Where We Are...
Where We Are...
Where We Are...
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.
What We Do...
Where We Are...
Where We Are...
Dining with Dignity
Breakfast: MondayThursday, 7:30-8:30am
Dinner: Monday & Tuesday, 4:30-5:30pm
Serving over 50,000 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.
Christmas 2022 Appeal Letter from Tim Swartout, Executive Director
Christmas 2022 Appeal Letter from Tim Swartout, Executive Director
Christmas 2022 Appeal Letter from Tim Swartout, Executive Director
This years’ Christmas season started with the celebration of the re-opening of our facility to inside dining. Our guests will no longer have to remain outside in the cold weather to receive a nourishing meal. Additionally, we welcomed back more volunteers to assist with the extra effort needed to make sharing at the Table a possibility. O
This years’ Christmas season started with the celebration of the re-opening of our facility to inside dining. Our guests will no longer have to remain outside in the cold weather to receive a nourishing meal. Additionally, we welcomed back more volunteers to assist with the extra effort needed to make sharing at the Table a possibility. Our ability to continue operating depends on the generosity of people like you who recognize the great need in our community.
Because of your love, compassion, and generosity, bodies are continually fed, and lives are touched. Many of those we serve express their appreciation and gratitude as they receive their meal.
Because of you, over 50,000 meals will be served this year through our Dining with Dignity program, with the anticipation that more meals will be needed in 2023.
Because of you, our Core-Team members receive supplemental meals, skills training, living wages and Pathways to stable housing.
Because of you, we will continue to provide blankets, warm coats and sleeping bags to those who are braving the cold days and nights without shelter.
Because of you, we can continue collaborating with agencies that connect our dining guests with much needed services such as medical, housing and counseling assistance.
And, because of donors like you, Shalom Ministries continues to provide a lifeline of Christmas hope and dignity to some of our most vulnerable neighbors, who might otherwise be forgotten or go without.
Won’t you consider taking a few moments to make a difference by sending a substantial gift? Your financial donation, sent today, will be a blessing! Please send your gift to Shalom Ministries, PO Box 4684, Spokane, WA 99220, or donate online by credit/debit card at www.shalommeal.org
We sincerely thank you for your past support and wish you - - -
A Joyous Christmas Season!
Who We Are...
Christmas 2022 Appeal Letter from Tim Swartout, Executive Director
Christmas 2022 Appeal Letter from Tim Swartout, Executive Director
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.
Can you volunteer?
Who Are Our Guests?
Who Are Our Guests?
YES, now that we can safely move forward to serve our diners inside. We are grateful you are considering being part of our ministry by participating in providing meals to our poor and vulnerable folk. 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
YES, now that we can safely move forward to serve our diners inside. We are grateful you are considering being part of our ministry by participating in providing meals to our poor and vulnerable folk. 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.
Starting November 22, 2022 we are moving from the grab-and-go meals that have been prepared and served from the street-side entrance of the New Community Church, 518 W. 3rd Ave, in downtown Spokane for the last two years to indoors. Six meals are provided each week Monday through Thursday (four breakfasts 7:30- 8:30 am), plus dinner on Monday and Tuesday (4:30-5:30pm).
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Who Are Our Guests?
Who Are Our Guests?
Who Are Our Guests?
“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.
Benefactor Focus
Who Are Our Guests?
Benefactor Focus
This month we lift up two special partners in ministry: Rotary 21 of Spokane, who recently assisted Shalom with the purchase of additional kitchen equipment, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), who committed to Shalom a Hunger Grant of $7,000 a year for three years!
Thanks to these faithful partners!