This page is to help keep all informed of latest changes due to the Coronavirus challenges.
Sunday Service Webstream-only
Bishop Cathleen Bascom has suspended in-person indoor worship in the Diocese of Kansas until Jan. 6, 2021. All can access the parish’s Facebook page, even without a Facebook account. Simply follow the links below.
10:30 a.m. – Sunday Service & Music Concert
Facebook Link Bulletin Link
Wednesday Service
6 p.m. – Evening Prayer
Facebook Link Bulletin Link
Trinity Children’s Sunday School
Sunday, 9:30 a.m. on our Facebook page Facebook Link
Trinity Youth Group Meetings
Meetings of our Middle and High school members are on hold at this time due to the virus.
Current Newsletter
Newsletter link
Outreach Ministries
Back Snack Remains a Vital Resource to Lawrence Kids
Winter weather is here and kids in school or those learning virtually have needs that are the same as every year – to know they live in a caring and generous community. Back Snack helps do just that for Lawrence students.
As you may remember, the Back Snack program has traditionally supplemented the weekly snacks with fresh fruit – an apple or orange was an added treat. These extras were made possible by our generous donors. Because of COVID-related issues with distribution, the fresh fruit was omitted this year. As the funds were already in the budget, Back Snack coordinators, Tod Sutton and Greg Hazen, decided to use this money to purchase 300 sets of hats and gloves to hand out in December.
The Back Snack weekly distribution was handled differently this year as a result of the remote learning phases instituted by the school system. The recently-adopted hybrid schedule lets our volunteers get more food to the kids. Back Snack is currently serving approximately 150 students per week to six schools. It is expected an additional school will be added soon.
A special thank you to our volunteers during this time. To this point, the program has been less manpower-intensive than in prior years to minimize contact points and protecting the volunteers, students and school coordinators we serve. We share your hope that we will be able to reach all our schools in the near future.
While we currently have sufficient funds to continue the Back Snack program, your continued prayers for our service to Lawrence students and families are very much appreciated.
Trinity Interfaith Food Pantry
Trinity Interfaith Food Pantry (TIFP) was open eight days in November, 2020 and served 217 households. So far (during these first nine months in 2020), the food pantry has been open 92 days and has served 2,394 households.
The total expense in November for food purchased locally and through Harvesters was $ 740.65 and the total retail equivalent value of all food provided this month was $ 4,557.00. Harvesters has received special CV-19 funding and is offering significant cost reduction for some foods and other foods at no charge. Each grocery bag of food has a retail value of $ 21.00.
Our patrons receive one bag of pre-bagged food along with a bag of cold food. TIFP provides food to any person requesting food with no requirements. About 50 per cent of our patrons walk or ride their bikes to the food pantry and the remainder drive cars.
TIFP will continue indefinitely to give all food to our patrons outside the Matthews Center by Trinity Church. Food pantry volunteers use face masks and equipment sanitizing practices. Our patrons wear face masks, socially distance when waiting in line, and receive their food with words of gratitude: “You rock!”, “You are a godsend.” And “I don’t know what we would do without you.”
L.I.N.K. –
From the LINK page http://www.linklawrence.org/
L.I.N.K. Update
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the kitchen remains closed. Some volunteers will be handing out bag lunches on our usual day. Since we cannot prepare and serve meals, LINK would appreciate monetary donations to help with the cost of the lunches. If you wish to contribute, please send a check made out to L.I.N.K., and mail it to:
First Christian Church,
Attn: LINK
1000 Kentucky St.
Lawrence, KS 66044
Please note Trinity Episcopal Church on the memo line. Your gift is another way to reach out to those in need during this time. Thank you!
Catherine Robins & Orean Kent
L.I.N.K. Co-Chairs
LINK page http://www.linklawrence.org/
DACA
Greetings LIRIM supporters and those who have supported our DACA scholars program in the past.
Earlier I contacted you about our plan to continue our support of the DACA scholarship program during the restriction of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our plan to have supporters send in donations or donate online to this fund has been very successful. So far we have raised more than $3000 this month. That is about 75% of the way to our goal of $4000. Thank you to all who have taken the time to donate to this very worthwhile project.
For those of you who have not had the chance to donate yet, we will still be collecting funds for the rest of the month of June. Again, you can donate in one of two ways:
1. Online donations can be made at
www.trinitylawrence.org (
find “make a donation” button; use “DACA” line for your amount; a log in/online profile should be created and a receipt will be provided).
2. Or send a check with “DACA” on memo line to Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont St, Lawrence, 66044.
Remember that our usual tamale order of 1 dozen tamales would normally be $36. If you can donate that much we’d be very pleased. Of course, we don’t want to limit your donation amount, but this gives you an idea of the scope.
Last week, we received amazing news that the US Supreme Court ruled that the DACA program will be able to continue. This was very unexpected and we are very excited that our scholars will be able to continue in their efforts to gain a college degree and build a career that can help them to continue their contributions to our society. However, this is really only another temporary solution to our goal of a permanent solution and a path to full citizenship for these who have committed themselves to the country that they have grown up in and already contributed so much. The Trump Administration has already stated that they intend to bring more action against this very worthwhile program of DACA. In the weeks ahead LIRIM will be sending out information on how you can help to push this goal forward with some advocacy efforts in the federal government.
For now, thanks again to all of you who have stepped up to give us funds and not get any tamales in return this year. Your selfless action and generosity is making this program a continued success.
Peace to you,
LIRIM Steering Committee
Vacation Bible School links will still stay active through December
Our VBS is online this year in Google Classroom. Anyone with the code can access this classroom, so please feel free to share the classroom code(s) with kids or grandkids not in the area. If you’re an adult who would like to check in and see what’s going on, please feel free to join.
If you do not have access to a home computer, device, or internet, the church office (783-843-6166) can print out activities, crafts, stories, etc., and mail them to you.
How to Access the Classroom.
- Go to classroom.google.com and sign in to your Google account.
- At the top right there is a small plus sign. Click the plus sign and click “join a class” from the drop-down menu.
- Type in the code for the classroom that matches your child’s age (or the classroom that your child is most interested in). Then click “join.”
- You can join all three classes so that if you have children with different ages, they can access all the classrooms from that Google account.
- After you “join” a class once you will not have to do it again. The class will always be listed in classroom.google.com under that account.
CODES
Ages 4-10 Class Code: 7dbwrzi
Ages 11-15 Class Code: rcwgrtt
Ages 16 and Up Class Code: jtpnvnz
For info on navigating the classroom and weekly meetings, go to this link.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for weekly content feel free to email me at
VBS@trinitylawrence.org
