Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. Such confidence and knowledge of God's grace makes you happy, joyful and bold in your relationship to God and all creatures. The Holy Spirit makes this happen through faith. Because of it, you freely, willingly and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of things, love and praise the God who has shown you such grace. - Martin Luther


Thursday, May 10, 2012

A new way to address hunger

On Sunday, May 6th a group of volunteers from Christ the King served dinner to sixty-one people at Bozeman Community Café, a cooperative hunger program run by Gallatin Valley Food Bank and area churches. The café is located in the old Frontier Pies Restaurant on North 7th in Bozeman. Customers are greeted at the door by a host. Once seated they are greeted by a server, who takes their beverage order and informs them of the meal choices available that evening. On Sunday, May 6th you could choose from beef stew, chicken pasta primavera, and hot dog with baked beans. Once the order was taken by the server, the “scoopers” promptly plated the meal requested. As one customer said, “Hey, this is faster than fast food!” Christ the King has been active in collecting canned and non perishable food items for the food bank. Every first Sunday of the month we collect a special offering to benefit the ELCA World Hunger Appeal and the Gallatin Valley Food Bank. Community Cafe is a new opportunity to help us address hunger here in the Gallatin Valley. It puts a face on hunger. I invite you to visit the Community Cafe any evening of the week from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. to experience the ministry that is happening in our midst. Hungery people are being fed. Caring Christians and members of the community are responding to the overwhelming need in our area with gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Christ the King is scheduled to serve at Bozeman Community Café on Sunday, June 3rd from 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. If you are interested in volunteering, please see Pastor Grant

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