Each Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday of
every week in the year, up to 90 people receive a nutritious meal at the
former Allegheny Church (now New Hope) on Pittsburgh’s north side.
Volunteers from Allegheny County congregations prepare and serve the
food under the direction of Clara Behr, herself a volunteer and a member
of the New Hope Church. This unheralded project, sponsored by the
United Methodist Church Union, is testimony to the dramatic importance
of volunteers in Christian service. Since its beginning in 1880, the
Church Union has been the instrument and conduit for such service in
many places and diverse forms.
Churches participating in the North
Side Congregate Feeding Program as of June 7th, 2004:
Bakerstown UMC
Baldwin Community UMC
Calvary: Pittsburgh UMC
Christ : Bethel Park UMC
Christ : Scottdale UMC
Crafton UMC
Dormont UMC
Emanuel UMC
Epworth UMC
Fairhaven UMC
First : Bethel Park UMC
Greenstone UMC
Ingomar UMC
Jefferson UMC
McKnight UMC
Mt. Lebanon UMC
New Hope UMC
Sewickley UMC
Sheraden UMC
St. Catherine's Church
St. Paul's UMC
Spencer UMC
Walton UMC
Windover Hills UMC
