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Members from left to right, seated:
Dean and Betty Groves, Aaron Borcherding (director), Dianne Haubein, Diana Wood;
standing: Linda Ireton, Anne Abell, Kathrine Young, Margaret Bosch, and
Phyllis Von Fange. Not pictured: Betty Smith. Meeting time is
1st Tuesday each month at 7:00 p.m.
Basic Objective of Board of Outreach Ministry
(1) the bringing of the Gospel to the unchurched and (2)
motivating and equipping all of God's people in the work of spreading the Gospel.
To help the Board fulfill these objectives, it has implemented
various programs as summarized below:
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Caring System--Three coordinators, Alma Haney, Lois
Horner and Ruth Zier, serving consecutively a month at a time, see that
calls are made to those who have signed visitor cards at our church
services. Each has 4-6 volunteers on which to call who then will
make
the actual contact.
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Greeters--Dee Farres and Dorothy McLeighton are the
two volunteers who line up greeters for all our worship services. These
volunteers stand inside the sanctuary foyer prior to each service to greet
and welcome those who are attending.
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Hosts--A "host" couple or individual has
been assigned to man the movable Guest Book podium near the Wecome Desk in
the main foyer prior to each morning worship
service to spot visitors and
invite them to sign the
guest book, plus offering friendly hospitality to help them feel more comfortable when
visiting our church. Betty Groves and Phyllis Von Fange take turns
preparing the host schedules every three months.
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Invisible Sunday School--A team, consisting of
Gloria
Lewandowski, Alice Rahmeier, and LaVern & Elaine Lyon, faithfully
assembles and delivers materials (10 sets of a weekly SS lesson with pictures
to color and a 4-crayon packet) to waiting rooms in ten different business
places as a special outreach service to children and their families.
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Mentoring--Phyllis Von Fange works with the director
to help our newest members
become integrated by assigning mentors to help them get better acquainted
and to encourage them to participate in our various church activities.
Phyllis contacts them to get general information so they can
be introduced to the congregation in the Sunday bulletin when they are
received and in the next monthly newsletter. The director
usually conducts the 9:45 am Orientation session the Sunday that the new members are
received. LaVern Lyon assists by taking pictures of the new members and preparing
and updating pictorial posters to help introduce them to the congregation
until the next church pictorial directory is published.
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Parish Media Team--In seeking new ways to make our church more visible to those in our
community, Ericka Werling serves as Trinity's media
representative. She will assist Trinity members in making better use
of the free publicity options available in the Salina Journal and our area
radio stations for publicizing our major activities and events. Trinity
also maintains a web site at www.trinitysalina.org
that provides information on our special activities and events, along with
information about our church history, its administrative boards and various
organizations. Phyllis Von Fange, assisted by Alan Von Fange, is currently serving as
webmaster.
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Telephone Prayer Chain--Prayer requests can be called
in to one of our quarterly chairmen (names are listed on the monthly
calendar and in each Sunday bulletin) to be passed on to the 34 participants
presently serving on Trinity's two morning and two evening chains.
Members are encouraged to also contact the church office when wanting a prayer
request listed in the Praise & Prayer Newsletter insert in our weekly
Sunday bulletins.
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Tract Ministry--Margaret Bosch takes care of
ordering and making up the various tract displays at Trinity, as well as
publishing articles in our monthly newsletter that acquaint us with the many
different available tracts.
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