St. Paul Lutheran Church
617 St. Lawrence Ave.
Beloit WI 53511
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St. Paul's Wednesday Soup Lunch Ministry
St. Paul Lutheran Church started serving free Soup lunches to the community every other Wednesday @ noon in October 2008. After just three months, in January 2009, we changed to serving soup lunches EVERY Wednesday due to the high demand. During 2009 we served 3,296 soup & sandwich meals to community people. In 2010 St. Paul served soup lunches to 4,145 guests plus 922 volunteers for a total of 5,067 meals. In 2011 we served 4,856 guests plus 950 volunteers for a total 5,807 lunches served.
Our lunch also provides a social networking opportunity for our guests. Some lunch guests are older, often isolated senior citizens, who live in the neighborhood. Other lunch guests are looking for opportunities in the community to find work and improve their living conditions. Our weekly soup lunches help them to communicate and take care of each other. Supportive social networking helps our guests survive and provides knowledge about everyday happenings.
Our lunch also provides a social networking opportunity for our guests. Some lunch guests are older, often isolated senior citizens, who live in the neighborhood. Other lunch guests are looking for opportunities in the community to find work and improve their living conditions. Our weekly soup lunches help them to communicate and take care of each other. Supportive social networking helps our guests survive and provides knowledge about everyday happenings.
"St. Paul Lutheran Church is called to be an Inviting, Christ-Centered, Spiritually-Growing and Community-Serving church where we are led by love to implement Jesus' teachings."
June 11th had 90 Guests, 19 Volunteers!