Care
At Society Church, care is about companioning you in your faith journey — providing spaces to explore questions, reflect on life, and grow closer to God. Whether you’re seeking guidance, conversation, or contemplative support, our care options are designed to meet you where you are and walk alongside you with listening, prayer, and tangible support in real and meaningful ways.
Pastoral counseling is a space for thoughtful, confidential conversations with a pastor about faith, life, and the intersection of the two. It offers guidance rooted in Scripture while thoughtfully engaging real-life questions, challenges, and decisions. Whether you’re wrestling with complicated theological questions, seeking wisdom for everyday applications, or want to learn more about understanding and interpreting the Word of God, pastoral counseling is meant to support you.
Rather than providing answers or directives, pastoral counseling invites open dialogue —creating space to explore questions, reflect together, and consider how faith connects to everyday life and practice.
If you are interested in receiving pastoral counseling, we invite you to email us to share a bit about what you are hoping to explore. We’ll be happy to connect you with a pastor on our staff.
Pastoral Counseling
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual direction is a contemplative space to slow down and become attentive to God’s presence in your life. In this space, a pastor serves as a prayerful companion — listening deeply, asking gentle questions, and helping you notice where God may be speaking, stirring, or inviting you deeper.
Rather than offering advice or solutions, spiritual direction centers on prayer, silence, Scripture, and reflection, creating space to discern the voice of God and become more attentive to the movements of the Spirit in everyday life.
Our Care Practices
Benevolence
Benevolence is one of the ways we seek to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the places we are invited, offering care that is tangible, compassionate, and rooted in stewardship. Through our benevolence fund, we aim to provide appropriate levels of emergency financial assistance to Society Church members, regular attenders, and members of our wider community who express need.
Benevolence is intended to support urgent needs such as food, shelter, or basic necessities. Each request is prayerfully considered, and your information is kept confidential within the small team that oversees Society Church’s benevolence fund. As part of the process, someone will reach out to you to talk through your request — this conversation helps us better understand the situation and steward resources wisely.
Requests typically take 7–10 days to be processed. Because our benevolence fund is limited, we may not be able to meet every request; if we’re unable to provide assistance, we will do our best to help connect you with other resources that may offer support.
To get started, please fill out the benevolence request form below, and a member of our care team will be in touch.
Additional Resources
The organizations below are additional partner organizations and community resources that extend support across a range of needs, including food access, housing stability, family connection, recovery services, and mental and emotional well-being. Each organization offers specialized programs designed to meet people where they are and provide practical, compassionate assistance through established community-based efforts.
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Portland Rescue Mission provides shelter, meals, clothing, and recovery-focused services for individuals experiencing homelessness, addiction, or food insecurity.
The programs include emergency shelter, long-term residential recovery, transitional housing, and life-skills and employment support, all designed to help individuals stabilize their situation and work toward long-term recovery and independent living.
To get in contact, visit https://portlandrescuemission.org/.
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Shepherd’s Door, operated by Portland Rescue Mission, is a long-term residential recovery program in Portland for women and mothers experiencing homelessness, addiction, or life instability.
The program provides housing, meals, recovery support, counseling, parenting resources, childcare, life-skills training, and transitional support within a structured, faith-based environment focused on healing, stability, and long-term recovery.
To learn more, visit their website at https://portlandrescuemission.org/what-we-do/our-solution/recover/womens-ministry.
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The Family Room is a non-profit that provides safe, welcoming spaces for families involved in the foster care system to spend time together during supervised visits.
The organization supports parents, children, and foster families through family visitation spaces, meals, parenting support, volunteer assistance, and community partnerships focused on strengthening relationships and supporting family reunification whenever possible.
Want more information? Visit https://familyroomoregon.org/.
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The Northeast Emergency Food Program provides groceries to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity through a self-service shopping model that offers fresh produce, dairy, bread, meat, and other essentials.
To learn more, visit the NEFP website at https://emo-nefp.org/.
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Speak Out is centered on practicing the way of Jesus and fostering holistic well-being across mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health.
It partners with churches and ministries to provide mental health training and workshops, offers ongoing support through coaching and Underdogs Clubs, and works to reduce stigma around mental health within church communities. The program is grounded in spiritual formation through prayer and Scripture, with a focus on equipping faith communities to care for individuals in a more integrated and supportive way.
For more information, visit https://wearespeakout.com/.
Get In Touch
Don’t see what you’re looking for, or need help figuring out your next steps?
Contact our Associate Pastor, Jordan Evans, by filling out the questions here or emailing jordan@society.church.
“A new command I give you:
Love one another.
As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
John 13:34