Excerpts from an interview with Ronja Frigard, who has volunteered at Christ House for the past year and a half while working at the NIH, where she studies vector-borne diseases. Ronja will be joining UC San Diego’s MD-PhD program to train in both medicine and biomedical research. We will miss her at Christ House and wish […] More…
Reflections from Cesar, Don Bosco Intern
Reflection by Cesar Parada, student at Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School and intern at Christ House Reflecting on my time at Christ House, I can truly say it has been an incredible and transformative experience. Throughout my time here, I’ve had the privilege of taking on a wide range of responsibilities. From logging […] More…
Reorganizing Pain: A Conversation with Sarah Pleydell
Scroll for link to full interview. Following a burst of inspiration, Sarah Pleydell walked through the front doors of Christ House three years ago. She was upset with the alienation that she witnessed unhoused people experiencing and decided to volunteer her skills in what she knew best – the creative arts. Drawing on her career […] More…
A Network of Healing and Hope
The music thumped from the speakers as the DJ mixed tracks and people danced on the main floor of Roofers Union, a rustic hang-out space nestled in the heart of Adams Morgan. Only a short walk away from Christ House, this venue transformed into the ideal space to host our first annual House Heals event, […] More…
Give Greater DC
This spring, we’re excited to join over a hundred other local organizations for Give Greater DC, a regional campaign celebrating people making a difference in the DMV! Together, we can give where we live and make our home a place that cares for everyone – including our neighbors experiencing homelessness. We’re raising $1,000 to purchase […] More…
Meet Jazmin: Respite Care Nurse Aide Intern
This internship was made possible through our partnership with Trinity Washington University, funded with generous support from The Washington Home aimed at helping grow Washington, DC’s future healthcare workforce. This interview took place in December 2025. “My name is Jazmin Galan-Oliva. I was a respite care nurse aide intern at Christ House. I dealt with […] More…
Meet Gaia: Christ House Volunteer
Introduce yourself and tell us what you do as a volunteer at Christ House? My name is Gaia Yun and I am a volunteer at Christ’s House since this past November. I’m at the nurses station, I’ve done a few cooking shifts, and I also do movie nights. One other thing that I’ve really loved […] More…
Words from Dr. Janelle Goetcheus at Volunteer Appreciation 2015
Words from our founder, Dr. Janelle Goetcheus, from Volunteer Appreciation 2015. In this 2015 interview at the annual Volunteer Appreciation, our founder Dr. Janelle Goetcheus answers the question: “Were volunteers always part of the plan at Christ House?” More…
Remembering Dr. Don Martin
Dr. Donald Edward Martin passed away on March 9, 2026, in the place he called home for almost four decades – Christ House in Washington, DC – surrounded by loved ones. Born in 1929 into a traditional Mennonite community, Don’s life began in a two-story log house without electricity, telephone, heating, or indoor plumbing. From […] More…
Fostering Joy, Creating Hope
D.C. friends- have you ever walked past Christ House on Columbia Road and noticed a group of our patients sitting in the courtyard? The beautiful statue of Jesus by Jimilu Mason helps identify us, but otherwise we are tucked into a fairly nondescript building. It would be easy to pass us by without realizing what […] More…
