Client Choice Food Shelf

A Client Choice Food Shelf allows clients to choose what food they want based on a point value system. Different foods hav different point values.  The number of points a household receives is determined by the number of people living in their homes. If a household has 5 people living in their household, they receive 50 points a month.  The food shelf is open on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.  Read more...

Summer Lunch Program

Started in 2009, our first year was a partnership with the Minneapolis School System and their food program. In 2010, we established our own program at Gethsemane Lutheran Church. By doing this we are able to serve the same well balanced meals and serve those community members that did not fit into the school system guidelines: families, single parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles along with kids. Food is donated or purchased through Second Harvest.  Read more...

Breakfast and a Bag

Our goal is to provide a place where community members can come to the church for a free breakfast and leave with a bag of groceries. Volunteers from Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Evangelist Temple and the community sponsor a meal, develop a menu, cook and serve the breakfast. When the family or single person from the community leaves they are offered a bag of groceries.  This wonderful community gathering happens on the Sunday after the food shelf is open.  Read more...

Hot Dog BBQ

This is a Wednesday night staple and outstanding gathering during the summer. Vistors get a hot dog, chips, fruit, a drink and a cookie.  Following dinner, attendees are invited to take a bag of fresh produce home. Read more...

Block Party

We end our Wednesday night cook outs with the last Wedneday in August.  This event is like a giant Hot Dog BBQ.  In addition, we add our famous grilled corn, potatoes, entertainment and a host of special guests.  Read more...