Our Impact & Growth
The Sisters in Christ and our dedicated volunteers continue to serve the underserved. Due to rising food costs (coffee, dairy, and staples), your support is more vital than ever.
35-40
Meals Made
twice per month in 2024
50-70
Meals Made
twice per month in 2025
10,905+
Guests Fed
in total for all years
With the increase in food prices, especially coffee, butter, milk and creamers; as well as staples and perishables, we hope that you can make a generous donation in any amount to help sustain our service to the underserved community.
Our Supporters
The Citta Foundation | The Wintrode Foundation | Anonymous Miss ML | Stop & Shop Toms River (Rt 70)
Manhattan Bagel Toms River (Rt 37) | Grandmother’s Cupboard Toms River
History of the Ministry
Written October 28, 2015 by Betty Lou Pinto, Founder
The 2006 Holly Berry Bazaar had a life-changing impact on me. I worked the kitchen with Paula Brown, a woman I met for the first time. I had seen her and heard of her but never met her until that day. She immediately became my mentor.
Two weeks later on Stewardship Sunday I listened to Doug Earle talk about giving and doing for the church and community. His message of discipleship went pretty much like this, “If you can’t do it with money, give time; but either way……BE A DISCIPLE”.
At that moment, someone whispered to me “Betty Lou, you can do this” and I answered…..God, I will try. My very first stop was my mentor Paula, who was also at Sunday Contemporary Service, but was leaving this day to move to Texas with her daughter. I told her of my experience, and she looked at me with tears in her eyes, opened her purse, gave me $1, and said “Yes you can” THIS MY FRIENDS WAS THE BIRTH OF THE PAULA BROWN SOUP KITCHEN at the First United Methodist Church.