Thursday Spotlight: 20 October 2022

Outreach Report - 3rd Quarter 2022

The Outreach Team is very excited to share the ministries and missionaries Holy Trinity has chosen to support with the Church's quarterly distributions of Outreach funds through the first three quarters of 2022.

40% of our distributions have gone to international missions. Holy Trinity is continuing to support Bob and Kathie Schwerdt, through Greater Europe Missions, in their care for missionaries in Europe and around the world. In addition, the Church has supported the following compelling missions recipients: 

  • A Lebanese missionary who works among Syrian refugees;

  • A Christian missionary from Nigeria who works in the anti-trafficking and domestic abuse arena;

  • A Burmese missionary who is a convert from Buddhism and has a high-impact and authentic ministry among widows and orphans in Burma;

  • Three different ministries in India focused, respectively, on church planting and discipleship in the rural areas of India, on providing skills training for poor and disadvantaged women, and on providing a home and care for abandoned babies and children;

  • Scholarships for ministry workers, pastors and missionaries in the international arena to participate in soul care and replenishment retreats through SonScape Retreats;

  • A Christian medical ministry in Nigeria that is establishing a rural health care clinic for villagers;

  • A couple providing evangelism and discipleship to people in the northern villages in Thailand; and

  • A newly deployed Anglican missionary couple in Rwanda that is working in the Kigali region supporting the education of pastors in training.

 40% of our distributions have gone to ministries in our local community. Because of existing relationships and because HTAC has a particular passion for the work they do, Holy Trinity is continuing to support these local organizations, which we have supported for many years:

Finally, the Outreach Team has set aside 20% of our quarterly distributions for the new and emerging Refugee Ministry at Holy Trinity. These funds have enabled our Refugee Ministry Team to help a local Afghan family get their children into swimming lessons - a thing completely unheard-of in Afghanistan. 

The Refugee Team has also been working with Lutheran Family Services to identify areas of greatest need in the local refugee community, and they have pointed us to the Cuban community in particular, where many of the refugees are not receiving much support from government or social service agencies. Our Team is working with LFS to create a gift card program for these refugees to help them with basic food and household needs.

In total through the first three quarters of 2022, Holy Trinity will distribute a little over $31,000 across these three major outreach sectors. Praise God!! If you are aware of ministries, either local or international, that we should consider supporting in the 4th quarter of 2022 or into 2023, please reach out to Deacon Mark, and he will share the information with the Outreach Team.