Ellis Avenue Church participates in and supports several ministries:

OMNIA

Operation Healthy Blessing (Church Garden)

Each summer EAC plants multiple raised bed vegetable gardens and provides the healthy produce for the congregation and larger community.  Children and youth in the congregation often help to plant, water, and care for these gardens.

Hyde Park Refugee Project

EAC provides a location for the Hyde Park Refugee Project to hold weekly tutoring sessions.   During the pandemic EAC hosted several members of HPRP in order to have a location to complete their on-line schooling.

Kenwood Interfaith Council

Ellis is an active member of the Hyde Park Kenwood Interfaith Council (HPKIFC), the oldest such council in the United States (organized in 1911).   HPKIFC sponsors inter-religious dialogues, meetings on community issues and provides critical social services to the neighborhood.  The social services include the Hyde Park Kenwood Food Pantry (of which Ellis was the original hosting congregation) and the Hyde Park Kenwood Soup Kitchen (located just blocks from the church).

SOUL – Southsiders Organizing for Unity and Liberation

Ellis also has had long-running participation in the church-based community organizing group Southsiders Organizing for Unity and Liberation (SOUL).  SOUL – composed of 19 member churches and organizations – works on issues of equity and jusitice for the residents of the south side of the city.  SOUL has historically worked on major social issues including education funding reform, green job creation, and transportation upgrades for the South Side.