Gateway Homeless Services is looking for dedicated volunteers throughout the year. Volunteers are an integral part of the success of the organizations.

Volunteers are needed to help with the care of our facility, provide supervision, deliver child and adult programming, strengthen events, and empower residents through friendship, partnership, and encouragement.

To find out more about how you can help us help others, please call, email or write Martin Rafanan (314) 231-1515, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 1000 N. 19th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri 63106.

Partnerships

Organizations may choose to develop a partnership relationship with Gateway Homeless Services. Partnership relationships can take the form of mutually agreed-upon expectations, a covenant, or memorandum of agreement.

Recently, Gateway Homeless Services completed such an agreement with a congregation, Trinity Lutheran Church in Chesterfield.

The covenant between Trinity and Gateway follows:

Covenant

Trinity Lutheran Church-Chesterfield and Gateway Homeless Service enter into this covenant with the goal of deepening our relationships with Christ through service to the residents and staff of Gateway Homeless Services. Integrity and respect are the cornerstones of this covenant.

Trinity Lutheran Church agrees to provide support and care for Gateway's residents and staff through the following volunteer services:

• Prayer
• Prepare and serve one dinner meal per month
• Conduct one children's birthday party and adult bingo games on alternating months
• Prepare and deliver 125 brown bag lunches once a month
• Obtain twelve (12) Pack N' Plays for use on Gateway's premises
• Obtain four (4) infant car seats for use in Gateway's van
• Enlist volunteers to help sort and organize donated items at Gateway's off site warehouse
• Assist with clerical needs such as data entry, mailings, filing, etc
• Assist with building maintenance and repairs, etc. as needed
• Assist with other identified needs as our abilities, spiritual gifts, and time permit
• Purchase a table for ten at HomeLess for the Holidays

Gateway Homeless Services agrees to assist Trinity in accomplishing these services by:

• Ensuring a safe environment in which Trinity's volunteers can serve
• Providing ongoing staff support, guidance, and feedback
• Identifying other service opportunities for Trinity's consideration on an ongoing basis

Trinity and Gateway commit to:

• Upholding one another's vision, mission, and values
• Honesty...speaking the truth in love
• Openness...openly share issues, concerns and joys
• Confidentiality...issues and concerns will not be shared outside this relationship
• Resolve...solving disagreements through healthy, mindful dialogue
• Dependability...following through on commitments made

Communication may occur via email, phone and/or face-to-face on an as needed basis with both parties agreeing to respond within twenty-four hours. Only members of Trinity's Gateway Action Team and/or pastoral staff will initiate Communication with Gateway.

While the anticipated duration of this covenant is three years, it will be reviewed at least annually, or more frequently if desired by one party, and will be altered or reaffirmed. After reasonable conversation, either party may terminate this covenant.

Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev. Jeff Hackler

Gateway Homeless Services
Rev. Dr. Martin Rafanan