Tri-Towns Church Coalition

01/21/2026

Meeting Notes: January 20, 2026

We met at St. James last night at 6:00 PM. Those in attendance were: Mary Pat, Brad & Charles (Westernport First Baptist) Allie, Janie & Brenda (Westernport Church of the Brethren) Tonya (Faith Avenue Assembly) and Alexa (St. James).

Our next event is our Free Community Easter/Spring Dinner on April 11, 2026 the Faith Avenue Game Center from 12:00-1:30 or until gone.

Prep and setting up tables will be April 10, 2026 at 6:00.

Meal:
Tavern Ham from Wayne's (cut between dinner and deli slice)
Au Gratin Potatoes-Allie researching where to purchase.
Green Beans
Cole Slaw
Rolls from Wayne's
Sheet Cakes for dessert
Tea & Water

Planning in enough for 150 meals.

Sam's order (Allie)
Gallon Mayo
Green Beans
1 Yellow Sheet Cake
1 Chocolate Sheet Cake
Cabbage

Donations:

Charles:
Desserts to go boxes
Plates
Baking Pans

Allie:
Sheet Cakes

Mary Pat/Alexa:
Cole Slaw

Tonya Checking on:
Tea Bags
Sugar
Napkins
Dinner to go boxes

Next Event - May 13, 2026 Flood Vigil

Allie sent an email to City Hall to see if they would participate or if they are doing something we can help with.

Plan:
Welcome
Moment of Silence
Speakers: Possibly Judy Hamilton,
someone from the fire department,
and other pastors from the area
Poems and/Song written for the flood
with pictures.

Location:
Outside St. James by City Building

Time:
6:00-6:45ish

Summer Event:

Date: June 27, 2026 12:00-5:00. Pool Party at Piedmont Pool with food. Allie, Alexa and Charles all have a grill we could use. Any left over food will be donated to the pool.

New - Fundraiser:
Free will Spaghetti Dinner on September 8th 5:30-7:00.

Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner:
Date: November 14, 2026

Santa's Secret Santa Shop:
December 5, 2026 from 10:00-3:00

Message for Eye on Westernport to
see of more churches, especially Pastor's would like to join us. Allie is our only participating pastor at the moment. While she IS amazing, we agree with her that having more pastoral leaders in our group would just make us stronger! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

Meeting ended at about 7:20 because Janie ran out if paper...😂😂😂 (Love ya Janie)

If you would like to be added to our private planning Messenger Group, drop a line in the comments below.

Thanks everyone.

08/20/2025

Meeting went well.

We came together to regroup and built momentum. We want, as a group, to be out in the community, being the hands and feet of Jesus collectively as the body of Christ without the "name on the door."

We will be creating a post to go out to try to get more churches involved. This will include on social media, poster, & in-person invites. We want the community to see us in unity to serve as one body with the love of Jesus! Please share the word!!

Below are the things we will be up to for the remainder of the year:

- 9/11 Vigil
- Help with clean-up for those still
working to get their homes back to
normal
- Free Thanksgiving Dinner
- Table at Westernport Tree Lighting
- Volunteering at Santa's Workshop with
the Church of the Brethren (Tagged -
please share)
- Christmas Eve Vigil

9/11 - Allie will be creating a post with details and posters. Tonya can print if needed.

Allie is reaching out to get dates, what work needs done and if supplies are needed. She will post the details.

Charlie will reserve the park.

Tree Lighting - Charlie will reserve us a table. We will be purchasing little Jesus' & ducks to give out.

Thanksgiving Dinner - Nov 15 from 11-12:30. Meal is Turkey, mash potatoes & gravy, green beans, dressing, pie, roll, tea, water, coffee. Tonya & Charlie are checking our supplies. Charlie has our banner. We still need to determine if we will have donations of turkeys and ofher food or items or purchasing

Christmas Eve - 11:00 at the tree in Westernport. We need people to dress as characters from the nativity & read parts of the Christmas story. Allie is asking the Firehall about Conference room since St. James may still be working on repairs. We'd like a space to give out cookies and hot chocolate after.

Next meeting: October 14 @ 6:00 at the First Baptist Church 109 Philos Ave, Westernport.

04/06/2025

We had an amazing day serving our community! We served around 103 dinners!

Thank you to all those that helped and those those attended to allow us to be the hands and feet of Jesus❣️

03/12/2025

Meeting Notes:

Easter Community Free Dinner Date: Saturday, April 5 from 11-1 at the Church of the Brethren.

Meeting at 5:00 on April 4 to trim Ham and make Coleslaw. Put table clothes on tables and set up.

Meet at 9:30 am on April 5 to make Mashed potatoes & green beans, cut pies, put rolls in bags, make tea.

Help: We have Allie, Brenda, Brad, Mary Pat, possibly Janie & I believe Alexa and Charles. Anyone else please let us know.

Meal: Ham, green beans, mash potatoes, Coleslaw slaw and a roll with fruit pies for dessert.

I checked the game center. We have the following:

Event will be created. Be sure to share on your page. Signs will go out in Westernport & Piedmont this week.

10/17/2024

Notes from our last meeting:

We are asking each main churches that participate to donate a 20lb+ turkey for our Community Dinner for November 9 2:00-4:00. That would give up 4 turkeys.

Donations:
Allie: Mash Potatoes & Green Beans

Tonya: Pumpkin Pies

Mary Pat: Stuffing

Nancy Crowe: Rolls

Need:

Butter (both stick and spread)
Sugar
Bottle Water
Can Milk
Plates
Cups

We have: Tea, Napkins & forks. We have some To Go boxes.

Next Meeting: Dec 10 at 6 at Brethren

07/23/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/4iPvSZpjr5QqJv7X/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Rescheduled for August 17. 5-7 pm

05/09/2024

Is your Church looking for ways to spread the Good News of Jesus to the Tri-Towns area? Why not join the Tri-Towns Church Coalition!

The mission of the Tri- Towns Church Coalition is to work together (regardless of domination) to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ throughout the towns of Westernport, Luke and Piedmont.

We have held two Singing in the Park events (unfortunately both had to be moved inside due to weather) which features area Churches and individuals sharing the Gospel through music, two free community dinners and a live Nativity. During all of these events members from our founding Churches have been on hand to share the Gospel and to demonstrate God’s love for His people.

The coalition is planning a Slide into Summer event this June 22nd at the Creekside Park. This will be a free fun event with slides, games, food, and music open to all members of our community to celebrate summer and to show God’s love to His people. We are also planning a third free community dinner for this coming November.

The four founding Westernport Churches of the coalition are Church of the Brethren, First Assembly of God, First Baptist and St. James Episcopal.

If you or your Church are interested in joining in this work, please message us and someone will get back to you or attend our next planning meeting on Monday, June 10th 6:00 at the Church of the Brethren.
This is a rough draft - make any changes.

04/03/2024

IMPORTANT: We had to change the date!

Be sure to spread the word and make plans to join us!!