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Richmond Times-Dispatch – Richmond, VA – WATCH NOW: Soup, bread and conversation; UGK+Soup: Community First Project now feeding thousands in Richmond and beyond – Her voice cracking with emotion, Madeline Peace repeated the same word several times in a matter of minutes: “grateful.”
Courier News – Russellville, AR – Neighbors Table revamps to serve community – Started around nine years ago by All Saint’s Episcopal Church members who shared common goals to feed the community.
ABC News – Tampa Bay, FL – St. Pete church hands out ‘church-to-go’ bags for members to hold church at home – We’ve seen the online and drive-in church services, but one local church wanted something a little more personable for each of its members.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond, VA
WATCH NOW: Soup, bread and conversation; UGK+Soup: Community First Project now feeding thousands in Richmond and beyond
Her voice cracking with emotion, Madeline Peace repeated the same word several times in a matter of minutes: “grateful.”
The Richmond resident stood in the doorway of her near West End apartment on Friday, where at her feet sat a brown paper bag filled with homemade turkey barley soup, freshly baked bread and bags of exotic teas. […]
Courier News
Russellville, AR
Neighbors Table revamps to serve community
Neighbors Table was started around nine years ago by All Saint’s Episcopal Church members who shared common goals to feed the community. The meals, cooked by volunteers, are given each Saturday. Instead of a drop off or pickup options, the idea was to share a meal in a safe space. It’s a free lunch, with no questions asked.
Once the coronavirus hit, Neighbors Table had to revamp completely. No more gatherings. Fewer volunteers.
“How do you take something that you’ve done for around eight years, every Saturday, and figure out how to do the same thing in a completely new way?” Catherine Crews, a founding volunteer asked. “That’s what we’re facing. Plus, we have to do it all within the required safety standards.” […]
ABC News
Tampa Bay, FL
St. Pete church hands out ‘church-to-go’ bags for members to hold church at home
We’ve seen the online and drive-in church services, but one local church wanted something a little more personable for each of its members.
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in St. Petersburg has been putting bags together that include their weekly sermons, then handing them out to members so they can hold their own church services at home. They call it “church-to-go!”
“Just drive through, hold down the window side and hand them the bag, and the plus side of that is we have a nanosecond to say ‘hey, you’re still alive, it’s great to see ya,’” said Gigi Conner, priest in charge at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church. […]