Remembering Rev. Allen A. Goetcheus (April 5, 1941 – September 24, 2026) Rev. Allen Goetcheus, pastor, servant-leader, and visionary, passed from this life on Thursday, September 24, 2026. Born April 5, 1941, in Muncie, Indiana, he leaves behind a legacy of compassionate ministry, radical hospitality, and faithful service to others. Allen is survived by his […] More…
Welcome, Interns!
This fall, we’ve welcomed two new interns to Christ House. Jessica Castro is an MSW student at The Catholic University of America and Josue is our newest student intern from Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School. We are happy to have their help with a variety of tasks and projects around Christ House. Thank you […] More…
2025 Annual Report
Every year since 1985, we have the privilege of walking alongside people experiencing homelessness and acute medical needs. At Christ House, we work to provide compassionate care, a safe place to heal, and a path toward greater stability. Our Annual Report offers a look at the people, partnerships, and progress that made this work possible […] More…
A Year of Service in D.C.
At the end of this article, you’ll find a link to an interview with Claire and Kathryn! “It was what you did, but also the way you did it.” Last week, we gathered for our Year-Long Volunteer send-off, honoring Kathryn Bowers and Claire Schwalb. Claire travelled from Missouri and Kathryn from Texas, all the way […] More…
Connection & Care, Volunteer Reflection
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…
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…
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…
From My Bookshelf: Recommended Reading for Black History Month from Charles Anderson-Gray, Chaplain
When I was asked to write about books on my bookshelf for Black History Month, there were so many titles that immediately came to mind. Howard Thurman’s landmark work Jesus and the Disinherited remains vital and challenging, as does James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree and Cole Arthur Riley’s This Here Flesh. But […] More…
