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Lower Level
New Community Church
518 W Third Ave
Spokane, WA 99201
Downtown Spokane
at 3rd Ave & Howard St
Access by the
Howard Street door.
Dining with Dignity
Breakfast: Monday--Friday, 7:30-8:30am
Dinner: Monday, 4:30-5:30pm
Serving over 70,000 meals annually.
Pathways
Community Volunteers who accept admission to the program become core team members and receive benefits of job and life skill training, case management, mentoring, housing assistance, and a monthly stipend.

In the 1970s and 1980's, Central United Methodist Church in downtown Spokane reached out to its homeless and hungry neighbors with a meal ministry. A nationwide effort, called Shalom, within the United Methodist Church to create effective ministries in urban settings inspired the church in 1994 to create a separate 501(c)3 in Spokane that
In the 1970s and 1980's, Central United Methodist Church in downtown Spokane reached out to its homeless and hungry neighbors with a meal ministry. A nationwide effort, called Shalom, within the United Methodist Church to create effective ministries in urban settings inspired the church in 1994 to create a separate 501(c)3 in Spokane that brought together religious, business, political, and social service communities to find solutions to poverty and homelessness.
While Central UMC has now closed, Shalom Ministries is hosted in its old building by New Communities Church and retains a strong connection with other United Methodist Churches in the area, as well as with other churches from many traditions.
Shalom seeks to build relationships and community amongst people who are disenfranchised. By providing a safe, loving, and accepting environment the door can be opened for healing and renewal, creating a sense of belonging to something greater than one’s self.

YES! We are grateful you are considering being part of our ministry by participating in providing meals to our poor and vulnerable guests. It can be a profound and rewarding experience by doing something so simple as offering a hot meal to a hungry person, and at the same time it can mean the world to a person who hasn’teaten nourishing f
YES! We are grateful you are considering being part of our ministry by participating in providing meals to our poor and vulnerable guests. It can be a profound and rewarding experience by doing something so simple as offering a hot meal to a hungry person, and at the same time it can mean the world to a person who hasn’teaten nourishing food, sometimes for several days.
Six meals are provided each week Monday through Friday (five breakfasts 7:30- 8:30 am), plus dinner on Monday (4:30-5:30pm).
CALL 509-455-9019
or Donate by clicking on the donate button!

“In most cases, to be homeless in America is not a sign of laziness or incapacity, but an indicator of people who struggle immensely, both physically and emotionally, to survive against the odds.”
We serve all who come to us seeking to be fed: young and old, men and women of any race or creed. Most are homeless or
“In most cases, to be homeless in America is not a sign of laziness or incapacity, but an indicator of people who struggle immensely, both physically and emotionally, to survive against the odds.”
We serve all who come to us seeking to be fed: young and old, men and women of any race or creed. Most are homeless or underemployed; some are fighting addiction or illnesses, and all struggle immensely to survive against the odds.
“Many people are hungry for bread that will satisfy their bodies, but they are just as hungry for love that will satisfy their soul.
Many people are naked and need clothes that will protect their bodies. Emotionally, these same people experience a nakedness of soul as they are slowly stripped of their human dignity.
Homelessness is more than just not having a home. Homelessness is being and feeling rejected, unwanted, unloved, and uncared for.
Most homeless people have forgotten how the human touch warms the soul and causes us to smile, and all people long for someone to recognize them and to wish them well.”
The 2025 St. Lucy Breakfast featured this moving presentation of the work of Shalom, with powerful pictures from this year.
Created by CHAS's own Matt Grebe, this video features diners' testimonials to the importance of Shalom Ministries in their lives.
Shalom Ministries | Spokane, Washington
518 West 3rd Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99201, US | shalommeals@gmail.com | A 501(c)3 Corporation