Mission Partners At Rose City Park Presbyterian

At RCPPC, spirituality moves us beyond pews and prayer. We want to take action that can foster real change, locally and beyond.

Mission Partners

Ongoing commitments: Inspired by the ever-changing needs of our community and the passions of our members, we strive to serve in places where the human heart and a human touch can help ease great need. 

For example, as part of our current support efforts, we serve the Wy’East Shelter for unhoused veterans with homecooked meals and basic furniture and supplies when vets transition to permanent housing.
We are part of a rotational network (Family Promise) that provides shelter and supports for  families encountering homelessness.
We support the Hollywood Mother and Child Education Center with children’s clothing, toys, educational materials and workshops.
In our advocacy work, we are a founding member of and active participant in the Interfaith Alliance on Poverty, an ecumenical network of congregations seeking to end systemic poverty.
As we do this work, we strive to forge bonds, with those we serve, each other, and agency leaders.
Anyone is invited to join in any of these endeavors.

We also try to help by making a public witness to issues that are close to our hearts: a food or diaper drive, the opening of a recovery cafe, marching in the Portland Pride Parade, participating in workshops on violence de-escalation, etc. 
 
Rose City Park Presbyterian reallocates some of our members’ contributions to local non-profits aligned with alleviating food insecurity, providing medical help, supporting environmental action, and social justice. 

Additional organizations that receive our contributions include:

Camino Ministry: Learn more at Camino_Humanitar at https://www.camino-zu.org/en/

Camino_April_2026.pdfClick here for a PDF with more information.
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon: Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) meets the immediate needs of communities in the greater Portland area through their six direct service programs, while seeking long-term solutions through state-wide public policy and advocacy work. Their direct service programs support refugees and immigrants, food insecure people, low-income people living with HIV, unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness, and survivors of domestic violence.

Their Public Policy Advocacy team provides pathways for EMO clients, community members and Oregonians of faith to bring about change in the U.S. Congress, at the Oregon State Capitol and in local government. Learn more here,
Family Promise Metro East: Mission
Family Promise of Metro East helps children and their families experiencing houselessness achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.
Vision
A community where all families have equitable access to housing and the chance to build a better future.

Learn more at https://www.pdxfp.org/
Fort Kennedy: H.A.V.E.N.
HELPING ALL VETERANS EXPERIENCE NORMALCY
Fort Kennedy is a Veteran-focused 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization founded and run by Tina Kennedy, 1SG, US Army (Ret.). At our Day Center, we help Veterans connect with the benefits they earned through service to our country, in addition to providing clothing, food, hygiene items, and other essential services to unhoused and low-income Veterans living in and around Portland, Oregon.

Learn more at https://www.fortkennedy.org/
Mainspring Portland: Mainspring Portland (formerly FISH Emergency Services) serves all of Multnomah County and parts of Clackamas County. Helping people in crisis, it provides food and other essential daily living necessities to those in need. Given via Deacons’ Funds.

Learn more here: Mainspring Portland
Mother and Child Education Center: Every new parent needs help—even if you’ve done it before. At no cost or obligation, Mother & Child is there to offer varying levels of assistance. Mother & Child provides a judgment-free space for anyone who is parenting—including expectant parents, single parents, and families facing challenges such as lack of housing, poverty, fleeing domestic violence, refugee or immigration status, DHS involvement, substance abuse, or trauma—no matter your situation. They are there to support anyone who comes to their front door.

Learn more at
NE Emergency Food Program: The NE Emergency Food Program
Northeast Emergency Food Program meets the urgent food needs of Portland metro area neighbors. NEFP also works to develop community solutions to secure access to adequate, affordable and healthy food. They ground our work in the belief that nutritious food is a basic human need and a building block for a healthy life of possibility. NEFP is a vital part of the community ministry network of the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. Given via Social Action Committee.
Learn more here:The NE Emergency Food Program
Rahab's Sisters: Rahab’s Sisters builds community through radical hospitality with women and gender-diverse individuals marginalized by poverty, houselessness, sex work, violence and substance abuse.

Since 2003, Rahab’s Sisters has centered our radical hospitality around community meals where trust and friendship can grow, believing community is a basic human need essential to well-being, and everyone deserves to feel they belong somewhere.

Learn more here: Rahab’s Sisters
Street Roots: Street Roots Published weekly in Portland, Oregon, Street Roots has been Portland’s flagship publication addressing homelessness and poverty since 1998. Street Roots creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change. Given via the Social Action Committee.

Learn more here: Street Roots
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crises and catastrophic events.

Learn more here: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Presbyterian and Ecumenical groups: Presbyterian and Ecumenical groups, such as More Light Presbyterians, The Presbyterian Health Education and Welfare Association and The Community of Welcoming Congregations- all of which support social justice efforts locally and nationally.

More Light Presbyterians follows the risen Christ, and seeks to make the Church a true community of hospitality. The mission of More Light Presbyterians is to work for the full participation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of faith in the life, ministry and witness of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Given via the Social Action Committee.

Financial Giving

On a national level, Rose City Park Presbyterian reallocates some of participants’ contributions to the efforts of the Presbyterian Church (USA). By adding to a bigger pot, we maximize our giving on a larger scale.

One Great Hour of Sharing Our congregation has joined in this Lenten offering since its 1949 inception. The offering provides relief to those affected by natural disasters, helping to empower the poor and oppressed and to give food to the hungry.

Peacemaking Offering For over 30 years, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and the Presbyterian Church (USA) have been committed to pursuing a peaceful and just world. Through the offering, RCPPC has supported local charities including Oregon Food Bank, Wallace Medical Concern, Sisters of the Road, as well as national groups such as The Climate Trust, Community of Welcoming Congregations, and Friends of Sabeel North America.

Christmas Joy Offering In addition to an all-church project to support a local charity, we participate in the PCUSA Christmas Joy Offering. The offering (an annual Presbyterian tradition since the 1930’s) provides financial assistance to current and former church workers and their families experiencing unusual need, including opportunities for deserving students to attend Presbyterian-related racial ethnic colleges, several historically Black colleges and colleges for indigenous peoples.

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