How You Can Help This Ministry

To provide this important ministry, we look to our church members and the community for help. Each month, participants will be given the following items:

Drawstring bags
Toiletries
Hygiene kits
First aid kit
Protein bars
Packs of nuts and dried fruit
Sharpies and notebooks
Ballpoint pens
Socks
Reusable water bottles
Hand sanitizer
$10 McDonald's or Subway gift cards
Comet bus passes
Rain Ponchos (Mylar)
Winter Weather Skull Caps, Gloves, Neck Gaiters (set)
Phone Portable Charger/Power Banks
Lip Balm
Sunscreen
Washcloths

You can contribute by purchasing many of the items locally or from the ministry’s Amazon Wish List.

The items you purchase should be shipped or delivered to:

Safe Space Dinners c/o Reformation Lutheran Church, 1118 Union Street, Columbia, SC 29201.

Monetary donations will be used for purchasing food gift cards, bus passes, other bag items, supplies for dinner activities, X. Checks should be mailed to Reformation Lutheran Church, 1118 Union Street, Columbia, SC 29201 for Safe Space Dinners. You can also donate directly on the RLC website using the Giving tab. Please mark your donation for Safe Space Dinners. Or, you can utilize our Venmo (refluthcola@gmail.com) or PayPal (refluthcola@gmail.com) accounts, again marking your donation specifically for this ministry.

Monthly dinners will be prepared and served by members of Reformation Lutheran Church, St. Martins In The Fields Episcopal Church, organizational partners, and volunteers from the community. All those interacting with the youth have passed a background check through the SC State Law Enforcement Division.

Share with Others

One of our challenges is reaching those we seek to serve.

If you know of a youth in need, please direct them to:

the RLC church website, (www.reformationcae.org)

If you participate in or have knowledge of an organization or ministry that serves a similar population or would like to partner with us, please contact us or share our email address safespacecolumbia@gmail.com.