Service and outreach are vital for any community.
We hope to fill up with God’s love in order to spill it out into our community. We serve out of abundance, not obligation. This life-giving activity takes many forms at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church.
In this process, we meet Christ in those we serve, and are open to the meaningful change that true relationship offers the server and the served.
Ways to Serve and be Served
Food Bank
The Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church Food Bank offers families in need a hearty food box along with fresh produce every week. We accomplish this through donations of money, food, and dedicated volunteer hours. Whether you’re looking for help, or looking to help (or both!), we’d love to hear from you.
Race & Equity
Since 2014, the PRLC Race and Equity Team has sought to provide anti-racist learning and action opportunities for ending conscious and unconscious patterns of white supremacy in our church, denomination, and country.
Direct Assistance
NOTE: Our outreach program of direct financial assistance is on hiatus until August 12th, 2024. We are not able to accept requests for help until then.
PRLC’s Outreach Ministry offers direct financial assistance for individuals or families in need of help. This assistance can take many forms including help with rent, a utility bill, or gasoline for a car. We follow guidelines to determine the amount and frequency of assistance, and take the time to get to know each client’s situation before offering help.
At no time do we hand out cash to a client. These safety measures help insure our assistance does the most good possible to those in most need.
Our ability to help in this way comes from private donations to the PRLC Outreach Fund. Donations can be made through online giving. Contact Minister of Outreach Patrick Meagher with requests for assistance.
Hospitality Teams
Our hospitality teams provide a wonderful welcome to families and friends at the time of a memorial service, to the congregation at meetings and events, and to guests who use our facilities for their meetings and activities. The teams set up and decorate the spaces; set out (and sometimes provide) food, coffee, tea, and punch; serve the guests; and clean up when it's all over.
Quilting
Every Tuesday morning a group of quilters meets in the upstairs sewing room at PRLC to put together quilts, which they will donate to Lutheran World Relief. These quilts are shipped to areas in distress around the world, wrapping the people who receive them in tangible symbols of God’s love.
Aurora Commons Meal Team
The second Wednesday of each month a group collaborates to prepare a delicious homemade meal for the approximately 20+ women of the Aurora Commons. Aurora Commons offers women’s-only programming twice a week. They provide educational and harm reduction materials, connections to various organizations and resources around Seattle, and a kind, non-judgmental space for women to rest and be known. Aurora Commons has many amazing programs. Find out more at: http://www.auroracommons.org/
Join this small group of Phinney members to help bring food, or deliver it to Aurora Commons and spend a little time with the women and staff there. You’ll be glad you did!
Greenwood Neighborhood Events
We reach out to the community with activities like the Greenwood-Phinney Art Walk, Greenwood Seafair Parade, the Greenwood Car Show, Seattle Pride Parade, Rainbow Hop, and the Halloween Safe Trick or Treat. It is truly a pleasure to be a part of this fine community.
We house many ministries at our church providing a place to carry out the work in this place work that we as a congregation could not otherwise do.
Contact: Patrick Meagher
Endowment Fund
PRLC is blessed to have a vital and growing Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund is governed by its own set of by-laws and an elected committee that is responsible for the oversight of the fund and the consideration of grant requests.
Every January the amount of funds available for grants is determined based on the earnings of the previous four quarters (October through September).
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