Plans for a New Partnership announced

Pastor Albers has announced his intention to form a new and vibrant partnership with the Pax Center of La Porte. Its mission of making sure La Porte County, Indiana, is well-loved and well-fed through a network of community gardens, food pantries and community meals fit well into Pastor’s vision for St. John’s future.

 “There is no need for us to do what others are already doing well,” Pastor Albers commented. While St. John’s previously had a food pantry designed to help those facing food insecurity, the Pax Center can serve our neighbors more effectively with the food and other donations we provide them.

Our first step in this new partnership will be a FOOD INGATHERING that will be connected to our annual Trunk or Treat event at the end of October (See the post on “Trunk or Treat” plans). But there is also a need at the Pax Center for volunteers to provide and serve food for their weekly community meals. The Brighton Street Green Space and the Jackson Street Community Garden will need cleanup both this fall and again in the spring.

Nate Loucks, pastor of State Street Church, also serves as President and CEO of the Pax Center. He and Pastor Albers share a mutual respect and admiration for their respective congregation’s “signature ministries” (for St. John’s our school ministry and for State Street, the work on food insecurity).

Check out the work of the Pax Center on their website, https://thepaxcenter.com. Mark your additional gift “Pax Center Partnership”.