L.A.M.P. www.northway.org/lamp

The vision of L.A.M.P. is to impact the City of Pittsburgh, one student at a time, by matching a church (or churches) with a specific Pittsburgh public school to serve and provide mentors to the school’s students. 

Contact: corriep@northway.org

OrphanCare Ministry www.nworphancare.org

This North Way ministry works to encourage, educate, and empower the Church to care for orphans, both locally and globally. 

Contact: orphancare@northway.org

House of Manna www.houseofmanna.org

House of Manna serves the community of Homewood and teaches the love of God by offering many opportunities for study, fellowship, and spiritual growth.  NWCC serves meals at the weekly Friday night gatherings every other month, and there are many other opportunities to be involved.  

Contact: speedjacque@yahoo.com

Light of Life www.lightoflife.org

A Christ-centered ministry, Light of Life Rescue Mission provides food, shelter and life-saving programs for the poor, homeless and addicted with a vision to build disciples for the Kingdom of God among this population. 

Contact: sharihodges@gmail.com

Family Guidance www.familyguidance.net

Family Guidance is committed to supporting children and restoring families of all cultures in western Pennsylvania by working in concert with local churches and communities to share the love of Jesus Christ through building meaningful relationships with God and others. Their initiatives include: Y.E.S., an after-school program for urban youth; Promise Camp, a camping ministry for at-risk youth; One-to-One, a youth mentoring program; and L.A.M.P. (Learning Assistance and Mentoring Partnerships) . 

Contact: jgalinowski@familyguidance.net

Women’s Choice Network www.mypregnancycenter.org

Women's Choice Network’s medical and ministry centers offer free and confidential resources to women and men who have questions about pregnancy, abortion, sexually transmitted diseases and related issues. Their desire is to empower abortion-vulnerable women to choose life. 

Contact: amyb@womenschoicenetwork.com

Pittsburgh Kids Foundation  www.pittsburghkidsfoundation.org

The Pittsburgh Kids Foundation is for youth pastors, churches, and anyone who is interested in reaching kids for Jesus and helping to expand the Kingdom of God in Pittsburgh and beyond. They have been actively involved in the lives of Haitian orphans and the people of Haiti for over 15 years. 

Contact: brad@pittsburghkidsfoundation.com

Food Bank Ministry 

North Way partners with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank with a food pantry located at the Wexford campus. From noon-2pm on the second Thursday of the month, the food pantry stores and distributes food to individuals who need food assistance. Contact: karenr@northway.org

Urban Impact  www.urbanimpactpittsburgh.org

Urban Impact invests in the lives of at-risk children, youth and their families on the North Side of Pittsburgh to develop mature, responsible followers of Christ.

Contact: seth.reichart@urbanimpact.pittsburgh.org

Open Hand  www.openhandpittsburgh.org

The ministry of Open Hand rehabs or reconstructs vacant houses in the economically challenged Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Garfield and East Liberty to provide low/moderate-income, disadvantaged families the opportunity for affordable homeownership and help them move into their first home.

Contact:jernelson7@gmail.com

Garfield Urban Farm  www.garfieldfarm.com

Garfield Urban Farm is a large-scale, organic, community gardening project located on a three-acre tract of abandoned/unused land that has been reclaimed and transformed into a fruitful community opportunity to bless and empower the citizens of the East End neighborhood of Garfield.

Contact: john@pghopendoor.org

Ambassadors in Sport  www.aisint.org

Led by Lenny Muckle, Ambassadors in Sport’s mission is communicating the gospel through soccer. The ministry works with volunteers from Pittsburgh-area churches to provide soccer clinics and leagues in the East End and on the North Side. The Open Door Presbyterian Church in East Liberty is closely connected with this ministry. Contact: perrysoccer10@yahoo.com

CCO  www.ccojubilee.org

The CCO is a campus ministry that partners with churches, colleges and organizations to develop men and women who live out their Christian faith in every area of life. Through athlete ministries, bible studies, church involvement, leadership training, outdoor leadership opportunities, mission trips and more, CCO develops programs specifically-tailored to each partner church and campus. Many of our students from Oakland and East End campuses are connected heavily.

CRU  www.pghcru.com

CRU is the college campus outreach wing of Campus Crusade for Christ International. Pittsburgh Metro CRU is active on college 8 campuses in the Pittsburgh region, reaching college students with the gospel through small and large group gatherings and Bible study. Their cross-campus weekly meeting is held at North Way Oakland each Wednesday, and many full-time, part-time, and volunteer CRU leaders are active members of the NWO community.

Intervarsity Asian American Ministry  http://www.intervarsity.org/mem/aam

IVAA is a campus ministry that works with Asian American students at local universities, sharing the Gospel, discipling and plugging them into local churches. Their mission to “establish and advance at colleges and universities witnessing communities of students and faculty who follow Jesus as Savior and Lord: growing in love for God, God’s Word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture and God’s purposes in the world.”  Many of our students from Oakland and East End campuses are participating.

World Vision Pittsburgh  www.worldvision.org

The Gifts-in-Kind Distribution Center packages and ships items to the neediest victims of natural and manmade upheaval. Volunteers donate their time to the distribution center’s work and get involved with a hands-on mission.

Contact: pavolunteers@worldvision.org

Choices Pregnancy Center  www.pregnancychoice.org

Located in Coraopolis, the Center offers free and confidential resources to women and men who have questions about pregnancy and related issues.   Client advocates and trained medical staff are available to listen to concerns and work to empower abortion-vulnerable women to choose life.

Girls Hope  www.girlshope.org

GH provides a well-balanced, nurturing home and good education to children who are at risk due to poverty, neglect or harmful neighborhood conditions.

Sewickley Community Center

SCC provides high quality services to the community through a community   garden, food pantry, after school program and maintaining recreational facilities. 

Sewickley Valley Outreach Team

This team of volunteers regularly mobilizes our community to serve through many different types of outreach. If you have an interest, skill set, calling or  service project you would like to develop, contact mini_irwin@msn.com

Compassion Days

Twice a year we mobilize as a church to serve our local community in a variety of ways. More information will be available as events are scheduled.

For more information or to get involved,

contact Mini Irwin at mini_irwin@msn.com

Urban Impact www.urbanimpactpittsburgh.org

Urban Impact invests in the lives of at-risk children, youth and their families on the North Side of Pittsburgh to develop mature, responsible followers of Christ. Contact: seth.reichart@urbanimpact.pittsburgh.org

East End Cooperative Ministries www.eecm.org

EECM mobilizes local volunteers to serve those in need in the East End. EECM organizes a food pantry, a soup kitchen, Meals on Wheels, food drives to serve the hungry, an emergency shelter, a drop-in center and multiple transitional housing sites to serve the homeless. A range of programming reaches at-risk children/youth. Contact: tracyh@eecm.org

Garfield Urban Farm  www.garfieldfarm.com

Garfield Urban Farm is a large-scale, organic, community gardening project located on a three-acre tract of abandoned/unused land that has been reclaimed and transformed into a fruitful community opportunity to bless and empower the citizens of the East End neighborhood of Garfield.

Contact: john@pghopendoor.org

East End Service Team

At North Way East End, this team of volunteers meets monthly to mobilize our community to serve on a grass-roots level through many different types of outreach. If you have an interest, skill set, calling or service project you would like to develop, contact Pastor Bryan at bryanm@northway.org

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