"God does not love some ideal person, but rather human beings just as we are; not some ideal world, but rather the real world." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
To learn more about Dietrich Bonhoeffer visit:
www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/martyrs/dietrich-bonhoeffer.html
To learn more about Dietrich Bonhoeffer visit:
www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/martyrs/dietrich-bonhoeffer.html
Through our 4 x monthly choice food pantry at St. Andrew, holiday meals at St. James, Painesville, and summer on-site CSA, as well as our ongoing sanctuary work, we at St. Andrew seek to live into our baptismal covenant which calls us "to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbors as yourselves," and "to strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being."
In addition to in-house outreach, St. Andrew opens its doors to numerous AA/NA groups, Scouts, Zumba/Yoga groups, and other non-profit community groups in need of space to meet.
Together, we have learned that it takes a lifetime of love and hospitality to follow the Way of Christ.
Through our 4 x monthly choice food pantry at St. Andrew, holiday meals at St. James, Painesville, and summer on-site CSA, as well as our ongoing sanctuary work, we at St. Andrew seek to live into our baptismal covenant which calls us "to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbors as yourselves," and "to strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being."
In addition to in-house outreach, St. Andrew opens its doors to numerous AA/NA groups, Scouts, Zumba/Yoga groups, and other non-profit community groups in need of space to meet.
Together, we have learned that it takes a lifetime of love and hospitality to follow the Way of Christ.
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Working on a Dream
The Jubilee Food Sharing Collaborative
The Jubilee Food Sharing Collaborative is our dream of radical love in community that we have begun to make real in summer 2020. The collaborative is anchored by our Choice Food Pantry (read about it, below). It will ultimately include the pantry, a Jubilee raised-bed garden and orchard to be created on St. Andrew parish grounds, and a cooking collaborative based in the St. Andrew parish kitchen. The produce we grow together will be shared through the food pantry and otherwise given away. We made a valiant start to the Jubilee Garden this summer by the planting of our first eight raised beds with peppers, eggplant, kale, tomatoes, peppers, beans, and pumpkins-this despite the pandemic and requisite social distancing required to keep us all safe.
Through the Jubilee Food Pantry Collaborative we will expand our ability to share food with one another, grow relationship with ecumenical project volunteers, food pantry guests, and neighborhood volunteers/friends. We will learn together how to sustain ourselves, each other, and the planet through the cultivation, cooking, and sharing of nourishing food. In so doing St. Andrew will manifest Christ's New Creation of Love in our little corner of the universe, one day at a time, by the way we organize, actualize, ritualize, and reflect upon the collaborative work we do, together.
Want to join us as a garden volunteer, advisory committee member, or friend of the garden? All are welcome and you don't have to be a parish member to participate. Stay tuned for updates! Share your ideas! Contact Rev. Lisa to learn how we can grow this garden together!
Through the Jubilee Food Pantry Collaborative we will expand our ability to share food with one another, grow relationship with ecumenical project volunteers, food pantry guests, and neighborhood volunteers/friends. We will learn together how to sustain ourselves, each other, and the planet through the cultivation, cooking, and sharing of nourishing food. In so doing St. Andrew will manifest Christ's New Creation of Love in our little corner of the universe, one day at a time, by the way we organize, actualize, ritualize, and reflect upon the collaborative work we do, together.
Want to join us as a garden volunteer, advisory committee member, or friend of the garden? All are welcome and you don't have to be a parish member to participate. Stay tuned for updates! Share your ideas! Contact Rev. Lisa to learn how we can grow this garden together!
Choice Pantry Pandemic Update
First, the good news: the Choice Pantry will continue operations on
the days and times listed below, with no change in schedule!
Effective Wednesday March 18, however, the way we share food will temporarily change in order
to minimize the risk that, when we share food, we also share germs!
For the foreseeable future this is how pantry will work: Pantry guests will be handed a pantry order sheet at the door to check-off on the spot (this in lieu of pantry registration). After they do so they will return to their cars (our guests typically arrive by car and gather in the parish hall for snacks or a meal). Pantry volunteers (wearing gloves to minimize germs) will pack their grocery order for them based on their food order. Once the grocery order is complete, runners (the youngest and strongest among us) will deliver groceries to our guests and load the groceries into their vehicle.
We hate that we cannot gather together to shop and visit face-to-face. As soon as we are safely able to do so, we'll return to our regular procedures, so that we can visit and swap stories face to face during pantry.
God bless our food pantry guests!
God bless our St. Andrew and Advent volunteers!
Peace and good health to all!
About Our Food Pantry
The St. Andrew Food Pantry is run in partnership with Advent Lutheran Church. Our mission is to feed the hungry in Lake and Geauga Counties. We differ from many area food pantries because we are a "choice" pantry. Our neighbors who come for food shop our shelves with a shopper volunteer, choosing the food (within amount guidelines) that they will use and eat. So, they may choose what cereal to take, what canned goods they will eat, and what fresh produce they want. More importantly, we build relationship with those who come to shop, learning about their families, struggles, jobs, and lives. They become more than clients at a food pantry - but are neighbors that we offer both food and friendship. If you are a resident of Lake or Geauga County and need food, you are welcome at the St. Andrew Food Pantry.
Choice Food Pantry Hours:
1st Sunday of the month: 1 - 3 PM
2nd Tuesday of the month: 1 - 3 PM
3rd Wednesday of the month: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
4th Wednesday of the month: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Pantry is located at the Church - 7989 Little Mountain Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060
Need a ride? Contact Laketran Dial-a-Ride at laketran.com or by calling 1-888-525-3872
First, the good news: the Choice Pantry will continue operations on
the days and times listed below, with no change in schedule!
Effective Wednesday March 18, however, the way we share food will temporarily change in order
to minimize the risk that, when we share food, we also share germs!
For the foreseeable future this is how pantry will work: Pantry guests will be handed a pantry order sheet at the door to check-off on the spot (this in lieu of pantry registration). After they do so they will return to their cars (our guests typically arrive by car and gather in the parish hall for snacks or a meal). Pantry volunteers (wearing gloves to minimize germs) will pack their grocery order for them based on their food order. Once the grocery order is complete, runners (the youngest and strongest among us) will deliver groceries to our guests and load the groceries into their vehicle.
We hate that we cannot gather together to shop and visit face-to-face. As soon as we are safely able to do so, we'll return to our regular procedures, so that we can visit and swap stories face to face during pantry.
God bless our food pantry guests!
God bless our St. Andrew and Advent volunteers!
Peace and good health to all!
About Our Food Pantry
The St. Andrew Food Pantry is run in partnership with Advent Lutheran Church. Our mission is to feed the hungry in Lake and Geauga Counties. We differ from many area food pantries because we are a "choice" pantry. Our neighbors who come for food shop our shelves with a shopper volunteer, choosing the food (within amount guidelines) that they will use and eat. So, they may choose what cereal to take, what canned goods they will eat, and what fresh produce they want. More importantly, we build relationship with those who come to shop, learning about their families, struggles, jobs, and lives. They become more than clients at a food pantry - but are neighbors that we offer both food and friendship. If you are a resident of Lake or Geauga County and need food, you are welcome at the St. Andrew Food Pantry.
Choice Food Pantry Hours:
1st Sunday of the month: 1 - 3 PM
2nd Tuesday of the month: 1 - 3 PM
3rd Wednesday of the month: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
4th Wednesday of the month: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Pantry is located at the Church - 7989 Little Mountain Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060
Need a ride? Contact Laketran Dial-a-Ride at laketran.com or by calling 1-888-525-3872