California Lutheran University

Founded in 1959 and formally recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution since 2016, California Lutheran University is home to 2,377 undergraduate and 1,033 graduate students. Our students come from 59 countries and represent a wide spectrum of faith and spirituality.

Central Downtown Food Basket

Central Downtown Food Basket reliably provides healthy and fresh groceries with Dignity and Respect to the food insecure at mobile sites throughout Sacramento. They do this by being hands on with their distribution.

Downtown Streets Team Sacramento

Downtown Streets Team Sacramento was launched in 2018 as a four-month pilot sponsored by the City of Sacramento. They currently support 40+ Team Members in Sacramento with intensive, opt-in case management and employment services, and a true sense of community.

ELCA World Hunger

Working with and through our congregations, ELCA World Hunger is uniquely positioned to reach communities in need. From health clinics to microloans, water wells to animal husbandry, community meals to advocacy, your gifts to ELCA World Hunger make it possible for the ELCA to respond, supporting sustainable solutions that get at the root causes of hunger and poverty.

Lutheran Social Services of Northern California

LSS of Northern California aligns closely with the St. John's value of Healing. For more than 50 years, LSS of Northern California has been serving the most vulnerable in our region. Today, their focus is to end the homelessness crisis in our region by providing supportive housing and essential services to the unhoused.

Mt. Cross Ministries

Mt. Cross Ministries aligns closely with the St. John's value of Constancy. Located in the Santa Cruz mountains, Mt. Cross Ministries is a summer camp and retreat facility that provides profound experiences in God's creation. Mt. Cross Ministries is the only Lutheran Outdoors Ministry (LOM) site in the Sierra Pacific Synod and recently celebrated 75 Years of faith formation for youth and families in the redwoods!

My Sister's House

My Sister’s House serves Asian and Pacific Islander and other underserved women and children impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking by providing a culturally appropriate and responsive safe haven, job training, and community services.

Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS)

PLTS aligns closely with the St. John's value of Humility. Located in Berkeley, PLTS develops leaders in the Lutheran tradition for a complex and changing world. PLTS equips people to put their faith into action as the church and culture face dramatic change; because people who follow their purpose can transform a community — and the world.

Reconciling Works

Since 1974, ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation has advocated for the full welcome, inclusion, and equity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans in all aspects of the life of their Church, congregations, and community.

The Rwanda School Project

Following the Rwandan Genocide, the Rwanda School Project launched in response to the country’s need for secondary education. The Rwamagana Leaders’ School opened in 2010 to offer a secure and nurturing school environment that transforms vulnerable youth into future leaders and problem solvers who champion environmental sustainability and social change.

Sacramento Area Congregations Together (ACT)

Sacramento ACT aligns closely with the St. John's value of Justice-Making. Sacramento ACT is a powerful multi-racial, multi-faith organization advocating a transformation of our community rooted in our shared faith values. We equip ordinary people to effectively identify and change conditions to create justice and equity.

Saint John’s Program for Real Change

Saint John’s Program for Real Change, located in Sacramento, California, supports women in crisis and their children through a comprehensive 12-18 month residential program developed to help them build a successful new life for themselves and their families.

The Lutheran World Federation

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of churches in the Lutheran tradition, living and working together for a just, peaceful, and reconciled world. LWF strives to put our Christian faith into action through humanitarian and development work, advocacy, shared witness, and dialogue.