Shared Bread

Shared Bread is an extension of our church that helps families, The Disabled, And Senior Citizens Who Live within the Kent School District boundaries.

Our primary focus is offering financial help to stop evictions and to stop utilities (heat and lights) from being shut off. People are eligible for assistance once every 12 months. We usually help close to 600 individuals per year. We have volunteers on Mondays who schedule the interviews for the clients at church for the following Wednesdays. During the interviews, we can assist our clients with additional help for many of their various needs.

Shared Bread Corner

This month, our emergency assistance program has helped our neighbors in need when many local agencies have been waiting on Federal funding. What amazes me sometimes and makes me happy running this program is that it has been funded almost continually for many years without a break.

That tells me something about our congregation: We have deep roots of faith. This month, we helped one of our own make their mortgage, and one of our neighbors stayed in her housing while she underwent very serious surgery. Take a look at another client’s handwritten note.

Again, we are not just talking about being Christians; we are demonstrating it. As the song says, “They know we are Christians by our love.”

Leslie Hamada
Shared Bread Coordinator