In our Judea and Samaria
(Warren County & Iowa)

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Through our annual mission pledges to the Presbytery of Des Moines, our church -- along with the other churches of the Presbytery -- supports projects such as:

Compañeros – a ministry in El Salvador

Compañeros, Companions in Christ, is the coordinating body for the Des Moines Presbytery's El Salvador mission. Their responsibilities include educating people in the Des Moines Presbytery and others about the work of the mission, assisting churches who wish to organize delegations, promoting specific projects which support the mission and fundraising.

Current membership includes representatives from approximately 10 churches, including Trinity, who are committed to supporting the mission work being done in El Salvador. As members of Compañeros, Blair Lawson serves as the representative to the Mission Ministry Team and Mary MacKenzie maintains the Web site for the mission. Denise Core is the Don Justo Coffee coordinator for Trinity.
 

Joining Hands – a ministry in Egypt

As a program of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, the main goal of Joining Hands Against Hunger is to establish relationships of solidarity with overseas partners who are engaged in the struggle against hunger. Partner congregations of the Des Moines Presbytery Coordinating Team work with our alliance of partner organizations in Egypt, Together for Family Development, to eliminate: hunger of the mind with literacy training; hunger of the heart with job training and self-sufficiency skills; hunger of the soul by helping each other, Christian to Christian and Muslim to Christian, to succeed. As a member of the JHAH coordinating team, Mary MacKenzie maintains their Web site. Trinity hosted Rev. Gindy Rizk, El Saray Presbyterian Church, Alexandria, Egypt, when he visited the presbytery with an Egyptian delegation in 2004. El Saray Presbyterian Church is a member organization of Together for Family Development Network.

Presbyterian Women' s support of the Heart and Hand Clinic and Cross Ministries

Trinity's PW support those in need in the greater Des Moines area, particularly women and children, through donations to the Heart and Hand Clinic housed at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Des Moines. Each fall, donations of baby items are collected and delivered to the clinic. It is appropriate to particularly recognize Trinity member Velma Newman who crochets baby sweaters, hats, booties and blankets for the clinic year-round.

Additionally, Trinity PW makes an annual contribution to Cross Ministries which is housed at Cottage Grove Presbyterian Church, Des Moines. They also assists those in need in the greater Des Moines community.

Trinity supports numerous other valuable ministries of the presbytery as they become known and as needed.

See the links on the left side of this page for Companeros, Joining Hands, and others.