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Helping Hands - Micki Rios (281-421-3935) & Kathy Villemez (281-421-0090)

The Helping Hands Ministry has been going strong for about a year now. We began by trying to have people turn in forms to us that listed gifts they wished to share with others such as driving, reading, meals, etc. That plan didn't work because it was too broad and people weren’t very specific or didn't return forms because they felt they didn't have anything to offer. We went ahead and began developing the ministry in the form of driving people to doctor's appointments and that went very well, although it would be nice to have more people for that because we have many who need to get to Houston and cannot drive that distance anymore. However, I think those who need rides have been able to get that worked out.

Then we developed our prayer blanket ministry. We have many who have been blessed here at Trinity with a prayer blanket and also in the community. We've handed out over 100 blankets in less than a year. The blanket ministry has been successful because we have many who have been involved, from donating money to buy the supplies, to printing verses, to putting verses on blankets to the actual sewing of blankets; each piece of the ministry has been something anyone can do even a girl scout troup. We believe we've made a difference to those we have served, and we have been blessed by being that blessing to others. We would welcome anyone who would like to help to come out on the first Saturday of each month to help with the prayer blanket ministry. We also would like you to know that at least two other churches have taken what we've done with prayer blankets and begun the ministry at their churches, one in Louisiana and one in Old River.

Helping Hands also has three teams of women who have begun cleaning the house of one of our parishioners who, because of cancer, cannot clean her house anymore, so we do that. We are in desperate need of volunteers who can help with that. We clean about once a month on a Saturday, usually in the morning. It doesn't take very much time at all. The team usually has two people cleaning and one person visiting the person who lives in the home, which benefits everyone. We really need people to volunteer to be on a team or a team to sign up together.

The Helping Hands Ministry is run through Kathy Villemez at the Church office for blankets and rides to the hospital and through Micki Rios for the cleaning. We would be happy to visit with anyone who is interested in this ministry. We believe we are being Christ to others through this ministry and the thank-you notes let us know what a blessing our church has been. We not only believe we've shown Christ to others but that we've been blessed to see what the love of Christ does in us when we offer ourselves and our gifts to the Lord to use.