Who We Are

Gather can be hard to describe. We don’t think of ourselves as a “church with ministries.” Instead, our programs, services, and conversations are church. When we comfort a child at Gather & Grow, it’s church. When we listen to a sermon, it’s church. When we give someone clean needles, it’s church. When we get a dry pair of pants for an unhoused friend, it’s church. When we administer Sublocade, it’s church. When we deliver a box of food to a family dealing with food insecurity, it’s church. When we visit a family’s home and coach a father on how to be a better parent, it’s church. When we help a disabled senior citizen find housing, it’s church. When we share a cigarette and actively listen, it’s church. Gather is not a what or a where, we’re a who. We’re church.

Since Gather was planted in 2010, what we do and where we do it has changed and grown. In the process of serving our neighbors in Lewis County, we encountered needs that were going unmet. So, we tried to help. What started as a food and clothing bank has developed into a social services network that includes a subsidized day care, the Eat Free Café, Parents as Teachers, Care Coordination, MedsFirst (a medication assisted treatment clinic), a syringe exchange program, housing support, and much more.