Grace Free Community Meal The Grace FCM is held the second Friday of each month, and during the pandemic was a take-and-go meal: drive-up or walk-up to the rear doors and receive your meal(s) in a bag to take with you. Beginning in April of 2022, we resumed having the meal inside some months, as well as take-out.
On March 8 from 4:00 - 5:30 pm, Barbara Cochrane and other volunteers made a delicious take-out meal of “bangers and mash” (sausage and mashed potatoes) with onion gravy, peas, roll and butter, and brownies for dessert. They served a total of 200 meals, funded by an Action Team grant through Thrivent Financial.
On April 12 from 4:00 - 5:30 pm, the Grace Senior Choir will host the meal, and both dine-in and take-out options will be offered. The menu will be a grilled chicken patty, tater tots, green beans, roll and butter, and dessert. For the first time, we will also have a diabetic-friendly dessert table. If you can help please sign up for a slot at April Free Community Meal.
Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who help make this worthwhile ministry possible to continue to bring a little joy to our community. Remember Grace is the Place!
If you would be willing to host a meal in 2024, please contact Pat Smack at smackpatricia@gmail.com.
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As people of faith, God calls us to help those whom Jesus called "the least of these." (Matthew 25:40) When Jesus fed the multitudes (the only miracle to appear in all four gospels), he didn't ask anyone to pay, to demonstrate worthiness, or even to prove their need. And as Christians - although we often come up short - we try to follow the way of Christ. That is why on the second Friday of each month, Grace hosts a Free Community Meal (FCM). At that time anyone and everyone is welcome to pick up a meal (or meals) and a friendly greeting. During this time of pandemic, the FCM is to-go and we ask that you please wear a mask when you come by. If you would like to know more about the Free Community Meal, or give a monetary donation, please email Pat Smack at smackpatricia@gmail.com, or call the church office.
More pictures of the FCM crew: