Grace-Street Ministry

Grace-Street Ministry We are an outreach ministry offering a consistent, compassionate, pastoral presence to the homeless and marginalized in downtown Portland, Maine.

Our Church

When we stop to talk to someone on the street or in the shelters in Portland, Maine and introduce ourselves as street pastors, they ask "So, where is your church?" We tell them we are a walking ministry -- "the church is right here!" We bring compassion and communion to the street and the people there who feel estranged from traditional churches. Our History

In the spring of 2006 tw

o ordained, UCC pastors felt Spirit-driven to begin a ministry with the marginalized and homeless in downtown Portland, Maine. Our main focus was to learn how we could be pastors in this community, to remember the sacred in the midst of it all, and to decrease the imagined and real boundaries between those who have little materially and those who have much. About Our Clergy

Rev. Mair Honan, a graduate of Bangor Theological Seminary, is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She is co-founder and pastor of Grace-Street Ministry in Portland, Maine. She is the author of "Walking in the Realm of Miracles", a series of reflections on street ministry. Her two rascal granddaughters are a major joy in her life. Robert Ross (Bob) is co-Pastor, Grace-Street Ministry. He holds M.Div. (2013, Bangor Theological Seminary) and Ph.D. (1987, Yale University, Sociology) degrees and is preparing (2014) for ordination in the United Church of Christ (Oxford Union Association, Maine Conference). Through 2013 he worked 22 years in the patient- and population-oriented health sciences. He is the father of two good sons, Kayvon, age 32, and Eli, age 17.

12/27/2023

Here we go again! The city will sweep the Harbor View and Douglas Street encampments tomorrow at 8am — no doubt expecting a different result.

11/29/2022

When you see someone on a street corner with a message written on cardboard, it’s called “flying a sign “.

As part of Giving Tuesday, Grace-Street Ministry is proud to fly a beautiful sign created by an unhoused couple here in Portland.

Please help us to maintain our year-round presence in this community by going to our website, www.gracestreetministry.org, and clicking on the donate button.

“You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. This is how prayer works.” Pope Frances.

An interview with Pastor Jeff, and the amazing music of Kenny Wayne Beek!
12/13/2021

An interview with Pastor Jeff, and the amazing music of Kenny Wayne Beek!

At one time, Angelo’s Acre (along Commercial Street by the Casco Bay Bridge) was a possible site for a new homeless shel...
06/07/2021

At one time, Angelo’s Acre (along Commercial Street by the Casco Bay Bridge) was a possible site for a new homeless shelter. The city decided on Riverton instead, as far from the city center as possible.

Cars before people.

Spend $2.50 on a reusable bag at the Cottage Road Hannaford in South Portland in the month of June, and as part of the F...
05/26/2021

Spend $2.50 on a reusable bag at the Cottage Road Hannaford in South Portland in the month of June, and as part of the Fight Hunger Bag Program, $1 will be donated to Grace-Street Ministry. Keep plastic out of the landfill and help us help the unhoused.

Coming soon to the trendy part of Washington. Wonder if they’ll take vouchers.
04/19/2021

Coming soon to the trendy part of Washington. Wonder if they’ll take vouchers.

03/29/2021
Please join us Thursday, March 11 at 1 pm at Monument Square to honor those we have lost: Todd Burke, Kevin Keane, Robe...
03/08/2021

Please join us Thursday, March 11 at 1 pm at Monument Square to honor those we have lost: Todd Burke, Kevin Keane, Robert Hampton, Gary Brooks, Roland Gagnon, Scott Robinson and all those who have left us too soon.

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Portland, ME
04112

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+12072107069

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