Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
I John 3:18
Presbyterians believe that an essential component of faith includes giving routinely of time, money, and abilities given to us by God. At St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, members become informed of and engaged in a wide variety of needs. Some are local, while others are global.
- 2nd Annual Faith and American Values Conference
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Sponsored by Oregon Center for Christian Values
Keynote Address by Dr. Ronald J. Sider, author of “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger”
Saturday, October 6, 2007, 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Location: TBA
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Mission Partnership Giving
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We pledge $16,000 of our general budget to the General Assembly for mission work here and abroad.
- Special Offerings
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We support the four special offerings of the Presbyterian Church.
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One Great Hour of Sharing, which supports the Presbyterian Hunger Fund, the Self Development of People Fund, and the Presbyterian Disaster and Refugee Resettlement Fund.
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Peacemaking Offering, used for ministries of peace and reconciliation in the church, in the community, and around the world.
- Christmas Joy Offering, which assists active and retired church workers in times of need, and helps support the eight racial/ethnic schools and colleges related to the Presbyterian Church.
- Pentecost Offering, which goes to children-at-risk locally and globally, and to nurturing faith in youth and children.
- Christmas Eve Offering
- Our Christmas Eve Offering is dedicated to a special local or global mission project each year.
- Mexico Mission Team
- Each spring St. Andrew’s youth and adults spend a week in Tijuana, Mexico with the Amor ministries, building homes for low income people.
The following local missions receive budgeted funds and hands-on time from our church members.
- Neighborhood House
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"Helping Neighbors Help Themselves" is the foundation of Neighborhood House, Inc.
As a not-for-profit human services organization serving Southwest Portland and Multnomah County, Neighborhood House has been empowering and impacting the community for nearly 100 years. We believe in the power of education and early intervention and that, with community support, we can make a difference. We help our neighbors help themselves. We're here to help individuals and families enhance their own strengths and we promote self-sufficiency, independence and dignity for all people.
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Programs include:
- Aging Services
- Community Services such as emergency food boxes and emergency rent & energy assistance
- Oregon Head Start Pre-kindergarten Program
- Parenting Program
- SUN School at Robert Gray Middle School
- Youth and Family Services
- Volunteer Services
- Samaritan Counseling Center
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The Samaritan Counseling Center promotes psychological and spiritual health and wholeness through accessible, highly competent pastoral counseling, psychotherapy, and education. The SCC offers assistance with a variety of personal, relational, and spiritual issues, including:
- marriage, family, or relational difficulties
- coping with loss or grief
- separation, divorce, or remarriage issues
- employment/unemployment stress
- issues of faith and meaning
- struggles with depression or anxiety
- pre-martial concerns
- mid-life issues
- dilemmas of parenting or aging
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Getting Started
Simply call 503-281-3318. The receptionist and intake coordinator will
answer questions and, if you wish, take some information and have a therapist
call you to make an appointment.
- West Women’s and Children’s Shelter
- The mission of this Salvation Army shelter is to intervene in the lives of homeless and abused women and children, providing opportunities for self-sufficiency through shelter and support services.
- FISH
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An ecumenically-based social service organization that provides emergency assistance to people in crisis, many of whom are children. Such assistance includes nutritious food, clothing, bedding, infant supplies and personal care products and other necessities. In addition, FISH offers referral services and education to encourage independence and promote personal dignity.
- Habitat for Humanity
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The work of Habitat for Humanity is driven by the desire to give tangible
expression to the love of God through the work of eliminating poverty
housing and homelessness. Habitat's mission and methods are predominantly
derived from a few key theological concepts: the necessity of putting
faith into action, the "economics of Jesus" and the "theology
of the hammer".
- Oregon Faith Roundtable Against Hunger
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This organization seeks to explore the complexities of hunger by engaging diverse religious communities throughout the state in direct service and in developing solutions to the root causes of hunger through education and public policy.
- Southwest Community Health Center
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A safety-net clinic for the uninsured and those without resources to access necessary health care. SWCHC provides basic quality health services in a safe, reassuring and culturally sensitive manner.
- Oregon Center for Christian Values
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The vision for OCCV is to transform Oregon through a network of Christian citizens, rooted in the Word, active in the public arena, bolding proclaiming the fullness of Christ’s vision for humanity, and empowered to work together to shape public policy for the common good. They seek to reach beyond the traditional “moral values” issues often discussed in American politics today. They call on Christians to reclaim the prophetic, transformational vision for culture and society that reverberates in the teachings of Jesus.
- Giving Tree
- Toys and clothes are collected at Christmas and distributed to children through Neighborhood House, and West Women’s and Children’s Shelter.
- Food for Life
- Food collected at the church each week is taken to Neighborhood House, FISH, and West Women’s and Children’s Shelter.
- Mission Sunday
- One Sunday per year St. Andrew’s people of all ages take an afternoon to participate in one of several service projects in the Portland area.
- Environment Mission
- Our local environmental project has been to remodel our parking lot to allow
for cleaner water for Restoration Creek entering into the Fanno Creek tributary system.
- Transition House
- We provide a low income home to a family with special needs. Excess rent money is used for other housing projects; i.e. Habitat for Humanity, emergency shelters.
Using Jesus as the primary example for Christian action in the world, St. Andrew’s endeavors to make the world a better place by sharing God’s compassion for all people through group and individual acts of witness and service.
This page last updated 08/18/08.
