Community Service
As we are shaped by our sacred story and sustained by our common table, our desire is that the animation of love moves us into overflowing generosity and care for the wider Portland community. Below you’ll find many opportunities to volunteer with non-profit organizations doing good work in our city. Whether you sign up as an individual or with your home group, partnering with local causes is one way we embody Divine Love!
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon is a statewide association of faith partners working together to improve the lives of Oregonians through public policy advocacy, direct service programs, creation justice, and ecumenical / interreligious education and dialogue.
EMO has volunteer opportunities across a wide range of social justice, relief, and creation care efforts.
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon is a statewide association of faith partners working together to improve the lives of Oregonians through public policy advocacy, direct service programs, creation justice, and ecumenical / interreligious education and dialogue.
EMO has volunteer opportunities across a wide range of social justice, relief, and creation care efforts.
Refugee Care Collective
Refugee Care Collective is a nonprofit organization that serves and empowers refugee families as they rebuild their lives.
Refugee Care Collective is a nonprofit organization that serves and empowers refugee families as they rebuild their lives.
Opportunities to volunteer include:
Build a Restart Kit—Refugee families often arrive in Oregon with few possessions, and have to quickly build their lives again. Restart Kits are filled with essential household items including pots & pans, bathroom towels, and cleaning supplies, and communicate a message of welcome better than anything else initially can.
Become a Mentor–Our Mentorship Programs focus on long-term care and are designed to extend tangible support to those on their path to self-sufficiency, while also providing community. We believe that real hospitality is found not just in the initial welcome or moments after arrival, but in walking alongside for years to come. We have seen how long-term presence has the power to transform people’s lives, turning strangers into neighbors and neighbors into family.