Seattle's Union Gospel Mission

DOUBLE your gift with our $50,000 Matching Grant. Help TWICE as many homeless neighbors find hope and healing

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission is a nonprofit ministry that loves and cares for our homeless neighbors throughout greater Seattle.

We started in 1932 with a simple, borrowed soup kettle — serving meals to those suffering during the Great Depression. Today, we serve thousands of homeless and hurting people every day, meeting them where they are and offering hope through:

🧡 Urgent care — meals, shelter, and medical support

🧡Relationships — knowing people by name and walking alongside them

🧡 Long-term recovery programs — helping break the cycle of homelessness

At the Mission, we restore dignity and help people move into healthy, thriving lives. We want everyone to know that, no matter their circumstances, they are loved and cared for — by us and by God.

Right now, friends of the Mission have come together and committed $50,000 to challenge you and our community of supporters to give generously for GiveBIG. Every $1 you give will be matched, up to $50,000!

Give today and help those in need find the unconditional love and resources to overcome addiction and homelessness.

From lost to found: Sherry and Jason’s stories

Sherry’s Story: A Life Changed

For Sherry, rock bottom came after two decades of addiction and periods of homelessness. When her mother told her she could no longer come home or even call, she felt completely alone. Isolated in a hotel room, she lost all hope.

“I was just absolutely miserable,” she says.

Jason’s Story: A Journey to Redemption

Jason also battled addiction. One night, after work, he was robbed and beaten.

“I got four broken ribs, 10 staples in the back of my head. Praise God that I’m not dead,” he says. Though he survived, he lost his job and became homeless.

Both Sherry and Jason tried to break free from addiction, but they relapsed — until they came to Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission.

How the Mission reaches those in need

At Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, we do more than offer food and shelter.

We go to the streets — meeting people where they are, getting to know them by name, and offering them hope.

Through Search + Rescue teams, emergency shelters, and long-term recovery programs, we help our homeless neighbors move from lost to found, from hopelessness to healing, from life on the streets to the lives God wants for them.

• Jason connected with the Mission through a couple serving with Search + Rescue. They got to know him, prayed with him, and walked alongside him until he was ready to enter the Mission’s recovery program.

• Sherry found safety at Hope Place, our recovery program for women, after fleeing an abusive relationship.

At the Mission, we address the root causes of homelessness, restore dignity, and walk with people as they rebuild their lives in Christ.

Lives restored: your support makes a difference

Both Sherry and Jason experienced healing at the Mission.

• Sherry earned three degrees and now works as a recovery specialist, helping others who struggle as she once did. More than anything, she says, “God is the center of my life. I depend on God for everything.”

• Jason has been clean for over 10 years. He is now a married father of four and part of a church community that has “blessed (his) socks off.”

GiveBIG today! Give 2x the meals, shelter, recovery, and life-changing hope

🧡 Don’t miss this opportunity to bring the love of Jesus to our homeless neighbors! Let’s GiveBIG together and watch God work through the Mission!

Learn more at ugm.org