About the Initiative
At the heart of the Gospel is a table where no one is excluded, no one has to earn a seat, and there is always room to pull up another chair.
You know this table. You have come to it on ordinary Sunday mornings and on the most significant days of your life. You have received bread broken and cup poured and words spoken directly to you: Take and eat. This is for you. That table, God’s table, has been set longer than any of us have been here, and it is wider than we have yet imagined.
This fall, Trinity Lutheran Church & Schools is gathering around that table for four weeks of worship, reflection, and commitment under the theme A Wider Table. This series invites us to move through the full arc of what it means to be a community shaped by God’s hospitality: recognizing the abundance already set before us, stepping into the welcome that belongs to everyone, serving as an expression of our daily faith, and inviting others to find a place here.
This is not an initiative about institutional need. It is an invitation to join something God is already doing. The table does not belong to us. We did not build it, set it, or earn our place at it. What we are asked to do is recognize it, come to it, serve at it, and keep making room.
Your presence, your prayers, and your financial gifts are how that table stays set, and how it keeps getting wider.
Initiative Goals
ENGAGE FULLY
IN PRAYER AND DISCERNMENT
Inviting 100% of the Trinity community to seek God’s lead throughout October, and to approach this commitment with open hands.
SUSTAIN OR GROW
FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Ensuring the resources needed
for vibrant ministry, hospitality,
and mission in the year ahead.
SELECT OUR 2027 MISSION
GIVING FUND RECIPIENT
Extending our table beyond these walls by directing a portion of our giving toward a community partner chosen together. Learn more on the following pages.
REACH OUR 2027 MISSION BUDGET TARGET OF $1,223,511
A 5% increase over 2026 projected contribution income, strengthening
and expanding the ministry
God has entrusted to us.
Joining the Table
1. PRAY
Ask God to open your hands and your heart throughout October. Use the weekly devotional sections in the brochure to guide your prayer and discernment.
2. DISCERN
Reflect on how God is calling you to grow in generosity this year: with your time, your presence, and your financial gifts.
3. COMMIT
Complete your Commitment Card at whatever level feels right for your household. Every commitment, of any size, matters.
4. RETURN
Bring your card to worship on Commitment Sunday, October 25, or anytime before or after at the church office or submit online.
Mission Giving Fund
In addition to the 7% sent to the Northwest Washington Synod in support of the wider mission of the Church in our area and throughout the ELCA, Trinity’s Mission Giving Fund designates 1% of our annual contribution income to support the work of local and regional ministry partners whose mission aligns with our own. This is our congregation’s way of extending God’s hospitality outward: a concrete act of joining what God is already doing beyond our doors.
The Access Project empowers youth in South Snohomish County, especially Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and other underserved young people, through mentorship, mental health support, and leadership development. Our own gym regularly hosts their Youth & Cops Basketball and Volleyball nights, building relationships between local youth and law enforcement. Directing your gift here joins work already underway, right here at Trinity, to help young people grow with confidence and hope.
Commitment Card