in Spanish
Cedar Creek United Methodist Church continues to provide a
low cost, high quality food co-op ministry to members of our
Church as well as the surrounding community. For those who
may have questions about this ministry, I will explain it to
you now.
First of all, the Manna Food is available to anyone wishing
to save money on groceries. The cost of a basic unit is
$29. The items if purchased at a local grocery store would
cost roughly $60 - $70. The menu changes each month as do
the specials. A special, for example, could be a box of
10-8oz rib-eye steaks for a cost of about $18.
Then, around the middle of each month we have our ordering
deadline for the month. Next thing is compiling all of our
orders and calling in that order to Manna Ministries in
Amarillo, Texas. Typically on the last Saturday of the
month, the 18-wheeler refrigerated truck arrives at the
Family Worship Center near Elgin somewhere around 8:00 am.
Our team of volunteers and others from nine other churches
in the area unload the truck onto our own trailers and
pickup trucks and we hustle back to CCUMC to set up our
delivery operation. At our church's Fellowship Hall even
more loyal team members help unload the food items and set
up our distribution center. All the people who ordered food
show up between 11am and 12:30pm to pick up their food.
We do all this as a Ministry to our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. He is our Guide in all we do.
We have identified many folks in our community who may not
be as fortunate as others. We are blessed to have many
menbers of our Body of Christ give pure donations to supply
food to needy families around us. I cannot thank all of our
volunteers enough!! Without them we could not provide this
wonderful ministry. I invite everyone to come see us in
action on one of our distribution days. Maybe even help
us!!!
The current months menu as well as an order form will always
be on this Website. Menus and order forms are also
available in our Church foyer and at the Child Care Center.
May God Bless US All......
Joe Gambino
