Trinity Lutheran Church of Long Island City and Astoria installs council members for 2023.
Trinity Lutheran Church of Astoria and Long Island City installed its council this past Sunday, July 16th, after members of the congregation elected them to help grow and lead the church. We are very fortunate to have such faithful servants of God and community.
Our thanks to all the people of the Trinity Family and the greater Astoria/LIC community for your generosity AGAIN with our annual Backpack and School supplies drive.
We were able to collect over 50 backpacks this year to help our children be ready for the start of the school year.
This year, in addition to some local children at area schools we were blessed to share our resources with some very worthy children from two different groups:
Immigrant Children in a Detention Center here in NYC- The Metro New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America provides a youth ministry for these kids, ages 7 to 17 years of age, getting them out of their facility for recreation and enjoyment. Trinity provided 50 backpacks filled with supplies for these children from other countries. What an honor to help them live with dignity as they begin school in their new country!
Children with the Hour Children program here in Astoria. This program provides housing, meals, job training & placement, counseling and life skills to mothers recently released from incarceration, so they can build healthy, independent and secure lives. Children live with their mothers and receive training, tutoring, and of course go to school in the local community. We are honored to help children in our community be ready for the new school year.
Trinity is so thankful to YOU for helping us in our community outreach. Without YOUR support, we would not be able to accomplish so much for our neighbors from near and far.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!
Please contact Luisana Santana TrinityLICOutreach@gmail.com for more information.
On Tuesday August 6th, 2019, Trinity Lutheran Church participated at National Night Out Against Crime in the 114th Precinct, an event co-sponsored by the 114th Precinct Community Council and the 11th Civilian Observation Patrol, Inc. We were part of the organizations that met at Astoria Park for the community-driven event.
Being the “welcome place” Trinity took this opportunity to rediscover the needs in our community as we engaged our neighbors in conversations and talked to them about our many outreach efforts that include the canned food pantry, monthly community supper, and the purpose of our August school supplies drive that culminates on August 25th, 2019 with the Blessings of the Backpacks.
Our neighbors, from different walks of life and faith practices, were pleased to learn about our year-long efforts to bring our community together. During the month of August, we invite the community to participate in the school supplies drive that will benefit the children in our community and children in an immigrant detention center here in NYC.
We also took the opportunity to meet members of other churches in Astoria, government agencies such as NYC Family Justice Center in Kew Gardens amongst others, and organizations that have similar goals to keep our communities vibrant and safe.
There were pony rides for kids, Dunk-A-Police Officer, our Police Officers made and served hot dogs, games, and even a movie night right after the event. National Night Out brought a true sense of community as we all laughed and played together.
We are grateful for everything the 114th Precinct and Deputy Inspector Osvaldo Nuñez does in our community all year long and pray that our Police Officers are kept safe.
We look forward to seeing you at National Night Out 2020!
If you have any questions about our outreach efforts, would like to donate to our food pantry, donate school supplies, or have a need, please email Luisana, the Director of Outreach, at trinitylicoutreach@gmail.com.
Looking back on Queens Pride we are humbled and grateful that we could show our colors, all the colors of the rainbow, and deliver the guiding message of God’s Love, that All Are Welcome!.
