Urban and Rural Ministries

Urban and Rural Ministries (URM) is a service aimed at organizing communities to better provide individuals with their most basic needs of shelter, food, clothing, hope and connection with the ultimate goal to alleviate the conditions associated with poverty, homelessness, disaster and isolation. Urban and Rural Ministries also builds partnerships to organize for change that will bring needed resources to communities.

LSS' Urban and Rural Ministries services are provided through:

Community Development Efforts
Daytime Drop-in Centers - Positive Avenues, Off The Square Club, and Wellspring
Project Recovery and Disaster Response
Homelessness Services
Refugee and Immigrant Services
Urban Threads - LSS Clothing Distribution Center
Urban Immersion
Voices For Youth - for runaway and homeless youth

Download a PDF of the Urban and Rural Ministries brochure.