Warming Center

Church Street’s commitment to its neighbors was never more evident than in mid-February 2025 when the church stepped up to mobilize and open a warming center within 48 hours of learning about an urgent need. This need was caused by the unexpected shutdown of two nearby warming centers.

That extraordinary response was noted and greatly appreciated by the joint City/County Office of Housing Stability and led to Church Street again partnering with the Office of Housing Stability to be an emergency “low barrier” warming center this winter. The Office of Housing Stability will call for warming centers to open whenever the overnight temperature is predicted to drop below 25 degrees. That threshold was met twice in mid-February, but is expected to be reached approximately 25 times over the course of this winter.