Rainier Avenue Church is a Free Methodist Church with a diverse membership, including recent immigrants. With a 100-plus year history of ministry in Rainier Valley, the church is committed to authentic community, social justice, and finding wholeness in Jesus Christ.
Mark Abbott is interim lead pastor, serving month to month from October 2013 until the board and delegates select the next long-term lead pastor.
Some of the ministries, co-housed organizations, and extra activities include the Community Development Team, Undoing Institutional Racism Committee, Urban Impact, and a community knitting and crafting group.
5900 Rainier Ave S
tel. 206.722.5616 www.rainieravenuechurch.org facebook: facebook.com/rainieravenue.church
The Tenants Union works statewide on affordable, decent housing for all — through education, organizing and advocacy. Started by volunteers in 1977, the Tenants Union has a long history of victories for housing justice and remains the go-to organization for tenants’ rights questions and concerns.
Hotline assistance and walk-in services are available via the contact info below.
5425 Rainier Ave S, Suite B
tel. 206.723.0500 www.tenantsunion.org twitter: @TenantsUnionWA facebook: facebook.com/TenantsUnion
Located in the heart of Hillman City at Orcas and Rainier, the Afrique Service Center is a community-funded cultural education center and social service organization focusing on the needs of South Seattle’s East African immigrant communities. Afrique’s direct services include family advocacy, domestic violence prevention, after-school programs for children, and Arabic reading classes, among other programs.
Afrique’s first floor houses the Masjid-Al-Karim, a Sufi mosque which provides a place of worship and a source for cultural education for East African Muslim families.
5700 Rainier Ave S., Suite A
tel. 206.380.8826 www.afrsc.org
A progressive congregation (Valley and Mountain Fellowship) and a grassroots arts organization (Community Arts Create) have collaborated to launch a dynamic new community space: the Hillman City Collaboratory.
The prominent storefront is in a beautiful historical building anchoring the neighborhood’s central intersection of Orcas and Rainier. The Collaboratory, or “co-lab,” includes a multipurpose meeting room, a kitchen, offices, and work-share space for artists and activists.
5623 Rainier Ave S
206-799-8428 hillmancitycollaboratory.org
Hillman City’s local, reliable pizza take-out joint, Eyman’s provides the basics at an affordable price — and may be Seattle’s only Halal pizza establishment.
Listed open hours are Monday 4pm-9:30 pm, and Tues-Sun 2pm-9:30pm.
5607 Rainier Ave S.
tel. 206.420.1349
With its giant willow tree, and rows of raised planting beds, Hillman City P-Patch is one of the Seattle P-Patch Community Gardens administered by the Department of Neighborhoods. Garden plots are tended by gardeners who rent the space from the P-Patch Program for an annual fee.
Visitors are welcome to stroll through the garden, but veggies and flowers belong to the gardeners that tend each individual plot. P-Patch gardeners regularly contribute surplus produce to the Food Bank.
tel. 206.684.0264