Local Partnerships
The local organizations reflected on this listing are currently supported in the church's
mission budget and represent organizations with which we have enjoyed prayer and
participatory relationships.
Capital Interfaith Hospitality Network
(http://www.cihn.org)
Capital Interfaith Hospitality Network (CIHN) provides meals and shelter for homeless families
in Washington, D.C. CIHN’s stable, home-like environment allows families to focus on developing
skills that will lead them to permanent housing and an independent life. We utilize community
resources including congregation and community volunteers to serve these families at their
time of greatest need.
Central Union Mission - Washington, DC
(http://www.missiondc.org)
Established in 1884, Central Union Mission is one of America’s oldest social service ministries.
It serves homeless men, families living in poverty, children from at-risk neighborhoods and
the growing Hispanic population of the city. Its mission is to glorify God through proclaiming
and teaching the gospel, leading people to Christ, developing disciples, and serving the needs
of hurting people throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area.
NPC contact:
Serge Duss
Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place - Washington, DC
(http://www.cchfp.org)
Friendship Place provides the homeless in Northwest Washington DC a continuum of care,
including street outreach, case management, referrals, psychiatric care, medical care,
benefits assistance, and transitional and permanent housing. National Presbyterian is
one of twenty founding congregations, and we support CCHFP financially and with volunteers.
NPC contact: Amanda West
Habitat DC
(http://www.dchabitat.org)
Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C. believes that everyone deserves a house
they want to call home. That's why we work to eliminate poverty housing and
homelessness in the nation's capital by building affordable, energy- and
resource-efficient homes for people in need. D.C. Habitat builds and
rehabilitates homes in order to sell them to families who are ineligible
for conventional financing.
NPC contacts: Linda Kim or Gabe Chikes
Martha's Table
(http://www.marthastable.org)
(http://www.marthastableblog.blogspot.com)
Martha's Table finds solutions to poverty in the short and long term.
We address emergency needs with food and clothing programs and break
the long cycle of poverty with education and family support services.
NPC contact: Claire Levy
Third Street Church of God
(http://www.thirdstreet.org)
Third Street Church of God is an African-American church in the heart of Washington, D.C.
Just northwest of Union Station, the congregation reaches out to the Shaw community
with Jesus' message of hope and healing.
One Ministries' Unique Learning Center
(http://www.ulcdc.org)
For many, hope is fading. There is no thought about the future, only an effort to survive today.
That's why UNIQUE Learning Center’s ministry to children in the Shaw community of
Washington, DC is so important. Through this ministry’s deliberate effort to shape
and transform young lives in the name of Jesus, hope is evident and the future looks bright.
Unique Learning Center is now registered as a cause at http://www.onecause.com,
and can begin receiving contributions as a percentage of purchases made from hundreds of
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Then start shopping through OneCause!
NPC contact: Steve Hannum
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