mercy & justice
love our neighbors
At Redeemer West Side we are called to love our neighbors. We have several ongoing opportunities to do just that.
All Angels’ Community Meal Volunteering
Once a month volunteer alongside your fellow West Siders to serve to-go meals to the All Angels’ community, including our UWS neighbors experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. Tasks include: setting up chairs for outdoor eating, assembling and packaging pre-cooked dinners and utensils, distributing water and dinner, and cleaning up afterwards.
Volunteers needed: 5-7 volunteers per date, ages 14+
When: 2nd Sunday of each month, 5:15pm-7:15pm
Location: All Angels’ Church, 251 W. 80th St
Questions? Email paul.yoo@redeemerws.com
Food Distribution at Frederick Douglass Houses
Connect with and serve our neighbors living in the Frederick Douglass Houses by giving out food to the community. The Frederick Douglass Houses are a low-to-middle-income public housing complex stretching from 100th to 104th streets between Amsterdam and Manhattan Avenues. Come be a part of building relationships with and loving our neighbors in the West Side!
Volunteers needed: 5-6 volunteers per date
When: 2nd and last Thursdays of the month. The distribution starts at 11 am (note the new time), and distribution typically lasts about 3 hours or until the food is given out. Volunteers can arrive and leave any time during the shift, as fits their schedule.
Location: 101st St. & Columbus Ave. in front of 830 Columbus Ave.
Questions? Email paul.yoo@redeemerws.com
Neighborhood Engagement Team
While Redeemer congregants have always been involved in serving the city through mercy and justice, we are looking to embed ourselves more deeply into our West Side neighborhood as a collective church. In light of that, the Neighborhood Engagement Team seeks to build sustained relationships with our community to pursue long-term change. Imagine what it might look like in a few years if more and more of our neighbors knew Redeemer West Side as a people that poured ourselves out in mercy and justice? If you’d like to help with these efforts or you’re interested in more information, please reach out to Paul Yoo at paul.yoo@redeemerws.com.
Hope for New York
At Redeemer West Side, we seek to serve our neighbors by pursuing biblical paths of mercy and justice that enable our entire community to flourish.
To that end, we partner with Hope for New York, which provides volunteer and financial resources to more than 50 non-profit organizations serving poor or marginalized populations in New York City.
In particular, we’ve identified 8 affiliates, below, that we’re committing to regularly pray for and support. If you’d like to serve the city with other members of Redeemer West Side, please email Pastor Paul Yoo.
"seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow." — Isaiah 1:17
Children & Youth
Operation Exodus
Operation Exodus is a faith-based organization located in Washington Heights, NYC. At Exodus, our goal is to form transformational relationships with our students (K-12) through various ways including volunteering in academic support, Saturday mentoring
Young Life, YoungLives, Capernaum
Young Life is a non-denominational Christian ministry that reaches out to adolescents. YoungLives focuses on pregnant and parenting teens. Young Life Capernaum focuses on teens with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Communities in Need
Dream Center NYC
Dream Center NYC’s exists to partner with local communities through programs designed around identity, empowerment, purpose, and neighborhood engagement in order to see neighborhoods flourish across New York City.
Homeless & Addiction Recovery
All Angels’ Church
All Angels’ Church is an Episcopal church that serves the holistic needs of homeless men and women in the church and its surrounding community through meals, Sunday worship, Bible studies, drop-in service programs, and a recovery cafe.
Annual Events
Don’t Walk By
Don’t Walk By is an annual collaboration of faith-based organizations — all partners of Rescue Alliance — that are committed to serving the homeless and offering them an alternative to living on the streets.
His Toy Store
His Toy Store is Hope for New York’s outreach to provide toys to families in deep financial need during the Christmas season.
Immigrant Populations
The Open Door
The Open Door empowers immigrants to reach their full God-given potential to successfully integrate, participate, and contribute to the well-being of our society.
People with Disabilities
Do For One
Do For One promotes stronger communities and richer lives by bringing people excluded from freely given support into healthy and lasting relationships.
Women & Families in Criss
Avail NYC
Avail NYC provides free, confidential care and resources for men and women making a decision about an unexpected pregnancy or seeking support after an abortion experience.
Safe Families for Children
Safe Families for Children creates extended family-like support for families in crisis through a community of compassionate volunteers.
