Trinity Church is a partner in Milford Miami Ministries, which serves disadvantaged families with a Milford address- regardless of a person's religion, race, ethnicity or gender - as a demonstration of God's unconditional love for all people.

Our passion is for the Milford community's poorest families whose suffering breaks the heart of God. We join with sister churches, individuals, Milford schools and the community to meet the needs of our friends and neighbors.

MMM partners, including Trinity church, donated all these gifts to help sponsor local children during the Christmas season. We also participate in two holiday food box distributions at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The main MMM food pantry is located at the Milford Christian Church on State Route 131. The phone number is 248-1114. Trinity houses an overflow pantry on our site.

Note: Milford Miami Ministries Food Pantry is always in need of the following items: boxed and canned goods, laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, shampoo, toiletries, eggs, meat, and baby diapers and supplies. You may leave these in the pantry or in the pantry refrigerator (located behind Trinity's kitchen). Please mark the items for MMM and contact the office to let us know you left them. Financial contributions may be made through your weekly offering by marking the designated amount for "MMM" on your check or envelope.

See our December 2011 Newsletter here!

Trinity United Methodist Church joins volunteers from many churches in our area as we band together to help our neighbors in need.

Share Fest is an annual multi-denominational effort by churches in Milford and Miami Township to help the community's elderly and needy. The group tackles more than 75 different home repair and landscaping projects. All three days of ShareFest are spent doing projects in the Milford/Miami Township area, while the third day (Saturday) features the popular Free Sale, complimentary luncheon, and blood drive.

As you do your spring cleaning, it is beneficial to hold back household and clothing items for the Free Sale. They can be brought to worship a few Sundays prior to the ShareFest event and volunteers will gather them from behind your car in the parking lot to be taken to the Free Sale location. Specific details will be shared approximately 6 - 8 weeks prior to the weekend.

This event typically occurs on a weekend in June of each year. Check back for specific 2012 information as it becomes available. Contact Jane Loomis, Trinity's Missions Coordinator, with questions.

Trinity is a partner with Eastside Christian Church as we work together to help academically challenged elementary aged children from our Milford-area schools. This local branch of the program meets on Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Eastside during the school year. A meal is provided. If school is closed, Whiz Kids does not meet.

Whiz Kids is a literacy-based, one-to-one tutoring and mentoring program. The program reaches 1,200 at-risk youth in 54 tutoring sites throughout Greater Cincinnati.

Tutors receive training and undergo a background check prior to their pairing with a student from the Milford area with whom they will consistently work. You will meet with your student weekly at the Eastside Christian Church location.

Regionally, Whiz Kids partners with more than 75 local churches and 60 public elementary schools, reaching at-risk youth from Over-the-Rhine and Madisonville to West Chester and Milford to Florence, Ky., and Middletown.

You can also help Whiz Kids by donating unused disposable table and silver ware. Put your items in the labeled basket in the cabinet by the breezeway.

Contact Trinity's Missions Coordinator, Jane Loomis, with questions.

Trinity UMC volunteers prepare and serve meals at Tender Mercies in the Over the Rhine area of Cincinnati on the first Sunday evening of every month. These meals provide a great way for your small group to enter into Christian service together, where we get to be the hands and feet of Jesus to those outside of our faith family.

Tender Mercies is a vibrant community that. . .

• Maintains affordable permanent and transitional housing which promotes residents' comfort and makes a positive contribution to the neighborhood
• Provides support to residents allowing them to live independently as an integral part of their community
• Is financially secure and professionally managed
• Is a model of mutual respect and dignity in which individuals hold each other
• accountable for their actions and behaviors

Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information. Each month, ingredient sign-up sheets and volunteer rosters are found on the cabinet right outside the breezeway.

Check out current needs there.

Trinity United Methodist Church has developed a partnership with Justos Servimos in Matamoros, Mexico. We work with missionary This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Doctor Nancy Rodriquez to help provide medical care and housing for the residents of the colonias in Matamoros. Through 2011, we have sent a yearly mission team to work with the in-house missionaries.

This misson is very much in need of your prayers. Violence and threats in the Matamoros area have caused Larry and Doctor Nancy to relocate to the states for the time being. The mission remains in need of your financial contributions nevertheless, as workers who remain in Mexico are still laboring to meet the needs of those in the area.

The Joy of Small Churches - Retired Pastor Donald F. Kelley and others work diligently in this initiative aimed at slowing the closing of small United Methodist congregations. Foremost in this common concern is the need to recruit lay pastoral leadership, along with models for shared ministry. If you also share this passion for the ministry of the small church where "everybody knows your name", contact Don or visit their website to see how you can get involved.