Missions at Whitworth Church
We Pursue Mission Through Partnership.
Rather than expanding our own programs, we sense God calling us to deploy our members' gifts alongside trusted community partners addressing real needs (homelessness, addiction, poverty, mental health, social isolation). We trust that our role is to equip and empower our people to serve where they are most needed, not to control or direct everything ourselves.
2nd Harvest - We’re on a mission to solve hunger today, tomorrow and the day after that.
Second Harvest offers a wide variety of innovative programs designed to nourish our community from all angles, addressing immediate hunger needs, long-term food security, and nutrition education.
World Relief - World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church. We envision thriving, welcoming communities where families flourish, and people experience restorative relationships with God, their neighbors, themselves, and all creation. World Relief’s work in the United States, specifically, focuses on helping refugees and other immigrants in vulnerable situations rebuild their lives in a new country.
Family Promise - Contrary to common knowledge, family homelessness is the fastest growing segment of the homeless population in the United States today. Spokane County is no exception. That's why Family Promise specializes in connecting homeless families with those in their own neighborhood, increasing support networks and re-enforcing the skills needed to maintain housing.
En Christo - Every Saturday at noon En Christo (students at Whitworth University) meets in the middle of the dining hall (Sodexo) to put together sack lunches. The lunches are taken to Park Tower, a low-income subsidized apartment building in downtown Spokane. Students divide up into teams to knock on doors and offer residents a free lunch. After we spend time with residents, we walk the streets of downtown Spokane to pass out lunches to those experiencing homelessness.