks to provide housing for the homeless
WACS (Women and Children Succeeding)
"We Care Bear" Project
(stuffed animals for hospitals, charities, and ambulance
services)