Outreach

A City Transformed by the Love of Jesus

We believe we are here for a reason: to be sent by Jesus, motivated by his love, to bring about God’s preferred future for the city in which we have been placed, and to invite people to be a part of the City of God. The City of Houston is our primary mission field. Why are we so focused?

God tells the prophet Jeremiah to “seek the welfare of the city to which I have sent you.” (Jeremiah 29:7) God tells the prophet Isaiah that the people will return home to Jerusalem and be “repairers of the breach, and restorers of streets to live in.” (Isaiah 58:12)

Houston is our home, and we love this city, and our calling is to be an instrument of its transformation both socially and spiritually.

Woodshop
Mondays and Tuesdays | 2614 Edloe
9:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Help make wooden toys for underprivileged children all over the world, repair furniture for local residents, create bookcases for students, or work on other projects for our community. All abilities welcome, no experience necessary, ages 18+. Email Karen McCarver for more information.

Second Saturday Sandwich Assembly
Second Saturdays | Westheimer
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Sign up as an individual or group to help assemble 1300 sandwiches for Kids’ Meals in the church Kitchen.  Sign up HERE. Donate HERE.

Second Saturday Food Drive
Second Saturday of Each Month | Westheimer
9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. 
Drop off non-perishable foods at the main entrance porte-cochere on the south side of the Westheimer campus. Volunteers will collect grocery bags from your car. Want to volunteer with the Food Drive? Sign up HERE.  

The Garden Volunteer Team 
Volunteers needed to greet youth, answer questions and assisting with special events at The Garden Community Youth Center on our Gethsemane Campus. If you would like to be on the GVT, Garden Volunteer Team, contact Amy Kelley.

Kids Hope Mentoring
Briarmeadow or Sutton Elementary | Weekly
Do you have one hour a week to mentor an elementary aged child?  The Kids Hope mentoring program is a proven church-school collaboration where mentors stand alongside parents, teachers, principals and counselors to assure kids that they are valued and loved. Email Karen McCarver (Briarmeadow) or Marci Pampe (Sutton). 

Wednesday Night Fellowship (WNF) | Wednesdays
Gethsemane Campus, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. 
Each Wednesday people of many ages and cultures come together at Gethsemane for a free meal and warm fellowship. Sign up your friends, family or small group to provide and/or serve this meal.  
Find out more HERE.  Donate HERE.

Ready to put your love for God into action in ways that make a tangible difference in our city? 

We’ve got you covered! All the opportunities you’ll find are with organizations we love and trust because they are focused not only on providing crucial resources our community needs, but on building meaningful relationships with people. We believe that Jesus calls us to keep that relational aspect of serving primary, so we are committed to doing just that as we seek to love our city.  

Find the intersection of your skills, passions, and availability with our community’s greatest needs!  Reflect on these questions:

Who do I want to serve with? 
(By myself and make some new friends, with a friend or small group, with my family, etc.)  

What do I enjoy? 
(Building relationships, making food, organizing, helping people feel welcome, working with my hands, etc) 

What needs move me? 
(Clothing, community, education, food, housing, etc)

How often do I have bandwidth to serve with joy? 
(Once, quarterly, monthly, weekly, etc.)

When would be the best time for me to serve? 
(weekday, weeknight, weekend)  
 

St. Luke's is proud to be a founding member of our Community Partners:  

We know we can’t do it all by ourselves. St. Luke’s partners with the organizations listed below that are the experts in their fields. Click on the links below to support these organizations with your gifts, prayers and service.

Amazing Place 
Amazing Place empowers families facing the challenges of Dementia and Alzheimer’s by building meaningful relationships, offering programs encouraging active and independent lifestyles, and training and educating caregivers, congregations, health professionals, and the community on essential knowledge and tools.

Christian Community Service Center (CCSC) 
CCSC serves the poor, hungry, disabled, and otherwise needy in our community while respecting their religious, ethnic, or cultural differences. Their services include a food pantry, clothing closet, utility bill and rental assistance, and workforce development programs. 

Connect Community
Connect Community brings organizations and local residents together to collaborate and mobilize a broader network of assets to meet needs and strengthen Gulfton/Sharpstown, the most diverse neighborhood in the most diverse city in the country. They focus on cultivating opportunities for cradle-career education, mixed-income housing, and holistic community wellness. 

Houston reVision
Houston reVision is working to break the cycle of juvenile justice involvement and homelessness among youth in Harris County by leveraging the power of community to connect them with mentors, positive peers, and life-changing resources. 

PX Project
PX Project turns the kitchen into an immersive classroom for young adults to explore their identities, learn transferable skills, and open doors to their future. 

The Restoration Team (TRT)
TRT is a home repair and disaster response nonprofit in Houston that assists families whose homes were damaged in hurricanes, floods, or other natural disasters. 

Small Steps Nurturing Center (SSNC)  
SSNC provides an exemplary early childhood program to instill and foster the social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual growth of economically at-risk children and their families. 

The Houston Project was established in 1977 to provide grants to and build relationships with organizations whose work enriches quality of life in the greater Houston area.  

Looking to apply? Check back here on February 1, 2025 for new guidelines and forms! Email Charity Autry if you have any questions about our application process in the meantime.  

Be inspired and consider serving with one of our 2024 Houston Project Grant Recipients:

The Nehemiah Center
The Nehemiah Center provides assistance to low-income families who are committed to seeking a better future for their children through education, emotional wellness, and spiritual enrichment. A Houston Project grant of $22,500 will support their after-school program incorporating tutoring, homework assistance, food security, mental health resources and enrichment. 

Social Motion
Social Motion empowers individuals with autism and similar disorders by providing social and vocational skills that foster independence, inclusion, and success. A Houston Project grant of $25,000 will support social skills training and programming for youth in the Gethsemane/Sharpstown area with IDD and autism. 

Wesley Community Center
Wesley Community Center is dedicated to helping low-income individuals and families obtain the tools to improve their lives by providing high quality, comprehensive programs including job training, early childhood education, basic needs assistance, and senior citizen programming for those in need. A Houston Project grant of $12,500 will provide a high-volume printer for their early education program. 

Mission Centers of Houston 
Mission Centers works to eradicate the effects of multigenerational poverty and homelessness throughout greater Houston by empowering children and adults through Christ-centered programs at our community centers. A Houston Project grant of $25,000 will expand their Children & Youth Program that program at the Joy Center.

Blessings in a Backpack
Bayou City Blessings mobilizes our local community, individuals and resources to provide food on the weekends and during school breaks for Houston children who might otherwise go hungry. A Houston Project grant of $15,000 will provide weekend food bags for 100 food-insecure HISD or SBISD children for one school year. 

Save the date: March 22

Serve alongside hundreds of St. Luke’s members as we share the love of Jesus throughout our community.

Sign-ups coming soon!