Social Justice
Outreach ministries are pathways that transform hearts of worship into hands of service by building relationships with our neighbors in need and by partnering with them to create a healthy, just, peaceful and sustainable neighborhood and world.
Upcoming Outreach Events:
Get Involved:
Immigrant Welcoming Team
Offering support to immigrants and refugees in the metro area. Areas of focus include supporting immigrant families within Trinity, supporting diocesan Latinx ministries, and advocacy for immigrants and refugees in partnership with the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIrJ). Volunteer dates/times vary. Contact: Barbara Whitmore
Listen to Learn
Help adult immigrant students develop English reading & language skills in individual or small group settings. Weekly or bi-weekly teaching sessions of approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. Training required, either through Trinity tutoring workshops or through the Portland Literary Council. Various days/times available. Contact: Pam Erickson
Listening Post
We don’t give advice, we don’t counsel, but we give the homeless, the jobless, and people suffering from food insecurity an opportunity to talk and be heard without being lectured or interrupted. Training required.
Opportunities: Wednesdays, 11 am-1 pm
Contact: Marilynn Gordon
Mission Trips (youth/adult)
Adults travel to abroad in January/February to volunteer to bring safe water and sanitation to low-income villages. High school students with their adult mentors travel to the same village in June.
Contact: Charyl Cathey or Steve Isaacson
TRAIN (Trinity Racial Action/Awareness Network)
TRAIN's aims to make racial consciousness an integral part of the community’s spiritual practice. We invite parishioners who want to be kept informed about opportunities for expanding racial awareness and community activism. Programming events seek to help Trinity become a more multiculturally aware spiritual community.
Contact: Barb Millikan
