Join us for tomorrow’s service to find out the winning name. Thank you to everyone who submitted a name suggestion. There were some wonderful suggestions. They include:
A Brighter Future, Together
Abundant Harvest
Angel Food
Bread And Bridges Food Bank
Bread of Life
Bridge to Abundance
Bridging the Gap Food Bank
Cheeses of Nazareth
Daily Bread Food Bank
Did You Feel The Cookies Crumble?
EATS- Eat And Thrive Spiritually
Feeding Souls
FILL THE NEED
Fish and Loaves
Five Fishes and Two Loaves Pantry
Food on Fire
Foodies- Faith, Friends and Food
Fruit of the Spirit
Garden of Eatin’
Grace, Love and Grub
His Yoke Is Overeasy
Hope Bridges Food Bank
Jehovah Jireh’s Storehouse
Jesus Loves You! Pantry
Joyful Harvest
Manna From Heaven
More Than Enough Food Bank
My Brother’s Keeper Pantry
Oh Taste And See
Our Daily Bread
Overflowing
Pan-Tree of Life
Shepherd’s Table
Taco Bout Jesus
The Garden
The Gateway
You Make Me Come Olive
Name for Food Pantry
FILL THE NEED
A two way meaning
Donors/contributors/volunteers FILL THE NEED
Recipients get to FILL THE NEED for themselves and their families
Name idea: Bridge to Abundance
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This is based off of Isaiah 55. This chapter invites all to come “eat what is good and let your soul delight itself in abundance”
Feeding those in need is a first step to also feed them spiritually.
Later on in the passage, the writer urges to “seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.”
Eventually, those who are brought in the doors of our church through the means of being fed food, will hopefully experience what it is to know God and seek after Him.
Name Idea: The Gateway
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For one, the food pantry(the gateway) is in front of the church(the bridge). Most people walk through it or by it on their way inside.
Secondly, many people only come for the food, but God in his goodness can use both the food and helpers(staff) to draw them further into the church(the bridge).
A doorway(Gate) is the first place a host would greet someone new before going into the house. Similarly, the food pantry is a place for people to feel loved and welcomed.
It is a place of abundance and thanksgiving.
Psalm 100:4 says- “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise.”
-The pantry is the gateway(for some people)
-The church is the bridge which leads to God(his courts).
The Gateway(food pantry) is for beggars who are hungry(both physically and spiritually) to come and eat(physically and spiritually).
These are my reasons behind the name “Grace, Love, and Grub”. First, it represents what we are trying to give to people first–grace and love from the Lord–and then also the food. In addition, the name has a lot of alliteration, making it easier to remember for the patrons (e.g. the Gr and Gr sounds, together with the two short u sounds). It adds clarity to the mission, since what the patrons will consider the ultimate goal, getting the food, is included within the title. Finally, it appeals to the current culture with the casualness of the word Grub.
Jan Baird
Good one Jan
Jesus Loves You! is a key message to give, know, and live.
What better message is there for our Food Pantry?
So boldly say, Jesus Loves You! and positively impact people’s lives.
Whatever name we choose, I suggest that we remember that the whole reason for the food pantry is to aid poor and needy people that do not even have enough to eat. Certainly many of these people will not be saved or know anything about the Lord as we do. Let’s not make it a religious-sounding name or something that we as believers think is clever, as this may sound intimidating, condescending and exclusive to an unsaved person. Let’s make it something that is inviting to the poor, needy and unsaved.
My entry: Pan-Tree of Life. It is a place where people can come to not only receive physical food, but eternal spiritual food. The key verses are
John 4:32
“I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
John 6:27
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.
The reason I suggested the name, Bridging the Gap Food Pantry is because it links to the name of our church, Bridgeway, and also speaks of what our food pantry does for people in need. It provides a bridge across a situation which a family or person is facing…hunger, lack of resources to get through tough times. And the word gap speaks of an empty place or breach that needs to be bridged or possibly, repaired. Many spiritual implications here as well, as we all want people to come across to Christ Jesus!! To God be the glory!!