BROCKVILLE – At a time of growing food insecurity, Brockville churches continue to work together to make the Lord’s Day one of food and fellowship.
“The Brockville churches’ Sunday supper program is one of the places where a person experiencing hunger and homelessness can find a warm meal and fellowship,” said the Rev. Canon Michael Read of St. Lawrence Anglican Church.
The program is a shared venture of the town’s Anglican, United, Presbyterian, Baptist and Wesleyan churches. Every Sunday, the churches take turns providing a free supper to all who come.
“We are more and more conscious that people need this dinner,” said Canon Read. “We’ve gone from 50 or 60 people to 150 to 200 people, depending on the Sunday. It has become one of the most direct ministries of outreach to the community that we have.”
The Sunday suppers grew out of the need to help members of the community who experience food insecurity through the weekend, he said. The program marked its 17th anniversary in February.
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