Together, we serve about 150 hot breakfasts every Sunday.
Join us every Sunday from 7:30–9:00 a.m. as we share food and fellowship with those who are hungry. Shared Breakfast is a beloved First Church tradition, served every week since 1997. You’ll find us at our Fellowship Hall entrance at 180 Denny Way (the corner of 2nd Ave and Denny Way).
“Thanks for the great breakfast. You made me smile when I thought there was not anything to smile about.”
— A Shared Breakfast Guest
Supported entirely by donations
For $2.50 you can provide one guest a hot meal. For $25, you can feed ten. A $750 gift covers an entire Sunday of breakfasts for our guests. You can make a secure gift online below — please designate it to “Gloria Shared Breakfast.”
Prefer to send a check? Please make it payable to First United Methodist Church of Seattle, directed to the Gloria Fund (used entirely to support Shared Breakfast). Mail to: First United Methodist Church of Seattle, PO Box 19596, Seattle, WA 98109.
Volunteer for Shared Breakfast
Shared Breakfast is run entirely by volunteers — fundraising, grant writing, food shopping, preparation, service, and even coordinating. If you’d like to volunteer, we’d love to hear from you. We also regularly welcome groups of 3–5 people who want to prepare and serve breakfast together on a Sunday morning.
Shared Breakfast Volunteer Coordinator: sharedbreakfast@firstchurchseattle.org
The Blaine Veterans Center
Serving our neighbors goes beyond breakfast. The Blaine Veterans Center is a 24/7 enhanced shelter for veterans, built into First Church’s building and operated by our partner Compass Housing Alliance with the King County Veterans Program. We’re honored to provide its home; Compass runs the shelter and its services.
For shelter information and admissions, please contact Compass Housing Alliance: 206-474-1000. You can also learn more at the Blaine Center.
A long history of service
With more than 160 years in Seattle, First Church has a long history of leadership in human services — a special focus on caring for our downtown neighbors that includes:
- Supporting Civil War veterans in the late 1800s
- Providing asylum for Chinese workers during the riots of 1886
- Feeding families in the church’s soup kitchen during the Great Depression
- Reaching out to servicemen during World War II
- Founding a retirement home for senior citizens in 1961
- Providing housing to homeless men and women through Pulliam/Wesley Haven in the 1970s and 80s
- Helping establish a 60-bed overnight shelter and a daytime homeless women’s congregation
- Serving a weekly breakfast for the hungry, every Sunday since 1997