Serious about Service
Yep, that's President Barack Obama & family, serving meals at our St. Luke's Mission Center. At National UMC, we are seriously engaged in helping to address hunger and homelessness issues in the Washington, D.C. community, as well as a host of other CAUSES.
We operate twO homeless shelters in OUR church buildings. WE'RE PROUD TO model an effective congregation-based approach to homeless service which engages hundreds of church and community members in direct, person-to-person ministry with their unhoused neighbors.
For the past twenty years, these two onsite shelters have provided stable, secure living environments that empower residents to move beyond homelessness towards self-sufficiency and permanent housing.