LifeGate Ministries
Appreciation Banquet, Sunday, February 26, 2012
at Trinity Hills Baptist Church at 6:00 PM
LifeGate Ministries faithfully ministers to 250-300 men, women, and children on Lancaster Street in Fort Worth by going weekly and feeding warm meals, distrubuting clothes, and helping rehabilitate those desiring to get off the streets.
In appreciation for all of those serving in this ministry, an Appreciation Banquet will be held in their honor.
Supper Club
Trinity Hills Baptist Church, LifeGate Ministries and New Hope Baptist Church have come together to become a Supper Club at the Samaritan House every 5th Friday from December 30, 2011 through 2012. At present the Samaritan House has over 30 Supper Clubs: church groups and groups of friends, neighbors or colleagues who provide the evening meal for residents once a month. Each group "owns" a specific day of the month; on that day they bring food, prepare it, serve it and clean up afterwards. It's fun for residents and volunteers alike, and greatly appreciated by those who live at the Samaritan House. Donations are needed to purchase the food and volunteers are needed to help. The next Supper Club date will be on Friday, March 30, 2012. Please contact Odessa Ellis (817.249.5734) if you are available to help.
Navajo Mission Trip - 2012
Preparations are underway for this summer's mission trip (June 23-29, 2012) to the Navajo Nation in New Mexico or Arizona. The "Pocket Change for Missions" campaign is ongoing in order to help us be financially prepared for the upcoming mission trip this Summer. All church members are encouraged to participate in the Navajo Mission by praying for those who will go and those whom we will reach on the trip and by dropping their loose change in a container each evening. Periodically the change can be turned in to the church and marked as a designated offering for the Navajo Mission Trip.
Trinity Hills will be partnering with Mike Helton of Vision Ministries of America, Inc. and his church over the next few years to work with Navajo churches. We will assist them with building hogans, Vacation Bible School, and revival meetings. The plans are to build hogans over Spring Break (March 12-16, 2012) in the Tinian area. Mike Helton will lead this effort. If you are interested in knowing how you can be a part of this ministry, please contact the church office. To read reflections on the Navajo Mission Trip of 2011, please read navajo_mission_trip_update.pdf.
Staff Missionary, Melissa Smith
Melissa traveled to Peru for the first time in 2005 during her summer break from college. During that summer God began to call Melissa into full-time missionary service. Melissa traveled to China in December of 2005, and it was there that she felt sure that God was leading her to be a missionary. Upon graduation from Ouachita Baptist University in 2006, Melissa moved to China to teach English for a time. She returned to Texas to study at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2007. Melissa took a second mission trip to Peru during the summer of 2010 and was determined to return to Peru for a longer period of time after graduating from Southwestern in May 2011.
English ministry and coordinating interpreters to travel with church teams from the States are the main focus of Melissa’s ministry in Peru. She, along with several others who serve on the same ministry team, teaches beginner, intermediate, and advanced English classes. Each class includes a time of Bible study in order to present the message of the Gospel and a biblical worldview to the students. Melissa also takes part in training Peruvians who serve as interpreters of language and culture for American church teams who come to Peru to minister to the indigenous peoples of the mountains and jungle of Peru.
Melissa is supported entirely by private contributions. If you would like to be a part of her efforts to win others to Christ in Peru, pick up a Commitment Card at the Welcome Center.
To stay up on how God is using Melissa to serve Him, read her newsletter, What's Happening in Lima News4.pdf