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How Churches in the Diocese Help Feed the Hungry

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Emmanuel Church Webster Groves

Emergency Food Center open M-F 9:00 to 3:00
Brown Bag ministry-make sandwiches for Christian Service Center
Can Drives on Thanksgiving Day and The College School canvas
Seasonal Offerings collected for Webster Rock Hill Ministries
Volunteer Opportunities-work in Food Center, make sandwiches, shop for food for the food center

Contact: Jerry Cooper, Chair of Missions Committee, jerry.cooper@agedwards.com

St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church in Florissant

The Hunger Fund- supports North County Team and the Task Force for the Hungry
Food Drive for North County TEAM
Fundraising-Sock Hop for TEAM

Contact: Ron Grames, 314-533-9027

Church of St. Michael & St. George in Clayton

Food Donations:

  • Give-A-Meal-Month supports Trinity Food Pantry
  • Sandwich making goes to Someone Cares Mission
  • Casserole baking for Gateway Homeless Society

Fund Raising-ingatherings twice a year to support:

  • All Saints Food Pantry
  • Trinity Food Pantry
  • Ascension Food Pantry
  • Task Force for the Hungry

Fundraising:

  • soup sale
  • bread sale
  • cookie sale
  • Trivia Night

Volunteer Opportunities:

  • participate in Give-A-Meal-A-Month
  • sandwich making
  • bake casseroles
  • participate in fundraising by baking
  • attend trivia night
Contact: Peggy Strelinger, Outreach Director at 314-721-1502

St. Francis Episcopal, Eureka

On going collections of food items, paper products, soaps, hygiene items, etc. As Parish members bring them on Sunday mornings. Items are then delivered to the Eureka United Methodist Church where the food pantry is a Ministerial Alliance Project in the Eureka Community.

We also supply and serve Sunday Lunch at Trinity, Central West End, in months having a Fifth Sunday.

We receive cash contributions for serving lunch at Trinity and continual donations of items for the food pantry. We were recently informed that the number of food pantry clients in Eureka has almost doubled in the past year!

Contact: Arlene Underwood at 636-938-5198 or the church office at 636-9380-3733. Thank You.

Grace Episcopal, Kirkwood

Once a month members of the congregation prepare and serve lunch at Trinity, Central West End. Members also donate canned goods to KirkCare, an organization which helps Kirkwood residents.

Contact: Brian Roche at 314-821-0567 or email brian.roche@sbcglobal.net.