{"id":1235,"date":"2018-07-05T13:12:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T20:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/?page_id=1235"},"modified":"2025-02-26T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:20:06","slug":"pantry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/pantry","title":{"rendered":"Food Pantry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bread-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1244\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Loaves-and-Fishes-Pantry.pdf\">Loaves and Fishes Pantry<\/a> &#8211; Grace was given the opportunity to open a new ministry. Loaves and Fishes Pantry offers fresh food from Traders Joes and Whole Foods donated each week.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals are welcome to come each <strong>Monday from 10am to 11am<\/strong> to receive fresh food. No documentation is needed. All are welcome. Please drive through the alley behind the church to pick up prepared sacks and bags of much needed food items.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to help?<\/strong> The Pantry is always in need of additional bags, paper sacks, and egg cartons to continue this community service. If you are able to donate, please call the church office at 402-341-7730<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Christmastime 2020 Gifts of Purpose<\/h3>\n<p>In the Fall of 2020, the Loaves &AMP; Fishes Pantry received a grant from <a href=\"https:\/\/immanuel.com\/immanuel-foundations\/vision-foundation\">Immanuel Vision Foundation<\/a> to provide Gifts of Purpose to our patrons.  We used the grant funds to purchase items that could be used multiple times and distributed them out during each of the 4 weeks of Advent.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Week 1 gifts included a slow cooker, cookbook, and cooking spray<\/li>\n<li>Week 2 gifts included mixing bowls, a cookie sheet, cookie mix, and chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>Week 3 gifts included a large blanket, scarf, and inspirational journal<\/li>\n<li>Week 4 gifts included a reusable bag with a canister of hot cocoa, marshmallows, set of kitchen towels, a reusable insulated mug, socks, and hand soap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5071-e1617047044393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5071-e1617047044393.jpg 1504w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5071-e1617047044393-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5071-e1617047044393-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5071-e1617047044393-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5071-e1617047044393-1146x1536.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3575-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3575-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3575-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3575-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3575-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3575-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5073.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5073.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5073-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5073-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5073-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5073-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers gathered each week to organize and prepare the items to be given out, including tying on a scripture message, and helped distribute them Monday mornings alongside our dedicated pantry volunteers. It is our hope that we were able to lift spirits and spread God\u00e2\u20ac&#x2122;s love after a year that presented many challenges to those in our community and across our country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loaves and Fishes Pantry &#8211; Grace was given the opportunity to open a new ministry. Loaves and Fishes Pantry offers fresh food from Traders Joes and Whole Foods donated each week. Individuals are welcome to come each Monday from 10am to 11am to receive fresh food. No documentation is needed. All are welcome. Please drive &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/pantry\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-pastor","post-1235"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}