Calling Communities are designed as innovation hubs wherein congregations and their members are guided to discern their calling as individual Christians and as a community of faith who follow Jesus in his ministry to the world. Participants are asked to make a multi-year commitment to engage in learning and collaboration designed to deepen their sense of calling in a particular area of ministry.
Our current communities are centered on six areas of ministry.
Funds distributed
Projects funded
Churches involved
Participants in each community are able to apply for generous grant funding to support new programs or further existing ministry endeavors that allow churches and ministries to deepen their sense of calling.
Comunidad Cristiana
This center provides resources and information to immigrant families arriving in Spokane. The project offers information about schools, food banks, rent assistance and more.
Shadle Park Presbyterian Church
Growing Neighbors fosters collaboration between neighbors with a focus on urban farming, community development, and the Biblical imperative of creation care.
Colville Community Church
Hope Street provides services and shelter to the homeless and housing insecure in Colville, Wash. This partnership has allowed for continued land development with the intention of creating a mixed-income village.
Immanuel Church
The project is meant to create opportunities for pastors and leaders in Spokane to learn about racial justice and develop approaches to combat racism, both personal and systemic.
First Presbyterian Church, Salida, Colo.
This project is designed to expand the church’s sense of calling to community outreach and advocacy. It will fund community conversations, small group materials and visiting speakers.
Millwood Community Presbyterian Church
This project supports the development of Millwood Impact, which serves the youth in the Spokane Valley via after-school programs, community meals, Young Life programs, and community development.
Mosaic Ministries
This program offers music lessons to downtown youth, low-income adults, and low-wage employees in the church's neighborhood as a means of fostering relationships, building community and sharing the gospel.
Mosaic Ministries
This program is designed to serve low-income employees in the neighborhoods surrounding the church building and provide resources in the areas of health, finance, family dynamics, addiction and employment.
Independent Nonprofit
Side by Side partners with churches to engage individuals with developmental disabilities more deeply in the life and community of the church through mentorship and education.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Dallas
This mural is meant to both reshape the physical presence of the church in this community, as well as invite congregation members into deeper conversations about racial justice.
Spokane Chinese Christian Church
This project is designed to deepen worship formation at SCCC and use worship as a means of community outreach through cultural festivals, community meals, and intergenerational fellowship.
World Relief and Eight Partner Churches
The Friendship Center is designed as a resource center for refugees in Spokane. In the first year, 200 refugees have been served by 66 church volunteers from eight local churches.
Pacific Keep
Single Moms in Life Empowerment (SMILE) aims to empower single mothers with support and resources to confront the challenges of single motherhood. The program aims to foster community, physical and emotional health, financial literacy, and spiritual growth.
Pilgrim Slavic MB Church
This art gallery, titled "Jesus in the Masterpieces of World Paintings," aims to share the gospel through Biblically inspired art from around the world. The paintings are displayed in settings around Spokane as a mobile gallery.
The Gathering House
This church redesigned its parking lot to serve as a community space and weekly farmers market in a neighborhood that lacks affordable locations to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables.
20 Local Churches and Ministries
In response to the challenges of COVID, emergency funds were distributed to area churches to respond to the needs in their communities. Programs included food banks, teen mental-health check-ins, and daycare services. Funds were matched with the INW Presbytery.
32 Leadership Foundation Sites
In response to the challenges of COVID, emergency funds were distributed to U.S. Leadership Foundations ministries. Programs included food assistance, family emergency kits, technology support, rent assistance and more. Funds were matched by an independent donor.
Multiple Churches
The Anti-Racism Alliance is designed to help pastors and community leaders examine their own racial biases and grow in the work of anti-racism.
Multiple Churches
These book groups draw together individuals from around the Spokane community to read and learn about topics related to reconciliation and the church.
First Presbyterian Church, Spokane
Feast is a take-out restaurant and catering company that incubates small, immigrant- and refugee-owned food businesses in Spokane through training, networking, and capacity building opportunities.