Below is a comprehensive list of programs we have supported in the past with the volunteer efforts and funding of St. Luke Lutheran Church. For information about grant criteria and how to apply, see Apply for Grants.
Organization |
Program |
Barbara Maher Building,
NE Portland |
Women - transitional housing for addicted/abused single women. |
Bethel Neighborhood
Summer Ctr., NE Portland |
Youth - Summer activities for K-6 grade students with mentoring for older students at Bethel Lutheran Church . |
Bread for the World,
national |
National lobbying - lobbying for social justice and alleviation of world hunger. |
Church of Living Waters,
Burns, OR |
Native American Lutheran church - mission partner ELCA church. |
Coffee Creek Ministry, Wilsonville |
Oregon Correction Prison Ministry - twice monthly book club; books are purchased and given to participating inmates. |
Ecumenical Ministries of
Oregon (EMO) |
Public policy advocacy - advocating for economic and social justice in Oregon. |
Farm Worker Housing Development Corporation |
Farm workers - adequate and affordable housing and childcare for farm workers and their families. |
Folktime, NW Portland |
People with mental disabilities - social events for people with mental disabilities. |
Good Neighbor Center,
Tigard |
Individuals and families - safe emergency housing and support services for families. |
Grauer Back to School Project, St. Luke |
Partnership Ministry - with Neighborhood House, 1 5 SW churches and others-to provide clothing and school supplies to low-income children. |
Highland United Church of Christ, NE Portland |
Partnership Ministry - provides funds for both Scholarships for students beyond high school and Thanksgiving meals, assist in serving. |
HopeSpring, Lutheran Family Service, Washington County |
Women and children - home and support for mothers, and children, completed treatment for drug and alcohol addiction. |
Hopewell House, Legacy Visiting Nurses, SW Portland |
People who are dying and their loved ones - in-house physical and spiritual end-of-life care and education. |
House of Zion, Woodburn |
Hispanic Lutheran Church - ELCA mission partner providing food and shelter for the Hispanic comm. |
India Student Lunch Program, India |
Youth - lunches provided to students through a ministry by the Lutheran pastor in India. |
Letty Owings Center, Central City Concerns, NE Portland |
Women and children - residential drug treatment for pregnant women and women with young children. |
Loaves and Fishes,
SW Portland |
Seniors - meals to seniors and shut-in neighbors through Meals on Wheels and daily meal. |
Lutheran Community Services, SE Portland |
Refugee families - settling refugee families in homes throughout Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties. |
Luke Dorf, Wash Co. |
Mental Health - program that provides medical attention and support and shelter for clients in the SW Portland and Washington county community. |
Lutheran World Relief, worldwide |
World - bi-annual collection of clothing, quilts, and school kits, distributed around world. |
NE Emergency Food Program, EMO, Portland |
Families and individuals - essential food for individuals and families without resources. |
Neighborhood House,
SW Portland |
Families and individuals - summer lunch program for school children and emergency food boxes. Partnership with Grauer Project |
W Pilot Project,
downtown Portland |
Seniors - housing and transportation in for downtown homeless, low-income seniors. We provide bedding supplies; host annual picnic. |
Oregon Farm Workers Ministry, Woodburn |
Farmworkers and families - advocates for legislative support for fair and appropriate labor laws for farm workers. |
Oregon HEAT, Portland |
Families and individuals - funds are distributed to agencies to provide emergency funds for electricity and/or heat. |
OutReach Ministries,
downtown Portland |
Homeless - provides counseling and services to homeless individuals and families |
Portland Women's Crisis Line, Portland |
Women and children - funds provided for emergency shelter until adequate housing may be located. |
Priceless Quilt Company, St. Luke Luth, local |
Families and individuals - quilts for Lutheran World Relief and local transitional housing. |
Redeemer Lutheran Church , NE Portland |
Sister congregation - only inner-city pastoral internship in Pacific Northwest. |
SMART - Hayhurst School, SW Portland |
Youth - books provided for children who are mentored in a reading program by volunteers. |
SW Community Health Center, SW Portland |
Low-income families - a volunteer, nonprofit health organization serving low-income people in the SW community. |
Transition Projects, Portland |
Men - shelter for homeless men in NW Portland. St. Luke provides and serves monthly meal. |
Wallace Medical Center,
NE Portland |
Low-income families - a volunteer, nonprofit health organization serving low-income people where they live. |
West Women's andChildren's Shelter NW Portland |
Women and children - emergency shelter for women and their children. |