Houston Haven is a non-profit ministry dedicated to providing low-cost housing to out-of-town cancer patients and their families undergoing treatment at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Their desire is to LOVE people undergoing cancer treatment by providing a haven for their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

Meal Delivery for Houston Haven
Sign Up Required
Sign up to provide a meal to families staying in Houston while they receive cancer treatment at the Medical Center. Please email Outreach@SMEC.org if you would like to sign-up for a slot.

Golden Butterfly Bakers is a nonprofit in the Greater Houston area solely dedicated to providing baked goods to homeless and recovery organizations, and human trafficking and youth rescue facilities to foster hope and emotional healing. They distribute their baked goods by partnering with other established non-profit, charitable, 501(c)(3) organizations in the Houston area providing services to the homeless, transitional housing for youth and adults previously homeless or in addiction recovery, other organizations serving those in need, and prisoners seeking a new way of living through the Kairos prison ministry.

Volunteers are needed to scoop dough, mix ingredients, and package cookies and baked goods to be sent all over Houston. Families are encouraged to join, children 8+. Children 8-17 must be accompanied by adult. Please wear closed toe shoes and bring a hat.

Volunteer opportunities are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturdays. 9 a.m. -12 p.m. St. John the Divine, 2450 River Oaks Blvd, 77019.

For more information and to sign up to volunteer please visit here.

WorkFaith’s mission is to provide faith-based training and coaching for anyone who desires long-term employment. As a Christ-centered organization, they offer practical and comprehensive employment services to men and women who may feel discouraged in their job search.

Volunteers are needed in several different areas. 

1. Mock Interviews: Assist clients enrolled in our Job Search Accelerator (JSA) class as an In-Person or Virtual Mock Interviewer.  Help clients practice their job interviewing skills, ask challenging questions, and provide thoughtful feedback. Volunteers will meet with 2-3 clients. You will be provided with clear training instructions and will shadow a seasoned volunteer until you are comfortable.
2. Celebration Champion: Cheer on and inspire JSA graduates during their graduation ceremony! Many graduates lack a cheering section, and your presence- whether in-person or virtual – will lift them up and show them that they are supported by a caring community.
3. Application Advisor: Review clients’ job applications of JSA participants, checking for accuracy and helping them tell a story of why they meet the potential employers’ needs. Each application takes about 30-60 mins to review.

By hosting Backyard Bible Club, camps, mentoring, offering job experience to teens, and work days to help clean up their neighborhoods, Agape Development works to transform their neighborhood by preparing Christ-following, independent, community leaders.

Agape Shaved Ice provides real job experience for the teens of our neighborhood. Host our teen small business, Agape Shaved Ice, at your next event! VBS, company picnic, birthday party – what is your next fun event? Inquire here.

Amazing Place provides a safe, spiritual and nurturing program for older adults with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s or similar dementia, while offering respite, education and support to their caregivers and families.

Africa New Life Ministries exists to communicate the message of Jesus Christ in word and deed, to Africa and all the nations by providing access to education, leadership training, and healthcare; through church planting and Christian discipleship; and through holistic care for vulnerable children, and women and men in need.

Decorate Prayer Postcards for Africa New Life, and other World Mission partners, by picking up a packet at the Reception Desk, Monday- Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Christian Community Service Center (CCSC) assists the poor, hungry, disabled, and otherwise needy, and provides a back-to-school and Christmas program for low-income children.  They also provide job training and school vision screening.

CCSC Work Day
Saturdays, Aug. 22 and 29, Sept. 26, Oct. 24 and 31
9 a.m.-noon *Come and Go as needed*
3434 Branard St., Houston, 77027

Volunteers are needed to organize and distribute food and clothing at the Christian Community Service Center. The organization assists the poor, hungry, disabled and needy, providing a back-to-school and Christmas program for low-income children. The organization also offers job training and school vision screening.

Amistad Mission is a non-profit organization that seeks to manifest Christ’s love for the poor by helping Bolivian children and families in need. They have a la Villa orphanage in Cochabamba, Bolivia where St. Martin’s sponsors the children of Casa San Martin and their mama.

Give to Outreach and honor a loved one on a special occasion through The Giving Tree.

The Giving Tree is a branch of St. Martin’s Outreach Ministries, offering parishioners and the surrounding community the opportunity to honor a loved one on a special occasion through a heartfelt gift that serves others while touching hearts and changing lives.

If you need assistance, email outreach@stmartinsepiscopal.org

Faith in Practice seeks to improve the physical, spiritual and economic conditions of the at-risk Guatemalans by providing medical care and health-related educational programs.

Houston International Seafarers Center provides a “home away from home” for seafarers visiting the Port of Houston through a ministry of presence, outreach, witness, worship and service.

Adult-sized shoeboxes are needed for the upcoming Seafarer’s Christmas Box project. If you have shoeboxes you can donate, please drop them off at the Front Reception Desk, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Seafarer’s Christmas Gift Box Packing and Wrapping
Sunday, Oct 25
10:15 a.m.
Children’s Life Center

Come help pack shoeboxes and wrap them for the Houston International Seafarer’s Center. These gifts will be delivered to the Port of Houston and given out to all the crews who come into port during the holidays.

Sole Hope exists to help children and families in Uganda walk in freedom from jiggers and other preventable foot conditions through medical care, education, protective shoes, and whole person support.

Shoe Parties are an excellent way for you to make a global impact without ever leaving Houston. During your home party, you will cut and prepare fabric uppers from old jeans that will be used by Sole Hope’s Ugandan cobblers to handcraft shoes for vulnerable kids. Last year, St. Martin’s volunteers cut out over 350 shoe patterns that were then sent to Ugandan cobblers.

This is a true hands-on opportunity for people of all ages to join in the shoemaking process! No special sewing or cobbler skills required, and all supplies are provided. This project is kid-friendly and great for the whole family!

Kits are available for pick up by sign up on Wednesday starting at 10 a.m. from the Front Reception Desk and should be returned to the same location by the following Monday at 3 p.m.

Sign up for the Shoe Cutting Project here.

Bayou City Blessings mobilizes the local community, individuals and resources to provide food on the weekends and during school breaks for Houston children who might otherwise go hungry. Their mission serves to raise awareness of childhood hunger by building community and establishing relationships with their educational partners to improve the lives of Houston children.

His Children (Sus Hijos) is a registered nonprofit  organization created to help children and adolescents in the government and private orphanages in El Salvador. They implement projects to reunite families and show them the love and grace of God; and provide humanitarian aid to communities, families, and the Salvadoran people through projects and activities.

Decorate Prayer Postcards for Sus Hijos, and other World Mission partners, by picking up a packet at the Reception Desk, Monday- Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Adult and Family Mission Trip to El Salvador
March 6-11, 2027
Deposit $300 per person
Final Cost TBD
Registration opens Oct. 1 and closes Jan. or until full.

The El Salvador mission trip will be during Spring Break, March 6-11. Adults and families are invited to serve with St. Martin’s ministry partner, Kurt Ackermann, and his organization, Sus Hijos in El Salvador.  Together, we will be the hands and feet of Jesus.  Trip activities may include visiting an orphanage, building a house for a needy family, handing out food & clothing at a community outreach event, and ministering to special needs children on a beach trip – all while deepening their faith and ours.

Child Advocates mobilizes court appointed volunteers to break the vicious cycle of child abuse. Volunteers serve as advocates for abused and neglected children through the court, child protective and educational systems; and make certain these children are living in safe, permanent homes and receiving rehabilitative services. Training is provided.

The Institute is an independent, interfaith, nonprofit organization that recognizes that humans are spiritual beings, affirming that the connection between spirituality and health is central to well-being. For seven decades, as a founding member of the Texas Medical Center, the Institute has shone a light on this deep relationship against the backdrop of diverse cultures and belief systems. Through their four Centers of Excellence, they engage in a variety of impactful programs and services that foster integrative wholeness.

Through the annual St. Martin’s Angel Tree Project, volunteers sign up to purchase Christmas gifts for children in foster care, adoption and mental health services provided by DePelchin’s Children’s Center. St. Martin’s sponsors 250 children each year.

Pick Up Date: Sunday, Nov. 8
Gifts Due: Wednesday, Dec. 2

Sign-up required. Contact Tracee Tindol for more information.

Kids’ Meals helps to end childhood hunger by delivering free, healthy meals to the doorsteps of Greater Houston’s hungriest preschool-aged children and through collaboration providing their families with resources to help end the cycle of poverty.

Village Schools International has a dual mission: to enable those in villages who would otherwise never get to go to school to have the opportunity to get an education; and to send missionaries into villages where missionaries have never lived before to share the Gospel. We partner with people in villages in Tanzani, Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, and Kenya to help them build their own schools.

The Nehemiah Center provides a high-quality education for students while helping their families get the information and resources necessary to have stability in the home. It serves and follows children as toddlers through their college years by engaging and retaining family participation year after year, creating the opportunity to build trust and a sense of community through relationships.

Small Steps Nurturing Center provides an exemplary early childhood program to instill and foster the social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual growth of economically at-risk children and their families. They operate two preschools for economically at-risk children living in the Fifth Ward and Gulfton/Sharpstown communities of inner-city Houston, Texas.

Undies for Everyone provides new underwear for over 100,000 U.S. children living in poverty or crisis. With newfound confidence and self-esteem, students are ready to learn and grow.

By providing an academically rigorous Christian education, Yellowstone Academy is answering the challenge of the education crisis that faces many economically disadvantaged students in Houston’s Third Ward. Volunteer opportunities are available for at least one hour per month to help as a lunch buddy or academic tutor, assist in the early childhood chapel or library, or provide support through Scouts.

The mission of Ronald McDonald-Holcombe House Charities Greater Houston is to provide a supportive home away from home for families of seriously ill children receiving medical care at area hospitals.

reVision works to transform the lives of at-risk and gang-affected youth by connecting them to positive adult role models, building a new community around strong, affirming peer groups, and preparing the youth for promising futures through education and jobs. reVision pairs adult mentors with youth, many of whom are incarcerated at the time mentors meet them. These volunteer mentors offer friendship and encouragement to youth during a difficult period of their lives, and commit to helping them move towards a more positive future.

Open Door Mission provides shelter, food, clothing and encouragement for homeless, addicted and disabled men. The Mission is in need of mentors for the residents in the DoorWay Recovery and Educational and Job Training Programs. An invaluable part of defeating chronic homelessness is for our men to find strong Christian mentors to help them find their way. Volunteer Orientation is the second Thursday of the month at 5306 Harrisburg, 12 p.m. Join them to learn more about the program, take a tour and enjoy lunch.

Volunteer with WorthFaith Connection as a spiritual and professional mentor. Mentors provide WorthFaith mentees ongoing support, wisdom and guidance. Role models offer professional insight and spiritual counsel to guide candidates in understanding the commitment needed to become stable and successful. A minimum time commitment is one year, connecting with the mentee twice a month. Interested in sharing your professional wisdom and supporting WorthFaith? Please email volunteers@workfaith.org.

Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services (ECHOS) asks volunteers to staff the food pantry.

St. Martin’s Outreach has expanded its efforts to build awareness and provide education and volunteer efforts to join the fight against Human Trafficking along with many Houston area non-profit organizations.

Demand Disruption

Elijah Rising

Freedom Church Alliance

The Landing