Plant-a-Row for the Hungry

To provide fresh garden produce to serve the needs of the poor and homeless. Produce is harvested and delivered to St. Joseph and Salvation Army food pantries, the Emergency Shelter, and the Loaves and Fishes program.  

The congregation has one large garden plot located at a member's residence; A number of individual members plant extra produce in their own gardens. There is a distinctly spiritual aspect to the whole process that involves sharing God's creation and responding to Christ's exhortation to feed "the least of these, my brethren." A produce table in the Narthex of church also allows church members to donate towards the project and partake in the abundance of some vegetables, pumpkins and gourds.   In 2011 over 5,000 lbs of produce was donated to area food programs.