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Help 4Saints Food Pantry get ready for Christmas
4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry needs your help for the holidays: Hey, all you wonderful supporters of the food pantry. It’s holiday time again. In the past we have requested that you contribute to Christmas sacks for both kids and adults. But this year we simply don’t have room at the new location to store or distribute the gift bags. So this year we have a simple request that is no less generous. We are asking that you consider buying $5…
Reverse Advent Calendar
Pope Francis said, “First you pray for the hungry, then you go out and feed them. That is how prayer works.” This week begins the Reverse Advent Calendar In-gathering for 4Saints Food Pantry. If you are not familiar with a Reverse Advent Calendar, read on. It’s easy and a great way to observe Advent while helping other. Who: Anyone can participate. These items will be donated to the 4 Saints Food Pantry. What: This is the opposite of the usual…
4Saints is part of North Texas Giving Day, September 17
4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry is part of North Texas Giving Day on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Early giving began September 1, so you can donate right now. Give to 4Saints here. North Texas Giving Day, a project of Communities Foundation of Texas, is an 18-hour online giving event designed to “empower every person to give back to their community by supporting local nonprofits and causes they care about in one easy-to-use platform.” 4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry is a ministry of…
4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry looking for new director
If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity that meets a real need while being personally fulfilling, 4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry is looking for a new director. The position is as a volunteer with this busy food pantry serving East Fort Worth every week on Fridays with plans to add another day of distribution weekly. The position requires estimated 15 to 20 hours weekly. Applicants should have a strong personality with a loving heart able to join the team of coordinators…
Learning to love to tell the story
“I love to tell the story” was the theme of the visit of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, who calls himself Chief Evangelism Officer of The Episcopal Church. On Friday, April 7, 2017, Episcopalians gathered at St. Christopher, Fort Worth, to learn to love telling the story. They heard a riveting telling of the Gospel of John from storyteller Kathy Culmer and an inspiring homily from Bishop Scott Mayer at Morning Prayer. Watch the telling of scripture below or on YouTube.…
4Saints blessed and officially opened
Bishop J. Scott Mayer and Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price joined with Bo Soderbergh, director of the Tarrant Area Food Bank, and Patricia Callahan, president of the 4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry board, to cut a bright red ribbon tied to two fully loaded food carts. With that symbolic act, they officially opened the food pantry, which has been functioning since mid-January. Prior to the ribbon cutting, the Rev. Karen Calafat, priest in charge of St. Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort…
All are invited to food pantry opening
The blessing and grand opening of 4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry will be at 10 am Thursday, February 16, at St. Luke in the Meadow Episcopal Church, 4301 Meadowbrook Drive, Fort Worth, 76103. The Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer, bishop of Fort Worth, will bless the space. Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Bo Soderbergh, Executive Director Tarrant Area Food Bank, and Jeanette Scott of the Tarrant Area Food Bank also will speak briefly. Fort Worth Bishop Scott Mayer said, “The Episcopal Diocese…
Hunger relief milestone: food pantry prepares to open
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.“ Matthew 25:35-40 The text above is just one of the many times Jesus tells us to feed the hungry. This month this diocese nears a major…