Tiny Lakeland church presents meals twice every week

Medulla Church of Christ attracts extra souls for its twice-weekly meals distributions than it does for Sunday companies.

The church, which lies alongside Previous Street 37 in South Lakeland, has a congregation of solely eight, Minister Roger Jenkins Jr. stated. But for greater than a 12 months, the church has managed to function a meals pantry that’s open every Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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“We’re a small congregation, and we need to have the ability to do one thing extra than simply share the gospel,” Jenkins stated. “So a meals pantry was one thing that we felt can be affluent for the group, and feeding our seniors and people which are in want of meals, that was our purpose. So that is what prompted it, and the Lord put folks in our path to make it work.”

Jenkins stated the church depends on donations of meals and sponsorships to assist the operation. He stated the pantry usually attracts between 60 and 100 folks on the times it operates.

The meals choices differ from week to week, and occasionally the church is ready to supply seafood, Jenkins stated. The pantry invariably supplies greens for the shoppers, who consist largely of seniors, he stated.

With inflation inflicting meals costs to spike, Jenkins stated extra folks within the space are in want of help.

“I’ve positively seen a circulate of extra folks coming in,” he stated. “Some folks, you get adjusted to them, you see them on a regular basis, just about. After which while you see new faces, it’s nicely acknowledged, as a result of they’re new. And we normally get possibly seven or eight new folks touring in. So I do know the phrase continues to be spreading.”