First, please–no more plastic bags. The Pantry has enough for now.
Second, the Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is Saturday, May 11. Paul Minor is seeking some able-bodied people to help get the food from the Post Office. he has pickup trucks and need people to load and unload. He also needs people on Monday, May 13 to sort and store the donations. If you can help, please email to call Paul.
A big Thank You to all who donated food for Good Shepherd’s Thanksgiving Food Bags. The people of the Food Pantry filled 47 bags with food for Thanksgiving; these will be distributed on Tuesday, November 21st.
Please have all donations in by Sunday, Nov. 18 for the Holiday Bags, which will be handed out on Tuesday, Nov. 21st. Needed food items are listed below; please put them in the basket in the Narthex.
1-2 pound canned hams (Aldi’s has them) Dressing Mix Dried/Instant Mashed Potatoes Canned Cranberry Sauce Canned Gravy or Dry Gravy Mix Canned Sweet Potatoes or Yams
The Food Pantry days will change in November and December due to holiday conflicts. The new dates are:
Tuesday, November 5 & 21 and Tuesday, December 5 & 19
Although Bob and Paula Minor are stepping down as leaders of the Food Pantry, they are not leaving the pantry. if anyone wants to serve the community by taking their place, let them or a Food Pantry member know.
Good Shepherd’s Food Pantry is seeking volunteers who have a heart for those in need. If you can spare 4-6 hours each month helping to fill food bags, receive prayer requests and pass them on to Pastor Bruce, maintain the catalogue of family size of those served, and to help them with lists of open jobs, then we have the spot for you.
Those who come for help are treated with the utmost respect and care; the goal is to fill the gap until they are able again to afford to feed their families. See Bob Minor for more information.
Stained glass depicting Jesus Christ at Martini Lutheran Church in Baltimore on Thursday, March 27, 2014. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Good Shepherd’s Food Pantry served 184 people last Tuesday and the shelves need replenishing before the next Pantry Day on August 11th. Please consider a donation of money or food items from the list below.
canned meals of beef stew, chicken & dumplings, spaghetti & meatballs, or ravioli
From December 2022 to March 2023, Good Shepherd’s Food Pantry handed out 293 bags of groceries to help 718 people. Those working with the pantry prayed with 305 people.
Good Shepherd’s Food Pantry served 198 people with 74 bags of groceries and prayed for 58 requests and concerns. Thanks to Leo, bread was given, and also bananas donated by the Love Restaurant.
Please continue to help this ministry with either cash donations or the following items: Tuna, Tuna Helper, Dried milk-quart packages, canned fruit, canned meals-beef stew, chicken & dumplings, spaghetti & meatballs, ravioli; peanut butter, jelly, cereal, small packages of pancake mix, syrup-small bottles, crackers, small bags of rice, pasta/pasta sauce. Please no substitutes, Thanks.
Thank you to all who have made donations to this ongoing ministry.
The first Sunday of the month is Food Pantry Sunday. Please continue to help this ministry with either cash donations or the following items: Tuna, Tuna Helper, Dried milk-quart packages, canned fruit, canned meals-beef stew, chicken & dumplings, spaghetti & meatballs, ravioli; peanut butter, jelly, cereal, pancake mix-Small packages, syrup-small bottles, crackers, small bags of rice, pasta/pasta sauce. Please no substitutes.
Thank you to all who have made donations to this ongoing ministry.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Food Pantry is a ministry that survives solely on donations from church members and community donations in the form of food staples and or cash donations. Not only does this ministry provide food for those in need in the community it also provides spiritual needs by accepting pray requests.
The food pantry is open 9:30 AM- 12 noon the 2nd and last Tuesday of the month. You must be a resident of northern Brevard County so please bring your ID card. For more information please call the church office (321)-2674323.
The food pantry is always accepting cash donations or the following items. Tuna, Tuna Helper, dried milk-quart packages, canned fruit, canned meals-beef stew, chicken &dumplings, spaghetti and meatballs, ravioli, peanut butter, jelly, cereal, pancake-mix small packages, syrup-small bottles, crackers, small bags of rice, pasta/pasta sauce Please no substitutes.
On Tuesday, November 23rd, the food pantry gave $20 gift certificates, Thanskgiving food bags, and regular food bag to thirty-three families and people, which helped 184 people. The next day, someone presented the pantry with a healthy donation.
Thank you to the donor and to all those who helped the pantry with the Thanksgiving food distribution.
We are making special Thanksgiving bags for our food pantry patrons. If you can help by donating, it would be greatly appreciated. Suggestions would be canned sweet potatoes, boxed dressing, boxed potatoes, cornbread mix, canned hams, gravy mix, cranberry sauce–anything you would serve to complete a Thanksgiving meal. Donations can be brought to church and left on the long table. Thank You for your continued support!