Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 5/06/18

Hi Team – This week your Stroudwater Food Pantry served 39 families, providing groceries to a total of 140 people.  2 new families joined the pantry this week.

 Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations and this week’s purchased food, yielded 2,429 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Anne, Christine, Debbie S, Jean,   Lita/Ron/Dakota/Maya Moody, Michael C, Mike H, Phil, Rena, Rob, Steve, and myself.

 A huge amount of food was processed and given away this week; thank you team for all the work you did and continue to do in support of your Stroudwater Food Pantry! — Doug

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Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 4/29/18

Hi Team – This week your Stroudwater Food Pantry served 41 families, providing groceries to a total of 117 people.  3 new families joined the pantry this week.

Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations and this week’s purchased food, yielded 2,580 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Anna, Anne, Debbie S, Jean, Karlene,  Michael C,  Phil, Rena, Robbie, Sharon, Steve, Tammy and myself.

This was another busy week at your Stroudwater food pantry, and on Sunday it was remarkably well supported by volunteers both from within our church and outside our church.  Thank you everyone who supported your Stroudwater Food Pantry this week!

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Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 4/22/18

Hi Team – This week your Stroudwater Food Pantry served 57 families, providing groceries to a total of 198 people.  7 new families joined the pantry this week.

Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations and this week’s purchased food, yielded 1,809 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Anne, Christine, Debbie S, Jean, Karlene, Laura, Michael C, Mike H, Phil, Rena, Steve.

This was the second busiest Sunday so far this year.  The 57 families served amounted to a total of almost 200 people being fed, thanks to the Herculean efforts by the remarkable volunteers of your Stroudwater Food Pantry!

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Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 4/15/18

Hi Team – This week your Stroudwater Food Pantry served 27 families, providing groceries to a total of 70 people.  2 new families joined the pantry this week.

Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations and this week’s purchased food, yielded 2,242 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Angie, Anne, Christine, Dee&Bill Barrows, Karlene, Michael C, Rob, Steve and myself.

A special thank you this week to the volunteers who continue to support our prayer and healing ministry – this week two clients made decisions for Christ, Praise the Lord!  Thank you all whose commitment makes your Stroudwater Food Pantry a powerful influence for good in our local community!  — Doug

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Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 4/08/18

Hi Team – This week your Stroudwater Food Pantry served 46 families, providing groceries to a total of 155 people.  7 new families joined the pantry this week.

Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations and this week’s purchased food, yielded 2,646 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Anne, Christine, Gary, Jean, Karlene, Lita/Maya/Dakota, Lois, Michael C, Mike H, Phil, Rena, Rob, Steve and myself.

It was indeed a very busy week; we took in over a ton of food on Friday, and on Sunday distributed lot of food to a lot of people.  A special thank you everyone who managed to provide a ton of food to so many, who appreciated it so much!!  —  Doug

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Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 4/01/18

Hi Team – Yesterday your Stroudwater Food Pantry served 18 families during a quiet Easter Sunday afternoon, providing groceries to a total of 55 people.  3 new families joined the pantry this week.

 Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations (35 lbs.) and this week’s purchased food, yielded 2,897 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Angie, Anna, Anne, Christine, Gary, Jean, Karlene, Lois, Michael C, Mike H, Phil, Rob, Steve and myself.

We had some exciting things happen this week:

  • On Good Friday 3/30 we concluded our Easter Food Drive with the Spectrum Communications Administration office.  They collected and donated 210 lbs. of food!  It was the first drive their Admin office had done for SFP, and they are already talking about when they can do the next one for us.   Thank you Spectrum!
  • Our Prayer and Healing Ministry continues to pray for anyone seeking prayer, and on Easter one person made a decision for Christ!
  • On Tuesday 3/27 the teens from the Westbrook My Place Teen Center came to the church and built 208 Roadside Assistance food bags to be given to homeless people standing in the street with cardboard signs.  Thank you Angie, Anna, Gary, and Lois for joining in on the fun with the kids, and as always, thank you MPTC for helping us provide relief to the most vulnerable among us in our community!

— Doug

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Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 3/25/18

Hi Team – It was a busy week as your Stroudwater Food Pantry served 50 families this past Sunday, providing groceries to a total of 182 people.  9 new families joined the pantry this week.

 Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations (50lbs.) and this week’s purchased food, yielded 2,761 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Anna, Anne, Christine, Gary, Jean, Karlene, Laura, Lois, Melissa, Michael C, Mike H, Phil, Rebecca, Rena, Rob, Steve and myself.

 It was a hectic weekend, with nearly 1.4 tons of food processed and 50 families to distribute it to.  Thank you very much everyone who volunteered this week!

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Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 3/18/18

Hi Team – This week your Stroudwater Food Pantry served 42 families, providing groceries to a total of 125 people.  6 new families joined the pantry this week.  Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations (47lbs.) and this week’s purchased food, yielded 2,178 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Angie, Anna, Anne, Christine, Gary, Jean, Jenn & Jeremiah, Karlene, Lois, Michael C, Mike H, Pastor Bill, Phil, Rena, Rob, Steve and myself.

Five volunteers joined the Prayer and Healing ministry on Sunday, through which clients continue to seek and receive prayer, healing, and the ministering of the Holy Spirit.  In fact, we once again had a large contingent of volunteers supporting all the efforts of your Stroudwater Food pantry this week.  My sincere thanks to all of you who continue to advance the Kingdom of God, through your commitment to serve the community outside our door.  God Bless you all!   — Doug

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Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 3/11/18

Hi Team – Today your Stroudwater Food Pantry served 31 families, providing groceries to a total of 123 people.  4 new families joined the pantry this week.

Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations (53lbs.) and this week’s purchased food, yielded 1,437 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Christine, Gary, Jean, Jenn & Jeremiah, Laura, Michael C, Mike H, the Moody family of Ron/Lita/Adam/Dakota/Maya, plus Phil, Steve and myself.

Today’s Prayer and Healing volunteers had 1 pantry client who accepted Christ as Savior!  And this week’s large contingent of volunteers proved it is true that many hands make light work, and in the Kingdom of God, joyful work!  Thank you all!

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Stroudwater Food Pantry Status – 3/4/18

Hi Team – Yesterday was a busy Sunday at your Stroudwater Food Pantry!  We served 50 families, providing groceries to a total of 140 people.  6 new families joined the pantry this week.

Our supermarket rescue food pickups, plus church donations (74lbs.) and this week’s purchased food yielded 2,629 lbs.  This week’s volunteers included Adam, Angie, Anne,  Christine & Rob,  Jean, Jenn & Jeremiah, Lois, Michael C, Mike H, Phil, Rebecca, Rena,  Steve and myself.

The 1.3 tons of food picked up and processed by the Friday volunteers made all the difference for the pantry this week; we restocked freezers and the Sunday volunteers sent clients home with bags and boxes overflowing with food.  Prayer and Healing volunteers had a busy ministry as well, with 4 pantry clients making a decision for Christ.  Thank you volunteers for all the Lord’s work you accomplished this week in your Stroudwater Food Pantry!

 To learn more about your Stroudwater Food Pantry, follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stroudwaterfoodpantry      —  Doug