Outreach with St Luke's Community Kitchen

Grace church has entered into a partnership with St. Luke's Church in Chelsea, Trinity, Melrose, and St. Paul's, Lynnfield to cook and serve breakfast and lunch for a group of 50-60 people every Saturday.

The soup kitchen was started by an organization called Chelsea Community Kitchen. CCK organizes the kitchen so it is running smoothly, and then hands the reins over to partnerships such as ours to carry on.

As I write this, Matthew 25:35 comes to mind: "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in." We read this in our bulletin every Sunday when it reminds us what foods we can bring in for the food pantry. St. Luke's has taken this scripture literally. They have opened their doors and are offering food and something to drink every Saturday. I feel honored and privileged that I am part of this group, and I am excited that we at Grace have committed to helping this kitchen continue to feed those in need. Please spend a few moments to reflect on the above scripture and ask yourself, how does this affect me? What is my responsibility?

Grace serves about one Saturday a month. We cannot do that without your help! We need a commitment to be available on our scheduled Saturdays. We also need people to sign-up to be a back-up when needed.

The hours on Saturday are 9:00-1:00 pm. Those who can do meal prep would need to be there earlier. Below are positions that you can volunteer for:

• Coffee, water/ juice Station
• Servers
• Greeters
• Clean-up
• Meal-prep
• Back-up Coffee, water/ juice station
• Back-up Servers
• Back-up Greeters
• Back-up-clean-up
• Back-up Meal Prep

If you want to be a part of this Group, please contact Brenda Pearson or Maria Fenn or Father Noah.