Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries (SSKP)

Two women in aprons stand behind serving bowls on a table at an SSKP church luncheon


Grace Church and the SSKP (Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries) have a longstanding relationship as mission-partners.

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Grace Church donates office space in the parish hall to SSKP staff members.


The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries sponsors a luncheon at Grace each Wednesday,

which is open to the public, in an effort to help feed the hungry along the shoreline.

SSKP works side-by-side with Grace Church's Hospitality Committee and others to serve the lunch,

sometimes utilizing the ingredients from the Common Good Gardens located outside in our backyard.

Once a month Grace Church actually provides and cooks the meal. 

 

The Shoreline Soup Kitchen also utilizes our facilities on Friday mornings to prepare weekend food for many of their clients.

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Meals are delicious and nutritious, composed of many fresh ingredients to help fortify people in need,

the elderly and others who are on fixed-incomes in our community.


Fellowship at the luncheon provides beneficial spiritual sustenance.



Assorted potato salad w/diced  fresh vegetables rests on a plate
Watermelon wedges are arranged around fresh mint leaves


Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries sponsors holiday feasts at Grace Church twice each year,

once at Thanksgiving & once at Christmas.


These meals are also open to the public.


Volunteers devote their time to preparing meals, while other volunteers offer their holiday time to serve food.


A recipe card listing ingredients for a large group serving of carrots, beside packages of butter on a countertop.
Woman in apron arranging sliced produce on trays in a commercial kitchen.


Holiday menus generally include an appetizer table, beverages, a full dinner with some large roasts,

potatoes, yams, carrots, salads, rolls and a variety of other side-dishes, as well as desserts.


A close-up view of vibrant orange chunks of cooked sweet potatoes piled together.



Entertainment is part of the holiday celebration, so guests enjoy a festive atmosphere

serenaded by a musical group which is occasionally accompanied by an impromptu performer!

Three casually dressed male musicians play music on guitars in the wood-floored Parish Hall for Thanksgiving Day dinner.
A bearded man wearing a plaid shirt and jeans while seated in the Parish Hall, plays banjo near a window
Smiling man and child lean together in the Parish Hall, with wooden ceiling and white wall background.

We like to send our guests off,

 humming a tune for the holidays.