Eliot Presbyterian Church - Mission Eliot Presbyterian Church - Mission | Community Table | Donkuh-Halm Project | St. Paul's Soup Kitchen | Thanksgiving Dinner | Food Pantry |
Community TableThe Community Pantry Community Table is an interfaith project. Various congregations prepare and serve a hot lunch at the YMCA on Thorndike Street every Saturday afternoon. Typically, about 50 people enjoy a meal and good company and leave with take-home snacks. Eliot hosts the Community Table every six weeks. Donkuh-Halm ProjectThe Donkuh-Halm project, headed by Gordon Halm, supports an Anglican school in Winneba, Ghana. Through this project, the school receives assistance in the form of books and classroom supplies. More important -- children in the community whose families are unable to afford to send them to school receive scholarships, books, uniforms, and encouragement. St. Paul's Soup KitchenSt. Paul's Soup Kitchen was started 11 years ago by Rose Bronk, a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church. When St. Paul's closed last year, Eliot took over as the host church. Forty to one hundred homeless and disadvantaged people come for a hot meal each Monday and Wednesday, 52 weeks a year (rain or shine). Food is served from 5 -6 pm. Several area Protestant churches take turns preparing and serving the meals - help from other churches would be welcome! Thanksgiving DinnerThe Lowell Sun calls this annual event, now in its second decade, "a massive effort" that feeds hundreds of people who come due to homelessness, having no family nearby, financial hardship, or just the desire to be in a church setting, where they are comfortable, on Thanksgiving Day. Thanks to our guests and volunteers for (once again) making Thanksgiving Day a blessing at Eliot! Food PantryEliot enjoys a long-standing relationship with the Lowell Food Pantry. We send a carload of donations weekly. The following are needed:
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