Community Outreach & Engagement

Bread Break

Bread Break was founded as a food salvage ministry of Messiah New Hope in 2011. In 2021 it became its own 501c3, but it continues to operate out of the MNH building and numerous members of the congregation continue to serve as part of the ministry.

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Food Pantry

The Messiah New Hope food pantry is open every Monday from 10:00am-12:00pm. In the fall of 2023 we began evening operations once/month, from 6-7pm, on the 4th Wednesday of the month. We continue to explore how we might expand this ministry to better serve our community.

Charis Ministry Partners

Charis ministries was founded by 13 Lutheran (ELCA) congregations in 2009 including Messiah New Hope. Their ministries include the mobile food pantry “Food to You” and “Necessities for Neighbors” which provides household items not covered by SNAP (e.g. toilet paper, feminine products, laundry detergent). Food to You operates out of Messiah New Hope monthly on the 2nd Thursday of the month and volunteers from MNH serve with both ministries throughout the year.

Rummage

At the Free Rummage “free” really means free.  Always the last Sunday of July, it’s our largest service event of the year. The church receives donations of clothes, furniture, household items, etc. throughout the summer, countless volunteers commit hours to organizing and setting up donations, and hundreds of people attend the annual event.