Arundel House of Hope
Winter Relief Emergency Shelter
Recently over 80 Trinity volunteers worked to provide overnight housing, meals and entertainment to 25 homeless residents in Annapolis.
Trinity will be hosting the homeless again from Jan. 27-Feb. 2 and Feb. 24-March 2. If you would like to help in this effort, please contact the church office.
Read a diary kept by one Trinity member, expressing her thoughts during the Winter Relief Program. Every morning she posted on Facebook, finding new truths in what God showed her through her new step of faith.
Want to know how the program worked? Watch this video by Trinity's organizer, Bill Busch.
How did God work in the lives of those volunteers from Trinity?
Here you can watch their responses.
Lighthouse Shelter to the Homeless in Annapolis, Maryland
"The Lighthouse Shelter is a homeless prevention support center. It is a "24 hour, seven day a week program that provides a structured environment in combination with professional clinical services to support and promote behavioral change and recovery, while empowering the client to gain the tools towards self-sufficiency. Each client progresses through the program via a variety of services including, individual and group services, that are tailored according to his or her needs and capacities. Interpersonal and group living skills are promoted through community activities."--from the Lighthouse website
Trinity United Methodist Church has a long history of partnership with the Lighthouse Shelter in Annapolis. In all of these activities, Trinity folk are blessed by the connection with others in bringing God's presence to their community.
- We staff a full day at the Pumpkin Patch in the fall, hosting activities and selling pumpkins to benefit the Shelter.
- A group from Trinity regularly serves meals at the Lighthouse facility.
- Another group prepares bag lunches once a month to be distributed.
- Trinity is a partner with Arundel House of Hope's Winter Relief Emergency Shelter. Their mission for their volunteers: "To share with the homeless guests the blessing of a broader, deeper faith through serving society’s least, last, and lost." - from the Arundel House of Hope website
- We maintain an Ongoing Collection of canned goods and other food to support the food bank.